“A Minecraft Movie” Teaser Finds Jason Momoa and Jack Black in the Overworld

In the world of Minecraft, creativity is essential for survival.

Warner Bros. has unboxed the first teaser for A Minecraft Movie, starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black in the first big screen, live-action adaptation of the best-selling video game ever.

A Minecraft Movie comes from director Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre) and centers on Momoa’s Garrett “The Garbage Man”

The Villain Returns to Venice as “Joker: Folie à Deux” Makes its World Premiere

Five years after winning the Golden Lion at the 2019 Venice Film Festival, DC’s most iconic villain is back on the Lido. Co-writer director Todd Phillips and stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga walked onto the Lido on Wednesday to discuss their hotly-anticipated sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, ahead of its world premiere at the fest.

Venice was the place where Phillips and Phoenix’s Joker burst onto the screen and set off in what would become an Oscar-laden,

Amy Adams Unleashes the Beast in First “Nightbitch” Trailer

Amy Adams is on the prowl in the first trailer for director Marielle Heller’s horror-comedy Nightbitch.

Searchlight Pictures unleashed the beast for the Adams-led feature, co-starring Zoë Chao, Scoot McNairy, and Mary Holland. Heller’s film is centered on Adams’ frustrated stay-at-home mom of a two-year-old, an artist who now fills her time chasing after her son, cleaning up after her son, and talking about her son with other parents. She’s asked how wonderful it is to be able to stay at home with him,

New “Joker: Folie à Deux” Teasers Unveil Gotham’s Killer New Crooners

“There’s a romance to Arthur in the first film, like when he dances in the bathroom, Arthur has music in him, and that was a logical leaping off point for the sequel,” says Joker: Folie à Deux co-writer/director Todd Phillips about Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) at the start of a new featurette on the upcoming sequel’s music.

“We started talking about music very early on,” star Joaquin Phoenix adds. “We wanted it to feel dirty in a way that people don’t typically see.

A New “The Penguin” Teaser Reveals Gotham’s Mean Streets

In a moody new teaser for HBO Max’s The Penguin, we’re taken back to the gritty, grimy streets of Gotham as envisioned by Matt Reeves in his excellent 2022 film The Batman, which introduced Robert Pattinson as the new Caped Crusader and which included a standout performance from Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot, the rotund gangster better known as the Penguin.

The teaser makes it clear that The Penguin exists in a dark,

New “Agatha All Along” Teaser Connects Marvel’s Latest Disney+ Series to “WandaVision,” its First

With Agatha All Along, Marvel Studios’ latest Disney+ series is directly connected to its very first—the stunning period piece WandaVision, which tracked Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen)’s witchy work in resurrecting her lost love, Vision (Paul Bettany) by mesmerizing an entire town in New Jersey. Wanda’s sweet, bubbly neighbor Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) seemed another piece in Wanda’s dimensional chess match, easily moved and manipulated. Yet for fans of WandaVision,

Giovanni Ribisi on Shooting JT Mollner’s Must-See Horror “Strange Darling”

About 15 years ago, I was editing a magazine out of this small audio shop off Cahuenga Blvd. in Los Angeles, and in walked Giovanni Ribisi. At the time, the actor was already ten years removed from one of movie history’s most harrowing death scenes in Saving Private Ryan and was coming off the recent billion-dollar success of Avatar. But Ribisi wasn’t there for anything acting-related. He was looking for an audio cable for a recent camera purchase.

New “Jurassic World” Film Reveals Title, Plot, & First Images of Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali

Universal Pictures has invited you back to the world of dinosaurs living in our midst.

Their latest Jurassic World film now has an official title, a revealed plot, and two brand-new images. Director Gareth Edwards is at the helm of Jurassic World: Rebirth, which stars Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala Ali, all of whom are pictured in the new images.

Jurassic World: Rebirth is set five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion.

“Blink Twice” Production Designer Roberto Bonelli on Crafting the Sinister Façade of Zoë Kravitz’s Thriller

For her feature directing debut, actor-turned-director Zoë Kravitz (Big Little Lies, The Batman) has chosen a visually luscious, sinister psychological thriller, which she co-wrote with screenwriter E.T. Feigenbaum. Exploring themes ranging from trauma and misogyny to sexual exploitation and greed, Blink Twice also shines a light on the vast chasm between the haves and have-nots. Cocktail cater-waitresses Frida (Naomi Ackie) and roommate Jess (Alia Shawkat) are struggling to make ends meet when they are lured by the seemingly endearing and handsome tech mogul,

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” Scares Up Standing Ovation & Rapturous Reception at Venice Film Festival

Talk about a riveting return from the grave.

Twenty-six years after Tim Burton and Michael Keaton delivered their roguishly charming 1988 horror comedy, the dynamic duo, along with other original Beetlejuice stars Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara, were on hand in Venice to unveil their long-awaited sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The wait was worth it.

Burton and his cast were welcomed to Venice with a boisterous standing ovation in Venice before their film’s world premiere on Wednesday night.

“Deadpool & Wolverine” Second Unit Director & Stunt Coordinator George Cottle on Capturing Those Cameos

In the last installment of our conversation with Deadpool & Wolverine’s second unit director and stunt coordinator George Cottle, we covered the hysterical dance/action opening sequence and what it took to shoot the bone-crunching brawl inside a real Honda Odyssey minivan. Smashing box office records on every level­—the first R-rated movie to open domestically over $200 million, the sixth biggest domestic opening of all time—the film joined the billion-dollar club just 23 days after opening in theaters,

Gambit Lives: “Deadpool & Wolverine” Deleted Scene Confirms Channing Tatum’s Remy LeBeau Survived

The Ragin’ Cajun lives on.

Deadpool himself, Ryan Reynolds, has confirmed that Channing Tatum’s card-slinging superhero Gambit survived the climactic clash at the end of Deadpool & Wolverine. Reynolds shared a deleted scene on social media, proving that Gambit made it through the battle at the film’s end that included a host of other long-ago discarded superheroes, including Jennifer Garner’s Elektra, Wesley Snipes’ Blade,

“Sonic the Hedgehog 3” Trailer Shines a Light on Keanu Reeves’ Shadow

Keanu Reeves has entered the fastest movie franchise not named Fast & Furious.

The official trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 has sped online, unleashing the superstar as the character Shadow. Reeves is trading in his signature black suit from John Wick for the black fur of the speedy hedgehog who was first introduced in 2001’s Sonic Adventure 2 as a character who’s just as fast as Sonic,

“Terminator Zero” Sneak Peek Unveils High Stakes Action on the Highway

Netflix has released a nearly two-minute sneak peek at a scene from its upcoming animated series Terminator Zero, an eight-episode expansion to the iconic sci-fi franchise.

The sneak peek is a highway standoff in which a soldier sent back from the future to protect scientist Malcolm Lee (voiced by André Holland) rams her truck into what appears to be a worker on the bridge, smashing him and the car behind him over the railing.

“Deadpool & Wolverine” Stunt Coordinator & Second Unit Director George Cottle on the Comically Ultra-Violent Style

“Suck it Fox, I’m going to Disney World!” So declares our favorite fourth-wall-breaking antihero, Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), in Shawn Levy’s hilariously meta threequel, Deadpool & Wolverine, which is back in the #1 spot domestically for the fourth weekend. With Deadpool’s signature brand of acerbic sarcasm and self-deprecating humor, the raunchy action comedy often references the aftermath of the 2019 Disney-Fox mega-merger, which led to the titular duo landing under the Disney banner.

A Symphony of Success: Emmy Nominees Talk VFX, Composing, and Editing

We had the pleasure of hosting two panels this year—check out our first panel here— ahead of the 2024 Emmy Awards, which will be held live on ABC on Sunday, September 15, from 8-11 ET. For our second panel, our Emmy nominees came from a wide-ranging group of shows—Lessons in Chemistry‘s ace director Millicent Shelton, nominated for directing episode 6, “Poirot,” Shōgun‘

The Rewards of the Craft: Emmy Nominees on the Joys & Challenges of Television

We had the pleasure of hosting two panels this year—check out our second panel here— ahead of the 2024 Emmy Awards, which will be held live on ABC on Sunday, September 15, from 8-11 ET. Like last year, we sat down with some nominees from some great, disparate, challenging shows. In our first panel, Planet Earth III composers Jacob Shea and Sara Barone (nominated for episode 6,

“The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” Trailer Unveils Anime Trip to Middle-earth

Fans got their first look at The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival this past June, when none other than Gollum himself, Andy Serkis, was on hand to reveal 20 minutes of the film. But now, Warner Bros. has unveiled the official trailer to the rest of the world, and it’s a beaut.

Helmed by visionary director Kenji Kamiyama (Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex),

“Emily in Paris” Star Ashley Park on ‘brat summer’, Her Singing Chops, and Season 4’s Stakes

As the first five episodes of season four of the hit series Emily in Paris dropped on Netflix on August 15, fans were eager to delve back into the world of Emily (Lily Collins) and Mindy (Ashley Park) as they navigate messy relationships, major career changes, and general adulthood woes, in Paris. 

At the conclusion of season three, Mindy was dating her former high school crush (and real-life boyfriend) Nicolas (Paul Forman) and also found out she had been accepted to the Eurovision competition with her former boyfriend,

“The Daily Show’s” Emmy-Nominated Director David Paul Meyer on Jon Stewart’s Return

Last year’s Emmy winner for Best Talk Series, The Daily Show’s director David Paul Meyer snagged four nods this year, including directing the much-heralded episode, “Jon Stewart Returns to The Daily Show,” when Stewart returned to the show this February to cover this especially tumultuous Presidential election season. Starting his stint at the beginning of Trevor Noah’s reign as host in 2015, Meyer’s relationship with him goes back to 2008,