Brad Pitt Gets Behind the Wheel in “F1” Teaser Released During Super Bowl
Brad Pitt is suited up and strapped in for the first look at F1, unleashed during the Philadelphia Eagles domination of the reigning champs, the Kansas City Chiefs, during Sunday night’s Super Bowl.
F1 stars Pitt as Sonny Hayes, a former driver who returns to Formula 1 alongside Damson Idris as Joshua Pearce, his teammate at APXGP, a fictional team on the circuit. The feature, from Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski,
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” Launches Tom Cruise Into the Super Bowl
If this is Tom Cruise’s last mission as IMF Agent Ethan Hunt, he chose an auspicious time to unleash a furious new look—in the midst of the Philadelphia Eagles prime time demolition of the reigning champs in the Kansas City Chiefs during the Super Bowl. The game wasn’t close, but Ethan’s hunt (pun intended) to secure a rogue AI and save the world is balanced on a knife’s edge.
The fresh look at Cruise’s 8th mission in the decades-old franchise,
“Emilia Pérez’s” Oscar-Nominated Cinematographer Paul Guilhaume on Finding the Light in the Darkness
By now, you’ve either seen or definitely heard about Emilia Pérez. If you haven’t yet seen the film, then likely the first thing you heard was about its accolades—it’s the most Oscar-nominated film of the year, 13 in all. The other story that you’ve definitely heard about is the attention swirling around Emilia herself, Karla Sofía Gascón, the Oscar-nominated star of the film, who is at the center of controversy over her offensive,
Rihanna Has Entered Her Blue Era in First “Smurfs” Trailer
Ladies and gentlemen, Rihanna has entered her blue era.
Director Chris Miller’s Smurfs has the most potent possible Smurfette leading the new movie—yes, Rihanna—and she’s front and center in the first trailer for the film.
While Rihanna is undoubtedly the biggest star in just about any room or scene she’s in, animated or not, the heart of the Smurfs is the entire village of characters created by the Belgian comic artist and writer Peyo.
“Presence” Screenwriter David Koepp on Writing a Ghost Story Told by the Ghost
One of the unwritten rules of screenwriting is you don’t put camera direction in the script. It’s about the worst possible move for a writer, a serious no-no in Hollywood, and the number one way to guarantee your work never gets produced. But in the case of Presence, a new, propulsively effective haunted-house movie with a twist, it was possible for the screenwriter David Koepp to put such objections aside and embrace the visual possibilities because the camera,
“Jurassic World Rebirth” Trailer: Scarlett Johansson & Jonathan Bailey Try to Survive a New Era of Dinosaurs
The first trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth has arrived. unleashing a new era of dinosaurs and the star power of Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala Ali in the seventh film in the franchise.
Jurassic World Rebirth is set five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion and involves a dangerous mission taken on for a potentially world-changing breakthrough. Here’s the official synopsis: “The planet’s ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs.
Retro Easter Egg Hunt: “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” Trailer Breakdown
By now, you’ve seen the trailer for director Matt Shakman’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps, probably the most eagerly-anticipated MCU film of the year, given how long the Core Four have been gone. The Fantastic Four are, in fact, making their Marvel Cinematic Universe debut since that now ancient acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney way back in 2019. That acquisition gave Disney the film rights to Deadpool (hello,
“September 5” Production Designer Julian Wagner on Recreating the 1972 Olympic Attack From the Inside Out
Named after a day that will live in infamy, September 5 (in theaters now) recounts the terrorist attack that killed 11 Israeli athletes during the 1972 Munich Olympics, as told from the perspective of ABC Sports broadcasters led by Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard) and Geoff Mason (John Magaro). Confined largely to their studio control room, purpose-built just a few yards from Olympic Village, journalists watched the attack in horror, scrambling to capture the tragedy with now-antiquated gear yoked to then-new satellite technology.
First Images From “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” Arrive Alongside Teaser
The first teaser for The Fantastic Four: First Steps was launched onto the internet this morning, and the official countdown even occurred, with the central cast, at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. There, stars Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm/The Thing), and Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm/The Human Torch) hit the retro-looking launch button and we were off.
It was a fitting intro to the trailer itself,
First “The Fantastic Four: New Steps” Trailer Reintroduces Marvel’s First Family to MCU
The first trailer for Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps has taken off, broadcast live from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, where the cast was on hand to celebrate the launch of the long-awaited reboot of Marvel’s first family. First Steps will kickstart Marvel’s Phase Six, and we’ve now got our first look at what Marvel and the First Steps team have been cooking in this retro vision.
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.
