“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,
Bzzzz: “Yellowjackets” Adds Simone Kessell as Adult Lottie Matthews
There’s some major buzz (apologies) happening around Yellowjackets season two right now. Simone Kessell has joined the cast as the adult Lottie Matthews, a juicy role in one of television’s most intriguing series. Kessell is coming off another significant role in a big series, having played Breha Organa, mother to Leia Organa, in Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi. Kessell will be trading in the far-off galactic intrigue for a drama a little closer to home,
“Wednesday” Trailer Reveals Tim Burton’s “The Addams Family” Reboot
The wonderfully weird journey of the Addams family continues. And who better to continue telling the tale of this beloved family of oddballs than Tim Burton, one of the world’s most beloved oddball filmmakers. Netflix has just revealed the first teaser trailer for Burton’s Wednesday, Burton’s reimagining of the Addams family with a story focused on daughter Wednesday (You star Jenna Ortega).
The series will track its young heroine as she’s bounced from school after school only to end up in Nevermore Academy finally,
New “House of the Dragon” Images Tease a Westeros Filled With Dragons
Unlike in Game of Thrones, when dragons were a scarce, almost mythical commodity, House of the Dragon will show us a time when dragons were a common if still an awe-inspiring sight. HBO has released a dragon’s lair worth of new images, which includes two shots of the iconic beasts that made such a huge difference in the drama that fueled eight seasons of Game of Thrones. Now, with the new series focused on the dragonlords of House Targaryen and taking place some 200 years before the events in Game of Thrones,
“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,
“She-Hulk: Attorney At Law” Early Reactions Call Tatiana Maslany a Super Addition to the MCU
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law has cleared the most crucial hurdle of all—you care about its main character. This is one of the common themes of the early reactions to Marvel Studios’ latest Disney+ series, introducing Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) to the MCU as a fourth-wall-breaking tour de force. It’s unsurprising that a performer as talented as Maslany has pulled it off, however—she’s been aces in everything she’s in. Still, it’s heartening to hear that She-Hulk is a fun,
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,
Netflix Reveals First Look at Guillermo del Toro’s “Cabinet of Curiosities”
This is going to be a banner year for all of us Guillermo del Toro fans. And we are legion.
The visionary filmmaker has two big releases coming up, both for Netflix. The first is his long-gestating passion project, Pinocchio, which he’s got coming out on September 8. Del Toro has been aiming to make that movie for as long as he’s been a filmmaker. Then, his mysterious anthology series Cabinet of Curiosities is due in October,
“The Boys” Are Officially Coming Back With Season 4 Currently Filming
The Boys are back in town. That town is Toronto. This is good news.
After concluding a wild, ambitious third season back in July, we’ve been waiting on word for what would happen next for showrunner Eric Kripke’s deeply NSFW superhero send-up. We assumed that season four was a sure thing considering how popular and consistently engaging the series was, but we like our confirmations to be official. Luckily,
“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.
Jon Hamm Joins “The Morning Show” For Season 3
The Morning Show has just added a big name to their series regulars for season 3.
Mad Men alum Jon Hamm has joined the cast, which is particularly sweet in light of the very funny commercial Hamm did in which he teased Apple TV for having every A-list star on its roster but him. At one point, Hamm’s watching The Morning Show and says, “Jen and Reese,
“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,
Watch “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” Star Jameela Jamil Become Supervillain Titania
When Marvel Studios’ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law premieres on Disney+, we’ll get to see co-star Jameela Jamil in the juicy role of supervillain Titania, the nemesis of Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk (Tatiana Maslany). It’s going to be a hoot to see Jamil go from playing the lovable if frustratingly perfect Tahani Al-Jamil on The Good Place to a Marvel baddie, and Jamil herself seems to be having a ball. In a new video she posted on Twitter,
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,
