The First Trailer for Netflix’s Highly Anticipated new Series Maniac is Wild

The first trailer for Netflix’s Maniac, starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill, is here, and it’s easy to see why folks have been so excited for the new series. The limited series comes from writer/director Cary Joji Fukunaga (True Detective, Beasts of No Nation), and marries his singular talent to a corkscrewing sci-fi concept with a sensational cast. Maniac concerns Stone’s Annie Landsberg and Hill’s Owen Milgrim,

Final Smallfoot Trailer Puts a Comic Twist on a Classic Myth

Channing Tatum is back for his first role in 2018, and he’s… hairier.

Of course, it’s not really Tatum who appears onscreen in the upcoming Smallfoot. In his place is a hulking, horned, fifteen-foot-tall Yeti who resembles the Abominable Snowman from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and has the voice of the Magic Mike star. Smallfoot, along with 2016’s Storks,

Watch Heath Ledger Become the Joker

Now is the perfect time to once again celebrate Heath Ledger‘s iconic turn as the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. With Nolan’s masterpiece heading back to the big screen to celebrate the film’s 10th anniversary, CineFix caught up with the film’s Oscar-nominated makeup artist John Caglione Jr. in a fantastic video that explains Ledger’s transformation.

Caglione Jr. had previously been nominated for an Oscar for his work for Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy in 1990,

Sir Patrick Stewart is Returning to Star Trek for a New Series About Captain Picard

The Star Fleet just got arguably its most legendary captain back (with all due respect to Captain Kirk). The rumor we’ve all been hoping is true has been confirmed—Sir Patrick Stewart is returning to reprise his role as Captain Jean Luc-Picard in a new series for CBS All Access.  Stewart shared the news on Twitter, as well as in a surprise appearance at a Star Trek convention in Las Vegas:

It is an unexpected but delightful surprise to find myself excited and invigorated to be returning to Jean-Luc Picard and to explore new dimensions within him.

Matt Reeves Blows Up a Theory about Upcoming Project The Batman

Matt Reeves is really harkening back to Batman’s origins with his new project based on the Caped Crusader. The Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 where he grew to become the greatest detective in the world. We often think of Bruce Wayne as a crime fighter, but he’s a man of many skills. In a panel with the Television Critics Association today, Reeves elaborated on his vision for The Batman.

Hillary Clinton Will Executive Produce TV Adaptation of Suffrage Story The Woman’s Hour

Hillary Clinton is doubling down on her foray into Hollywood. The former Senator and Secretary of State was recently on the set of Madam Secretary. Clinton will play herself in the October 7 episode in which she’ll counsel (fictional) Secretary Elizabeth McCord. Now, THR reports that Clinton will be pulling the strings behind the scene after teaming up with Steven Spielberg on a television adaptation of The Woman’s Hour.

Things Are Heating Up as The Predator Goes on the Hunt

31 years after Shane Black played Rick Hawkins, the Predator’s first victim, he’s revisiting the franchise as director and writer of the fourth film in the series. With it comes all of the wonderful nostalgia of everything we love about the films. 20th Century Fox just released a new poster for The Predator, which features the Predator in thermal vision.

The poster of the first film, Predator,

Chloë Sevigny Sheds a New Light on Famous Axe Murderer, Lizzie

Reduced to a caricature in a gory nursery rhyme, Chloë Sevigny is taking a closer look at Lizzie Borden’s motive for murder. Often perceived to be a cold-blooded killer, Lizzie take a big picture look at the events leading up to the crime. Sevigny’s passion project premiered earlier this year at Sundance, and the first trailer finally gives us a look at the gripping drama.

Lizzie strikes me as a similar approach to Sofia Coppola’s feminist retelling of The Beguiled last year.

Christopher Robin Producer Bringham Taylor on Bringing Adults Back to Pooh

Brigham Taylor was at Disney 15 years ago when he first heard the idea for a movie about a grown-up Christopher Robin reconnecting with his beloved toys. That movie has finally been made, with Taylor as its producer, and it was worth the wait, a lovely, touching, and utterly endearing film for the whole family. In an interview with The Credits, he talked about why soft, cuddly toys still matter even in an age of technology,

Makeup Designer Donald Mowat on The Darkest Minds‘ Subtle Sorcery

With a three-decade career in the film industry, you’d think makeup designer Donald Mowat has seen it all. The Emmy winner has worked on projects from The Fighter to Planet of the Apes, and we’ve already had the chance to discuss his masterful work on Blade Runner 2049 and Stronger. However, there are genres that have eluded Mowat for decades, and now he is making an effort to turn over every stone–and is having a great time doing it.

Rebecca Ferguson Jumps from Mission: Impossible to Men in Black and Doctor Sleep

Rebecca Ferguson rocketed to stardom with her fierce turn as Ilsa Faust in the Mission: Impossible franchise. In Rogue Nation and Fallout (which she shot while pregnant), Ferguson was a standout as an MI6 agent who went deep undercover in the Syndicate. Now, Ferguson is parlaying that success into more on-screen roles.

Per Deadline, the Swedish actress will appear in Doctor Sleep,

Andy Serkis Has Secured Animal Farm as His Next Performance-Capture Project

Andy Serkis’ reign as the executor of non-human character driven stories continues. Deadline reports that the performance-capture king has struck a deal to direct an adaptation of George Orwell’s satirical novel Animal Farm. Yes, the text of middle school required reading fame.

Netflix acquired the rights to the project meaning that two literary inspired adaptations from Serkis will find a home on the streaming site. Mowgli, based on Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book,

J.J. Abrams Reveals First Photo From the Set of Star Wars: Episode IX

J.J. Abrams sent his first ever Tweet out into the world, and it was a doozy. With Star Wars: Episode IX production officially underway, Abrams sent out his inaugural Tweet from set, praising his cast and crew, The Last Jedi writer/director Rian Johnson, Star Wars creator George Lucas, and the late, great Carrie Fisher:

Bittersweet starting this next chapter without Carrie, but thanks to an extraordinary cast and crew,

Brand New Avengers: Infinity War Bonus Trailer Boasts New Footage, Bloopers

With Avengers: Infinity War coming home via digital download, that means a lot of fresh material is now available. That includes behind-the-scenes secrets of filming, news on which characters survived Thanos’s snap, gag reels, deleted scenes and more. Marvel has now just released a new bonus trailer, with a bunch of new footage, some great line flubs (watching master thespian Benedict Cumberbatch mess up his character’s name is especially delicious) and details about all the extras you’ll be getting when you bring Infinity War home.

Women Take Charge in Our First Look at Terminator 6

Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions are ready to terminate one more time. They’ve just revealed the first official Terminator 6 photo, and we can already decipher a lot. We finally get a clear image of the film’s three lead characters, the glorious return of Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and the two new characters, Grace (Mackenzie Davis) and Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes). Another exciting tidbit is the return of the franchise’s iconic title villain/hero (depending upon whether you’re recalling the original film or the epic sequel, 

Mission: Impossible – Fallout’s Production Designer on Building a World of Mayhem

The sixth installment of Mission: Impossible premiered last Friday to critical praise and a series-best opening at the box office. Among the numerous elements that made MI6 a standout was the continuation of outlandish, death-defying, and yet quite scenic stunts, mostly performed by Tom Cruise himself, in the role of Impossible Missions Force agent Ethan Hunt.

Hunt’s nemesis, Solomon Lane (played by Sean Harris),

The Avengers: Infinity War Cast Member Who Cracked Up Most on Set

Now that the home release of Avengers: Infinity War is available, there are tons of exciting tidbits piling in to discuss. For something light, who doesn’t love some behind the scenes gag reels of their favorite movies? Well, it’s your lucky day, superhero fans. Avengers: Infinity War just dropped a hilarious clip of bloopers, giving us a deeper look at all the fun they had on set.

The Riverdale Composer on Mixing Melodrama with Archie’s Innocent Past

Riverdale of the classic Archie comics was a quaint and wholesome every town with a spotless reputation. In print for more than 75 years, a recent shakeup led Archie Comics CCO, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, to create Riverdale. The edgy soap opera saga finally acknowledged that so many rivalries couldn’t remain peaceful and there had to be a dark underbelly in the town. Criminal empires, student-teacher relationships, and murder mysteries plague Riverdale with the heart of the original Archie characters intact.

Sherlock & Doctor Who Showrunner Bringing The Time Traveler’s Wife to HBO

With the series finale of Game of Thrones looming, and Netflix’s incredible volume of original content, HBO is looking for lightning in a bottle with an adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger’s novel The Time Traveler’s Wife. Steven Moffat, famous as the showrunner for the acclaimed series Doctor Who and Sherlock, will bring the story to the small screen.

We’ve seen The Time Traveler’s Wife before,

Emily Blunt & Dwayne Johnson Have Infectious Chemistry in New Jungle Cruise Teaser

After the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise proved that theme park rides can inspire great filmmaking, Disney will adapt possibly its most iconic ride for the big screen. Co-stars Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson appeared in the first teaser for Jungle Cruise, loosely based on the Disneyland and Magic Kingdom ride. The clip is really just a minute of hilarious banter between the stars, with Johnson joking that they can be like “Humphrey Bogart and Kathleen Hepburn,” and Blunt even walking off stage when Johnson steals her line.