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James Gunn Is Developing Another DC Project After Peacemaker Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 4, 2021 10:59 am EST Few people are able to say they’ve experienced the same sort of career rollercoaster that James Gunn has found himself on in the last few years. Plucked from relative anonymity as he produced schlocky low-budget horror films for Troma, Gunn’s idiosyncratic work on the “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies for Marvel quickly turned him into an in-demand blockbuster filmmaker....

Lady Gaga Spoke With Her House Of Gucci Accent For Nine Months, Refused To Break Character MGM By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 3, 2021 11:36 am EST She’s off the deep end, watch as she dives in. She’s far from the shallow now! Far from the safe waters of conventional acting, that is. Hot on the heels of delivering the historical epic “The Last Duel” to the tragically few moviegoers who actually bothered to show up, Ridley Scott captivated the eyes of no less than the entire globe (or was that just me?...

Lin-Manuel Miranda Responds To ‘In The Heights’ Colorism Criticism: “I’m Truly Sorry” By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 16, 2021 7:02 am EST Lin-Manuel Miranda, who created and starred in the stage musical of In the Heights, has responded to the criticisms of colorism in the feature film directed by Jon M. Chu. The criticism had been brewing over the past week on Twitter, after an interview with the cast and crew pointed out the lack of Afro-Latino actors in the film, despite being set in the famously diverse New York neighborhood of Washington Heights....

Love On The Spectrum Season 2 Trailer: Netflix’s Surprising Feel-Good Dating Series Is Back This Fall Netflix By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 27, 2021 1:30 pm EST Last year, Netflix surprised everyone by delivering a reality dating show that wasn’t a super horny trash-fest. “Love on the Spectrum” followed a group of young adults on the autism spectrum as they tried to find love. Rather than providing a glimpse into these singles’ lives with a pitiful lens, it shined a charming light on how these men and women from all different backgrounds run into many of the same challenges of those who don’t fall on the autism spectrum, destigmatizing some of the common misconceptions about this frequently misunderstood group of people....

Netflix Is Reportedly Spending $17 Billion On Content In 2021 By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 21, 2021 5:30 pm EST Netflix’s infinite well of money does not look like it’s drying up anytime soon. The streaming giant has revealed that it plans to spend a whopping $17 billion on content this year. Which, suffice to say, is a lot of money. Netflix revealed in its first-quarter earnings report that it will spend over $17 billion on content in 2021....

Netflix To Require Covid Vaccinations For Cast, Some Crew By Eric Vespe/July 28, 2021 6:15 pm EST Last week, Hollywood unions reframed their Covid protocol agreements with the studios. Now it seems that Netflix is the first of the big outfits to fully take advantage of these new rules, putting in place a rather blunt requirement: If you want to be in a Netflix movie or TV show, you have to be vaccinated....

Quentin Tarantino Has Written Two Chapters Of A ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Novelization By Ben Pearson/June 29, 2021 1:11 pm EST Quentin Tarantino’s novelization of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has been released to the world, and in addition to taking us deeper into his vision of 1969 Los Angeles, it specifically sheds some light on one of that film’s biggest mysteries. Writing that novelization allowed the auteur filmmaker to flex a new creative muscle – and it sounds like he wants to keep exercising that muscle, potentially with adaptations of some of his other movies, including his highly influential breakout movie Reservoir Dogs....

Riders Of Justice, Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Is Already Getting A U.S. Remake Nordisk Film By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 17, 2021 11:21 am EST Hollywood is riding up on “Riders of Justice,” determined to rope it and corral it into its stable of English remakes, more than one of which are based on Danish-language films starring Mad Mikkelsen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate has secured the rights to an English-language adaptation of “Riders of Justice,” to be produced by Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, and Dan Cohen of 21 Laps Entertainment....

South Park: Post Covid Special Will Arrive On Paramount+ For Thanksgiving Comedy Central By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 28, 2021 11:45 am EST Back in August, “South Park” creators Trey Parker & Matt Stone struck a massive $900 million deal with MTV Entertainment Studios and ViacomCBS Inc. that not only renewed the raunchy animated series for five more seasons on Comedy Central but also locked in 14 spin-off movies that would be made exclusively available on Paramount+....

Christopher Pike Paramount+ Ask any Trekkie and they’ll happily tell you that before William Shatner’s Kirk charmed his way into our hearts, “The Original Series” was actually meant to begin with an ambitious pilot titled “The Cage” that revolved around the (mis)adventures of Christopher Pike, played at that time by Jeffrey Hunter. This was ultimately scrapped and the footage was recycled for a later episode in the series once things were more established, but this earlier captain of the USS Enterprise has always played an important role in the background of Kirk & Company’s journeys....

The 15 Best Debut Films From Directors Libra Films By Liam Gaughan/Aug. 31, 2021 7:49 pm EST A great first film can jumpstart a filmmaker’s career and show the world what makes them unique. For example, the conversational dialogue, ’70s soundtrack, and nonlinear narrative of Quentin Tarantino’s first film “Reservoir Dogs” established tropes that the director still relies on today. Not every great director starts out strong, though. Although he’s one of the greatest filmmakers working today, David Fincher’s career nearly imploded after his disastrous debut, “Alien 3....

The Alternate Return Of The Jedi Ending We’re Glad We Never Had To See Disney By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Dec. 5, 2021 11:59 am EST It might be a little controversial to say this, but “Return of the Jedi,” is one of my favorite films in the “Star Wars” universe. It’s an epic conclusion to the original trilogy and has one of the happiest endings in the film franchise. The Death Star is destroyed, Darth Vader turns back to the light side, and fireworks explode across the galaxy (which is kind of like being at Disneyland, but 10x cooler)....

The Beta Test: Release Date, Cast, And More IFC Films By Shania Russell/Oct. 13, 2021 2:45 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Social commentary and steamy temptation collide in the latest film from Jim Cummings, “The Beta Test.” Get a peek at how chaotic life can get once a drastic mistake gets the better of you....

This Week In Trailers: Jumbo, Test Pattern, Honeydew, The Pond, Body Brokers By Christopher Stipp/Jan. 30, 2021 8:30 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Honest Trailer: No Matter Who Wins, Hong Kong Loses By Ethan Anderton/April 7, 2021 6:00 am EST Godzilla vs. Kong arrived in theaters last weekend, bringing some monster mayhem back to the big screen (and HBO Max) and proving that the box office will have no problem bouncing back when the coronavirus pandemic is over. Unfortunately for Hong Kong, they won’t have much to go back to now that Godzilla and King Kong have made the city their unofficial tag team partner....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’ Might Be The Last Time We See Drax, According To Dave Bautista By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 6, 2021 4:00 pm EST Drax has been one of the pillars of the Guardians of the Galaxy series, the scene-stealing character in a colorful ensemble that includes a beloved talking tree and a trigger-happy raccoon. But as Marvel Studios heads into Phase 4 of its cinematic universe — which will purportedly go further into the cosmos than before — where does that take our favorite galactic weirdos?...

‘History Of Swear Words’ Trailer: Host Nicolas Cage Guides You Through The Wonderful World Of Vulgarity By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 9, 2020 12:00 pm EST Introducing Nicolas Cage, Professor of Cursing. Cage is the host of a new Netflix comedy series called History of Swear Words, which promises to explore the amusing origins of all sorts of dirty words and cussin’. The show will feature a cavalcade of guest stars, including Nick Offerman, Sarah Silverman, and Isiah Whitlock Jr....

‘Loki’ Had The Most Watched Marvel Premiere On Disney+, So Bow Before Loki By Ben Pearson/June 10, 2021 2:06 pm EST Tom Hiddleston’s Loki has been one of the most popular characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since his first appearance back in 2010’s Thor, so it should come as no surprise that audiences were eager to stream the first episode of Loki when it debuted on Disney+ yesterday. It turns out they were so eager that Loki ended up having the most watched Marvel premiere on Disney+ thus far, topping WandaVision and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier....

‘The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister And Pete’ Trailer: Brooklyn Kids On The Run By Angie Han/Aug. 20, 2013 4:30 pm EST There comes a moment in every person’s life when they realize that life just isn’t fair, and there’s f***-all they can do about it but survive the best they can. Unfortunately, part of that injustice is that some folks are forced to learn that lesson much sooner than others....

‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Trailer: The Wait For The Snyder Cut Is Almost Over By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 14, 2021 7:58 am EST It’s been a long, strange road, but Zack Snyder’s Justice League, AKA the Snyder Cut, is almost here. The theatrical cut of the film may have given sole directorial credit to Zack Snyder, but the filmmaker departed the project due to personal matters and most of the finished film was shot by Joss Whedon....