“Godzilla vs Kong 2” Synopsis Reveals Epic Continuation of Monster Fight

We’re inching closer to round two of the most epic monster brawl ever. Warner Bros. has revealed the synopsis for their Godzilla vs. Kong sequel (still untitled), which will find our two colossal competitors partnering up to fight against an even greater threat than each other.

The end of the original Godzilla vs. Kong gave us a glimpse of what such a partnership might look like when Godzilla and Kong had to unite to take on the fearsome metallic city-stomper MechaGodzilla.

How “Bullet Train” Editor Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir Shaped a Thrill Ride

Bullet Train has already punched through $100 million worldwide at the box office and isn’t slowing down. The thrill ride from director David Leitch roars with laughter and delivers a bounty of ass-kicking action sequences that may have you consider taking classes at your local dojo.

The Brad Pitt vehicle has him playing Ladybug, a down-on-his-luck assassin struggling to retrieve a suitcase on a Kyoto-bound train while trying to avoid a gritty group of killers with their own motives.

“Thor: Love and Thunder” Casting Director Sarah Finn on Picking Stars for the Marvel Cinematic Universe

She’s arguably the most powerful casting director in Hollywood, working alongside Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige and his team along with numerous directors to populate 28 superhero movies that have so far earned more than $25 billion at the box office. Her name is Sarah Finn. She majored in Theater Studies at Yale, moved to Los Angeles and cast the Oscar-winning Crash. Then, in 2006, Finn got a call to meet with Feige about a little thing called Iron Man.

Jason Momoa Teases his Androgynous “Fast & Furious 10” Villain

In the first season of Game of Thrones, Jason Momoa wasn’t the bad guy, but his character, Khal Drogo, was certainly okay with being feared. Now, Momoa gets to go full villain in his upcoming role in Fast X, the tenth installment in the Fast & Furious franchise, and it sounds like he’s making the most of it.

Momoa offered some intriguing updates about his character during the third season premiere of his Apple TV+ series See. 

“Knives Out 2” Sequel “Glass Onion” Reveals Photos, Release Date

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery has an official release date and a few juicy images. The sequel to Rian Johnson’s wildly successful, deliciously enjoyable Knives Out will see the return of Daniel Craig’s gentleman detective Benoit Blanc this holiday season.

Glass Onion will arrive on Netflix on December 23 (and will play in select theaters at a soon-to-be-announced date), following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

HBO Reveals First Look at “The Last of Us”

It was a major night for HBO. You might have been one of the millions of people who watched the hotly-anticipated premiere of House of the Dragon, the first Game of Thrones prequel to make it to air. Then there was this little nugget, the first footage from HBO’s upcoming The Last of Us, one of the premium channel’s most intriguing projects.

This glimpse of The Last of Us came packaged in a teaser for a bunch of upcoming HBO Originals,

“Nope” Sound Designer Johnnie Burn Puts the Fear in What We Hear

Before the opening credits even clear the screen, Nope plunges us into an alarming soundscape: the canned laughter of a sitcom. Knowing that this is a Jordan Peele horror film, immediate tension strikes. Something is bound to shatter that wholesome sound, and, of course, this happens in a brutal way. 

Our ears get the first warning sign moment after terrifying moment in Nope as we hear what we can’t yet,

“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” Reveals First Image

First, we hear the great Viola Davis will play a villain in The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Now, we’ve got our first image from the film. It’s a good day to be a Hunger Games fan.

Lionsgate has released the image of Rachel Zegler as the tribute Lucy Gray Baird and Tom Blyth as the young Coriolanus Snow, looking quite cozy on a picnic blanket. Although this being Panem,

Viola Davis Will Play a Villain in “Hunger Games” Prequel

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes just landed a massive star for a major role.

The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Viola Davis will be playing Volumnia Gaul, the game maker of the 10th annual Hunger Games and the villain of the film. Davis will bring her considerable acting chops to a growing ensemble that already includes Rachel Zegler, playing tribute Lucy Gray Baird, and Tom Blyth,

“Nope” VFX Supervisor Guillaume Rocheron on Creating That Spectacular Alien Creature

Jordan Peele’s extraterrestrial spectacle Nope has a secret you may not know about: the sky itself is a digital recreation. And among the roughly 700 effects shots in the film, VFX supervisor Guillaume Rocheron (1917, Life of Pi) admits it’s one of the most rewarding as “most people don’t realize they’re looking at a giant visual effect.” 

The Nope VFX team set out to make the blue ether a haunting character,

“Day Shift” Director J.J. Perry on His Lean, Mean Jamie Foxx-led Feature Debut

Director J.J. Perry is one the most seasoned action directors in the business, despite Day Shift (streaming August 12) representing his feature debut. Perry has directed some of the most thrilling sequences over the past two decades, working as a second unit director and stunt coordinator (sometimes both in the same film) on the first two John Wick films, Skyscraper and F9. With Day Shift, Perry marshaled his talent for practical stunts and effects,

Michelle Yeoh & Stanley Tucci Join The Russo Brothers’ “The Electric State”

While The Russo Brothers’ The Gray Man continues to pull in heaps of viewers on Netflix, the directing duo is already hard at work on their next feature, The Electric State. In fact, they’ve just added two sensational actors to their star-studded cast, Deadline reports—Michelle Yeoh and Stanley Tucci. Yeoh is coming off her sensational performance in one of the year’s best films, Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s Everything Everywhere All At Once.

See Timothée Chalamet & Taylor Russell as a Cannibals in Love in First “Bones and All” Teaser

Timothée Chalamet has revealed the first teaser for Bones and All, his upcoming collaboration with his Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino. Bones and All will make its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival at the end of this month (August 31, to be exact) and is one of the fest’s most eagerly-anticipated entries.

Guadagnino’s film is an adaptation of Camille DeAngelis’s novel of the same name by his longtime collaborator screenwriter David Kajganich,

“Nope” Composer Michael Abels on Scoring Jordan Peele’s Sci-Fi Epic

Composer Michael Abels has become the artist of choice for writer/director Jordan Peele. He has scored all three of his features, Get Out, Us, and now has put his talent and inspiration behind Peele’s latest, the genre-busting sci-fi horror thriller Nope. 

Nope stars Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as siblings OJ and Em, the heirs of a struggling horse ranch and animal wrangling business for film and television in the Santa Clarita valley.

“The Menu” Trailer Finds Anya Taylor-Joy & Nicholas Hoult Having a Deliciously Deadly Dinner

Imagine having an exquisitely lavish meal at a fiendishly private restaurant where the “game” is to guess what the theme of that meal was. Now imagine finding out that the theme of the meal was survival and that the dinner, painstakingly prepared over months, was an elaborate scheme to turn the diners into prey. Such is the captivating, creepy first trailer of The Menu from Succession director Mark Mylod,

“Easter Sunday” Director Jay Chandrasekhar on Channeling the Comedy of Jo Koy

Easter Sunday marks the first starring movie role for popular stand-up comedian Jo Koy. And like his routines, the film mines laughs from his family foibles, Filipino heritage, and its unique traditions based around the title holiday. Director Jay Chandrasekhar, known for both acting in and directing the Super Trooper films, Club Dread and Beerfest, was tapped to direct. (He also appears as Koy’s agent.)  In a recent conversation,

Zazie Beetz Circling a “Joker 2” Return

It sounds like Sophie Dumond might have survived Arthur Fleck’s descent into madness in the original Joker. Or, we might be seeing a fantasy version of her.

Zazie Beetz, who played Sophie, one of Arthur Fleck’s (Joaquin Phoenix) neighbors and his eventual love interest in Joker, is being eyed for a return in the upcoming sequel,  Joker: Folie à Deux. Variety has the scoop that Warner Bros.

The Late, Seriously Great Olivia Newton-John Remembered By Fellow Singers & Stars

The beloved, bountifully talented Olivia Newton-John passed away at the age of 73 on Monday. John was at her ranch in Southern California when she passed, surrounded by family and friends. Newton-John’s passing was announced by her husband, John Easterling, who cited the breast cancer diagnosis she has lived with since 1992. Newton-John has been an advocate for cancer research for years.

Newton-John was a pop icon, a movie star, portrayed the girl next door and a bad girl with equal charisma,

“Top Gun: Maverick” Passes “Titanic” As Seventh-Highest Grossing Domestic Release Ever

Top Gun: Maverick has sunk Titanic.

Director Joseph Kosinski and star Tom Cruise’s sequel has now surpassed James Cameron’s iconic 1997 film and become the seventh-highest grossing film of all time at the domestic box office, with $662 million in sales. Cameron’s sweeping Titanic hauled in $659 million during its total run, which included re-releases. Maverick is still soaring high after its Memorial Day Weekend release and is also now the biggest film in Paramount Pictures history,

“Bullet Train” Director David Leitch on His Breathless Brad Pitt-Led Action-Comedy

When suggesting to Bullet Train director David Leitch that he should be known as one of the “Godfathers of fight-vis,” a technique where complex fight sequences are filmed to visualize the action prior to shooting the real thing, he modestly said he’d take the credit. “Chad and I were definitely on the forefront of something that now every stunt team on the planet does.” The Chad he’s referring to is Chad Stahelski, who Leitch co-directed the original John Wick with.