Costume Department Coordinator Kenya Morgan on Entering Marvel’s Cinematic Universe
Making a mid-career pivot is never easy, especially when that pivot is designed to get you into the entertainment industry. Or so one might assume. For Kenya Morgan, her journey from working in a retail position for an educational sheet music company to becoming a costume department coordinator for director Ryan Coogler‘s Black Panther 2 (officially titled Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) began with an origin story worthy of a Marvel superhero.
This New “Hawkeye” Teaser Hits the Bullseye
One of the many impressive things about Marvel’s Disney+ series is how each has its own distinct personality. WandaVision expertly mixed period sitcoms, drama, comedy, and action for a singular TV experience. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was a high-octane action-adventure series from start to finish. Loki mashed up a sci-fi time-travel story with a buddy office comedy and one of the year’s most intriguing romances. And now we have Hawkeye,
“The Last Duel” Review Round-up: Ridley Scott Delivers a Thrilling Historical Epic
The reviews are pouring in for Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel, a sweeping historical epic that boasts a script from Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and an ace director herself, Nicole Holofcener. This star-studded period piece has hit its mark, according to the critics, with Scott in his element in his brutal, beguiling story of the brutal endgame of male ego.
The Last Duel is set in 14th century France and centered on the marriage of Marguerite (Jodie Comer) and Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) in a time of “codified patriarchy” as the aforementioned screenwriters have explained.
Jamie Lee Curtis Attends “Halloween Kills” Premiere Dressed as Her Mom’s “Psycho” Character
Jamie Lee Curtis knows how to make an entrance. The star of director David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills arrived at the film’s premiere at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on Tuesday night dressed as her mom Janet Leigh’s iconic Psycho character. Wearing a blonde wig, blue dress, and carrying a bloody shower curtain, Curtis hit the black carpet looking period-perfect. This is a woman who has legendary horror films running through her veins and her family tree.
Suit Up For Battle in Riveting “The Last Duel” Behind-The-Scenes Video
You’ve got two knights (old friends, in fact) in heavy armor fighting to the death, who do you want behind the camera? You’re not going to do better than director Ridley Scott, whose 2000 hit Gladiator reinvigorated the period piece as something vital, bloody, and relentlessly exciting. He’s moved ahead a few centuries with The Last Duel, starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, and Jodie Comer, but Maximus (Russell Crowe)’s deathless line from Gladiator still gets answered in the affirmative here.
“The Beatles: Get Back” Trailer Will Knock Your Socks Off
If you can watch this without drumming your fingers or tapping your feet, you’re made of stronger stuff than we are. The official trailer for Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back offers a stunning look at footage that has been locked in a vault for the past 50 years. That original film recording session, 60-hours worth of it, was shot by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in 1969, yet it was stored away and went more or less unseen and unheard—until now.
What Mysterious Netflix Project is David Fincher Working On?
Yesterday, Netflix took to their @NetflixFilm Twitter account and dropped a cryptic gem of a Tweet, getting every film nerd and David Fincher fan (often one in the same thing) very excited. Here was the Tweet:
Something special is coming tomorrow from David Fincher… 👀
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) October 12, 2021
So we’ll find out today what they’re talking about, but that hasn’t stopped folks from speculating.
New “Halloween Kills” Behind-the-Scenes Video Brings Michael Terrifyingly Close
“Do you get sad when you have to kill cast members off?” is the first question posed to Halloween Kills director David Gordon Green in this new behind-the-scenes video released by Universal Pictures. Green doesn’t need more than a moment to reply, “Depends on who we’re killing.”
Such is this humorous tone of this new video, which takes us close—uncomfortably close, you might think—to that maestro of maniacs Michael Myers. The masked madman is back in Green’s follow-up to his gangbusters 2018 smash-hit Halloween,
First “Scream” Trailer Unleashes a Brand New Ghostface
Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for Scream, the fifth installment in their slasher franchise dreamed up by the late, great Wes Craven and original Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson. The trailer reveals that the fifth Scream will arrive in theaters on January 14, 2022, and that it’s channeling the vibes from the 1996 original that started it all. All it takes is hearing Roger L. Jackson voicing Ghostface again to bring you right back to the bloody mayhem.
How The “Dopesick” Creative Team is Shining a Light on the Opioid Crisis
Hulu’s new limited series Dopesick is about the origins of the national opioid epidemic. No matter what you think you know, Dopesick will open your eyes to a new level of brazen overreach and hubris on the part of Big Pharma. The series, which stars Micheal Keaton, examines ways in which the drug company Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family made billions by introducing the highly addictive drug OxyContin, leading to an unprecedented nationwide struggle with opioid addiction.
Will Poulter Joins “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” As Adam Warlock
It’s official—a new Marvel superhero is joining the MCU, and he’s one of the most powerful in the entire Marvel canon. Deadline reports that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 writer/director James Gunn has added Will Poulter (Midsommar) to the cast as Adam Warlock.
Gunn shared the news via Twitter on Monday. “Welcome to the Guardians family, Will Poulter,” Gunn wrote. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
“Eternals” Featurette Boasts Stunning New Footage & Promises MCU-Changing Epic
At the top of this new Eternals featurette, Dane Whitman (Kit Harrington) asks the right question of Sersi (Gemma Chan), one of the titular, immortal, hugely powerful Eternals. The question is simple: “Why didn’t you guys help fight Thanos? Or any war or all the other terrible things throughout history?” As MCU viewers, we all know that Thanos snapped half of all living things out of creation in Avengers: Infinity War, and that the Avengers assembled,
“We’re Here” Director Peter LoGreco on Season Two of HBO’s Joyous Unscripted Series
“Drag heals the world!”
So declares drag queen Eureka O’Hara on the new season of HBO’s Emmy-nominated unscripted series We’re Here. Even the most diehard skeptic will find it hard to disagree with her.
Season 2 of We’re Here launches today and coincides with National Coming Out Day, which celebrates the act of coming out as LGBTQ and reassures those who cannot that they are loved.
New “Eternals” Footage Reveals Epic Battle Between Immortal Beings
Some new Eternals footage is available for your viewing pleasure as we inch ever closer to the release date for Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao’s first Marvel film. The new spot, titled “Change,” directly links to the events in Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, making it clear that although the Eternals weren’t active when the Avengers were fighting Thanos to save the world, they were, of course, quite aware of the problem.
Timothée Chalamet Reveals First Look of Himself as “Wonka”
Timothée Chalamet took to Twitter and Instagram on Sunday to share the first look at himself as the iconic chocolatier Willy Wonka for director Paul King (Padding, Padding 2)’s upcoming origin story Wonka. Looking equal parts dapper and daffy, Chalamet seems like the obvious choice to play one of Roald Dahl’s most famous creations as a young man. “The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last,”
Daniel Craig’s James Bond From “Casino Royale” to “No Time To Die”
And so we’ve come to the end. Daniel Craig’s final mission as James Bond in No Time To Die is now in theaters. By now you’ve likely heard all about Craig’s swan song as her Majesty’s most quarrelsome, effective double-o agent in director Cary Fukunaga’s thrilling epic. No Time To Die is the 25th film in the Bond franchise, five of which belong to Craig himself. His casting at the time was something of a surprise—a bruising blonde?—but now it looks like an absolute coup.
“The Matrix Resurrections” Cast Reflects on Legacy of “The Matrix”
“Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure is real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?”
You might recall these lines from the original The Matrix, spoken by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) to Neo (Keanu Reeves) in the film that changed the game for not only sci-fi films going forward,
New “The Batman” Footage Revealed in DC FanDome Trailer
If you were hoping to get a peek at new footage from The Batman, the new DC FanDome trailer has the goods and more. Not only do we get a brief glimpse at Robert Pattinson’s Batman and Zoë Kravit’s Catwoman, but the trailer includes the first footage we’ve seen from The Flash and Dwayne Johnson’s big entrance into the DC superhero world in Black Adam. This makes sense considering DC FanDome is going to be chock-a-block with major reveals from some of the biggest films and series coming out in the next year and more.
New “Eternals” Images Reveal the Deviants
We’re less than a month away from Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao’s eagerly-anticipated Eternals, her first MCU film. Zhao’s cosmic epic is centered on the titular group of immortal beings who have been embedded on Earth for millennia and who, the events of the film will show, are finally ready to step into the spotlight to defend humanity. They include Angelina Jolie’s Thena, Salma Hayek’s Ajak, Richard Madden’s Ikaris, Gemma Chan’s Sersi, and Brian Tyree Henry’s Phastos.
“No Time to Die” DP Linus Sandgren on Daniel Craig’s Epic Sendoff as James Bond
In No Time to Die, Daniel Craig gets two hours and 43 minutes to show James Bond fans what they’ll be missing once he exits his five-movie run as the world’s most enduring British spy. Following Craig’s every step, car chase, and explosion along the way is Swedish DP Linus Sandgren. “It was important in this film to make sure that we bookend Daniel Craig’s chapter of Bond in an exciting way,” says Sandgren.
