Welcome to Droid School in new Star Wars: The Last Jedi Featurette
Who are you going to call if you’ve got to train a bunch of people on how to be proper droids? There is one name, and one name only, that should spring to mind—Anthony Daniels, the man behind the golden mask (and neck, and entire body) of C-3P0.
In this new Star Wars: The Last Jedi featurette, Daniels leads us on a brief tour of his “Droid School,” where he taught actors coming onboard The Last Jedi how to embody a droid and bring out its’ particular encoded soul.
What Rian Johnson’s Star Wars Trilogy Won’t Be
Star Wars is such a legendary franchise that it has attracted some of the best directors in the business. J.J. Abrams and The Last Jedi director, Rian Johnson, have both helmed stories in the series. We were overjoyed to hear that Johnson is committed to a brand new trilogy. Despite an Episode IX and the standalone Han Solo story scheduled, we’re still hungry for information about Johnson’s latest project.
Cool New Things in The Last Jedi To Keep an Eye Out For
It’s a big galaxy out there, and each installment of Star Wars introduces us to some magnificent new discovery. The Last Jedi trailers and teases have left our mouths watering over the crystal foxes, new First Order vehicles, and of course, porgs. Right up to the last minute we’re getting information about the new surprises in store. Parade magazine has a two page spread with some really fun highlights about what new treats lay ahead.
This new Behind-the-Scenes Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Video has us Excited
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s plot details have finally been unearthed, and as we predicted after seeing this teaser, they’re centered on a volcano erupting on Isla Nublar, the home of the resurrected dinosaurs. These details were further explained by star Bryce Dallas Howard in Entertainment Weekly, who plays Jurassic World employee Claire Dearing. When we first met Claire in Jurassic World, she was the park’s chief operations manager,
Black Mirror Season 4 Finally Has a Release Date—Just in Time for New Year’s Eve
A spectacular montage of all the creepy, crazy, and beautiful things we’ll see this season on Black Mirror culminated in the long awaited announcement of season four’s release date. You have time to finish your holiday shopping and spend some time with your family before devoting your life to binge watching the six new episodes. Cancel those New Year plans, however. Black Mirror season 4 begins streaming December 29—what a way to end a year that seemed itself one long Black Mirror episode.
Watch the Making of a Chewbacca Mask Using Stuart Freeborn’s Original, Brilliant Design
The late Stuart Freeborn was a giant in the make-up artist realm, considered by many to the one of the originators of make-up design as we know it today. His long, incredible career touched some of the biggest films in history, including Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (he created the incredible “Dawn of Man” sequence, which gave poetic beauty to the transformation of apes into homo sapiens), as well as Kubrick’s Dr.
Mark Hamill Invented a Brutal Backstory for Luke to Prep for The Last Jedi
Luke Skywalker was MIA throughout The Force Awakens until the very end, but clearly a great deal has happened to him since Return of the Jedi. We learned more about Leia and Han, who went on to have Ben, better known as Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), who went from studying under Luke to becoming at least one of the reasons Luke went into exile. Ben/Ren’s plunge into the Dark Side was likely one reason Luke and Leia,
Here’s the First Look at Bill Hader’s Barry
Barry may be able to take out a target with a single bullet, but he’s not quite off book yet. Bill Hader plays an assassin in the new HBO black comedy about a hitman who decides to pursue his new dream of becoming a Hollywood actor. The career change may be a bigger challenge than any of the deadly assignments he’s received. A teaser for the series shows off a deep bench of comedy actors including Henry Winkler,
Jordan Peele’s Get Out Tops BFI’s Sight & Sound Poll as Film of the Year
Awards season is officially upon us, and thus far, Jordan Peele’s Get Out is cleaning up. Peele’s brilliant social thriller/horror nabbed a bunch of Gotham Independent Film Awards, including best screenplay and audience award, was named best first film by the New York Film Critics Circle, was nominated for best feature by the Independent Spirit Awards, and grabbed a best screenplay award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Now Get Out tops Sight &
The Final Black Mirror Season 4 Teaser Pays Homage to Star Trek
And there we have it. Netflix has released teasers for all six of the announced season 4 Black Mirror episodes. Today the series bestowed upon us the first look at their Star Trek homage, “U.S.S. Callister.”
The original Star Trek series premiered in the 1960s and imagined a future with enhanced weaponry, communication, and commingling intergalactic species, all thanks to unfettered space travel. Led by the infallible Captain Kirk,
Latest Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Teaser Hints at Monstrous Hybrid Dinosaur
Yesterday we shared this Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom teaser with you, which showed what appeared to be the titular event that spooks the dinosaurs (never a good thing) into an island-wide revolt. Today’s teaser, another little morsel as we count down until the full trailer dropping on Thursday, shows Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) petting a sleeping T-Rex. At least it looks like a T-Rex. In Jurassic World, we were introduced to the Indominus Rex,
Quentin Tarantino Developing & may Possibly Direct a new Star Trek Movie
You can file this in news there is absolutely no way you (or anybody else) saw coming. Deadline reports that while Quentin Tarantino is already prepping his 9th film with Sony Pictures, he’s in talks with Paramount about an idea he had for a new Star Trek film. Tarantino shared his idea with Star Trek alum J.J. Abrams, who is busy himself prepping Star Wars: Episode IX,
I, Tonya Director Craig Gillepsie on Revisiting the Second Most Surreal Sports-Related Crime in the ’90s
Back in 1994, when tabloid TV shows such as “Hard Copy” and “Inside Edition” became the rage and CNN fed the public’s hunger for 24-hour news coverage, two crime-related stories revolving around sports figures would provide ample sustenance. One involved the arrest of football hero O.J. Simpson for the lurid murders of wife Nicole and Ron Goldman. The other was a good vs. evil scenario that pitted skating princess Nancy Kerrigan against the less-polished, more athletic Tonya Harding.
Jordan Peele Discusses the Wildest Get Out Fan Theories
Get Out was one of the most exciting films of the year, taking some major psychological twists and turns. If you’re like us, you’ve seen it more than once, but do you know the story like you think you do? Director and writer Jordan Peele put some serious thought into the movie’s meaning, and fans have been unpacking details ever since it was released. Vanity Fair sifted through Reddit and Peele responded to some of the best and worst theories commenting on their accuracy,
Who Will Utter the Opening Dialogue of Star Wars: The Last Jedi?
Literally all the stars of The Last Jedi appeared on Jimmy Kimmel last night in the mega-interview of our dreams. Kimmel sat down with director Rian Johnson, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver and more to mine for information about the upcoming film. Driver dished about what it’s like to play the current villain while Hamill shared his amazingly accurate Harrison Ford impersonation. Surrounded by nine members of the cast who egged Kimmel on,
Watch Film Critic David Ehrlich’s Immensely Satisfying Supercut of his Favorite 25 Films of 2017
If you’re going to watch but one year-end supercut, you really can’t do better than film critic David Ehrlich’s annual video. Once again Ehrlich has counted down his 25 favorite movies of the year, and the finished product is both a loving homage to a year in film and a work of art itself.
This is meticulous editing work, folks, and a joyous celebration of some of the year’s best films.
Watch the Training that Went Into Star Wars: The Last Jedi‘s Fight Scenes
From the moment we met Daisy Ridley’s Rey in The Force Awakens, she was already one tough cookie. We watched her repel deep into a ruined a Star Destroyer, fight off some First Order goons with her staff and generally hold herself in such a way where you never questioned how tough she was. And this was before it became clear she had some serious abilities that even she didn’t know about.
New Star Wars: The Last Jedi Images Showcase Laura Dern’s Mysterious Vice Admiral Holdo
The great Laura Dern was one of the most exciting additions to the Star Wars: The Last Jedi cast, an actress with immense gifts whose presence improves any film. Dern, along with Benicio del Toro’s mysterious code breaker DJ, is not someone you bring onboard your film to play a minor role. As Vice Admiral Holdo, Dern’s playing a prominent officer in the Resistance, and judging by this Entertainment Weekly cover photo of Holdo alongside Oscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron,
New Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Teaser Unleashes a Load of Terrified Dinosaurs
Life finds a way. This has been the credo, of sorts, to the entire Jurassic Park/World franchise, from Steven Spielberg’s first, ground-breaking film Jurassic Park to Colin Trevorrow’s massive Jurassic World. No matter how hard humans try to control their dino creations, whether by locking them in pens or designing them in labs, life, which always brings death, finds a way. Jurassic World ended with our hero,
Stranger Things is Officially Coming Back for Season 3
Poor Hawkins, Indiana has been through a lot. Detective Hopper has been doing his best to battle the evils of the Upside Down, but there are more monsters to come. Netflix announced that Stranger Things has secured a third season.
FOR THE LOVE OF STEVE, DUH! So hold tight baby darts — season 3 is officially happening.
— Netflix US (@netflix) December 1, 2017
Netflix posted a poll on Friday asking followers if there should be a season 3.
