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, Neil Druckman. Both HBO and Mazin tweeted out the news:
Look for the light...
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. The first two seasons tracked the Byrde’s desperate departure from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks (Marty had a little problem with money laundering for the Mexican cartel and needed to skedaddle,...
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.
Here are a few things to know about The New Mutants before it hits theaters next month:
It’s been a long time coming…...
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,...
Rami Malek Hints at Why his No Time To Die Villain Might be Bond’s Toughest Foe
With No Time to Die a little more than a month away, Daniel Craig’s final turn as James Bond is just about upon us. The 25th installment of this venerable franchise has the makings of something truly special. Yes, it’s likely the longest Bond film in history. Yes, there will be a metric ton of action. And yes, the cast is, per usual, sensational. We’ve got the return of key players in Bond’s life include Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux),...
Watch the Stranger Things Season 4 Table Read
Watching the Stranger Things cast sit down for a season four table read is a great way to spend a minute. Sure, this is the briefest of glimpses and doesn’t really give us much new information, but, we’re still feeling appreciative after their Valentine’s Day gift. You remember the gift, the one where the Duffer Brothers revealed that Chief Hopper is still alive. In this new video, you’ll see David Harbour and Millie Bobby Brown,...
Connected Trailer Reveals One Family’s Fight Against a Tech Takeover
Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, the masterminds behind Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and The Lego Movie, have an unbeatable track record when it comes to animated features. This means you’ve already got two very good reasons to be intrigued by Mike Rianda’s intriguing new feature Connected, in which Miller and Lord are executive producers. Connected pits one family against all the gadgets that now pretty much rule our lives—our phones,...
Director Brett Haley on His Compelling Adaptation of All the Bright Places
Although he has just a handful of feature-length films to his credit, Brett Haley has become a master in creating character-driven worlds that resonate with audiences. The stories he tells are simple on the surface, but ultimately layered — from the septuagenarian romance in I’ll See You in My Dreams, to the legacy of an aging actor in The Hero, to the father-daughter bond in Hearts Beat Loud.
Now,...
James Lipton, Longtime Host of Inside the Actors Studio, Has Passed Away
If The Credits were to have a patron saint, we couldn’t do better than Inside the Actors Studios host James Lipton. The thoughtful, probing interviewer of some of film’s most talented directors, screenwriters, and, as the show’s title suggests, performers passed away on Monday at the age of 93. Lipton’s knowledge about the craft of filmmaking, and his focus on craft over gossip, made him one of the most trusted and insightful interviewers of the past two decades...
Palpatine was a Clone According to The Rise of Skywalker Novelization
From the moment you heard that unmistakable cackle at the end of the first Rise of Skywalker trailer, you had the same question everyone else did; how in the heck is Emperor Palpatine back? The Alpha Sith was dispatched in Return of the Jedi by Darth Vader. We all saw it. Vader’s betrayal was a major reversal, proving Luke Skywalker right (the former Annakin Skywalker did have some good left him in) and was a major reason the Rebels were able to defeat the Empire...
Artemis Fowl Trailer Reveals Disney’s Fantasy Sci-Fi Adaptation
Disney has released the official trailer for Artemis Fowl, which is based on the surprisingly edgy fantasy sci-fi books by Eoin Colfer. In Colfer’s series, your titular Artemis is a boy genius who is also, contra the usual conceit of such books, a villain. What’s more, he’s a fairy-napper (our term) who kidnaps fairies and holds them for ransom. Granted, it turns out that he’s not really a villain, and that his fairy-napping has a stirring,...
The Cast of Gentefied on Netflix’s Glorious New Series
Season 1 of Gentefied is now streaming on Netflix, which is cause for all fans of great content to celebrate. The show, which has been in the new “top ten in the US today” category on the site since its launch date on February 21st, focuses on an extended Latinx family in LA’s Boyle Heights. It follows them as they confront the gentrification of their neighborhood, and what it means to them as individuals, as a family, and as a community...
Mulan Featurette Explores the Film’s Sensational Stunts
Director Niki Caro’s upcoming Mulan looks quite simply ravishing. Now a new featurette focusing on the live-action remake‘s epic stunts highlights why so many folks are excited about Caro’s film.
You had to know that Mulan would be an action-packed movie. The story is centered on a young woman (Yifei Liu) who disguises herself in order to take her father’s place in the upcoming war with China. Yet what’s revealed in this featurette is just how technically ambitious these fight sequences are...
Here’s the Trailer For The Batman Director’s new Sci-Fi Series Tales of the Loop
The new trailer for Amazon Studios Tales From the Loop is a gem. It’s surprisingly low on dark visions of some future apocalypse or robots run amok. Instead, this understated but visually arresting 97-second glimpse gives us a taste of a show the streaming service is hailing as a “groundbreaking drama series.” Tales From The Loop comes from Matt Reeves, director of the upcoming The Batman, and is inspired by the art of Simon Stålenhag...
Netflix Reveals the First Teaser for Damien Chazelle’s The Eddy
We know by now that writer/director Damien Chazelle is one of our most music-obsessed filmmakers. His breakout film Whiplash and his follow-up La La Land proved Chazelle is deeply passionate about music. While he went on to make the thrilling space epic First Man, Chazelle is back with a music-centered limited series for Netflix, The Eddy. Chazelle created the series (and directs a few episodes) in which we follow a jazz pianist and Paris club owner named Elliot Udo (André Holland)...
Behold the Buzz-Worthy Trailer for Jordan Peele’s Candyman
Now this is how you generate buzz.
Apologies for the pun (not really), but the official trailer for Candyman, co-written and produced by Jordan Peele, is here, and bees play a fairly significant part. Peele’s “spiritual sequel” to the 1992 original, directed by rising star Nia DaCosta (Little Woods), looks straight-up fantastic.
We now know that Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman, ...
No Time To Die Will be The Longest James Bond Movie Ever
It looks like Daniel Craig’s last mission as her Majesty’s most lethal 007 will be the longest in history. CNET reports that No Time To Die is a 2 hour, 43-minute affair, topping Sam Mendes 2015 Spectre by 15 minutes. That is quite a lot of time to die, as just about everyone is now joking.
Everything we’ve seen and heard about No Time To Die has us excited,...
