Check out the new Teaser & Photos From Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Many of you saw and loved writer/director Matthew Vaughn’s surprise 2014 smash hit Kingsman: The Secret Service, which gave us Colin Firth as we’d never expected to see him (going berserker in a Church), Samuel L. Jackson as a lisping lunatic villain, and introduced us to budding stars Taron Egerton and Sofia Boutella. We’ve been waiting on word (and a trailer) for Vaughn’s sequel, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, for quite a while now,...

By  |  April 18, 2017
The Fate of the Furious Breaks Record for Biggest Opening Ever

Just last week we wrote about how The Fate of the Furious was racing towards a monster opening, and, how the production had already been such a massive boon for the state of Georgia, where it filmed for nearly 200 days. Now it’s been confirmed that The Fate of the Furious is a part of film history, besting Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the biggest worldwide box office opening of all time...

By  |  April 18, 2017
James Gunn is Returning for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Yesterday we wrote about how we’re just a bit more than two weeks away from the premiere of writer/director James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, but what we didn’t expect, and are thrilled about, is that Gunn has already declared he’s on board for Vol. 3. While you might have figured that was a no brainer, Gunn explains in a Facebook post that staying on board was never guaranteed. What ultimately helped Gunn make the decision was a desire to make sure the third film in the Guardians trilogy was one he could be proud of:

Before I was able to honestly answer this,...

By  |  April 18, 2017
Recapping What we Learned During the Star Wars Celebration

Last week, we began speculating about what the Star Wars Celebration would bring us. Of course, the weekend brought about a flood of new information about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, moving tributes to Carrie Fisher, incredible panels and more. Now that we've had a chance to take a breath, we wanted to take a look back on an incredible, and incredibly moving, weekend for Star Wars fans.

As we expected,...

By  |  April 18, 2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is Coming in 17 Days

In just 17 days on May 5, Marvel will release writer/director James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and in case you weren’t aware that the galactic gang is back, they’ve released a few new promos to jog your memory. One was released by Groot himself (Vin Diesel) on his Facebook page. We've been jazzed up about Gunn's sequel for quite some time, sharing with you this story about the man who plays Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) during production,...

By  |  April 17, 2017
Watch Daniels Phone Home in new Alien: Covenant Teaser

The early buzz for Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien: Covenant is very, very good, with the film being touted as worthy of his original, terrifying vision for Alien. We've been sharing the trailersteasersfeaturettes and art that 20th Century Fox has provided, all of which has teased the nightmare coming for the folks aboard the Covenant.  

In the latest video,...

By  |  April 17, 2017
Watch Mark Hamill’s Touching Tribute to Carrie Fisher

Several months have already passed since Carrie Fisher’s heartbreaking death, yet the wounds left are still very raw. In Mark Hamill’s beautiful and emotional tribute to Carrie Fisher this past weekend at Star Wars Celebration, he told the audience about his inability to fully process and move on from his co-star and friend’s death. Hamill’s tribute to Carrie feels incredibly personal and intimate, and he spent about an hour talking about the luminescent energy that he had gotten to know so well over the years...

By  |  April 17, 2017
Will Star Wars: The Last Jedi Confirm Who Rey’s Parents are?

Warning: Could Contains spoilers!

When Rey (Daisy Ridley) delivers a lightsaber to Luke Skywalker at the end of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (the rocky, remote planet was Ahch-To), speculation quickly rose about the orphan’s origins. Was Luke her father? Or Han Solo? Was she the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine? Or none of the above?

We were hoping our questions would soon be answered in The Last Jedi,...

By  |  April 17, 2017
Check out These New Images From Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We’ve shared the Star Wars: The Last Jedi teaser and, like you, watched it a dozen or more times. Then we published this story about the secrets and Easter eggs hidden within the teaser, along with some intriguing theories, that gives you a deeper look at Rian Johnson’s upcoming film (including a potential new meaning to that title). 

Now, thanks to Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Pictures, we're sharing these new images from the film,...

By  |  April 16, 2017
The Secrets & Easter Eggs in the Star Wars: The Last Jedi Teaser

So you’ve seen the Star Wars: The Last Jedi teaser a few dozen times and think you’ve gleaned all there is to know from those glorious two minutes and thirteen seconds. Think again. With a weekend to watch and re-watch the teaser, the Internet has done its CSI: Teaser Breakdown routine and highlighted every conceivable secret and Easter egg hidden in every frame. We’ve gone ahead and gleaned what we think are the most interesting points from all that collective detective work...

By  |  April 16, 2017
The Fantastic First Teaser for Star Wars: The Last Jedi is Here

Ladies and gentlemen, your Star Wars: The Last Jedi teaser is here. After what felt like an eternity, we have our first glimpse at the next chapter in the Star Wars saga, and from this two minute and change teaser, you have every right to be very excited about writer/director Rian Johnson’s film.

The teaser was revealed at today’s Last Jedi panel at the Star Wars Celebration in Orlando,...

By  |  April 14, 2017

Interview

Special/Visual Effects

How Ghost in the Shell ’s VFX Supervisor Got Cyberpunk Right

A cult hit since its manga origins, Rupert Sanders’s live-action Ghost in the Shell has had to meet high fan expectations, particularly in regard to visuals. The film is as well known for its gritty, near-future post-cyberpunk aesthetic thanks to Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 animated film, and as Paramount Picture’s Scarlett Johansson-driven feature arrived in theaters, a legion fans were more curious about what the movie would would like than the cybernetic-focused science fiction plot. We chatted with VFX supervisor Axel Bonami about recreating the infamous future city...

By  |  April 14, 2017

Interview

Production Designer

The Amazing Year of Moonlight, Lemonade, and Black Panther Production Designer Hannah Beachler

Production designer Hannah Beachler has produced incredible artwork that led her to a former slave owning plantation in Louisiana where she stood among forty powerful women of color. They danced and cried and shared their stories. Oh, and they listened to Beyoncé sing Freedom a capella on a paper stage Beachler created.

Beyoncé’s triumphant visual album Lemonade splashed into the social conversation almost a year ago. Coming from one of the most influential black women in the world,...

By Kelle Long  |  April 14, 2017
Watch This Moving Carrie Fisher Tribute From the Star Wars Celebration

Get out your tissues. As the Star Wars celebration officially kicked off in Orlando, Lucasfilm finished the 40 Years of Star Wars panel with this lovely tribute to the late, great Carrie Fisher.

We’ve written recently about Fisher’s continued presence in the final two installments of the new trilogy, as filmmakers Rian Johnson, Colin Trevorrow, and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and Disney CEO Bob Iger have all weighed how to handle the icon’s passing in narrative terms...

By  |  April 13, 2017
Blade Runner 2049‘s Barkhad Abdi on his Deformed Character

Blade Runner 2049 star Barkhad Abdi recently shared new details about his character with The Hollywood Reporter, unveiling great new bits of information about the sequel to Ridley Scott’s iconic 1982 film.

“He’s a scientist,” says Abdi, “and he’s totally deformed.”

Abdi claimed that he didn’t feel any pressure trying to live up to the original film, but that it was “a blessing.” He fully immersed himself in the role,...

By  |  April 13, 2017
Orange is the New Black Season 5 Teaser

The new season of Orange Is The New Black is picking up right where we left off, and if you watched season 4, you know that it’s a wild moment for the women of Litchfield Penitentiary.

The newly released teaser brings us back to Daya (Dascha Polanco) holding a gun at the terrible prison guard Humphrey (Michael Torpey), with all the women going absolutely nuts and adding to the chaos. Piper (Taylor Schilling) and Alex (Laura Prepon) join the wild commotion and the teaser ends with a bang...

By  |  April 13, 2017
Hot Off Baby Driver, Edgar Wright’s Grasshopper Jungle Nears Deal

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver was one of our favorite films at SXSW and one of our favorites of the year thus far. Beginning with one of the best set pieces in recent memory, Baby Driver is a super-powered, music-obsessed blast from start to finish. Beginning inside a Subaru that’s been turned into a supercar, we stay with Baby (Ansel Elgort) as he listens to Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s “Bellbottoms,” while inside the bank only a few feet away,...

By  |  April 13, 2017
Check out the new Justice League Teaser Poster

It was only two weeks ago when we shared the trailer for Zack Snyder's Justice Leaguewhich gave main cast all get their moments to shine, showcase their individual personalities and superpowers, and create enough tension between them that they can create enough drama for when the villains aren't in the frame. There was also some much needed humor, like when the Flash asks Batman what his superpower, and the caped crusader replies, deadpan,...

By  |  April 13, 2017
The Predator Star Sterling K. Brown Predicts big Things for Sequel

Sterling K. Brown has some good news from the set of Shane Black‘s The Predator. The Emmy-winning actor whose performance as Christopher Darden in American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson was a standout in a series filled with them told Entertainment Weekly that like Black’s previous efforts, Predator has a “wicked sense of humor.” While John McTiernan’s original Predator had some gallows humor (and peak Arnold Schwarzenegger),...

By  |  April 13, 2017
The Fate of the Furious Races Towards Monster Opening

Here’s an insane stat: The Fate and the Furious may make more in its opening weekend than the very first The Fate of the Furious made in its entire theatrical run back in 2001. The Los Angeles Times is estimating that The Fate and the Furious is tracking to make somewhere between $280 and $300 million worldwide this weekend, while some analysts believe it might even break $400 million,...

By  |  April 13, 2017