“Deadpool & Wolverine” Makes History as Most Watched Trailer Ever

The Merc with the Mouth and the Mutant with the Claws sure are a popular pair.

In news that’s not all that surprising given the excitement surrounding their long-awaited pairing, the first trailer for the newly titled Deadpool & Wolverine, featuring Ryan Reynolds’ titular potty-mouthed superhero and the return of Hugh Jackman to the role that made him a global superstar, has made history. Marvel Studios dropped the trailer for their latest during the Super Bowl,

Mark Ruffalo Not Returning as Hulk in “Captain America: Brave New World”

For a brief moment in time, the Hulk was returning to the MCU.

A bit of confusion during a Q&A with Mark Ruffalo and moderator Anne Thompson at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Sunday set the Marvel-watching world afire when it seemed like Ruffalo was confirming his return as Bruce Banner in the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World. Thompson had asked Ruffalo if he was appearing in director Julius Onah’s upcoming feature,

The Oscar-Nominated Hair & Makeup Team on Turning Helen Mirren Into “Golda”

In 2023, Oscar-winning director Guy Nattiv helmed Golda, a biographical drama about Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir set during the 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973.  As usual, Dame Helen Mirren is masterful in the title role. One key to the believability of her portrayal was visually melding Mirren and Meir together through costume, makeup, and hair. 

The Academy has recognized all the attention to detail and artistry used to achieve Golda’s finished look with an Oscar nomination for best achievement in makeup and hair styling.

“The Last Repair Shop” Co-Composer & Co-Director Kris Bowers on his Perfectly Tuned Oscar-Nominated Doc

Composer Kris Bowers has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most versatile film scorers with a stunning list of credits, including Ava DuVernay’s Origin, The Color Purple, and the upcoming Bob Marley: One Love. But Bowers is also the Oscar-nominated co-director of this year’s documentary short The Last Repair Shop, which spotlighted a story right in Bowers’s backyard.

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” Big Game Trailer Finds Rivals Vying for Supremacy

The Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers weren’t the only formidable foes battling it out last night. During the Super Bowl, 20th Century Studios revealed the official trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, which is set hundreds of years after the events in Matt Reeves’ 2017 War for the Planet of the Apes. The apes reign supreme in this latest franchise installment, with humanity reduced to a feral existence on the margins.

First “Wicked” Trailer Finds Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Getting Witchy With It

The Big Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers also brought out some new trailers for this year’s biggest films. Those included Deadpool & Wolverine, Twisters, and director John M. Chu’s Wicked. 

Chu’s Wicked is the first big-screen adaptation of one of the most successful Broadway shows of the 21st century, and he’s got the help of two otherworldly talents.

Official “Twisters” Trailer Finds Glen Powell & Daisy Edgar-Jones in Harm’s Way

The first trailer for Minari director Lee Isaac Chung’s Twisters spun across TV screens throughout the United States during the Super Bowl showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.

We open, naturally, on a monstrous twister. Kate Cooper (Daisy Edgar-Jones) had a run-in with a cataclysmic twister when she was in college, and she’s been haunted by the experience ever since. Since then, she’s gone on to study the weather phenomena from the tornado-free safety of New York City.

First “Deadpool & Wolverine” Trailer Reveals the MCU’s Version of a Super Bowl Showdown, Complete With Claws

The truly wild Super Bowl game between the ultimately victorious Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers had plenty of thrills on the field, but for the film world, one of the night’s biggest moments opened with a birthday party. We’re talking about the first trailer for Deadpool 3, officially titled Deadpool & Wolverine, which revealed the first footage of the Super Bowl matchup of the Marvel Cinematic Universe—the clashing of Ryan Reynolds’

“Lisa Frankenstein” Costume Designer Meagan McLaughlin Luster on Dressing a Muse and a Monster

In Juno and Jennifer’s Body, screenwriter Diablo Cody depicted the worldview of alienated teenage girls with pitch-perfect wit. Her latest film, Lisa Frankenstein (in theaters now), directed by Zelda Williams, grafts Mary Shelley’s 19th-century monster myth onto the modern horrors of high school. Set in 1989, the movie casts Kathryn Newton as depressed Goth girl Lisa Swallows, who gains a whole new perspective after a muddy corpse (Cole Sprouse of Riverdale fame) breaks out of the graveyard and into her life.

Casting Directors Finally Get the Oscars Category They Richly Deserve

At long last, the Oscars have added a category for one of the most crucial jobs there is on a film set—casting director.

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this wonderful surprise on Thursday morning, confirming that the first new competitive category in the Oscars in two decades since the Academy added Best Animated Feature Film in 2001 belonged to casting directors. The Best Achievement in Casting category will officially begin at the 98th Academy Awards for films released in 2025.

“Moana 2” Gets a Surprise 2024 Release Date & a First-Look Teaser

In a delightful surprise for Moana fans, Disney revealed that the long-awaited sequel is getting a November 27, 2024 release date on the big screen.

Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed the news on CNBC before Disney discussed their fiscal earnings for 2024’s first quarter. Originally, Moana 2 was conceived as a TV series, but once Iger got a look at the impressive footage, the move was made to return Moana to the seas and the skies of the big screen.

Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s Mysterious Movie Headed to Warner Bros.

One of the hottest and most mysterious movies in development has found its home at Warner Bros.

That movie is Ryan Coogler’s secret project, which he wrote, will direct, and stars his longtime collaborator Michael B. Jordan. Coogler is producing through his company, Proximity Media, alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian.

Warner Bros. came out on top after three weeks of interest from several studios, topping Universal in the final round.

First Trailer for “A Quiet Place: Day One” Reveals the Lupita Nyong’o-led Prequel

We saw what the world was like on day 472 of the reign of the sound-hunting aliens in John Krasinski’s 2018 original A Quiet Place. At that point, the Abbott family (played by Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Noah Jupe) had already figured out how to survive in their new world—the answer was right there in the film’s title. They’d already suffered a horrific loss when their youngest son, Beau (Cade Woodward),

Which Movie Trailers Might You See During the Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is this coming Sunday, which means football fans (especially fans of the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers) will be enjoying three hours of heaven, but there’s another subset of fans that enjoy the big game—those who tune in for the highly produced ads often boasting major stars. And while you can already watch some of these spots, including Booking.com’s ad featuring Tina Fey using a body double to test-run travel experiences (her double is fellow 30 Rock star Jane Krakowski), 

From “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” to “Bullet Train,” Producer Georgina Pope Has Her Eyes on Japan

Georgina Pope has been the go-to producer for overseas projects shooting in Japan for decades. She’s navigated the country’s cultural, logistical, and technical landscape and film industry to help bring a panoply of projects to fruition. As head of production at Twenty First City in Tokyo, her list of credits includes Earthquake Bird, Bullet Train, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, Kumiko the Treasure Hunter,

Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler Tease Ferocious “Dune: Part Two” Fight

That rumbling you hear is the sandworm-sized excitement building over Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two, which premieres in less than a month, with tickets already on sale. This means that final trailers, final images, and some fresh insights from the filmmakers and stars are coming your way. In that vein, Warner Bros. has revealed a slew of new images, while stars Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler recently sat down with Collider and revealed a bit about the epic clash to come between Chalamet’s Paul Atreides and Butler’s Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen.

Director David Leitch Circling New “Jurassic World” Movie

The relentlessly action-packed world of dinosaurs might be getting one of the best directors of action in the business.

The Hollywood Reporter scoops that David Leitch, a master of mayhem in films including Bullet Train, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde, and his long involvement in the John Wick franchise, is in talks to take on Universal’s upcoming new installment in their Jurassic World franchise.

Peacock Unveils First Look at Stormy Daniels Doc “Stormy”

Peacock has revealed the first look at documentarian Sarah Gibson’s (Orgasm inc: The Story of OneTaste) new film Stormy, centered on the life and times of Stephanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels, with Daniels sharing her story about becoming one of the most unlikely centers of political gravity in recent memory. Stormy is executive produced by Erin Lee Carr (Britney vs Spears),

“Barbie” and Billie Eilish Have a Big Night at the Grammys

While the Grammy’s is music’s big night, the film world can still have a rather large part to play in the proceedings, and that was certainly true for last night’s 2024 awards ceremony. Greta Gerwig’s Barbie came into the Grammys with a whopping 11 nominations and took home three.

Two of those wins belonged to Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, whose beautiful Barbie tune “What Was I Made For?”

“Rebel Moon” Sound Editors on Creating Different Sonic Worlds for Zack Snyder

Part one of director Zach Snyder’s Netflix space epic, Rebel Moon — A Child of Fire, opens on a quaint farming community on a peaceful moon called Veldt. Hard at work in the fields, Kora (Sofia Boutella) is clearly not of this community of self-styled Luddites, and the evil Imperium she’s escaping soon catches up with her. A massive ship alights above Veldt’s rolling fields, dropping Atticus Noble (Ed Skrein) and a band of soldiers onto the moon to commandeer the farmers’ grain stores and disturb their bucolic way of life forever.