Peter Jackson Working on Multiple New “Lord of the Rings” Films For Warner Bros.
We knew Peter Jackson was returning to Middle-earth, but we thought that return trip was limited to re-releasing his groundbreaking trilogy in new remastered and extended versions. Today, huge news broke—Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav revealed that Jackson is really returning to the realms created by J.R.R. Tolkien for a series of new films.
On a Warner Bros. Discovery earnings call, Zaslav revealed that the company was in the early stages of script development for new Lord of the Rings movies,
Glen Powell’s a Busy Man
Glen Powell’s dance card is getting awfully full. Powell, who broke out in Top Gun: Maverick and then cemented his status as a rising star with chemistry to spare starring opposite Sydney Sweeney in the romantic comedy Anyone But You, has a slew of upcoming films set to release this summer and a slate of incredible projects he’s attached to.
Powell can next be seen in Richard Linklater’s critically acclaimed Hit Man (June 7),
Critics Hail Director Wes Ball’s Mighty “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
Wes Ball didn’t have the easiest task when he signed on to make the fourth new Planet of the Apes film of the modern era. Rupert Wyatt kicked things off with Rise of the Planet of the Apes back in 2011, and then The Batman director Matt Reeves filmed the ferocious final two installments in the new trilogy, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes in 2014 and 2017,
Riding the Storm of the Century in the New “Twisters” Trailer
The second trailer for Minari director Lee Isaac Chung’s Twisters has whipped into view, giving us a longer look at what the talented Chung has done with the sequel to the 1996 original starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton.
We open on a rodeo where bucking broncos have their violent twisting upstaged by the titular weather event. Twisters is centered on Kate Cooper (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a young woman with a vertiginous history with a cataclysmic twister she faced when she was in college,
“Challengers” Production Designer Merissa Lombardo Sets the Stage on Court & Off
Director Luca Guadagnino’s sexy new tennis romance, Challengers, layers a years-long love triangle of three millennial-era players over the highs and lows of their careers. At the center is talented, driven, and stunning Tashi (Zendaya). She first dates Patrick (Josh O’Connor), who plays as well as she does, but doesn’t take his career or their relationship seriously enough for either to work out. After getting knocked out of the circuit with a knee injury,
“Furiosa” First Reactions Hail Another Super-Charged Stunner
Nine years after George Miller’s more or less flawless Mad Max: Fury Road introduced an unbelievable Charlize Theron as Furiosa, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the origin story of how Theron’s one-armed warrior supreme came to be, is racing toward theaters. And with its swiftly approaching premiere date comes the first reactions to Miller’s follow-up, the fifth film in his decades-spanning Mad Max dystopian mega-narrative.
While we’ll have to wait a bit longer for the full reviews,
First Look at “Superman” Revealed: Behold David Corenswet as The Man of Steel
Our first glimpse of David Corenswet as Superman is here.
Writer/director James Gunn, naturally, was the one who shared the image of Corenswet suited up as the Man of Steel, sliding on his red boot. This is the first time we’ve seen Corenswet in Superman’s iconic red and blue suit, and he becomes only the third man to play the superhero, joining Christopher Reeve, who played him from 1978 to 1987, Brandon Routh in 2006,
“The Fall Guy” Stunt Designer Chris O’Hara on Helping Create Ryan Gosling’s Gonzo Performance
Hollywood couldn’t have found a more perfect director for Ryan Gosling’s stuntman rom-com The Fall Guy (in theaters now) than David Leitch. A body double-turned-stunt supervisor on dozens of movies, including John Wick, he understood the stunt world firsthand before moving into the director’s chair for Deadpool 2 and Bullet Train. To oversee stunts on The Fall Guy, co-starring Emily Blunt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson,
“Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace” has Big Re-Release to Celebrate 25th Anniversary
This past Saturday was May the 4th, the annual Star Wars celebration that began with this apocryphal story: the first reference came on May 4, 1979, the day Margaret Thatcher became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The story goes that her political party, the Conservatives, took out an ad in the London Evening News that read, “May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations.” Yet this advertisement, as far as we can tell,
“Fantastic Four” Cast Adds Paul Walter Hauser
The great Paul Walter Hauser is headed to the MCU to join one of Marvel’s most anticipated films-in-progress.
The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Hauser is joining the cast of The Fantastic Four, joining Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing, and Julia Garner as the Silver Surfer.
“The Fall Guy” Sound Designer Mark Stoeckinger on Capturing Ryan Gosling’s Wild Ride
A three-time Oscar nominee, Mark Stoeckinger has worked on five of the six features by stuntman-turned-director David Leitch, starting with 2017’s action thriller Atomic Blonde. No stranger to actioners, the veteran sound editor also led the sound team on all four John Wick films (which Leitch also produced). The Fall Guy is a cinematic love letter to the unsung heroes of the filmmaking business,
Wolverine’s Room is on Airbnb: You Can Now Rent the X-Men Mansion
Ever dreamed of staying in the X-Men Mansion, wandering the halls, and maybe bumping into Cyclops and Wolverine bickering by the fireplace? Well, you can live out part of that dream now in a mansion atop a hill in Westchester County, New York, which is distinguished not so much by how nice it is—there are a lot of nice houses in the area—but by its cinematic pedigree. You’ll notice that the house comes with an unusual lawn ornament: a Sentinel,
Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day Appear at “The Fall Guy” Premiere as Beavis and Butt-Head
When Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day played Beavis and Butt-Head in an SNL sketch this past April 13 during Gosling’s episode, the effect was so sublimely absurd that SNL star Heidi Gardner broke character and lost it. Gardner played a NewsNation anchor hosting a very serious discussion about the perils of AI, but then she notices two audience members who appear to be the flesh-and-blood incarnations of the iconic animated characters from the 1990s.
“Let It Be” Trailer Reveals the Fully Restored 1970 Film After a 50 Year Wait
The first trailer for the fully restored “Let It Be” has arrived.
Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s original 1970 film about The Beatles has been meticulously restored by Peter Jackson, following Jackson’s deep dive docuseries The Beatles: Get Back, which was released on Disney+ in 2021. Let It Be will arrive on Disney+ on May 8, marking the first time it’s been available in over 50 years.
Let It Be was first released at a tumultuous time,
First “Mufasa: The Lion King” Trailer Unveils Beyoncé’s Daughter Blue Ivy Carter as Lion Cub Kiara
The first trailer for Mufasa: The Lion King has roared to life online.
“This story begins far beyond the mountains and the shadows, on the other side of the light.” So begins our first peek at Mufasa: The Lion King, which, as the title suggests, will tell the origin story of the legendary Mufasa, a lion who was born “without a drop of nobility in his blood.” The legendary lion king was voiced by James Earl Jones in both the iconic 1993 animated original and the photo-realistic 2019 remake,
“Challengers” Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes on Acing his Zendaya-led Tennis Scorcher
Spoiler Alert: The following article contains spoilers for Challengers.
Back in 2018, playwright and author Justin Kuritzkes was obsessively consuming the world of elite tennis. As the first-time screenwriter conveyed to The Credits, it was better than anything in theaters or on the small screen — tennis was really just that good.
During that year’s U.S. Open match between Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams,
“Deadpool & Wolverine” Doesn’t Require Prior Marvel Cinematic Universe Knowledge
There is a tremendous amount of heat surrounding Deadpool & Wolverine, Marvel Studios’ sole 2024 release. The long-awaited teaming-up of Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine finally came together after years of teasing between the two stars and between Reynolds’ Merc with the Mouth and various absent members of the X-Men in the first two Deadpool movies. The first trailer was viewed a record 365 million times over its first 24 hours.
Game On: Zendaya & Co. Reveal Why “Challengers” Will Be Your New Obsession
From the warm embrace of Call Me By Your Name to the eerie thrill of Bones and All, Luca Guadagnino’s latest film, Challengers, is a culmination of the better parts of all of his earlier work, ending in an explosive (and sweaty) finale.
The film centers on a love triangle, set in the world of high-stakes tennis matches, with three characters who once,
“The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy Returning to Theaters in Remastered & Extended Version
Peter Jackson’s colossal The Lord of the Rings trilogy, a mighty, jaw-dropping achievement that wowed audiences and fellow filmmakers alike (James Cameron said the trilogy helped inspire Avatar) is returning to theaters this summer. Only this time, the trilogy will be even bigger.
Warner Bros. and Fathom Events are teaming up to release Jackson’s magnum opus in extended versions, including those Jackson remastered for the 4K Ultra HD rerelease that came out in 2020.
“Monkey Man” Mask Designer Eddie Yang Gives Dev Patel a Primal Facelift
Dev Patel’s directorial debut, Monkey Man, is a kinetic, deeply felt revenge story set in Mumbai, a world that is rarely depicted with such punishing, propulsive energy and passion. Patel stars as the Kid, an anonymous young man nursing a wound so deep it becomes a source of inexhaustible rage and, ultimately, power. The Kid’s mother was murdered by the ruthless, heartless leaders who prey on the poor and powerless in Mumbai,
