Pioneering Producer Auchara Kijkanjanas on Animating Thailand’s Entertainment Industry

A pioneer of animation in Thailand, producer Auchara Kijkanjanas is no stranger to copyright infringement. The founder and head of Big Brain Studio produced the nation’s first big animation hit, which was pirated shortly after it was released. Hence, Kijkanjanas takes both personal and professional satisfaction from witnessing the changes in attitude and behavior toward intellectual property that have occurred in subsequent years. She also holds out hope that something like Thailand’s generous and successful production incentives for live-action projects from overseas might one day be introduced for the animation sector.

“Furiosa” Composer Tom Holkenborg Takes us on a Wild Musical Ride

George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Story has given us the best action sequence of the year, a relentless, 15-minute literal thrill ride that pits a young Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy), her War Rig mentor Praetorian Jack (Tom Burke), and some assorted War Boys against the onslaught of Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and his Biker Horde. This includes the Mortiflyers, a team of motorcyclists who get airborne using a number of inventive techniques,

Elle Fanning Prepared to Hunt or be Hunted in New “Predator” Movie “Badlands”

Elle Fanning is ready to take on the universe’s most lethal hunter.

The star of Hulu’s series The Great is trading in her royal robes in 18th-century Russia for Dan Trachtenberg’s upcoming Predator film Badlands, the sequel to his 2022 hit Prey, which starred Amber Midthunder as Naru, a young Comanche woman in 1719 fighting back against one of the first Predators to reach earth. 

“Venom: The Last Dance” Trailer Reveals Symbiote Battle Royale

The official trailer for first-time director Kelly Marcel’s Venom: The Last Dance is here, and as the title suggests, this will be the last time we see Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, the journalist turned host of an alien symbiote with an insatiable appetite who has, over the years, learned to channel his aggression (sort of) for the right causes. 

Hardy collaborated on the story with writer/director Marcel, a longtime Venom scribe,

“Jim Henson: Idea Man” Editors On Making a Documentary the Muppets Creator Would Have Made Himself

Ron Howard’s documentary Jim Henson: Idea Man, out May 31st on Disney+, is not only a tribute to the beloved, brilliant creator of the Muppets but feels like an artistic reflection of the creator’s own work. Cutting between Henson’s best-known creations, Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, along with his early short films, commercials, abstract videos, and Henson family footage, the documentary also uses visual effects, stop-motion animation,

“Captain America: Brave New World” Adds Giancarlo Esposito’s Mysterious Villain

Director Julius Onah’s Captain America: Brave New World is currently putting in a 22-day shoot to capture additional photography and a new action sequence, a fairly routine course of business for an MCU film. What’s intriguing about Brave New World’s shoot is that it’s also bringing in a phenomenal performer, Giancarlo Esposito, to play a mysterious new villain.

Onah’s film actually wrapped principal photography in the spring of 2023,

Chris Hemsworth Eyeing Role in “Transformers” and “G.I. Joe” Crossover Movie

Chris Hemsworth knows a thing or two (or three) about blockbuster franchises. From Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to Dementus in George Miller’s Mad Max wasteland, Hemsworth has no problem carrying the weight of a movie world on his shoulders.

Now, the talented Aussie is in talks to star in Paramount’s upcoming Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover film. The reality of this upcoming cinematic event was teased at the end of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, 

Hugh Jackman on the Secret to Bulking Up to Become Wolverine Again

Hugh Jackman hasn’t suited up and bulked out as Wolverine for seven years, since James Mangold’s stellar 2017 film Logan. In that movie, as fans are well aware, an aging, sick—but still very strong—Wolverine was trying to protect Professor X (he failed) and later, a young mutant named Laura (Dafne Keen—he succeeded) in what would turn out to be his final, heroic act.

But of course, we now know nothing’s final where Marvel is concerned.

“Deadpool & Wolverine” Reveal Popcorn Bucket Set to Rival Infamous “Dune: Part Two” Offering

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige promised that Deadpool & Wolverine would deliver a popcorn bucket that would take on Dune: Part Two’s infamous offering, and boy, he wasn’t kidding.

Stars Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and the movie’s official Twitter page unveiled the new bucket, a somewhat naughty popcorn vessel that is Wolverine’s helmet with a large open mouth. Is it “crude and rude” as Feige promised?

Devastation & Determination in a New “A Quiet Place: Day One” Featurette

“We’ve gone back to the beginning before the creatures invaded the Earth,” A Quiet Place: Day One star Lupita Nyong’o tells us at the top of a new featurette released by Paramount. We’ve already seen what the world was like on day 472 of the reign of the blind, sound-hunting aliens in John Krasinski’s 2018 original A Quiet Place—now, we finally get to see what the world was right as the alien invasion was underway.

“Furiosa” Art Director Jacinta Leong on Building Flying Motorcycles & That Breathtaking 15-Minute Action Sequence

Nine years after Mad Max: Fury Road star Charlize Theron wreaked havoc as bad-ass adult Furiosa, director George Miller revisits his post-apocalyptic nightmare with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (in theaters now). The prequel, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, and the mighty first-generation War Rig truck, features one of the year’s most spellbinding action sequences, a relentless, 15-minute mind-melter that took 78 days to film. 

While the 15-minute sequence is the most thrilling action scene of the year (in any film),

Dwayne Johnson and Auli’i Cravalho Answer the Call to Adventure in First “Moana 2” Trailer

Moana and Maui are back for a fresh round of high-seas adventure in the first trailer for Moana 2. And if Moana and Maui are back, that means so, too, are stars Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson, who return to reprise their voice roles from the world-beating first film.

The new film is from writer/director David G. Derrick Jr. (Raya and the Last Dragon), who worked as a story artist on the original Moana in 2016.

George Clooney and Brad Pitt Are on the Hunt in First “Wolfs” Trailer

For the first time in 16 years, Brad Pitt and George Clooney are sharing the screen together, and in the first trailer for writer/director Jon Watts’ Wolfs, the two get off to a rollicking fun start.

The trailer opens with Clooney’s fixer being called to a woman’s apartment (Amy Ryan) in a huge heap of trouble. Clooney’s fixer has been there and done that, and scrubbing a crime scene or removing a body is all in a night’s work for him.

Animation Director Jason Boose on Creating a Madcap “Garfield” for a New Generation

Chris Pratt voices the iconic, lasagna-loving star of director Mark Dindal’s The Garfield Movie, which uses Garfield’s love of Italian cuisine and the indoors as a jumping-off point for an origin and adventure story in one. A sweet-faced kitten gloms onto lonely Jon (Nicholas Hoult) at a restaurant and doesn’t let go until an unexpected reunion with his father, Vic (Samuel L. Jackson).

This father-son reunion comes on the heels of a catnapping,

Andrew Scott Joins Daniel Craig in Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out 3”

Rian Johnson’s third Knives Out film has snagged one of the hottest actors working together.

Andrew Scott has joined the cast for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, joining Challengers breakout star Joh O’Connor, Priscilla, Civil War, and Alien: Romulus star Cailee Spaeny, and Benoit Blanc himself, Daniel Craig, who returns to the franchise as the dandified detective sleuthing on another case.

Brad Pitt and George Clooney Finally Reunite in First “Wolfs” Teaser

You don’t need much more than Brad Pitt and George Clooney to hype your movie, and in the first teaser for their upcoming film Wolfs, they’re pretty much all you get, plus one squeaky windshield wiper and a carful of tension. With two seasoned pros boasting charisma and chemistry to spare, this wordless teaser still manages to excite.

Pitt and Clooney have teamed up before, of course, most memorably as the two biggest names in Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven franchise,

“The Garfield Movie” Director Mark Dindal on Taking a Famously Lazy Indoor Cat Way Outdoors

Garfield, the lasagna-eating original grumpy cat, has been painted with a fresh coat of animated fur and given a new voice in actor Chris Pratt for director Mark Dindal’s The Garfield Movie, a hilarious roller-coaster romp that’s going to bring out the kid in you, nostalgia aside. Garfield purred into theaters on May 24.

Published as a comic strip in 1978, the beloved feline has made its way onto television series,

Composer John Paesano on Scoring A Hero’s Journey in “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”

Editor’s note: This article contains light spoilers for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

“What’s interesting about this film, and it played into our favor, is you couldn’t score it like you could a normal film that’s been done the last ten years,” says composer John Paesano about director Wes Ball’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. “A lot of it wasn’t conceived by the time we started working on it because it was so visual effects heavy.”

What that meant for the composer was coming up with ideas that were emotionally connected to the characters rather than composing for pictures on a screen.

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” Trailer Unleashes Michael Keaton’s Trickster Demon

The Juice is loose in the official Beetlejuice Beetlejuice trailer.

Twenty-six years after Tim Burton and Michael Keaton delivered their beguilingly charming horror comedy, one of the films that defined 1980s cinema, the dream team is back to create some fresh nightmares. The official 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.

How the Animation in John Krasinski’s “IF” Came to Live Seamlessly Among Live-Action

Written and directed by John Krasinski, IF is a fantastical inverse of Krasinski’s A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II. A contemporary fairy-tale journey inspired by Krasinski’s own daughters, IF pairs live action and animation to bring us Bea (Cailey Fleming), a tween who learns she can see everyone else’s imaginary friends, and teams up with Cal (Ryan Reynolds), the only adult around who shares her superpower,