Ryan Coogler Returning to Wakanda to Write & Direct Black Panther Sequel
Writer/director Ryan Coogler has closed a deal to write and direct the sequel to his juggernaut global sensation Black Panther. The Hollywood Reporter has it that the uber-talented young filmmaker has quietly inked his deal with Marvel, in what could only be described as one of the bigger “no duh” contracts in recent memory. Black Panther not only grossed $1.3 billion worldwide, but it was also a critical sensation and cultural touchstone.
Kurt Russell is the Coolest Santa in History in The Christmas Chronicles Trailer
Kurt Russell is the best thing to happen to Santa since Tim Allen scared the big man off his roof. The Santa Clause was a defining holiday moment for my generation and Kurt Russell is upping the ante in a new Christmas gift you can enjoy from Thanksgiving to whenever you take your tree down. No judgment. The first trailer for The Christmas Chronicles has arrived and Santa is real. Like,
The Truth Behind that Mysterious Unknown Suspiria Actor
The not so shocking, yet amazingly entertaining, ending to the Lutz Ebersdorf mystery has been revealed. Remember when that awesome Suspiria poster of the unknown talent was released? It had an air of the familiar and there were even rumors that the German octogenarian actor was not who he appeared to be. It turns out that those rumors were true, but the reveal is even more interesting than the mystery.
The novice actor Lutz Ebersdorf was credited in Luca Guadagnigno’s Suspiria remake in the role of Dr.
New Glass Trailer Teases Elijah Price’s Sinister Plan
“Elijah’s changed over the years. He’s given up.” These are the first words we hear in the new Glass trailer, and we’d be wise not to believe them. While Glass opens with Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson) locked up in an asylum and heavily sedated (Sarah Paulson’s Dr. Ellie Staple keeps Price dulled on drugs), we know that Price, also known as Mr. Glass, is only just getting started.
Ike Barinholtz on his Funny/Terrifying Directorial Debut The Oath
In a future that seems as if it could arrive tomorrow, American citizens are instructed to pledge their loyalty not to their country, but to the president. That’s the premise of The Oath, the first feature directed by Ike Barinholtz. The comic actor, known from such series as madTV and The Mindy Project, also wrote the satire, which begins as a family gathers for Thanksgiving dinner.
Barinholtz plays the host,
First Man Writer Josh Singer on how Great Moments Require Sacrifice
Screenwriter Josh Singer didn’t realize it at the time, but great things were just around the corner in 2014 when he and director Damien Chazelle first brainstormed their First Man movie about Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong’s historic 1969 mission to the moon. “It was actually a pretty low point for me,” Singer recalls. “The Fifth Estate, which I wrote, had come out and not done well at all.
From Hell to Space to Atlantis: Highlights From New York Comic Con
This was the 13th year that the Javits Center hosted New York Comic Con (NYCC), and it was massive. CNBC reports that this year’s NYCC was the biggest in its history, with more than 250,000 tickets sold (in NYCC’s first year, in 2006, they sold a bit more than 12,000 tickets.) This year NYCC also expanded to six other locations (The Credits hosted three panels at one of those locations),
NYCC: Sophie Turner Talks Dark Phoenix And Keeping Game of Thrones Secrets
Sophie Turner was possibly the most in-demand talent at New York Comic Con. The Game of Thrones star dropped into the Studio @ NYCC for an hourlong conversation about the colossal crossroads in her career. As she bids farewell to the resilient Sansa Stark, she emerges as the central focus of another epic fanbase. The actress has begun promotion for her starring turn as Jean Grey in crisis as a dark force from within threatens to consume her.
First Pet Sematary Trailer Reveals Chilling Reboot to Stephen King Classic
Sometimes dead is better.
Pet Sematary’s new logline is a perfect encapsulation of this Stephen King adaptation from one of his most surprising and chilling books ever. And now Paramount has released the first trailer for the film from Starry Eyes directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer and Nightflyers scribe Jeff Buhler. The film stars Jason Clarke and Amy Seimetz as Louis and Rachel Creed,
James Gunn in Talks to Write & Direct Suicide Squad 2
It looks like writer/director James Gunn may have found his first project in his post Guardians of the Galaxy franchise career. After Disney fired him over insensitive Tweets, Gunn had met with Disney and Marvel executives. It was unclear whether he’d land on another Marvel project, possibly keep his old Guardians gig, or, move on to something else. Now The Wrap reports that Gunn may be heading to Marvel competitor DC to write and possibly direct Suicide Squad 2.
The CW Reveals First Image of Ruby Rose as Batwoman
We were thrilled when we heard that Ruby Rose was going to be Batwoman for the CW. The multi-talented Rose is stepping into the role of heroine Kate Kane. Rose will be introduced during the Arrowverse’s “Elseworlds” crossover event (prepare to see The Flash, Arrow, and Supergirl forming a super-team and taking on the villains of Gotham City), and then she’ll be getting her own series next year. Now, we’ve got our first look at Rose as Batwoman,
Hellboy‘s Illustrated Poster for New York Comic Con is Glorious
Hellboy made a big, red firey splash at this year’s New York Comic Con. While the demon with the heart of gold was up against major franchises and fan favorites, including that 5-minute Aquaman trailer and the new footage from the upcoming X-Men epic Dark Phoenix, David Harbour’s turn as the newest member of the B.P.R.D. (Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense) was a hit.
Eddie Brock Knows about Spider-Man in Venom
Spider-Man is gone, but not forgotten in Venom. Peter Parker and Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) have some serious history, but the teenage web-slinging superhero did not appear in the Symbiote film. The two characters did not cut all ties, however. They’re still a part of the MCU and can’t escape their connection. Producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach gave Collider a cheat sheet for spotting the Spider-Man mentions in Venom.
Rian Johnson’s Knives Out Cast Keeps Getting Better
Before writer/director Rian Johnson was known for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, he had already directed two really fantastic capers. The first, his impressive 2005 debut film Brick, was a black-and-white noir mystery set in a California high school starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a teenage loner who infiltrates the murky underworld of a criminal syndicate run by his classmates. His third film, the sci-fi crime drama Looper,
James McAvoy’s Beast Comes Alive in Glass Motion Poster
Universal has just released a new motion poster for M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass which teases James McAvoy’s Beast, the invincible alter ego of McAvoy’s Kevin Wendell Crumb. This cool new poster hints at how the sinister Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), also known as Mr. Glass, has found the perfect foil for the indestructible David Dunn (Bruce Willis). The first trailer gave us a glimpse at Shyamalan’s surprising final installment in his trilogy (which began with his 2000 film Unbreakable,
Rami Malek Captures the Cosmic Energy of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody
If the average music biopic positions a microscope on a single character, Bohemian Rhapsody calls for a telescope. ‘Queen’ frontman Freddie Mercury is deserving of his chosen moniker. He’s a celestial body that looms large in the lives of every character on screen with an irrefutable gravitational pull. He’s bold, daring, brilliant, poised, and within moments you forget he isn’t Freddie Mercury at all. Mercury was notoriously inimitable until Rami Malek pulled it off.
NYCC: Dark Phoenix Comic Con Footage Sends the X-Men Into Space
At a Saturday New York Comic Con appearance for Dark Phoenix, Sophie Turner teased the X-Men’s first big-screen scene in space. The film will see Jean Grey succumb to unstable powers from within. The catastrophic forces will be unleashed by the cosmos. “It’s something we’ve never done. It pushes the bounds for all the X-Men. It’s fun to take it someplace different. This time it was really exciting and made the stakes even higher.
Watch Venom‘s Director Break Down a Fight Scene
Venom director Ruben Fleischer joined Vanity Fair to break down one of the film’s gooey, gruesome fight sequences. In this particular scene, we see Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), now sharing his body and mind with the symbiote Venom, take on a team of Life Foundation soldiers, the henchmen of the film’s villain Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed). Fleischer gives us some intriguing insight into how this propulsive scene was created,
The First Hellboy Teaser Slays the Crowd at New York Comic Con
The first glimpse of David Harbour as Hellboy brought out the happy demons in a packed crowd at New York Comic Con. We got our very first glimpse of the new iteration of the big red guy during a panel with Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, star David Harbour, co-stars Sasha Lane and Daniel Dae Kim, and a video appearance from Milla Jovovich. The two-minute sizzle reel absolutely slew the crowd,
Maniac Casting Director Avy Kaufman on Matching Parts and Players
Avy Kaufman segued from casting print ads to film and television 30 years ago, and based on the success and scope of her work since then; casting director is the role she was born to play. Her 256 credits, according to imdb.com, include a range of genres produced by big studios and indie filmmakers alike. Among her most notable movie projects are The Sixth Sense, Brokeback Mountain and Syriana. For television,
