How Solo‘s Craziest Death Scene Was Inspired by Indiana Jones
If you’re trying to outrun a squadron of TIE-Fighters while smuggling highly explosive, extremely expensive cargo, what you probably don’t want to do is fly directly into a maelstrom. Spoiler alert.
Yet that’s precisely what Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) does while at the helm of Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover)’s Millennium Falcon as they attempt to make the Kessel run (in 12 parsecs!) before being killed by the TIE Fighters and the Imperial blockade set up to stop them...
Lucasfilm Designers Created 29 More Concepts for the Millenium Falcon in Solo
There is hardly any more recognizable ship in the whole of the sci-fi universe than the Millenium Falcon. For Solo: A Star Wars story, Lucasfilm Design Supervisor, James Clyne, had to go back in time to imagine what the Falcon looked like before A New Hope. Clyne and his team ended up spinning off in nearly 60 directions before settling on the shiny new ship. StarWars.com went back to Clyne’s original sketches to shed light on his design process...
Tom Cruise Suits Up for His Next Flight in Top Gun: Maverick
It has been more than 30 years, but Tom Cruise is finally feeling the need again. The need for speed, of course. The actor tweeted out a photo of himself holding his iconic “Maverick” helmet, and, dare we say, it took our breath away. Cruise has officially suited up again and the Top Gun sequel is finally in production. We know Maverick flies the F-14A Tomcat, but it looks like all Cruise has been flying is a time machine...
A Behind the Scenes Look at the Na’vi from Avatar at Disney World’s Pandora
The Disney Parks Blog shared a video this week peeling back the curtain on one of the most iconic inventions in the parks, Audio-Animatronics. The park was built on immersive experiences where guests can meet with long gone historic figures or ride right into their favorite Disney film. Now, the Na’vi River Journey takes visitors on a cruise where they can float just feet away from Pandora’s Shaman of Songs. I had the pleasure of embarking on that cruise last summer,...
James Marsden to Star in New Sonic the Hedgehog Live-Action/Animated Adaptation
Pretty much any millennial would be able to tell you who Sonic the Hedgehog is. The blue gaming hero, recently inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame in 2016, appeared in the first video game I ever played. There’s something about bringing a video game to the big screen that screams nostalgia, bringing us back to a simpler time where we could immerse ourselves in new worlds every Saturday afternoon, without consequence.
James Marsden,...
Watch Wakanda Rise in New Black Panther VFX Reel
Wakanda is the marvel of super advanced technology at the heart of Ryan Coogler’s game changing Black Panther. The fictional African nation is at the vanguard of just about everything—architecture, mass transportation, communication, flight, high-tech fashion design—all of which is powered by their most treasured resource, vibranium. This technology is harnessed by the teenage genius Shuri (Letitia Wright), the kid sister of the nation’s king, T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman). In order to make all of this believable,...
How That Shocking Cameo Made it into Solo: A Star Wars Story
There were some beloved characters that were resurrected in Solo from Han to Lando. We were also super pumped to see the new faces including Qi’ra, Beckett, and Val. There was one familiar face we didn’t expect to pop up, however. We can’t get into it without some serious spoilers, so stop now if you haven’t made it to the theater yet.
Ok, let’s talk about that cameo. Yes, we’re talking about Darth Maul – double-sided lightsaber and all...
Avengers: Infinity War‘s Ending was Nearly Avengers 4‘s Beginning
Avengers: Infinity War has been out for more than a month, but in the event you’re just returning from hiking in the Himalayas, or a space walk on the International Space Station, we’ll just go ahead and say stop reading if you’ve somehow not seen the film yet.
Okay, so as we all know, Infinity War ended with the most brutal snap in history. Thanos (Josh Brolin) acquired all six Infinity Stones and, as Gamora promised,...
Jamie Foxx Nabs Long Sought Lead Role in Spawn Adaptation
What do you get when you combine an Oscar-winning actor with the creator of one of the comics most iconic anti-heros and a production company known for their consistent excellence in creating horror films? Spawn. That’s right, Jamie Foxx has nabbed the role he’s long sought and will be starring in Spawn creator Todd McFarlane’s film, with Blumhouse Productions (the folks behind Jordan Peele’s Get Out) producing. This will be McFarlane’s directorial debut,...
Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning Reunite on the Set of Maleficent II
Maleficent doesn’t look so malevolent in this behind-the-scenes shot on set. Maleficent II has begun shooting and star Elle Fanning posted a pic with costar, Angelina Jolie. The actors reunited in London to begin filming this week.
It’s bring your mom to work day on the #Maleficent2 set!!!!! ✌?
While Fanning and Jolie will be reprising their roles,...
The Five Moments in Solo that Delighted Us the Most
Change is hard, but Alden Ehrenreich made it easy for us. Harrison Ford so endearingly created the prickly and grizzled antihero, Han Solo, that it was difficult to imagine anyone else in the role. Ford endorsed Ehrenreich’s performance in Solo, and it turns out he has pretty good judgment. Ehrenreich channeled Solo’s essence and the script played to his freshness in the role. Solo is the most adventurous and lowest stake film in the Star Wars franchise,...
The Insane List of Cameos in Deadpool 2
Haven’t seen Deadpool 2 yet? Stop reading. We’ve got some major spoilers coming.
While we’ve interviewed the film’s screenwriters and makeup designer, we’ve made sure we didn’t spill the beans on the major cameos in the film. Arguably the biggest cameo, a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment about two thirds of the way into the movie, drew gasps when we saw the film. The moment was so brief you had to wonder if you really saw the face you could have sworn you saw...
The Gospel According to Andre Director Kate Novack on the Man Behind the Fashion Icon
As a fan of fashion documentaries, director Kate Novack knew Andre Leon Talley as the larger-than-life, high priest of haute couture. As a journalist- turned-filmmaker, she knew there was more to him than that.
“I’ve been watching Andre in many fashion docs since Unzipped in 1996, which is around when I was getting out of college,” Novack says. “It was always always this over-the-top [depiction] where he’d steal the scene but he was always an enigma...
Ant-Man and the Wasp Take on The Ghost in new TV Spot
Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man and the Wasp has a lot going for it. It’s the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to give a female superhero top billing, placing Evangeline Lilly’s the Wasp not only in the title, but the very center of the film’s story. It’s the first film in the MCU to premiere after the Russo Brothers’ epic, heartbreaking Avengers: Infinity War. And then there’s the new villain, played by the rising star Hannah John-Kamen,...
Documentarian Morgan Neville on Revealing Mr. Rogers in Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, which premiered 50 years ago on PBS, is undergoing a bit of a renaissance of late. Although host Fred Rogers died at age 74 in 2003, his effect on the lives of adoring preschoolers and beyond is still being felt. Earlier this year, PBS aired It’s You I Like, a tribute show named after one of Rogers’ many self-penned songs that he performed on the series. The U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp in his honor...
The Stars of Deadpool 2 Would Like to Say ‘Thanks’
No one will ever be as badass as Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, and Sophia, but we must admit, the Deadpool 2 gang comes kind of close. The hits just keep on coming, and the endlessly creative team behind the superhero film have set a highlight reel to the Golden Girls theme song. Throw a vintage filter over the footage, sprinkle in a 1980s TV font, dapple Andrew Gold’s classic song over it and you’ve got the sitcom opening we’ve always dreamed of...
New Sicario: Day of the Soldado Trailer Unleashes the Fire & Fury
It seems that these days, everything that screenwriter Taylor Sheridan touches turns to gold. The Sicario scribe, Oscar nominated for his work on Hell or High Water, returns to write the sequel, and judging from the new trailer, he hasn’t held back—on anything. Sicario: Day of the Soldado looks like the original on steroids. Sony just dropped a new trailer for the movie, and it was exhilarating, breathtaking even...
Logan Director James Mangold Set to Write and Direct a Boba Fett Film
James Mangold directed one of the most deeply rich character films ever made in Logan.
Mangold captured the grizzled, jaded character in his dying days and delivered a fully realized final homage to the mutant. It was grisly, gory, and badass. The depth and detail of the film’s artistry was so authentic you felt immersed in the world of Wolverine. Now, Mangold has an opportunity to explore the layers of another iconic character,...
Lifelong Star Wars Fan Joonas Suotamo On Becoming Chewbacca
Imagine a young man dreams of an acting career, but is told he has little or no chance of success, because there are no jobs for blonde, blue-eyed Finnish actors nearly seven feet tall. Now imagine one of the most iconic characters in modern film is being recast, and the requirements include being seven feet tall and having blue eyes. Clearly Joonas Suotamo, who took over the role of Chewbacca from the great Peter Mayhew, is lucky to have maintained his optimism and ignoring all the naysayers,...
New Solo Images Highlight the Galaxy’s Underworld
Solo: A Star Wars Story is finally here. After that much fretted over production and all the panting concern, Ron Howard’s film has seemingly done the impossible—told a ripping yarn about the young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) that has earned praise from the critics and calmed the nerves of millions of Star Wars fans. We’ve interviewed Chewbacca (played by meticulous Finnish actor Joonas Suotamo), toured the Millennium Falcon with Lando (Donald Glover),...
