“Jurassic World: Dominion” Co-Writer Emily Carmichael on Crafting the Most Dino-Packed Epic of Them All
Five billion dollars into the dinosaur cinematic universe launched 19 years ago by Steven Spielberg, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, and Jeff Goldblum, the Jurassic franchise comes to an end — at least for now — with the Friday [June 10] release of Jurassic World: Dominion. Sixth in the series of popcorn spectacles famed for VFX recreations of prehistoric “apex predators,” Dominion sees legacy characters from the original trilogy joining forces with Jurassic World stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt on a quest to save the world from ecological catastrophe.
“Black Adam” Images Reveal The Justice Society of America
Yesterday, Warner Bros. revealed the first trailer for Black Adam, giving us the first extensive look at Dwayne Johnson’s epic entrance into the DCEU. The studio also revealed a slew of images from the film, revealing not only Johnson’s titular antihero, but the Justice Society of America, or JSA for short. The question the trailer and the images asks is, can Black Adam and the JSA get along?
Black Adam will offer the first time any of these characters have appeared on screen,
Final “Nope” Trailer Reveals Clever Plot of Jordan Peele’s Alien Horror Film
“What if I told you that today, you’ll leave here different.”
These words, spoken by Ricky ‘Jupe’ Park (Steven Yeun) open the final trailer for Jordan Peele‘s Nope, spoken as we watch a man get on his horse and start to ride off, only to fall right back off and hit the ground. Then we move to the home of the Haywood family, where siblings OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald (Keke Palmer) discuss what might have killed their father Otis (Keith David),
Jordan Peele’s “Nope” Reveals Longest, Most Thrilling Look Yet
Earlier this week we got our first look at the alien menace haunting Jordan Peele’s third film, Nope. Now, Universal Pictures has given us our most robust peek at Peele’s film, which serves to only heighten our deep thirst for this movie.
“As ambitious a cinematic event as I’ve planned in my career,” Peele says at the top of this new video. “I tried to write a script that I didn’t know how to pull off,
First “Black Adam” Trailer Reveals Dwayne Johnson’s Epic Arrival In DCEU
That tremor you feel is the shakeup coming to the DCEU. Warner Bros. has just dropped the first trailer for Black Adam, the long-awaited entrance of Dwayne Johnson to the DCEU as the titular antihero, and it’s going to Rock your world.
“I was a slave until I died,” Johnson’s Black Adam says at the top of the trailer. “Then, I was reborn a God.” The trailer unpacks, at least a little bit,
“Ozark” Star Julia Garner Has Been Offered Madonna Role in Biopic
Variety has a big scoop—Ozark and Inventing Anna star Julia Garner has been offered the role of Madonna in the upcoming biopic about the icon, which Madonna herself is directing. Garner was against some very stiff competition, auditioning for the role along with over a dozen other candidates. Some of the actors who were in contention for the role included Florence Pugh, Odessa Young, and Euphoria star Alexa Demie,
“Joker” Sequel Official: Working Title & Pics of Joaquin Phoenix Reading Scripts Revealed
The Clown Prince of Chaos is back.
Director Todd Phillips has made it official that a Joker sequel is happening. Phillips took to Instagram to reveal that a follow-up to his 2019 hit film is in the works, revealing the cover of the script that he co-wrote with original Joker collaborator Scott Silver. The working title? Joker: Folie á Deux. More on this title in a minute.
Official “Bullet Train” Trailer Takes Brad Pitt on a Wild Ride
All aboard the Nippon Speedline, the titular mode of transportation that will be carrying director David Leitch’s Bullet Train on a deliriously action-packed track. A new trailer for Leitch’s A-list thriller reveals that this journey is looking very intense for a tired assassin known as Ladybug (Brad Pitt). Ladybug—a new name he’s just been given–is tired of all his bad luck. His handler (played by Sandra Bullock) has a new job for him,
“Prey” Trailer Reveals Hulu’s Ambitious Predator Prequel
When Naru (Ambert Midthunder) sees something streaking across the sky, she takes it as a sign she’s ready to join the hunt. In the official trailer for Prey, we know a few things Naru doesn’t, namely that what she saw in the sky isn’t a sign, but a warning. In a terrific sequence glimpsed in this longer look at director Dan Trachtenberg’s (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Boys) Predator sequel,
“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” Teaser Reveals Prequel
The countdown for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has officially begun. Now that we know that West Side Story‘s breakout star Rachel Zegler will lead director Francis Lawrence’s return to the franchise, Lionsgate has done us one better and released a teaser for the film. The teaser invites us back to the games with a twisting shot of a frozen tree, then reveals that two creatures—a songbird and a snake—are slowly coming to life,
“Deadpool 3” Writers Promise Deadpool is Gonna Keep Deadpool’ing
Don’t worry, Deadpool fans, screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese promise that the third film in the franchise will be as irreverent and Deadpool-y as ever. The reason the fellas who wrote the first two films are saying this is because the Merc with the Mouth has officially joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, thanks to Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox, which was completed back in 2019. This means that Deadpool 3 will be the first film in the franchise to officially fall under the MCU/Disney banner,
“Top Gun: Maverick” Makes History — Again
Top Gun: Maverick has achieved Mach 10. In fact, if you’ve seen the film, you know that Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise, of course) does achieve the previously unthinkable when he hits Mach 10 in the opening sequence of the film, working as a test pilot for the Navy. The scene is thrilling and ends with Maverick, once again, getting screamed at by a Navy official (played by Jon Hamm, no less),
“Nope” Teaser Finally Reveals the Alien Ship Haunting Jordan Peele’s Latest
Yeah, nah. No. Hell no. How many ways can the characters in Jordan Peele’s Nope express their absolute refusal to accept the unacceptable menace hovering in the sky? In a new teaser for Peele’s latest, we finally get a glimpse at what his stellar cast is responding to, with a brief but thrilling glimpse at the alien ship menacing the good people of Nope. The craft is sleek, small-ish,
Decoding The Brilliance of Michael Giacchino’s “The Batman” Theme in Eight Bars
In his score for The Batman, the brooding emotional tone of composer Michael Giacchino’s character theme is established from bar one in the track of the same name. No soaring violins. No muscular brass orchestra. No superhero triumphalism. In their stead, a muted piano taps its rhythm low and slow, establishing the key of B flat before quickly descending. The tonal interval—moving from the tonic down two whole tones to the minor sixth degree—is inherently menacing,
Chris Hemsworth Reveals “Furiosa” Prequel Has Begun Filming
Mad Max: Fury Road fans, start your engines. Chris Hemsworth has revealed on Twitter that the Furiosa prequel has finally begun filming. Like so many other movies, Furiosa was delayed due to the pandemic, and the original release date of June 2023 got pushed to May 2024. But now, the stars have literally aligned as the cast has finally assembled and filming is underway on George Miller’s highly-anticipated prequel,
Bradley Cooper is Unrecognizable as Leonard Bernstein in “Maestro”
Bradley Cooper’s next project might be his most ambitious yet. Imagine being offered the plum role of playing the legendary American conductor Leonard Bernstein by Steven Spielberg, and telling Spielberg you’d take on the role, but you’d also like to write and direct it, too. This is the path Cooper took, and you’ve guessed by now that Spielberg said yes, and while the film’s not due until 2023, we have our first look at Cooper as Bernstein,
Tom Hanks & Cynthia Erivo Highlight First Trailer For Live-Action “Pinocchio”
There are few tales as timeless as Pinocchio, the story of a wooden puppet’s quest to become a real boy, and there are few actors as beloved as Tom Hanks, so, what might happen when you put the two together? We’re about to find out in director Robert Zemeckis’s live-action Pinocchio, which stars Hanks as Geppetto, the woodcarver who treats his wooden creation, Pinocchio (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) as if he were his actual son.
Tom Cruise’s Historic “Top Gun: Maverick” Opening Weekend
Did you see Top Gun: Maverick this weekend? If you’re anything like us, you were one of the many, many people who eagerly went to the theater to catch Tom Cruise reprise the role of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, 36 years after the original Top Gun, and you’re a part of the astonishing $154 million haul that the film made in North America. Globally, Top Gun: Maverick pulled in a whopping $248 million.
First “Indiana Jones 5” Image + Release Date Reveals Indy’s Back on the Hunt
Harrison Ford made an appearance at the Lucasfilm panel at the Star Wars celebration to make a very big announcement—Indiana Jones 5 will hit theaters on June 30, 2023. Along with that big news, the first image from the hotly-anticipated film, from ace director James Mangold, has also been revealed. It shows us Indy in silhouette, flashlight in hand, his iconic brown fedora on his head, moving across a rickety-seeming bridge (Indy loves rickety bridges) on a fresh case.
Going to Flight School With “Top Gun: Maverick” Stars Glen Powell & Greg Tarzan Davis
Based on everything from the reviews to the overwhelmingly positive chatter online to the 5-minute standing ovation at Cannes, Top Gun: Maverick seems destined to become Tom Cruise’s biggest weekend opening in his career, which is saying something. For the sequel to the beloved 1986 film, Cruise, the film’s executive producer and star, waited until he had a great story and the right people in front of and behind the camera,
