Count Dracula and the Gang Set Sail in Hotel Transylvania 3 Trailer

Even creatures who own their own hotel need a little time away once in a while. A new trailer for Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation reveals that Count Dracula was really feeling the strain of owning a business day in and day out, and decided to hit the open seas.

After one too many antics at the hotel drive Dracula to the edge, the whole gang packs up and leaves the land behind.

By  |  November 16, 2017
Dwayne Johnson Shows Off His Supersized Costar in Rampage Poster

George, is that you? Dwayne Johnson just released the poster for his next action flick, Rampage, and his costar is so big, he doesn’t even fit on the page. Johnson plays Davis Okoye, a primatologist whose best friend is an albino silverback gorilla named George.

This is no Curious George story. The primate and two friends grow to gigantic proportions due to an accident and Johnson’s character has to wield some pretty heavy artillery to stop the destruction.

By  |  November 16, 2017
What We Know About Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Exactly one year from today, something wicked will be unleashed on the wizarding world. To mark the occasion, we were showered with magical goodies from the official Fantastic Beasts Twitter.

We can finally stop referring to the next Newt Scamander adventure as Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2. The official title has been announced and part 2 of the Fantastic Beasts series will be titled The Crimes of Grindelwald.

By  |  November 16, 2017
Poe and Leia Have a Moment in the New Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer

Bits and pieces of The Last Jedi are being dripped to us in tiny increments in the form of miniscule variances between trailers. Of course, we are pouring over each detail for clues and meaning in eager anticipation of the film’s release.

Going to the theater and seeing a film that has already given away its best parts in the trailer is always a disappointment. There is no danger of that in The Last Jedi.

By  |  November 15, 2017
Manipulator or Martyr? New Waco Trailer Asks the Question

Waco reimagines a side of the Branch Davidian raid that hasn’t been seen before, from inside the Texas compound. In 1993, the world gazed from outside as the FBI and ATF engaged in a 51 day standoff with the religious cult led by David Koresh. Koresh was killed along with 75 of his followers, leaving the story of what occurred inside largely untold.

Taylor Kitsch plays Koresh, and in what we’ve seen thus far,

By  |  November 15, 2017
The Official Star Wars: The Last Jedi Countdown has Begun

Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s tickets are already on sale, which means we’re officially in countdown mode. What we didn’t expect as we prepared to return to the Star Wars universe was for major news to break about the future of the franchise,

By  |  November 15, 2017
IT Screenwriter Continues Streak of Nostalgia with Are You Afraid of the Dark Movie

Nickelodeon was a golden era of kid’s TV in the 1990s. With block programming like SNICK on Saturday nights and Nick in the Afternoon (remember host Stick Stickly?), a whole generation was glued to Rugrats, Hey Dude, Salute Your Shorts, and All That. Only the bravest among us, however, watched Are You Afraid of the Dark. A rite of passage, only the big kids got to watch the Midnight Society tell their ghost stories around the campfire.

By  |  November 14, 2017

Interview

Special/Visual Effects

Guillermo del Toro Shares Looks at Latest Revelatory Creature from The Shape of Water

There are few filmmakers working today who have delivered more revelatory creatures than Guillermo del Toro. The auteur behind Mimic, The Devil’s Backbone, Blade II, Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy, and Pacific Rim has proven time and time again he’s the king of complicated monsters. In his upcoming film, The Shape of Water, del Toro has taken a career’s worth of know-how and poured it into a creature,

By  |  November 14, 2017
The Murray Brothers Original Show Coming to Facebook

Some major star power is coming to Facebook Watch, the social network’s video streaming platform. Comedy legend siblings Bill and Brian Doyle Murray are premiering their new original show Extra Innings on November 20.

Bill Murray said Extra Innings is simply, “A little something to fill a baseball fan’s off-season hole in the heart.”

The Murray brothers star in the unscripted road trip series where they visit minor league baseball teams across the country.

By  |  November 14, 2017
The Wait for Wonder Woman 2 Shortened by 6 Weeks

Wonder Woman 2 is woefully far away, but Warner Bros. just shaved six weeks off our wait time. Previously slated for December 13, 2019, Diana Prince will be back in action on November 1 of that year.

Wonder Woman was a summer smash this year raking in over $800 million worldwide, but it has yet to be seen how the Amazonian princess will fare with the holiday releases. Summer and holidays are typically the biggest times for blockbusters when families hit the theaters in droves.

By  |  November 14, 2017
Watch The Terrific Ten, Directed by J.J. Abrams From a Comic Book Written by Jimmy Kimmel—When he was a kid

Jimmy Kimmel recently turned 50, and in honor of his birthday some of his famous friends got together to turn a comic book he made when he was a kid, The Terrific Ten, into film. Directed by J.J. Abrams, and starring a who’s who of Hollywood royalty.

You know you’ve reached the pinnacle of success when the guy who directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens is turning your childhood comic book into a film.

By  |  November 14, 2017
Jimmy Fallon’s Touching Tribute to his Mom

Jimmy Fallon returned to The Tonight Show last night after taking a week off to spend time with his family following the death of his mother on November 4, Gloria. In an emotional, moving tribute, Fallon spoke about his mom’s influence on him, his comedy, and his life.

“She was the best audience,

By  |  November 14, 2017
All 67 Game of Thrones Episodes to Screen in London Theater

If you consider yourself a fairly advanced binge watcher, the good people of London, with a major assist from HBO, are going to give you a run for your money. HBO has partnered with the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Place, London, for an epic, four-day marathon screening of all 67 episodes of Game of Thrones. This is the first time Game of Thrones has been shown in a theater in its’

By  |  November 14, 2017
How Game of Thrones‘ Cinematographer Fabian Wagner Gave Justice League a Brand new Look

Throw Suicide Squad director Zack Snyder and Game of Thrones cinematographer Fabian Wagner into a blender, and you probably expect to end up with a dark, saturated, and stylized movie. That didn’t turn out to be the case for Justice League, which is a brighter, more colorful affair, taking inspiration from the film’s tone of teamwork and the disparate personalities that come together to try and help save the planet.

By  |  November 14, 2017
Amazon Claims The Lord of the Rings for Multiple Season Series

They say that nothing is ever a sure thing, but Lord of the Rings challenges conventional wisdom. Peter Jackson’s The Return of the King won Best Picture at the 2004 Oscars, and the combined financial success of the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit series’ is in the billions. Amazon is banking on the popularity of the Middle Earth adventures and has ordered a new series that is straight to multi-season.

By  |  November 13, 2017
Girl’s Trip Star Tiffany Haddish Slays as SNL Host

Can Tiffany Haddish just be a permanent SNL cast member? The Girls Trip star hosted this week’s episode and she raised the bar for the entire season. Haddish dazzled every time she appeared on screen, and it wasn’t just because of that killer white dress.

SNL has been an important platform for parody and political and social commentary in its 43 year run, but it’s also intended to strike its targets in a light tone.

By  |  November 13, 2017
David Milch’s Epic Deadwood Closer to Returning as Feature Film at HBO

The TV gods are smiling upon us today. TVLine has it that David Milch’s excellent, epic western Deadwood,

By  |  November 13, 2017

Interview

Director, Screenwriter

Writer/Director Martin McDonagh on his Dark, Brilliant Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

With his thrillingly raw new film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri just released, writer/director Martin McDonagh is happy to chat about the movie, which has received critical acclaim and film-fest accolades, including Best Screenplay at Venice and People’s Choice at Toronto.

By  |  November 13, 2017
Hear Danny Elfman’s Epic Justice League Score

Head to Warner Bros.’ WaterTower Music YouTube page, and you’ll get to listen to all the songs from the upcoming Justice League soundtrack. Two weeks ago, the Hero’s Theme was published, but now the entire score is available for your listening pleasure. Every song is just as eccentric, epic, and dark as you would expect from composer Danny Elfman.

Elfman’s score for Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman won a Grammy,

By  |  November 13, 2017
Deadpool‘s Definitive Guide to the Holidays

Good Housekeeping wants you to celebrate Thanksgiving Day the Deadpool way. Lifelong loyalists of the lifestyle magazine are in for a surprise when they open up their mail to find the foulmouthed antihero gracing the cover. Where there are usually smiling chefs and picture perfect place settings, Deadpool appears with a machete on his back – presumably to slice the turkey, of course.

The surprising partnership is a hilarious issue filled with racy jokes and Deadpool’s raunchy humor.

By  |  November 10, 2017