Writer/Director Zoe Lister-Jones on her Bewitching Horror Film “The Craft: Legacy”

Many fans of 1996’s The Craft still watch it with great regularity. Now writer/director Zoe Lister-Jones brings a new story, The Craft: Legacy, told very much through the female lens. Though inspired by the original, Legacy speaks to a new generation of young women wishing to stand in their power, be they Wiccan or not. Starring young actors Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, and Zoey Luna, all of whom are poised to become huge stars,

Behold the Official Trailer for George Clooney’s Sci-Fi Film “The Midnight Sky”

And now we’ve got our first look at George Clooney’s upcoming sci-fi film The Midnight Sky—as promised, Netflix has dropped the full trailer this morning. The film features Clooney as a lonely scientist named Augustine, marooned in the Arctic after some kind of global catastrophe. Augustine is trying to reach the Ether, a spaceship that “we hoped would be our future,” Augustine says, “I have to warn them about the conditions on Earth.”

Official Trailer for “Selena: The Series” Reveals Netflix’s Look at a Legend

It’s been 23-years since we’ve seen a proper take on the incredibly gifted performer Selena Quintanilla. That was in writer/director Gregory Nava’s 1997 film Selena, in which a young Jennifer Lopez starred as the Texas-born Tejano singer whose career was only just getting started when she was tragically murdered a few weeks shy of her 24th birthday. Now, Selena Quintanilla is getting an even more fulsome look in an upcoming series from Campanario Entertainment and Netflix. 

“One Night In Miami” DP Tami Reiker on Regina King’s Stunning Directorial Debut

Tami Reiker has had a very busy year. She was the cinematographer on Gina Prince-Bythewood‘s The Old Guard, one of the most-viewed movies ever on Netflix, and just finished work on One Night in Miami, Regina King’s feature debut as a director. The fact-based story is about the night four friends, Malcolm X, Jim Brown, Cassius Clay, and Sam Cooke spent together on February 25th,

See First Footage From George Clooney’s Sci-Fi Film “The Midnight Sky”

Okay, so the footage is as sparse as the arctic setting depicted, but it’s exciting nonetheless to get our first peek at George Clooney’s upcoming sci- film for Netflix, The Midnight Sky. The teaser consists of some attempted radio communication from a scientist named Augustine (Clooney), marooned in the arctic, and a shot of Augustine trudging through his lonely, ice-covered world. The Midnight Sky is based on Lily Brooks-Dalton’s book and was adapted by Mark L.

Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” Wraps Filming

Big news over the weekend—Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings wrapped filming, the first-ever MCU movie with an all-Asian cast. We know this thanks to some exuberant social media posts from the film’s director Destin Daniel Cretton and its star Simu Liu. Each took to Instagram, and Liu released a passionate statement on Facebook, too, about wrapping production on their film for Marvel’s Phase 4.

Cast and crew finished filming down in Sydney,

Simon Kinberg Will Write & Produce “Battlestar Galactica” Film for Universal

One of television’s most beloved series, a cult favorite among sci-fi fans, is finally getting a proper big-screen adaptation. Longtime X-Men scribe, producer, and recently director (Dark Phoenix) Simon Kinberg will be writing and producing Battlestar Galactica for Universal. The Hollywood Reporter scoops that Kinberg and producer Dylan Clark will be adapting the nuanced series about humans on distant planets trying to outrun the sentient machines hellbent on destroying them.

Tom Hanks and Director Paul Greengrass Re-Team for “News of the World”

Director Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks delivered one of the more riveting films of the early 2010s with 2013’s Captain Phillips, which took on the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking of the MV Maersk Alabama, which he captained, by Somali pirates. It was the first hijacking of an American cargo ship in 200-years, and in Greengrass and Hanks’ hands, Captain Phillips retold that story in a taut,

“A New York Christmas Wedding” Writer/Director Otoja Abit on His Debut Feature

When we attended the Savannah Film Festival in 2018, one of the filmmakers we covered was Otoja Abit, an actor who had roles in television series (The Defenders, The Night Of) and film (Stonewall), who was in Savannah to screen his short, Jitters. The 12-minute film centered on Abit’s central character, a man undergoing some last-second concerns in the moments before his wedding.

Jared Leto Reprising Joker Role in “Zack Snyder’s Justice League”

That sound you hear is tens of thousands of “Snyder Cut” Justice League fans going nuts. The Hollywood Reporter has multiple sources that confirm that Jared Leto will be reprising his version of the Joker in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Justice League for HBO Max. Leto played the iconic supervillain in David Ayer’s 2016 Suicide Squad, and now THR says Leto has joined Snyder as he shoots additional footage for his long-awaited “Snyder Cut,”

The Official Trailer for David Fincher’s “Mank” is Dazzling

The official trailer for David Fincher’s Mank is here, and it looks as sumptuous as the teaser, only now with way more meat on the bones. Mank is Fincher’s first feature film since 2014’s Gone Girl—and in Fincherian fashion, it looks as taut and tense as a violin string. Making matters even more intriguing, Fincher’s film is based on a script from his father, Jack Fincher, and is centered on the legendary screenwriter Herman J.

Justin Lin Will Direct Final Two Films in “Fast & Furious” Franchise

While director Justin Lin is currently hard at work in postproduction on F9, Deadline reports that Lin will also be directing the final two films in the epic saga. Universal Pictures will wrap up the franchise after Lin brings that final two films—10 and 11—to a close. The Fast & Furious franchise is the highest-grossing series in the studio’s history—beating out Jurassic Park, no less.

Screenwriter Madhuri Shekar on Adapting Her Own Audio Play for Blumhouse’s “Evil Eye”

This month, Blumhouse Productions has released a collection of unsettling thrillers in partnership with Amazon Prime, just in time for Halloween. One of these films is Evil Eye, in which a romance turns dark when a mother becomes convinced her daughter’s ‘perfect’ new boyfriend has supernatural connections to her own past. The story is centered in Indian and Indian-American culture, with a cast of actors that are of Indian descent,

“Selena: The Series” Harnesses a Bevy of Latinx Talent to Tell a Legend’s Story

At a time when voices denouncing the lack of diversity in media representation resound clear across the American cultural landscape, it will be beyond thrilling to watch Netflix’s Selena: The Series. The new series is a Latinx production celebrating the life of the legendary Mexican-American singer, and its production will also put the spotlight on a bounty of talented Latinx creatives.

Born in Texas into a working-class family of Mexican and Native American heritage,

“The Batman” is Using Technology From “The Mandalorian” For Select Scenes

The reason it took so long to get a proper live-action Star Wars series on TV was because the technology had to catch-up to the demands of television. That finally happened, of course, for series creator Jon Favreau and his team on The Mandalorian. Favreau, cinematographers like Emmy-winner Greig Fraser, and the wizards at Industrial Light & Magic helped create a virtual production unit that allowed The Mandalorian to film real-time visual effects using an LED wall and the Unreal real-time game engine (made by Epic Games).

“The Mandalorian” Releases Action-Packed Teaser Ahead of Premiere

We are a mere ten days away from the premiere of season two of The Mandalorian. To that end, Disney+ has released a new teaser that leans heavily into the series’ ripping action. Considering our hero is the titular legendary bounty hunter (Pedro Pascal), it should come as no surprise that it would be filled with blaster fights and cantina brawls. Yet season one was a revelation due to how gobsmackingly beautiful it looked (thanks in huge part to The Mandalorian team’s bespoke technology,

“The Baby-Sitters Club” Star Xochitl Gomez Joins Benedict Cumberbatch in “Doctor Strange 2”

The doctor has a new ally (we think). Deadline reports that a new face is joining Benedict Cumberbatch in Doctor Strange 2—The Baby-Sitters Club star Xochitl Gomez. The news surrounding Doctor Strange has been swirling lately, with intriguing revelations worthy of the Sorcerer Supreme himself. In early October it was revealed that Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange would be showing up in Spider-Man 3, 

Co-Director Lisa Cortés on Voting Rights Past & Present in “All In: The Fight for Democracy”

Amazon’s recent documentary about voting rights and voter suppression, All In: The Fight for Democracy, opens to newscast audio from November 6, 2018, covering the Georgia governor’s race between Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp. That election, which would have seen Abrams become the country’s first African-American woman governor had she been elected, became a flashpoint for a nationwide recognizance of contemporary issues surrounding the closure of polling stations, deliberate under-training of poll monitors,

Production Designer Talks Riots & Courtrooms in Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

The Trial of the Chicago 7 revisits the circus-like legal proceedings that pitted anti-war activists including Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen), Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne), Black Panther Bobby Seale (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), and lawyer Bill Kunstler (Mark Ryland) against a hard-nosed judge (Frank Langella) over charges that they conspired to incite violent riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention.

Written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, the movie (which came out on October 16 on Netflix) features the dramatist’s famously sharp dialogue along with shots of tear gas,

“His Dark Materials” Reveals Sweeping Season 2 Trailer

If you’ve been hankering for some sweeping fantasy action, HBO has just the ticket—a new trailer for His Dark Materials‘ second season is here, and it’s appropriately massive. The series, adapted from Philip Pullman’s beloved novel trilogy of the same name, got off to a gangbusters start with a stellar season one. The show follows Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen), an irrepressibly brave young girl with a troublesome family past and a refusal to let grownups,