Fall Read/Watch List: Read These Books, Then See Their Film Adaptations
This year, we’ve been treated to a variety of great cinematic adaptations. From Paper Towns this summer (read our interview with the screenwriters here), to more recent films like The Martian and Black Mass, Hollywood, once again, has been looking to the page for cinematic inspiration. Many of the films this fall are no different with at least ten more book adaptations hitting the big screen in 2015...
Meryl Streep Crushes Another Accent in Suffragette
Suffragette, which portrays the more violent side of Great Britain’s women’s fight for the vote during the late 19th century and early 20th, stars Carey Mulligan as a beleagured young worker who becomes entrenched in the front lines of the suffrage movement. Leading Mulligan’s character and her fictional cohort is Emmeline Pankhurst, a pivotal and very real suffragette and political activist who died in 1928, living to see her mission accomplished plus ten years. To play the role of a woman whom Time named one of its most important people of the 20 century in 1999,...
Watch Jennifer Lawrence Bring the Joy in Latest Collaboration With David O. Russell
Director David O. Russell and star Jennifer Lawrence are carving out one of the most interesting collaborations in the film business. When Lawrence isn’t leading a righteous revolution as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games or trying to start a mutant revolution as Mystique in X-Men, she’s sought out the juicy, complex, human roles offered by Russell. She won her Academy Award for her earthy performance in Russell's Silver Lining’s Playbook,...
Showrunners From Power, Veep, Louie & More at NYTF’s Creative Keynote Panel
Last night at the New York Television Festival creative keynote panel "Running the Show: A Big Picture Conversation on Creating for the Small Screen," Power showrunner Courtney Kemp Agboh expressed her frustration with gender politics in the entertainment industry.
“I’d like for it not to be a thing when there are a bunch of women showrunners,“ she said. “And also not for it to be pointed out all the time,...
Back to the Future Day & Films That Got the Future Right
As we’re sure you’re aware, today, Wednesday October 21, 2015, is the very day in the future that Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) traveled to in Back to the Future Part II. At the time of filming, 2015 was more than a quarter-century away, yet the vision of the future writer/director Robert Zemeckis and screenwriter Bob Gale envisioned hasn’t turned out to be total bunk, despite Zemeckis’s misgivings.
"I always hated — and I still don't like —...
Talking to Julianne Moore & Ellen Page About Freeheld
Part love story, part evolution of reluctant activists, Freeheld represents a personal and professional turning point for producer/actress Ellen Page.
“It is pretty mind-blowing how much my internal journey went along with getting this movie made. I wasn’t out when I signed on to produce the film and play Stacie. I remember thinking, ‘there is no way you can make this movie and not be out. There’s just no way,’” says Page, interviewed at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival where Freeheld premiered and where Page made news by walking the red carpet with her partner,...
IMAX Reveals Star Wars: The Force Awakens Poster + Screening Info
We knew that this Monday and Tuesday would be all about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. You've seen the new poster, you've watched the new trailer (and watched, and watched) and now, you're looking at IMAX's very own The Force Awakens art made exclusively for those who watch the film in its biggest, most astounding version—on IMAX screens. Fans should know that J.J. Abrams actually filmed a key action sequence with IMAX cameras...
The Girls Are Back: Filming Starts for Ab Fab: The Movie
Our favorite British television duo is back and about to flourish on a screen almost as big as they are – yup, you guessed it – Fox Searchlight and BBC Films have begun filming a movie version of the hit sitcom – Absolutely Fabulous. For six seasons we loved watching the fumbling fashionista Edina Monsoon (Jennifer Saunders) and her best friend and sidekick, the alcohol plied former model Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley) muddle through their Ab Fab life accompanied by a wickedly funny cast of characters...
Thoughts After Repeated Viewings of Final Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer
Now that we’ve had nearly 12 hours to digest the 2:36 worth of new footage in the final Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, we can start to put some of the pieces together.
First, the trailer again, so you can go through it with us point-by-speculative-point:
The events of the original Star Wars trilogy (let alone the prequels) seem to have faded into myth...
Prepare to Weep: Pixar, 20 Years Strong, Delivers This Delightful Montage
As the theme of the very first Toy Story reminds us, we've “got a friend” – in Pixar. This new montage also reminds us nobody is better at eliciting genuine emotion than Pixar has been for the past 20 years. Through the good and bad times, the Pixar characters have been there for us.
Grab some tissues before you watch. The first 30-seconds of this montage is dedicated to friends from Pixar's past who taught us lessons about growing up,...
Oscar-Winning Production Designer Adam Stockhausen on Bridge of Spies
Oscar-winning production designer Adam Stockhausen (who we previously interviewed for his work on Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel) discusses his work on Steven Spielberg’s latest film, the Cold War-era Bridge of Spies, which is based on real events, and how you tackle such a well-documented period of history.
I understand Steven Spielberg is big on authenticity, particularly with this kind of true story. Is that quite daunting for you,...
Behold the New, Final Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer
At long last, the final Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer landed just moments ago during halftime of the Eagles/Giants Monday Night Football game, and like millions of people around the country, we were absolutely floored by it. It was always likely going to be a doozy, considering this was the trailer that J.J. Abrams had been holding for his final big reveal, and sources we trust who had gotten sneak peeks indicated as much...
New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser: A Sky Filled With TIE Fighters
In just eleven seconds, the latest teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens shared by Walt Disney Studios Twitter page manages to pack in a lot of information. It opens with the iconic sound of TIE fighters playing against a black screen, and then it’s a close-up of a very concerned looking Rey (Daisy Ridley), looking up into the sky with her trusted droid BB-8 and finding a sky filled with the First Order’s improved fighters,...
Watch Fifty Shades of Grey “Dance” Clip as Film Comes to HBO
Fifty Shades of Grey fans, rejoice—Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) and Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) are bringing their classy kink to the small screen, premiering on HBO on Saturday, November 21 at 8 p.m. EST. Having watched the film in the theater amongst strangers, you can now relax at home and enjoy director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s (Nowhere Boy) adaptation of the mega-selling book by E.L. James, from a script by Kelly Marcel (Saving Mr...
Long Held Rumors and Myths Surrounding Aladdin Finally Answered
Here’s a scoop for Disney Aladdin fans. To promote the release of the Aladdin: Diamond Edition (Blue-ray/DVD/Digital), Ron Clements and John Musker, directors of The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Hercules sat down with E! News!, answering questions and debunking myths.
Musker discussed how the location of Aladdin came to be called Agrabah – It was the time of the first Gulf War and Roy Disney told composers Howard Ashman and Alan Menken they could not place the story in Baghdad...
Editor Joe Walker on Cutting the Brilliant Sicario
Joe Walker’s reputation has soared in recent years, from his work with director Michael Mann on the cyber thriller Blackhat (2014), and from his long collaboration with director Steve McQueen on McQueen’s loose trilogy of films dealing with suffering: Hunger (2008), Shame (2011), and 12 Years A Slave (2013), for which Walker received his first Oscar nomination for Best Editing. His work on Sicario is now theaters...
Watch New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teasers in Lead-up to Trailer
As we’re all well aware by now, the new, and final, Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer will air during tonight’s Monday Night Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants, which begins at 8:15 EST. Tickets for the film’s December 18 premiere are already on sale today. Yesterday we shared the new poster with you. And now we’re giving you a few little glimpses of some of the main characters that Disney has released on their Twitter page to tease tonight’s full trailer...
Awesome New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Poster, Plus Final Trailer Tomorrow
We were prepared for the news about the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer coming tomorrow, but this new poster was a welcome surprise. We can identify every character depicted on the poster save one—who’s the goggle wearing alien beneath Rey’s left hand?
The poster was part of Lucasfilm’s announcement that the trailer for The Force Awakens will debut on Monday Night Football tomorrow, October 19, during halftime of the Eagles/Giants game in Philadelphia...
Goosebumps VFX supervisor Erik Nordby on Creating R.L. Stine’s Monsters
Rather than choose one book from the phenomenally successful “Goosebumps” series to adapt, the film, starring Jack Black as author R.L. Stine, is a meta-story where all the best Goosebumps creatures come out of the woodwork. Visual effects supervisor Erik Nordby tells The Credits how they tackled this rather daunting task.
The film is essentially the culmination of nearly 200 Goosebumps books with all the monsters and creatures coming to life...
NYFF: Bridge of Spies is Spielberg & Hanks at Their Best
Last week, at the New York Film Festival, we were treated to a preview of what will certainly be one of the biggest films of the year, Bridge of Spies. Set to open today, October 16, this historical thriller covers the 1960 Cold War crisis that followed the shooting down of an American U-2 spy plane over Soviet territory and the capture of its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
Steven Spielberg is in top form,...
