Final Smallfoot Trailer Puts a Comic Twist on a Classic Myth
Channing Tatum is back for his first role in 2018, and he’s… hairier.
Of course, it’s not really Tatum who appears onscreen in the upcoming Smallfoot. In his place is a hulking, horned, fifteen-foot-tall Yeti who resembles the Abominable Snowman from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and has the voice of the Magic Mike star. Smallfoot, along with 2016’s Storks, is part of a new collection of animated movies from Warner Bros...
Watch Heath Ledger Become the Joker
Now is the perfect time to once again celebrate Heath Ledger‘s iconic turn as the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. With Nolan’s masterpiece heading back to the big screen to celebrate the film’s 10th anniversary, CineFix caught up with the film’s Oscar-nominated makeup artist John Caglione Jr. in a fantastic video that explains Ledger’s transformation.
Caglione Jr. had previously been nominated for an Oscar for his work for Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy in 1990,...
Matt Reeves Blows Up a Theory about Upcoming Project The Batman
Matt Reeves is really harkening back to Batman’s origins with his new project based on the Caped Crusader. The Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 where he grew to become the greatest detective in the world. We often think of Bruce Wayne as a crime fighter, but he’s a man of many skills. In a panel with the Television Critics Association today, Reeves elaborated on his vision for The Batman.
In the midst of promoting The Passage,...
Hillary Clinton Will Executive Produce TV Adaptation of Suffrage Story The Woman’s Hour
Hillary Clinton is doubling down on her foray into Hollywood. The former Senator and Secretary of State was recently on the set of Madam Secretary. Clinton will play herself in the October 7 episode in which she’ll counsel (fictional) Secretary Elizabeth McCord. Now, THR reports that Clinton will be pulling the strings behind the scene after teaming up with Steven Spielberg on a television adaptation of The Woman’s Hour.
The book by Elaine Weiss chronicles the suffrage movement for women to earn the right to vote...
Things Are Heating Up as The Predator Goes on the Hunt
31 years after Shane Black played Rick Hawkins, the Predator’s first victim, he’s revisiting the franchise as director and writer of the fourth film in the series. With it comes all of the wonderful nostalgia of everything we love about the films. 20th Century Fox just released a new poster for The Predator, which features the Predator in thermal vision.
The poster of the first film, Predator, featured the same thermal look in the background,...
Chloë Sevigny Sheds a New Light on Famous Axe Murderer, Lizzie
Reduced to a caricature in a gory nursery rhyme, Chloë Sevigny is taking a closer look at Lizzie Borden’s motive for murder. Often perceived to be a cold-blooded killer, Lizzie take a big picture look at the events leading up to the crime. Sevigny’s passion project premiered earlier this year at Sundance, and the first trailer finally gives us a look at the gripping drama.
Lizzie strikes me as a similar approach to Sofia Coppola’s feminist retelling of The Beguiled last year...
Christopher Robin Producer Bringham Taylor on Bringing Adults Back to Pooh
Brigham Taylor was at Disney 15 years ago when he first heard the idea for a movie about a grown-up Christopher Robin reconnecting with his beloved toys. That movie has finally been made, with Taylor as its producer, and it was worth the wait, a lovely, touching, and utterly endearing film for the whole family. In an interview with The Credits, he talked about why soft, cuddly toys still matter even in an age of technology, and how the people who worked on the film made sure they kept its most important lessons in mind...
Makeup Designer Donald Mowat on The Darkest Minds‘ Subtle Sorcery
With a three-decade career in the film industry, you’d think makeup designer Donald Mowat has seen it all. The Emmy winner has worked on projects from The Fighter to Planet of the Apes, and we’ve already had the chance to discuss his masterful work on Blade Runner 2049 and Stronger. However, there are genres that have eluded Mowat for decades, and now he is making an effort to turn over every stone–and is having a great time doing it...
Rebecca Ferguson Jumps from Mission: Impossible to Men in Black and Doctor Sleep
Rebecca Ferguson rocketed to stardom with her fierce turn as Ilsa Faust in the Mission: Impossible franchise. In Rogue Nation and Fallout (which she shot while pregnant), Ferguson was a standout as an MI6 agent who went deep undercover in the Syndicate. Now, Ferguson is parlaying that success into more on-screen roles.
Per Deadline, the Swedish actress will appear in Doctor Sleep, directed by Mike Flanagan (Oculus) and based on Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining,...
Andy Serkis Has Secured Animal Farm as His Next Performance-Capture Project
Andy Serkis’ reign as the executor of non-human character driven stories continues. Deadline reports that the performance-capture king has struck a deal to direct an adaptation of George Orwell’s satirical novel Animal Farm. Yes, the text of middle school required reading fame.
Netflix acquired the rights to the project meaning that two literary inspired adaptations from Serkis will find a home on the streaming site. Mowgli, based on Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book,...
J.J. Abrams Reveals First Photo From the Set of Star Wars: Episode IX
J.J. Abrams sent his first ever Tweet out into the world, and it was a doozy. With Star Wars: Episode IX production officially underway, Abrams sent out his inaugural Tweet from set, praising his cast and crew, The Last Jedi writer/director Rian Johnson, Star Wars creator George Lucas, and the late, great Carrie Fisher:
Bittersweet starting this next chapter without Carrie, but thanks to an extraordinary cast and crew, we are ready to go...
Brand New Avengers: Infinity War Bonus Trailer Boasts New Footage, Bloopers
With Avengers: Infinity War coming home via digital download, that means a lot of fresh material is now available. That includes behind-the-scenes secrets of filming, news on which characters survived Thanos’s snap, gag reels, deleted scenes and more. Marvel has now just released a new bonus trailer, with a bunch of new footage, some great line flubs (watching master thespian Benedict Cumberbatch mess up his character’s name is especially delicious) and details about all the extras you’ll be getting when you bring Infinity War home...
Women Take Charge in Our First Look at Terminator 6
Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions are ready to terminate one more time. They’ve just revealed the first official Terminator 6 photo, and we can already decipher a lot. We finally get a clear image of the film’s three lead characters, the glorious return of Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and the two new characters, Grace (Mackenzie Davis) and Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes). Another exciting tidbit is the return of the franchise’s iconic title villain/hero (depending upon whether you’re recalling the original film or the epic sequel, ...
Mission: Impossible – Fallout’s Production Designer on Building a World of Mayhem
The sixth installment of Mission: Impossible premiered last Friday to critical praise and a series-best opening at the box office. Among the numerous elements that made MI6 a standout was the continuation of outlandish, death-defying, and yet quite scenic stunts, mostly performed by Tom Cruise himself, in the role of Impossible Missions Force agent Ethan Hunt.
Hunt’s nemesis, Solomon Lane (played by Sean Harris), from the franchise’s fifth film,...
The Avengers: Infinity War Cast Member Who Cracked Up Most on Set
Now that the home release of Avengers: Infinity War is available, there are tons of exciting tidbits piling in to discuss. For something light, who doesn’t love some behind the scenes gag reels of their favorite movies? Well, it’s your lucky day, superhero fans. Avengers: Infinity War just dropped a hilarious clip of bloopers, giving us a deeper look at all the fun they had on set. From Paul Bettany’s (Vision) nonstop giggles while filming to the production team and casts’ stellar dance moves,...
Emily Blunt & Dwayne Johnson Have Infectious Chemistry in New Jungle Cruise Teaser
After the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise proved that theme park rides can inspire great filmmaking, Disney will adapt possibly its most iconic ride for the big screen. Co-stars Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson appeared in the first teaser for Jungle Cruise, loosely based on the Disneyland and Magic Kingdom ride. The clip is really just a minute of hilarious banter between the stars, with Johnson joking that they can be like “Humphrey Bogart and Kathleen Hepburn,” and Blunt even walking off stage when Johnson steals her line...
Valkryie Lives! And Other Avengers: Infinity War Home Release Revelations
Yesterday we shared this deleted scene from the home release of Avengers: Infinity War. It gave us a bit background for the tragic “family” story of Thanos (Josh Brolin) and Gamora (Zoe Saldana). Their storyline was one of the most crucial in the film, and the coda to their relationship one of the most heartbreaking. The impact of Avengers: Infinity War on the MCU was, by design, catastrophic. Yet the Russo Brothers and their entire filmmaking team—including writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely,...
Seeing (and Saving) the World With Mission: Impossible – Fallout‘s Location Scout
Jaunty banter, truly insane stunts and Tom Cruise’s seemingly superhuman inability to slow down aside, one of the most arresting aspects of Mission: Impossible — Fallout are the film’s environments. As IMF agent Ethan Hunt, Cruise is chased down, on a motorcycle, through the middle of Paris, crashes through London offices only to end up thwarted on the roof of the Tate Modern (at least the view is stunning), and winds up fighting for the health of the planet on an alarmingly remote bit of rock face in India (played here by an alarmingly remote bit of rock face in Norway)...
Mission: Impossible – Fallout’s Stunt Coordinator on the Craziest Film in Franchise History
By now it is well known that Tom Cruise, age 56, performs his own stunts. What is not as obvious, unless you are familiar with his whole body of work, is that he is always training, that he learns fresh stunts for new films, and that, according to those who work with him, he shows absolutely no sign of slowing down. Of course, if you caught the commercial and critical hit sixth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise over the weekend,...
New Infinity War Deleted Scene Dives Deeper into Thanos & Gamora’s History
The Mad Titan and his adopted daughter have one of the rockier relationships we’ve seen on the screen lately.
The lengthy Avengers: Infinity War already provided tons of emotional insight into the quarrel between Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and her self-proclaimed protector, Thanos (Josh Brolin). Gamora’s home planet was one of the early victims of Thanos’ conquest, and he took the adorably innocent, green child into his giant arms—after killing her parents, of course...
