Alexander Payne’s Longtime Editor On Stepping into the Directing Chair for Crash Pad
If you’ve seen Sideways, About Schmidt, The Descendants, or Nebraska, you’re likely headed to the theater this weekend to see Alexander Payne’s newest project Downsizing. You have also seen the work of longtime collaborator Kevin Tent who has been the editor on all of those movies and more. After years of collaborating with Payne, Tent stepped out on his own to direct the neurotically funny Crash Pad this year.
Donna’s Backstory Comes to Life in Mamma Mia Sequel
The dancing queens are heading back to the island. The first trailer for Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again dropped today, and there’s a lot to unpack.
Sophie (Amanda Seyfriend) is having a baby with husband Sky (Dominic Cooper), so she goes back to the island where her mother and other loved ones live. Donna’s (Meryl Streep) former lovers, Sam (Pierce Brosnan), Bill (Stellan Skarsgard), and Harry (Colin Firth), who Sophie tracked down in the first film,
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Wraps Production
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald has wrapped. Queenie herself confirmed the news in yesterday’s #WizardingWednesdays post. She may be a whiz at extracting emotions with her wand, but actress Alison Sudol had a little trouble with the clapboard.
That’s a wrap on #FantasticBeasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald production! See you in 2018. #MagicInProgress #FantasticBeasts #WizardingWednesdays pic.twitter.com/aWn0TV36bt
— Fantastic Beasts (@FantasticBeasts) December 20,
The Details in Star Wars: The Last Jedi You May Have Missed
So you’ve seen The Last Jedi already, correct? Because if you haven’t, go ahead and stop reading.
Welcome, likely satisfied but possibly puzzled Last Jedi viewer. If you’re anything like us, you enjoyed Kelly Marie Tran’s Rose Tico, the Resistance’s newest hero. You thrilled at the moment Finn was about to fly himself right into the mouth of a battle cannon to save the fleeing,
New Details on What We Do in the Shadows TV Spinoff
When we first became humble, yet maniacal, fans of What We Do in the Shadows, we never would have dared to dream what would become of our favorite vampire flat mates. We cheered when the sequel We’re Wolves was announced and burst with joy when a TV spinoff was mentioned. Now our fervor seems to be coming to fruition. This is happening, people. The show will be titled Wellington Paranormal and star Jemaine Clement just opened up about the show’s details.
The Fight Over the Briefcase Scene in Kingsman: The Golden Circle Took Months to Make
The Kingsman films take you inside the very grisly and highly stylized action with breakneck pacing and how-in-the-world-did-they-film-that sequences. High on substance and style, you really feel like you’re getting a 360 degree view of the fight scenes, and often it appears as though you’re watching a single take. Of course, it’s actually hundreds of shots and special effects spliced together, but the results are stunningly believable and utterly seamless.
In The Golden Circle,
Will the It Director’s Cut Include That Insane (Rumored) Scene?
Andy Muschietti’s sensational adaptation of Stephen King’s It, one of this year’s surprise blockbusters, arrived in Digital HD today yesterday, with the Blu-ray coming on January 9, 2018. For serious film fans, the digital and Blu-ray releases are manna from heaven, considering they pack a ton of special features, including an alternate ending. Now, Bloody Disgusting has learned that there’s a director’s cut in the offing that will arrive in 2018,
The First Sicario 2: Soldado Trailer Teases Bracing Thriller
We’ve had the privilege of speaking with Sicario 2: Soldado screenwriter Tyler Sheridan three times. Most recently, it was for his directorial debut, Wind River (which he also wrote), about the murder of a young Native American woman in rural Wyoming. Wind River was the third film in Sheridan’s trilogy about the state of the American frontier, which also included Hell or High Water,
London Wheels Across the Globe in New Mortal Engines Trailer
Life as we know it has ended in the stunning new trailer for Mortal Engines. With the Earth nearly barren, humans are surviving on ecosystems living on massive mobile machinery that crushes the very sparse remaining trees like blades of grass. Larger cities devour smaller vehicles, presumably to consume their resources.
The movie, based on the novel by Philip Reeves, looks like a Mad Max on steroids with overly industrialized vehicles traversing a dusty landscape.
The IT Special Features Promise More Substance and Scares
Stephen King’s IT runs more than 1,000 pages, and although Andy Muschetti and the rest of the filmmaking team split it into 2 films, that’s still a lot of ground to cover. The film does a masterful job of capturing the evil spirit of King’s work, but some things were added, changed, and even deleted. EW posted a hilarious alternate opening scene and Bloody Disgusting has now shared the featurettes and deleted scenes that will accompany the home video release.
The Score of the Century: Ocean’s 8 Drops Fabulous First Trailer
Yesterday we got our first peek at Ocean’s 8 star-studded ensemble in a brief trailer teaser, and today we’re sharing the first full trailer for the female-led caper. Ocean’s 8 follows Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock), the estranged sister of the previous Ocean’s franchise master criminal, Danny Ocean (George Clooney), as she tries to rebuild her life after a stint in prison. Like her brother,
Our Top Five (Totally Spoiler Filled) Moments from The Last Jedi
After one of the most visually satisfying light saber fights in the history of Star Wars, Kylo Ren reaches his hand out to Rey and asks her to join him. In an effort to persuade her to form an alliance, he pushes her to let go of the past, insisting she’s held onto it for too long. He names Luke and the Jedi as antiquated ways of life, but his obsession with his own history with Luke turns out to be his greatest downfall yet.
Meet the Man (Besides George Lucas) Who Made Star Wars Possible
Alan Ladd Junior, best known as ‘Laddie’ to friends and business associates, is probably not a name you’ve ever heard before. Yet, as you discuss your thoughts about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, know that without Laddie, Rian Johnson’s film, and the entire Star Wars franchise, would likely never have happened. As a film executive, it was Laddie who gave George Lucas the green light to make Star Wars, considered “the most influential movie executive you’ve never heard of,” by director Amanda Ladd Jones (yup,
Steven Spielberg & the Cast of The Post Attend World Premiere in Washington
Last night, director Steven Spielberg and the cast of The Post premiered the film in Washington, DC. Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bob Odenkirk, Matthew Rhys, Sarah Paulson and more walked the red carpet for the event. The movie that chronicles the brave decision by The Washington Post to print the Pentagon papers was screened before an audience of Senators and members of Congress.
The premiere took place just a mile from the former headquarters of The Washington Post,
Cinematographer Sam Levy’s Shot List Pictured Lady Bird a Year in Advance
In the beginning, there was the shot list. When Greta Gerwig organized her directorial debut, she left nothing to chance. A full year before production began on her coming-of-age story Lady Bird, the actress-turned-filmmaker sat down in New York with director of photography Sam Levy and together they planned out every shot of the movie. Levy, who got to know Gerwig when they worked on Frances Ha and Mistress America,
Ocean’s 8 Prepares to Take on NYC in New Poster
Danny Ocean (George Clooney) has pulled off some pretty impressive heists, but there’s one con who might be able to outdo him. Sister Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) is back on the scene and she’s assembling a new team. The target of Ocean’s 8 is the Met Gala in New York and these robbers are pulling off their grand theft in style.
Warner Bros. released the first poster for the Ocean’s 11 spin-off.
Every Black Panther Teaser Just Gets Cooler
If Thor: Ragnarok was the funniest Marvel film yet, Black Panther is possibly on track to be the coolest. A new TV spot tweeted by Marvel shows off some of the intense stunts, insane action, and a really cool car.
The #BlackPanther has been the protector of Wakanda for generations. Watch the brand new TV spot and see Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” in theaters February 16! pic.twitter.com/FjFOydRN3F
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) December 14,
Mudbound Composer on the History of African-American Persistence That Inspired the Score
A man’s worth was once tied to his land, and whether they liked it or not, the families who lived and worked on that land were bound to one another. Dee Rees’ Mudbound tells the story of two such families, one black and one white, whose fates are intertwined on a Mississippi farm in the 1940s. With Mudbound, Bessie, and Pariah, Rees has picked away at painful moments in American history and found beautiful,
The X-Men are Returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
It’s official—Disney and Fox have settled on a rather large deal, to the tune of $52 billion, which gives the Mouse House all of 21st Century Fox’s film rights. What this means for viewers, especially for superhero fans, is that the Marvel Cinematic Universe just experienced a Big Bang—and we mean that in a good way.
While Fox will focus its energies on sports and news, Disney’s acquisition of their film rights returns some beloved Marvel properties to the MCU.
Woody Harrelson Joins the Cast of Venom
Woody Harrelson has secured a role in the upcoming Venom movie. Harrelson, who seems to have the superhuman ability to be on multiple sets at once, is reported to have joined the cast. Sources told Variety that details about the role are sparse, but it is likely to be a henchmen type character.
Actor Andy Serkis, a pioneer of motion capture performance, spilled the beans earlier this year that Tom Hardy would be utilizing the technology in Venom’s title role.
