“Cyrano” Screenwriter Erica Schmidt on Adapting the Iconic Love Triangle for Film
It is one of the dramatic arts’ most famous and heartbreaking love triangles: Cyrano de Bergerac, in love with Roxanne, who loves Christian and he her, aided in his pursuit by Cyrano’s eloquent written and spoken words. Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play about the brilliant wordsmith and his unrequited passion has been adapted over the past century-plus for many stages and screens.
Director Joe Wright (Atonement) is the latest filmmaker to tackle the tale with MGM’s Cyrano (in theaters on February 25),...
“Uncharted” Director Ruben Fleischer on His Epic Adventure With Tom Holland
The first time we see treasure hunter Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) in his element he’s knocked unconscious. When he wakes, he realizes his foot is caught in the netting of loose airplane cargo that’s whipping in the air like a tail on a kite. The timely snag has saved his life. He murmurs one of his famous Drake-isms: “Oh, crap.”
Director Ruben Fleischer (Venom, Zombieland) is at the helm of Uncharted (in theaters February 18),...
First “Elvis” Trailer Reveals Baz Luhrmann’s Ode to the King
The first voice you hear in Elvis‘s official trailer doesn’t belong to the King himself (played by Austin Butler), but that of Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks), Elvis’s notoriously unscrupulous manager. “There are some who’d make me out to be the villain of this here story,” the Colonel says at the outstart. “Are you born with a destiny,” Parker continues, “or does it just come knocking at your door?” For Parker, his destiny came in the form of a young musician from Memphis,...
“The Batman” New Photos Reveal a Long Dark Journey Into Night
A treasure trove of new photos for writer/director Matt Reeves’s The Batman has been revealed. Warner Bros. has revealed the largest batch of images we’ve seen of Reeves’s hotly-anticipated inaugural trip to Gotham. The photos show, among other things, a huge image of Paul Dano’s The Riddler projected onto a digital billboard during a Gotham City News 1 segment. The caption? “Serial killer livestreams.” This is what Robert Pattinson’s Batman is up against, a lunatic who wants to terrorize everyone in Gotham...
Robert Pattinson Says His Batman Was Partly Inspired by Kurt Cobain
Robert Pattinson has been teasing just how different his version of Batman is for a while now, but last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Pattison may have given us the best clue yet as to how this new iteration of the character was conceived. Pattison told Kimmel that during early conversations with writer/director Matt Reeves, he learned of Reeves’s surprising source of inspiration.
“One of the first things that Matt said to me — he’s like,...
“The Batman” Writer/Director Matt Reeves Says a “Grounded” Mr. Freeze a Possible Villain for Sequel
Writer/director Matt Reeves knows a thing or three about picking villains. For The Batman, Reeves wrote a sizzling script that attracted so much heat a whole new franchise was rebooted based on the strength of his story, and that story includes a Rogue’s Gallery of villains. Robert Pattinson’s Batman will be facing two toplining villains in Paul Dano’s Riddler (the main event), and Colin Farrell’s Penguin (this role is smaller, but Farrell’s Penguin is getting his own HBO Max spinoff series to further explore the character)...
J.J. Abrams Says “Star Trek 4” Happening With Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto & More
J.J. Abrams made a big announcement during Paramount’s Investors Day Presentation on February 15—Star Trek 4 is set to launch. Abrams revealed that Paramount is in negotiations to get Star Trek‘s stars back onto the bridge. The main cast includes Chris Pine as Kirk, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, Zachary Quinto as Spock, John Cho as Sulu, Simon Pegg as Scotty, and Karl Urban as Bones. It seems they’re all prepared to head back to the Starfleet for their fourth mission...
“The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” Anime Feature Coming in 2024
New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Animation will release The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim anime feature on April 12, 2024. Variety broke the story about the upcoming film, a fresh addition to the growing list of cinematic adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s vast Middle-earth, which he explored at length and in astonishing detail in his now-iconic books “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit.”
Variety confirms that The War of the Rohirrim is set roughly two centuries before the events in “The Hobbit”...
“Death on the Nile” Production Designer Jim Clay Delivers Deadly Decadence
For production designer Jim Clay, details matter. In director Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile, a pseudo-sequel to Murder on the Orient Express which returns sharp-witted investigator Hercule Poirot in another case of whodunit, the murder mystery transports viewers to the 1930s Egypt that entangles love and death in the most devilish ways – and may we say stylish?
“Ken is meticulous in his planning ‘cause when he gets on set he wants to give time to the actors and the performance,” Clay shares with The Credits,...
See Dwayne Johnson as “Black Adam” in 3 New Images
Warner Bros.’ 2022 film slate is massive. How massive? Just on the DC Extended Universe side of things, you’ve got a return trip to Gotham in Matt Reeves The Batman, the first stand-alone Flash film, and you’ve got Dwayne Johnson making his long-awaited entrance to the DCEU in Black Adam. To that end, Warner Bros. has revealed three new behind-the-scene images of Johnson in the role he was born to play...
Ben Affleck & Ana de Armas Shine Darkly in “Deep Water” Trailer
Now, this is a tasty little morsel of a teaser trailer. The first trailer for director Adrian Lyne’s Deep Water is a spare, expertly paced minimalist teaser that manages to evoke all sorts of menace and madness without so much as a raised voice or a single image save the two faces of our leads. Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas star as a husband-and-wife who have an interesting relationship dynamic. Affleck plays the wealthy Vic Van Allen,...
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” Official Trailer Reveals Colossal Squid Monster
“Every night, I dream the same dream,” says Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) at the start of Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness official trailer. “And then…the nightmare begins.”
Here, at last, is our longest look at director Sam Raimi’s film, which sees the director of the beloved Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 stepping into the modern MCU for the first time. Raimi’s working with a heckuva set-up here, seeing as how Doctor Strange’s world is literally falling apart at the seams and becoming,...
“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Trailer Reveals a True Epic
“There are wonders in this world beyond our wandering” we hear early on the first trailer for Amazon’s long-simmering, surprisingly mysterious The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. These words are spoken by a young Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), and she’s not lying. Wonders do appear as you tuck into this first, extended look at one of TV’s most highly-anticipated new series. One of the most astonishing things about the trailer is the sheer scope and scale of Amazon’s new series,...
Jordan Peele’s “Nope” Trailer Wows During Super Bowl
It’s safe to say the first trailer for Jordan Peele’s Nope is as deliciously potent a peek at a new movie as we’ve seen in a long, long time. This first look at Peele’s eagerly-anticipated third feature film was revealed during Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup between the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams, and it contained nearly as much excitement in two minutes as the game did in three hours. And it was a good game! Here’s what we learned...
“Death on the Nile” Costume Designer Paco Delgado on Killer Cruise Wear
Costume designer Paco Delgado grew up on a tiny island off the coast of West Africa, where he cultivated a vivid eye for color, shape, and texture. That aesthetic, developed at Institut del Teatre of Barcelona, has served him well. In 2011 he collaborated with the famously meticulous director Pedro Almodóvar on BAFTA Award-winning The Skin I Live In. Delgado then earned Oscar nominations for Les Miserable and The Danish Girl. More recently,...
“Marry Me” Director Kat Coiro on Refueling the Rom-Com With J. Lo
February is the month of Galantine’s and Valentine’s Day, and both are the perfect time for the new musical rom-com Marry Me, which stars Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, and Maluma and hits theaters and Peacock on February 11. The story begins as pop superstar Kat Valdez (Lopez) and fiancé, Latin singing sensation Bastian (Maluma), are preparing to marry onstage. The fans and everybody else on the globe are invited, as it will be live-streamed during a concert...
“Jurassic World: Dominion” Trailer Reveals Epic Conclusion to Trilogy
We’ve got our long-awaited look at Jurassic World: Dominion, the third and final film in the new trilogy that began in 2015 with Jurassic World. The official trailer introduces new dinosaurs, some beloved old favorites, and a slew of Jurassic veterans, including the new trilogy’s leads, Chris Pratt’s Owen Grady and Bryce Dallas Howard’s Claire Dearing. Dominion also brings back Jurassic Park’s original tremendous trio of Sam Neill’s Alan Grant,...
Colin Farrell Spent 4 Hours Becoming The Penguin in “The Batman”
While Robert Pattinson has been talking about Bruce Wayne’s transformation into Batman (including how for one terrified Gothamite, Batman probably looked like a werewolf) in The Batman, Colin Farrell’s metamorphosis into the pockmarked, obese Penguin was an even harder transition. Physically, that is. Speaking with Variety at Sundance, Farrell revealed that at the beginning of The Batman filming, it took four hours to turn him into the iconic villain,...
Robert Pattinson Describes His Batman as a Werewolf
Robert Pattinson was always going to bring something unique to his portrayal of Bruce Wayne. We knew this from the moment his casting was announced, as he’s chosen a post-Twilight career path that has been focused on characters in extremis. Whether it was playing a wildcard bank robber hellbent on freeing his brother from prison in the Safdie brothers insane Good Time to a lighthouse keeper barreling towards, then far, far past the edge of sanity in The Lighthouse,...
“Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America” Directors & Writer/Producer on Relearning American History
The documentary Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America has won numerous awards at fests across the country, including the Audience Award at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival, and boasts a 98% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film is based on criminal defense and civil rights lawyer Jeffery Robinson’s work relearning American history and sharing knowledge that includes events and episodes either erased from in history books or never included in the first place.
Who We Are interweaves a 2018 lecture by Robinson with interviews and footage of Robinson’s exploration of historic locations across the country...
