“Mission: Impossible 8” Will Be Tom Cruise’s Last (and Craziest)
Mission: Impossible 7 has likely been Tom Cruise’s hardest challenge yet. This is due to several factors, the first, and most consistently pressing, was the pandemic. This next installment in Cruise’s now two-decade-old franchise has seen its production shut down due to COVID-19 multiple times, forcing Cruise, writer/director Christopher McQuarrie, and the cast and crew to pivot, time and again, with each fresh delay. The second reason is Cruise’s own mentality, which is that each new Mission has to top the last in terms of the “wow”
Here’s Your First Peek at Jordan Peele’s Next Film “Nope”
It might only be a few seconds of footage, but getting even the tiniest peek at Jordan Peele’s third film is cause for excitement. Universal Pictures has just teased the writer/director’s upcoming Nope, which stars Peele’s Get Out star (and Oscar-winner) Daniel Kaluuya, his fellow Oscar-nominee from last year Steven Yeun, and rising star Keke Palmer. The few seconds of footage depict Kaluuya and Yeun’s characters looking mighty spooked as they peer up into the sky,
Chris Evans Lifts Off in “Lightyear” Official Trailer
Buzz Lightyear is one of Pixar’s most legendary characters, the Space Rangin’ ying to Woody’s wholesome cowboy yang. Voiced by Tim Allen, Buzz first touched down in 1995’s seminal Toy Story, alongside Tom Hanks’ aforementioned cowboy Woody and a whole room full of talking toys that changed animated films forever. Now, 27-years later (!!), Buzz is getting his own origin story, and none other than Chris Evans is stepping in to lend his voice to the younger,
“The Batman” Fan Screening Coming to IMAX Three Days Early
If you were hoping to take a trip to Gotham sooner rather than later, we’ve got good news for you. Writer/director Matt Reeves’ The Batman will be coming to IMAX three days before its March 4 release in special fan-only screenings. If you want to see Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne on the biggest screen possible, Fandango has got you covered.
Fandango made the news official with this Tweet:
Wanna see #TheBatman a lil early?
Oscar Nominations 2022 – The Full List
Your 2022 Oscar nominations have arrived. Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan announced the nominations for the 94th annual Academy Awards on Tuesday morning. The ceremony arrives on March 27 and will be broadcast from Hollywood’s Dolby Theater. It’ll be an in-person ceremony, and, for the first time in three years, this year’s Oscars will indeed have a host. Or, possibly, multiple hosts. We’re still waiting to find out who will be MC’ing the ceremony,
“Aquaman 2” Star Patrick Wilson Teases New VFX Techniques
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom will splash into theaters right in time for Christmas, on December 16, 2022. While we still haven’t even seen the first trailer for director James Wan’s hotly-anticipated sequel, we are starting to get a few tidbits about the film itself. It sounds as if the sequel will enjoy the benefits of brand new visual effects technology that DC is deploying on its upcoming slate of films.
While plot details are being kept under wraps (location;
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” Swinging Towards History (And Past “Avatar”)
Spider-Man: No Way Home is swinging towards history. By this Tuesday, Sony and Marvel’s seemingly unstoppable mega-blockbuster should surpass James Cameron’s Avatar as the third highest-grossing film at the domestic box office in history. The villain-packed epic snared another $9.6 million this weekend to finish with $749 million in ticket sales. That means it’s less than $1 million away from swinging past Cameron’s Avatar original domestic haul of $749.8 million.
“The Gilded Age” Cinematographer Manuel Billeter on Lighting Old Money & New
Set in New York in the 1880s, The Gilded Age isn’t so much a follow-up to Downton Abbey as an across-the-pond companion piece from creator Julian Fellowes. In what’s being oft-referred to as a ‘lavish epic’ up and down the internet, this new HBO series follows in the footsteps of Fellowes’ previous series, with a slickly-produced focus on all the ways the rich are not like you and me.
Samuel L. Jackson Teases Young Nick Fury in Marvel’s Disney+ Series “Secret Invasion”
It looks like Samuel L. Jackson’s getting de-aged again. The last time Jackson had the years peeled away to play a young Nick Fury was in 2018’s Captain Marvel, which introduced Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel and was set in the 1990s. Now, Jackson has taken to Instagram to tease a return to his younger form for Secret Invasion, Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series that stars Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn’s Talos,
How the “Moonfall” VFX Team Tapped Physics to Destroy the Earth
Don’t look up! The moon is on a collision course with Earth. Filmmaker Roland Emmerich, who brought us Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, and 2012, returns with another global disaster movie in Moonfall (premiering February 4) that has a colossal twist. This time it’s up to NASA executive Jo Fowler (Halle Berry), astronaut Brian Harper (Patrick Wilson), and conspiracy theorist K.C.
J. Lo, Jamie Foxx, Jason Momoa, Ryan Reynolds & Chris Hemsworth Highlight Netflix’s 2022 Movie Slate
It’s no secret that Netflix has worked hard to turn its film division into a world-class repository for talent, but 2022 will likely be its biggest year yet. While the streaming giant has worked with some of the biggest names in the film industry in the past—Martin Scorsese, Ava DuVernay, and David Fincher to name a few—this year seems to represent an even bigger swing. In a new video, Netflix offers a tour of its upcoming slate,
BAFTA Nominees Includes First Timers Like Will Smith
The British Academy has just released its 2022 list of nominees and their selections include a slew of first time recipients, including mega-stars like Will Smith (King Richard) and Tessa Thompson (Passing), rising stars like Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) and Alaina Haim (Licorice Pizza), and beloved character actors like Ann Dowd (Mass) and Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard).
Robert Pattinson & Zoë Kravitz on Why “The Batman” Will Shock People
As we near the March 4th release date for The Batman, we’re getting, piece by piece, a somewhat clearer picture of what this return trip to Gotham will be like. We know writer/director Matt Reeves has crafted a noir detective story. We know that this story will revolve, at least in large part, around a young Batman (Robert Pattinson) during only his second year of vigilante work. We know the main villain will be the Riddler (Paul Dano),
“The Batman” Posters Tease The Riddler’s Diabolical Games
Writer/director Matt Reeves has likened his take on the Riddler (Paul Dano) to the notorious Zodiac Killer, that cipher-loving lunatic who tormented Northern California in the late 1960s and was never caught. (David Fincher’s Zodiac brilliantly explores the unsolved case, by the way.) Warner Bros. has just revealed a bunch of new posters for The Batman, and they’re all influenced by the Riddler’s particular brand of psychopathic puzzles. The film’s four major characters—Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne/Batman,
Tom Holland on His Spider-Man Future & One Very Intriguing Potential Crossover
Tom Holland can be forgiven for not being ready to discuss his future as Spider-Man just yet. His last outing in Spider-Man: No Way Home has now earned more at the box office than his previous two films, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home combined. The film, directed by Jon Watts, staring a five-pack of villains and a three-pack of Spider-Men, is possibly on track to catch Avatar as the third highest-grossing film at the domestic box office.
“Peacemaker” Composer Kevin Kiner About Harnessing The Power of Hair Bands
Even as complicated and thick-headed as is his character may be, with every new episode, John Cena is worming his way into our hearts as Christopher Smith in writer/director James Gunn’s Peacemaker. In its first season on HBO Max, the show picks up where The Suicide Squad left off, expanding on Smith’s character, revealing his tragic backstory, and introducing viewers to a team that includes characters both old and new.
New “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” Synopsis Teases Mysterious New Villain
When the first trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness appeared in late December, we got our best look yet at the good Doctor’s coming journey into the wilds of the multiverse. This would be his second trip into the highly unstable realms after he tried helping Peter Parker erase a few billion memories in Spider-Man: No Way Home. That trailer revealed that the events in Multiverse of Madness would take place sometime after No Way Home,
“Station Eleven” Cinematographer Christian Sprenger on Threading Timelines & Revealing Humanity
It was two days after Christmas when I texted cinematographer Christian Sprenger to ask if he’d be interested in talking about Station Eleven, the critically acclaimed limited series created for television by Patrick Somerville (Maniac, The Leftovers) on HBO Max. I had just finished watching the pilot episode “Wheel of Fire,” which he photographed alongside director Hiro Murai, and the visual aesthetics were astoundingly refreshing.
Adapted from the book by Emily St.
Sundance 2022: “Master” Cinematographer Charlotte Hornsby on the Fest’s Breakout Horror Film
Writer and director Mariama Diallo brings atmospheric horror to the world of academia in her directorial debut Master, which just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film stars Regina Hall as professor Gail Bishop, who has recently been made the first Black woman to hold the position of residence hall ‘Master’ at a prestigious fictional university called Ancaster. Both she and a fresh, optimistic Black student Jasmine (Zoe Moore) begin to feel a menacing supernatural presence.
“Texas Chainsaw Massacre” Trailer Reveals the Return of Leatherface
If you’re going to start a new business, perhaps Harlow, Texas, is not the ideal destination? This would be a bit of advice we’d give Melody (Sarah Yarkin), her sister Lila (Elsie Fisher), and their pals Dante (Jacob Latimore) and Ruth (Nell Hudson) after watching the first trailer for Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which follows the legacy of Tobe Hooper’s 1974 classic and acts a proper sequel to that film.
Directed by David Blue Garcia,
