Netflix Reveals Full Slate of 2023 Films
From Chris Hemsworth to Chris Evans—and a slew of non-Chris named stars in between—Netflix has revealed its entire 2023 film slate via a new trailer.
Netflix is releasing 49 new films this year, with some huge names and huge collaborations between stars and top-flight directors. Some of the marquee releases include David Fincher’s The Killer, based on Alexis Nolent’s graphic novel and starring Michael Fassbender and Tilda Swinton, David Yates’s Pain Hustlers, starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans,...
Zack Snyder’s Sci-Fi Epic “Rebel Moon” Gets Official Release Date
Last April, director Zack Snyder revealed that he’d begun filming his sci-fi epic Rebel Moon for Netflix. Now, Netflix has revealed the official release date for the film, which arrives at the tail end of the holiday season on December 22.
The story of Snyder’s long quest to make Rebel Moon is a good one, with the project originating as a potential Star Wars feature more than a decade ago...
Michael B. Jordan Teaming With “John Wick” Director Chad Stahelski for Paramount’s “Rainbow Six”
Michael B. Jordan’s mission is clear, and he’s got a man who knows his way around an epic action film to guide him.
The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop that Jordan is teaming up with John Wick director Chad Stahelski for Paramount’s Rainbow Six, an adaptation of one of Tom Clancy’s most popular novels. The film is a follow-up to the 2021 action thriller Without Remorse, which was adapted from another Clancy novel by Taylor Sheridan and Will Staples and directed by Stefano Sollima...
“Babylon” Composer Justin Hurwitz Deconstructs His Oscar-Shortlisted Score
“I’m very obsessive, and I can only do one thing at a time, so when Damien has a movie to work on, I go all in.” That’s composer Justin Hurwitz talking about his ongoing collaboration with filmmaker Damien Chazelle, and clearly, the laser vision has paid off. Hurwitz started working on his Oscar short-listed score for Babylon back in 2019, a few years after winning two Academy Awards for the Chazelle-directed La La Land. He also scored Chazelle’s acclaimed 2014’s jazz-themed feature Whiplash and his 2018 epic First Man...
New “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” Teaser Shows Scott Lang Outmatched by Kang
The new teaser for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania opens with a little light parenting. Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is telling his daughter, Cassie (Kathryn Newton), to breathe. Cassie’s understandably a little panicked as she finds herself, along with dad Scott, his girlfriend Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), Hope’s mom Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) are no longer on Earth. Well, not the Earth that they know. They’re down in the Quantum Realm,...
How Matt Reeves’ “BatVerse” Might Coexist Within the New DC Universe
Writer/director Matt Reeves’ The Batman was a thing of dark beauty. A street-level, neo-noir detective story that started with a supervillain’s brutal crime and swept us right into the world of Batman (Robert Pattinson) as he learns the tricks of a trade he’d invented in the second year of his vigilantism. There had never been a Batman movie quite like it, and the Gotham that Reeves and his stellar cast and crew created resonated with fans and critics alike...
“Sharper” Trailer Reveals Apple TV’s Julianne Moore-led Neo-Noir Thriller
The first trailer for Sharper is here, revealing director Benjamin Caron (Andor, The Crown)’s neo-noir thriller, and we’re getting some delicious vibes. Sometimes there’s nothing more satisfying than a good heist film, one that pits ambitious grifters and mysterious shape-shifters against the ruthless rich. And in the case of Sharper, these archetypes are embodied by some terrific performers.
Meet Richard Hobbes (John Lithgow), a Manhattan-based billionaire with money to burn and games to play...
Opposites Attract in “Your Place Or Mine” Trailer With Reese Witherspoon & Ashton Kutcher
A romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher sounds like precisely the kind of thing the world could use this coming Valentine’s Day. And while Your Place or Mine opens a skooch before Valentine’s, the film will still function perfectly as something sweet to kickstart the most romantic (and corporately created) holiday of the year.
The premise of Your Place or Mine is simple and efficient; Witherspoon’s Debbie and Kutcher’s Peter have been best friends for 20 years...
Matt Reeves Suggests “The Batman” Sequel is Alive & Well
We’ll take any hint that writer/director Matt Reeves’ The Batman sequel is happening, and luckily, we’ve got one.
In a conversation with Collider, Reeves all but confirmed that he is, indeed, working on the sequel, as we had assumed way back in April of last year when Warner Bros. announced the sequel had been greenlit. And why wouldn’t there be a sequel, we thought at the time? The Batman was a critical and commercial smash,...
SAG Awards Nominations Include Viola Davis, Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell & Adam Sandler
It’s been a very big news day for the Screen Actors Guild Awards. First, news broke that next year’s SAG Awards this year’s 29th ceremony will be broadcast live on Netflix’s YouTube channel, and then starting in 2024, will stream live on Netflix itself. Then, this year’s nominations were announced a day after the 80th Golden Globes and three days after this past Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards. It’s award season, friends!
This year’s SAG noms for best ensemble cast include three Golden Globe winners,...
James Cameron is Feeling Very Good About his “Avatar” Sequels
You would have to put James Cameron at the top of the list of people who are champions of the movie theater experience. His latest film, Avatar: The Way of Water, was designed with exacting detail and, over the course of years, to be seen on the biggest screen possible. The irreplaceable value of the theatrical experience has long been one of Cameron’s most consistent messages to film lovers.
Speaking with Variety before last night’s Golden Globes,...
Golden Globes Highlights: From Angela Bassett to “The Fabelmans” to “The White Lotus”
The 80th Golden Globes have come and gone, but we’re here to give you the highlights and the full list of winners.
Steven Spielberg came home with two major awards for his auto-biographical feature The Fabelmans—the globe for Best Picture, Drama, and Best Director. Spielberg’s win for Best Picture bested the likes of James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water and Todd Field’s Tár, while his globe for directing gave him the edge over Cameron,...
New “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” Photos Reveal the MCU’s New Boss Villain & More
In the new trailer for director Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, the stakes of the MCU’s first Phase 5 film are clear. On the hand, you’ve got the Lang/Van Dyne/Pym family, consisting of Scott (Paul Rudd) and Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Hank Pym (Michael Douglas). As the film opens, things for this super-family are going pretty well—Scott had a new book coming out,...
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” Trailer Unleashes Marvel’s New Big Bad
The new trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania opens with one man reaching out across time and space (quantum space, in this case) to connect with another. “You’re an interesting man, Scott Lang,” a voice says at the trailer’s opening, listing some of the most salient facts of Scott Lang’s life; he’s an Avenger, he’s the father to a daughter, and, here’s the kicker, that Scott has lost a lot of time over the years (while half of the living universe was snapped out of existence by Thanos for five years,...
Hugh Jackman Will Train Hard For 6 Months To Return as Wolverine in “Deadpool 3”
By now, you’ve heard that Hugh Jackman will be reprising his most iconic role as everybody’s favorite adamantium-clawed mutant Wolverine for Deadpool 3. After years of comical badgering from his former and future screen partner, Ryan Reynolds, Jackman finally found a way back to the character that he had said such a declarative goodbye to in James Mangold’s excellent 2017 film Logan, which found Jackman’s mutant laying down his life to save Laura (Dafne Keen), a young mutant made from Wolverine’s DNA...
“Avatar: The Way of Water” Swims Past “Jurassic World” as Seventh-Highest Grossing Film Ever
The alien wonders of Pandora have overtaken the Jurassic splendor (and dangers) of Isla Nublar. James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has officially surpassed Jurassic World as the seventh-highest-grossing film in history. The Way of Water has now hauled in $1.708 billion globally, which moves it past Jurassic World‘s $1.67 billion.
Cameron’s epic—he’s got three more if he gets to tell the entire Pandora saga—has been in theaters for four weeks...
Denis Villeneuve Adds Tim Blake Nelson to “Dune: Part Two”
Despite the fact that Dune: Part Two wrapped filming in mid-December, co-writer/director Denis Villeneuve is still adding key people to the film. The Hollywood Reporter confirms that ace character actor Tim Blake Nelson has joined the cast for Villeneuve’s ambitious adaptation of Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi saga.
Butler joins newcomers Léa Seydoux as Lady Margot, Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan Corrino, Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, and Christopher Walken as Emperor Shaddam IV. The sequel will pick up where Dune left off,...
“Renfield” Trailer Finds Nic Cage’s Dracula Tormenting Nicholas Hoult’s Servant
Imagine the most toxic relationship you’ve ever been in. Now imagine that you’re finally ready to take the steps necessary to distance yourself from this person after years and years of abuse. Now, imagine if the person you’re trying to rid yourself of is freakin’ Dracula.
This is the conceit of Renfield, director Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War)’s film about Dracula’s long-serving henchmen finally trying to break away from his master after centuries of brutal servitude...
“M3GAN” Review Round-Up: A Murderous Toy Robot Delivers a Campy Creepy, January Jolt
There’s a new murder-doll on the scene, friends, and she’s fabulous.
The reviews are in for the toy robot run-amok horror film M3GAN, and for those looking for a campy, creepy jolt to start your year, you’re in luck—the film is getting some stellar notices.
Director Gerard Johnstone’s film (from a story by horror master James Wan and a script from Akela Cooper) centers on a brilliant robotics engineer named Gemma (Alison Williams) who creates an A.I.-backed toy robot for her recently orphaned niece,...
Hugh Jackman to Academy: Please Don’t Give Ryan Reynolds an Oscar Nom
Oh, Hugh.
The feud between Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds continues, and while we all know it’s not real, it’s still, even after all these years, a consistent source of joy. The first volley of the new year in their ongoing game of comically feigned spite comes from Jackman, who took to Twitter to post a video imploring the Academy to please, please not give Reynolds an Oscar nomination.
The reason Jackson is concerned,...
