The Coen Brothers Morph The Ballad of Buster Scruggs into a Feature Film
The anticipated six-episode anthology TV series, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, is not exactly what we thought, as it appeared on the lineup for the Venice Film Festival today. The Coen brothers are always surprising us. Variety confirmed that their new theatrical and innovative TV show has turned into a movie and will be eligible to compete this Oscar season. For the Coen brother it’s go big or go home and they often seem to be only capable of topping themselves.
Peter Dinklage Enjoys Post-Apocalyptic Solitude in the First Teaser for I Think We’re Alone Now
If I found myself alone in a post-apocalyptic world, the first thing I would do was try to make contact with other people. But Del (Peter Dinklage) isn’t like the rest of us. In his empty town, formerly of 1600 people, he feels at peace. The first trailer for I Think We’re Alone Now, released yesterday, gives us a peek into Del’s world, just as it turns upside-down.
Director Reed Morano’s cinematic follow-up to her excellent work on The Handmaid’s Tale,
A Breakdown of How the Jaegers and Kaiju Were Digitally Constructed for Pacific Rim Uprising
Aaron Gilman, DNEG Animation supervisor for Pacific Rim Uprising, takes us behind the scenes of the animation work on the Jaegers and Kaiju. It’s always extraordinary to see how artists put together very unrealistically animated films, especially when there are 240-foot Jaeger monsters and their 300-foot rivals that partake in massive city destruction. In a Behind the VFX clip, Gilman explains a step-by-step description of the animation process,
Three Former Secretaries of State Will Counsel Tea Leoni on Madam Secretary
Secretary of State is one of the loneliest jobs in the world, which is why it’s good to have friends when things get choppy. Secretary McCord (Téa Leoni) is going to find that out this fall when she falls into a tough spot. Luckily, she has backup. Former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton, Colin Powell, and Madeleine Albright will be on call in Madam Secretary’s darkest hour.
CBS announced yesterday that Madam,
How Politics Inspired the Costume Design of The First Purge
The Purge films have become a phenomenon of fear, hinging on the normalization of horrific acts. The first film premiered five years ago, and the franchise seems to have been a clairvoyant warning sign as political tensions struggle for the soul of our country. Playing to the celebratory nature of the event, SDCC fans were invited to ‘Purge City’, a play on ‘Party City’ where every fun event begins. The First Purge takes a chilling look back at the environment in which parties were able to convince voters to allow the violent tradition.
SDCC 2018: Fall 2018 TV Preview
San Diego Comic-Con comes in the middle of the summer, just as the fall television season is starting to go into production, which makes it a great opportunity for popular series to send writers, producers, and stars to show exclusive footage and gag reels and meet with the fans. The Good Place set up an elaborate ‘Good Place Experience’ across the street from the convention center and next to a restaurant temporarily renamed “The Good Plates.” Visitors waited patiently in long lines to go inside,
Sadness and Laughter Punctuate Emotional What They Had Trailer
Writer and director Elizabeth Chomko’s new family drama What They Had has been buzzing ever since its official premiere at Sundance in January. Today is a double treat as the film was chosen as an official TIFF selection and we get our first look at the trailer. If you love a heart-wrenching drama like me, this clip will bring you to tears and remind you to call your mom.
The Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Blu-ray is Roaring with Great Special Features
Gone are the days of waiting a torturous half-year between a movie’s theater run and its home media release. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is still stomping around theaters nationwide, but in less than two months, you can have your own copy.
The details of the movie’s home release are here, and you can own a digital copy as early as September 4. The 4K, 3D Blu-ray, standard Blu-ray, and DVD release will follow on September 18.
TIFF 2018 Announces First Slate of Buzzworthy Films
Toronto International Film Festival started rolling out their 2018 lineup today. Although not every TIFF selection is a world premiere, it is often the first time the press and the public get eyes and ears on award hopefuls. The immediate standouts include Beautiful Boy, A Star is Born, First Man, and The Hate U Give.
TIFF boasted,
More Great Names Could Join the Joker in Gotham
Joaquin Phoenix likely won’t be the only big name in the upcoming super-villain origin film Joker. And he may not even be the biggest.
Recent developments via TheWrap indicate that young Vito Corleone himself may return to crime-filled storytelling, although this time, he won’t be the one behind the gun. Robert De Niro is eyeing a role and, if casted, it is likely the veteran actor will play Murray Franklin.
Everyone Wants a Piece of Alita in the New Alita: Battle Angel Trailer
Alita is a super fighting time capsule in the new Alita: Battle Angel trailer. In a post-apocalyptic world where man and machine merge, Alita contains technology that was thought to have been lost in a cataclysmic event 300 years prior. This is the second full length trailer for the film, and it kicks it up a notch. Less sentimentality and more action mark the new preview.
Known as Gunnm in Japan,
Disney Animation is Getting in the VR Short Film Game Next Month
Ever since I first laid eyes on a (vacuum tube) TV, I have longed to be immersed in a cartoon world. The colors, the characters, the sounds. I want to be in the center of it all. Disney is now making my wildest wish come true, as they so often do. The pioneer animation company is producing the first VR animated short film from a major studio, Variety reports.
Cycles comes from director lighting artist Jeff Gipson who has worked on four fabulous films,
SDCC 2018: The DCEU Lightens Up for the First Shazam! Trailer
With the brooding Man of Steel and its gritty successors, Zack Snyder indelibly left his mark on the DCEU. Movies like Batman v Superman and Justice League — but not so much Aquaman, from the looks of the trailer — are indeed darker than the average superhero flick, but they’re not without relieving moments of humor and humanity. Shazam!,
SDCC 2018: Mothra, Rodan, and Ghidorah Awaken in Godzilla: King of the Monsters Trailer
The first Godzilla: King of the Monsters trailer is surprisingly soothing. Giant creatures with the potential for humanity ending destruction are more awe-inspiring than fearful. For now. As Dr. Emma Russell (Vera Farmiga) rallies support for unleashing the ancient beasts, the end of the world grows near.
Even without the monsters, the predicament is unsettling. There are catastrophic weather events happening far beyond the control of mankind. It’s enough to make me run and hide under the covers,
SDCC 2018: Worlds Collide in the Wild First Aquaman Trailer
The DCEU has seen some major battle sequences in the past, but this takes things to a whole new level. Warner Bros. finally dropped our first real look at the standalone Aquaman film after director James Wan teased it last week. We expected to see bits of Arthur Curry’s origin and his introduction to the underwater kingdom that is rightfully his, and we got them. But by the end of the trailer we were promised an underwater war that could rival any that have graced the big screen before.
SDCC 2018: Favorite Beasts and a Long-Awaited Friend Appear in New Fantastic Beasts Trailer
Dumbledore has a particular penchant for sending proteges into the line of danger. Long before Harry was sent to fight Voldemort, Newt Scamander was the chosen one. Before he was headmaster, Dumbledore was a mere professor teaching schoolkids the Boggart-Banishing spell. As Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) and his followers begin to unite, Dumbledore (Jude Law) implores Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) to fight in the new Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald trailer.
Luckily for the wizarding world,
SDCC 2018: Location Managers Discuss How They Find the Perfect Spot to Film
They found Jumanji in Hawaii, Skull Island in Vietnam, Hogwarts in England, and Wakanda in South Africa. The script calls for a 1970’s gas station or a Jane Austen-era house of an earl or the topography of another planet? Location scouts are the visual artists and logistical wizards who find the places that you see on the screen and oversee all of the details to make sure the crew has what they need and that,
SDCC 2018: Elijah Recruits a Powerful Ally in First Glass Trailer
Elijah Price has assembled every piece he needs to play out his comic book fantasies. Limited by brittle bone disease, Price has found Kevin Wendell Crumb who, when he becomes the Beast, is invincible. Eighteen years earlier, he connected with David Dunn, his only worthy nemesis. Everything is on the table now, so where do we go from here? The first trailer for Glass lays it all out and drops some clues.
Sarah Paulson’s role of Dr.
A Remarkably Talented Cast Has Been Announced for Tom Hooper’s Cats
This could be the memory of a lifetime. Superstars of stage and screen are coming together for the ultimate Broadway classic. Picture Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden, and Sir Ian McKellen together and what musical comes to mind? If you were remarkably thinking of Cats, you are psychic. I never could have predicted the news that the aforementioned performers will all adapt the phenomenon for the big screen.
It sounds like a ‘Crosswalk Musical’
Lucasfilm Unveils Clone Wars Trailer for Surprise Season
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is in its tenth anniversary year, and Lucasfilm’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con shared that the company’s first weekly TV show is returning for one more season.
Season 6 of The Clone Wars was billed as the final entry in the series when Netflix took over distribution from Cartoon Network. However, as it often goes with the Star Wars universe, there were more stories left to tell.
