Star Wars Actor Reveals at Least Nine More Films are in Development
Star Wars fans, rejoice! It looks like there won’t be another movieless black hole after the current trilogy concludes. As a veteran voice actor for the saga has confirmed, there could be nine or more future releases as Disney continues to push the universe in new directions.
The news comes from Tom Kane, the man who provides a voice for the character Yoda in the Clone Wars television show and multiple video game series.
Production Designer Ralph Eggleston on Creating the World of Incredibles 2 – Part 2
After a fourteen year interlude, director Brad Bird’s second installment starrring Pixar’s beloved animated superhero family, Incredibles 2, came out this week. As Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson), Elastigirl (Holly Hunter), and their children Violet (Sarah Vowell), Dashiell (Huck Milner), and baby Jack-Jack attempt to navigate a comeback, a first love, math, and a wild array of newfound superpowers (respectively), the audience is treated to a seamless retro-futuristic setting for the endeavors.
Production Designer Ralph Eggleston on Creating the World of Incredibles 2 – Part I
Fourteen years after Pixar’s The Incredibles anticipated Hollywood’s wave of superhero titles with the charming, animated, crime-fighting Parr family, director Brad Bird revisits the Parrs right where he left them — undercover, in a 1950s-era strip motel. At the beginning of Incredibles 2, Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) and Elastigirl (Holly Hunter), Mom and Dad Parr, have messily and unsuccessfully taken on a bank villain, and their superhero program is getting the axe.
Pinar Toprak Becomes First Woman to Score Marvel Film With Captain Marvel
Pinar Toprak will compose the score of Marvel’s Captain Marvel film, becoming the first female composer to work on a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Toprak is most well-known for scoring Krypton, a TV show on SyFy, and the breakout video game of this past year, Fortnite, and while those two are well known properties, her selection was extremely outside the box. Most of her film credits to date have been lower key thrillers and horror movies.
Samuel L. Jackson’s Mr. Glass is Back in M. Night Shyamalan’s Upcoming Glass
Samuel L. Jackson has had about every kind of role known to man, but he plays a great villain. His performance in Django Unchained as the cunning head house slave, Stephen, gave us all chills. Even in films like Pulp Fiction, where he plays more of an anti-hero, no one can forget his menacing delivery of Ezekiel 25:17. Now, his Mr. Glass character’s name graces the title of the third movie in the Unbreakable franchise.
Atlantis Glows in the First Images from Aquaman
Looking to plan a summer getaway somewhere with sand and surf? How about Atlantis? Atlantis looks cool. Highlights you’re sure to see include cool old maps, casual shipwrecks with gold doubloons, and full body scale bathing suits. EW got the first look at production stills from Aquaman and they are sure to inspire dreams of undersea adventures.
These are early shots for sure and we are still waiting on a trailer,
How Superflys’ Costume Designer Curated the Sensational Look
Costume designer Antoinette Messam got hired on December 18 to costume the suave hustlers of Superfly and on January 19, cameras rolled in Atlanta. “It was like the fastest production ever!,” says the Jamaican-born designer. Getting up to speed in a hurry, Messam went “power-shopping” over the holidays in Toronto, where she loaded up on Fresh Company clothing. She then scoured stores in New York, explored off-the-grid spots in Atlanta and scoured the web for online purchases.
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.
“There are tons of critics groups.
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’
