James Cameron Ignoring All Post T2 Films for New Terminator Movie

Forget everything you’ve seen from Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines to Terminator: Genisys. As far as James Cameron is concerned “we’re pretending the other films were a bad dream.”

Got it. Original stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton will be returning for the trilogy reboot of the man vs. robot franchise. Cameron, who created the technologically advanced films in the 1980s, will be producing the new installments. He told The Hollywood Reporter that the story will pick up after T2: Judgment Day which had some of the most pioneering CGI of its time...

Watch the VFX Magic that Brought Peter Cushing Back to Life in Rogue One

Telling any story about the Death Star is difficult to pull off without involving the malevolent and arrogant Grand Moff Tarkin. Peter Cushing who played the ship’s commander in the original 1977 Star Wars passed away at 81 in 1994 posing a challenge for Rogue One filmmakers. To properly tell the story of the rebels who attempted to steal the ships plans, Tarkin needed to appear onscreen.

In stepped VFX masters from Industrial Light &...

What to Watch to Get Ready for Blade Runner 2049

Next week, the 35-year follow up to Ridley Scott’s 1982 dystopian cult masterpiece Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, arrives from Warner Bros. Director Denis Villeneuve’s sequel has much to live up to in fan expectations in terms of grit and neon, but early viewings and the return of Harrison Ford indicate 2049 will be a hit. Those expectations are not for naught, however — the original Blade Runner broke ground with a new kind of sci-fi style thanks to its retrofitted production design...

Director Sean Baker on The Florida Project‘s Kids on the Fringe

“If you like ‘The Little Rascals,’ you’re going to like The Florida Project.” That’s director Sean Baker, talking about his 21st century riff on the Depression-era comedy shorts featuring adorable mischief-maker George “Spanky” McFarland and his raucous gang.  

Flash forward 85 years and Baker updates the kids-at-play theme, only this time the pint-sized heroes find their adventures amid the cheap motels located outside of Disney World. Once favored by tourists, the motels now serve as temporary residence for borderline homeless,...

Michelle Williams Joining Venom to Star Opposite Tom Hardy

This could be the most surprising casting announcement of the year. Variety reports that four-time Oscar-nominee Michelle Williams is joining Tom Hardy in Ruben Fleischer’s Venom, about Spider-Man’s most fearsome enemy of all time, the titular symbiote infused with both alien and Spider-Man’s powers that first graced the pages of the comics in 1988, and made his first big-screen appearance in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3, embodied by Topher Grace. The film,...

Gary Oldman’s Turn as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour Generating Major Oscar Buzz

All the buzz following director Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour world premiere at the Telluride Film festival has been about how the film, and its’ star Gary Oldman, are likely Oscar contenders. Written by Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything), Darkest Hour looks at the early days of World War II, and how the newly elected Winston Churchill (Oldman) had to steer Britain while the collapse of the western world looked likely. France was about to fall,...

Watch the Trailer for Ex Machina Writer/Director Alex Gardland’s Epic new Film Annihilation

We’ve been waiting for Alex Garland’s new film since the second we walked out of the theater after seeing Ex Machina in 2014, his fantastic take on artificial intelligence, and one of the smartest sci-fi films to come about in a long time. Joining Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 director Dennis Villeneuve as an auteur who uses sci-fi to explore big, complicated issues and themes (no genre is more malleable than sci-fi), Garland is back with Annihilation,...

The Killing of a Sacred Deer Trailer Hints at Year’s Most Unsettling Film

There are certain filmmakers, and certain films, that have a way of haunting you. This is the case with Yorgos Lanthimos and his film Dogtooth (2009), which is one of those movies that’s impossible to un-see. This, we might add, is a compliment. Lanthimos is a singular filmmaker, apparently fearless, and Dogtooth put his name on the map with a big, bold, bloody bite mark. The ending alone (when the title of the film is given terrifying resonance) has managed to worm its way into the unconscious of most viewers brave enough to see the film...

Ron Howard Teases Link to Iconic Star Wars Concept Artist Ralph McQuarrie on set of Han Solo

Concept artist Ralph McQuarrie likely had the biggest impact on the Star Wars franchise than anybody else whose name isn’t often readily known by the masses. Every person on the planet, more or less, knows the names of George Lucas, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, but McQuarrie is relatively unknown save for us diehard Star Wars fans. 

McQuarrie’s early sketches helped George Lucas translate his vision to the crew, making it possible to build a world unlike anyone had ever seen in film before...

Celebrating New York On Screens Big & Small

Everyone knows that no city on earth is the setting for as many films as New York City. As the New York Times film critic A.O. Scott wrote back in late August, according to City Hall, there are around 120 film and television projects in production on any given day in the city, and there are about 12,000 permits issued a year. “We might complain, but really we wouldn’t want it any other way,” Scott writes...

Watch The Final Blade Runner 2049 Short, the Thrilling Anime Film Black Out 2022

We’ve shared the first two Blade Runner 2049 short films with you, which focused on Jared Leto’s Niander Wallace and Dave Bautista’s Sapper, respectively. These were two prequels in a three-part short film series that Warner Bros. and Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve produced, tapping talented directors to help fill in some of the story between Ridley Scott’s original, which was set in 2019, and Villeneuve’s 2049, set 30 years later...

The First Blade Runner 2049 Reactions Tease a Sci-Fi Masterpiece

As we’ve been writing since late last year, there was something doubly wonderful about watching director Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival; it proved that Sci-Fi, the most malleable of genres is still alive and well, and, confirmed that Villeneuve was absolutely the right choice to helm the upcoming Blade Runner sequel, Blade Runner 2049. 

Now with Blade Runner 2049 premiering a week from this Friday,...

IT Chapter 2 Receives an Official Release Date

One of the scariest elements of IT is knowing that Pennywise will be back in 27 years to feed on Derry’s children once again. Lucky for super fans of Stephen King’s novel, that means a sequel. Director Andy Muschietti easily secured an order for part 2 when he exploded box office records becoming the highest-grossing R-rated horror movie of all time. Filming the story’s conclusion was no brainer and now Warner Bros. has announced that the Losers’ Club will go to battle with Pennywise again on September 6,...

James Cameron’s Avatar Starts Production on Four Consecutive Sequels

James Cameron is not the type of filmmaker to rush things. His patience is legendary, waiting for technology to catch up to what he sees in his mind’s eye, and now, after eight long years, he has officially began production in Manhattan Beach on the four Avatar sequels he’s shooting in succession. Never one to shy away from a challenge, Cameron’s filming four blockbuster-sized 3D films in sequence would be a significant accomplishment for anyone, even a director as notoriously ambitious as he is...

Watch the First 10 Minutes of Spider-Man: Homecoming

If you missed this summer’s mega-hit Spider-Man: Homecoming (now officially the highest-grossing superhero movie of 2017) and you want to see the first 10 minutes, you’re in luck. Today is Homecoming‘s digital debut, and Sony is providing the film’s opening, which we’ve embedded for your viewing pleasure below. The 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD will be available on October 17.

Here are the first ten minutes:

Artist & Populist Both: HBO’s Spielberg Goes Deep on a Living Hollywood Legend

Is Steven Spielberg a populist or an artist? Like his exemplar, the iconic director Alfred Hitchcock, critics have often pointed to Spielberg’s fame to detract from or overlook his artistic accomplishments. At what many consider the height of Spielberg’s career in the 1970s and 80s, the director was one of the best-known filmmakers in the world, as well as one of the highest-grossing, with movies like Jaws, E.T., and Raiders of the Lost Ark smashing box office records...

Meet the Courageous Amputee Who Stunt Doubles Paul Rudd on Ant-Man and the Wasp

Stunt performer Brett Smrz is living proof that one of the film industry’s most difficult jobs attracts the very best people. When Smrz was 16, he lost his lower left leg in a trampoline accident. Yet today, Smrz is a professional stunt driver and one of two of Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man stunt doubles. When you watch the upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp, you’ll be seeing the work of one of Hollywood’s most courageous stunt performers.

A photo of Smrz in his Ant-Man costume and his prosthetic leg were shared online,...

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women Explores Wonder Woman’s Inspirations

Thanks to the incredible leadership of Patty Jenkins and a thrilling performance by Gal Gadot, Wonder Woman is in an unstoppable renaissance. Interest in the groundbreaking character hasn’t reached a new zenith. As it turns out, the story behind the Amazon princess is just as exciting as the warrior herself. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women promises to be a wonderful companion piece to the breakout film of the summer that explores the man behind the comics.

The film reveals that Professor Marston,...

HBO Pulls Back the Curtain on Directing Legend in New Spielberg Trailer

Director Steven Spielberg reveals in a new trailer what drives his creativity, and it’s not your typical day in the office. The celebrated director has created some of the most popular, beloved, and iconic films of all time and now it’s his turn to tell his own story.

HBO documentary Spielberg puts the legend in front of the camera, along with a dizzying number of A-list stars. Documentarian Susan Lacy helmed the project,...

The Gladers Head for the Lost City in New Maze Runner: The Death Cure Trailer

We’re so thrilled to see this trailer for the final film of the Maze Runner trilogy after star Dylan O’Brien’s terrifying accident on set last year. It’s great to see the actor back in action. O’Brien’s recovery pushed back production by a year, but it looks like he’s back in top form to fight the WKCD.

After spending the first two films escaping the Glade and avoiding the Flare, The Death Cure finds the Gladers on a mission to enter the Lost City,...