How They Created Deadpool‘s World, Including his Mask
Deadpool will likely be one of 2016's biggest surprise hits. The film was a monster success with audiences, with Ryan Reynold's trash talking, fourth wall breaking red masked vigilante bringing some much needed chutzpah to the Marvel cinematic universe. Now, we're getting a glimpse at how Deadpool's world were built, from the breathtaking action to the breathable (supposedly) red mask.
First, check out Atomic Fiction's VFX breakdown reel showcasing their incredible work creating computer generated characters,...
Key & Peele & Kittens: How the Duo Went From Indie Improv to Keanu
Despite growing up miles from each other in Detroit and New York City respectively, the comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have formed an unshakable (and brandable!) comedic bond in the form of both their Peabody-award winning Key & Peele and their collaborations since. But the two comedians, who seem so perfectly matched that it seems possible they were truly destined to be, have backgrounds that make their collaboration seem almost inevitable.
The first,...
A Spoiler Free Captain America: Civil War Review
Captain America: Civil War is the most satisfying Marvel film to date. Directors Anthony and Joe Russo and screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have essentially crafted the third Avengers film in everything but the title (including the omission of two major characters), and while they've scaled down the stakes (for a Marvel film), leaving the global population relatively safe no matter the outcome, they've managed to intensify the emotional investment. For a film situated inside a colossal "cinematic universe,"...
Building a Ghost City in the Desert for Tom Hanks’ A Hologram for the King
In A Hologram for the King, Tom Hanks' American businessman Alan Clay visits an eerily deserted "city of the future" eager to firm up his appointment with the King of Saudi Arabia. Instead, he learns only that a meeting might happen at some vague point in the future. "It's a very strong image to see Tom in his black suit standing there in the middle of the desert," says Hologram writer-director Tom Tykwer...
Remembering Prince
By now you know that Prince, inarguably one of the most talented, singular musicians of his (or any other) generation, died on Thursday at his home, Paisley Park, in Chanhassen, Minnesota. He was 57. The cause of his death is unknown at this time.
The incredibly prolific singer, songwriter, showman, and producer was a musical polymath that had mastered the guitar, keyboards and drums, and who bent rock, R&B, funk and pop to his will. He was a musical prodigy, a sex symbol,...
The Huntsman: Winter’s War and the Tradition of Fairy Tale Film
Though the classic fairy tales of the Grimm brothers and Hans Christian Andersen were penned hundreds of years ago, their fantastical sensibilities and moral allegories are still the stuff of fascination, and remain deeply entrenched in our culture even today. With today's release of The Huntsman: Winter’s War, we will yet again be treated to a fantasy vision of well-known fairy tale characters like Queen Ravenna from Snow White (Charlize Theron) and Freya,...
Blade Runner Sequel Coming Out Earlier Than Expected
All the news surrounding Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner sequel recently has been good news. First, there was the simple fact that the talented director of Sicario, Enemy and Prisoners was taking on the project. (The involvement of Harrison Ford and original director Ridley Scott's—star and executive producer, respectively—is less good news that absolutely mandatory for the project to happen.) Then there was the addition of Ryan Gosling,...
Which Side has the Advantage in Captain America: Civil War?
At this point you've seen enough teasers, and trailers clips from Captain America: Civil War and you're ready for the rumble. Yet as Marvel keeps releasing little bits here and there, we feel duty-bound to share them. What these new Team Cap and Team Iron Man teasers allow you to do is assess how evenly matched you think the two sides actually are. Fighting for Team Cap are Hawkeye, the Scarlet Witch, the Winter Soldier, Ant-Man and Falcon. Fighting for Team Iron Man are the Black Widow,...
This new X-Men: Apocalypse Clip Explores Mystery of En Sabah Nur
The central premise in X-Men: Apocalypse is that the very first mutant (your titular Apocalypse, played by Oscar Isaac) is also the most powerful, and now that he's awoken, he's gathering his four horsemen (four powerful mutants whose abilities increase exponentially under Apocalypse's care) and planning on tearing apart the world so it can be rebuilt with mutants in their rightful spot atop the food chain.
In this new clip released by 20th Century Fox,...
Talking to The Jungle Book‘s VFX Supervisor Robert Legato
Based on Rudyard Kipling’s classic stories, Disney’s sweeping, epic, live action version of The Jungle Book is an immersive delight. We talk to Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Robert Legato about creating realistic worlds using computers, why it’s an exciting time to be working in visual effects and how they can make a The Revenant sequel minus the grueling shoot.
Congratulations on The Jungle Book...
Did J.J. Abrams Drop a Major Clue About Who Rey’s Parents Are?
Even a notoriously secretive director like J.J. Abrams is going to let a clue slip if you put a microphone in his hand enough times. That might be what happened this weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival, when Abrams sat down for a conversation with Chris Rock and responded to questions from the audience. One question was, of course, who Rey's parents are, asked by a young audience member with admirable clarity. Abrams would never spill even a single bean about this,...
Check out the Incredible Stunts in Captain America: Civil War
You know what's even cooler than watching how some of the stunts were done in Captain America: Civil War? Watching them in slow motion. Especially the truck flipping over—and through—a bridge.
The gang at Screen Slam were on the set of Civil War and got this incredible footage of some of the stunt work that went into the film. Some of the coolest stuff is watching the incredibly talented Heidi Moneymaker,...
The King of Monsters Returns in Godzilla Resurgence Trailer
The King of Monsters is baaaaaack. Toho Pictures has just released their Godzilla Resurgence trailer, marking the 29th Godzilla film from the King of Monsters creator. The film will hit the big screen in Japan July 29, with a domestic release here yet to be announced.
Godzilla Resurgencewas co-directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, with Anno writing the screenplay and Higuchi overseeing the special effects. Higuchi has said that this film will be much darker than previous Toho ...
Marvel Reveals Doctor Strange Poster & Concept Art
Tonight, the first Doctor Strange trailer will air on Jimmy Kimmel Live. For the uninitiated, Doctor Strange (played by Benedict Cumberbatch), is the "Sorcerer Supreme" of the Marvel Universe, an arrogant surgeon whose attemps to heal himself after a car accident led him to become a lot more than a mere doctor.
Directed by Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Deliver us From Evil) the movie hopes to do for the weird magical realm of the Marvel Cinematic Universe what ...
Louis C.K. is a Dog in The Secret Life of Pets Trailer
If you missed National Pets Day, yesterday, don't feel too bad, a lot of people weren't even aware it existed. But it does! It did! And in the spirit of a day celebrating our beloved best friends, we're sharing the first trailer for The Secret Life of Pets,
The Secret Life of Pets is a exactly what its title says it is; a comedy about "the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day." Louis C.K.,...
Check out the First Footage From Kong: Skull Island
You probably don't know much about Kong: Skull Island, and who could blame you? The film has been shrouded in secrecy since its origins. Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts' film has finally revealed a little taste of what's to come in this new featurette, with stars Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Corey Hawkins, and Jason Mitchell taking us behind the scenes and revealing, finally, a bit of the plot, character details and more.
Skull Island, both the film and the fictional location, hold not just the biggest,...
New Captain America: Civil War Clip Dropped During MTV Movie Awards
Chris Evans himself premiered this new clip from Captain America: Civil War at last night's MTV Movie Awards. The clip features Captain America and two of his newest Avengers, Falcon (Anthony Mackie) and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), infiltrating a heavily guarded facility with some poisonous gas to boot. Our favorite moment might be how the Scarlet Witch helps Cap access a second story window with a little help from her powers.
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, ...
Director Karyn Kusama on the Quietly Sinister The Invitation
Despite her early success with Girlfight (and later Aeon Flux and Jennifer’s Body), it’s been nearly eight years since Karyn Kusama has directed a film, preferring instead to work in television, directing episodes of shows as varied as AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire and Hulu’s Casual. Thankfully, the filmmaker has ended her cinematic drought with The Invitation,...
Money Money Money: The Boss vs. Money Monster
Hollywood has picked up on the fall of the Wall Stret suit in a big way. In December, it was The Big Short, a succinct, realistic re-telling of 2008’s subprime mortgage crisis that led to global recession. Today, it’s The Boss, in which Melissa McCarthy plays a former mogul busted for insider trading. And in early May comes Money Monster, in which the fallout from a television personality finance wizard’s bad stock tip comes back to him,...
Writer/Director Ben Falcone on The Boss, Working With Wife Melissa McCarthy & More
In The Boss Melissa McCarthy stars as Michelle Darnell, a megalomaniacal businesswoman who has to rebuild her life with the help of her long-suffering former assistant (Kristen Bell) after a stint in federal prison. We speak to director, co-writer, co-producer, and McCarthy’s husband Ben Falcone, about working with his wife again- he also directed and co-wrote the 2014 McCarthy vehicle Tammy– how they resolve problems and geeking out over Peter Dinklage...
