Ben Affleck Teases Batman’s Role in Justice League
Trying to kill your coworker may make things awkward at work, but it seems as though Batman and Superman have moved past all of that. The upcoming film Justice League will unite Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, and The Flash to battle an yet unknown threat to Earth. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice pitted a brooding Bruce Wayne against the Kryptonian who he believed to be too dangerous to live,...
Weird Aliens & Behind-the-Scenes Shots Highlight These New Star Wars: The Last Jedi Images
We’ve got some great new Star Wars: The Last Jedi material for you today. First, we published this video of writer/director Rian Johnson talking with Hamilton director Thomas Kail about what it was like making the film. Johnson talks about his fears, the joy he felt writing the script, and the surprising similaraties between working on the biggest film franchise of all time, and his debut film, the neo noir indie Brick.
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi‘s Rian Johnson Talks With Hamilton Director Thomas Kail
Well here’s a precious little gem; The Star Wars Show got The Last Jedi writer/director Rian Johnson and Hamilton‘s director Thomas Kail together for a chat. One of the many lovely things about this conversation happens right at the opening; Kail jokes that Johnson’s current situation (hanging out at the super deluxe Skywalker Ranch working on the post-production of The Last Jedi) must be just like it was for Johnson on his film debut ...
Doctor Strange Appears in new Thor: Ragnarok Trailer
The most striking part about this Japanese trailer for Thor: Ragnarok happens early on; Thor comes face-to-face with the Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange. For Marvel fans, this meeting was already a well known (and very welcome) fact—at the end of Doctor Strange, a post-credits scene showed Thor showing up in New York, at Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum, for a chat and a beer. While that scene was pure comedy, the footage here reveals that by the time they meet again in Ragnarok,...
Louis C.K. Secretly Directed a Feature Film
Louis C.K. has pulled off another act of clandestine creativity. His next release will be a black and white movie called I Love You, Daddy that has previously gone unmentioned. The film came to light after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival was announced.
In this age of instant information, C.K. has become a master of secrecy racking up a string of projects that were completed without any publicity. Without fanfare, he dropped webseries Horace and Pete ...
The Next James Bond Will Be…Daniel Craig!
Yesterday, Daniel Craig made a shocking, positively shocking announcement on The Late Show. The seventh James Bond actor confirmed to host Stephen Colbert that he will be returning to the role in the franchise’s 25th installment.
The news came as a surprise particularly following previous comments made by the actor. After the 2015 release of Bond film Spectre, Craig had some harsh words for the character that made him famous,...
Is Ben Affleck Leaving Batman Behind After Justice League?
Siblings are good for many things. If you’re Casey Affleck, then you must know whether or not your brother Ben will continue playing Batman beyond the upcoming Justice League film. Right? Maybe not, if Casey’s recent interview on WEEI Sports Radio Network is anything to go off of. When asked point blank if Ben would be returning for the future solo Batman movie directed by Matt Reeves, The Batman, Casey’s initial response points to Ben bowing out of the role after Justice League...
Float Through the Sewers With Pennywise in It‘s new VR Experience
If you’re like us and have been waiting for Andy Muschietti‘s IT for what seems like a lifetime, than you’re no doubt enjoying the fresh deluge of materials Warner Bros. has been steadily releasing as we near the film’s September 8 release date. For those of you who didn’t catch the four-minute scene that screened before Annabelle: Creation this past weekend, you can make do with this, a virtual reality experience in which you can float through the Derry sewers,...
Watch the First Trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s Directorial Debut Molly’s Game
When one of Hollywood’s most successful screenwriters makes his directorial debut, you assume the material must be rich, and in the case of Aaron Sorkin’s Molly’s Game, thats true in both the figurative and literal sense.
Sorkin adapted the material from Molly Bloom’s memoir of the same title, which captured Bloom’s life from former Olympic-class skiier to the operator of the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game, which led to her becoming a target of the FBI...
Godzilla 2 is Bringing Back This Terrifying Classic Weapon
Born in the age of the atomic bomb, Godzilla first stomped into theaters when fears of the destruction the powerful weapon might bring were at its peak. The 1954 film that started the mega monster franchise drew an allegory between the real world threat and the massive radioactive fire breathing lizard. The film also ended with a tragic, heroic, and wishful end to the obliteration. Trick ‘r Treat and Krampus director Mike Dougherty has now teased that the original weapon that brought down Godzilla may play a role in ...
Ingrid Goes West Blurs the Lines of Virtual and Reality in Our Own World
Social media has drastically changed the way in which people communicate with one another and it’s become a fascinating topic for filmmakers. There are a lot of ways technology has brought us together, but also a lot of pitfalls in dealing with the new reality. (Remember the Bryce Dallas Howard episode of Black Mirror?)
The latest exploration of how upping your followers can be cool or creepy is the black comedy Ingrid Goes West. ...
Gretchen Mol on Finding the Complexity in a Mother’s Story in A Family Man
In A Family Man, Gerard Butler plays an ambitious headhunter determined to win an important promotion – until his young son becomes critically ill and he has to rethink his priorities. Gretchen Mol plays Butler’s wife and the mother of the sick child. In an interview with The Credits, she talked about what she learned from her extensive theater work (including a starring role in “Chicago” on Broadway) and how she made the too-often thankless role of the “you’re never home” wife into a real and complex character in this film...
TheWonder Woman Blu-ray & DVD Special Features You Need to Know About
Wonder Woman is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray, and everyone should be excited. This not only means the ability to rewatch the film obsessively, free from judgement and in the comfort of your pajamas, but also access to the tons of special features included on the discs. With a range of behind the scenes features, insights from director Patty Jenkins, and an epilogue, there are more extras than you can shake the “Godkiller” sword at.
Etta Candy – a key character who unfortunately did not get much screen time in the film – is back for her big moment...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: New Carrie Fisher & Benicio Del Toro Character Details Revealed
Carrie Fisher might be gone, but Leia has not left the screen yet. With Star Wars: The Last Jedi hitting theaters this December, Fisher’s final appearance as the character marks a bittersweet moment for the series. Fortunately, it sound like Leia will be quite busy in the upcoming film, between dealing with the still-tenuous position of the Resistance, coping with the death of Han Solo, and facing off with Vice Admiral Holdo, a fellow Resistance leader played by Laura Dern...
The End is Nigh: Avengers 4 Begins Filming
Production on the fourth Avengers film has begun, and the occasion was marked by the Russo Brothers posting an image of a gloved hand holding out four fingers. The title of the film has yet to even be released, as it gives away events in Marvel films that will premiere before this fourth installment in the Avengers lineup. Indeed, its predecessor, Avengers: Infinity War, does not even have an official trailer out.
The Russo Brothers’ Facebook page has lit up,...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi News: Alien Caretakers, Jedi Cave Pantings & Snoke’s Praetorian Guard
As we near Star Wars: The Last Jedi‘s December 15 premiere date, we can expect fresh details to emerge. Granted, these will likely only be that which Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Studios wants us to know, but every new bit of information is, for Star heads, worth savoring. A lot of the latest info is courtesy a cover story by Entertainment Weekly, which got to sit down with a lot of the major players,...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Mark Hamill on Luke in Exile
The details we learned about Luke Skywalker’s disappearance in The Force Awakens centered on the fact that Luke felt he failed when his protegé, Kylo Ren, turned out to be, well, the Kylo Ren we all know and loathe. While the galaxy once again was falling under the jackboot of a dictatorship (this time, the First Order, built from the ashes of the Galactic Empire after the events in Return of the Jedi), Luke was gone...
James Cameron Confirms Stephen Lang to Play Villain Through all Avatar Films
One might not exactly call a December 18, 2020 release date “upcoming”, but that is indeed when the long awaited sequel to Avatar will be landing in theaters. James Cameron, the director and mind behind the series, has not been sitting idle for the better part of a decade that has passed between the first film’s release and now. Rather, he has been plotting out the whopping four sequels that will round out the five film series,...
James Gunn Explains Those Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Post-Credits Scenes
Any fan worth their salt knows about the five scenes that were interspersed throughout the end credits of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. But there has been some confusion as to what it all means. James Gunn, who both wrote for and directed the film, shed some light on what exactly those scenes mean for the future of the series.
Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios, indicated to i09 that the appearance of the original Guardians of the Galaxy team,...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi may Include Mega Star Destroyer
With the premiere of The Last Jedi drawing ever nearer, it is no surprise that the ever-active Star Wars fan base is leaving no stone unturned in their hunt for information about the upcoming film. Thanks to their relentless searching, details about a new ship have been found in an unexpected place. A photo of a list of soon-to-be-released toys based on the upcoming film has been found, and included on the list is something called the “BB-8 Mega Star Destroyer (with Supreme Leader Snoke and Elite Praetorian Guard).”
While not exactly a visual rendering of the new craft,...
