Here’s the SNL Lineup for the Rest of the Year
Saturday Night Live is ringing in the holiday season with a bang. With holiday blockbusters upon us and awards season around the corner, the biggest names in Hollywood are embarking on an all-out media blitz. Hosting the show or appearing as a musical guest is always a boost for the performers, and SNL seemingly had their pick of talent for the month of December. The official lineup was posted yesterday to the show’s official Facebook page.
The Walking Dead‘s Morgan is Moving to Fear The Walking Dead
With the post-apocalyptic setting of The Walking Dead, long distance transportation has been set back a long way. In fact, the dangers of travel have been a focus on the show, including such season-long plot points as getting Eugene to Washington, DC in season 4. Spoiler, due to significant hurdles and the fact that Eugene was lying, that never actually happened. That is going to make bridging the gap between The Walking Dead in Atlanta and Fear the Walking Dead in Mexico all that more difficult.
James Cameron Reveals New Details About the Avatar Sequels
James Cameron has some colossal blockbusters under his belt, and he touched on almost all of them in an interview with Vanity Fair. Cameron talked about the 20th anniversary of Titanic, the expansion of the Terminator franchise, and most interestingly, the extensive future of Avatar. Excitement has been building for the new installments as casting announcements are made, and Disney opened the new Pandora area in the Disney world Animal Kingdom park.
Jordan Peele’s Get Out Leads Pack at Gotham Independent Film Awards
The Gotham Independent Film Awards are considered the very first step on the long, often winding road towards Oscar glory. Two very different and very excellent films, Jordan Peele’s social thriller/horror/comedy masterpiece Get Out, and Luca Guadagnino’s gorgeous gay romance Call Me By Your Name can now be credibly considered two early frontrunners.
Get Out nabbed breakthrough director, for Peele, best screenplay (Peele again), and the audience award.
Joe Manganiello’s Deathstroke Costume is Unbelievably Cool
Joe Manganiello gave us all something to be thankful for this holiday weekend, the first image of him as Deathstroke. The True Blood actor tweeted out the photo with no caption, but the ammo does all of the talking. Fans were expecting the assassin to make an onscreen appearance soon, but we weren’t sure how close we were until he popped up in the Justice League post-credits scene.
In the brief clip,
Black Mirror Teasers for new Episodes “Arkangel” and “Crocodile” are Predictably Awesome
The film and TV world has long explored the future, even imagining technology before it actually existed. No show, however, has instilled the palpable terror of technology as effectively and freakishly clairvoyantly as Black Mirror has. Who knew there were so many ways for technology to go so terribly wrong, and who knew that one show could so expertly map our current anxieties and fears over technology run amok? Black Mirror is coming up on season 4 and will feature six new episodes,
Blade Runner 2049‘s Makeup Designer on the Secrets Hiding in Plain Sight
Revisiting the world of Blade Runner decades after the original movie drove the filmmakers to look 30 years farther into the future of Rick Deckard’s (Harrison Ford) world. The world of Blade Runner: 2049 is one of incredible technology and a completely ravaged environment, where massive holograms lope around a lurid Los Angeles slicked with acid rain and ashy snow. A Blade Runner by the name of K (Ryan Gosling) works on behalf of humans in the same capacity Deckard had;
Kit Harington Plots to Assassinate King James in Gunpowder Trailer
We may not know yet what Jon Snow’s fate will be in Game of Thrones, but Kit Harington’s character is sure to meet a gruesome end in the new Gunpowder miniseries. HBO has released the first trailer for Gunpowder featuring Harington as Robert Catesby and it looks like a brutal time in history.
The trailer opens with an execution and the commoners are distinctly dirtied and desperate in comparison to the well-groomed royals.
Rey’s Tempted by the Dark Side in new Star Wars: The Last Jedi Teaser
One of the most surprising moments in the Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer was when Rey (Daisy Ridley) appeared to be about ready to accept the outstretched hand of Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), her mortal enemy and the poster child (er, man) of the Dark Side. At the time we assumed this was a clever head fake by the marketing team, a way to throw us off the scent of the film’s real narrative trajectory.
Late Night Host Seth Meyers Lands Golden Globes Hosting Gig
Ever since 2013, when people think Golden Globes, they often think of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The powerhouse comediennes dominated as hosts for three years running, but hung up their hosting hats after the 2015 awards. The search has been on to find a brave, and funny, performer to fill the spot for the 2018 awards, and we finally have a winner. SNL alum and late night talk host Seth Meyers will headline the upcoming Golden Globe Awards.
Poirot Sequel to Murder On the Orient Express in the Works
Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express was the type of stuff that holiday movie release dreams are made of. The Agatha Christie adaptation was an exciting adventure in a beautiful, sweeping, snowy landscape filled with compelling performances. The stylized camera work was fresh and interesting as it moved through the train cars without being a distraction. After only two weekends in theaters, Twentieth Century Fox has ordered the sequel Death on the Nile.
Vice Admiral Holdo and Poe Dameron Will Clash in The Last Jedi
EW has released the most in depth look yet at The Last Jedi, and the magazine revealed an intriguing new alliance. One of our favorite partnerships is that of X-Wing fighter Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) and his superior, General Leia. Their brash and brave behavior makes for a fun dynamic and exciting action. We feel lucky to see these two work together one last time. However, over the course of the film,
Jack-Jack Reveals His Powers in The Incredibles 2 Teaser
Throughout The Incredibles, the youngest member of the family was believed to be normal, which was not normal among the superhero group. The finale revealed, however, that Jack Jack may be the most powerful of all. It was surely a setup for a sequel, but we waited in a long, dark void with not a murmur from the superheroes. Our wait is finally over. Jack-Jack is back!
As a powerless Jack-Jack is kidnapped by supervillain Syndrome in the original film,
First A Wrinkle In Time Trailer Foreshadows an Epic Adventure
Fifty-five years after it was published, we finally get our first glimpse at A Wrinkle in Time, and it appears it was well worth the wait. The beloved books by Madeleine L’Engle are visually ambitious, and the trailer showcases a tapestry of beautiful and exciting worlds, brought to you by an out-of-this-world director, Ava DuVernay.
Meg Murry (Storm Reid) is a young aspiring scientist interested in her father’s study of time and space.
Our Favorite SNL Thanksgiving Sketches from Chance the Rapper to A Thanksgiving Miracle
Chance the Rapper earned his stripes as a first time SNL host, and the massively talented performer didn’t disappoint. He nailed an impersonation of Kenan Thompson’s impersonation of Steve Harvey, pulling off the punchline of Harvey connecting on Family Feud with his long lost son. He also led the pack on a sketch where members of black and Latino neighborhoods confronted Batman for being too tough on crime, a hilarious bit and one perfectly timed with the opening of Justice League
The Story Behind the Orthodontist Who Designed That Stranger Things Shirt
Jim Hopper may be the authority on solving mysteries in the Upside Down, but we wanted to get answers to the case of the vintage orthodontist shirt so we did a little detective work of our own. Ok, it was just regular old journalism, but we did track down the Missouri doctor who designed Dustin’s shirt in episodes 5 and 6 of Stranger Things 2. Orthodontist Wes Allai, from Springfield, MO gave us the low down on the story behind the design,
James Franco Circling Multiple Man Role for X-Men Spin-off
Fox is currently in negotiations with the indefatigable James Franco, currently playing twin brothers on the HBO series The Deuce, to star as the X-Men hero Multiple Man in a spin-off film. Wonder Woman writer Allan Heinberg is also in talks to pen the screenplay, while X-Men super producer/writer/director Simon Kinberg is set to produce alongside Franco.
Multiple Man, also known as Jamie Madrox,
Chicago is Under Attack from Mutant Animals in Rampage Trailer
The grown up versions of the monsters in the 1980s arcade game Rampage are way more frightening than their 8 bit inspiration in the new movie trailer. In the game, players tried to destroy as much of the city as they could as overgrown animals, but the movie makes Davis Okoye (Dwayne Johnson) the hero who tries to save Chicago.
Yesterday was the first glimpse we got of albino silverback gorilla,
Missouri Doctor Recognizes His 1982 T-Shirt Design on Stranger Things
The Upside Down is filled with monsters, conspiracies, and plenty of plot twists, but the mind bending oddities became real for one Missouri doctor who noticed something familiar on screen. Orthodontist Wes Allai from Springfield, MO (formerly most famous as the hometown of Brad Pitt, but obviously now this) spotted a familiar design that he never expected to see on TV. Stranger Things favorite, Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), was sporting a T-shirt Allai had designed in 1982 promoting his practice.
Sony Pictures Nabs Quentin Tarantino’s 9th Film, Major Stars Circling
Once Quentin Tarantino put his mysterious 9th film on the market (which currently has a working title of #9), just about every major studio vied for a chance to work with the auteur. Tarantino is the rare filmmaker whose name alone brings people to the theater, and his career has been a testament to his singular storytelling approach, which is why he routinely gets the biggest names in Hollywood to star in his films.
