Deadpool 2 Has a Record Breaking Opening Day
Superhero movies are sort of a big deal, you may have heard. They just keep getting bigger, crazier, and more even more fun. Deadpool 2 took a winning formula from the first film and ramped it up, big time, to a massive opening weekend, smashing a few records in the mouth on the way. Andy Muschietti’s It opened last fall to a whopping $50.4 million— Deadpool 2 slid past with $53.3 million this past weekend,...
Watch Wade Wilson Join the X-Men in Deadpool 2
You may have heard that Deadpool 2 hit theaters this past weekend, breaking records and firmly establishing the Merc with a Mouth (Ryan Reynolds) as a superstar superhero. Everyone seems to agree that Deadpool 2 is even crazier and more fun than the original. Yet even though Deadpool is a bonafide bada**, he still yearns for the cachet that his more established colleagues have. We’re talking about the X-Men, who Deadpool finally joins during the shenanigans in Deadpool 2. ...
Deadpool 2‘s Makeup Designer Bill Corso on Creating Wade’s Brutal Face
Makeup designer Bill Corso earned an Emmy Award nomination for crafting jowls and big ears for Bryan Cranston so he could look like President Lyndon Johnson in All the Way. But more often, Corso traffics in the realm of the fantastical as he does with Deadpool 2. Re-teaming with star Ryan Reynolds, Corso devised the hideous skin of cancer patient/medical experiment/mercenary Wade Wilson, whose mottled face appears in close-up during movie’s opening sequence...
Stunning War for the Planet of the Apes VFX Reel Captures Incredible Scope of Work
Planet of the Apes was a groundbreaking cinematic experience in 1968 and continues to be the vehicle for the most advanced filmmaking techniques today. The level of detail in War for the Planet of the Apes is absolutely mesmerizing. The actors’ performances have been fully translated into multiple species of ape characters. VFX Supervisor Joe Letteri once gave us a deep dive into the process of turning and actor into an ape...
Director Wim Wenders on his Unprecedented Access in Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
At 72, German-born auteur Wim Wenders defies categorization as a filmmaker. He is as much at home with Oscar-nominated documentaries that deal with the arts (1999’s music-filled Buena Vista Social Club; 2011’s Pina, about German choreographer Pina Bausch; and 2014’s The Salt of the Earth, about Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado) as he is with visually striking features (1984’s road-trip Western Paris, Texas, 1987’s angelic fantasy Wings of Desire)...
It’s a T-Rex Versus a Lion in Ferocious new Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Spot
At the 21-second mark in this new Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom TV spot you’ll see the matchup you didn’t know you’ve been waiting for—a T-Rex versus a lion. While the two don’t actually tangle in the brief glimpse, the very fact they’re in the same place tells you Fallen Kingdom will be venturing off Isla Nublar and plunging the dinosaurs into populated areas, much like Steven Spielberg’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park did in 1997...
It: Chapter 2 Casts Two More Members of the Losers’ Club
Something enchanted is happening with the It cast. We’re not sure yet if it’s secretly evil or really as incredible as it seems. Pennywise knows how to lure people in and then unleash their deepest terror upon them, but if this is a trick, we’re all in. According to Deadline, It: Chapter 2 has added James Ransone and Variety reported that Andy Bean joined the already eerily perfect cast.
Ransone has been cast as the adult Eddie Kasprbrak,...
Deadpool Recounts the Long, Eventful Journey of the Two Film Franchise
If there’s anything to be said about Deadpool, it is that nothing is sacred. Not even the masterfully crafted and brilliantly delivered Marvel Universe in which he lives. The MCU has been enjoying a whiz bang ten-year anniversary since Iron Man launched the franchise. Black Panther roared to the top of the box office and Avengers: Infinity War is handily smashing the competition. The Merc with the Mouth decided to take his own trip down memory lane to reflect on the decade long journey to get to Deadpool 2...
How Avengers: Infinity War‘s “Head of Digital Humans” Created the Purple Face of Doom
Darren Hendler‘s been changing live action humans into digital creatures for nearly two decades. Since moving from South Africa to London and finally to Digital Domain in Los Angeles, the former electrical engineer has helped designed CG effects for such spectacles as I, Robot and Furious 7. With Avengers: Infinity War, he focused on the face. Deploying a new motion capture program called Masquerade, Hendler and his team rendered every pore on Josh Brolin’s skin with unprecedented accuracy...
How Black Panther‘s Visual Effects Team Infused the Panther Suits With Vibranium Technology
Some of the most revealing interviews you can get is with a film’s visual effects supervisor. Its where you find out, for example, how they created the planet of Vormir in Avengers: Infinity War (hint: by melding sand dunes from Brazil and mountains in Iceland). The VFX teams are expert at blending the real with the digital so that your eyes can’t tell what was actually shot and what was built on a computer. It’s deception as art...
Chris Pratt Has Trouble Checking His Luggage While Leaving Jurassic World
We have all had run ins with airport staff telling us our bag is oversized, or over weight, and we cannot possibly board. It’s a frustrating refrain, especially for those traveling with pets. Service animals call for even more proof that you really do need that capuchin monkey in your lap from New York to LA. Jurassic World’s Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) goes straight to the top of the animal kingdom for his travel companion. Fallen Kingdom teamed up with College Humor to imagine what it would be like trying to fly commercial with a prehistoric passenger...
The Baryonyx, Indoraptor & Mosasaurus Star in new Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Spot
Yesterday we shared this new Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom featurette which revealed that director J.A. Bayona’s film has more dinosaurs than every other film in the franchise—combined. Now Universal has released a new TV spot that features three of the film’s marquee prehistoric stars—the genetically modified indoraptor, the baryonyx, and returning champion, the colossal, aquatic mosasaurus. While the Jurassic franchise has two undisputed kings—the T-Rex and the velociraptor—you may recall that in Jurassic World, ...
Letitia Wright Breaks Down All of Shuri’s Best Black Panther Inventions
No one knows Wakandan technology like top inventor, Shuri. Her brilliant usage of vibranium to protect her country, and her brother, is truly inspiring. There are so many cool gadgets in Black Panther that it’s impossible to absorb them all in one sitting. Thankfully, we’ve got Letitia Wright here to help us out and showcase the coolest creations in Shuri’s arsenal in this awesome video from Vanity Fair.
When we are first introduced to Shuri’s lab,...
Review Roundup: Solo: A Star Wars Story Delivers the Goods
The reviews for Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story are out, and the critics are mostly in agreement that this is the most fun, breeziest stand-alone Star Wars film yet released. The reviews pretty much jibe with the first reactions we published last Friday—great performances, some terrific action set pieces, and the scruffy charm you’d want, and expect, in a film about the young Han Solo. For those folks who were worried about Alden Ehrenreich,...
Solo Features the Most Costumes of Any Star Wars Film
With the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story just two days away, Disney has posted a behind the scenes look at the incredible work that went into the film. In many ways, this is the most swashbuckling Star Wars movie yet. Han Solo is one of the greatest characters in the franchise, and certainly its most beloved scoundrel, so it’s comforting to know the filmmakers went above and beyond. In this great new featurette, some of the film’s key crew members discuss how they helped craft the story of the galaxy’s most iconic smuggler...
The New Mission: Impossible – Fallout Trailer is Pure Adrenalin
You will likely not see a more kinetic, viscerally intense trailer this year. Topping the action from the previous installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise is both as sure and seemingly impossible a thing as death itself. After Ghost Protocol, when Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise, of course) went Spider-Man outside of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building, and ran across the glass face of the building a mile and a half above ground,...
Costume Designer Phoebe de Gaye Brings Killer Style to Killing Eve
In the role of the international assassin known as Villanelle on Killing Eve, Jodie Comer is literally dressed to kill in a high-end wardrobe full of labels such as Burberry, Miu Miu, Dries Van Noten and Phillip Lim.
The chic attire, which prompted Vogue to hail Killing Eve as the most fashionable show on television, was sourced by a small team led by costume designer Phoebe de Gaye,...
A Close-Up Photo of You Know What From Avengers: Infinity War‘s Post-Credit Scene
Even though Avengers: Infinity War premiered way back on April 27, we’re still going to make sure you’ve seen the film before we suggest you keep reading…
Still here? Fantastic. Let’s all rejoice at a close-up photo of the one glimmer of hope from Infinity War, the most somber film in Marvel history. Truly, the only moment in the last, oh, 40-minutes of the film that gave us any hope at all occurred during the otherwise hideously depressing post-credits scene...
Book Club‘s Creators on How Fifty Shades of Grey Inspired Their Dream Project
Whatever you did to celebrate Mother’s Day probably wasn’t as great as Bill Holderman’s gift to his mom in 2012. The final book in the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy had just been published, and the Book Club director, co-producer, and co-screenwriter sent the entire set to his mother.
“As sons do, right?” Holderman joked.
Book Club co-producer and co-screenwriter Erin Simms worked with Holderman at a production company at the time and heard about the plan...
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Features More Dinosaurs Than Every Previous Film—Combined
While Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) wants you to adopt a dinosaur, you’re smarter than that. You know that the humans who have populated the Jurassic franchise have consistently underestimated their own intelligence and ability to “control” life. Dinosaurs cannot be adopted (even symbolically) because they are not ours to have, to own, or to manipulate. You’ve seen this proven time and time again throughout the franchise, and now, a new featurette boasts that J.A...
