Looking Back at the VFX of Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The 1980s were a pinnacle for practical effects, but CGI was still in its infancy by the time Terminator 2: Judgment Day was released in 1991. James Cameron is one of the most successful filmmakers of all time, but also tops the list for one of the most pioneering. Terminator 2 is being re-released in 3D and VFXBog did a super deep dive speaking with the effects team about what it took to make the film...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The First Order’s Two New Deadly Vehicles
After giving fans a glimpse at Kylo Ren’s (Adam Driver) new ship the TIE Silencer, The Star Wars Show has now unveiled two new vehicles that will be featured in The Last Jedi. One is a sleek new pizza slice shaped ship, and the other is an all-terrain ground vehicle. Both belong to The First Order artillery.
The first is the AT-M6 walker which looks a lot like the AT-ATs from The Empire Strikes Back,...
We Talked to a Game of Thrones Loving Scientist About Dany’s Dragons
We’ve watched them grow before our eyes. Born unto fire, the dragons of Game of Thrones have remained at the center of the HBO series’s narrative over its seven-year run. And this Sunday’s finale will mean the beasts’s fans will have to say goodbye to their secret crushes, their CGI heartthrobs, until the 8th and final season returns in 2019.
Many will miss Daenerys’s fire-breathing reptiles, Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion, acutely. Viserion, as you know, is no longer even a part of the Dany’s dragon trinity—the poor beast is now in the cold hands of the Night King...
New Game of Thrones Finale Images Tease Most Important Meeting in Show’s History
Two years ago, we had the pleasure of interviewing director Jeremy Podeswa, who has helmed some of Game of Thrones’ toughest episodes. The Emmy-nominated Podeswa is back for the season 7 finale, “The Dragon and the Wolf,” which will include the most crucial meeting in the history of the series. After the epic, traumatizing events of “Beyond the Wall,” Jon Snow, Dany and what appears to be her entire army (although we don’t actually ...
Let’s Discuss & Dispel This Crazy Game of Thrones Night King Theory
The fan theories surrounding the worst person in Westeros, aka the Night King, continue to flood the internet. There is one theory in particular that has generated a ton of heat, and we’d like to discuss it. If you’re one of those Game of Thrones viewers who doesn’t want even the slightest chance of having something spoiled by a wild theory turning out to be true, stop reading now.
Still here? Okay, so let’s dive into the theory that Brandon Stark is actually the Night King...
James Gunn Reveals Guardians of the Galaxy Could be the Future of the MCU
In a Facebook Live promotion Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 coming to home video, director James Gunn revealed that the Guardians may be the key the future of the Marvel Universe. So far, the series has been pretty heavily focused on the Avengers with the Guardians are doing their own thing. They will all finally unite, however, in Avengers: Infinity War for the supersized battle against Thanos.
The entire modern MCU was spawned by Iron Man in 2008,...
This Video that Explains Why Christopher Nolan’s Memento Works So Well in Reverse
Lessons From the Screenplay popped up on YouTube last year with really cool break downs of just what makes some of the most beloved stories on screen successful. The newest study explores just how Christopher Nolan made his breakout film Memento. It’s one of the most memorable revenge stories ever told by working backwards.
The story is essentially about Leonard (Guy Pearce) trying to avenge his wife’s murder while struggling with short term memory loss...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi‘s Porgs Make Their Animated Debut
There are some Star Wars creations that are so obviously adorable you almost want to resist loving them. We love the story about how J.J. Abrams first conceived of BB-8 as a soccer ball shaped droid with a drawing on a napkin, and sure enough, BB-8 became a near instant star once The Force Awakens premiered. This is why we were impressed with Rogue One’s resident droid, Alan Tudyk’s K-2SO, which was designed to be unlovable (but ended up being a fan favorite anyway). ...
American Horror Story: Cult Trailer Shows Sarah Paulson Living Out a Real Life Nightmare
American Horror Story has been set across multiple eras in seasons past with flashbacks jumping as far back as the 1500s. This season, however, is completely of the moment, asking the question, are we already living our worst nightmare? The latest trailer shows AHS alum Sarah Paulson realizing her greatest fear that many American voters relate to in the election of President Trump. Fan favorite Evan Peters’ character, Kai, has a starkly different reaction as he wildly celebrates the news...
DC Developing Joker Origin Story With Martin Scorsese and The Hangover‘s Todd Phillips
There’s already a groundswell of opinion about the news Deadline broke: DC Films and Warner Bros. are just starting to develop a new Joker origin story, expanding their Batman universe, and they’re bringing in Martin Scorsese (!!!) to help. Thus far, they’ve attached The Hangover‘s Todd Phillips and 8 Mile screenwriter Scott Silver to co-write the script, with Phillips directing. Scorsese will produce alongside Phillips. This Joker origin story will be unveiled under a new,...
The Origin of Black Panther Explained in 3 Minutes
Marvel has given us a few sneak peaks of Black Panther, and what we’ve seen thus far has been incredible. If you want to get caught up on the story, however, Marvel’s TL;DR series just released a 3 minute summary of Black Panther’s history so you can be in the know before you go see Ryan Coogler’s movie. Now is a good time to get the story straight as Black Panther will not only be starring in his own film,...
Stranger Things‘ David Harbour on his Spin on Hellboy
After his breakout performance as police chief Jim Hopper in Stranger Things (practically the only adult who made any strides to combat the chaos in Hawkins, Indiana, save for Winona Ryder’s Joyce Byers), David Harbour nabbed the role of Hellboy in a new telling of the demon hero, titled Hellboy: The Rise of the Blood Queen. The film is well into production and Harbour opened up on Josh Horowitz’ Happy Sad Confused podcast about tackling the character...
Go Inside It‘s House of Horror at 29 Neibolt Street
While you await the September 8 premiere of Andy Muschietti’s It, fans of Stephen King’s iconic horror classic who live in Los Angeles have a special, creepy opportunity on their hands—they can tour the house on 29 Neibolt Street, where so many of the terrifying moments in It occur. In King’s novel, the Losers Club, our teenage heroes, find themselves at 29 Neibolt Street, a crumbling, abandoned house near the trainyard. It’s beneath the front porch that Eddie Kaspbrak first encounters the shape-shifting It,...
Wonder Woman Smashes Worldwide Box Office
Wonder Woman has done it again, beating out many of her male rivals. This year’s DC Comic smash surpassed $800 million worldwide besting Man of Steel at $668 million and Suicide Squad at $420.5 million. Domestically, Diana Prince defeated Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Logan at the box office falling short of only Beauty and the Beast for 2017 releases.
DC Comic and Marvel films have long battled for control of the box office,...
Game of Thrones Explainer: Here’s how They Created the Zombie Polar Bear (and More)
We’ve gone in depth on the big battle sequence (and everything else that happened in the episode) in our “Beyond the Wall” recap, and now HBO has released this behind-the-scenes featurette that details how the face-off between Jon and his merry band of brothers and the Night King and his army of the dead was created. What’s more, we also find out that showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have been planning on incorporating the zombie polar bear,...
This New Blade Runner 2049 Trailer Gives us our First Real Look at the Story
We are getting so close to seeing Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 iconic original. A new trailer just released gives us the most plot-focused look yet at the film, with special attention paid to Jared Leto’s Niander Wallace, the film’s villain.
We are finally able to piece some of Hampton Fancher and Michael Green’s plot together (with the gorgeous cinematography of Roger Deakins, you could be excused for just enjoying ...
Viserion’s Uncertain Fate in Game of Thrones
Last night’s battle beyond the wall still has our heads spinning. Perhaps the most memorable moment though, came in the very last second of the very last scene…Spoilers ahead…
The Ice Dragon now lives. And many feelings (and many questions) were brought to the surface with it.
We always knew the mother of dragons would likely have to sacrifice at least one of them in her quest to take the Iron Throne. Still, it was an emotional scene as the Night King effortlessly took down Viserion with his ice spear,...
Here’s the Painful Meaning Behind Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Super secret spies the Kingsman are up against a new foe The Golden Circle, and the most recent TV commercial reveals the painful bonding technique that gives them their name. According to the spot, the evil members of The Golden Circle all have three things in common. Their fingertips are burned off, their teeth are filed down and they have a circular tattoo made of 24 karat gold. Ouch. There are better ways to sport that bling, guys...
Tim Burton’s Live-Action Dumbo Cast Adds an Oscar Winner
Disney’s latest live action film inspired by high flying circus classic Dumbo has added Oscar Winner Alan Arkin to the cast. Visionary director Tim Burton is taking on the story of the big eared elephant, and he’s reteaming with Arkin, who he worked with on his phenomenal Edward Scissorhands with magical results. We don’t yet know much about Arkin’s character other than he is set to play J. Griffin Remington, a Wall Street tycoon...
Behold the Game of Thrones Season 7 Finale Teaser
While we digest the insanity of last night’s penultimate episode “Beyond the Wall,” HBO has released the teaser trailer for Game of Thrones season 7 finale, and it’s a doozy. Before you watch it, give our latest recap a read if you haven’t already, and help us answer some of these questions we have after the episode. As for the finale’s teaser, it promises that the fighting we witnessed in “Beyond the Wall” will move back to Westeros,...
