The Lion King Early Reactions Hail A Roaring Achievement
Director Jon Favreau‘s The Lion King held its first screening last night, which means the initial reactions are now stampeding in. This reboot of the beloved 1994 animated classic had a lot to live up to. As he did for his 2016 remake of The Jungle Book, Favreau and his team used cutting edge technology to render, Simba, Mufasa and the rest of the animals of the African Serengeti in photo-realistic detail...
Warner Streaming Service Called HBO Max, Will Include Friends
The streaming service world has a new member. Enter HBO Max.
WarnerMedia has officially revealed HBO Max to the world. As the name suggests, the new service will include all your favorite HBO programming, including several original shows, and a huge, huge catalog of content on top of this. What’s more, HBO Max will have all 236 episodes of Friends.
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The press release from WarnerMedia didn’t reveal what the new service will cost,...
New Images From Crawl Reveal Alligator-Infested Nightmare
Monsters are scary. Monsters underwater are a whole order of magnitude more terrifying. The premise of Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes)’s Crawl takes that concept and adds an environmental angle (a hurricane) to create what looks like a claustrophobic, “the water’s rising and there’s something in the water” nightmare. Now Paramount has released a bunch of new images from the film, which teases Crawl‘s plot...
Mark Hamill Finally Explains The Last Jedi‘s Blue Milk
Rian Johnson‘s Star Wars: The Last Jedi was bold in so many ways. The writer/director took the narrative baton from J.J. Abrams after The Force Awakens and gave us a rich, complex middle trilogy film that challenged fans’ long-held beliefs about what made a Jedi and Rey (Daisy Ridley)’s parentage. There was also his decision to split up the three main good guys—Rey, Finn (John Boyega), and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac)—and give them three separate missions...
Todd Phillips Reveals the Plot of Joker is Entirely Original
The plot for Todd Phillips‘ Joker has been a well-guarded secret for a long time now. Even the excellent trailer left us with way more questions than answers. The script was co-written by Phillips and Scott Silver, and only the broad strokes have been more or less known for a while now. The film centers on Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck, a man “disregarded by society” per Warner Bros.’ synopsis, which will show his transformation from a nobody to Batman’s iconic nemesis...
Angelina Jolie Breaks Bad in new Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Trailer
Angelina Jolie returns to the big screen (as an actress, that is) in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil for the first time since 2015’s By the Sea. Mistress of Evil is, of course, the sequel to 2014’s smash hit Maleficent. That film introduced us to Jolie’s titular villain, in which we found out her reasons (and there were plenty of them) for cursing her goddaughter, baby Aurora—better known as Sleeping Beauty...
New Images From Mulan Reveal Epic Warrior’s Tale
Now that we’ve gotten our first glimpse of director Niki Caro’s live-action remake of Mulan, we’re fully enthused. The story of the courageous young woman who disguises herself as a man so that she can take her ailing father’s place in the Imperial Army feels urgent and fresh. It’s helped by the fact that Caro and her cinematographer Mandy Walker have appeared to make a lush period war epic, not the type of descriptor you usually attach to live-action remakes of beloved Disney animated films...
The First Live-Action Mulan Trailer is a Stunner
The first trailer for Disney‘s live-action remake of Mulan is a thing of beauty. The last time we saw the story of the courageous young woman who disguises herself as a man in order to defend China from Northern Invaders, she, and everything else in the 1998 film, was animated. The new live-action retelling features a fantastic cast, stunning locations, and a director in Niki Caro (Whale Rider, The Zookeeper’s Wife) with serious chops...
Ari Aster’s Terrifying Midsommar Pulls Horror Into the Light
It was a safe bet that Ari Aster‘s follow-up to his terrifying 2018 debut Hereditary was going to be good. While the sophomore slump was once considered a very real phenomenon, it seemed unlikely that Aster would whiff with his next feature. The question was could he shock and terrify in a totally refreshing way after having done that, and more, with his nearly flawless debut? The answer seems to be a resounding yes. ...
Arnold Schwarzenegger Showing new Terminator: Dark Fate Footage at Comic-Con
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con is going to be a big one. We know what you’re thinking—every year at SDCC is huge, but 2019 is really shaping up to be colossal. We already know that Marvel is headed back to Hall H. That bit of news itself means that this year’s Con is going to have some major reveals (Black Widow is our bet for one of Marvel’s spotlights),...
How Spider-Man: Far From Home’s Production Designer Made Europe Pop
The first time production designer Claude Paré went to Europe shortly after he quit school at age sixteen, the Montreal-based filmmaker put together a portfolio of paintings that earned him admission to National Film Board of Canada’s training program. He rose through the ranks as prop hand, set decorator, set designer and art director to become one of Hollywood’s go-to production designer behind such blockbusters as Night at the Museum and Rise of the Planet of the Apes...
The Trailer for Rian Johnson’s Murder Mystery Knives Out is Hilarious
Rian Johnson is an excellent filmmaker. Even the folks who groused about his bold handling of Star Wars: The Last Jedi would have to concede his considerable filmmaking chops. From his mind-blowing debut Brick to his sci-fi thriller Looper right on through the excellent The Last Jedi (yes, excellent), he’s grown into one of the most interesting filmmakers of his generation. This is why we’re so excited about his new murder mystery Knives Out. ...
Daisy Ridley Confirms Rey’s Parents Revealed in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Any morsel of new information about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is something to savor. The 9th and final film in the epic Skywalker saga is inching towards its December 20 release date. The film will be, of course, shrouded in secrecy, with new information possessively guarded and parceled out as Lucasfilm sees fit.
Yet when one of the film’s stars is out publicizing an entirely different movie, you can guarantee they’ll be asked about The Rise of Skywalker. ...
Greg Kinnear on his Directorial Debut Phil
For his first time helming a feature film, actor Greg Kinnear picked a dark comedy centered on a depressed dentist experiencing a mid-life crisis. Phil is also struggling to understand why one of his patients, seemingly with everything to live for, takes his own life.
It was an especially demanding undertaking, given that Kinnear also played the lead role. But armed with his vast experience on screen, lessons learned watching the many renowned directors he’s worked with,...
Two new Players Revealed in First Trailer for Jumanji: The Next Level
Two new players are here to change the game, and somehow improve upon the hilarious Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. The first trailer for director Jake Kasden’s Jumanji: Next Level reveals that two new players entering the wildest video, and we’re guessing you didn’t see these folks coming. And who might they be? In a welcome surprise, the new faces are film royalty—none other than Danny DeVito and Danny Glover. These two are not who you’d first guess would be picking up a joystick and getting involved in the world’s most immersive videogame,...
New Bond 25 Images & Video Reveal the World’s Most Dapper Spy
Last week we shared a sizzling behind-the-scenes video from the set of the still untitled Bond 25. Shot on location in Jamaica (the film will, of course, take place in several countries), director Cary Joji Fukunaga seems to be making the most of the various places James Bond (Daniel Craig)’s job will take him. Now we’ve got a new look at Bond in full suave mode, along with a behind-the-scenes shot of Bond driving his vaunted Astin Martin V8 on location in London...
Meet the Managing Director of the Walt Disney Animation Research Library
Mary Walsh says she has the best job in the Walt Disney Company, but she might just have the best job in the world – she is the managing director of the Walt Disney Animation Research Library and she oversees the Walt Disney Studios Ink & Paint Department, which was instrumental in the early days of animation. Those are the artists who actually translate the animated drawings to create and the images that as a moviegoer you would see on the screen...
Toy Story 4‘s Story Supervisor Valerie LaPointe on Bo Peep, Gabby Gabby & More
The trilogy of the first three Toy Story installments may have seemed complete, but Woody, Buzz, and the rest of the gang are back for another round in director Josh Cooley’s addition to the franchise, and they’ve got a new set of responsibilities to the child in their life, Bonnie. The story gets going with the tyke’s reluctant entry to pre-school, a topic of much debate among her playthings. Woody (Tom Hanks) is no longer top toy, but nonetheless wrangles his way into her backpack to take care of her,...
Watch the Gleefully Insane Final Trailer for Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
While Vin Diesel recently released a video from the set of Fast & Furious 9, some of his co-stars are ready to unleash the first spinoff from the mega-popular franchise. Those co-stars are, of course, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, two of the most likable characters to be introduced to the Fast & Furious franchise since they burst on the scene in Fast & Furious 7 in 2015. Their new film’s title is a mouthful—Fast &...
Director Alex Holmes & Subject Tracy Edwards on Their Thrilling Sailing Doc Maiden
The thrilling documentary Maiden, the story of 24-year-old Tracy Edwards skippering the first ever all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989, is coming to theaters. The film chronicles the challenges, victories, and overt sexism Tracy and her crew faced in sailing in the famed race around the world. Though it’s filled with messages of female empowerment, it is a film everyone will find inspiring and compelling. The Credits spoke to director Alex Holmes and subject Tracy Edwards about her achievements in the historic race,...
