The Trailer for the Spike Jonze Directed Beastie Boys Story is a Sure Shot
Joy feels in short supply about now, which is why this is a good a time as ever to take in the first trailer for director Spike Jonze’s Beastie Boys Story. The saga of how three buddies from New York became, against considerable odds, global superstars, reinventing themselves and their entire approach to music and life in the process, is both joyous and bittersweet. Joyous because Beastie Boys fans will finally get to see a proper documentary about their unlikely rise,
Swallow Production Designer Erin Magill Builds a House of Horrors
Handsome husband, rich in-laws, and a stunning house might seem to provide a comfortable perch for the newly pregnant housewife at the center of Swallow. And yet, Hunter (Haley Bennett) suffers privately from a disturbing disorder hinted at in the film’s title. For the psychological thriller (now playing), production designer Erin Magill joined writer-director Carlo Mirabella-Davis in setting up a seemingly perfect milieu riddled with dark secrets.
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The Official Soul Trailer Reveals Pixar’s Latest
Pixar is taking a deep dive into the afterlife, the meaning of life, and the necessity of living your life in the (scarily) timely Soul. In Pixar’s vast stable of excellent writers and directors, few so reliably break your heart as Pete Docter. Docter has brought us Monsters, Inc., Up and Inside Out, three of the most searching films in the company’s history. In Soul,
Styling Teenage Romance With To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You Costume Designer Lorraine Carson
Costume designer Lorraine Carson has helped steer the look of the romantic comedy franchise To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (based on Jenny Han’s novel series) for the second and third films. As the franchise’s ensemble has grown up, so too has their wardrobe. With the second film currently available on Netflix (with the third film in post-production), we spoke to Carson about realizing character growth through costume,
Prepare for a New Dracula From Director Karyn Kusama & Blumhouse Productions
With The Invisible Man earning critical praise and enjoying box office success, horror powerhouse Blumhouse Productions is turning to the most iconic monster in Universal’s archives for the reboot treatment. A new adaptation of Dracula is in the works, with none other than Destroyer and The Invitation director Karyn Kusama. Folks, the combination of Blumhouse and Kusama is manna from heaven for all horror fans.
A New Spider-Man Spin-Off is in the Works
Well, this is big news. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 scribe Roberto Orci will be penning a script for a brand new Spider-Man spin-off. What’s more, this film will exist in the Spider-Verse world, enlarging Sony‘s web-slinger world, and highlighting a character from their still rather large archive of superheroes and villains.
The Wrap broke the story, which explains how Orci’s film will not be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe but rather will exist wholly within the Sony-owned Spider-Man world.
Early Mulan Reactions Praise a Stunning Live-Action Remake
Everything we’ve seen from Mulan, via trailers and featurettes up to this point, has been ravishing. Director Niki Caro’s upcoming live-action remake of Mulan revisits this warrior’s tale with the kind of sweeping, epic grandeur the story deserves. Yet like any live-action remake, Mulan had the difficult task of living up to its animated predecessor and striking new ground. Now we know that Caro’s Mulan doesn’t just look good,
Universal Archivist Jeff Pirtle on the Legacy of Noble Johnson, Harriet & More
When we interviewed Jeff Pirtle, Director, Archives & Collections at NBCUniversal last October, we learned, among other things, about Universal’s gleefully ghoulish collection of assets that touch upon the studio’s rich history of monsters. From the original set design from Jaws to gorgeous black-and-white photos of Bela Lugosi from 1931’s Dracula, Pirtle helps maintain some of the most coveted assets in the film world, as well as keep his eye on upcoming productions and fresh opportunities to extend the collection.
Emily Blunt & Dwayne Johnson’s Epic Adventure Revealed in Jungle Cruise Trailer
Disney knows a thing or two about turning their theme park rides into mega-blockbuster film franchises. That was the case with Pirates of the Caribbean, which spawned five films from 2003 to 2017 and was a cinematic juggernaut for most of that stretch. Now they’ve got Jungle Cruise setting sail, and they’ve assembled a pair of megawatt stars in Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson. They’ve also got a very able director in Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows,
Jude Law Stars in 1st Trailer for HBO’s Intriguing, Creepy new Limited Series The Third Day
The post-Game of Thrones HBO has been a very interesting place. When the premium channel said goodbye to its flagship series, it had a slew of well-crafted new series primed and ready to go. We loved Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen, which pulled off the remarkable feat of creating a show worthy of its iconic source material by giving us something entirely new. Another excellent adaptation, The Outsider (based on a Stephen King novel),
A Quiet Place: Part II Featurette Highlights Cillian Murphy’s New Character
The early reactions to John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place: Part II were more or less all raves. In revisiting the remaining members of the Abbott family after the thrilling, chilling events in his surprise 2018 smash hit, Krasinski expands the post-apocalyptic world in Part II. The early reactions praised Part II‘s brilliant expansion of the story, as well as retaining what made the original so,
The Final Trailer for Black Widow Highlights the Mysterious Taskmaster
Fully conscious but no choices. This is the way Yelena (Florence Pugh) describes the minions of the Taskmaster, the main baddie—or so we think—in director Cate Shortland’s Black Widow. Although the identity of the Taskmaster has been kept a secret, this final trailer for Marvel’s upcoming stand-alone film about Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff reveals at least a little of what this faceless villain is all about. The Taskmaster controls the Red Room, where future Black Widows are trained to be the world’s most lethal assassins and drained of their free will in the process.
Early Reactions to A Quiet Place: Part II Praise Taut, Terrifying Sequel
We’ve been eagerly anticipating director John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place: Part II since we heard the sequel was in the works. Now, with the first early reactions appearing online, we feel vindicated in our belief that Krasinski, along with his stellar cast and crew, were going to nail the follow-up. The first reactions hail Part II, reveling in the way the film finds fresh ways to tease out its central conceit;
Onward’s Story Supervisor on Crafting Another Poignant Pixar Tale
As fans have come to expect, Pixar will be hitting us all in the feels with their new release Onward today. The movie follows the adventures of elven teen Ian (Tom Holland), and his big brother Barley (Chris Pratt). They miss their dad, who died before Ian was even born. For Ian’s 16th birthday present, their missing father left a spell that would bring him back for 24 hours, so the family patriarch and his sons could spend some precious time together.
Chernobyl Creator Tackling Adaptation of Post-Apocalyptic Video Game The Last of Us for HBO
Well, this is interesting. Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin will be developing the adaptation of the popular post-apocalyptic video game The Last of Us for HBO. Mazin, who of course knows a thing or two about real-life dystopias (Chernobyl was, among many other things, one of the most convincing portrayals of what an actual apocalypse might look like), will be taking on the adaptation with the game’s writer,
The Byrde Family Doubles Down in the Ozark Season Three Trailer
Netflix‘s Ozark, created by Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams, and starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney as the perpetually stressed, incredibly competent Marty and Wendy Byrde, has just released its season three trailer. For the past two seasons, Ozark has been one of TV’s most reliably panic attack-inducing series. For those of you who haven’t dipped your toe into this deliciously diabolical crime drama, this series is certainly binge-worthy.
Mythological Creatures Stand In for a Very Human Story in Pixar’s Onward
In Pixar’s newest feature, Monsters University director Dan Scanlon’s Onward, the studio created a fantasy tale set in present-day suburban sprawl. Magic used to reign, we learn, but it was also difficult, and this world of elves, fairies, and centaurs long ago adopted and then adapted to technological comforts. Now, unicorns snack from trash cans in a whimsical simulation of Los Angeles, and the fatherless teenaged elf brothers at the center of the story,
What to Know About The New Mutants
“This isn’t a hospital…it’s a cage.” So says Illyana Rasputin (Anya Taylor-Joy)—also known as Magik—in a new teaser for co-writer/director Josh Boone‘s long-awaited The New Mutants. This fresh spot hypes up Boone’s approach to this X-Men spinoff, which promises to lean more towards horror than we’re used to seeing in our superhero fare. Of all the new mutants we’ll get to know, none seem quite as ready to fight as Magik does.
The Batman Writer/Director Matt Reeves Reveals the Batmobile
It’s clear that writer/director Matt Reeves meant it when he said that The Batman would be much closer to a noir detective story than your more usual, bombastic superhero film. With our first glimpse at Robert Pattinson in the cape and cowl, and now this look at the Batmobile, Reeves is delivering on his promise to give us a more down-to-earth Caped Crusader. This new iteration, which is a far cry from the tank-like Batmobile we got to know in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy,
A New Never Rarely Sometimes Always Trailer Highlights one of the Year’s Must-See Films
Writer/director Eliza Hittman’s new film Never Rarely Sometimes Always comes packed with festival plaudits and rave reviews. A new trailer from Focus Features will give you a hint as to why Hittman is regarded as a rising star, a director with the ability to take one of the most politically charged subjects—abortion—and deliver a film with exquisite sensitivity and intelligence. Never Rarely Sometimes Always took home the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award (Neorealism) at Sundance,
