Kevin Feige Says Marvel’s Eternals Could Span Thousands of Years
Every day we inch closer and closer to the epic final chapter that will be Avengers: Endgame. The Russo Brothers three-hour conclusion to Marvel’s Phase 3 is the culmination of a whopping 22 films. It’s hard to imagine a larger film than Endgame, but it looks like Phase 4 and beyond will include films that make the scope of Endgame seem small-ish by comparison. One of those films is Eternals. ...
Celebrating The Little Mermaid‘s 30th Anniversary With Ariel
Thirty years ago, The Little Mermaid initiated the second golden age of Disney animated features, with a spectacular score, including what star Jodi Benson calls the “I dream” opening number that introduces us to the title character, “Part of Your World.” The young mermaid princess sings about wanting to explore the human world. “I want to be where the people are/I want to see/want to see ’em dancin’/Walkin’ around on those/(Whad’ya call ’em?) oh – feet.”
Jodi Benson’s sweet voice brought Ariel to life,...
Netflix Unveils First Teaser for Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman
The 91st Academy Awards was a hot night for trailers, and Netflix did not miss the opportunity. The streaming service chose to reveal a surprise teaser for The Irishman. The upcoming crime drama directed by Martin Scorsese reunites him with leading man Robert De Niro.
As you can see, there’s no actual footage of the film. This has only increased the hype, with the teaser immediately trending on YouTube and social media...
The 91st Academy Awards Were Packed with Powerful Moments
Wow, 2018 gave an incredible class of movies. It was a year that moved, inspired, thrilled and challenged us in innovative ways. We have been celebrating these filmmakers each day, but last night’s Oscars ceremony shone a light on the astonishing diversity and power in storytelling over the past year. BlacKkKlansman, The Favourite, A Star is Born, Bohemian Rhapsody, Black Panther,...
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World‘s Creators on the Trilogy’s Epic Conclusion
Director Dean DeBlois always knew How to Train Your Dragon would be a three-part series where fans would see its main character Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) grow up and bond with a loveable dragon named Toothless. Now in its final chapter How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World illustrates how the animation has matured in complexity and detail alongside its resonating story of friendship.
“Dean had his mind set on a trilogy that would conclude with Hiccup and Toothless learning how to stand on their own feet,” says head of character animation Simon Otto...
New Trailer for The Lion King Drops During the Oscars
And the Oscar for Best Trailer Drop goes to…
Disney unveiled its newest trailer for upcoming summer blockbuster The Lion King on Sunday during the 91st Academy Awards, on Hollywood’s biggest night.
This follows last November’s rousing first look at the live-action remake, which became the second most-watched trailer in history in 24 hours, raking roughly 224.6 million views worldwide. Jon Favreau serves as director, after helming 2016’s hit live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book...
HBO Reveals new Game of Thrones Season 8 Footage
We figured HBO might drop a teaser for their mammoth upcoming season during the Oscars last night. Sure enough, the good people at the premium cable network delivered, giving us our first glimpse at actual footage from Game of Thrones 8th and final season. It sure beats watching someone make a Cersei pancake.
The teaser includes looks at HBO’s massive slate, including Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen and,...
Cold War‘s Oscar-Nominated DP Lukasz Zal on the Perspective of Love
*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees.
Cinematographer Lukasz Zal won the prestigious Silver Frog Award at Camerimage for his work on Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War, a ravishing look at a romance over the course of 30-years and several thousand miles through Europe. Zal had worked with Pawlikowski on Ida, the director’s previous masterpiece, as a cameraman (he ultimately earned himself a co-cinematographer credit)...
Keep Your Eyes Peeled for the Late Stan Lee in Captain Marvel
The legacy of Stan Lee will live on for decades to come in his visionary creations in print and on screen. Gone, but certainly not forgotten, Lee will appear in the upcoming Captain Marvel. As is a tradition of all MCU films, Lee will have a cameo role and the film’s directors shared the first details about where we’ll spot him.
Fox 5’s Kevin McCarthy asked directors, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck,...
Oscars 2019: Four of Our Favorite Sequences
This week we’ve been taking a trip down recent memory lane. We’ve been sharing some of our favorite interviews with Oscar-nominees, which has reminded us of the sequences that made the year a special one in film. You know the way certain sequences walk out of the theater with you? Here are four scenes that did just that for us, playing in our minds long after the credits rolled.
The Casino Fight in Black Panther
Ryan Coogler’s groundbreaking Black Panther had so much going for there were any number of sequences that fit the bill...
Roma‘s Oscar-Nominated Production Designer on Recreating Mexico City in the 1970s
*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees.
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. ...
Here are Your 2019 Oscar Nominees
Here’s your full list of this year’s Oscar nominees. A few reminders on what folks have been talking about in the lead up to Sunday’s telecast.
Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther has made the list for Best Picture (one of 7 nominations the film received). This is historic; Black Panther is the first superhero film to ever earn the honor. Coogler’s Marvel epic joins BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite, Green Book, Roma, A Star is Born and Vice in this year’s Best Picture crop...
The Favourite‘s Oscar-Nominated Production Designer Re-Makes History
*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees.
England’s Queen Anne, who only reigned from 1707 to 1714, is hardly the most notable female British sovereign, but to watch her played by Olivia Colman in director Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite, one might wonder why this the first we’re hearing of her in so long. True to history, Lanthimos’s depiction of the queen shows her nearly constantly ill and in other ways unwell—she is in possession of 17 rabbits,...
Getting Inspired With Black Panther‘s Oscar-Nominated Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter
*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees.
Part of Black Panther costume designer Ruth E. Carter‘s many responsibilities included steeping the characters of the fictional world of Wakanda in a wardrobe that spoke to the real Africa, while retaining the mythic quality that the reclusive, technologically advanced nation required. We saw this in her work on the bald, beautiful and bad ass Dora Milaje,...
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’s Oscar-Nominated Directors on Being Bold
*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees.
Directors Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman asked themselves a question: how could they tell a story and be as wild and bold as they could adapting a comic book to the big screen that hadn’t been seen before. Enter Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Now the three are Oscar-nominated directors,...
How BlacKkKlansman‘s Oscar-Nominated Composer Channeled Jimi Hendrix
*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees.
Terence Blanchard landed on this year’s Best Original Score Oscar shortlist by crafting the stirring score for Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman. Based on a true story and set in 1971, the movie casts John David Washington as Ron Stallworth, a black cop who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan with his Jewish colleague (Adam Driver) by impersonating a white supremacist over the phone...
Black Panther’s Oscar-Nominated Composer on his Global Collaboration
The minute Ludwig Göransson finished reading an early draft of Black Panther sent to him by director Ryan Coogler, the Swedish-born composer knew exactly what he needed to do. “I called up Ryan and said ‘I have to go to Africa,'” recalls Göransson, who is now reaping the benefits of his due diligence. Additional to the Best Score Emmy he won, Göransson is also vying for an Academy Award this Sunday for his Black Panther music...
Roma’s Oscar-Nominated Sound Team on Making a Music-Free Film
Water sloshes in a rooftop laundry tub, a faucet runs, and the strains of a tinny radio shift to the quiet chatter of a family at home. Alfonso Caurón’s Roma depicts the daily life of Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), an indigenous maid in a white, middle-class Mexico City household, an employee who gradually emerges as a seventh member of the family for whom she works. Cuarón punctuates her days, shepherding four children out of bed,...
Can You Spot All the Iconic Easter Eggs in the First Twilight Zone Trailer?
This is it. The universe has shifted and that mysterious door is opening once more. Watch the new trailer carefully and ask yourself this question. Do you dare cross over into The Twilight Zone?
As you can see, I am a TZ junkie. I own all five seasons on DVD and then bought them again on digital. There didn’t used to be any of these measly 13-episode seasons either...
Taron Egerton Dazzles as Elton John in New Rocketman Trailer
Elton John is such an icon, it is difficult to imagine there was a process for him to become what we know him as today. The latest Rocketman trailer teases the wild transformation of shy songwriter Reginald Dwight into the outrageous rock god Sir Elton John.
We admit that Taron Egerton initially seemed like an odd choice to play the musician, but seeing him shift from insecurities to a dazzling performer, he truly fits the bill...
