Watch This Glorious Video Detailing the History of Movie Title Sequences
Thanks to shows like Game of Thrones, the title sequence is now an expected part of any movie or show, often engrained in the identity of a series. But it wasn’t always that way. Filmmaker IQ recently put together a video explaining the complex evolution of these sequences, from the earliest days of the silent film through to recent releases, like films in The Avengers series.
Way back during the time of the Lumiere brothers,...
Watch the Bonkers Teaser for Darren Aronofsky‘s mother! Starring Jennifer Lawrence
Director Darren Aronofsky is one of the best in the business at creating films that get under your skin. He made his name with the drug fueled screamer Requiem for a Dream, a truly astonishing film that was hard to shake. As was his super low budget Pi, about a delusional mathematician with some seriously bad headaches. In Black Swan, Aronofksy managed to turn the ballet into a body horror romp that was a totally bracing,...
Watch 300 Jedi Fight 60,000 Medieval Soldiers
Ever wondered how medieval soldiers would fair in battle against Jedi warriors? I, personally, have not, but I’m glad someone else did. Thanks to some enquiring minds, a battle simulator that pits fan-favorites (like the Jedi) against other fighting forces has found its way to the web. One of the latest videos featuring this simulator shows several iterations of footmen facing off with Jedi, with the simulation operator steadily working to find the number of soldiers it takes to bring down a lightsaber-wielding knight...
See how this Insane Stunt in Atomic Blonde Was Pulled Off
Director David Leitch is one of the film world’s premiere stunt choreographers. The former stunt coordinator made his name helming the first John Wick, and he brought his talents for creating mesmerizing, death-defying stunts to his next film, Atomic Blonde. Starring Charlize Theron as an MI6 agent who is sent alone into Berlin to retrieve a priceless dossier, while the city is becoming completely destabilized (the wall is about to come down) and just about everyone she comes into contact with wants to kill her...
How Blade Runner 2049 Director Denis Villeneuve Incorporated Original Film’s DNA
Given Comic Con’s status as a nerd paradise, it is unsurprising that the director of the Blade Runner sequel, Denis Villeneuve, made an appearance at the event. Collider’s Steve Weintraub caught up with Villeneuve to discuss some of the more technical aspects of Blade Runner 2049, which is set to premiere this October 6. (Re-watch the fantastic trailer here.)
As the upcoming film is a sequel,...
What to Know About This new Adaptation of Stephen King’s It
Between Stephen King’s hefty novel – the thing that started it all – and the 1990 television miniseries, audiences might think they know everything about It. They should think again. New details about the upcoming feature film, due out on September 8, indicate that this latest iteration of the story will be doing everything but treading old ground. Collider recently gathered an extensive list of things to know about the film, and while there is a great deal of information already out there,...
Lisanne Skyler on her Warhol HBO Doc Brillo Box (3¢ OFF)
Most people are familiar with the groundbreaking artistry of the late Andy Warhol, known for replicating the packaging of popular consumer products. For filmmaker and documentarian Lisanne Skyler, Warhol’s take on pop culture hit close to home, even in it. Skyler’s parents bought a Warhol “Brillo Box (3¢ off)” for $1,000 in 1969 — managing to get him to sign it — and displayed it in their house for two years before trading it for another artwork. Four decades later,...
Thor: Ragnarok‘s Tessa Thompson Talks Post-Credits Scenes
Post-Comic Con fans are getting extremely excited for Thor: Ragnarok, especially because it is the last MCU movie before Avengers: Infinity War.
Tessa Thompson (Westworld) who plays Valkyrie, spoke to Collider about the insane amount of reshoots that took place after filming. In a pretty much unprecedented move, there were two weeks of additional photography with over 500 setups...
First Trailer for George Clooney’s Suburbicon, Written by the Coen Brothers
Here’s a great combinatino of talents; a film directed by George Clooney, written by the Coen Brothers, and featuring an outrageous cast that includes Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, and Oscar Isaac. Behold the first trailer for Suburbicon, Clooney’s dark comedy.
The film is centered on father Gardner Lodge (Damon) whose life is upended when some guys show up at his home and kill his wife. It turns out that the peaceful town of Suburbicon has a seriously dark underbelly,...
James Cameron Wants to Make a new Terminator Trilogy
For people of a certain generation, the only Terminators that rate are the ones made by James Cameron. The first two in the franchise were all his, 1984’s The Terminator, and 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgement Day, and they were groundbreaking works of sci-fi. Now, the maestro of robot mayhem wants to bring about a new trilogy of Terminators. This coming from a guy who is fairly busy already; Cameron is working on the Avatar sequels (2,...
It’s Official—Wonder Woman 2 is Coming in 2019
How good was Wonder Woman? So good, The Hollywood Reporter writes that Warner Bros. has earmarked a major release date for the sequel—December 13, 2019—right in the heart of the holiday season. While the film’s star, Gal Gadot, and director, Patty Jenkins, have yet to ink their deals, the two will almost definitely be returning after their smashing debut this past May.
Warner Bros. made the news official after showcasing some of their major upcoming films at Comic-Con this past weekend...
How Emmy Nominated Queen Sugar and 13th DP Kira Kelly is Breaking the Mold
It was a no brainer for cinematographer Kira Kelly to take the call when director Ava DuVernay sought her out. The project they initially discussed didn’t pan out, but Kelly was soon tapped for DuVernay’s stirring documentary 13th. Kelly’s mesmerizing work was the perfect fit for the high pressure interviewees she filmed and earned her an Emmy nomination alongside her co-DP Hans Charles. Following the success of 13th, DuVernay brought Kelly on to season two of her hit show Queen Sugar...
Comic-Con 2017: See some of the Footage From Black Panther That Wowed Hall H
We’ve shared a bunch of Black Panther related news from this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, easily one of the films that enjoyed the warmest reception. There was the panel that included the films’ production designer, Hannah Beachler, the panel that featured the films’ composer, Ludwig Göransson, and the enthusiastic response from Hall H to new footage from the film. In the below video from Comic-Con, created by ScreenSlam, ...
Get Your First Look at one of Godzilla 2‘s Monsters—Mothra
Although Warner Bros. is calling the film Godzilla 2, its instructive to know it was once called Godzilla: King of Monsters. This is because, as we’ve written before, the massive lizard might be king, but as any Game of Thrones fan knows, there will always be people, or monsters, out there looking to take your throne. In Godzilla 2, those forces are three legendary monsters; Mothra, Rodan and Ghidorah...
Comic-Con 2017: Our Favorite new Images From Thor: Ragnarok
Every glimpse we’ve gotten of Thor: Ragnarok, director Taika Waititi’s take on the God of Thunder (Chris Hemsworth) and his adventure with colleague/sometime combatant Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) has been thrilling. In the latest trailer, released during Comic-Con, is even more enjoyable the first trailer, which was the most watched trailer in Marvel and Disney history in the first 24 hours. Along with the new trailer, Marvel and Disney have uploaded a bunch of new photos from ...
Comic-Con 2017: Deadpool 2‘s Stefan Kapaici Says Expect More Colossus
The 6’4″ German-born Serbian actor Stefan Kapicic made a name for himself in last year’s smash-hit Deadpool, playing the surprisingly moral, metal-covered Colossus, a member of the X-men. Colossus was not only hugely helpful to the Merc with the Mouth (Ryan Reynolds), he was also the film’s moral center and straight man. It was Colossus and his partner, the Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hilderbrand) who teamed up with Deadpool in an effort to fight Ajax (Ed Skrein) and save Vanessa (Morena Baccarin)...
Daniel Craig to Return as James Bond in 2019
The New York Times Brooks Barnes reports that Daniel Craig will be returning as James Bond in the franchise’s 25th film, due in theaters in November 8, 2019. Barnes writes that Eon Productions, the London-based company that holds the rights to the Bond franchise, said the script will be penned by longtime Bond scribes Robert Wade and Neal Purvis. The two have written every Bond script sicne 1999’s The World is Not Enough.
While the next installment still needs to find a director,...
Comic-Con 2017: Production Designers From Black Panther, Spider-Man: Homecoming & More
“How many of you love the movies because they look so goddamn cool?” Production designer John Muto (Home Alone, River’s Edge) already knew the answer. “The audience doesn’t pay money to sit in the dark and look at drab images.”
Everyone loves movies because they look cool, and that was especially true of the people who came to Muto’s panel on production design. “You know those images that get buried in your lizard brain,” he asked...
Comic-Con 2017: Check out the Epic Avengers: Infinity War Poster
Hall H is the holy grail of Comic-Con venues, so it is no surprise that the Avengers: Infinity War panel was featured there. While convention attendees were treated to new footage, the rest of us are not so lucky. But fear not: the Infinity War panel did not leave us empty-handed. Instead, fans everywhere can feast their eyes upon a three-part poster for the film, released and painted by Ryan Meinerding, the Head of Visual Development for Marvel Studios...
Comic-Con 2017: Watch the Four Minute Long Justice League Trailer
With the insanely awesome success of Wonder Woman, both critically and commercially (the film has grossed over $770 million worldwide) it stands to reason that Gal Gadot’s sensational Diana Prince is now the most popular member of the Justice League, that includes the beloved fan favorite Batman. So, when DC delivered a brand new trailer, more than four minutes long, mind you, Wonder Woman is front and center in the action.
This extended look gives fans plenty of reasons to be excited for DC’s biggest superhero film to date...
