“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” Trailer Reveals Mads Mikkelsen as Grindewald
Warner Bros. has revealed the first official trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, the third film in the Fantastic Beasts franchise. The Secrets of Dumbledore comes from veteran Harry Potter director David Yates—he directed six films in the Potter franchise, including the final four—and further follows the adventures of Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander. As the title suggests, The Secrets of Dumbledore will lean heavily into the dealings of the younger Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law),
Red Pill Time: “The Matrix Resurrections” Reveals Tons of New Images
A huge cache of new images from Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix Resurrections gives us a glimpse at most of the major characters in her upcoming sci-fi epic. These include, of course, our returning champions Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) from the original trilogy. We’ve also got looks at newcomers like Bugs (Jessica Henwick), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s new Morpheus, Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s Sati, Jonathan Groff’s clearly evil substantiation of the Matrix,
“The Batman” Drops the Mask in Terrific New Japanese Trailer
A juicy new Japanese trailer for writer/director Matt Reeves’ The Batman gives us some new footage and a great final moment. This new trailer is much more tightly focused on the central battle within the film between Batman (Robert Pattinson) and his sociopathic nemesis the Riddler (Paul Dano), whose killing spree through Gotham seems designed to unmask Batman once and for all. This deeply personal tet-a-tet between the emotionally wounded, physically overextended Bruce Wayne and the gleefully sadistic Edward Nashton (the Riddler’s given name) is reminiscent of the greatest superhero power struggle of all,
Aaron Sorkin on Having a Ball Making “Being the Ricardos”
You might think the opportunity to write a film about the legendary Lucille Ball would have been irresistible for Aaron Sorkin, but he wasn’t immediately convinced. “It took me about 18 months to say yes, to commit to it,” Sorkin says of the project that would eventually become Being the Ricardos, his propulsive new film that takes us through a week of production on the set of I Love Lucy,
A New “The Matrix Resurrections” Clip Reveals Trip Down Memory Lane
Warner Bros. has released a brand new clip from The Matrix Resurrections that takes us on a little trip down memory lane. The memory belongs to Neo (Keanu Reeves), who is once again being recruited to help fight the malicious A.I. that controls the Matrix. In the clip, Neo is led by a new face in the Matrix-verse, Bugs (Jessica Henwick), who takes him, in pure Matrix fashion, through a rooftop door and directly into a train in Tokyo.
“West Side Story” Music Producer David Newman on Arranging Steven Spielberg’s Musical Masterpiece
Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is finally landing in theaters on December 10. His film is a new take on the original 1957 Broadway musical and the 1961 classic film, which both feature music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The story is a musical version of Romeo and Juliet, but with the Montagues and the Capulets represented by two gangs, the Italian-American Jets and the Latinx Sharks,
How “The Killing of Two Lovers” Sound Team Created an Agonizingly Tense Soundscape
The Killing of Two Lovers, written, directed, and edited by Robert Machoian, is a tale of a marriage coming undone that’s as taut and tense as a guitar string. The film opens in the moment before we believe it will earn its title. Two lovers are asleep on a bed, Niki (Sepideh Moafi) and Derek (Chris Coy) dream in the cold morning light while, looming above them and brandishing a pistol, is Niki’s husband,
“C’mon C’mon” Writer/Director Mike Mills on Creating a Space For Intimacy
When it comes to family, we all have our own story. In C’mon C’mon, from writer/director Mike Mills, we connect with a tale not often told, one that drops us in the living room of a sister and brother who have been living their own adult lives on separate coasts and slowly drifting apart from each other. When her husband has an abrupt mental health issue, she asks her brother to step in to watch their child while she attempts to piece back their marriage.
Apple to Produce Adam McKay’s “Bad Blood” Starring Jennifer Lawrence
Adam McKay and Jennifer Lawrence are just getting started. The writer/director and the star of the upcoming film Don’t Look Up are re-teaming for Bad Blood, a feature film about infamous Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, for Apple Original Films.
McKay, ever the auteur, will write, direct, and produce the film, with Lawrence playing Holmes, a woman whose incredible ascension into the ranks of Silicon Valley’s most promising and successful young innovators was only outdone by her swift,
“Shang-Chi” Sequel With Director Destin Daniel Cretton in The Works
Buckle up, Shang-Chi fans—a sequel to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is officially happening, with director Destin Daniel Cretton returning to write and helm. Want more good news on this front? Cretton is also developing a Marvel series for Disney+.
For those of you who loved Shang-Chi (and we are legion), and are especially excited for what the future holds for the character after that post-credits scene with his equally potent sister,
“The Matrix Resurrections” Drops Stunning Second Trailer
“We can’t see it, but we’re all trapped inside these strange repeating loops.” These words, spoken by Morpheus (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) in the opening of the second trailer for The Matrix Resurrections hint at the déjà vu that will haunt Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) in Lana Wachowski’s new film. The new trailer packs a punch, offering a more coherent look at the film’s plot and a ton of action.
Charlie Cox Will Play Daredevil in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
It’s official—Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has confirmed that Charlie Cox will be reprising his role of Daredevil for the MCU. Speaking with CinemaBlend, Feige said if there’s a Daredevil inclusion in any future MCU project, it would be Cox again inhabiting the role. Only now, Cox would be moving from the small screen and Netflix into the MCU, whether that’s on a Disney+ show or a Marvel film has yet to be determined,
Watch The “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” Opening Scene
At long last, we’ve got our first look at Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Three years after the gangbusters release of 2018’s sensational Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse we have the reveal of Across the Spider-Verse, the two-part sequel that will track Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) as he reprises his role as Spider-Man—well, one of the Spider-Men in the abundant, gloriously creative animated world that revealed a slew of Spider-People (and a pig) spread across the multiverse.
New “Spider-Man: No Way Home” Footage Gives Glimpse of Green Goblin’s New Suit
We are swinging seriously close to the release date of director Jon Watts’ Spider-Man: No Way Home, and that means fresh details are starting to pile up. For example, this weekend three of the film’s big stars, all reprising their roles as supervillains from previous Spider-Man franchises, gathered for a panel for CCXP. We’re talking about Willem Dafoe, who plays the Green Goblin, Alfred Molina, returning as Doc Ock, and Jamie Foxx,
New “Morbius” Scene Reveals Jared Leto’s Transformation Into Marvel’s Bloodsucking Antihero
Sony Pictures released a rousing, 3-plus minute scene from Morbius over the weekend, revealing the moment Jared Leto’s Dr. Michael Morbius goes from an emaciated, dying man into the superhuman antihero Morbius. The transformation is not without its victims, however. The set-up is this; Dr. Morbius is on a freighter at sea, being helped by fellow doctor Martine Bancroft (Adria Arjona) in a last-ditch effort to save his life. Using a serum that Dr.
Dwayne Johnson Reveals a “Black Adam” Close-Up of His Supervillain
Dwayne Johnson wants to send you into your weekend with some fresh Black Adam hype. Johnson tweeted an image of his titular character, a supervillain who promises to shake up the power hierarchy in the DCEU the moment he arrives, looking downright possessed. The image of Johnson as Black Adam is going to be the cover of an upcoming issue of Total Film, his firey eyes matching the magazine’s title design.
“Nightmare Alley” Early Reactions: Guillermo del Toro’s Luminously Dark Noir Shines
The buzz is building for Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley, the visionary director’s plunge into a world that seems tailor-made for his particular skill set. Set in a mid-20th-century second-rate carnival filled with schemers, dreamers, hustlers, weirdos, and femme Fatales, Del Toro gets to play carnival barker (that role in the movie actually belongs to Willem Dafoe), taking us on a tour of the lost souls plying their various trades in this shadowy world.
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” Snags Record Advance Ticket Sales
The first Tom Holland-led Spider-Man trilogy (there will be a second) is about to come to an end with the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, and unsurprisingly, people are very excited to see it in the theater. The demand for advanced tickets, which went on sale on November 29, has been such that the rush of would-be buyers crashed a few of the online sites selling tickets.
New “The Matrix Resurrections” Teaser Explores Dangerous Déjà Vu
In the Matrix franchise, déjà vu isn’t just a curious but ultimately harmless experience of something you’re experiencing for the first time feeling like a memory. It is, rather, a glitch in the Matrix itself, and one of the early lessons that Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) taught Neo (Keanu Reeves) in the original film. In a new teaser for The Matrix Resurrections, we get to revisit the importance of déjà vu in the franchise,
Expect Insanity in “Thor: Love and Thunder” Says MCU Artist Andy Park
While MCU fans have had already their hands full in 2021 with new films (Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Eternals) and new series on Disney+ (WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, and now Hawkeye), there’s still a big premiere left—Spider-Man: No Way Home. That’s a lot of Marvel madness for a single year,
