Avengers 4 Currently Longest Marvel Film Ever at 3 Hours
It’s going to take a long time to defeat Thanos and find a way to bring back T’Challa, Spider-Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy. How long? Possibly three hours. The epic final film in Marvel’s Phase 3 is currently Godfather-length, according to director Joe Russo. Russo sat down for an Instagram Live chat yesterday and shared the news that Avengers 4 is long, and, possibly could stay that long. (h/t THR...
New Trailer for Andy Serkis’ Mowgli Reveals Motion-Capture Marvel
A new look at Andy Serkis’ Mowgli has arrived, revealing the motion-capture master’s gorgeous take on the Rudyard Kipling classic “Jungle Book.” Yet there’s more good news to share here, courtesy of Netflix—the streaming service has given us a new Mowgli trailer and revealed they’ll be giving Serkis’ adaptation a theatrical release. The new film (now titled Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle) will be a departure from Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book for Disney,...
Wild Web-Slingers Unite in new Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Sneak-Peek
Everyone is excited for Miles Morales (voiced by The Get Down‘s Shameik Moore) to make his grand entrance on the big screen, yet the young Brooklyn native will be sharing the stage with a slew of wild web-slingers. Yes, Morales has a few things to learn about being Spider-Man (for example; he doesn’t wear a cape), but luckily for him, he’ll have plenty of opportunities to hone his skills in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse thanks to a mentor by the name of Peter Parker (voiced by Jake Johnson)...
Maria by Callas Writer/Director Tom Volf on Revealing the Person Behind the Legend
Maria by Callas writer/director Tom Volf discovered opera only 7 years ago, yet he very quickly found a passion for the fascinating artistic and personal life of Greek-American opera legend Maria Callas. Delving into copious research, he unearthed never-before-seen footage, photographs, recordings, and interviews. The result is a film created entirely from Callas’s own words. It is a fascinating look at art, fame, and the life of a woman of her time. We spoke to Volf about the complications of building a film in that way,...
Jude Law Learned Everything There is to Know About Dumbledore for Fantastic Beasts
Fantastic Beasts is a fun and fresh take on the Wizarding World. The creatures are spectacular and Newt Scamander is a special kind of adorable awkward. Those period costumes are stunning and J.K. Rowling has promised the series will take us around the globe. However, nostalgia is powerful and it’s hard to let go of the characters we first fell in love with. A new featurette reveals how Jude Law captured the essence of a Harry Potter mainstay...
Aquaman and Associates Prepare for War Beneath the Waves in New Character Posters
These Aquaman posters are the coolest thing to happen to human-like underwater dwellers since mermaids. Who needs a fin when you can have shimmery gold scale leggings? If nothing else, these characters are going to be the flashiest cosplay to come out of the DCEU.
Warner Bros. released the character posters today, showing off the spectacle to come. Each one focuses on something a little different and equally cool. Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) sports his classic green and gold suit and doesn’t share much of the spotlight...
The Girl in the Spider’s Web‘s Location Manager Shares Secrets of Swapping Cities
Later this fall, Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander, defender of women, computer hacker, and iconic pale Swede, returns to American cinema via Sony Pictures’ The Girl in the Spider’s Web. Claire Foy succeeds Rooney Mara and Noomi Rapace in the role, and Fede Alvarez replaces David Fincher in directing the sequel to the American adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. The story itself is the fourth in Larsson’s Millennium crime thriller series,...
Building the Bizarre, Beautiful World of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
In The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Disney’s live-action re-creation of the E.T.A. Hoffmann story and subsequent classical children’s ballet, Morgan Freeman plays Drosselmeyer, giver of enchanted gifts and leader of a star-studded cast that kicks off in picture-perfect Victorian London, giving way to the magical realms where Clara (Mackenzie Foy) hunts for a key to open a final bequest from her late mother: a filigree silver egg that obviously possesses significance beyond knickknackery and sentiment...
Modern Classic Shrek to Return to the Screen
And in the morning, I’m making a reboot! Ok, I’m not. Illumination animation is. If you didn’t pick up on my terrible and tacky reference, I’m alluding to Donkey’s infamous line in modern classic Shrek. The reluctant folk hero of the world’s fairytale creatures may be heading back to the swamp. Seriously, though. Did Heidi Klum already know?
Variety reports that Illumination Entertainment is working on a new Shrek film...
First Capernaum Trailer Reveals Director Nadine Labaki’s Cannes Jury Prize Winner
Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum earned a 15-minute standing ovation at this years’ Cannes Film Festival, where it earned the Jury Prize. The potent family drama is a frontrunner for an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, and now, Sony Pictures Classics has released the first trailer.
Set in Beirut, Capernaum revolves around the story of 12-year old Zain (Zain al Rafeea), a Lebanese boy who takes the remarkable step of suing his parents for the ‘crime’ of giving him life...
How Kin Kept Michael B. Jordan’s Role a Secret
Spoilers. We all hate them. We hope that whatever we are investing our time in is a cool idea that will surprise us. It is harder these days for filmmakers to be stealthy, however. Camera phones and social media keep constant tabs on today’s celebrities. Even the fairly innocuous IMDb can reveal a surprise appearance by a big-name actor. That’s why the surprise, relatively minor, cameos in Marvel films can be fun. However, one of the biggest stars on the planet slipped into a sci-fi film this summer and no one noticed...
Writer/Director Sandi Tan on the Incredible True Story Behind her Netflix Film Shirkers
Sandi Tan was supposed to be the next big teen sensation—not just in the indie film scene, but in the almost non-existent Singapore film scene of the early 1990s. Tan was just 18 years old when she started making the original version of Shirkers, a beautiful, mysterious film, with the help of her friends Jasmin Ng and Sophie Siddique and her film teacher, Georges Cardona. It would have been a revolutionary addition to the indie canon. The current rendition of Shirkers,...
Rami Malek on his Transformation into Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody
Music reviewers ridiculed Queen’s ostentatious and bombastic song “Bohemian Rhapsody” in the 70s, yet the song went on to become one of the most iconic (and unusual) rock anthems of all time. Now, in Bohemian Rhapsody, Rami Malek’s interpretation of Freddie Mercury is intoxicating, thanks to a huge amount of research, a movement coach, and Malek’s go-for-broke attempt to conjure one of the most original, talented frontmen in rock history.
“I’m just a musical prostitute,...
The Deadwood Movie is Actually Happening
Westworld is great for getting your kicks in a mind-bending virtual reality world where nothing has any consequence. If you are looking for a genuine outlaw adventure where the stakes are real and consequences are final, then you’re looking for Deadwood. The original wild west HBO series is officially returning in movie form.
It has been a long, faithful wait for fans of the original series. The show was shockingly canceled in 2006 after three critically hailed seasons...
Another Harry Potter Professor Will Appear in Fantastic Beasts
It is very difficult for Harry Potter OG’s to think of Albus Dumbledore without Minerva McGonagall. They are the very first wizards we ever encounter as they take The Boy Who Lived to the doorstep of the Dursley’s at 4 Privet Drive. As Voldemort rises and wreaks havoc on the wizarding world, they become the fiercest protectors of Hogwarts. A young Dumbledore will feature heavily in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald with Jude Law taking over the role...
Bohemian Rhapsody‘s Production Designer on Re-Constructing the World of Queen
As Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, actor Rami Malek is incredible, an on-stage writhing echo of the groundbreaking rocker’s performances with the band Queen. Surrounding Malek in this uplifting rock biopic are exacting recreations of the bands’ 1970s and 80s-era haunts, from stadium concerts to a youthful Freddie’s London flat with his girlfriend Mary Austin (Lucy Boynton). Bookended by Queen’s seminal performance at Wembley Stadium in 1985 for the Live Aid benefit, the film depicts the band coming together,...
Behold the new Trailer for the Coen Brothers The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The mere notion of a six-part Western anthology from the Coen Brothers is music to a film lover’s ears. The fellas who brought you a classic western like True Grit and the cat-and-mouse West Texas thriller No Country for Old Men know their way around an epic. In fact, there’s really not a genre these guys can’t make their own, so expectations are high for their new Netflix six-parter The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. A new trailer just released highlights the Coen’s masterful technique (the film looks sumptuous),...
Early Reactions Praise Magical Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
An advanced screening for director David Yates and writer J.K. Rowlings’ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald took place at Universal Studios Hollywood, which means the first reactions for the film are in. While the full reviews for the film won’t drop until closer to the November 16 release date, these early takes—which are hugely positive—give us quite a bit of hope that Grindelwald is a step in the right direction for the follow-up franchise to the world-beating Harry Potter phenomenon...
Andy Muschietti Says IT 2 Is In the Can
Did you feel a chill in the wind on Halloween? That was Pennywise inching nearer to take his revenge. The cast and crew of IT 2 had a lot to celebrate on All Hallow’s Eve. Filming officially wrapped, which begins the countdown to getting our first look at the much-anticipated sequel.
Next September, the evil entity that stalks Derry, Maine will return. Director Andy Muschietti celebrated the end of shoots with a word of ‘thanks’ on Instagram...
How Bohemian Rhapsody‘s Cinematographer Recreated Queen’s Most Iconic Performances
Queen’s 1985 Live Aid performance was the rock event of the century that almost didn’t happen. It was an iconic display of untethered talent and vitality in the darkest days of the AIDS crisis. An estimated 1.5 billion people watched the unforgettable performance all around the world. Freddie Mercury left a lasting impression as a music legend that day. Bohemian Rhapsody cinematographer Tom Sigel studied the broadcast to bring audiences on stage.
“The movie begins with a little tease about the Queen performance at Live Aid...
