New A-Force Fan Art Boasts the MCU’s Most Powerful Women

Even if Thanos wiped out every single male character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we’d still be in good hands.

Meeting the rising demand for female-driven narratives, Marvel Comics introduced the A-Force in 2015. The all-female team of Avengers debuted in the Secret Wars storyline and, sadly, only lasted a year and some months due to poor sales. But just because the idea didn’t flourish in the comics world doesn’t mean it couldn’t in the MCU,

By Joseph Gates  |  July 3, 2018

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Hair/Makeup

Good Skin and the ‘Western Squint’ Give Godless a Natural Look

Since the dawn of cinema, and on radio before it, lawless battles of good and evil on a new frontier have captured audiences. Then, Godless offered something entirely new in the grief-stricken community of La Belle, New Mexico. A town with a nearly all-female population, following a town tragedy, becomes caught in the crossfire of rival outlaws and they prove to be even stronger than their male aggressors. Godless makeup designer Tarra Day has worked on all manner of Westerns including Appaloosa,

By Kelle Long  |  July 3, 2018
There May Be More to Rey & Kylo Ren’s Connection Than we Thought

You’d think that, after seven months, a movie with a fandom like Star Wars: The Last Jedi would have been mined for every possible Easter Egg, every hint of lore, and every hidden indication of what’s going to come next. And you’d be wrong.

With social media, fans are able to construct and discuss theories with huge numbers of other fans at ease, and Reddit is perhaps the hotbed of this when it comes to fandoms like that of Star Wars.

By Joseph Gates  |  July 3, 2018
Kevin Feige Believes Black Panther is Oscar Worthy (in Nearly Every Category)

Superhero movies typically don’t garner much love at the Oscars. Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy was an exception, with his 2009 The Dark Knight garnering eight Oscar nominations, winning two (best supporting actor for the late Heath Ledger and best sound editing for Richard King.) If there was ever a superhero film that was going to give The Dark Night a run for its money, it’s Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther. 

By Bryan Abrams  |  July 3, 2018
The Losers’ Club Unites as Adults in First It: Chapter Two Cast Photo

We couldn’t believe what we were reading when the casting news for the It sequel began to roll out, but seeing is believing. Now we can bask in the image of the adult cast in all its glory.

The casting team behind the project at Warner Bros. have made yet another argument for why there should be an Oscar for Best Ensemble Cast. The old and grown Losers’ Club is pictured in the new photo,

By Joseph Gates  |  July 2, 2018
Wasp and Ghost Square Off in New Ant-Man and the Wasp Clip

The power of Marvel’s newest female forces is on full display as the countdown to release hits four days.

Suggestions that the MCU’s twentieth feature, Ant-Man and the Wasp, will place a heavy emphasis on the latter character have been around since the film’s announcement. With each new trailer and featurette, those claims appear to be true. The Wasp (Evangeline Lilly) has been front and center in much of the footage,

By The Credits  |  July 2, 2018
John Krasinski is “Definitely Involved” in A Quiet Place 2

Do: Be afraid of what comes next in the A Quiet Place Sequel. Do not: Worry about the movie being rushed into theaters by the wrong people.

Besides confirming plans for a sequel, Paramount have said very little about the follow-up to John Krasinski’s masterclass in horror. Krasinski wrote, directed, and starred in the 2017 film, but considering his involvement in other projects like Amazon’s Jack Ryan,

By Joseph Gates  |  July 2, 2018
Stomach-Churning New Skyscraper Trailer Will Leave You Reeling

On a sleepy Monday morning, Universal Pictures has one-upped your latte with an adrenaline shot that is sure to get your blood going.

With less than two weeks until Skyscraper drops and The Rock tries not to, the studio is teasing even more footage of its upcoming blockbuster, which also stars Neve Campbell and Pablo Schreiber. “Don’t look down,” the trailer tells us. But then, of course,

By Joseph Gates  |  July 2, 2018

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Costume Designer

Costume Designer Stephanie Maslansky on Bringing Harlem Style to Luke Cage

In the first season of Netflix’s adaption of the Marvel superhero comic Luke Cage, Luke, née Carl Lucas (Mike Colter) emerges from a quiet Harlem existence to fight his neighborhood’s most nefarious criminals. With inhuman strength and unbreakable skin, Luke is in a unique position to go head-to-head, or body-to-bullets, with local gangster Cornell “Cottonmouth” Stokes (Mahershala Ali) and his lackeys, and later in the season, Willis “Diamondback” Stryker (Erik LaRay Harvey).

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  July 2, 2018

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Actor

Skyscraper‘s Byron Mann Talks Dwayne Johnson, Action Pics and TV

Byron Mann is a remarkably versatile actor who appears opposite Dwayne Johnson in the upcoming action thriller Skyscraper, which looks like a combination of Die Hard and Towering Inferno. In an interview, the star of Arrow, The Big Short, Hell on Wheels, and Street Fighter, talks about the challenges of the green screen, getting fit for shirts-off action scenes,

By Nell Minow  |  July 2, 2018
Little Women Taps Greta Gerwig to Direct and Courts Top Talent

As we reach the end of another well-deserved Friday, here is news that will validate all of your hard work. Oscar nominated filmmaker Greta Gerwig made such a splash with her directorial debut that she landed one of the most coveted jobs in Hollywood. According to Variety, the Lady Bird director has been tapped to direct a new adaptation of Little Women. See? Didn’t that make you feel good?

Gerwig is a pioneer of the industry.

By Kelle Long  |  June 29, 2018
Raw Footage of the Mission: Impossible – Fallout Stunts is Mindblowing

As someone who cannot successfully execute a cartwheel, I am stunned by the behind-the-scenes of Mission: Impossible – Fallout. I try to maintain an appreciation for the insane talent that goes into making a major action film. However, something like Mission: Impossible is so polished when it hits theaters that I forget how physically involved it is. Put simply, Tom Cruise goes for it. He trained for a year,

By Kelle Long  |  June 29, 2018

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Director

Pose Guest director Tina Mabry On the Groundbreaking Show

Though the month of June is Pride month, Hollywood should ideally be celebrating the LGBTQIA experience year-round, in the name of diversity.

Luckily, a new show on FX, Pose, has premiered to great acclaim, and week by week is gathering an appropriately rabid fanbase.  Creator/writers Steven Canals, Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy (Murphy also directs two episodes) have built a story which takes place in 1987,

By Leslie Combemale  |  June 29, 2018

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Sound Designer

Sound Designer Gives Voice to the Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Dinosaurs

The roaring reptiles of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom sound simply terrifying but in fact, each CGI dinosaur required a complex blend of custom audio elements to achieve maximum impact. To create vocalizations that would distinguish one creature from the next, Skywalker Sound artisans pulled from an arsenal of elements ranging from Styrofoam and dental drills to snarling Chihuahuas. Supervising Sound Designer Al Nelson says “All the dinosaurs wind up in the same field running away from a volcano,

By Hugh Hart  |  June 29, 2018
A Magical Battle is Brewing in New Trailer for The House with a Clock in Its Walls

The House with a Clock in Its Walls just dropped a new trailer today and it is filled with adventure, whimsy, and eccentricity.

Based on the 1973 classic books by John Bellairs, the film follows young Lewis (Owen Vaccaro) who moves in with his quirky uncle, Jonathan (Jack Black). He soon discovers his uncle and neighbor Mrs. Zimmerman (Cate Blanchett) have a spellbinding secret. Lewis begins his journey of becoming a warlock,

By Justin Redman  |  June 28, 2018
Review Roundup: Critics Say Ant-Man and the Wasp are Better Together and Funnier than Ever

Ant-Man and the Wasp reviews are beginning to buzz, and critics seem to agree that Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne are the real superheroes we need right now. (Warning: Avengers: Infinity War spoiler) After half the universe was obliterated by Thanos, what we could really use right now is a good laugh and the latest Marvel movie delivers. Polygon’s Susana Polo called the film’s light touch “refreshing.” That’s exactly what I would want to hear amidst the Avengers’ turmoil and generally for a fun popcorn flick during the hottest days of the year.

By Kelle Long  |  June 28, 2018

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Composer

How Ryan Lofty Helps Make Every Day Sound Like Saturday on Harvey Street

Ryan Lofty comes from humble beginnings in Robins, Iowa, raised in a log cabin his parents built. With his insanely sweet, talented piano-and-organ-playing mother, he grew up in a household that appreciated music in all its forms. “I went through all the phases… played trumpet in high school band, went to college on a jazz scholarship, toured the country with a rock group, and ended up in California as a DJ… turns out, experience with a lot of genres really helps with producing music for TV.

By Macey Sevcik  |  June 28, 2018
Jared Leto Will Transform into Spider-Man Vampire Villain, Morbius

Jared Leto is reportedly making the jump from one universe to another. From the DC Extended Universe to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, that is. According to Variety, Leto is trading in the Joker’s metal mouth for some fangs as Spider-Man nemesis, Morbius.

The vampire villain has a dark and tragic story that seems perfect for Leto to sink his teeth into. (Yeah, I went there.) But really, it’s a pretty grim journey into night.

By Kelle Long  |  June 28, 2018
Your First Look at Kristen Wiig as Barbara Minerva in Wonder Woman 1984

The casting of Kristen Wiig in Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984 was wonderful news. What made the news even sweeter was finding out the multitalented SNL alum was playing against type as the villain Cheetah. While there are several versions of Cheetah in the original DC Comics, Wiig will be playing Dr. Barbara Minerva, a friend and fellow archeologist of Diana’s who encounters an ancient evil that gives her the speed and prowess of a cheetah.

By Bryan Abrams  |  June 28, 2018

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Actor

Mj Rodriguez on Breaking Out as Blanca on Ryan Murphy’s Pose

For many actresses, playing a lead role in a television show is a personal accomplishment. For Mj Rodriguez, who stars in the new FX series Pose, it’s so much more than that.

Rodriguez, a native of New Jersey who got her start in musical theater and has appeared on Nurse Jackie and Luke Cage, speaks of her casting as a triumph not only for herself but for all transgender women.

By Christine Champagne  |  June 28, 2018