A Live-Action “How To Train Your Dragon” Movie in the Works at Universal
How To Train Your Dragon creator Dean DeBlois is going to help Universal breathe fire into a live-action film.
DeBlois is the man who guided the critically acclaimed animated trilogy from DreamWorks, and now he’s going to bring his beloved dragons and Vikings into the live-action realm. Universal has tapped DeBlois to write, direct, and produce the live-action film—in fact, the film is already in the works, with a March 14, 2025 release date set. Casting is currently underway...
“Descendant” Co-Writer & Producer Dr. Kern Jackson on Uncovering Living History in Mobile, Alabama
The documentary Descendant is about many things, but mostly it’s about storytelling — how oral histories, passed down from generation to generation, inform identity and community and connect the living to their ancestors. History can’t be erased or denied as long as stories are still being told.
Descendant, which won the US Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative Vision at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and is now on Netflix, follows various residents of the small community called Africatown,...
“The Little Mermaid” Teaser Reveals Fresh Look at the Live-Action Remake Starring Halle Bailey
In 100 days, Disney will release their live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, and a brand new teaser gives us a fresh look at Halle Bailey as Ariel. The timing of the teaser release does double duty, too, as this year Disney is celebrating their centennial.
The new teaser features Bailey singing “Part of Your World” while we get a glimpse of the aquatic world in which The Little Mermaid is set. We get a very quick glance at some other mermaids,...
Harrison Ford’s Role in “Captain America: New World Order” Might be Way Bigger Than Expected
Harrison Ford is no stranger to playing the U.S. president. The legendary actor famously played one very resilient Commander in Chief in Wolfgang Petersen’s Air Force One, where he personally kicked butt as President James Marshall and literally tossed Gary Oldman’s communist radical Ivan Korshunov off Air Force One with the deathless quip “get off my plane.” Ford will once again be playing the U.S. president in Marvel Studios’ upcoming Captain America: New World Order, ...
First Look at Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn in “Joker: Folie à Deux” Revealed
Before Valentine’s Day was over, Joker: Folie à Deux co-writer and director Todd Phillips made sure we were all reminded that romance is far from dead, even if it’s deadly. Phillips shared the first image of Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn in his upcoming sequel, pictured looking quite smitten with psychopath Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix).
“Happy Valentines Day,” Phillips wrote in the caption of his Instagram post. Gaga’s Harley Quinn is pictured up close and personal with Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck,...
“Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” Offers Two Great Villains: One Pure Charisma, the Other Pure Lunacy
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania arrives in theaters on February 17, and the reviews are already calling it a mind-melting, psychedelic sci-fi extravaganza and a stellar way to kick off Marvel’s Phase 5. If you’ve been keeping up with director Peyton Reed’s film, you know by now it introduces the next Big Bad in the MCU—Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror. Unsurprisingly, critics say Majors absolutely crushes his performance. There’s a reason he’s one of the most sought-after actors of his generation...
Marvel Studios Boss Kevin Feige Says “Spider-Man 4” Script Being Written for Tom Holland
There’s a very good chance Tom Holland will be swinging into theaters for a fourth time as Peter Parker in Spider-Man 4. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige confirmed the news in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that the script for Holland’s fourth turn your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is currently being written.
This is major news considering the fate of Holland’s tenure as Spider-Man was in some doubt after completing his initial trilogy with the critical and commercial smash hit Spider-Man: No Way Home. ...
“Deadpool 3” Adds Emma Corrin to Cast Alongside Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman
Emma Corrin has landed a major role in Deadpool 3 alongside Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. Deadline has the scoop that The Crown season four star (she played Lady Diana Spencer) will play the villain in the movie, although details about her character are being kept under wraps. It’s a major coup, both for Corrin and for director Shawn Levy and the Deadpool 3 team, and both will benefit mightily from the connection...
“The Flash” Posters Reveal Michael Keaton’s Batman in Iconic Cape & Cowl
It might have been 31 years since Michael Keaton last donned the cape and cowl in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns in 1992, but the Batsuit still fits the man perfectly. Keaton returns to the role in director Andy Muschietti’s The Flash thanks to some multiverse meddling by Ezra Miller’s titular Flash. The reason the Flash is using his superpowers to race across time is personal and tragic—he’s trying to go back in time to save his mother’s life...
New “Creed III” Trailer: Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis Creed vs. Jonathan Majors’ Damian Anderson
“There may have been a time when Damian had your back, but he doesn’t anymore.”
These are words of wisdom that Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) is likely going to learn the hard way in Creed III, Jordan’s directorial debut, no less, and the third installment in the Creed trilogy. The Damian referenced in the above line and in the new trailer released during the Super Bowl is Jonathan Majors‘...
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” Teaser Sets Up Indy’s Last Adventure
“My memory’s a little fuzzy…are you still a Nazi?” You know that Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford, of course) doesn’t mince words, so it comes as no surprise that this is how he puts a question to Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen), the villain in Ford’s fifth and final turn as the professor of archeology and adventurer extraordinaire.
The new teaser, which dropped during the Super Bowl, reveals a new glimpse at the first film in the franchise to be directed by someone other than Steven Spielberg...
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” Trailer Unleashes Adam Warlock on the Galactic Gang
Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) is in a reflective mood at the top of the new trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. He recounts how he started the Guardians, met a girl (Zoe Saldana’s Gamora), fell in love, and then that girl died. So it’s a sad story. But wait, she came back! But the problem is, according to Star-Lord, she came back….”a total d*ck.” Rude. Unsurprisingly, Gamora’s not having it. You know who agrees? Her sister, Nebula (Karen Gillan)...
“The Flash” Trailer Reveals Michael Keaton’s Batman, Supergirl, & So Much More
“Tell me something, you can go anywhere. Another timeline, another universe. So why do you want to stay and fight to save this one?”
This is the question that Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) puts to Barry Miller (Ezra Miller) at the top of the official trailer for The Flash. The answer Barry gives this iteration of Batman? “Because this is the world where my mom lives. I’m not going to lose her again.”
Such are the stakes—personal,...
First “Fast X” Trailer Unleashes Jason Momoa’s Villain Dante
The Fast family is facing their toughest challenge yet, and his name is Dante.
In the first trailer for Fast X, Jason Momoa’s villain Dante is front and center and he’s furious. Dante’s beef with Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) goes back years, and the trailer reveals that his vendetta against Dom and the family began way back during the events of Fast Five (2011) when Dom and the crew took down the Brazilian drug kingpin Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida) in Rio de Janeiro...
Documentarian Sam Pollard on Courting an Icon in “Bill Russell: Legend”
This week, LeBron James broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time NBA scoring record, but one superstar stat seems unlikely to be eclipsed any time soon: the late Bill Russell’s collection of 11 NBA Championship rings. One of the league’s first Black players, Russell led the Boston Celtics from 1957 through the sixties. The team’s reign culminated in 1969 after Russell became the league’s first Black player-coach and led the Celtics to a come-from-behind victory over arch-rivals the Los Angeles Lakers. To celebrate the fiercely competitive six-foot-nine center,...
New “65” Teaser Shows Adam Driver as Hunter & Prey of a Different Kind of Big Game
65 hours before the Super Bowl, Sony Pictures has revealed a new teaser for 65 that reveals a very different type of big game.
The new spot dropped precisely 65 hours before the Philadelphia Eagles play the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl (go Birds). The symmetry between timing and title has to do with the film’s premise, which posits a scenario in which Driver plays Mills, the pilot of a spaceship who crashes on a mysterious planet filled with extremely massive,...
Ben Affleck & Matt Damon Chase Michael Jordan for Nike in First “Air” Trailer
The first trailer for Air has arrived, the latest team-up between Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (they last sparred together in Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel, which they also wrote with Nicole Holofcener), only this time, the two are on the same side as they tell one of the greatest sports marketing and business stories of all time.
Affleck and Damon are teaming up to tell the true-life story of Nike co-founder Phil Knight (Affleck) and former Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro (Damon),...
Will Ferrell is a Vengeful Border Terrier in First “Strays” Trailer
Doug (Will Forte) is in some serious trouble.
The beer-guzzling creep is one of the worst dog owners in the world, as evidenced by his treatment of Reggie (Will Ferrell), his border terrier that he verbally abuses and routinely drives to the middle of nowhere and abandons. For a while, Reggie believes it’s a game, but once he meets new pals Bug (Jamie Foxx), Maggie (Isla Fisher), and Hunter (Randall Park), he learns that he, like them, is a stray...
“Toy Story 5,” “Frozen 3” & “Zootopia 2” in Works at Disney
Disney is dialing up a slew of its most revered animated franchises.
Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that some of the biggest hits in Disney animation history are getting second, third, and even fifth installments. Zootopia 2, Frozen 3, and Toy Story 5 are all in the works Iger said on an investors call. “We are leaning into our unrivaled brands,” the Disney chief said.
Toy Story is perhaps the single most venerated animated franchise of the modern era,...
Owen Wilson Channels Bob Ross in “Paint” Trailer
While Owen Wilson might be playing a man named Carl Nargle in the first trailer for Paint, legions of folks of a certain age will recognize the inspiration for the character, the legendary, beloved painter Bob Ross. Ross was the lovable, be-permed host of PBS’s “The Joy of Painting” for eleven years, from 1983 to 1994, until he passed away, far too young, at 52 years old in 1995. For those of us who grew up in the 80s,...
