First “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” Footage Revealed Ahead of Trailer Drop
We open with giggling children in mid-20th-century America, racing through the city streets to arrive at a storefront window where, behind the glass, are a series of rabbit-eared television sets. On all the TVs, we see footage of the United States space program, including a “Prepare 4 Launch” alert on the central TV. Marvel Studios has dropped this little teaser to hype The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ larger trailer reveal coming tomorrow, Tuesday,
Issa Rae on the Importance of Filming “One Of Them Days” on the Streets of Los Angeles
In its opening weekend, One of Them Days earned back nearly all of its $14 million dollar budget, cementing its status as a comedy hit, the number two spot at the box office, and led many on social media in a rallying cry for more Black, female-led comedies. One of Them Days is centered on friends and roommates Dreux (Keke Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA), who find out that Alyssa’s boyfriend has blown their rent money,
“M3GAN” 2.0 Trailer Delivers a Jolt During the Grammy’s
She walks in on patent red leather shoes. You can tell by her gait who this is. But it’s when she starts to dance to Chappell Roan’s “Feminomenon” and promises you really know. Perhaps you bow your head a little bit. On the screen, the text reads, “This b*th is back.” This first glimpse at M3gan 2.0 arrived during the Grammy’s, appearing shortly after Roan took the stage to perform “Pink Pony Club.”
Netflix Unveils 2025 Slate: “Stranger Things,” “Squid Game,” “Happy Gilmore 2” and More
Netflix unveiled its 2025 slate with some big name appearances (Tina Fey, John Mulaney, Ben Affleck, and the Duffer Brothers) for their “New on Netflix” presentation and unleashed a brilliant sizzle reel to hype their offerings.
The streamer had a banner 2024, with its feature Emilia Pérez locking up a whopping 13 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Lead Actress (Karla Sofía Gascón, the first transgendered nominee in the Academy’s history),
Super Bowl Trailers: Marvel’s “Thunderbolts,” “Jurassic World: Rebirth” and Tom Cruise’s Latest “Mission: Impossible” Expected
The Super Bowl is the most-watched television broadcast in the United States every year. In 2024, the Kansas City Chiefs clash with the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII (58 for the Roman numeral illiterate) drew an average of 123.7 million viewers across linear and streaming services in the U.S. alone. The big game is also broadcast in over 130 countries in more than 30 languages worldwide, and it functions not just as the year’s biggest TV draw but as a bonafide cultural event that includes a raucous halftime show with a rotating cast of musical icons.
Oscar-Nominated Makeup Artist Julia Floch-Carbonel on the Beauty of Transformation in “Emilia Pérez”
Emilia Pérez made history by casting Karla Sofía Gascón, the first transgendered woman to be nominated for a best actress Academy Award. The musical melodrama from director Jacques Audiard centers on Gascón’s portrayal of Mexican cartel boss Manitas, who undergoes surgery to begin a new life as Emilia. Nominated for an astonishing 13 Oscars, the film, co-starring Zoe Saldaña (also nominated for best supporting actress), Selena Gomez, and Adriana Paz,
Ryan Coogler Unpacks the Ferocious Trailer For his Genre-Fluid New Film “Sinners”
We’d like to humbly suggest an early Golden Trailer Award nomination for the official look at Ryan Coogler’s Sinners. Coogler’s latest collaboration with his muse, Michael B. Jordan, is a ferocious “genre-fluid” epic that finds twin brothers (both played by Jordan) returning to their hometown in the Jim Crow-era South to start afresh. Instead, the twins find something truly terrible waiting for them there.
The trailer,
How “One Royal Holiday” Was One Royal Savior for an Inn in Connecticut
The premise of Hallmark Channel’s One Royal Holiday is as cozy as a snowy Christmas morning—Anna (Laura Osnes) helps a mother and son who are stranded in a blizzard, only to discover the pair are actually royalty. Gabriella and James Galant (played by Victoria Clark and Aaron Tveit) are members of the Royal Family of Galwick, yet they’re (very fancy) ducks out of water in Anna’s hometown. It’s up to Anna to show the Galants what a Christmas in Connecticut is all about,
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” to Deploy New IMAX Technology & Film a Portion on Sicily’s “Goat Island”
Christopher Nolan is following his critical and commercial smash Oppenheimer with a look at another historical figure, and one who’s even more mythic than the man once dubbed the American Prometheus. Nolan’s adapting Homer’s The Odyssey for Universal Pictures, and he’s doing so with another of his stellar casts, his ace producing partner (and wife) Emma Thomas, and the use of new IMAX film technology. Also goats.
Nolan’s take on Homer’s epic tale of Odysseus’s long-delayed journey home will be partly shot on the Sicilian island Favignana,
New “Superman” Teaser Sets Up an Epic Showdown With a Confident Lex Luthor
Before the Philadelphia Eagles eventual romp over the Washington Commanders on Sunday, January 26, the Birds faithful roared as a bald eagle soared down from the rafters of Lincoln Financial Field. It’s how the Eagles kick off their home games before the actual games, giving their fans a look at the real-life manifestation of their majestic mascot. It was during the game, however, that another majestic beast soared through the air in a new look at David Corenswet as Superman.
“Nosferatu,” “Alien: Romulus,” “The Substance,” and More Give This Year’s Oscars a Jolt
The 97th Oscars arrive on March 2, and this year’s telecast will feature a more unsettling list of bloody, scary films than in recent history.
Writer/director Robbert Eggers’ chilling, gorgeously wrought Nosferatu has been nominated for four Oscars: Best Costume Design, Best Cinematography (Jarin Blaschke), Best Makeup & Hairstyling (David White, Traci Loader, and Suzanne Stokes-Munton, and Best Production Design (Craigh Lathrop,
Oscar Nominations Revealed
Your 97th Oscar nominees are here. The full list of the nominees is below, but let’s hit some of the high notes immediately—your ten Best Picture nominees are Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance, and Wicked.
For Actress in a Leading Role, the nominees are Cynthia Erivo for Wicked, Karla Sofía Gascón for Emilia Pérez,
“The Brutalist” Production Designer Judy Becker on Designing Fictional Mid-Century Modernist Masterpieces
A World War II refugee architect and a robber baron meet in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and modernist design history is made. The premise of The Brutalist, a 3.5-hour critical darling and Golden Globe winner from writer/director Brady Corbet, is as American as apple pie. But from the moment Holocaust survivor Làszló (Adrien Brody) pulls into New York Harbor, the film was shot in Europe. Working primarily in and around Budapest, production designer Judy Becker (Carol,
“Star Wars” Sensation: Ryan Gosling in Talks to Join Director Shawn Levy in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
If you want your Star Wars movie to go into production faster than the Millennium Falcon making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, casting Ryan Gosling would probably be the way to go.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gosling is very much in play for Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy’s upcoming Star Wars film. While most firm details about upcoming Star Wars films are kept frozen in carbonite and locked deep within the lava mines of Mustafar,
Anthony Mackie & Harrison Ford Take us Behind the Scenes of “Captain America: Brave New World”
“I come to set every day with a smile on my face because we’re making Captain America,” Anthony Mackie says at the top of this brand-new glimpse behind the scenes of Captain America: Brave New World. Mackie goes on to say how much it meant to him to be handed the shield, which previously (not that you need a reminder) was wielded by Chris Evans during his long tenure as Steve Rogers.
“Anora” Cinematographer Drew Daniels on an Old School Approach to Modern, Misguided Love
Shot over 37 days in New York, one of this year’s awards darlings is Sean Baker’s compulsively riveting Anora, a lap-dancing underworld version of Cinderella. Mikey Madison plays the titular stripper, Anora/”Ani,” who thinks she has hit the jackpot when playboy and heir to a Russian oligarch, Ivan “Vanya” (Mark Eydelshteyn), falls in love with her. In an instant, she is plunged into a world of immense wealth, but will she be able to hang on to the rags-to-riches fantasy when forces outside of their budding romance are pressed into service to tear them apart?
Creating Count Orlock With “Nosferatu” Director Robert Eggers & Special FX Makeup Designer David White
Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) is a putrid feast for the eyes. In writer/director Robert Eggers’ brilliant Nosferatu remake, the iconic creature of the night is a decaying figure – nightmarish precisely because his living death was wrought with such chilling reality. Whether the Count is deep in the shadows or full view, his monstrosity remains mortifyingly intoxicating. It makes you feel even more empathy for Lily-Rose Depp’s Ellen Hutter as she becomes enraptured by the Count’s deathless spell.
Studios Pledge Millions in Wildfire Relief & Support
The fires in southern California are ongoing. A bit of bright news, however, is that as of this past Wednesday evening, January 15, the red-flag warnings had expired in much of Southern California. The desert winds are expected to shift and offer the region some reprieve after a nightmare stretch. Yet forecasters have warned that daunting conditions could resume early next week and are predicting the Santa Ana winds might change direction on Thursday. The situation remains fluid.
The Tribute to David Lynch That Captures his Joyful Approach to the Dark
The great David Lynch passed away at 78 yesterday, leaving behind masterworks that dared to leave questions unanswered. Those films, from his breakout Eraserhead (1977), which baffled and even offended critics (Variety wrote at the time that it was a “sickening bad-taste exercise”) that thrilled audiences, to the era-defining Blue Velvet (1986), that forever seared the image of a severed ear covered in ants into the psyche of mid-80s America,
“Better Man” Director Michael Gracey on Monkeying With Robbie Williams in Bold Bio-Pic
Australian director Michael Gracey skyrocketed to success after releasing his debut feature, the 2017 Hugh Jackman-led musical The Greatest Showman. For his second narrative feature, Better Man, which is also a musical, he has tackled the life story of English pop singer Robbie Williams. There’s a twist, though. For the entirety of the film, Williams is portrayed as a CGI-animated chimpanzee. Gracey co-wrote the film and has a producing credit,
