Meet James Bond’s Most Dangerous Adversary Yet
“What I really wanted from Safin was to make him unsettling,” Rami Malek says at the top of this brand new No Time To Die teaser devoted solely to his villain. Like many of the best villains, Malek reveals that his Safin actually thinks of himself as the hero. (It’s the rare villain that doesn’t—it’s why Heath Ledger’s Joker remains so indelible, he was just a psychopath that wanted to watch the world burn.) For Safin, “what he wants and what he’s willing to do makes him a very frightening character,...
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” Teaser Reveals Aaron Sorkin’s Timely Netflix Film
Now seems like a particularly potent time for Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 to debut on Netflix. The first teaser, released yesterday, reveals Sorkin’s take on the upheaval during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. This is the legendary screenwriter’s second directorial effort, after 2018’s Molly’s Game, and it sees him working with a larger cast of top-flight talent tackling a particular moment in American history that feels extra resonant right now...
Meet the Background Actors Who Populate HBO’s “Perry Mason” – Part IV
Here are Parts I, II, and III of our deep-dive into the casting, costuming and prepping of Perry Mason’s background actor cast.
A large collection of background actors voicing their objections to a case on the City Hall steps or finding themselves under the spell of Sister Alice at the Radiant Assembly in HBO’s Perry Mason aren’t just dressed, sent over to the set and told,...
Meet the Background Actors Who Populate HBO’s “Perry Mason” – Part III
Here are parts I, II, and IV of our deep-dive into how HBO’s Perry Mason finds, outfits, and directs its many background actors.
Even with all of the fitting and other work they’ve done prior to the shoot, before showing up to the set to film, background actors must prep the night before. Women are given sheets of paper with details for setting their hair in curlers (which should be in place when they arrive)...
Meet the Background Actors Who Populate HBO’s “Perry Mason” – Part II
In Part I of our deep dive on the extras—properly known as background actors—in HBO’s Perry Mason, costume designer Emma Potter’s revealed just how much work goes into the wardrobes of folks we often only see on screen for only a matter of seconds. Potter’s approach to the design of the costumes for Perry Mason’s background actors was based on both her research and the sense of Los Angeles in 1932 that she got from reading the scripts for the first time...
Let’s Discuss the “Dune” Trailer Via These New Images
So the Dune trailer finally happened, and it wow, was it worth the wait. Not that anyone is really surprised that Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve wasn’t the perfect person to adapt Frank Herbert’s beloved sci-fi novel for the screen. For fans of Herbert’s creation, the wait has been long—the last director attempt an adaptation was none other than David Lynch way back in 1984. The trailer for Villeneuve’s effort thrilled them,...
The First Trailer For “Dune” is Here!
This is our first good look at Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, and it’s a doozy. Your moderator for this virtual event is none other than Stephen Colbert, a fan of Frank Herbert’s original novel, who speaks with writer/director Dennis Villeneuve, star Timotheé Chalamet, who plays Paul Asteides, and many members of this incredible cast. Colbert chats with Josh Brolin (Gurney Halleck), Oscar Isaac and Rebecca Ferguson (Leto Atreides and Lady Jessica Atreides respectively), Jason Momoa (Duncan Idaho),...
Meet the Background Actors Who Populate HBO’s “Perry Mason” – Part I
On the west façade of Los Angeles City Hall, Perry Mason (Matthew Rhys) and Della Street (Juliet Rylance) step out of a car and begin to push their way up the long staircase, through a crowd of 200 protestors, angry about the child murder case Mason is working. But while the crowd appears to be jeering and shaking their fists, they are eerily silent. “It’s like we’re making a silent film,” says one of the extras, George Zaver, who performs as a press photographer...
New “Dune” Images & Teaser Ahead of Today’s First Trailer
You likely heard that a new teaser for Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming Dune remake hit the interweb yesterday. This little glimpse was released by Warner Bros. ahead of today’s big trailer reveal. Two new photos also accompanied the teaser (and more can be found in Empire Magazine‘s big spread and story)—the featured image of Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck and Timotheé Chalamet as Paul Atreides boarding—we think—a spacecraft, and another of Chalamet’s questing young Atreides below...
Costume Designer Analucia McGorty on Creating the Looks for the Groundbreaking “POSE”
Set in the Eighties and Nineties, POSE is a dance musical that juxtaposes several versions of life and society in New York: the downtown social and literary scene, the ball culture world, and the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe. So when it comes to what everyone in the show is wearing, Costume Designer Analucia McGorty—recently Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Period Costumes—has some challenging, and extremely fun, work to do.
“I’ve always been a painter and an artist...
The First Images From “The Mandalorian” Season 2 Tease Mando’s Allies
The Mandalorian‘s return to Disney+ really can’t come soon enough. The streaming channel’s Emmy-nominated juggernaut, the first-ever live-action Star Wars show, was a visual feast for the eyes. When we spoke to the series’ Emmy-nominated cinematographer Greig Fraser, he explained that The Mandalorian utilized cutting-edge technology that allowed the crew to literally bring the many worlds of the galaxy down to Earth and project them onto the giant LED screens the cast performed in front of...
“Mission: Impossible – 7” Returns to Filming As Christopher McQuarrie Shares Epic Set Photo
While The Batman has had to suspend filming in England due to star Robert Pattinson contracting the coronavirus, filming has gotten back underway on another massive franchise. Mission: Impossible – 7 has returned to production after shutting down in late March due to the spread of COVID-19. We know the 7th film in the second-most pedigreed spy franchise (behind the ongoing James Bond saga, of course) is back to filming thanks to writer/director Christopher McQuarrie,...
Mixing History and Modernity in the Hair and Makeup of “Mulan”
The original “Ballad of Mulan” became popular in China around the 6th century, was transformed into a beloved animated Disney feature in 1998, and now, after several months’ delay due to the coronavirus, is the studio’s most hotly anticipated live-action remake yet. So, for an approximately 1400-year-old story about a rural teenage girl who disguises herself as a boy to lead China’s Imperial army and save the Emperor, how do you even start designing everyone’s hair and makeup?...
“Raised By Wolves” Line Producer Cheryl Eatock on Building Ridley Scott’s First TV Series
As one of film’s most innovative directors, Ridley Scott is a master at transporting us to worlds unlike any we’ve seen before. So it comes as no surprise that Raised by Wolves, his first foray into directing episodic television, promises to be a unique, multilayered vision as ambitious in theme and scope as Alien, Blade Runner, and The Martian.
Unspooling in 10 installments on HBO Max,...
“No Time To Die” Drops Sensational Second Trailer
As promised yesterday via that slick new poster, No Time To Die has just delivered its sizzling second trailer. The trailer opens with an adrenalin shot—Bond (Daniel Craig, of course) is on a bridge with a car bearing down on him. Surviving the vehicular onslaught takes some last-second decision making and a literal leap of faith. The first words we hear in the new trailer come from Bond—”The past isn’t dead”—as he stands, panting and beat up but very much alive,...
“The Batman” Images Tease a Very Different Bruce Wayne
We finally got our first look at Matt Reeves’ The Batman during the DC FanDome event on August 22. The trailer—ingeniously paired with Nirvana’s “Something in the Way”—revealed Reeves’ fresh take on Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson) and the Gotham he inhabits. We’ve known for a while that The Batman wasn’t going to be an origin story, but we’ve subsequently learned it would take place during year two of Bruce Wayne’s transformation into Batman...
Bond is Back in New “No Time To Die” Poster Revealing New Trailer Date
Her Majesty’s most lethal weapon will be taking on a new mission before the year is up—or so we hope. Director Cary Joji Fukunaga‘s long-awaited No Time To Die is slated to hit theaters on November 20, and now a dapper new poster has been released, as well as the date for the next trailer—September 3. There has been a tremendous amount of excitement about this film because of the massive amount of talent and the fact it represents Daniel Craig’s last turn as 007...
“Brave New World” VFX Supervisor & Producer Thomas Horton on Peacock’s Ambitious New Series
For visual effects supervisor Thomas Horton, Peacock’s new series Brave New World, which premiered on July 15, presented a serious challenge. Horton was tasked with overseeing the streaming channel’s ambitious adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s legendary sci-fi novel, which despite being published in 1932 still contains so many unkillable themes and foundational science fiction tropes it remains fresh today. Huxley’s vision of a futuristic dystopia ordered by an intelligence-based hierarchy is equaled only by George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four in terms of cultural impact...
Emmy-Nominated Stunt Coordinator Hiro Koda Talks “Stranger Things” Action
Stranger Things Season 3 continues to track the bizarre mysteries unfolding in Hawkins, Indiana circa 1985. Blending sci-fi, action, romance, and comedy the Netflix thriller, nominated for eight Emmys this year, embroils plucky kids, led by Eleven (Milly Bobby Brown) in their ongoing quest to bring down the mysterious “Mind Flayer” monster. Meanwhile, Sheriff Jim Hopper (David Harbour), in between flirtations with local mom Joyce (Wynona Ryder), dukes it out repeatedly with square-jawed Grigori (Soviet-born actor Andrey Ivchenko),...
Go Behind-the-Scenes of “Mulan” With Director Niki Caro
We’re just a few days away until Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan becomes the first major blockbuster to head directly to streaming. The sweeping epic hits Disney+ this Friday, September 4. Now, a new behind-the-scenes video focused on director Niki Caro reminds us why Mulan got rave reviews from the folks lucky enough to see press screenings earlier this year.
“In order to bring this legendary story to life I had a huge vision for the live-action Mulan,...
