The Fittingly Frankenstein Creations of “Poor Things” Poster Designer Vasilis Marmatakis
“The movie’s poster is usually the first thing you see, so it should create an anticipation to see the film,” said Vasilis Marmatakis, the Greek graphic designer and illustrator behind the alluring poster art for Poor Things, a feminist riff on the Frankenstein legend that is up for 11 Oscars, including Best Picture. “It’s an entry point.”
In the age of social media and star contracts, which specify their face appear front and center on promotional materials,
“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” Drops Official Trailer
We all know who to call when there’s something strange in the neighborhood—but what happens if that strange thing is a deep-winter cold front in the middle of July? That’s the question posed by Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire trailer, which finds the latest addition to the franchise blowing in on a blast of arctic air.
The official trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has arrived, with the new film following the events in director Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
First “Despicable Me 4” Trailer Reveals Addition of Will Ferrell, Sofia Vergara, and More
Despicable Me 4 is adding a slew of superstars to voice brand new characters to bring the franchise back to the big screen in a major way.
Will Ferrell, Sofia Vergara, Stephen Colbert, Chloe Fineman, and Joey King are all joining the voice cast in Universal and Illumination’s latest addition to their ongoing animated adventures with Gru and company. Ferrell plays one Gru’s (Steve Carrell) new nemesis, Maxime Le Mal, while Vergara plays his girlfriend,
Two New “Dune: Part Two” Teasers Arrive as Tickets Go on Sale
Tickets are now on sale for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two, easily one of the biggest releases of the year. Warner Bros. has dropped two new teasers, titled “Heart” and “Rise,” to tease your opportunity to scoop up seats, and each gives us a very brief refresher on where we left off in the original and braces us for the war to come. And that war, and all the breathless action it will entail,
Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts” Eyeing “Top Gun: Maverick” Star Lewis Pullman for Big Role
From the cockpit of Top Gun: Maverick and the laboratories in Lessons in Chemistry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe—Lewis Pullman is having quite the ride.
The rising star is now Marvel Studios’ top choice to replace Steven Yeun in the role of the antihero Sentry in their upcoming antihero film Thunderbolts. Pullman would be joining a starry cast that includes Florence Pugh, reprising her role as the Black Widow Yelena Belova,
“The Peasants” Co-Director/Writer Hugh Welchman on Hand Painting Real Life Hardships Into Animated Magic
Creating any animated feature film is an awesome commitment of time, talent, and resources. But the animated films of the Poland-based husband-and-wife directing team of Hugh Welchman (who is British) and D.K. Welchman (who is Polish) go well beyond the common description of “labor of love.” For their groundbreaking debut in 2017, the Oscar-nominated animated feature Loving Vincent, the team used a hand-painted animation technique to bring the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh to life.
“Road House” Trailer Reveals Jake Gyllenhaal vs Conor McGregor in Ferocious Remake
Road House is now open for business, but fair warning—don’t mess with the bouncer.
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in Amazon MGM Studios’ remake of the 1989 classic that starred Patrick Swayze as the bouncer Dalton, an impossibly tough fella—imbued with Swayze’s singular charm and grace—who was hired as a bouncer at a rough Florida bar to tame the unruly. Things got a lot more complicated than your average bar brawl, however, and that’s precisely what will happen in director Doug Liman’s new take.
Supergirl Casting Narrows as James Gunn Looks to Land DC Studios’ New Superheroine
The casting process for DC Studio’s next Supergirl is heating up and narrowing down as the search for the Kryptonian reaches its final phases.
Supergirl will play a huge part in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new-look DC Studios, appearing in Gunn’s upcoming Superman: Legacy and then starring in her own standalone Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.
The latest scoop from The Hollywood Reporter is that Milly Alcock and Meg Donnelly have recently taken screen tests in Atlanta for the role and stand as the two finalists.
Producer Tran Thi Bich Ngoc on Fighting Piracy, Championing Filmmakers, and Vietnam’s Huge Potential
Tran Thi Bich Ngoc is an established Vietnamese film producer with a long track record of success and an eye for great stories. Among her latest projects are Bui Thac Chuyen’s Glorious Ashes, Vietnam’s submission to the 2024 Academy Awards for the best international feature film category.
In 2022, the rural drama received its world premiere as the first Vietnamese film selected for the main competition of the Tokyo International Film Festival.
“Deadpool 3” Wraps Filming
The Merc with the Mouth and the be-clawed Canadian mutant have done the deed.
That is, Deadpool 3, after a robust delay caused by SAG-AFTRA strike, has wrapped filming. Deadpool himself, Ryan Reynolds, announced the news on Instagram on Wednesday, thanking the cast, crew, and director Shawn Levy. He also took up some space in his caption, as you know he’s wont to do, to have a little fun with co-star Hugh Jackman,
Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence” Sells Big at Sundance 35 Years After Iconic “sex, lies, & videotape”
Thirty-five years ago, in January of 1989, Steven Soderbergh brought an edgy drama to Sundance that ended up changing the film business. His now iconic sex, lies, & videotape was sold for $1 million and went on to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and ultimately grossed $25 million at the box office. It is the movie that has a credible claim for lighting a fire under the independent film community, turning it into a real business and its filmmakers into future stars.
Jake Johnson on his Diabolically Fun Directorial Debut “Self Reliance”
Would you watch a reality show where someone is actively being hunted for a million-dollar prize? Morally, the answer is no. In Jake Johnson’s directorial debut, Self Reliance (streaming on Hulu), he believes the answer is yes. The concept for Johnson’s new film is one he developed years ago after watching a Japanese reality show (Susunu! Denpa Shōnen) where contestants were placed in bizarre situations and filmed.
“And then in the middle of the night,
The 2024 Oscar Nominations Are Here
The 2024 Oscar nominations have been announced. The two-headed Goliath that is Barbenheimer is well represented, with both Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer nominated for Best Picture, among a slew of other nominations each film received. Nolan’s Oppenheimer leads all movies with 13 nominations, followed by Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things with 11, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon with 10,
A New “Jurassic World” Movie Will Stomp Into Theaters From Original “Jurassic Park” Scribe
A dinosaur-sized piece of news dropped yesterday when it was revealed that Jurassic Park and The Lost World: Jurassic Park writer David Koepp will be penning a new addition to the franchise.
The last film in the franchise was director Colin Trevvorow’s Jurassic World: Dominion, presumably the third and final film in the trilogy that began with 2015’s Jurassic World. Yet while that particular storyline,
“The Color Purple” Hair Department Head Lawrence Davis on Capturing Iconic Characters in Flux
Director Blitz Bazawule’s The Color Purple, which builds on the legacy of Alice Walker’s original 1982 novel, Steven Spielberg’s 1985 drama, and the more recent Broadway musical, had the second-highest domestic opening of all time for a film released on Christmas day.
Celebrating resilience in the face of trauma, racism, and tragedy, The Color Purple follows Celie Harris (Fantasia Barrino), a woman who faces many years of difficulty in her search for belonging and happiness.
Glen Powell Charms His Way Into Trouble in Official “Hit Man” Teaser
Netflix has just released the first official teaser for Richard Linklater’s Hit Man, which stars Glen Powell in a wild story that actually happened. This is not the first time the talented Linklater has poached an incredible true story and turned it into a cinematic feast, and, in fact, Linklater is once again riffing on the investigative work of Texas Monthly journalist Skip Hollandsworth, whose journalism first inspired Linklater to write his 2011 film Bernie,
Marvel Studios Restarts Production of “Daredevil: Born Again”
Marvel Studios hit the ground running—and punching and kicking—this year with the positive reaction to its new crime series Echo. Echo is a darker, more street-level story than Marvel’s previous Disney+ series, centered on Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox), an indigenous deaf anti-heroine with some serious combat skills and a tragic backstory that was only hinted at in Hawkeye, the series that introduced her character. Echo has benefited from its darker tone and a central figure that’s hard to root against,
“Mean Girls” Costume Designer Tom Broecker on Dressing the Plastics as Gen Z
The movie based on the musical based on the 2004 movie Mean Girls is here, with Angourie Rice taking Lindsey Lohan’s place as Cady, the homeschooled teenager plunged into the catty horror of American public high school social politics. Written by Tina Fey and directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr., in this musical Gen Z update, everyone has smartphones now, but the movie stays true to the original’s most beloved beats.
Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan Re-Teaming for Mysterious New Movie
Longtime collaborators Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan are re-teaming for a mysterious new project.
The Hollywood Reporter scoops that the dynamic duo behind Coogler’s big breakout hit, Fruitvale Station, as well as Black Panther, Creed (and its subsequent installments), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has a new feature film in the works. The new, untitled movie is the first spec script from writer/director Coogler through his production company,
“The Zone of Interest” Sound Designer Johnnie Burn on Creating the Soundscape From Hell
Writer/director Jonathan Glazer does not shy away from a challenge. He has created indelible sequences that are essentially mindworms, burrowing deep into your consciousness. One of his most beloved films, his 2013 masterpiece Under the Skin, was chock full of them. If you had to choose just one, perhaps it would be the wordless scene that takes place on a Scottish beach after Scarlett Johansson’s nameless protagonist (she’s an alien who seduces men throughout Scotland,
