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,

Hugh Jackman’s Return as Wolverine Surprised his Agent and Worried Kevin Feige

Ever since news broke that Hugh Jackman was returning as Wolverine, fans and Marvel canon keepers have had to reckon with the fact that Jackman had already had his bittersweet superhero sendoff in James Mangold’s 2017 banger Logan, and returning as the be-clawed mutant might mess with that beloved movie’s entire premise and Wolverine’s timeline. The premise in Logan was that the gruff, grizzled lone wolf makes the ultimate sacrifice for his mutant kind and becomes a mythic hero in the process by giving up his life to save a young mutant molded by his own genetics in Dafne Keen’s Laura.

“Thelma the Unicorn” Director Lynn Wang on Marshaling the Magic of Brittany Howard’s Voice

When director Lynn Wang and her co-director Jared Hess set out to adapt Aaron Blabey’s popular 2015 book about a plain-Jane barn pony who dreams of being a unicorn, Wang brought to bear years of animation experience to this sure-hoofed, very funny adaptation. Thelma the Unicorn hits its high notes but also manages to work in sly humor that adults will particularly savor.

What Wang and Hess both have in spades is a deep appreciation for music (the film is chock full of tunes,

Marvel’s “X-Men” Movie Takes Big Step Forward in Landing “Hunger Games” Writer

With Deadpool & Wolverine slashing its way toward its July 26 premiere date, more big news about the future of the X-Men and Marvel Studios has arrived.

Marvel has hired The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes writer Michael Lesslie to pen a new X-Men movie for the studio. This would be the first time the mutant super-team has been assembled for an MCU film, owing to Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019.

First Look at Dwayne Johnson as MMA Legend Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine”

A24 has revealed the first look of Dwayne Johnson as MMA legend Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie’s upcoming film The Smashing Machine.

Johnson reunites with his Jungle Cruise co-star Emily Blunt in Safdie’s A24 drama, from a script Safdie wrote with consultation with Kerr. Kerr was a dominant figure in the MMA ring but had no shortage of problems outside of it, including addiction struggles and domestic problems with his wife,

New “Deadpool & Wolverine” Teaser & Images Signal Start of Ticket Sales

What better way to signal the start of ticket sales for Marvel’s long-awaited Deadpool & Wolverine than with a teaser set to Madonna’s iconic “Like a Prayer”? While the lyrics of Madonna’s 1989 world-beating song include the line “everyone must stand alone,” those lines play over two beloved superheroes who are very much standing together side-by-side. They are, of course, Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Logan/Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the Merc with the Mouth that he can never turn off and the Mutant with the Claws who believes his best days are behind him.

Get Mauled by The Trailer for the Remastered “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace”

The new trailer for the remastered Star Wars: The Phantom Menace brings us back, chronologically speaking, to the events that reshaped the galaxy forever. George Lucas’s world-beating sci-fi franchise began in earnest with 1977’s Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, yet it was The Phantom Menace, released 22 years later in 1999, that began to piece together the story behind the original trilogy, tracking the rise of the Emperor and his most lethal ally,

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” VFX Team on Bringing a New Generation of Primates to Life

The events in Wes Ball’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes take place 300 years after the death of Caesar (Andy Serkis), the focus of the previous Apes trilogy kickstarted by director Rupert Wyatt in 2011 and then led by director Matt Reeves for the final two films. Apes have now evolved into a fully talking species while humans tread backward. It would seem like a win for the apes,

James Gunn’s “Superman” Coming to IMAX Next Summer

Last week, we got our first look at David Corenswet as Superman, and now we’ve learned that we’ll be seeing Corenswet’s take on the iconic Clark Kent on the biggest possible. It’s been confirmed that James Gunn’s Superman will be released on IMAX next summer. It’s an appropriate venue for the biggest film to come out of DC Studios in years and the first marquee feature from Gunn and Peter Safran’s new version of DC,

After “Furiosa” Blows the Doors off Cannes, George Miller Revs Up the Possibility of Another “Mad Max” Film

George Miller is currently riding high at the Cannes Film Festival after Furiosa, his scorching sequel to Fury Road, made its world premiere last night. The premiere came nine years after Fury Road blew the roof off the fest, and, once again, Miller, his team, and his talented cast have managed to wow the Cannes crowd. Furiosa‘s screening ended with a seven-minute standing ovation. So far,

“The Fantastic Four” Adds Natasha Lyonne to Cast

There’s a supremely bright new star in the Marvel Cinematic Universe—Natasha Lyonne has been cast in The Fantastic Four.

The creator and star of Netflix’s Russian Doll and the face of Poker Face has joined the cast of Marvel’s reboot of one of the most iconic super-groups in all of comics. Director Matt Shakman has added the stellar Lyonne to an already sensational cast, although what role the multi-talented performer,

The First “Wicked” Trailer Arrives on the Wings of Flying Monkeys

The first trailer for director John M. Chu’s Wicked has arrived on a pair of wings.

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 to help enchant Universal’s adaptation. The first is Emmy, Grammy, and Tony-winner Cynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba, a phenomenally gifted young woman whose unusual green skin has made her the subject of scorn.