Ralph Discovers a Whole New World in the First Teaser for Ralph Breaks the Internet
Ralph is back to do what he does best: wreck things. In the best, most fun and adventurous way, of course. The first trailer for Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 shows Ralph (John C. Reilly) and Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) taking on the information highway. The arcade game characters get sucked into the world wide web, and their curiosity and spunky attitudes lead to one hysterical adventure after the other.
Ralph and Vanellope explore the clever,...
The Incredible History Lesson That Informed WACO‘s Costume Design
Karyn Wagner has a gift for time travel. Her costume designs have populated the slave era south of Underground, death row during the Great Depression of The Green Mile, and a lush WWII romance in The Notebook. Her latest visit in history lands in 1990s Texas where a charismatic cult leader was building a large following in WACO. The six-part miniseries on the newly branded Paramount Network concludes tonight,...
Oscar-Nominated Cinematographer Dan Laustsen on The Shape of Water‘s Fluid Fable
As part of our Oscars week coverage, we’re re-posting our conversations with some of this year’s Oscar-nominees, as well as publishing new interviews with those vying for Oscar gold this Sunday. Cinematographer Dan Laustsen is nominated alongside Roger Deakins (Blade Runner 2049), Bruno Delbonnel (Darkest Hour), Hoyte van Hoytema (Dunkirk) and Rachel Morrison (Mudbound). The full list of the Oscar nominees can be found here.
Danish cinematographer Dan Laustsen worked alongside Guillermo del Toro on and off for two decades,...
Oscar-Nominee Martin McDonagh on his Dark, Brilliant Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
As part of our Oscars week coverage, we’re re-posting our conversations with some of this year’s Oscar-nominees, as well as publishing new interviews with those vying for Oscar gold this Sunday. Writer/director Martin McDonagh is nominated in the Best Picture and Writing (Original Sreenplay) category. The full list of the nominees can be found here.
How the Oscar-Nominated War for the Planet of the Apes VFX Supervisor Reversed Human Evolution
The Planet of the Apes reboot has been a massive success, and its impact on the film industry is hard to overstate. It began with Rupert Wyatt’s 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes and carried on with Matt Reeves Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in 2014 and his riveting coda, War for the Planet of the Apes, in 2017. The central character, Andy Serkis’s chimpanzee Caesar,...
Gemma Chan Has Joined the MCU in Major Captain Marvel Role
It was announced in 2016 that Oscar-winner Brie Larson (The Room) would be joining the MCU as Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers), making her first appearance in the fourth and last Avengers movie. Although this was announced almost 2 years ago, since then Jude Law has joined the cast as Walter Lawson (Mar-Vell) and Ben Mendelson is supposedly being considered for the role of villain. Fans can look forward to this new casting news as according to Deadline,...
Michael B. Jordan Set Books Ablaze with a Flamethrower in Fahrenheit 451 Trailer
Dystopian futures are having a moment, and there are few as classic as Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. The book burning cautionary tale is coming to HBO with a killer cast and some amazing visuals. The new trailer teases the tension that will lead to an ultimate showdown between two of this year’s best villains on the big screen; Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther) and Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water)...
Oscar-Nominee Greta Gerwig On Moving Behind the Camera for her Solo Directorial Debut Lady Bird
As part of our Oscars week coverage, we’re re-posting our conversations with some of this year’s Oscar-nominees, as well as publishing new interviews with those vying for Oscar gold this Sunday. Greta Gerwig is nominated in two categories; Directing and Writing (Original Screenplay) for her work on Lady Bird. She joins Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk), Jordan Peele (Get Out), Paul Thomas Anderson (Phantom Thread) and Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) in the Directing category. ...
Could Luke Skywalker be meeting up with the Guardians of the Galaxy?
It’s every sci-fi fans dream come true, and it’s all thanks to Twitter. Mark Hamill, who is not only the star of the original Star Wars Trilogy as Jedi Luke Skywalker, he’s also something of a Twitter Jedi, could be making an appearance in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy 3; and all due to one fan who expressed his dream of Mark Hamill having a role in the upcoming film on Twitter and the response he neither expected or,...
Oscar-Nominated Blade Runner 2049 Sound Mixing Team on the Power of Silence
As part of our Oscars week coverage, we’re posting our conversation with some of this year’s nominees. Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett are nominated for Sound Mixing, alongside Mac Ruth (Blade Runner:2049); Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin, and Mary Ellis (Baby Driver); Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo, and Mark Weingarten (Dunkirk); Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and glen Gauthier (The Shape of Water); and David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, and Stuart Wilson (Star Wars: The Last Jedi).
Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett are sound mixing legends...
Behind the Scenes of Gary Oldman’s Extreme Makeover for Darkest Hour
Movie make-up is more than perfecting that contour or finding the perfect shade of lipstick that will show up well on camera. Most people are at least aware of the work that goes into creating the glamourous—and sometimes not so glamourous looks that we see on the big screen, but some films such as the Oscar Nominated film, Darkest Hour, take things to the next level.
A behind-the-scenes video from Collider gives fans a look at the hard work and careful thought that went into turning Gary Oldman into British Prime Minister,...
Watch Writer/Director Alex Garland Narrate a Chilling Scene in his Sci-Fi Mind Melter Annihilation
Boasting a very solid 86% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, writer/director Alex Garland’s ambitious, scary-beautiful Annihilation has been hailed as the rare treat; a science fiction film that is at once bold, singular and uncompromising. Based on Jeff VanderMeer’s wild sci-fi novel of the same name, the first in his “Southern Reach Trilogy,” Garland went full gonzo for his film, delivering mind-melting visuals and legitimate scares, grounded by human emotion and Garland’s cinematic obsession with humanity in general (see his excellent Ex Machina for further proof)...
Black Panther Continues Historic Run With Star Wars-Sized Second Weekend
The king continues to reign supreme. By now you’re likely well aware just how massive Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther has become. The young auteur’s first film for Marvel was already a history-making epic before it entered even more rarefied air this past weekend. Now Black Panther is only the fourth film ever to surpass $100 million in the U.S. for the second weekend in a row, with a haul of $108 million. This gave Black Panther the second largest box office for a film entering its second weekend in film history,...
A History of the Wakandan Dialects the Actors Use in Black Panther
Black Panther had a really ambitious goal in creating Wakanda. It’s a fictional place born in a comic book world, but rooted in real African cultures. Production designer Hannah Beachler did extensive research to bring the technology and architecture to a place of believability. Costume designer Ruth E. Carter incorporated custom concepts into her designs for both the Black Panther and the Dora Milaje. Another really impressive piece of the puzzle was incorporating a reimagined dialect for an African nation that wasn’t ravaged by western civilization...
A Compilation of the Coolest VFX Moments in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Star Wars has always been on the forefront of filmmaking technology. George Lucas’ techniques were revolutionary, and we’ve come a long way since 1977. J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson are both masters in their own right of using practical effects. However, it takes the good people over at Industrial Light & Magic to really put those finishing touches on the galaxy.
In promotion of their Oscars campaign, ILM compiled some of the best hits from The Last Jedi...
J.J. Abrams Confirms Star Wars: Episode IX Script is Done
It wasn’t that long ago when we found out that J.J. Abrams would be helming the final Star Wars film in what’s known as the Skywalker saga—Star Wars: Episode IX. Heck, it wasn’t that long ago when we were marveling at how Abrams managed to shoulder the incredible weight of fan expectations when he relaunched the Skywalker saga for a new generation with The Force Awakens. Yet here we are,...
How the Olympics Put Danny Boyle on the James Bond Directing Shortlist
Remember when James Bond paid a visit to Queen Elizabeth II that ended with her parachuting into the 2012 London Olympics? Of course, you do. It was unforgettable. Well, that collaboration could lead to another unlikely pairing. Danny Boyle directed that brief sketch and is now on the short list to direct a Bond film.
Deadline reported that Boyle and Bond actor, Daniel Craig, really hit it off during the filming. It was a light tongue-in-cheek affair that meant to celebrate London and kick off the Olympics,...
The Third Film in the Jurassic World Trilogy Has an Official Release Date
By now, we know it’s a bad idea to extract dino DNA from mummified mosquitoes, but those crazy kids at Jurassic Park just keep trying. The original Jurassic World even made a joke of never learning from the inevitable carnage. Lowery (Jake Johnson) wore a fan shirt from the original park and was chastised for being insensitive. And yet, here we are mere months away from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and the dinosaurs are still in a heyday...
Lupita Nyong’o and Trevor Noah Teaming Up on a Film Adaptation of Born a Crime
Seeing performers we love fawn over other performers we love is a particular treat. We delighted in this hysterical piece by Elle‘s terrifically funny Eric Thomas about the insane chemistry between Black Panther‘s Lupita Nyong’o and Michael B. Jordan. Turns out, we are being treated to another glorious game-respects-game moment with Nyong’o, this time in a mind blowing combination which shows two talented individuals expressing their admiration for each other, but are even going to work together...
Donald Glover & his Brother Stephen Helped Punch up the Jokes in Black Panther
We’ve spent a lot of time rejoicing in the epic, groundbreaking, history-making grandeur of Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther. We talked with the film’s costume designer Ruth E. Carter about helping create the Dora Milaje, the all-female fighting force that advises, protects, and kicks butt for the Wakandan king T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman). We also had Carter school us on all the research that went into creating the iconic Panther suit,...
