“The Fantastic Four” Adds Natasha Lyonne to Cast
There’s a supremely bright new star in the Marvel Cinematic Universe—Natasha Lyonne has been cast in The Fantastic Four.
The creator and star of Netflix’s Russian Doll and the face of Poker Face has joined the cast of Marvel’s reboot of one of the most iconic super-groups in all of comics. Director Matt Shakman has added the stellar Lyonne to an already sensational cast, although what role the multi-talented performer,
The First “Wicked” Trailer Arrives on the Wings of Flying Monkeys
The first trailer for director John M. Chu’s Wicked has arrived on a pair of wings.
Chu’s Wicked is the first big-screen adaptation of one of the most successful Broadway shows of the 21st century, and he’s got the help of two otherworldly talents to help enchant Universal’s adaptation. The first is Emmy, Grammy, and Tony-winner Cynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba, a phenomenally gifted young woman whose unusual green skin has made her the subject of scorn.
The First Teaser for “Dune: Prophecy” Unveils the Powers That Shaped the Dune Universe
The first teaser for Max’s Dune: Prophecy has landed, taking us back 10,000 years before the events depicted in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune films and centered on two Harkonnen sisters fighting against dark forces who will eventually found the secretive, powerful sect called the Bene Gesserit. Prophecy will offer lovers of both Villeneuve’s astonishing two-part epic and Frank Herbert’s novels a look at how the combative, fragile intergalactic community present during the rise of Paul Atreides (played in the films,
Reimagining Korea’s Dynamic Film & TV Industry With Wow Point Executive Producer Yoomin Hailey Yang
Wow Point CEO and executive producer Yoomin Hailey Yang is blazing a trail for young female producers in the Korean film and TV industry.
After stints working with Korean broadcaster MBC and agency-producer BH Entertainment, she co-founded Wow Point with leading Korean filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho (Train To Busan, Peninsula) in 2021. The Seoul-based company has launched two series on Netflix so far this year: Parasyte: The Grey,
“Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow” Will Soar Into Theaters in June 2026
James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Studios is moving quickly on Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow now that the film has its star in Milly Alcock and its director in Craig Gillespie.
On Tuesday, DC Studios and Warner Bros. announced that Gillespie and Alcock’s marquee film will soar into theaters on June 26, 2026. This appropriately makes Supergirl the second film under the new look DC Studios to get a release date,
“House of the Dragon” Season 2 Trailer Finds House Targaryen Careening Toward a Civil War
The House of the Dragon season 2 trailer has arrived, and boy, things are getting ugly in House Targaryen.
Season 2 will find Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) and her father, Ser Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), dealing with the aftermath of the death of King Viserys (Paddy Considine). Season 1 chronicled the end of the peaceful King’s rule as his health deteriorated and his house was rife with rumor, intrigue, and murder.
“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Season 2 Trailer Reveals Sauron in the Flesh
“An evil, ancient and power, has returned!”
These words are how the first trailer for season 2 of Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power begins, with our ragtag band of Middle-earth heroes facing the legendarily malevolent entity known as Sauron.
This first look at season 2 reveals Sauron in the flesh for the first time in the series. Played by Charlie Vickers, this iteration of Sauron can blend in among the regular folk of Middle-earth,
Nicolas Cage set to Star in Live-Action Spider-Man Noir Series
Nicolas Cage is slipping on Spider-Man Noir’s trenchcoat in a live-action series at MGM+ and Amazon Prime called Noir.
Cage is reprising his role from the Oscar-winning animated sensation Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, only this time he’ll get to literally flesh out his character. The announcement was made ahead of Amazon’s upfront presentation to advertisers on Tuesday in New York.
“Expanding the Marvel universe with ‘Noir’ is a uniquely special opportunity,
Writer/Director Jane Schoenbrun on Their Stunning New Film “I Saw the TV Glow”
While a student at Boston University, writer/director Jane Schoenbrun enjoyed “many formative movie experiences” at the nearby Coolidge Corner Theater. “A fond memory is of a zombie movie and me and all my friends dressing in zombie makeup,” says Schoenbrun. “It was one of the happiest memories of my college experience, and it probably says something about me.”
So it’s a fitting, full circle moment for Schoenbrun when they returned to the historic Boston theater on May 11 as the 2024 recipient of the Coolidge Breakthrough Artist Award.
Francis Ford Coppola Unveils the Trailer for His Epic New Film “Megalopolis”
Francis Ford Coppola has finally revealed the first look at his decades-long passion project Megalopolis.
The new teaser trailer, which Coppola shared on Monday night, reveals the scope and grandeur of the legendary director’s ambition. It paints a vivid picture of an imagined America told in the style of an epic Roman fable in a story about the competing visions of a city that has a chance to rise from the ashes or remain mired in stagnation.
“The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” Set to Debut Footage at Annecy International Animation Film Festival
The story of one of Middle-earth’s most legendary figures and the creation of one of its most crucial locations, the fortress of Helm’s Deep, is getting an epic anime treatment.
The first look at The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is set to be unveiled at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which begins on June 9. This first look is certainly the most high-profile of Warner Bros.
Third “Downton Abbey” Movie Will Star Paul Giamatti
Recent Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti has traded a stuffy New England prep school for even stuffier (and better appointed) Old England.
The Holdovers star is set to star in the third Downton Abbey movie, which will be written by the series creator Julian Fellowes, with Downton Abbey: A New Era director Simon Curtis returning to helm.
Giamatti is riding high after his stellar turn as embittered professor Paul Hunham in Alexander Payne’s recent film,
“The Mandalorian & Grogu” Looks to Add Sci-Fi Legend Sigourney Weaver to the “Star Wars” Universe
The first new Star Wars movie since J.J. Abrams’ trilogy capping The Rise of Skywalker to go into production will be Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian & Grogu, and who better to enlist in the film than sci-fi legend Sigourney Weaver?
Weaver was, of course, the face of the Alien franchise as Ellen Ripley and one of the first true female action stars,
“The Fantastic Four” Casts Ralph Ineson as Supervillain Galactus
One of the great character actors of his generation, with one of the truly great voices in all of cinema, is joining the MCU.
Ralph Ineson has joined the cast of director Matt Shakman’s The Fantastic Four as the supervillain Galactus, one of the major baddies in the canon. Ineson’s career has spanned major franchises and beloved indies, including the Harry Potter films, The Witch,
Taiwan Based Producer Sam Yuan on His Netflix Series “Shards of Her” & More
In a career that spans over two decades, Taiwan-based producer Sam Yuan has been involved in a variety of productions, from critically acclaimed GF*BF and box office megahit Our Times in his early days to the more recent, Golden Horse-winning My Missing Valentine and Netflix hit series Shards of Her.
He is currently the secretary general of the Taiwanese industry organization, New Media Entertainment Association (NMEA),
“A Quiet Place: Day One” Trailer Unleashes the Alien Scourge on an Unsuspecting NYC
A brand new trailer for A Quiet Place: Day One has finally arrived, teasing out a bit more of the story behind this prequel to John Krasinski’s 2018 original A Quiet Place.
We’ve already seen what the world was like on day 472 of the reign of the sound-hunting aliens in Krasinski’s 2018 original A Quiet Place—now, we finally get to see what the world was right as the alien invasion was underway.
Peter Jackson Working on Multiple New “Lord of the Rings” Films For Warner Bros.
We knew Peter Jackson was returning to Middle-earth, but we thought that return trip was limited to re-releasing his groundbreaking trilogy in new remastered and extended versions. Today, huge news broke—Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav revealed that Jackson is really returning to the realms created by J.R.R. Tolkien for a series of new films.
On a Warner Bros. Discovery earnings call, Zaslav revealed that the company was in the early stages of script development for new Lord of the Rings movies,
Glen Powell’s a Busy Man
Glen Powell’s dance card is getting awfully full. Powell, who broke out in Top Gun: Maverick and then cemented his status as a rising star with chemistry to spare starring opposite Sydney Sweeney in the romantic comedy Anyone But You, has a slew of upcoming films set to release this summer and a slate of incredible projects he’s attached to.
Powell can next be seen in Richard Linklater’s critically acclaimed Hit Man (June 7),
Critics Hail Director Wes Ball’s Mighty “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
Wes Ball didn’t have the easiest task when he signed on to make the fourth new Planet of the Apes film of the modern era. Rupert Wyatt kicked things off with Rise of the Planet of the Apes back in 2011, and then The Batman director Matt Reeves filmed the ferocious final two installments in the new trilogy, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes in 2014 and 2017,
Riding the Storm of the Century in the New “Twisters” Trailer
The second trailer for Minari director Lee Isaac Chung’s Twisters has whipped into view, giving us a longer look at what the talented Chung has done with the sequel to the 1996 original starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton.
We open on a rodeo where bucking broncos have their violent twisting upstaged by the titular weather event. Twisters is centered on Kate Cooper (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a young woman with a vertiginous history with a cataclysmic twister she faced when she was in college,
