A Star is Born’s Sound Mixer on Capturing Brilliance Up-Close
Warner Bros.’ A Star is Born, the fourth version of the film and Bradley Cooper’s first time directing, has earned a hero’s welcome as the best iteration yet of the tale of love, talent, and the price of fame. Lady Gaga stars as Ally, a struggling musician with powerhouse pipes, and Cooper as Jackson Maine, the alcoholic rocker on the waning side of stardom who brings her into the spotlight. While the fixation on the female ingenue’s nose might be consistent from 1976’s Kris Kristofferson-Barbra Streisand-helmed remake,...
NYCC: Extended Aquaman Trailer Reveals Arthur’s Traditional Costume
In the midst of New York Comic Con, a new hero is rising. An epic five-minute trailer released today reveals much more about Arthur Curry’s (Jason Momoa) ascension to Aquaman than we’ve ever seen. To rise to his promised place on the throne, he must first descend beneath the waves.
A single drop of sweat, or uh other bodily fluid, can unlock the secrets to a watery alternate realm. With the help of Mera (Amber Heard),...
NYCC: Zachary Levi Demystifies the Shazam! Costume Design
The electrifying energy of lightning wielding teenage superhero Shazam! seems to have overcome actor Zachary Levi. The newest DC superhero dropped by New York Comic Con to pump up the crowd of fans.
“Anybody excited for Shazam?” Levi asked to deafening screams. “That’s the appropriate response!”
Levi started with some background and explained what makes the character so unique. That includes differentiating from another upcoming superhero movie that shares a sometimes moniker with Shazam...
Enjoy This Aquaman Poster as you Wait for new Trailer
While we all prepare for a new Aquaman trailer today, we can all enjoy this tasty new poster from Warner Bros. depicting the Atlantian hero’s arm clutching his trusty trident as he rises out of the sea. From what we’ve seen thus far, in these pretty fantastic images and that pretty fantastic trailer, James Wan’s big stand-alone epic is shaping up to be a winner.
Have a look at the new poster,...
VFX Artists Explain How They Made Venom Marvel’s Freakiest Character
For a superhero movie, Venom boasts an unusually strong cast of heavy hitters including Tom Hardy in the title role along with Michelle Williams and Riz Ahmed. But in this Marvel Comics-based story, it’s the visual effects that drive the spectacle by transforming Hardy’s ordinary human reporter Eddie Brock into a tentacle-sprouting “symbiote” freak. To learn more about CGI-powered monster mutations, The Credits checked in with the VFX company DNEG in London,...
Chris Evans Says Goodbye to Captain America as he Wraps Avengers 4
You can’t say he didn’t warn us. Chris Evans, who has played Steve Rogers since 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger, has officially laid down his shield on Twitter. The actor announced that he’s wrapped his work on Avengers 4 and gave us what sounds like not only a heartfelt goodbye, but perhaps a nod to his iconic character’s fate.
While Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4 (it’ll get an official title eventually) were shot back-to-back,...
How the Crazy Rich Asians Editor Helps Us Navigate the World of Singapore’s Elite
Crazy Rich Asians hinges on dynamics. The complicated web of relationships will either catch true love or tangle the unsuspecting couple. Rachel (Constance Wu) gets off to a rocky start with her boyfriend’s mother (Michelle Yeoh), but there are even more delicate power struggles within the family. In the elite Singapore circles of Crazy Rich Asians, a look, a gesture, or even a flower can be a symbol of judgment. What someone says isn’t always what they mean...
Dwayne Johnson Reveals First Image From Hobbs and Shaw
Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham are bringing their shiny domes and their hardest stares to this new photo from the set of Hobbs and Shaw. Johnson shared the image on his always reliably revealing Instagram feed, where the two Fate of the Furious stars are locked into the world’s most aggressive stare contest in their spinoff adventure. Just in the past year we’ve seen Johnson hold the screen with a giant ape and a flying wolf,...
What Dropping X-Men From the Title Reveals About Dark Phoenix
Right up until we saw the first trailer for Dark Phoenix, the title of the film wasn’t officially announced. There was speculation as to whether it would include the prefix ‘X-Men’ as its predecessors had. Previous stories from the universe include X-Men: Apocalypse and X-Men: Days of Future Past. Dark Phoenix will fall in that arc with several of the cast returning. Screenwriter and director Simon Kinberg explained why the team name was dropped in a recent interview with Collider...
Christian Bale is Unrecognizable as Dick Cheney in First Vice Trailer
The first trailer for Adam McKay (The Big Short)’s Vice has just dropped, starring Christian Bale as Dick Cheney, the most powerful Vice President in the history of the United States. You can say that sort of thing without it coming off as hyperbole when it comes to Cheney, and in McKay’s hands, re-teaming with his Big Short star Bale, you can now count Vice as one of this year’s most intriguing projects...
Sylvester Stallone is a Cowboy in First Photo From Rambo 5
John Rambo has clearly been trying to lead the simple life these past few years. It was a decade ago when we last saw him in Rambo (technically Rambo 4) when he joined a group of mercenaries and plunged into war-torn Burma to rescue some Christian aid workers. Consider that this all happened 26-years after we met him in First Blood, as a Vietnam veteran forced to use his combat skills to fight off a bunch of bad guys who made the mistake of menacing him in some mountains...
Ansel Elgort to Star in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story Adaptation
Ansel Elgort proved he had some moves in Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver. The lanky star was shaking his hips in the very opening seconds of the film, and now he’ll be dong a whole lot more than that after nabbing a huge role that requires a lot of fancy footwork. Elgort will be starring in Steven Spielberg‘s remake of the Stephen Sondheim musical, West Side Story, adapted by Tony Kushner. Variety has the report,...
This new Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Trailer is Stunning
If you aren’t up to speed on Sony Pictures’ animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, this brand new trailer should set you straight. The film centers on Miles Morales (voiced by The Get Down‘s Shameik Moore) who ultimately becomes Spider-Man. As the film’s title indicates, however, this isn’t your usual origin story; Morales discovers a multiverse that’s home to multiple Spider-Men, which gives this film its surreal and gorgeous visual style,...
Watch Evangeline Lilly Rock a Fight Scene in new Ant-Man and the Wasp Clip
While Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel is understandably a huge focus for fans thrilled that the MCU finally has a female superhero fronting a film, let’s not forget Evangeline Lilly‘s Wasp was the first to get title billing. What’s more, her Hope van Dyne/Wasp proved in Ant-Man and the Wasp to be one of the most exciting new(ish) members of the MCU. Lilly wasn’t only utterly credible as a ferocious fighter in her own right,...
The First Hellboy Poster is Pure Fire
Neil Marshall’s upcoming Hellboy sure looks cool. A new poster released by Lionsgate shows Stranger Things‘ David Harbour as the titular demon with a heart of gold, in a reboot of a character made famous by writer/director Guillermo del Toro and star Ron Perlman in two very good movies, from 2004 and 2008 respectively. Created by Mike Mignola, it’s easy to see why Hellboy has been such a draw for talented filmmakers—this big galoot was born for the big screen...
Batman Would Not Have Survived Zach Snyder’s Justice League Arc
This year, we have had to get used to the idea of losing some of our most beloved superheroes. Although Batman has some powerful enemies, and a lot of them, he seems to be fairly invincible. He’s not supernaturally endowed with extraordinary abilities, but he still seems to avoid death with his strength, cunning, and technology. However, if Zack Snyder had his way, the Caped Crusader would finally meet his end in the DCEU.
CinemaBlend spotted an exchange on Vero between Snyder and a fan that seemingly confirms the director had dark intentions for Bruce Wayne...
What the Cracks in Jean Gray’s Face Mean in the Dark Phoenix Trailer
The first trailer for Simon Kinberg’s Dark Phoenix did a great job reminding us why the X-Men were the gold standard for superhero films for a long time. The X-Men have been around on the big screen a lot longer than the Avengers, and unlike their superhero brethren, who have more or less been greeted by humanity as rock stars (Tony Stark), gods (Thor) and patriots (Captain America), the X-Men have long been outcasts. They’ve been defending humanity despite humanity’s deep distrust of them (a point Magneto is forever making),...
Taron Egerton Rides the Wave of Fame as Elton John in First Rocketman Teaser
Elton John has written dozens of hits and enjoyed a smashing career lasting more than five decades. There is one song in particular, however, that is the focal point of an upcoming biopic about the musician’s life. Paramount released the first trailer for Rocketman today and it is a rock and roll spectacle.
Taron Egerton stars as the famous singer/songwriter and while it is not an obvious choice, it totally works here. The costume design is certainly an asset in transforming the actor...
Tessa Thompson Just Confirmed Valkryie’s Fate After Infinity War
Valkryie fans, you can breathe now. The fate of Tessa Thompson’s butt-kicking, hard-drinking Asgardian has been a major question in the MCU ever since Thanos snapped half the universe out of existence in Infinity War. We were pretty certain Valkyrie survived the Thanos’ snap, but those were mostly assumptions. Now, we’ve got it from Thompson herself that Valkyrie survived the snap, and probably has a few things she’d like to say (and do) about it:
No,...
Tom Hanks Slips into Mister Rogers’ Cardigan for New Film
One of the ‘nicest men in show business’ is playing an even nicer man in show business. Tom Hanks slipped into the famous Mr. Rogers sweater this week, and it is a warm hug for the soul. Sony Pictures released the first image of Hanks in character and it is a mash-up of two American treasures.
To hundreds of thousands of children, Fred Rogers was a warm and kind face on television amid the chaos of cartoons and even more harrowing adult programming...
