Everything You Need to Know About “Alien” & “Aliens” Before You See “Alien: Romulus”
With the first reactions to Alien: Romulus calling it a genuinely terrifying sci-fi experience, we thought it was a good idea to give you some grounding in precisely where the film is situated before you brave the theater to see it. Romulus is the rare interquel, connecting what happened in the 57 years between the fateful Nostromo mission of 1979’s Alien and sole survivor Ellen Ripley’s (Sigourney Weaver) next mission,
First “Alien: Romulus” Reactions Call it a Genuinely Terrifying Sci-Fi Horror Experience
The first reactions to director Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus are here after 20th Century Studios unleashed the film on audiences at the world premiere in Los Angeles. Romulus is the eighth installment in the iconic sci-fi franchise, which began in Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic Alien and is set between that film and James Cameron’s thrilling 1986 sequel Aliens.
To ensure he had his mythology right,
“Deadpool & Wolverine” Screenwriters Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick on Resurrecting Logan
Moviegoers apparently love an underdog, at least when it takes the form of Ryan Reynolds’ Avengers wannabe Wade “Deadpool” Wilson. Deadpool & Wolverine, the biggest R-rated movie of all time, with more than a billion at the global box office, co-stars Hugh Jackman and comes fully loaded with a slew of superheroes newly arrived in the Marvel Cinematic Universe now that Disney owns the studio that once controlled the rights to X-Men and other comic book characters.
Disney’s “Snow White” Trailer Reveals Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen in Live-Action Remake
We’ve finally got our first look at Disney’s Snow White.
Disney revealed the first look at its new take on the iconic classic at its D23 event this past Friday. Rachel Zegler stars in the title role, with Gal Gadot playing the Evil Queen. The film is directed by Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb, and Dear Evan Hansen and The Greatest Showman songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul add their musical chops to the film’s tunes.
“Deadpool & Wolverine” Co-Writer Zeb Wells on Scripting Marvel’s Raunchiest, Wildest Film Ever
Even if Deadpool & Wolverine hadn’t become the year’s top-grossing movie, self-described comics nerd-turned-screenwriter Zeb Wells would have been thrilled just for the opportunity to furnish Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool character with snarky wise-cracks. Joining Reynolds, director Shawn Levy, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, Wells, who previously penned “Venom: Dark Origin” and “The Amazing Spider-Man” comic books, says, “I was a huge fan of the first two Deadpool movies,
Apple Original Films Planning Sequel to Brad Pitt & George Clooney Caper “Wolfs”
In writer/director Jon Watts’s upcoming original film Wolfs, which will make its world premiere at the 81st Venice Film Festival, Brad Pitt and George Clooney are finally sharing the screen together again for the first time in 16 years. Now, Apple Original Films has made a fresh deal with Watts to write, direct, and produce a sequel for Pitt and Clooney.
Wolfs is also slated to have a limited theatrical run,
The Epic Nicolas Cage “Deadpool & Wolverine” Cameo That Might Have Been
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen Deadpool & Wolverine yet, move along to another part of the multiverse timeline.
As Deadpool & Wolverine slashes past one box office milestone after another, we’ve talked a lot about the stars who made surprise cameos in the Ryan Reynolds/Hugh Jackman epic. Some were from Fox’s Marvel era, like Jennifer Garner’s Elektra, who first appeared in 2003’s Daredevil and then again in 2005’s stand-alone Elektra.
From Ripley to Rain: New “Alien: Romulus” Teaser Connects Cailee Spaeny & Sigourney Weaver’s Heroines
“What was so great about what Sigourney did, it was incredible; it holds such an iconic space in cinematic history,” Cailee Spaeny says at the top of a new look at director Fede Alvarez’s upcoming Alien: Romulus. Spaeny stars as Rain Carradine, a young woman who makes a really, really bad decision when she tries to change up her life by joining a crew of space colonizers who go to scavenge a decommissioned space station to find the technology they need to finally leave their doomed planet.
New “Paddington in Peru” Trailer Finds the Beloved Bear Preparing to Head to South America
The critically acclaimed and beloved Paddington trilogy is set to conclude with the beloved British bear’s biggest adventure yet.
Sony Pictures has just dropped an adorable teaser for the final film in the trilogy, the first new Paddington installment in 7 years since Paddington 2. The teaser finds Paddington attempting to get his passport photo taken, but it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. It’s brief,
Jennifer Garner on Returning to the Fight in “Deadpool & Wolverine”
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen Deadpool & Wolverine yet, move along to another part of the multiverse timeline.
As Deadpool & Wolverine continues to conquer the global box office, many of the folks who made surprise cameos in the Ryan Reynolds/Hugh Jackman two-hander have spoken up about their involvement in the film. Channing Tatum, who finally got a chance to play Gambit,
“Deadpool & Wolverine”: Wesley Snipes Makes History While Chris Evans Goes Off
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen Deadpool and Wolverine yet, move on to another story in the multiverse.
Deadpool & Wolverine is a bonafide smash hit, slashing and F-bombing its way toward a billion-dollar haul while delighting audiences across the globe. The Shawn Levy-directed scorcher is being fueled, of course, by the long-awaited pairing of Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with the Mouth and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, resurrected (in a way) from his noble death in James Mangold’s 2017 film Logan with a little help from the multiverse.
That Perfect “Deadpool & Wolverine” Cameo That Linked to the Best “Mission: Impossible” Fight Ever
Spoiler alert – if you haven’t seen Deadpool & Wolverine yet and have somehow avoided all cameo-related spoilers, you might want to step away from this article.
There’s been a lot written about all the cameos in Deadpool & Wolverine—heck, we’ve written about them, too—but one of the most interesting cameos of all—with respects to Jennifer Garner, Wesley Snipes, Channing Tatum,
Jeremy Renner’s Surprise Over Robert Downey Jr’s MCU Return & Possible Hawkeye Return
It turns out, it wasn’t just the Comic-Con crowd gathered in Hall H—and subsequently, the rest of the world—that were shocked by the news that Robert Downey Jr. was returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Downey’s fellow Avenger, Jeremy Renner, told US Weekly that he was floored by the announcement that Downey was headed back to the MCU, but not to play Tony Stark, but rather,
“Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color” Trailer Reveals Juggernaut Kaiju Movie in Black & White
Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color is now streaming on Netflix.
A trailer for one of the highest-ratest Godzilla movies in history (hailed as one of the best ever by many critics) reveals a meticulously decolorized version of writer/director Takashi Yamazaki’s masterpiece. The colorized version of Godzilla Minus One is the first domestic Japanese Godzilla film in seven years and takes us back to post-war Japan as the iconic kaiju surfaces from the ocean depths to unleash holy hell on a populace still reckoning with the ravages of World War II,
How “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” Team Aimed to Get The Thing’s Look Just Right
The news coming out of Comic-Con this past weekend was of the cinematic universe-shaking variety. Robert Downey Jr. returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but not as Tony Stark and, instead, as the supervillain Dr. Doom? Check. The Russo Brothers returning to direct Downey in not one but two Avenger films, Avengers: Doomsday (newly retitled and now centering on Downey’s iconic villain), and Avengers: Secret Wars? Check and check.
James Gunn’s “Superman” Soars Past the Finish Line
“And that’s a wrap,” Superman writer/director James Gunn wrote in a post shared early Monday evening. “God bless our cast and crew whose commitment, creativity, and hard work have brought this project to life.”
The image Gunn shared reveals the cast’s first week of shooting in Svalbard, Norway when they began the journey of rebooting the most iconic DC character for Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DC Studios. Superman will be the first major feature from the revamped studio,
Channing Tatum on His Long-Awaited Marvel Debut in “Deadpool & Wolverine”
Spoiler alert for those of you who haven’t seen Deadpool & Wolverine, which is now playing in theaters.
Channing Tatum spent years trying to get a film made in which he’d star as Gambit, the explosive card-dealing member of the X-Men first created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Jim Lee and introduced in “The Uncanny X-Men” in 1990. Gambit was a key member of the X-Men the beloved 1990s animated series X-Men: The Animated Series that ran from 1992 to 1997 (a sequel series,
All the World’s a Stage: The Team Behind “Sing Sing” on Crafting a Powerful Human Drama
Sing Sing screenwriters Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley are unusual, even in the world of indies. They immerse themselves in the world of the story they want to tell for years, in this case a drama program in a maximum-security prison. They surround professional performers like Colman Domingo in the case of Sing Sing, with real-life inhabitants of that world, with a seamless naturalism that straddles documentary and narrative filmmaking.
“The Fantastic Four” Gets a New Title, Will Appear in Next Two “Avengers” Films
While the superhero world got a major surprise this past weekend at San Diego’s Comic-Con with the news that Robert Downey Jr. was returning to the MCU as iconic villain Dr. Doom, there was plenty of news about Dr. Doom’s biggest adversaries, the Fantastic Four, who are getting a reboot from director Matt Shakman. The first bit of news? The Fantastic Four has an official title: The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
Let’s Talk About Those Insane “Deadpool & Wolverine” Cameos
Spoiler Alert! If you haven’t seen Deadpool & Wolverine yet, you probably want to skip this article.
Deadpool & Wolverine is a bonafide blockbuster. The Ryan Reynolds/Hugh Jackman two-hander pulled past the $200 million mark in its domestic opening, a shocking haul for an R-rated film. In fact, Deadpool & Wolverine bested the previous champion of the R-rated opening weekend, the first Deadpool,
