Behold one of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s Best Effects
Now that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has closed out the 9-film Skywalker Saga, it’ll be some time until we visit that galaxy far, far away—December 2022 to be exact. Now, then, is the time for a bit of galactic reflection. With The Rise of Skywalker nabbing 3 Oscars—for Best Sound Editing, Best Visual Effects, and Best Original Score—there is still time to celebrate the final installment in the saga.
Bad Boys for Life Review Round-Up: Will Smith & Martin Lawrence Bring Their A Game
The reviews are in for latest entry into the long-dormant Bad Boys franchise from directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Bad Boys for Life stars, of course, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, as former Miami PD partners Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, respectively. The third installment in the Bad Boys franchise sees our titular Miami detectives in vastly different places in their lives, albeit both irrefutably now middle-aged.
Marvel’s The Eternals Will Explore a Post Avengers: Endgame World
We’ve been looking for information on one of Marvel’s most secretive projects, their upcoming epic The Eternals, far and wide. Marvel teased the film at last summer’s Comic-Con, when they invited fans to learn more about this ancient alien race with this tweet:
Who are The Eternals? Get the full lowdown on this god-like race of super-beings with a new #MarvelUnlimited reading list: https://t.co/gr18sZTI8U pic.twitter.com/BK6GDNLWrN
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) July 16,
The Past & the Future Collide in Black Widow “Legacy” Featurette
Yesterday, Marvel released a brand new Black Widow “Special Look” that gave us fresh footage from the first stand-alone feature for Scarlett Johansson’s iconic super-assassin. It also revealed a better glimpse at the film’s nominal villain—the Taskmaster—whose identity has been a closely guarded secret. Today, Marvel has released a new featurette entitled “Legacy,” which looks at the history of Johansson’s character, dating all the way back to her first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Iron Man 2.
Billie Eilish Wrote & Will Perform the Theme Song for 25th Bond Film No Time to Die
The 25th Bond film has found its theme song artist. Billie Eilish is the latest superstar to write and perform the theme song for the venerable super spy franchise’s 25th installment No Time To Die, following the likes of Adele (Skyfall), Shirley Bassey (Goldfinger), Paul McCartney (Live and Let Die), Carly Simon (The Spy Who Loved Me),
Director Destin Daniel Cretton on Adapting Bryan’s Stevenson’s Just Mercy
Destin Daniel Cretton remembers the exact moment back in 2015 when he first came to learn of Bryan Stevenson, the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. The day didn’t seem out of the ordinary for the filmmaker. But looking back, it turned out to be a career-defining moment for Cretton.
“I was sitting in a coffee shop in LA called the Bourgeois Pig when I opened up a book called Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson,” says Cretton.
Vin Diesel’s a Tortured Superhero in New Bloodshot Trailer
Sony has released the second trailer for Bloodshot (you can watch the gnarly first trailer here), which stars Vin Diesel as Ray Garrison, a soldier who is killed in action while serving his country. Only Ray’s death doesn’t last long; thanks to a company called RST (Rising Spirit Technologies), Ray’s brought back to life. When he wakes up—with a scientist played by the reliably sinister Guy Pearce awaiting him—Ray learns he’s been brought back from the dead with a few,
The Taskmaster Appears in New Black Widow Special Look
The first trailer for Black Widow was a thrilling glimpse at the long-awaited stand-alone film for Scarlett Johansson’s superhero. We got a good sense of how director Cate Shortland was handling the story of Natasha Romanoff (Johansson)’s life before she became an Avenger. Now Marvel has released a “Special Look” that reveals more footage from Shortland and Johansson’s film, which will shed more light on the program run by the KGB that turned women like Natasha—and her sister Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh)—into super assassins known as Black Widows.
Jared Leto is Morbius in First Trailer for the Blood-Sucking Superhero Film
While Marvel is beginning its’ Phase 4 and DC has a slew of upcoming projects, from Birds of Prey to The Batman, Sony has just released the first teaser trailer Morbius, which finds Jared Leto in the title role as Dr. Michael Morbius, one of Marvel’s more complicated antiheroes. Directed by Daniel Espinoza, Morbius tells the story of its titular doctor Michael Morbius attempting to save other people suffering from the same fatal blood disease he has.
Matt Reeves The Batman to Turn Glasgow Into Gotham
Nearly all of the news we’ve been hearing about Matt Reeves upcoming The Batman has revolved around the superb cast. We’ve known for a long time that the new caped crusader would be played by Robert Pattinson, and since, then, an excellent supporting cast has been growing around him. Jeffrey Wright as Commissioner Gordon, Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, Paul Dano as the Riddler, Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot (better known as the Penguin),
Westworld Season 3 Date Announced in Cryptic New Video
Westworld‘s beguiling third season just got a very cryptic date announcement video. How cryptic? We’re given not only the date when HBO’s expansive, ambitious sci-fi series returns but also a series of crucial dates within the show’s universe that seem to reveal more about the world outside the titular theme park then we’ve ever known about before. The dates include 6/12/19, the date of the first of a series of “Divergences,”
Joker Nabs 11 Oscar Nominations as 2020 Oscar Nominees are Revealed
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 2020 Academy Awards nominees. There are some surprises, some snubs, and some predictable nominees. The Best Picture category includes 9 films this year. Todd Phillips’ Joker leads the pack with 11 nominations, while Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is close behind with 10.
This year’s host-less telecast, the 92nds Academy Awards, will air live on ABC on February 9th,
Devs Trailer Reveals Annihilation & Ex Machina Director’s Intriguing new Series
So you were a fan of Alex Garland‘s Ex Machina (2014) and Annihilation (2018)? Yeah, us too. Garland has made a name for himself as one of the most compelling writer/directors of sci-fi in the business. Ex Machina took the artificial intelligence run amok narrative and made something wholly new (with an incredible trio of cast members in Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, and Domhnall Gleeson).
Virgin River Editor Nicole Ratcliffe on Cutting to Where it Counts
Editor Nicole Ratcliffe has an unusual story to tell—she began editing right out of film school. Why this is unusual is it usually takes some time before you’re properly cutting scenes in the editing room, but for Ratcliffe, who grew up in Vancouver and works there, she began editing more or less immediately. Not only that, she worked on so many visual effects-heavy projects that she became a visual effects editor.
“I went to Vancouver film school,
The New Birds of Prey Trailer is a Total Scream
Now that’s a trailer, folks. Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is one of 2020’s most anticipated films, and this new trailer will only increase the excitement. Birds of Prey airlifts Suicide Squad‘s main attraction—Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn—and plops her down in Gotham with a bunch of new friends and a proper enemy to take on. Harley no longer has her sociopathic sidekick to steal screen time (Jared Leto’s Joker),
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Drops Delightful Music Video Ahead of Season 3
Just because her boyfriend’s been sent to hell doesn’t mean Sabrina (Kiernan Shipka) is giving up on him. Not even close. In a very charming, let’s go ahead and callig it a “chilling” new music video just released by Netflix, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is teasing season 3 with a devilish beat and a nasty hook. The song is called “Straight to Hell” by Sabrina Spellman & Lovecraft. The vocals are in fact supplied by Kiernan Shipka herself,
Dolemite Is My Name’s Oscar-Shortlisted Makeup & Hairstyling Team on Capturing an Era
“There was a lot of collaboration among us,” says Vera Steimberg, who was the co-department makeup head on the collaboration between Eddie Murphy and Netflix on Dolemite Is My Name. The film itself recounts the historical collaboration of self-produced blaxploitation movie icon Rudy Ray Moore, who produced the original Dolemite, then “four-walled” it—exhibiting it himself—until it was eventually picked up by a distributor for expansion into both more movie screens, eventual video,
New Underwater Clip Reveals Kristen Stewart in Deep Sea Danger
The first three months of the year were once a bit of a wasteland for film releases, but that was then. In just the past four years, Tim Miller’s Deadpool, Jordan Peele’s first two features, Get Out and Us, and James Mangold’s Logan have all been released early in the year’s schedule. Which brings us to William Eubank’s Underwater, starring Kristen Stewart as Norah,
Oscar Watch: The Lion King’s VFX Supervisor’s Groundbreaking New Techniques
Earlier this year, Disney’s live-action remake of The Lion King landed as both a critical and box office hit. Pride Rock looked stunning. The animals appeared real. No creatures were harmed in the making of the film, and Beyoncé herself played Nala, protagonist Simba’s level-headed love interest and future queen. Alongside a star-studded cast, The Lion King also broke new ground in visual effects,
In Fact-Based Just Mercy, Editor Nat Sanders Cuts to the Truth
Before editor Nat Sanders earned an Oscar nomination for cutting Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, he forged a tight bond with filmmaker Destin Cretton. Their latest collaboration, Just Mercy (opening wide Friday, Jan. 10), casts Michael B. Jordan as real-life lawyer Bryan Stevenson who goes to bat for Death Row inmate Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx) by proving he’s been framed by Alabama law enforcement authorities.
Sanders broke into feature films when he edited Florida State University classmate Barry Jenkins’
