Kevin Hart Plans to Cheat His Way Through Class in Night School Trailer
We have all had some test anxiety and taken those exams where we wish we had the answer key. Ok, maybe even a few of us cheated on a test or two. We don’t judge. But hopefully you never had to resort to these lengths. The new trailer for Night School gives us a more in-depth education as to what the wacky comedy is about.
A group of adults, including Kevin Hart, have enrolled in Tiffany Haddish’s night school course...
How Solo‘s Craziest Death Scene Was Inspired by Indiana Jones
If you’re trying to outrun a squadron of TIE-Fighters while smuggling highly explosive, extremely expensive cargo, what you probably don’t want to do is fly directly into a maelstrom. Spoiler alert.
Yet that’s precisely what Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) does while at the helm of Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover)’s Millennium Falcon as they attempt to make the Kessel run (in 12 parsecs!) before being killed by the TIE Fighters and the Imperial blockade set up to stop them...
Lucasfilm Designers Created 29 More Concepts for the Millenium Falcon in Solo
There is hardly any more recognizable ship in the whole of the sci-fi universe than the Millenium Falcon. For Solo: A Star Wars story, Lucasfilm Design Supervisor, James Clyne, had to go back in time to imagine what the Falcon looked like before A New Hope. Clyne and his team ended up spinning off in nearly 60 directions before settling on the shiny new ship. StarWars.com went back to Clyne’s original sketches to shed light on his design process...
Tom Cruise Suits Up for His Next Flight in Top Gun: Maverick
It has been more than 30 years, but Tom Cruise is finally feeling the need again. The need for speed, of course. The actor tweeted out a photo of himself holding his iconic “Maverick” helmet, and, dare we say, it took our breath away. Cruise has officially suited up again and the Top Gun sequel is finally in production. We know Maverick flies the F-14A Tomcat, but it looks like all Cruise has been flying is a time machine...
A Behind the Scenes Look at the Na’vi from Avatar at Disney World’s Pandora
The Disney Parks Blog shared a video this week peeling back the curtain on one of the most iconic inventions in the parks, Audio-Animatronics. The park was built on immersive experiences where guests can meet with long gone historic figures or ride right into their favorite Disney film. Now, the Na’vi River Journey takes visitors on a cruise where they can float just feet away from Pandora’s Shaman of Songs. I had the pleasure of embarking on that cruise last summer,...
James Marsden to Star in New Sonic the Hedgehog Live-Action/Animated Adaptation
Pretty much any millennial would be able to tell you who Sonic the Hedgehog is. The blue gaming hero, recently inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame in 2016, appeared in the first video game I ever played. There’s something about bringing a video game to the big screen that screams nostalgia, bringing us back to a simpler time where we could immerse ourselves in new worlds every Saturday afternoon, without consequence.
James Marsden,...
Watch Wakanda Rise in New Black Panther VFX Reel
Wakanda is the marvel of super advanced technology at the heart of Ryan Coogler’s game changing Black Panther. The fictional African nation is at the vanguard of just about everything—architecture, mass transportation, communication, flight, high-tech fashion design—all of which is powered by their most treasured resource, vibranium. This technology is harnessed by the teenage genius Shuri (Letitia Wright), the kid sister of the nation’s king, T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman). In order to make all of this believable,...
Black Mirror’s VFX Supervisor on the Haunting Episode “USS Callister”
Each episode of Black Mirror is designed to be memorable in its own way, but none so far have spun what appears at first to be a mere goofy period romp into an emotionally complex depiction of covert malevolence quite like the feature-length opener of the show’s fourth season, USS Callister. Brilliant but overlooked Robert Daly (Jesse Plemons, once the beloved Landry of Friday Night Lights) is the creator behind an online gaming world for which his savvier,...
The Middle May Score a Spin-Off Starring Sue Heck
Last week we said goodbye to one of our favorite TV families, the Hecks. We had no idea what we would do without them, but now we may not have to find out. Who could be more appropriate to carry on the legacy of The Middle than the middle Heck child? Series standout Eden Sher as Sue Heck is reportedly in talks for a spinoff at ABC.
Deadline is reporting that The Middle creators Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline are in talks with ABC and Warner Bros...
A Major Shift is Coming to The Walking Dead Next Season
There have been a lot of shocking goodbyes on The Walking Dead: Beth getting shot, Negan’s brutal slaying of Glenn and Abraham, the bite that took down Carl. However, the most surprising death might be one we haven’t seen yet. Deadline reports that series star Andrew Lincoln plans to depart the show after season 9.
Rick Grimes has led the crew through all the brutalities that come with a zombie apocalypse, but there have been few survivors along the way...
How That Shocking Cameo Made it into Solo: A Star Wars Story
There were some beloved characters that were resurrected in Solo from Han to Lando. We were also super pumped to see the new faces including Qi’ra, Beckett, and Val. There was one familiar face we didn’t expect to pop up, however. We can’t get into it without some serious spoilers, so stop now if you haven’t made it to the theater yet.
Ok, let’s talk about that cameo. Yes, we’re talking about Darth Maul – double-sided lightsaber and all...
Avengers: Infinity War‘s Ending was Nearly Avengers 4‘s Beginning
Avengers: Infinity War has been out for more than a month, but in the event you’re just returning from hiking in the Himalayas, or a space walk on the International Space Station, we’ll just go ahead and say stop reading if you’ve somehow not seen the film yet.
Okay, so as we all know, Infinity War ended with the most brutal snap in history. Thanos (Josh Brolin) acquired all six Infinity Stones and, as Gamora promised,...
Jamie Foxx Nabs Long Sought Lead Role in Spawn Adaptation
What do you get when you combine an Oscar-winning actor with the creator of one of the comics most iconic anti-heros and a production company known for their consistent excellence in creating horror films? Spawn. That’s right, Jamie Foxx has nabbed the role he’s long sought and will be starring in Spawn creator Todd McFarlane’s film, with Blumhouse Productions (the folks behind Jordan Peele’s Get Out) producing. This will be McFarlane’s directorial debut,...
Queen Sugar Showrunner Kat Candler Leads the Charge for Ava DuVernay’s Game Changing Show
It’s no exaggeration to say that Queen Sugar, the popular OWN series, is changing television. From the beginning, creator Ava DuVernay committed to hiring only female directors, which has led to a number of other shows seeking women for their roster of directors and other below-the-line roles. This season, writer/director/producer Kat Candler has been given the challenge of maintaining this great forward momentum for women working behind the camera, as well as building on the expanding story central to Queen Sugar...
Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning Reunite on the Set of Maleficent II
Maleficent doesn’t look so malevolent in this behind-the-scenes shot on set. Maleficent II has begun shooting and star Elle Fanning posted a pic with costar, Angelina Jolie. The actors reunited in London to begin filming this week.
It’s bring your mom to work day on the #Maleficent2 set!!!!! ✌?
While Fanning and Jolie will be reprising their roles,...
The Five Moments in Solo that Delighted Us the Most
Change is hard, but Alden Ehrenreich made it easy for us. Harrison Ford so endearingly created the prickly and grizzled antihero, Han Solo, that it was difficult to imagine anyone else in the role. Ford endorsed Ehrenreich’s performance in Solo, and it turns out he has pretty good judgment. Ehrenreich channeled Solo’s essence and the script played to his freshness in the role. Solo is the most adventurous and lowest stake film in the Star Wars franchise,...
The Insane List of Cameos in Deadpool 2
Haven’t seen Deadpool 2 yet? Stop reading. We’ve got some major spoilers coming.
While we’ve interviewed the film’s screenwriters and makeup designer, we’ve made sure we didn’t spill the beans on the major cameos in the film. Arguably the biggest cameo, a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment about two thirds of the way into the movie, drew gasps when we saw the film. The moment was so brief you had to wonder if you really saw the face you could have sworn you saw...
The Gospel According to Andre Director Kate Novack on the Man Behind the Fashion Icon
As a fan of fashion documentaries, director Kate Novack knew Andre Leon Talley as the larger-than-life, high priest of haute couture. As a journalist- turned-filmmaker, she knew there was more to him than that.
“I’ve been watching Andre in many fashion docs since Unzipped in 1996, which is around when I was getting out of college,” Novack says. “It was always always this over-the-top [depiction] where he’d steal the scene but he was always an enigma...
Ant-Man and the Wasp Take on The Ghost in new TV Spot
Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man and the Wasp has a lot going for it. It’s the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to give a female superhero top billing, placing Evangeline Lilly’s the Wasp not only in the title, but the very center of the film’s story. It’s the first film in the MCU to premiere after the Russo Brothers’ epic, heartbreaking Avengers: Infinity War. And then there’s the new villain, played by the rising star Hannah John-Kamen,...
Costume Designer Ann Foley on Creating the Cyberpunk Aesthetic of Altered Carbon
Netflix’s original cyberpunk drama, Altered Carbon, has become as known for the multifarious aesthetics it draws on — from Blade Runner to the works of Edgar Allan Poe — as it has for its philosophical leanings. Based on the novel of the same name by Richard K. Morgan, the show’s premise is that 300 years from now, the body is a mere “sleeve.” The mind, one’s true self, is stored in a “stack,” a disc that lives in the back of one’s neck...
