Producer Brad Feinstein Moves Audiences With Dramas “Jungleland” and “Dreamland”
Although only a few years old, Romulus Entertainment already boasts an admirable slate of what founder and CEO Brad Feinstein describes as “socially conscious prestige dramas and action thrillers” — City of Lies, Driven, and American Woman, to name just a few. The roster is also a lengthy one: At the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, Feinstein noted in an interview that the company had produced 12 films in just 24 months.
Danai Gurira to Play Shirley Chisholm in New Film
The timing for this feels perfect. Black Panther and The Walking Dead star Danai Gurira is set to star in The Fighting Shirley Chisholm from director Cherien Dabis. The film will track Chisholm’s groundbreaking run for president in the 1972 election. Chisholm was also the first Black woman ever elected to Congress, in 1968, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s nomination.
Writer/Director Francis Lee on His Hard Scrabble Love Story “Ammonite”
Writer-director Francis Lee’s acclaimed 2017 debut feature God’s Own Country and his follow-up, Ammonite (Neon), unabashedly center on queer, working-class characters. So it may come as a bit of a surprise that Lee cites 1980s studio movies as among his all-time favorite films.
“In my head, when I’m making my films, I’m making my version of An Officer and a Gentleman or Pretty Woman or Working Girl;
Prepare Yourself for Something Very Different With Marvel’s “WandaVision” on Disney+
Ever since WandaVision‘s title was released, there’s been a growing sense of fun and weirdness around Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series. And, owing to the pandemic and the production delays it caused, WandaVision will now be Marvel’s first Disney+ series to premiere, having leapfrogged over The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. The buzz only grew as we saw initial images and that Super Bowl spot, revealing that the series would be set in some alternate reality where not only was Vision (Paul Bettany) somehow alive (he was killed by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War after all),
Jordan Peele’s Next Horror Movie Set for 2022 Release
You know you’ve reached a career pinnacle when just the announcement of the date of your next film excites film lovers and film writers in equal measure. (Yes, the Venn diagram for film lover and film industry writer would just be a single circle encompassing both.) Such is the career point at which Jordan Peele finds himself. While Peele is a producing and co-writing dervish on hotly anticipated films like Nia DaCosta‘s Candyman (he produced and co-wrote the script),
Amazon Releases Trailer for Steve McQueen’s Five-Film Anthology “Small Axe”
Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen‘s upcoming five-film anthology Small Axe is one of the most hotly anticipated titles coming out for the remainder of the year. A new trailer from Amazon reveals McQueen’s passion project, which he’s been working on for the past few years. The 12 Years a Slave and Widows director’s anthology was commissioned by the BBC and will premiere on BBC One and then Prime Video,
“Mosul” Trailer Reveals Russo Brothers-Produced Action-Thriller
If you’ve been hankering for a Russo Brothers’ film, we’ve still got a ways to go until their upcoming bank robber heist pic Cherry is released in 2021. Yet director Matthew Michael Carnahan’s Mosul, which hits Netflix on November 26, was produced by the Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame directors, and a new trailer reveals just how action-packed this film is. The craziest part is Mosul is based on a true story.
“Riding With Sugar” Trailer Reveals Sunu Gonera’s Netflix’s Refugee Drama
Netflix has revealed the first trailer for award-winning Zimbabwean director Sunu Gonera’s Riding With Sugar, an intriguing drama that Gonera first brought to life 15-years ago, as a short film. Adapting his own short into a feature-length film, Riding With Sugar is centered on a young refugee, Joshua (Charles Mnene), who dreams of becoming a BMX biking superstar. Joshua’s dream, however, will require not only great determination but personal sacrifice—and not merely of the broken bone variety.
“Jurassic World: Dominion” Wraps Filming
And that’s a wrap, folks.
Nope, we’re not talking about the 2020 presidential election, although that too is a wrap (!!). We’re talking about filming on Jurassic World: Dominion. Co-writer and director Colin Trevorrow and one of his stars—and Jurassic Park legend—Sam Neill took to Twitter to share the news. While we might not know much about the plot point specifics on Dominion yet,
Review Roundup: Vince Vaughn Slays in Body-Swap Movie “Freaky”
One of the prime joys of the body-swap comedy premise is just how simple it is. Two people suddenly finding themselves—well, their conscious “selves”—inside the other’s body. In 1988’s Big, it was a young boy making a wish to be “big” and ending up in the body of an adult (Tom Hanks, no less). In 2003’s Freaky Friday, based on a novel of the same name by Mary Rodgers, a mother and daughter switch bodies after a magical Chinese fortune cookie does the work.
Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” Coming Home in December
Even if you managed to make it to a theater to catch Christopher Nolan’s latest epic, having Tenet in your home seems like a no brainer. The reason, aside from the pleasure of plunging into Nolan’s complex, confounding spy thriller again, is being able to pause it, rewind it, puzzle it out on your time. The film is a trip, and the more time you get to stroll its switchbacks and MC Escher-like corridors,
“The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special” Official Trailer Promises Much-Needed Cuteness
For a certain type of Star Wars fan, the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special holds a special place in their heart. It came just a year after George Lucas’s 1977 game-changing first film, Star Wars IV – A New Hope, and was the first official Star Wars spinoff, set between the events in A New Hope and 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back. It was…not well received,
Dave Chappelle Returning to “SNL” Four Years Later
You might recall the last time Dave Chappelle hosted Saturday Night Live. Perhaps you watched the show in a daze of bewilderment and dread. The date was November 12, 2016. Chappelle was the first SNL host of the Trump era, taking to studio 8H just a couple of days after Trump bested Hillary Clinton in the presidential election on November 8. The country was still in collective shock,
What’s Coming to HBO Max This November
Do you need something to take your mind off, well, everything? Well, there’s a bunch coming to HBO Max this November that will help you focus on stuff that’s containable, right there on your screen, and that option feels very good right about now. The streaming service has just released a video teeing up all their upcoming series, specials, and films, and it gives us some hope we’ll be able to find good stuff to feed into our souls.
Cinematographer Andy Rydzewski on Lighting the Horrors of Middle School in “Pen15”
We’ve hit the apex of spooky season, so let’s talk about one of the creepiest shows on television: Pen15. Yep, co-creators Maya Erskine’s and Anna Konkle’s adult foray back to seventh grade, rife with slut-shaming, passive aggression, and surprise three-way phone calls. Now in the first half of its second season (the next seven episodes will likely air on Hulu in the spring), the women are once again ensconced among their young peers,
“Valley of Tears” Trailer Reveals HBO Max’s Searing New Drama Series
If you’re looking for a new drama series to both lose yourself in and learn from, say like you did with Craig Mazin‘s phenomenal Chernobyl, HBO Max’s upcoming series Valley of Tears fits the bill. The series is inspired by the true events of the 1973 Yom Kippur War in Israel, which ultimately re-shaped the Middle East and nearly led to a confrontation that could have changed the entire world.
See How The Monster in “Come Play” Was Created
“I grew up on Amblin movies, and they made movies that are very scary,” says Come Play director Jacob Chase in this new featurette from Focus Features. “And they weren’t afraid to scare children,” he adds.
Scaring children is one of the goals of Chase’s new film, and to that end, he utilized the kind of old-school production design and practical effects in which the hand-built and hand-made becomes deliciously creepy.
“One Night In Miami” Cast Split Between Lead & Supporting Categories for Awards Race
Regina King‘s stellar directorial debut One Night in Miami features a quartet of very strong lead performances. With the film already buzzed as one of the early contenders to take in a haul of award nominations, Amazon has recently announced how they’ll position their four lead actors. Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, and Leslie Odom Jr. will head into awards season vying for a mix of leading and supporting nominations,
“Bridgerton” Trailer Reveals Netflix’s New Historical Drama Series
The official teaser trailer for Bridgerton reveals a period piece the likes of which could only come from Shondaland, the production company founded by TV powerhouse Shonda Rhimes. The series, produced by Shondaland and created by Chris Van Dusen (a veteran of Shondaland productions Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy) includes all the types of emotional tempests that make for binge-watching—lust, romance, betrayal, all set in the Regency era of England,
Let’s Talk About “The Mandalorian” Season 2 Premiere’s Big Reveal
So you’ve seen the season 2 premiere of The Mandalorian? Great, then continue reading. If not, you’re going to want to stop right here until you’re all caught up.
The season 2 premiere, titled “The Marshall,” was a treat on several levels. First, it revealed Timothy Olyphant‘s character is the surprisingly valiant Marshall Cobb Vanth, looking after the folks (for a price) of a dusty mining town on Tatooine called Mos Pelgos.
