Cinematographer René Richter on Creating the Sumptuous Head Full of Honey
When director Til Schweiger and his team shot Honig im Kopf, about a family dealing with a grandparent’s onset of Alzheimer’s, his team primarily worked where the film was set: continental European countryside, plus a bit of London. Minor interior replacements subbed Germany in for Venice. When Schweiger and his crew reconvened to film an English-language remake, Head Full of Honey, the settings changed, though the locations often didn’t.
The Justice League Comes to the Rescue in The LEGO Movie 2 Trailer
The first trailer for The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part was kind of bleak and despairing. Bricksburg was destroyed and there were super cheery alien invaders wreaking havoc. Fear not, though. All hope is not yet lost. There are still superheroes in Bricksburg, even if they don’t seem particularly super.
Our LEGO pals are not going to just stand by and let their friends be kidnapped by shapeshifting extraterrestrials. When Lucy (Elizabeth Banks) and others go missing,
Stranger Things 3 Announces a Summer Release
These poor kids. Haven’t they been through enough already? The Upside down, the Mind Flayer, the Demogorgons. That should be enough for any preteen years. Can the next season be called Awkward School Dances or Boring Summer Job? No? It’s still called Stranger Things? Fine, but please pick on someone other than Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) this time.
Your favorite supernatural teenage torture show dropped in on the New Year to announce its return.
Oscar Watch: The Favourite‘s Editor on Cutting the Year’s Most Deliciously Devilish Film
Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite is a delicious piece of filmmaking. Gorgeous to look at, actors having the times of their lives, and that special brand of merry malice that Lanthimos is uniquely capable of is all on the menu here. Set in the 18th-century, The Favourite revolves around Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) and rival courtiers Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) and Abigail (Emma Stone) who vie for her attention,
Writer David Magee on Recreating the Magic in Mary Poppins Returns
The character Mary Poppins has been as well known for a very long time. She was beloved in the pages of P.L. Travers’ eight-volume children series, and then she became something of a global sensation thanks to Disney’s 1964’s Mary Poppins. Julie Andrews made the role an icon, not just for the magical nanny’s ability to effortlessly tidy up, but to do so with her wit, vanity, and compassion ever intact. The film’s early seamless blend of live action and animation,
Oscar Watch: Roma‘s Production Designer on Recreating Mexico City in the 1970s
Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is one of the most astonishing film experiences of the year. The word experience fits, as Cuaron and his team created a lush soundscape that’s nearly as captivating as the shimmering black-and-white cinematography. Then there’s Roma‘s exquisite design, which recreates Cuaron’s hometown of Mexico City, specifically the neighborhood of Roma where he grew up. The focus is on a middle-class family and their live-in servants,
The Bone-Chilling Trailer for Jordan Peele’s Mysterious Us Has Arrived
How well do you really know yourself? Hopefully, well enough to outsmart another you if it should ever attack. This is the terrifying new premise that we didn’t even know we were afraid of until Jordan Peele made it into a nightmare. The first trailer for Us is here and it is more awesomely unsettling than we ever imagined.
Adelaide (Lupita Nyong’o) and Gabe (Winston Duke) Wilson look like loving, happy,
The Talented Screenwriter Behind the Lovable, Genuinely Fun Bumblebee
The Transformers franchise has been, well, transformed with the coming of Bumblebee. The newest chapter of the Autobot saga has been hailed for infusing the metallic morphing machines with real heart. Director Travis Knight is the first director to helm one of the films after Michael Bay, but much of the credit for pushing the explosive action films into an emotional new era goes to screenwriter Christina Hodson.
On the Basis of Sex: Editing the Origin Story of a Real-Life Hero
Every great hero begins somewhere. Before saving the planet, superheroes often channel their gift from the gods, survive the bite or a spider, or mutate after alien radiation exposure. The hero of On the Basis of Sex, however, began her journey of toppling titans and freeing the people in a place far more ordinary. A courtroom.
“When [director] Mimi [Leder] approached me initially about the project, I also had expectations this is going to be this grand biopic of Justice Ginsburg’s life and how she got to where she is,” editor Michelle Tesoro recalled.
How Welcome to Marwen‘s VFX Supervisor Transformed Steve Carrell into a Plastic Action Figure
Kevin Baillie was barbecuing in the backyard of his San Francisco home one afternoon in 2013 when he got a call from Robert Zemeckis. “Bob said ‘I’ve got this crazy script I want to send you so you can tell me what you think,” Baillie recalls. Five years and 64 million computer-processing hours later, Baillie completed his contributions to the mind-warping movie that is indeed, pretty crazy even by Hollywood spectacle standards. The challenge put forth in Zemeckis’
Jordan Peele’s Us Will Reportedly Be a Monster Mythology
Details about Jordan Peele’s next horror film are slim, but he’s already serving a serious mood. We got chills from the first poster and don’t even really know why yet. If the image is any indicator, Us is going to do to scissors what Get Out did to teacups. Take a mundane object and terrify us with it. The project is still shrouded in mystery, but Entertainment Weekly is starting to unravel the secrets with amazing new images from the film.
Tessa Thompson & Chris Hemsworth Suit up in First Men in Black: International Trailer
“We are a rumor, recognizable only as deja-vus and dismissed just as quickly.” These words come from Agent O (Emma Thompson reprising her role from Men in Black 3) as she preps the newest member of the Men in Black, Agent M (Tessa Thompson) in the film’s first trailer. Agent M is sent to London (hence the “International” in the reboot’s title) where she’s teamed up with Agent H (Chris Hemsworth) for an assignment that takes on global importance.
How James Baldwin Inspired If Beale Street Could Talk Costume Designer Caroline Eselin-Schaefer
In the beginning was the word, as set down by James Baldwin in his 1974 novel “If Beale Street Could Talk.” The movie adaptation from Moonlight auteur Barry Jenkins and his team drew on Baldwin’s text when it came to visualizing this story for the big screen. Costume designer Caroline Eselin-Schaefer says, “James Baldwin gave us so many cues, we wanted to honor him as much as we could.” The story follows pregnant 19-year old Harlem native Tish Rivers (Kiki Layne),
Hellboy is (Literally) On Fire in the First Trailer
Holy horns of flames. The Hellboy trailer is not messing around. It’s here, it’s sarcastic, and it’s totally out of control.
There is a ton packed in here as the trailer tries to exponentially outdo itself over the span of two minutes. Things start out solemn with an organized SWAT mission, but quickly take a turn toward the insane. The setup here is an amusing one as Hellboy is initiated into a team led by Professor Bruttenholm (Ian McShane) that “fights against the forces of darkness.” The irony here is that a lot of those beasts bear more resemblance to Hellboy than humans,
Agrabah Comes Alive in First Images from Aladdin
The new Disney live-action adaptations are a visual treat that draws us into worlds of imagination. Things that we dreamed about as children through hand-drawn animation are now coming alive before our eyes. One of the most magical and ambitious to adapt is the 1992 masterpiece Aladdin. Agrabah may not exist, but the first look at the enchanted kingdom from Entertainment Weekly reveals it is as rich in beauty and mystery as ever.
New Hellboy Image Assembles the BPRD
With the Hellboy trailer dropping on Thursday, Lionsgate has started to ramp up their promotion of Neil Marshall’s film, starring Stranger Things‘ David Harbour in the title role. Yesterday they revealed the new, horns-heavy poster, and now a new photo courtesy of Entertainment Weekly includes a fresh image and some plot points from Harbour. The new shot shows Hellboy surrounded by a fellow member of the BPRD (Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense),
Mary Poppins Returns‘ VFX Supervisor on Bad Weather, Mary’s Magical Entrance & More
English weather wreaked havoc on best-laid plans when it came to staging outdoor sequences for Mary Poppins Returns. Director Rob Marshall expected London’s usual overcast skies to accompany Mary Poppins’ descent from the heavens early in the movie. Instead, Mother Nature delivered a perfect sunny day. The UK-based visual effects supervisor Matt Johnson recalls, “It’s supposed to be all wind and clouds but suddenly London had a massive heat wave and we got a clear blue sky.”
Lady and the Tramp Will Reportedly Feature Actual Dog Actors
Disney’s live-action kick has delivered some gorgeous films. Cinderella is a confectionary concoction of gorgeous scenery and cream puff pastels. Beauty and the Beast is a bit more brooding but just as striking as the Oscar-nominated original. Among the most mesmerizing, however, is The Jungle Book that is arguably an advanced animation, but the visuals were an unexpected joy. Mowgli was played by a live actor (Neel Sethi), but the rest of the animals were CGI.
Elijah Seems to Mastermind a Meeting of Super-humans in New Glass Trailer
It is difficult to recruit fresh blood in your quest for world domination from inside the confines of a mental institution. That is unless you have superhuman abilities of mental manipulation. Then, your followers will come to you. At least, that is the case for Elijah Price who will finally come face to face with The Beast in Glass.
A new trailer for the culmination of M. Night Shyamalan’s stellar superhero trilogy reveals a little bit more about how Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy),
Todd Phillips Shares a Final Photo From Joker as Filming Wraps
It’s official—Todd Phillips Joker has wrapped production. The very intriguing stand-alone film starring Joaquin Phoenix as Gotham’s most iconic villain began filming three months ago, and throughout the process, Phillips has shared a few choice photos from set. We got a glimpse of Phoenix in a full clown suit, and Zazie Beetz in her largely unknown role, and the very first image which showed Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck.
