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A Bumblebee Sequel Is, Or At Least Was, In Development Paramount Pictures Mere weeks after “Bumblebee” hit theaters, Deadline reported that a sequel was in development. This was back in January 2019. An eternity ago, given what’s happened in the world since then. Virtually no details were revealed at the time, and nothing has been said (officially speaking) about it since. At the time, longtime franchise producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura had the following to say:...

Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Adds Even More Cast Members By Chris Evangelista/April 14, 2021 2:00 pm EST Martin Scorsese isn’t done filling out his Killers of the Flower Moon cast just yet. The mystery drama, which is based on a true story and the book by David Grann, stars Jesse Plemons, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Robert De Niro. Now, Tatanka Means (I Know This Much is True), Michael Abbott Jr (The Death of Dick Long), Pat Healy (Bad Education), and Scott Shepherd (Bridge of Spies) have all signed on as well in supporting roles....

New Hawkeye Featurette Is All About Echo, One Of The MCU’s Most Intriguing New Characters Marvel Studios By Danielle Ryan/Dec. 7, 2021 2:48 pm EST Marvel’s Disney+ series, “Hawkeye,” is getting a lot of attention, in part due to breakout star Alaqua Cox, who plays the mysterious villain, Echo. To give fans a bit more understanding of the incredible woman behind the character, Marvel has released a featurette called “Becoming Maya....

The Best TV Shows And Movies Coming To Disney+ And Hulu In April 2021 By Ben Pearson/March 17, 2021 12:30 pm EST April is going to be a big streaming month for Star Wars fans, because there are seven – count ’em, seven! – pieces of content set in a galaxy far, far away that are hitting Disney+, and many of them involve Ewoks. Get the details about those projects below, as well as a few non-Ewok recommendations and the full list of TV shows and movies coming to Disney+ and Hulu in April 2021....

The Daily Stream: ‘Hacks’ Is A Worthy Entry In The Jean Smart-Issance By Ben Pearson/Aug. 16, 2021 2:32 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Show: HacksWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: Against her better judgment, legendary Las Vegas stand-up Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) hires Ava (Hannah Einbinder), a down-and-out twenty-something writer who was recently fired over a controversial tweet....

The Daily Stream: The Guest Is The Perfect Halloween Watch Picturehouse By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 30, 2021 2:04 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: The Guest Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch: Writer Simon Barrett and director Adam Wingard reteamed after their 2011 home invasion horror “You’re Next” to create “The Guest,” an ’80s flavored thriller with a sweet synth soundtrack and some serious Halloween vibes....

The Guilty Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Is Terrific In An Otherwise Lackluster Remake [TIFF 2021] Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 10, 2021 1:00 pm EST From a storytelling perspective, Antoine Fuqua’s “The Guilty” is pretty good. How could it not be? It’s following the original film that inspired it beat by beat. This “The Guilty” may not be a shot-by-shot remake akin to Gus Van Sant’s fascinating, flawed “Psycho” experiment, but it might as well be....

You Can Take Off Your Masks At Disneyland Starting June 15 By Josh Spiegel/June 14, 2021 12:00 pm EST The spring of 2020 was a terrifying, confusing period, during which changes to everything from movie releases to retail operations to theme parks were happening on what felt like an hourly basis. The summer of 2021 is less scary, but with COVID-19 cases continuing to decrease to, at the very least, manageable levels, we’re now getting the reverse situation....

What I Knew (and What You Can Know, Too) Neon Here’s what I knew about “Titane,” the winner of this year’s Palme d’Or at the prestigious Cannes film festival, when I sat down to watch it during the opening night of Fantastic Fest. I knew many critics and journalists were over the moon about it. I knew it had elicited some very strong responses due to its content. And I knew it was the new film from director Julia Ducournau, the French filmmaker whose 2016 debut “Raw” bowled me over when I saw it (and you should see it, too — it’s the sweetest cannibal movie ever made)....

Zack Snyder Wanted ‘Batman V Superman’ To Be Called ‘Son Of Sun And Knight Of Night’ By Ben Pearson/April 19, 2021 3:30 pm EST Many people dunked on the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice title when it was first revealed to the public, and even co-writer Chris Terrio recently made it clear that he definitely did not want that title to be used. But after hearing the ideas that Terrio and director Zack Snyder were putting forth at the time as alternate suggestions, maybe Dawn of Justice wasn’t so bad after all....

‘Black Widow’ Scene Breakdown: Scarlett Johansson And Florence Pugh Walk Us Through A Fight Sequence By Jeremy Mathai/July 23, 2021 1:17 pm EST Marvel has had a history of taking promising filmmakers who may have previously flown under the radar, and putting them in a position to succeed on a national level. Some accuse the studio of sanding down all their unique edges to fit these talents into the ongoing franchise machine and, personally, I can see where they’re coming from....

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Gets A Spooktacularly Cartoonish Toy Line With A Blast From The Past By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 3, 2021 6:00 am EST Last week brought the debut of Hasbro’s new detailed action figures inspired by the characters of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. But the toy makers are also taking a cue from the Ghostbusters toys of decades ago by bringing back the Fright Features line. These action figures are geared towards kids by giving them cartoonish versions of both the classic Ghostbusters and the next generation from the upcoming Afterlife sequel....

‘Heroes Reborn’ Was Designed As ‘Heroes’ Season 10 By Fred Topel/Aug. 13, 2015 1:30 pm EST “No, I would actually say that it is season 10,” Kring said. “I know that sounds a little provocative but the point is, one of the things that we talked about at the very beginning in the writers room was how we wanted every single bit of the mythology to feel as though there was a continuum from the show, and the show picks up five years later....

‘Judas And The Black Messiah,’ ‘Palm Springs,’ ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,’ And More Land 2021 WGA Nominations By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 16, 2021 1:30 pm EST First up, here are the nominations for original screenplay. All in all, this is a pretty solid line-up. It’s nice to see Palm Springs getting awards season attention, and while I have issues with Trial of the Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin’s writing remains punchy and snappy enough to warrant consideration....

‘Spider-Man 3’ Won’t Bring Back Tobey Maguire And Andrew Garfield, According To Tom Holland (Who May Not Be Telling The Truth) By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 9, 2021 8:30 am EST While Marvel hasn’t officially confirmed this one way or another, it’s a pretty safe bet that the upcoming Spider-Man 3 is going to bring in the idea of the MultiVerse. Characters and actors from previous Spider-Man franchises are coming back – Jamie Foxx as Electro from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Alfred Molina as Doctor Octopus from Spider-Man 2....

‘Stuntman’ Trailer: A Professional Stunt Performer Tries To Follow Evel Knievel’s Rocket Path In Disney+ Documentary By Ethan Anderton/July 16, 2021 9:05 am EST Stuntman is a new documentary coming to Disney+ later this month. While you might expect it to be a new project looking at the life of a professional stunt performer working in Hollywood, this feature film is a little more complicated.Eddie Braun has been a stuntman for over 30 years, but one stunt has always been at the forefront of his mind, a challenge that was never quite within his reach....

‘The Gateway’ Trailer: Shea Whigham V Frank Grillo, Dawn Of B-Movie Action By Ethan Anderton/July 28, 2021 12:32 pm EST Shea Whigham and Frank Grillo have both seen their fair share of B-movie action throughout their careers. Now they’re about to square off in a roundabout way in the new crime thriller The Gateway. Shea Whigham plays a gruff social worker with a troubled past. But instead of letting this send him into a downward spiral, he’s using his tragic history to do some good by trying to keep kids in troubled homes from facing the kind of woes he couldn’t escape....

Adam Sandler’s 14 Best Roles Ranked Universal Pictures By Molly Turner/Sept. 8, 2021 6:39 pm EST Adam Sandler has had a fascinating career. Beginning with his star-making role as a cast member on “Saturday Night Live,” Sandler’s early time in the spotlight was defined by baby talk, sing-songy jokes, and goofy yelling. Early on, Sandler primarily played overgrown and over-privileged man babies with hair-trigger tempers. Many of those performances are very, very funny, but they don’t come with a particularly large amount of depth....

Annie Mumolo Says David O. Russell Taking Over Her ‘Joy’ Script Was “A Very Heartbreaking Experience” By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 5, 2021 9:00 am EST Released in 2015, Joy was yet another film from the team of director David O. Russell and star Jennifer Lawrence. It was also a genuinely bad, overwrought movie, with Lawrence completely miscast as Joy Mangano, inventor of the Miracle Mop. While Russell received the sole screenplay credit on the finished film, he had actually rewritten a script by Annie Mumolo, co-writer of Bridesmaids....

Anthony Hopkins Joins The Father Sequel The Son Sony Pictures By Kaylee Dugan/Oct. 12, 2021 8:45 am EST “The Father” cinematic universe has arrived. After nabbing the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay and making everyone you know cry about the unforgiving march of time, director Florian Zeller and iconic actor/cat man Anthony Hopkins are back at it again! Hopkins has officially teamed up with Zeller for his second film “The Son” and we’re all holding our breaths, waiting to see what horrible aspect of aging will be converted into tears on your face next....