“After Yang” Cinematographer Benjamin Loeb on the Spare Sci-Fi Beauty of Kogonada’s Latest
After Yang cinematographer Benjamin Loeb knew the minute he met South Korean-born director Kogonada that theirs would not be a standard show biz collaboration. When Loeb called from his native Oslo to Zoom interview for the DP job, he and Kogonada barely mentioned the project at hand. Instead, they talked about ramen. “We spent hours talking about the complexion of broth and what makes the broth look good and feel good,” Loeb recalls.
“Shining Vale” Cinematographer Nicole Hirsch Whitaker Blends Creepy With Comedy
Courteney Cox is seeing spirits in the new Starz series Shining Vale. Her success in both the top-rated sitcom Friends and blockbuster horror series Scream meet at a sublime suburban crossroads. The pilot’s cinematographer, Nicole Hirsch Whitaker, laughingly admits that the show wasn’t such an obvious fit for her at first.
“I don’t get asked to shoot comedy,” Whitaker said. “I am the antithesis of someone who gets asked to shoot comedy because my work is a little bit dark.”
‘A little bit dark’ is just what Shining Vale calls for in both atmosphere and humor.
“Turning Red” Co-Writer Julia Cho on Writing Pixar’s Tender New Film
Pixar’s new movie Turning Red follows straight-A student Meilin, whose perfect 13-year-old life implodes when she starts turning into a giant panda every time her emotions get out of control. Heir to a fierce ancestral spirit that’s affected women in her family for generations, Mei (voiced by Rosalie Chiang) defies her domineering mother Ming (Sandra Oh) and joins her friends to see Four Town, a boyband that sounds very much like NSYNC thanks to the period-perfect pop songs crafted by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell.
New “Morbius” Look Reveals the Marvel Antihero’s First-Ever Screen Appearance
“What excited me the most about playing Morbius was the fact that he’s never been on screen before,” Jared Leto says at the top of this new look at Morbius. Leto will give us our first-ever depiction of Marvel’s blood-sucking antihero, with director Daniel Espinosa’s film revealing the origin story of Dr. Michael Morbius. Morbius is a brilliant but doomed scientist trying desperately to not only to do good in the world but save himself in the process.
MPA Creator Award Recipient Writer/Director Nikyatu Jusu on her Stunning Debut Feature “Nanny”
Deploying West African folklore to interrogate the myth of the American dream, writer/director Nikyatu Jusu‘s debut feature Nanny is a remarkably assured genre-melding experience. Nanny also gives viewers something that’s sadly still quite rare—it evocatively places us inside the head, heart, and aching soul of Aisha (Anna Diop), an undocumented Senegalese immigrant trying to navigate the mystifying codes of the United States to create a stable place to bring her son,
“The Boys” Season 3 Redband Trailer is Monstrously Entertaining
Amazon Prime Video’s notoriously, gloriously raunchy The Boys has dropped a season 3 redband trailer that is so NSFW it’s arguably not safe for your home, either. The trailer reveals quite a bit about the upcoming season, giving us our first actual look at where all the damaged boys and girls are heading.
The first and arguably most compelling reveal is that Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) might have finally done the unthinkable — joined the ranks of the Supes,
“Deadpool 3” Will See Shawn Levy Direct Ryan Reynolds in Marvel Movie
An all-star team will be bringing you Deadpool 3. The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Free Guy and The Adam Project director Shawn Levy is in negotiations to reunite with Ryan Reynolds to direct the long-awaited third Deadpool film. Deadpool and Deadpool 2 screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese will return to write. This is major news and confirms that Marvel’s rowdiest,
“Dune: Part Two” Eying “Elvis” Star Austin Butler for Major Villain Role
We recently learned the sensational Florence Pugh is in talks to play Princess Irulan, the Emperor’s daughter, in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two. Now, Deadline scoops that one of the biggest roles in the sequel is close to being cast. Austin Butler, set to make his big breakout in Buz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic, is in negotiations to play the villain Feyd-Rautha, the cunning nephew of the Baron (played by Stellan Skarsgård) and arguably the biggest new role in the film.
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” Star Hayden Christensen Promises a “Very Powerful” Darth Vader
Now that the Obi-Wan Kenobi teaser trailer is well on its way to 10 million views, it’s safe to say people are psyched about Ewan McGregor’s return as the Jedi master. The upcoming Disney+ series is set ten years after the events of Revenge of the Sith, with Obi-Wan dealing with the aftermath of his former protegé Anakin Skywalker’s descent to the Dark Side. We know that Obi-Wan blames himself for failing to keep Anakin on the side of the light,
New “Moon Knight” Featurette Reveals Marvel’s Supernatural Superhero
Marvel has just revealed a new look at Moon Knight, the MCU’s upcoming series on Disney+ that unveils the first real dip into the supernatural realm for the juggernaut studio. Moon Knight is centered on Oscar Isaac’s Steven Grant, a gift-shop employee who seems like the last guy on Earth you’d expect to dabble in the dark arts and fight supernatural forces on the side. But that’s because, when Moon Knight begins,
Colin Farrell’s “The Penguin” HBO Max Series Reveals Fresh Details
Colin Farrell made the absolute most of his turn as Oswald Cobblepot, better known as the Penguin, in Matt Reeves’s thrilling The Batman. Reeves’s reboot, which starred Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne and dropped in on him in year two of his vigilante work as Batman, featured a Rogue’s Gallery that included Paul Dano’s headlining villain, Edward Nashton/the Riddler and Zoë Kravitz’s Selina Kyle/Catwoman. While Farrell had a bit less to do in this film,
First “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Images Reveal Sung Kang’s Mysterious Villain Fifth Brother
At long last, we got our first good look at Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi series yesterday with the release of the teaser trailer. This thrilling glimpse revealed just how bleak things look for our hero, Ewan McGregor’s still-young Jedi Master, ten years after he tried, and failed, to keep Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) from slipping over to the Dark Side. Set a decade after the events in The Revenge of the Sith and Anakin’s metamorphosis into the legendary Sith Lord Darth Vader,
The First “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Trailer is Straight-Up Thrilling
A distant figure approaches across the sands of Tatooine while the opening notes of a score that can only be from Star Wars introduce us, at long last, to our first look at Disney+’s upcoming series Obi-Wan Kenobi. That figure is, of course, Ewan McGregor’s Jedi master, who informs us at the top of the first official teaser trailer that “the fight is done…we lost.” Obi-Wan Kenobi takes place ten years after the events in George Lucas’s Revenge of the Sith,
“Bridgerton: Season 2” Trailer Teases the Steamy Conflict Coming to Court
Court intrigue? Check! Delicious fashion? But of course! Romance and those who would get in the way of romance? Duh! Netflix’s beloved Bridgerton is back, with a new trailer announcing the return of the series and introducing some key new characters. The Regency period-set drama will turn in a new direction after season one’s massively successful storyline that followed the romance between Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and the Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page).
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” First Look Reveals Ewan McGregor’s Jedi Master & His Blue Lightsaber
It’s been 17-years since we last saw Ewan McGregor as Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, but the wait is finally over. Entertainment Weekly has revealed the first look at McGregor on their upcoming digital cover, which marks the 41st cover that EW has devoted to Star Wars in the past 32-years, with McGregor featuring in six of those. In the image, Obi-Wan is looking mighty serious as he holds his iconic blue lightsaber—the man has seen some things.
Florence Pugh Close to Joining “Dune: Part 2”
There are few performers of her generation quite as gifted as Florence Pugh, and now the rising star has joined Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part 2 in a real casting coup. The Hollywood Reporter scoops that the Black Widow star is close to making the journey to the dangerous planet of Arrakis, which would set her in the hotly-anticipated sequel alongside Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, and Timothée Chalamet.
Dune gobbled up 10 Oscar nominations and just took home the top honors at the Visual Effects Society Awards.
Disney+ Celebrates Women With Peek at “Ms. Marvel” & Their Massive Content Library
Disney+ has dropped a timely peek at their massive library of female-centered content considering it’s International Women’s Day. What’s more, the trailer offers a peek at Iman Vellani, who will be playing Kamala Khan in Marvel’s Ms. Marvel on the streamer. The upcoming series, centered on the titular young superhero who grew up adoring Captain Marvel—only to discover she’s got superhuman abilities herself—is one of Marvel’s most intriguing upcoming projects. Vellani isn’t just starring in Ms.
“Inventing Anna” Costume Designer Lyn Paolo on Dressing a Cunning Chameleon
When Anna Sorokin, a Russian woman in her early twenties, landed in New York, she had little in the way of entry to the glitzy social world she hoped to break into — no wealth, few friends, and a single stint as an intern at Purple, a raunchy Paris fashion magazine.
But as creator Shonda Rhimes swiftly demonstrates in Inventing Anna, Netflix’s nine-hour recounting of the fake German heiress Anna Delvey (Julia Garner) and the reporter who broke her story,
Telling Stories With Singapore-Based Producer Si En Tan
Singapore-based producer Si En Tan already has an impressive resume in a relatively short career. After working as an assistant producer on Kirsten Tan’s Thai-Singapore co-production Pop Aye (2017), she went on to produce Anthony Chen’s Wet Season (2019), which won a string of awards at film festivals and the Golden Horse Awards held annually in Taiwan. Her producing credits also include Chen’s segment of the seven-part anthology film The Year Of The Everlasting Storm,
Smiely Khurana is Leading the Sustainability Charge in Canada With Reel Green
Smiely Khurana is the face of the sustainability movement in Hollywood North. As Creative BC’s in-house Sustainability Lead with Reel Green™, she’s cutting a singular path for the industry in Canada; one that is quickly being modeled in production hubs across the country. Through Reel Green™, Khurana is accelerating knowledge sharing and working to deepen local industry expertise. She’s leading the charge on training and developing new tools to help Canada’s film community green its story and transition to a circular economy.
