The Best Line in the Thor: Ragnarok Trailer Was Written by a Make-A-Wish Kid

This gave us a lump in the throat. Entertainment Weekly published this story during Comic-Con about Thor: Ragnarokand there was a detail about how the best line in record-setting first trailer wasn’t in the script, or improvised by any of the actors, it was suggested by a young kid from the Make-a-Wish foundation who was on set that day. 

The line in question happens at the 1:36 moment in the teaser trailer,

By  |  August 2, 2017
Star Wars & Harry Potter Worlds Collide With new Episode IX Writer

The Star Wars franchise of the last couple years has been no stranger to hard choices and tough shakeups regarding its production team. The script for The Force Awakens was worked on for the better part of a year by Michael Arndt before a change was made. Ron Howard replaced directing duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller on the upcoming Han Solo movie in a highly-publicized ousting. And these are just the changes that made headlines.

By  |  August 2, 2017

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Cinematographer

The Handmaid’s Tale DP on Using Old Lenses, Vermeer and Drones to Conjure Dystopia

Liverpool-born cinematographer Colin Watkinson quit his job as a surveyor to work as an entry-level “runner” on a British soundstage, rose through the ranks to shoot Tarsem Singh’s The Fall in 2006, and on the strength of that film’s universally hailed visuals, became one of Los Angeles’ most prolific television commercial DPs. By the time cinematographer-turned director Reed Moreno invited him to shoot The Handmaid’s Tale in Toronto,

By  |  August 2, 2017

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Costume Designer

Landline‘s Costume Designer on Bringing Back ’90’s New York Fashion

Most of us would like to think that the 1990s weren’t that long ago, but the age of dial up Internet, CDs and home phones has already been made into period piece Landline. Love or loath what you wore at the end of the millenium, you’ll definitely recognize some of these looks. Costume designer Elisabeth Vastola combed through consignment racks to revive the era in a recognizable and authentic way. Set in New York,

By  |  August 2, 2017
Production has Begun on Ant-Man and The Wasp

Today marks the official start to production for Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp. Your returning champs are director Peyton Reed, Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly as Ant-Man and the Wasp respectively, Michael Douglas as Hank Pym, Michael Peña as Luis, and T.I. as Dave. You’ve also got Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Abby Ryder Fortson, and David Dastmalchian reprising their supporting roles.Your newcomers include Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Bill Foster (a.k.a. Goliath), Walton Goggins as Sonny Burch,

By  |  August 1, 2017
Watch the First Trailer for David Fincher’s Netflix Series Mindhunter

Director David Fincher might be the greatest living director when it comes to crime thrillers. On the big screen, he has delivered a series of sensational crime films, including Se7en, Zodiac, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Gone Girl. Fincher is now one of the leading lights behind Netflix’s new series Mindhunter, based on John Douglas and Mark Olshaker’s book, “Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit,” that detailed the work of the FBI’s Investigative Support Unit. 

By  |  August 1, 2017
Dany’s in Trouble: Watch the Teaser for Game of Thrones Upcoming Episode

“My only venture at this moment is establishing control over this continent and every person on it,” Cersei says to Tycho Nestoris, the Iron Bank’s representative. Cersei is well aware that she can’t win a war against Dany without gold, and although Tycho had come to King’s Landing to collect on the Lannister’s debt, seeing a much better proposition with Dany and her dragons, Cersei convinced him to stay for a fortnight, promising that all the Lannister debts will be paid by the time he goes home.

By  |  August 1, 2017

Interview

Actor

Talking to Emmy-Nominated Ewan McGregor About Splitting Himself for his Fargo Dual Roles

For years, Ewan McGregor yearned to play a role that required complete physical transformation, but the timing couldn’t have been worse when Fargo creator Noah Hawley asked the svelte actor to grow a beer belly. “I had a jawline that you could cut paper on and I’d never been so fit in my life,” laughs McGregor, who remembers returning to Los Angeles in top physical condition after shooting “Trainspotting 2” in his native Scotland.

By  |  August 1, 2017

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Composer

Emmy Nominated Planet Earth II Composers on Scoring the Most Interesting Animals in the World

Ten years after the original series aired, BBC returns to explore our natural world in Planet Earth II. The stunning exploration of the green planet’s jungles, grasslands, deserts and more spawned a viral video of a daring iguana escaping certain death that couldn’t be more hair-raising if it had been scripted. The show’s dynamic score earned composers Jasha Klebe and Jacob Shea of Bleeding Fingers Music an Emmy nomination. The duo had worked separately on major blockbusters including 

By  |  August 1, 2017
Here’s Your First Look at Zazie Beetz as Deadpool 2‘s Mutant Assassin Domino

20th Century Fox has a very good marketing team, but for Deadpool, there is no one more affective than star Ryan Reynolds. He’s been keeping us updated on all the happenings on Deadpool 2, and now he delivered our first look at Zazie Beetz as Domino, the mutant assassin who will be partnered with Josh Brolin‘s Cable in the film.

Beetz looks right at home as she literally crushes Ryan Reynolds’ Merch with the Mouth,

By  |  July 31, 2017
Crucial Questions After Watching Game of Thrones‘ “The Queen’s Justice”

Game of Thrones thrives on the power of the unanswered question, and last night’s episode gave fans several more to grapple with. Never a series to short change the unknown, while “The Queen’s Justice” addressed some questions, those answers proved to be double-edged swords, leaving fans with a lot of room to question and wonder.

Jon and Daenerys’ first meeting was a loaded one, yielding a lot of uncertainty.

By  |  July 31, 2017
Watch This Glorious Video Detailing the History of Movie Title Sequences

Thanks to shows like Game of Thrones, the title sequence is now an expected part of any movie or show, often engrained in the identity of a series. But it wasn’t always that way. Filmmaker IQ recently put together a video explaining the complex evolution of these sequences, from the earliest days of the silent film through to recent releases, like films in The Avengers series.

Way back during the time of the Lumiere brothers,

By  |  July 31, 2017
Watch the Bonkers Teaser for Darren Aronofsky‘s mother! Starring Jennifer Lawrence

Director Darren Aronofsky is one of the best in the business at creating films that get under your skin. He made his name with the drug fueled screamer Requiem for a Dream, a truly astonishing film that was hard to shake. As was his super low budget Pi, about a delusional mathematician with some seriously bad headaches. In Black Swan, Aronofksy managed to turn the ballet into a body horror romp that was a totally bracing,

By  |  July 31, 2017
Watch 300 Jedi Fight 60,000 Medieval Soldiers

Ever wondered how medieval soldiers would fair in battle against Jedi warriors? I, personally, have not, but I’m glad someone else did. Thanks to some enquiring minds, a battle simulator that pits fan-favorites (like the Jedi) against other fighting forces has found its way to the web. One of the latest videos featuring this simulator shows several iterations of footmen facing off with Jedi, with the simulation operator steadily working to find the number of soldiers it takes to bring down a lightsaber-wielding knight.

By  |  July 31, 2017
Game of Thrones Recap: “The Queen’s Justice”

Awkward helloes and brutal goodbyes animated “The Queen’s Justice,” an episode that brought people together in various, mostly uncomfortable scenarios. Before we touch upon the main course, that tasty nice-to-meet-you that took place in Dragonstone, let’s briefly pay a few words to the bizarre Stark reunion up north. What to make of Bran finally arriving in Winterfell, reunitied with Sansa for the first time in years? It was odd and painful, the two Starks have suffered so much since they last saw each other,

By  |  July 31, 2017

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Hair/Makeup

Head of The Defenders Makeup Department on Juggling Four Marvel Superheroes

The Netflix residents of the Marvel Universe are all coming together for the first time on screen to team up as The Defenders. Makeup department head Sarit Klein had an intimate knowledge of the show’s characters going into production. She also worked as makeup head of previous installments Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist.

By  |  July 31, 2017

Interview

Stunt Coordinator/Stunt Person

See how this Insane Stunt in Atomic Blonde Was Pulled Off

Director David Leitch is one of the film world’s premiere stunt choreographers. The former stunt coordinator made his name helming the first John Wick, and he brought his talents for creating mesmerizing, death-defying stunts to his next film, Atomic Blonde. Starring Charlize Theron as an MI6 agent who is sent alone into Berlin to retrieve a priceless dossier, while the city is becoming completely destabilized (the wall is about to come down) and just about everyone she comes into contact with wants to kill her.

By  |  July 31, 2017
How Blade Runner 2049 Director Denis Villeneuve Incorporated Original Film’s DNA

Given Comic Con’s status as a nerd paradise, it is unsurprising that the director of the Blade Runner sequel, Denis Villeneuve, made an appearance at the event. Collider’s Steve Weintraub caught up with Villeneuve to discuss some of the more technical aspects of Blade Runner 2049, which is set to premiere this October 6. (Re-watch the fantastic trailer here.)

As the upcoming film is a sequel,

By  |  July 28, 2017
What to Know About This new Adaptation of Stephen King’s It

Between Stephen King’s hefty novel – the thing that started it all – and the 1990 television miniseries, audiences might think they know everything about It. They should think again. New details about the upcoming feature film, due out on September 8, indicate that this latest iteration of the story will be doing everything but treading old ground. Collider recently gathered an extensive list of things to know about the film,

By  |  July 28, 2017
Check out This Potentially Deadly Omission in Tyrion’s Letter to Jon Snow

A meeting between Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen has long topped the wish list of Game of Thrones fans everywhere. And it appears as though this wish will be granted (finally) this Sunday, with the teaser for this season’s third episode showing what appears to be Jon and Davos arriving at Dragonstone. Yet those hoping for a swift and sure alliance between Jon and Dany – two of the most beloved characters in the whole series – might be disappointed.

By  |  July 28, 2017