James Gunn Confirms Nicholas Hoult Will be Lex Luthor in “Superman: Legacy”
Not only did James Gunn confirm that Nicholas Hoult will be playing Lex Luthor in his upcoming, new DC Studios era-defining Superman: Legacy, but that Hoult would be unlike any Luthor to come before him.
The new co-chief of DC Studios shared an image of himself and Hoult on Threads, which Gunn revealed was taken during a celebratory dinner after Hoult’s official casting as the iconic Superman villain.
New “Dune: Part Two” Images Unleash Austin Butler’s Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen
The third trailer for Dune: Part Two revealed the most in-depth, riveting look yet at Denis Villeneuve’s long-awaited sequel. Along with the trailer, Warner Bros. also released a slew of new images from the film, giving us a clearer picture of the sweeping sci-fi epic Villeneuve and his team have built.
When we spoke to Dune: Part One and Two co-writer Jon Spaihts a year ago,
A New “Dune: Part Two” Trailer Brings the War to Arrakis
A new trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two has dropped, boasting brand new footage in the most captivating look yet at the long-awaited sequel. This latest trailer is centered primarily on the relationship between Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and Chani (Zendaya), which has blossomed into a romance since we last left them in the Arrakis desert at the conclusion of Dune: Part One. Their love anchors them in an otherwise chaotic,
“Saltburn” Cinematographer Linus Sandgren on Creating a Fluid Painting for Emerald Fennell
The comic drama Saltburn from director Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) is as beautiful as it is macabre. It’s 2006, and Oliver (Barry Keoghan), an awkward, lonely student at Oxford, finds his place within the scenic confines of his university by becoming friends with Felix (Jacob Elordi), who is everything Oliver is not — handsome, charming, and rich. Felix invites Oliver to spend the summer at Saltburn,
New “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” Extended Version Trailer Arrives Ahead of Streaming Debut
A new trailer for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour has taken the stage, revealing a final, fresh look at Swift’s world-conquering tour before it arrives on streaming on December 13. The new trailer offers a glimpse at the Extended Version of the concert film, which boasts three song performances that weren’t included in the film’s original theatrical run—”Wildest Dreams,” “The Archer,” and “Long Live.”
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour runs a hearty two hours and 48 minutes (now longer,
Golden Globe Nominations Revealed With “Barbie” and “Succession” Leading the Pack
The Golden Globes nominations have been announced, with Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Jesse Armstrong’s Succession leading the pack in film and TV, respectively, with nine noms each.
Barbie‘s release date twin and other half of the Barbenheimer phenomenon, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, came in a very close second, with eight nominations, followed by Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Yorgos Lanthimos’
“Poor Things” Production Designers Shona Heath and James Price on Going Gleefully Mad for Director Yorgos Lanthimos
When we first meet Bella Baxer, she’s a bit unusual. Not in a physical sense. All her arms and legs are accounted for, and playing the character is Academy Award winner Emma Stone so that you can be the judge of her beauty. But something about Bella is off. Turns out, she’s the creation of Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), a renowned London scientist who reincarnated her adult body with the brain of a child.
How “Leave the World Behind” Production Designer Anastasia White Built a House for the End of the World
Leave the World Behind has five main characters. Four are human, and the other is the house where they find themselves holed up together as an apocalyptic event rages outside.
In the acclaimed 2020 novel by Rumaan Alam, the house has colorful interiors and a white picket fence. Not anymore. Sam Esmail, who wrote and directed the film, got Alam’s approval to use something more foreboding, according to production designer Anastasia White.
“Barbie,” “Wonka,” “Poor Things,” and “Rebel Moon” Among Oscar Visual Effects Finalists
An iconic doll comes to life, a ribald story of a young woman resurrected, and a genius chocolatier’s life as a young man are among three of the subjects of the films that have been notified they’re finalists for the Visual Effects Oscar.
Barbie, Poor Things, and Wonka are the titles we’re talking about above, and they join 17 other films as they head into the next round of Oscar voting,
“Poor Things” Costume Designer Holly Waddington on Bringing Yorgos Langthimos’ Ecstatic Vision to Life
Before costume designer Holly Waddington got started on Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos gave her a visual reference: inflatable pants. The futuristic-seeming trousers made by London College of Fashion graduate Harikrishnan buck the movie’s late-19th-century setting, which encouraged Waddington to ignore the norms of time and space. No material would be too anachronistic, no fit too audacious. “I designed a whole series of things based on this idea of inflation and compression,”
“Nyad” VFX Supervisor Jake Braver on Digitally Dropping Annette Bening Into the Open Ocean
Diana Nyad would not be denied. Nyad attempted the treacherous endurance challenge of swimming from Cuba to the Florida Keys more times than a white-tip shark. The effort could have killed her—the ocean certainly tried—but ultimately, after multiple attempts, Nyad succeeded, cemented her legend, and now is the focus of Nyad, the new film from documentarians Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, the directing duo’s first narrative feature. Chin and Vasarhelyi won an Oscar for their work on Free Solo,
“Napoleon” Production Designer Arthur Max and Set Decorator Elli Griff on Bringing Bonaparte’s World to Life
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon takes on the general-turned-emperor who ruled France from 1799 to 1814 and presents him (Joaquin Phoenix) as an indefatigable military strategist but also a tortured everyman obsessed with, and forever a touch spurned by, his wife and subsequent ex-wife, Joséphine (Vanessa Kirby). Running in the background of this love affair are Bonaparte’s imperial conquests, his catastrophic losses in Russia, and finally, his banishment to Elba.
Scott’s portrait highlights a more intimate side of the former emperor,
“Napoleon” Costume Designers Janty Yates & David Crossman on Designing for Coronations and Conquests
A hat is merely a hat unless it’s a Napoleon Bonaparte hat, in which case the detailing and contours need to possess star quality equal to the man who made it famous. Ridley Scott’s Napoleon (in theaters now) casts Joaquin Phoenix as the world-conquering French commander, co-starring Vanessa Kirby as his un-adoring wife Josephine, and a series of scene-stealing “bi-corn” hats designed by David Crossman. An expert in military history, Crossman previously worked on World War 1 epic 1917 and more recently designed Robert Pattinson’s superhero suit in The Batman.
“Barbie” Costume Designer Jacqueline Durran Unpacks That Eye-Popping Wardrobe
British costume designer Jacqueline Durran, unlike Greta Gerwig, barely felt any attachment to Barbie dolls during her childhood. On the other hand, she’d enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with Gerwig on Little Women, for which Durran won an Oscar. So when the writer-director invited Durran to design clothes for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as life-sized dolls in her feminist comedy Barbie, Durran promptly pivoted 180 degrees from Little Women‘s subdued 19th-century aesthetic and conjured a candy-colored wardrobe inspired by Mattel’s line of plastic figurines.
First “Deadpool 3” Image Finds Ryan Reynolds’ Merc With the Mouth Re-Teaming With Dogpool
Deadpool 3 is on every Marvel fan’s must-see list next year for several reasons, but number one among them is the fact that Ryan Reynolds’ chatty, foul-mouthed superhero is finally teaming up with Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. (Yes, yes, Wolverine died in James Logan’s 2017 banger Logan, but there are plenty of reasons why Jackman is able to reprise the role.) While the Deadpool/Wolverine team-up is the main course in Deadpool 3,
Final “Leave the World Behind” Trailer Teases Netflix’s Tense Star-Studded Thriller
The final trailer for writer/director Sam Esmail’s Leave the World Behind is here a few days before the buzzy thriller arrives on Netflix on December 8. With Mr. Robot creator Esmail at the helm, a star-studded cast, and terrific source material in Rumaan Alam’s hit 2020 novel of the name, Leave the World Behind is feels very much like a must-see.
This last look at Esmail’s film drops us immediately into the crisis facing Amanda Sanford (Julia Roberts),
Marvel Boss Kevin Feige Confirms Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man Not Returning to the MCU
Robert Downey Jr.’s iconic final farewell as Iron Man in 2019’s mega-blockbuster Avengers: Endgame will remain MCU canon. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed this in an interview with Vanity Fair.
“We are going to keep that moment and not touch that moment again,” Feige told VF about Tony Stark’s sacrifice at the end of Endgame. “We all worked very hard for many years to get to that,
“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” Trailer Roars Into View
For most of the running time of Godzilla vs. Kong, the two legendary titans were battling each other. That changed towards the film’s climatic final battle, when Mecha-Godzilla arrived on the scene, conceived of and controlled by the planet’s truest enemy (human beings, obviously), which made both Godzilla and Kong realize they weren’t enemies. In fact, in a certain light, they could be incredible teammates if called upon. Godzilla vs. Kong ended with the two behemoths tag-teaming Mecha-Godzilla and taking the metallic monster down.
“Godzilla Minus One” Hailed as One of the Best “Godzilla” Movies Ever
Godzilla Minus One has now arrived on U.S. shores, and for Godzilla lovers, catching the iconic kaiju on the biggest screen possible stateside is a no-brainer. Yet the reviews for the film are so positive even Godzilla agnostics might want to add the movie to their December watch list. “The result is nothing short of magical: a feast for the eyes, an entertaining epic in every sense of the word,” writes the Washington Post‘s Lucas Trevor.
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” Drops its Scorching First Trailer
The first trailer for George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga has arrived, easily one of 2024’s most feverishly awaited films. Furiosa arrives nine years after Miller’s nearly flawless Fury Road, which starred Tom Hardy as the titular Max and an unbelievable Charlize Theron as Furiosa, the ferocious, fearless heroine who was easily the heart and soul of the movie. Furiosa’s exploits in Fury Road were significant—risking life and what was left of her limbs,
