The Last Movie: Character Actor Harry Dean Stanton, RIP, Finally Gets Lucky Title Role

Stealing scenes for more than half a century in some 200 movies and TV shows, Henry Dean Stanton has played everything from spaceship crew member (Alien) and psychotic criminal (Repo Man) to a Mormon patriarch with fourteen wives (Big Love). Instantly identifiable in his later years for haunted eyes suggesting a man who’s stared straight into the abyss and lived to tell the tale, Stanton finally snagged his first title role in Lucky (opening Friday Sept...

New Blade Runner 2049 Images Hint at Epic Sci-Fi Noir

We are only two weeks away from the premiere of Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, which means that Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment will likely be stepping up their promotion of the film, hence this fantastic batch of new images. Blade Runner 2049’s story, scripted by Hampton Fincher (the man who wrote Ridley Scott’s original film) and Michael Green (Alien: Covnenat) has been largely kept secret, but we’ve got a bit more of an idea of the central thrust of the narrative now...

Californians Claim a Victory with Battle of the Sexes

Last week, we published our tennis obsessed correspondent David Thorpe’s fantastic interview with Battle of the Sexes editor Pamela Martin, about how Martin helped turned stars Emma Stone and Steve Carell into tennis stars Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. It took a village—including Martin, cinematographer Linus Sandgreen, and the visual effects company Lola—to turn Stone and Carell into their hard-hitting characters in their iconic tennis battle for the ages. 

“We’ve never had that great tennis movie because it’s too hard to re-create,” Martin told us...

Tom Cruise’s American Made Continues our Fascination With American Outlaws

In his comeback to quality cinema, Tom Cruise stars in American Made, about real-life TWA pilot turned drug smuggler Barry Seal. The Universal Pictures film from director Doug Liman opens September 29th, likely timed as Oscar bait, thereby following in a grand tradition of well-made American maverick biopics featuring subjects whose high-flying lives ultimately can’t outlast the effects of their misbegotten fortunes coming home to roost.

For commercial aviation pilot Seal, his shift into more feckless operations began after flying on reconnaissance missions in South America for the CIA,...

Ron Howard Teases “Desperate & Dangerous” World in new Han Solo Photos

Oh Ron Howard, your Twitter game is strong.  It was only a week ago we were enjoying the director’s latest bit of Han Solo promo work, doling out this delightful tease—that we may get to see Han Solo’s iconic Kessel Run (in only 12 parsecs) in Howard’s upcoming Han Solo stand-alone film. Now Howard’s back on his favorite social media platforms, Twitter and Instagram, teasing more juicy details from the film. 

How unleashed a series of posts on both IG and Twitter this weekend,...

Unbreakable and Split Actors Set to Return for Glass

Ever since Dr. Malcolm Crowe realized his true fate in The Sixth Sense, M. Night Shyamalan has earned his reputation as the king of the twist ending. Last year’s Split was a brilliant and thrilling film from the horror master, but no one was prepared for that stunning ending that revealed it was truly a sequel to Unbreakable. Shyamalan will be tying the films together in a trilogy ending with Glass.

THR reports that many of the cast from both films will return for the third installment...

Matthew Broderick Set to Narrate FOX’s A Christmas Story Live Musical

We hope Matthew Broderick doesn’t shoot his eye out!

The stage and screen veteran has been cast as the adult Ralphie in Fox’s A Christmas Story live musical. Broderick is no stranger to theater productions starring in Broadway productions How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and The Producers.

Broderick’s role in the show serves as narrator of the universal story of joy and anxiety experienced around the holidays...

The Joker Origin Film Script is Nearly Done

Back on August 23, we told you about how DC was developing a stand-alone Joker origin film. We also clued you into the fact that there was a fantastic, delicious bit of industry gossip that thanks to Martin Scorsese’s involvement in the Joker film, Leonardo DiCaprio was Warner Bros. number one choice to play the Clown Prince of Chaos.

Now word is the Joker script is almost done. Variety‘s Justin Kroll tweeted yesterday that he’d heard the Joker script was a week away from being completed...

Designing Jake Gyllenhaal’s Look in Boston Bombing Film Stronger

The scene of two homemade bombs exploding at the Boston marathon in 2013 was devastating, but from it rose images of hope and stories of triumph. Jeff Bauman was among the crowd of victims whose lives were changed by the attack. Bauman lost both of his legs, which began his incredible journey to recovery. Jake Gyllenhaal portrays Bauman in Stronger, the emotional film that examines the pain of grief and tragedy under the public eye​. Hair and makeup designer Donald Mowat has been collaborating with Gyllenhaal since ...

Director Stephen Frears on Directing Dame Judi Dench in Victoria & Abdul

Stephen Frears steered Helen Mirren to an Oscar as The Queen and landed Meryl Streep in the Best Actress circle last year for Florence Foster Jenkins. But when it comes to Judi Dench, who stars in his latest film Victoria & Abdul (opening Friday //Sept. 22// in New York and L.A.) the veteran British filmmaker brushes aside any suggestion that he contributed in any significant way to her bravura performance as England’s 81-year-old Queen Victoria...

Check out the Glorious First Trailer for Wes Anderson’s Stop-Motion Animation Feature Isle of Dogs

Wes Anderson has already made one modern stop-motion animation classic, his beautiful, Oscar-nominated 2009 film Fantastic Mr. Fox. Clearly Anderson loved working in the medium, hence his upcoming Isle of Dogs, and with the first trailer now available, we’ve got our first look at Anderson’s film about a near-future Japan where dogs have been banished to a trash-strewn island after a rash of dog attacks. Isle of Dogs is centered on a young boy who ventures to the island in search of his own dog,...

Matthew Vaughn’s Idea for a Young Wolverine Movie May Still Happen

It is difficult to imagine a more fitting ending for Hugh Jackman’s run as Wolverine than Logan. Jackman first took on the role in 2000, and his final performance was incredibly moving. Although Jackman may have hung up his claws, Wolverine is one of the X-Men’s most satisfying characters and could be the focus of future films. Amidst promotion for Kingsman: The Golden Circle, director Matthew Vaughn revealed his vision for a young Wolverine film...

Jake Gyllenhaal & Jeff Bauman on Their Bond, Using Real Pain to Fuel Stronger

When it comes to cinematic accounts of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Stronger is the flip side to last year’s Patriots Day. The earlier film – an action thriller about catching the bad guys – focused on Beantown native Mark Wahlberg’s fictional composite-character cop being celebrated as a hero. Stronger,  opening this Friday, instead is an intimate look at what happens when a survivor of a tragedy is seen as a hero while trying to recover from the loss of his legs as well as his former life...

Ron Howard Teases Millennium Falcon’s Iconic Kessel Run for Han Solo Film

More than 40 years after Star Wars fans first heard about Han Solo’s famous Kessel Run in the Millennium Falcon, it appears we’ll finally get to see the actual event. Finally, we’ll find out if Han really did make the run in twelve parsecs, as Han boasted in George Lucas’s original Star Wars in 1977.

Han Solo Director Ron Howard once again took to Twitter to drop a little clue; a photo of a cave entrance and a one word caption: “Spicey?”

As Han bragged in ...

Ali Fazal on Playing Queen Victoria’s Friend & Teacher in Victoria and Abdul

Victoria and Abdul director Stephen Frears said he had to go to India to find an actor to play the Muslim who was Queen Victoria’s friend and munshi (teacher) in the last years of her life. “I knew that you needed somebody from India,” he said, to get “that sort of wide-eyed quality….When Ali [Fazal] came in, by the time he left the room I said, ‘Well, I can see why she’ll like him.’ It was really as simple as that.” ...

Discover More About the Jumanji Avatars in the Latest Trailer

Choosing an avatar is always an important part of any video game. Each has their strengths and weaknesses, and in the new Jumanji trailer, we get to learn a little bit more about who each of the players has chosen.

Spencer chose Dr. Smolder Bravestone. A natural born leader, he’s also got a boost on the rest of the gang for speed and packs a super powered punch. Martha chooses Ruby Roundhouse, so named for her crazy kicking ability...

Alicia Vikander is a Killer Lara Croft in the First Tomb Raider Trailer

Alicia Vikander is a certified action superstar in the making. Following her breakout role in Ex Machina, Vikander flexed her dramatic muscles with critically acclaimed performances in The Danish Girl (earning her an Oscar) and Tulip Fever. It’s her role in Jason Bourne, however, that clued us into the idea that she would be a perfect fit to be the next Lara Croft.

The first trailer for the Tomb Raider reboot was released today...

Thor: Ragnarok Director in Talks for Akira Film

The long awaited live-action Akira may finally be nearing production. Warner Bros. has rights to the popular manga story, but hasn’t yet found the right fit for a director. Deadline is reporting that Thor: Ragnarok Director Taika Waititi may be the man for the job.

Waititi began his career as a writer/director in New Zealand making and acting in his own film including What We Do in the Shadows and Boy...

Watch Alicia Vikander Become Lara Croft in new Tomb Raider Featurette

Alicia Vikander looks like the perfect choice to follow in Angelina Jolie’s footsteps to take on Lara Croft. We thought that when we heard the casting news, and we thought it again when we saw the teaser, and the trailer, and now we’re convinced of it after watching this robust behind-the-scenes featurette just released by Warner Bros. that details Vikander’s transformation into the intrepid adventurer. 

The new Tomb Raider, which is an origin story,...

Meet the Team Behind World’s First Fully Oil Painted Film, Loving Vincent

Every once in a while, a film comes along that profoundly alters how we perceive the images that flicker on the big screen. The animated biopic Loving Vincent , which recounts  the final weeks of  Dutch artist  Vincent Van Gogh’s life as a murder mystery, is definitely one of those game-changers. The Polish-U.K. co-production that opens Friday is the world’s first fully oil-painted feature. The project ,10 years in the making on a tight $5.5 million budget, was actually filmed twice ,...