Chris Rock is Rebooting the Saw Franchise
Nobody saw this one coming. Yet once you think about it for a second, it’s both exciting and intriguing. Chris Rock, arguably the greatest comedian of his generation and a serious filmmaker as well, is rebooting the Saw franchise. Bloody Disgusting reports that Rock came up with a new story for the famously brutal franchise, which was turned into a script by Jigsaw writers Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg. The film will be directed by Saw alum Darren Lynn Bousman,...
Trial by Fire Director Edward Zwick on Revisiting a Heartbreaking Story
Cameron Todd Willingham, who’s played by British actor Jack O’Connell in director Edward Zwick‘s Trial by Fire, was not an exemplary character. But he almost certainly didn’t set the 1991 blaze that killed his three young daughters, an alleged crime for which he was executed by the state of Texas in 2004. The fire was likely accidental, as was demonstrated by the evidence presented in David Grann’s 2009 New Yorker piece and Incendiary: The Willingham Case,...
Did Game of Thrones Tease Dany’s Fate With Green Fire?
This post contains spoilers for those of you not caught up to last Sunday’s episode “The Bells.” Apparently, you weren’t one of the 18.4 million people who watched it.
At the end of Game of Thrones gut-punch of a penultimate episode, “The Bells,” there were several blasts of mysterious green fire. You might have missed them in all the death and destruction Daenerys Targaryen was raining down on King’s Landing...
How Avengers: Endgame‘s Editor Handled Time Traveling Twists & Turns
SPOILER ALERT: This story reveals plot points seen in Avengers: Endgame and other Marvel films.
Even before Avengers: Infinity War was completed editors Jeffrey Ford and Matthew Schmidt were already working on what they were calling Avengers 4 in April of last year. The project, shrouded in secrecy, was to be a culmination of 10+ years and 22 films in the making cleverly dubbed Avengers: Endgame.
During its first three weeks at the box office,...
Avengers: Endgame Visual Effects Supervisor on Happy Hulk, Lebowski Thor & More
Spoiler alert for those of you who still haven’t seen Avengers: Endgame.
The Marvel universe’s supersized super-villain Thanos (Josh Brolin, plus CG) last year dealt a heavy hand to overpopulation in Avengers: Infinity War, wiping out half of humanity with a snap of his fingers warmed by his Infinity Stone encrusted gauntlet. Five years onward the Avengers are looking stuck, with those remaining still in mourning and low on solutions. Their situation appears irreversible until Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) re-emerges from the quantum realm,...
Costume Designer Jennifer Rogien on Outfitting Netflix’s Brilliant Russian Doll
As Nadia, Russian Doll’s wise-cracking heroine who dies repeatedly only to be reborn in the bathroom of her birthday party, Natasha Lyonne looks the part of the quintessential New York woman (which, in real life, she is), her all-black ensemble from boots to blouse easily complementing the withering energy with which she confronts her friends, ex, the homeless guy on the corner, and assorted other compatriots. In contrast, the only other soul in the world who understands her plight because he,...
Disney Confirms Next Star Wars Film Coming From Game of Thrones Co-Creators
Game of Thrones is currently the most talked about piece of pop culture entertainment in the world. Especially now that Avengers: Endgame has been out for a while, everybody is either talking about Game of Thrones or complaining about how much people are talking about Game of Thrones. That won’t change for at least another week, with the finale coming this Sunday, and now the official word is in about another massive franchise—Game of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and D.B...
Midsommar Trailer From Hereditary Director Teases a Sunlit Nightmare
Writer/director Ari Aster burst onto the scene with last year’s insanely scary Hereditary. What that film did for miniatures and sticking your head out of car windows to get some air, his new film Midsommar will likely do for summer festivals. The first trailer is here and it delivers the kind of thrills you’d expect from Aster, but in an entirely different setting and without the advantage of being able to hide his horrors in darkness...
Angelina Jolie is Back in First Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Teaser
Angelina Jolie is back on the big screen. The actress, producer, writer, and director is returning to the front for the first time since her 2015 film By the Sea. Jolie is reprising her role as the tortured, complex Sleeping Beauty villain in director Joachim Rønning’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and the first trailer delivers back to the mystical world of magical spells and embittered queens. In Mistress of Evil, Jolie’s Maleficent will have a richer role to play...
Jean Grey Breaks Bad in new Dark Phoenix Trailer
Daenerys Targaryen isn’t the only powerful women breaking bad these days. Over on the big screen, Jean Grey (Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones very own Sansa Stark!) is having a moment. The powerful telekinetic mutant and longstanding member of the X-Men (X-people) is headlining Simon Kinberg’s new film. This is so much Jean Grey’s film, they even dropped X-Men from the title. A new trailer brings us all the way back to the very first X-Men movie 20-years ago,...
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Early Reactions Tease Colossal Kaiju Romp
Godzilla: King of the Monsters doesn’t open until May 31, but the embargo for spoiler-free reactions on social media was lifted for those who caught press screenings and premieres. The consensus seems to be this—King of the Monsters is an absolute blast.
We’ve grabbed a slew of Tweets and embedded them below. Directed by Mike Dougherty from a script he co-wrote with Zach Shields and Max Borenstein, King of the Monsters boasts a great cast,...
One of Avengers: Endgame‘s Most Surprising Scenes is now Online
It really should go without saying but spoiler alert.
One of the most shocking character reveals in Avengers: Endgame was actually quite lovely. While the film is bursting with great cameos, character callbacks and massively epic moments, sometimes the best part of an Avengers movie is when these wacky superheroes get to stop fighting for a moment and actually talk. This is when we actually get to know them as people...
Behold the Chilling, Thrilling Trailer for IT: Chapter Two
Our first look at IT: Chapter Two is here, and it turns out Bill Skarsgård wasn’t lying when he said Pennywise was going to be even more vicious. We’re back in Derry, Maine, 27-years after the events in IT, and our Loser’s Club members are all grown up. Director Andy Muschietti and screenwriter Gary Dauberman have tackled adapting the second half of Stephen King’s novel, which pits Pennywise against his old enemies for their epic,...
Prepare Yourself for an Even More Vicious Pennywise in IT: Chapter Two
In a little while we’ll be sharing the first trailer for Andy Muschietti’s IT: Chapter Two.
We already know that the second installment of Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s seminal novel required a possibly record-setting amount of blood. At least this was according to one of the film’s stars, Jessica Chastain, who plays the grown-up Beverly Marsh. Chastain appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this past March and shared some of the film’s bloody details...
Here’s When Avengers: Endgame is Coming to Disney +
You won’t have to wait too long to see Avengers: Endgame on Disney +. Considering the fact that film is currently being seen in theaters at a rate that would suggest it’s the only source of oxygen in any city or town it’s playing in, Endgame won’t be leaving the multiplex anytime soon. Yet Adam Vary of Buzzfeed News found a release date for when Endgame will stream on Disney + in an earnings report...
Official Spider-Man: Far From Home Synopsis & Stealth Suit Explained
“Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever.”
The above is the brief synopsis for Spider-Man: Far From Home, confirming what we all saw from that surprisingly heavy new trailer. (Avengers: Endgame spoilers ahead). We now know that Peter Parker (Tom Holland) will be dealing with not only the Elementals in Far From Home but also the loss of his mentor,...
Avengers: Endgame‘s Editor Came up With the Film’s Most Iconic Line
All the spoiler alerts, right here.
So you’ve seen Avengers: Endgame, yes? Great. Now we can discuss the film’s best line. It also doubled as the moment that fans had been waiting for since Thanos snapped half the universe to dust in Infinity War. The line came in the climatic, MCU-shaking final battle with the Mad Titan. At this point in the film, we’d already lost Black Widow,...
A Whole new Generation of Star Wars Films Begins in 2022
While you wait for J.J. Abrams Stars Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to hit theaters this December 20, Disney is hard at work expanding the galaxy. A new Star Wars saga will begin in 2022, although the details are being kept in the Sarlacc pit on Tatooine. Are these three films a new trilogy? Are they going to be one-offs (unlikely, but not impossible)? Who’s making them? What are they about?
Disney has revealed a slew of new release dates for their upcoming slate of films...
Spider-Man: Far From Home Director Confirms Multiverse Coming to MCU
Avengers: Endgame forever altered the landscape of the MCU in myriad ways. (Spoiler alert if you haven’t seen the film yet.) Peter Parker (Tom Holland)’s trip abroad in Far From Home will be upended by more than just Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). The new trailer confirmed that Far From Home will deal directly with the aftermath of Endgame, both in who was lost and what the world—or should we say, ...
Finding the Funny With Long Shot Director Jonathan Levine & Actress June Diane Raphael
Long Shot stars Charlize Theron as Charlotte, an elegant, poised, hyper-competent Secretary of State who wants to run for President and Seth Rogen as Fred, an awkward, shlumpy, but principled journalist. Charlotte hires Fred to help write speeches that will reveal her warmer, more accessible side. It is romantic, it is funny, and it is surprisingly sweet. In an interview with The Credits, director Jonathan Levine and June Diane Raphael,...
