Breaking Thor’s Hammer in Thor: Ragnarok Was no Easy Feat
We’ve paid proper due Mjolnir, Thor’s mighty hammer, in this piece that functioned as a video obituary for one of the most iconic weapons in all of the MCU. Made from a chunk of Uru that Thor’s father Odin had lying around (he had defeated a cosmic storm called the God Tempest and trapped said God inside the rocky chunk), Odin ordered the Dwarves of Nidavellir to forge Mojlni from the God-containing chunk. This particularly wild backstory aside, ...
Budding Relationships May Be The Scariest Thing About Stranger Things Season 3
Details about Stranger Things season 3 have been slowly dripping out of the Upside Down. We already know the total episode count, some new characters on the way (including casting Maya Thuman-Hawke) and more prominent story arcs for returning cast members. But now we are finally getting more details about what our team of heroes may face in the coming season.
THR reported on shows cast and crew Paleyfest Panel appearance,...
Director James Wan Counsels Patience for First Aquaman Trailer
Movie fans, especially fans of superhero and franchise films from Marvel, DC and a certain galaxy far, far away can be a an impatient bunch. For example, there was a lot of angst regarding what was taking Lucasfilm and Disney so long to release the Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer (and then one dropped during the Super Bowl, and the peopled were most content, and they rested). There is a similar amount of agita regarding footage for James Wan’s Aquaman, ...
Love, Simon Shares Musical Inspiration with Coming of Age Films of the ’80s
Entertainment in the 1980s took kids seriously. Young people faced serious problems in a mature, yet whimsical that honored the anxious, dramatic phase they were in. Look no further than the Brat Pack, who have been summoned into current discussions about teens across the country protesting gun violence, only to find themselves getting detentions for their walkouts. Once forced together again by school authorities who didn’t think it through, these kids were able to protest yet again...
The Big Sick Director Michael Showalter Directing New Christmas Movie Starring Octavia Spencer & Jessica Chastain
This year’s winter holiday season just got more exciting, with the re-pairing of one of our favorite onscreen duos from recent(ish) years. Variety reports that Michael Showalter (The Big Sick) has been confirmed as director for a new Christmas comedy coming out this winter, starring Octavia Spencer and Jessica Chastain. They’ll be playing “two women fighting the elements to make it home for Christmas,” which makes us extremely excited for a Planes,...
Production Designer Paul Harrod on Building Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson’s latest caper, Isle of Dogs, premieres today after a warm reception last month as the opening night film at the Berlinale. The film sees Anderson making a return to stop motion animation, following The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and working in both Japanese (the human characters) and English (the canines, who are presumed to be speaking translated dog). A complex set involves a past-futuristic fictional Japanese city, called Megasaki, and a forlorn yet scenic Trash Island,...
Accept, Enjoy, Enthuse: Jeff Goldblum on his Mantra, Isle of Dogs & More
Jeff Goldblum is a bon vivant at heart. He always seems to be having a good time no matter what he is doing. No wonder he told Vanity Fair that his mantra is “Accept, enjoy, enthuse.” Even when he is only heard and not seen, as is the case in Wes Anderson’s stop-motion, Japanese-infused adventure Isle of Dogs, the 65-year-old actor brings joy to his role as Duke, a gossip-mongering member of a pack of misfit alpha canines banished to a trash-piled island by a corrupt mayor...
Pacific Rim: Uprising‘s VFX Supervisor on Creating 300-Foot Monsters in Photo-Realistic backdrops
When he was a British schoolboy, Peter Chiang used to stand in the local bookstore staring at the covers of science fiction paperbacks and dreaming about fantastical scenarios. “I just loved the imagery,” says Chiang. “I started illustrating space ships and monsters and creatures, growing up on Thunderbirds sci-fi cartoon series here in the UK, and watching Blade Runner, which had a huge impact on my life. I remember thinking ‘I want to do that.'”...
HBO Reveals Brand New Westworld Season 2 Poster & Images
On Monday, we were talking about what Westworld season two’s working title might mean for where the show is headed. Today, we’re wondering if this robot vulture represents the Man in Black (Ed Harris), or fed on his carcass. Okay, not literally, as HBO has released new images from the first two episodes of the new season, and the Man in Black is prominently featured (if injured, after getting shot in last season’s finale).
Creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy recently had this to say about season two to Entertainment Weekly: “If the first season was a journey inward,...
Ready Player One Prepares for Opening with New Poster Highlighting Wade’s Epic Adventure
Are you ready? With less than a week left until Ready Player One is released in theaters, Warner Bros. has released a new poster ahead of the premiere, as fans continue parsing the latest trailers and theme song. The crowds at SXSW were thrilled with the screening they saw.
Ready Player One is adapted from the novel by Ernest Cline, who helped write the screenplay with Zak Penn...
Margot Robbie Producing a Female Led Shakespeare Project
This is Margot Robbie’s world and we’re just living in it. After her first swing at producing was a homerun smash, the Oscar nominated I, Tonya, she is diving into her next producing job with Terminal. She holds a starring role in each film. Next, Robbie is focusing the attention of her production company, LuckyChap Entertainment, into some historic works. Deadline reports the group will tackle the works of William Shakespeare with a twist...
Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth Reuniting to Protect Earth in New Men in Black
If you loved Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok for being a total badass and always putting Thor in his place, then we have good news for you. The dynamic duo of Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth have another project on the way, and it isn’t just any old reunion either. THR is reporting that Thompson and Hemsworth have landed the lead roles in the upcoming Men in Black spinoff.
The sequel will be a follow-up to the days of Agents K (Tommy Lee Jones) and J (Will Smith) and will feature new characters...
Margot Robbie Invites You Down the Rabbit Hole in Terminal Teaser
What is this place and where is everyone going? Margot Robbie is an industrial Alice, Queen of Hearts, and Mad Hatter all in one in the first Terminal teaser.
There isn’t much to go off of yet, but IMDb shared the teaser in which Robbie has started to give us some very intriguing clues. A series of people wander through abandoned warehouses and long hallways, all seemingly headed to the same place. Presumably a portal to a place unlike any on Earth...
The Sumptuous Art of Black Panther
In our coverage of the now historic Black Panther, we interviewed some of the people responsible for giving the film its signature, now iconic look. Production designer Hannah Beachler and costume designer Ruth B. Carter were instrumental in creating Wakanda and the nation’s diverse, gorgeously costumed inhabitants. From the fierce Dora Milaje to the incredible panther suit, one of the joys of Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther was the monumentally talented crew he entrusted to help create Marvel’s most visually striking film...
Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnion Go James Bond With Belly Laughs in The Spy Who Dumped Me
What do you get when you take Saturday Night Live‘s most consistently hysterical superstar and team her up with an actress who has proven her comedic chops time and time again, most recently in Bad Moms? You get The Spy Who Dumped Me, starring Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis, directed and co-written by Susanna Fogel. Lionsgate has just dropped a new teaser trailer, and yup, we’re definitely excited about this.
McKinnon and Kunis star as Morgan and Audrey respective,...
Wade Adopts Wayward Mutants & Cable’s Not Having it in Wild new Deadpool 2 Trailer
It’s tactless, vulgar, violent, hilarious, and it’s finally here. The (definitely NSFW) Deadpool 2 trailer is totally outrageous and takes nothing seriously, which is exactly what we were hoping for.
First, let’s get to the goods. Cable (Josh Brolin) comes smashing through a wall and gives us all a lesson in how to make an entrance—this is now the second time we’ve seen Cable come for Deadpool, but this trailer is much more robust...
Chris Evans is Officially Done as Captain America After Avengers: 4
We knew this day was coming. Exactly eight years to the day that Marvel announced that Chris Evans was going to be Captain America, a new profile of Evans in the New York Times confirms that he’ll be putting down the shield after Avengers: 4. From the Times profile:
Last year, he filmed back-to-back the final two Marvel movies for which he is under contract — “Avengers: Infinity War,” due in April,...
The Won’t You Be My Neighbor Trailer Gives Us a New Appreciation for a Childhood Hero
We are often warned to never meet our idols for fear they might be disappointing—or worse. Yet, there is one television star that seems to have lived up to his public persona. Mr. Rogers spoke to children as equals and revolutionized educational television. The documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? documents all the good Mr. Rogers put out into the world. There’s a lot of good.
What do you remember from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood?...
Behold the First Teaser for Game of Thrones‘ Creator George R. R. Martin’s Nightflyers
If we told you the man whose brain bequeathed the world Game of Thrones had written a sci-fi horror novella set in space that was adapted for TV with a stellar cast and crew, you’d be interested in that, right? If you’re anything like us, you would be as excited as Walder Frey at a banquet in his honor for George R. R. Martin’s new Syfy series Nightflyers, which has just released its’ first trailer...
How Billions‘ Production Designer Created the World of the Insanely Rich
Three years ago production designer Mike Shaw needed a change of pace from the lowdown penitentiary aesthetic he created for Orange is the New Black. In Showtime series Billions, Dash went the opposite way by designing the deluxe milieu inhabited by super-rich hedge fund shark Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis). “One of the biggest challenges in designing Billions is that a lot of people know what a millionaire’s lifestyle is like, but the billionaire lifestyle is so much bigger,” says Shaw...
