Meet the Star-Munch in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
It’s been reported that Guardians of the Galaxy Vo. 2 has the biggest special effect of all time. Director James Gunn told Empire Magazine that Kurt Russell’s character, Ego the Living Planet (it’s a sentient planet that can transform itself into a human when need be) is the biggest visual effect of all time, with more than a trillion polygons on Ego’s planet.
While we’ll have to wait and see exactly what Ego the Living Planet looks like (we’ve read some early conceptual work was done by artist Hal Tenny,...
Woody Harrelson Says Han Solo Might be Best Star Wars Film Ever
Woody Harrelson is probably one of the few actors who can go ahead and boast, only a month into production, that the Star Wars spinoff he’s working on will be the best film in the entire franchise. The man’s a treasure, after all. No matter what project he gets involved in, whether its playing Katniss Everdeen’s mentor Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games, or surly detective Marty Hart in HBO’s True Detective,...
Own Spidey’s Mask From Captain America: Civil War & Spider-Man: Homecoming With Shutter Eyes
If your spider-sense is tingling right now, it’s just because this new fan-made mask is dangerously cool.
For years, Spider-Man’s mask with ever-moving eyes was a staple of the comic books and animated productions, but it wasn’t until Captain America: Civil War in 2016 that viewers got a glimpse at a live-action mechanical mask. It looks like Spider-Man: Homecoming is following suit.
Now, fans can own a similar mask themselves—one that could even give Tony Stark a run for his money...
Tom Cruise has Done a Year of Prep for Mission: Impossible 6 Stunt
Fearless, ageless and relentless, Tom Cruise is at it again.
Yesterday we shared this video of Cruise and co-star Annabell Wallis doing a stunt in zero gravity for their upcoming film The Mummy. Little did we know we'd find out only a day later that he's cooking up an even more impressive stunt for Mission: Impossible 6.
Never one to shy away from a difficult stunt that most other actors would opt to delegate to a stunt double,...
Life Reviews Suggest Next Great Sci-Fi Horror is Here
The reviews for Life are starting to pour in, and as we suspected, director Daniel Espinosa and Deadpool and Deadpool 2 screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have the critics enthused. When we interviewed Reese and Wernick last December, they told us that their primary inspiration was arguably the most iconic sci-fi horror film of all time, Ridley Scott’s Alien:
“It’s been 40 years almost since ...
The Other Possible Endings to Rogue One You Almost Saw
One of the most astonishing things about Gareth Edwards Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was that ending (spoiler alert). As we wrote last week, Edwards and screenwriter Gary Whitta were pleasantly surprised when their original idea for the fate of Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and her rebel crew was championed by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. They simply didn't expect that making their courageous heroes pay the ultimate price to steal the plans to the Death Star would be allowable,...
See how they Built a Cyborg Skeleton for Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell
With Ghost in the Shell set to premiere on March 31, Paramount is sharing a lot of great stuff from Rupert Sanders adaptation of this iconic, and very surreal, sci-fi film. We’ve already shared with you the incredible work that Peter Jackson’s effects shop Weta did to create the robotic geisha masks that have been one of the most talked about images from the trailers. In fact, every new spot boasts images that show how hard Sanders and his team worked to honor the Mamoru Oshii’s beloved 1996 animated feature...
See how They Filmed in Zero Gravity for The Mummy
We’ve long admired Tom Cruise’s insane commitment to performing his own stunts. When we interviewed stunt coordinator Wade Eastwood about Cruise's work on Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation, he talked about all the ways in which Cruise is the most prepared actor he’s ever worked with. This is a necessary attribute when the stunts you’re performing are as extreme as Cruise’s have been. Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol,...
Who’s Going to Play Cable? Deadpool 2 to Announce Casting Soon
There’s a lot of mystery surrounding the specifics of Deadpool 2, which is to be expected—production hasn’t officially begun and the film isn’t slated for release until 2018. What we are hearing today, however, is that there is going to be some casting news coming soon regarding the film’s cast. So who’s going to join Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), the Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand), TJ Miller (Weasel) and Colossus (Stefan Kapicic)?...
Celebrating Reel Women: Behind the Scenes
Women are responsible for some of the most powerful, thrilling and poignant films in the canon. From Moonlight to Mad Max: Fury Road, women are making their impact felt in all aspects of the filmmaking process, and today we look at their crucial contributions in a few specific roles, including as editors, costume designers, sound editors and production designers.
Take Blackfish, the horrifying story of whales kept in captivity,...
SXSW 2017: Bill Pullman & Director Jared Moshe on the Making of The Ballad of Lefty Brown
The Ballad of Lefty Brown was an audience favorite at SXSW for its classic western style and fresh storytelling. Bill Pullman (Independence Day) played the title role, but it was a character that diverged from the leading man parts that he is famous for. As the sidekick to Senator Johnson (Peter Fonda) in 1889 Montana, Lefty learns a difficult lesson when the brutal west doesn’t always honor honesty and loyalty as he’s come to believe it would...
SXSW2017: Austin Production La Barracuda Has Real Bite
Shot and filmed in Austin by local filmmakers Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin, La Barracuda was a hometown darling at SXSW. The suspense drama stars Texas native Allison Tolman (Fargo) as Merle, the tone-deaf daughter of a country music legend. When a mysterious woman appears and introduces herself as Merle’s half sister, Sinaloa (Sophie Reid), tensions flare. Everyone in the family has their suspicions of her true intentions that range from selfish to sinister...
SXSW 2017: Talking with The Transfiguration Filmmakers About the Vampire Thriller
The Transfiguration is a gritty urban vampire story that ditches the typical startling horror vibe of monster movies for the shock of a realistic bloodthirsty killer. Adding to the film’s discomfort is the innocence and confusion of the quiet teenage predator. Raised by his older brother, Milo (Eric Ruffin) is lonely and doesn’t seem to be able to comprehend the consequences of his actions. When fellow angst ridden teen Sophie (Chloe Levine) takes an interest in him,...
Director Olivier Assayas on Tailoring Personal Shopper for Kristen Stewart
French director Olivier Assayas may have tailored Personal Shopper to its star, Kristen Stewart, but Assayas doesn’t take credit for Stewart’s career boom in acclaimed indies like Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women and in more mainstream fare such as Woody Allen’s Cafe Society and Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, all released in 2016.
“I was the right person at the right time,”...
SXSW 2017: Pixar’s LOU Will Bring You to Tears in Six Minutes
Pixar took the adorable upcoming animated short LOU to SXSW. Because it is a Pixar film, it is of course at the forefront of technology and creativity and is unreasonably emotional for a cartoon. The story offers an imaginative solution to the very serious issue of playground bullying and we dare you not to cry by the end of the six minutes. When J.J. begins to steal his classmates’ toys at recess, the lost and found box bands together to come to the rescue...
Director Danny Boyle Talks T2 Trainspotting
There’s no lack of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’roll in T2 Trainspotting. The long-awaited sequel to director Danny Boyle’s darkly comic and stylized ode to youthful anarchy and heroin addiction that shook the cinematic landscape in 1996 lands in U.S. theaters on Friday. The Scottish gang of four as well as the actors who brought them to life are all back – Ewan McGregor’s scampish Rent Boy, Jonny Lee Miller as con man Sick Boy, Robert Carlyle as psychopath Begbie and Ewen Bremner as sweet,...
Check out the Nasty Alien in This Life “Restricted” Trailer
Intended for restricted audiences, the new trailer for Sony’s Life isn’t holding back. Veering away from the film’s first official trailer, this one is decidedly less optimistic, and much more terror-inducing, speaking to screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick's love of Ridley Scott's Alien.
Starring Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool, Green Lantern), Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain) and Rebecca Ferguson (The Girl on the Train,...
SXSW 2017: The Strange Ones Directors Play With Your Perceptions
Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein’s feature-length debut The Strange Ones is a slow burning, twisted coming-of-age story co-starring Alex Pettyfer and 14 year old James Freedson-Jackson, who won SXSW’s Special Jury Prize for breakthrough performance. He’s immensely deserving of the accolade, delivering a performance of almost unnerving poise for a 14-year-old actor. It had begun its life as a short six years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K86nhhNV058
The feature film opens with two brothers on the run...
Rogue One Director Gareth Edwards on Getting Away With That Ending
If you haven’t seen Rogue One: A Star Wars Story by now, well, we hope your return from the International Space Station is a safe one. We’re about to talk about the film’s ending, so please, look away.
Okay, for the rest of us, SlashFilm has an interview with Rogue One’s director, Gareth Edwards, in which he discusses the film’s literally explosive ending...
Pixar Unveils Trailer for Upcoming Feature Coco
Amidst a climate where sequels and revivals are all at once safe, enjoyable and profitable, Pixar is getting original, in more ways than one.
Disney released the film’s first delightfully-vibrant teaser trailer Wednesday. Coco follows the story of Miguel (newcomer Anthony Gonzalez), a 12-year-old boy living in a Mexican village, who grows up in a family of shoemakers but yearns to be a musician. He discovers a hidden link between himself and his favorite late singer,...
