Writer/Director Brad Bird and Holly Hunter Talk Incredibles 2
It’s been a long time coming, but fourteen years after creating The Incredibles, writer-director Brad Bird has re-united his nuclear family of superheroes for new animated adventures. The twist: housewife Helen Parr, AKA Elastigirl (Holly Hunter), springs into action while her husband Bob/Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) begrudgingly assumes Mr. Mom duties for his super-powered kids Violet (Sarah Vowell), Dash (Huck Milner) and baby Jack-Jack. Last week in a West Hollywood hotel,
Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch is Going High-Tech to Steal Christmas
If Mariah Carey can gear up for Christmas in June, so can the Grinch. Illumination just released the second trailer for the new spin on the green grouch. The story might have aged, but the new animation is popping. The Grinch’s character design is incredible. We’re able to see each individual hair, giving the character the fuzzy, textured look he had in the book. Benedict Cumberbatch voices the Grinch with the perfect blend of disgust and superiority that makes the character so maddening.
Star Wars Creator George Lucas Goes Deep on the Science Behind the Force
In 1897, J.J. Thomson discovered there are smaller particles than the atom, namely electrons. Now, in 2018 we finally know what is smaller than the Force. According to George Lucas, the answer is Whills. The microscopic creatures were once intended to be the stars of Star Wars Episodes 7-9 and we would have never known the names Rey, Finn or Poe. Lucas relinquished creative control in 2012 after selling Lucasfilm to Disney, but the director finally touched upon his intended storyline.
How To Train Your Dragon Writer and Director Prepares for the Trilogy’s End
Recently, Dean DeBlois, the mind behind the How to Train Your Dragon films, sat down with Collider to discuss The Hidden World and closing the trilogy. It has been emotional for all of us to realize that this series is coming to an end. We have seen these characters grow old, change, come and go. We have witnessed the evolution of a society that once fought off dragons to one that will go to war to protect them.
Ocean’s 8 Production Designer on the Art of the Con Artist
Alex DiGerlando made his reputation as a production designer when he conjured the gritty swamp vibe for 2012’s Beasts of the Southern Wild. DiGerlando followed that stunning achievement with his spooky evocation of rural Louisiana subcultures in the first season of True Detective. Heist movie Ocean’s 8 represents a radical shift in milieu for the NYU-educated production designer. Working with director Gary Ross,
Cameron Britton Breaks Through Playing Real Life Serial Killer Ed Kemper in Mindhunter
Netflix true crime drama Mindhunter moves efficiently in tracking the origins of forensic science as experienced through FBI odd couple (Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany) until midway through its second episode. Then, Cameron Britton makes his entrance. Playing real-life 70’s-era serial killer Ed Kemper, Britton strolls into an interrogation room and takes the show in utterly unnerving new direction through his embodiment of folksy evil incarnate.
A frontrunner in Emmy’s Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series category,
Stop-Motion Master Travis Knight Brings Bumblebee to Life in New Featurette
Travis Knight is one of the most highly-regarded animators working today. The acclaimed Kubo and the Two Strings director is also the President and CEO of Laika Studios. The stop-motion giant turned out instant classics like Coraline, The Boxtrolls, and ParaNorman. Above all else, Knight is an artist. He’s adept at transforming something inanimate — like the materials he builds his Laika figurines from — into something human.
The Origin of a Demon that Haunted The Warrens is Revealed in The Nun Teaser
The Conjuring has had its fair share of terrifying spirits, but Valak of The Conjuring 2 may haunt us the most. Released during a seance seeking answers to the Amityville House killings, the demonic nun crept into Lorraine’s mind and frightened her with a vision of her husband dying. The first teaser for The Nun reveals that Valak has been terrorizing people for decades and she doesn’t fear anything holy.
Zoe Saldana has Wrapped Filming on Both Avatar 2 & 3
After almost 10 long years, James Cameron‘s Avatar sequels are really and truly happening. Word is that our beloved Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) has done what she needed to do—Saldana has wrapped filming on both of the sequels, Avatar 2 and Avatar 3, which are scheduled release is in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Last night at 20th Century Fox’s presentation at CineEurope, director James Cameron announced in a video clip that he is on day 130 of production on the Avatar sequels.
Wonder Woman‘s Steve Trevor Is Alive and Well and Living in 1984?
Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot just casually gave us all reason to rejoice. May we introduce you to my new background image on every device I own from now until the end of time – Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) alive, well, and living in 1984. Wonder Woman 2 has begun filming and Jenkins tweeted out this incredible image of Trevor soaking in the sites of a 1980s mall. She even wrote a little bit of context that is giving us some heavy clues.
The First Teaser Trailer for Tim Burton’s Dumbo Lifts the Spirits
If you’re looking ahead to 2019, there are few films as intriguing as Tim Burton’s Dumbo. Now we’ve got our first glimpse at Burton’s live-action retelling of the Disney classic, and it should put to rest any fears Dumbo purists had about retelling the story on the big screen. At at mere minute and twenty seconds, the teaser for Dumbo manages to make you fall immediately in love with the titular baby elephant,
Get to Know GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics
When entertainment journalist and critic John Griffiths founded the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association in 2009, the group, now known as GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, had 20 members. Today, it has a membership of nearly 200 writers, including myself, who cover film and television for print, online and broadcast outlets and honor the best in entertainment every year through the Dorian Awards.
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Witness the Making of that Deadpool 2 Music Video
What is the one foolproof thing that could make any music video more fun? If you have been paying attention over the past six months, you know where this is headed. You have to include Deadpool, of course. And he has to shake it.
Nearly a month after the Merc with a Mouth returned to theaters, Fox released a behind the scenes look at the making of the ‘Welcome To The Party’
1,000 Minutes of New Looney Tunes Are On the Way
Here a tune, there a tune, everywhere a Looney Tune. Warner Bros. is going to start dropping new and creative Looney Tunes content all over the place, and it could be really interesting. Our favorite iconic cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Wile E. Coyote will soon be starring in a series of short films. Once upon a time, the characters starred regularly on the big and small screen,
Harlem’s Queen Arrives in Luke Cage Season 2 Trailer
Marvel has dropped the second full-length trailer for Season 2 of Luke Cage, and Alfre Woodard’s Mariah Dillard is front and center.
“Black women have always had superpowers, turning pain into progress,” Dillard says in voiceover. In this season, it looks like she will be doing exactly that (Season 1 spoilers to follow). With her cousin Cottonmouth (Mahershala Ali) dead, she is free to run the nightclub Harlem’s Paradise and wield all of the power that comes with it.
James Wan is Bringing the Eight-Legged Monsters From Arachnophobia Back
As someone who recently put 12 spider traps in a one-bedroom apartment after finding a single eight-legged creature, I can confirm they are scary little beasts. Apparently, James Wan feels the same way. His company, Atomic Monster, is teaming up with Amblin to remake the comedy horror Arachnophobia.
Fear of spiders is one of the most common phobias, which makes it perfect fodder for horror master, James Wan. Arachnophobia was unleashed in 1990 starring John Goodman and Jeff Daniels and hundreds of Avondale spiders.
The Future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is Bright, Especially for Female Directors
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is going to look very different after the Infinity War arc concludes with Avengers 4. And in this case, different is good.
Marvel President Kevin Feige has already stated that the studio will produce another round of twenty films once Phase 4 gets up and running. There are plans to release Marvel titles through at least 2028, with three being released each year through 2022.
Review Roundup: Incredibles 2 is one of Pixar’s Best Sequels
We’ve all been patiently waiting a long 14 years for the return of our favorite family film, The Incredibles, and the time has finally come with the upcoming release of Incredibles 2. Writer-director Brad Bird had a lot to live up to from his first magnificent Pixar film that changed the game and set the bar high for superhero movies. The critics have weighed in—Bird has successfully reached,
Costume Designer Jane Petrie on the Royals Step Into Modernity in Season 2 of The Crown
Lushly shot, exquisitely produced, expensive and popular, Netflix’s The Crown is praised not just for its (mostly) accurate rendering of major and minor events in the history of Britain’s royal family, but for its credible portrayal of their homes and haunts and the clothes they wore there. The period costumes, executed in attentive, realistic detail by Michele Clapton and Timothy Everest in the first season, and by Jane Petrie in season two,
Sound Editors Harness Horses, Wind & Gunshots for Netflix’s Western Godless
When it comes to designing sound for westerns, seven-time Oscar nominee Wylie Stateman keeps his ears attuned to wind, horses, gunshots and what he calls “the ride up and the ride out.” Speaking from his Twenty Four Seven Sound studio in Topanga Canyon near L.A., Stateman says, “You need to capture the sense of the countryside and traveling by horseback because that’s what makes a western what it is. It’s all about the big sky and the ride up and the ride out,
