Francis Ford Coppola’s Long-Awaited New Film “Megalopolis” Screens for First Time
One of the greatest directors of all time has finally revealed his decades-long passion project.
Francis Ford Coppola screened Megalopolis at the Universal CityWalk IMAX Theater in Los Angeles for a host of potential buyers and distributors, as well as a starry crowd of fellow filmmakers that included Andy Garcia, Al Pacino, Colleen Camp, Talia Shire, Nicolas Cage, Angelica Huston, Spike Jonze, Jon Favreau, Darren Aronofsky, Cailee Spaeny, and Roger Corman.
Florence Pugh Plays By Her Own Rules in Set Video From Marvel’s “Thunderbolts”
Florence Pugh was very much in character as the Black Widow Yelena Belova when she broke the rules (lightly, and with panache) to show us a bit of the set for Marvel Studios’ upcoming antihero team-up movie Thunderbolts.
Pugh is reprising the role that she first took on in the MCU’s standalone Black Widow, playing Scarlett Johansson’s estranged sister, and then later in Marvel’s Disney+ series Hawkeye. Pugh was in wardrobe as Yelena during the impromptu set tour,
Steven Spielberg Anoints “Dune: Part Two” a Masterpiece
“One of the most brilliant sci-fi films I’ve ever seen,” said Steven Spielberg about Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two. This is just about the highest possible praise from one of the best who ever did it.
Spielberg and Villeneuve appeared together on the DGA’s Director’s Cut podcast, where the man who brought us Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., and War of the Worlds gave all the extraterrestrial flowers to the Arrival and Dune helmer.
“Poor Things” Dynamic Duo Emma Stone & Yorgos Lanthimos Reteam in First “Kinds of Kindness” Trailer
One of the most enjoyable recent examples of a director and a star getting the best out of each other is that of Greek writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos and two-time Oscar winner Emma Stone. The dynamic duo is on quite a run, which began with Lanthimos’s sensational 2019 The Favourite, continued with last year’s outstanding Poor Things (which netted Stone her second Oscar), and will carry us into this summer’s Kinds of Kindness,
From Kitchen Chaos to Rock Legend: Jeremy Allen White Circling Bruce Springsteen Role
Jeremy Allen White’s career is really cooking now. Scorching after recently winning a Golden Globe, Emmy, and SAG Award for his portrayal of Carmy Berzatto in FX’s tasty kitchen dramedy The Bear, Allen might be handing in his apron and chef’s knife for a pair of scuffed jeans and a guitar.
White is currently in talks to play none other than the Boss in a movie about Springsteen’s seminal 1982 album “Nebraska,”
“Dune: Part Two” Cinematographer Greig Fraser on Finding Clarity in Chaos
In part one of our interview with Dune: Part Two cinematographer Greig Fraser, the Oscar-winner took us on a trip to the planet of Giedi Prime, home to the vampiric Harkonnen clan, to reveal how he captured that bloodless light during Feyd-Rautha (Austin Butler)’s gladiator scene, those inky blacks during Feyd’s fateful meeting with Lady Margot, and how the surprising inspiration for those “anti-fireworks” after Feyd’s victory.
Now we turn to Fraser’s method for filming action sequences,
“Bad Boys: Ride or Die” Trailer Calls Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Back Into Action
The first trailer for Bad Boys: Ride or Die has arrived, reuniting Will Smith’s Mike Lowery and Martin Lawrence’s Marcus Burnett for another heady dose of action. Smith and Lawrence re-team with their Bad Boys For Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah for the fourth film in the franchise.
It’s been a while and a whole different world since we last saw Smith and Lawrence’s onscreen chemistry in full gear—Bad Boys For Life arrived before the pandemic and was a major hit in 2020.
Scarlett Johansson May Be Headlining New “Jurassic World” Movie
Scarlett Johansson is looking to be the likely candidate to lead Universal Pictures’ new dinosaur epic. Johansson is in talks to star in the new Jurassic World movie by The Creator director Gareth Edwards.
Universal is moving with the speed of a velociraptor to put the pieces together, which already includes a script from original Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp.
This would mark Johansson’s return to the movie franchise business of which she was a part for so long and knows so well.
“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” First Reactions Tease a Ferocious Kaiju Battle Royale
The first reactions are in for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Adam Wingard’s follow-up to Godzilla vs. Kong, which promises more Kaiju action and a pair of new villains that make even Mecha-Godzilla look tame.
The new villains coming to give Godzilla and Kong a run for their apex predator money are Scar King and Shimu, but you’ll need to see Wingard’s latest to get a better sense of who these new beasts are.
From “SNL” to the Director’s Chair: Julio Torres Lights Up With “Problemista”
There is a cornucopia of comedy happening in Problemista, Julio Torres’ debut feature. In a little over 90 minutes, writer/director Torres pokes fun at cryonics, the Kafkaesque bureaucracy of the U.S. immigration system, and the eccentricities of the art world. Along the way, there are jabs at Craigslist, FileMaker Pro, and Bank of America. All of it is wrapped around a virtuoso performance by Tilda Swinton as a madcap,
The Juice is Loose in First “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” Trailer
Twenty-six years after Tim Burton and Michael Keaton delivered one of the most offbeat, beguilingly charming horror comedies of the 1980s, the Juice is loose again. The first teaser trailer for Burton and Keaton’s long-awaited sequel to their iconic Beetlejuice has arrived, and the reunion is so sweet they had to name it twice.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice finds Keaton returning to the playfully malicious spirit he inhabited, and he’s joined by his Beetlejuice co-stars Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz and Catherine O’Hara as Delia Deetz.
First “Alien: Romulus” Images Unleash the Xenomorph in Fede Alvarez’s Upcoming Interquel
Yesterday, we got our first glimpse at director Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus, the latest installment in the Alien franchise, yet one that is taking a different approach from the more recent films. Alvarez, with the blessing of both Ridley Scott and James Cameron, has made an “interquel,” a film that connects Scott’s groundbreaking 1979 sci-fi horror classic Alien and Cameron’s sizzling 1986 follow-up Aliens.
This means that because he’s set his Romulus in the 57-year span between Ellen Ripley’s (Sigourney Weaver) battle with a vicious Xenomorph aboard the spaceship the USCSS Nostromo in Alien and Ripley’s rematch with another Xenomorph (an alien queen,
“Dune: Part Two” Cinematographer Greig Fraser on Poisoning the Light of Giedi Prime
If you polled all the people who have now seen Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two in theaters about what was the most visually striking moment, my guess is it would be the Sandworm Express in a runaway. We’re talking, of course, about Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) riding the universe’s most dangerous mode of transport—a colossal sandworm—across the dunes of Arrakis. And while that sequence is staggering in its audacity and surprising in its alchemical verisimilitude (it feels as if that’s precisely what it would be like to try and surf on a skyscraper-sized alien terrestrial annelid),
“House of the Dragon” Season 2 Trailer Coming Tomorrow
With HBO’s Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon season 2 taking flight this June, now seems like a grand time to whet our appetites with some images from the upcoming season ahead of the trailer release, which arrives tomorrow.
The images include returning figures like Emma D’Arcy’s Rhaenyra Targaryen and Matt Smith’s Daemon Targaryen, her volatile beau (and uncle, befitting the Westerosi tradition of, well, you get it.) We also get fresh looks at Olivia Cooke’s Queen Alicent Hightower,
First “Alien: Romulus” Trailer Reveals the “Interquel” Connecting Franchise’s Most Iconic Films
The Alien franchise is taking us back to its roots.
Director Fede Alvarez has unveiled the first look at his Alien: Romulus, which has been approved by both Ridley Scott and James Cameron and is connected to their films in the venerable sci-fi horror franchise. Getting Scott and Cameron’s approval is the highest possible praise the director could get, especially for a film that’s being billed as an “interquel,”
Ryan Gosling’s Off the Rails in New “The Fall Guy” Trailer
There are few directors as perfectly suited to make a love letter to the stunt profession than David Leitch. The former stuntman and coordinator turned director of breathless action films like Bullet Train, Deadpool 2, and Atomic Blonde is the man behind The Fall Guy, a loose adaptation of the 1980s TV series of the same name, starring Ryan Gosling as stuntman Cole Seavers, a longtime professional at doing the impossible so a leading man can look like a superhero on screen.
Anya Taylor-Joy Forges Her Path in Explosive New “Furiosa” Trailer
Nine years after George Miller’s more or less flawless Mad Max: Fury Road introduced an unbelievable Charlize Theron as Furiosa, the story of how Theron’s one-armed warrior supreme came to be is racing toward theaters. The latest trailer for Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga paints a clearer picture of what kind of story Miller aims to tell, and that’s one of vengeance. Furiosa is, of course,
Powerhouse Duo Returns: Ryan Coogler & Michael B. Jordan’s Untitled Movie Set for March 2025
Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s secretive project has just gotten a bit more concrete.
Warner Bros. has revealed the writer/director and his longtime collaborator’s new film will be coming to theaters near you on March 7, 2025. The project is big enough to warrant screenings in IMAX, no less.
Warner Bros. is describing Coogler’s latest as an event film, which isn’t surprising given the fact that this is the man who has delivered Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
“Irish Wish” Director Janeen Damian Makes a Rom-Com Dream Come True with Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan discovers the magic of romance high atop the majestic Cliffs of Moher in the windswept romcom Irish Wish. When book editor Maddie Kelly’s (Lohan) crush launches into a whirlwind engagement with her friend Emma (Elizabeth Tan), Maddie turns green with envy. Yet, when she gets the chance to switch places with her romantic rival, she discovers fate sometimes takes the winding, scenic road to love.
Director Janeen Damian (Falling for Christmas) invested a lot of planning into granting Maddie’s wish.
“Damsel” Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo on Flipping the Fantasy Script With Millie Bobby Brown
Sure, she’s in distress, but Millie Bobby Brown’s Elodie is hardly in need of saving in director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo‘s revisionist fantasy film Damsel. Fresnadillo’s fantasy epic takes the typical story of a young woman desperate for a prince to puzzle out her troubles in a medieval setting, turns it upside down, and sinks it deep into a dragon’s cave. Brown’s Elodie is as resourceful as she is noble, and in a nice twist,
