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‘Thor: Love And Thunder’ Will Use ‘Mandalorian’ StageCraft Tech, New Lighting Technology By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 11, 2021 9:45 am EST We already know that the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder will probably be gorgeous, but director Taika Waititi is taking extra steps to make the film a visual feast. In an interview with Wired, the director shared some of the groundbreaking technology that will bring the film to life, including a new lighting system and the same tech that makes The Mandalorian possible....

Black Adam Teaser The year was 2007. Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” had not yet blown audiences away and altered the course of Oscars history. Jon Favreau’s “Iron Man” had not yet kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But that was the year Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, a former professional wrestler who was then best known for movies like “The Scorpion King,” “Walking Tall,” “The Rundown,” and “Southland Tales,” first became attached to play the antihero character Black Adam in a DC comic book movie....

Chloé Zhao Reveals How Denis Villeneuve Helped With Eternals Disney By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 5, 2021 10:05 am EST For “Eternals” director Chloé Zhao, it wasn’t just Denis Villeneuve’s movies that were useful for providing stills when she pitched Marvel Studios. Villeneuve himself was part of her support system, and she looked to his film “Dune” for guidance as she was shooting “Eternals” for IMAX. “Dune” and “Eternals” were originally scheduled to hit theaters two weeks apart from each other in November 2020....

Exclusive Theatrical Releases 20th Century Studios Even though the country is still reeling from the highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19, Disney has decided to make several of these movies available exclusively in theaters before they make the jump to digital platforms. According to Variety, Marvel Studios’ millennia-spanning superhero film “Eternals,” Ridley Scott’s period drama “The Last Duel,” Steven Spielberg’s remake of the classic musical “West Side Story,” an animated family film called “Ron’s Gone Wrong,” and Matthew Vaughn’s “Kingsman” prequel “The King’s Man” will all be released in theaters and will play there for 45 days before becoming accessible at home....

20th Century Studios In 2016, it was announced that Adam McKay would direct Bad Blood, a movie about con artist and Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, with Jennifer Lawrence set to play Holmes. Since then, though, we haven’t heard much more, and McKay and Lawrence went off to do another movie – Don’t Look Up. Meanwhile, there’s currently a Hulu limited series about Holmes in the works – The Dropout, which will star Amanda Seyfried....

George Lucas Has Been “Very Complimentary” Of ‘The Mandalorian’ So Far, Says Dave Filoni By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 18, 2020 1:30 pm EST George Lucas may have sold Lucasfilm to the Walt Disney Company and taken a step back from the creative side of Star Wars, but his influence is still felt across all facets of the sci-fi universe. In the case of television, Dave Filoni brings a lot of the same perspective and storytelling style as George Lucas, almost as a shepherd of the spirit of Star Wars....

Gina Carano Confirms Her Voice Was Altered For ‘Haywire’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 12, 2012 10:30 am EST When we ran the first five minutes of Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire, starring Gina Carano, a few people mentioned something interesting in the comments. Those who’ve followed Carano’s MMA career said that her voice, as heard in the clip from the film, didn’t sound much at all like Carano. Turns out there’s a reason. We know that Steven Soderbergh was taken enough with Carano’s physical presence to build a film around her....

Impeachment: American Crime Story: Release Date, Cast And More By Shania Russell/Aug. 3, 2021 6:31 am 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.) After tackling the O.J. Simpson trial and the murder of Gianni Versace, the latest season in the FX anthology series from producer Ryan Murphy will deal with the infamous ’90s sex scandal that lead to the impeachment of then-President Bill Clinton....

Jerry Seinfeld Apologizes For The ‘Uncomfortable Sexual Aspect’ Of Bee Movie DreamWorks By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 4, 2021 3:27 pm EST It’s been fourteen years since DreamWorks unleashed their unholy abomination known as “Bee Movie,” and the world has never known peace since. The animated feature was co-produced and co-written by star Jerry Seinfeld, who has finally atoned for his sins. During a recent appearance on “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon, Seinfeld publicly admitted what many of us online have been screaming about for over a decade … “Bee Movie” is way too horny to be a children’s movie....

Michael K. Williams, The Wire And Lovecraft Country Actor, Dead At 54 HBO By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 7, 2021 10:13 am EST Actor Michael K. Williams, best known for his performances in the HBO series “The Wire,” “12 Years A Slave,” “Boardwalk Empire,” and most recently “Lovecraft Country,” has died at the age of 54. The New York Police Department confirmed to Variety that the actor was found dead on Monday inside his Brooklyn apartment....

More Live-Action Rick And Morty Segments Reveal An Alternate Take On This Twisted Universe YouTube By Danielle Ryan/Sept. 7, 2021 4:33 pm EST The fifth season of Adult Swim’s hit animated series “Rick and Morty” just finished, coinciding with the programming block’s 20th anniversary. (That’s right, Adult Swim is almost old enough to buy a six-pack.) To celebrate and hype up the finale, they released a quick live-action promo of mad scientist Rick and his hapless grandson Morty, played by none other than “Back to the Future” star Christopher Lloyd and “It” franchise star Jaeden Martell, respectively....

Mythic Quest Will Slay Again, Has Been Renewed For Two More Seasons On Apple TV+ Apple TV+ By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 25, 2021 12:18 pm EST Huzzah! “Mythic Quest,” the Apple TV+ series about a game studio making the biggest (fictional) game in the world, has been renewed for two more seasons. The news comes via creator Rob McElhenney’s Twitter, where he posted an announcement video featuring season two guest star Sir Anthony Hopkins....

Netflix’s First ‘Castlevania’ Spin-Off Will Be Set During The French Revolution By Chris Evangelista/June 11, 2021 11:55 am EST Netflix’s first anime take on Castlevania ended with the recently released fourth season. But the streaming service isn’t done with the Castlevania just yet. In April, word broke that a Castlevania spin-off was in the works, and now we have even more info on what you can expect from that. The Castlevania spin-off will be set during the French Revolution, and focus on Richter Belmont, a vampire hunter, and descendant of Simon Belmont and Juste Belmont....

Nicholas Braun Describes ‘Hit Somebody’ As Kevin Smith’s ‘Finest,’ More Details Revealed By Germain Lussier/March 23, 2012 10:30 am EST Today brings two minor updates on Kevin Smith’s Hit Somebody. The first is from Nicholas Braun, the actor who’ll eventually star in the film as a hockey enforcer who dreams of scoring just one goal. We spoke to Braun on the set of his latest movie, Dylan Kidd’s Get A Job, and he said the version of the script he read is Kevin Smith’s “finest” work and a “love letter to hockey” complete with flashbacks to the origins of the sport....

Pixar Plans To Go Back To Theatrical Releases With 2022’s ‘Turning Red’ By Chris Evangelista/June 17, 2021 12:22 pm EST There’s a new Pixar movie arriving this weekend, and you won’t be able to see it in theaters. Instead, it’s going right to Disney+ – and not even Disney+ with Premier Access, like so many other big Disney movies dropping on the streaming service this year. Is this the new normal for Pixar?...

Shang-Chi Star Simu Liu Has All The Same MCU Questions You Do Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 31, 2021 11:30 am EST Once upon a time, it would’ve been unimaginable to look at an upcoming superhero movie and wonder, “Well, how does this connect with all the other unrelated movies in the franchise?” We’ve come a long way since then, as the MCU has done a lot to establish how audiences perceive the entire subgenre and to shape expectations for interconnected franchises that function the same way comics or serialized television shows do....

Showtime’s ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’ TV Series Adds Naomie Harris And Jimmi Simpson By Ethan Anderton/March 24, 2021 12:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Chiwetel Ejiofor has already been set to lead The Man Who Fell to Earth, a TV series adaptation of the novel and film of the same name that recently moved from Paramount+ over to Showtime. Now the cast is expanding with Skyfall actress Naomie Harris and Westworld co-star Jimmi Simpson....

Squid Game Was Initially Conceived As A Feature Film Netflix By Kaylee Dugan/Oct. 14, 2021 8:08 pm EST It’s a “Squid Game” world, and we’re just living it. The series has transcended all of the normal conversations we have about film and TV shows. It is essentially the only TV show. We are all watching it, or we’ve all just finished it, or we’ve all just started it. In a world where there are so many options that it’s hard to get on the same streaming page, “Squid Game,” which was written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, is universally consumed....

Sasha Banks Will Not Return in The Mandalorian Season 3 Lucasfilm During an interview with Graham Matthews of Bleacher Report, WWE Superstar Sasha Banks was asked about the possibility of her reprising the role as Koska Reeves in “The Mandalorian” season 3, to which Banks replied: “First of all, thanks for trying to get that out, but I’m not on the next season. But it was incredible being on ‘The Mandalorian....

Honorable Mention: Doom Universal Pictures If the video game movie sub-genre has a landmark moment, it’s the third act of “Doom.” For its first two thirds, director Andrzej Bartkowiak offers a boilerplate sci-fi menace. There are creatures. There is violence. Even if the presences of a shockingly young Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, a pre-“Dredd” Karl Urban, and a “wow, she’s in this?” Rosumund Pike briefly alleviate the movie’s frequent doldrums, for most of its runtime “Doom” feels exactly like its title....