Hugh Jackman on the Secret to Bulking Up to Become Wolverine Again

Hugh Jackman hasn’t suited up and bulked out as Wolverine for seven years, since James Mangold’s stellar 2017 film Logan. In that movie, as fans are well aware, an aging, sick—but still very strong—Wolverine was trying to protect Professor X (he failed) and later, a young mutant named Laura (Dafne Keen—he succeeded) in what would turn out to be his final, heroic act.

But of course, we now know nothing’s final where Marvel is concerned.

“Deadpool & Wolverine” Reveal Popcorn Bucket Set to Rival Infamous “Dune: Part Two” Offering

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige promised that Deadpool & Wolverine would deliver a popcorn bucket that would take on Dune: Part Two’s infamous offering, and boy, he wasn’t kidding.

Stars Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and the movie’s official Twitter page unveiled the new bucket, a somewhat naughty popcorn vessel that is Wolverine’s helmet with a large open mouth. Is it “crude and rude” as Feige promised?

Devastation & Determination in a New “A Quiet Place: Day One” Featurette

“We’ve gone back to the beginning before the creatures invaded the Earth,” A Quiet Place: Day One star Lupita Nyong’o tells us at the top of a new featurette released by Paramount. We’ve already seen what the world was like on day 472 of the reign of the blind, sound-hunting aliens in John Krasinski’s 2018 original A Quiet Place—now, we finally get to see what the world was right as the alien invasion was underway.

“Furiosa” Art Director Jacinta Leong on Building Flying Motorcycles & That Breathtaking 15-Minute Action Sequence

Nine years after Mad Max: Fury Road star Charlize Theron wreaked havoc as bad-ass adult Furiosa, director George Miller revisits his post-apocalyptic nightmare with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (in theaters now). The prequel, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, and the mighty first-generation War Rig truck, features one of the year’s most spellbinding action sequences, a relentless, 15-minute mind-melter that took 78 days to film. 

While the 15-minute sequence is the most thrilling action scene of the year (in any film),

Dwayne Johnson and Auli’i Cravalho Answer the Call to Adventure in First “Moana 2” Trailer

Moana and Maui are back for a fresh round of high-seas adventure in the first trailer for Moana 2. And if Moana and Maui are back, that means so, too, are stars Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson, who return to reprise their voice roles from the world-beating first film.

The new film is from writer/director David G. Derrick Jr. (Raya and the Last Dragon), who worked as a story artist on the original Moana in 2016.

George Clooney and Brad Pitt Are on the Hunt in First “Wolfs” Trailer

For the first time in 16 years, Brad Pitt and George Clooney are sharing the screen together, and in the first trailer for writer/director Jon Watts’ Wolfs, the two get off to a rollicking fun start.

The trailer opens with Clooney’s fixer being called to a woman’s apartment (Amy Ryan) in a huge heap of trouble. Clooney’s fixer has been there and done that, and scrubbing a crime scene or removing a body is all in a night’s work for him.

Animation Director Jason Boose on Creating a Madcap “Garfield” for a New Generation

Chris Pratt voices the iconic, lasagna-loving star of director Mark Dindal’s The Garfield Movie, which uses Garfield’s love of Italian cuisine and the indoors as a jumping-off point for an origin and adventure story in one. A sweet-faced kitten gloms onto lonely Jon (Nicholas Hoult) at a restaurant and doesn’t let go until an unexpected reunion with his father, Vic (Samuel L. Jackson).

This father-son reunion comes on the heels of a catnapping,

Andrew Scott Joins Daniel Craig in Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out 3”

Rian Johnson’s third Knives Out film has snagged one of the hottest actors working together.

Andrew Scott has joined the cast for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, joining Challengers breakout star Joh O’Connor, Priscilla, Civil War, and Alien: Romulus star Cailee Spaeny, and Benoit Blanc himself, Daniel Craig, who returns to the franchise as the dandified detective sleuthing on another case.

Brad Pitt and George Clooney Finally Reunite in First “Wolfs” Teaser

You don’t need much more than Brad Pitt and George Clooney to hype your movie, and in the first teaser for their upcoming film Wolfs, they’re pretty much all you get, plus one squeaky windshield wiper and a carful of tension. With two seasoned pros boasting charisma and chemistry to spare, this wordless teaser still manages to excite.

Pitt and Clooney have teamed up before, of course, most memorably as the two biggest names in Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven franchise,

James Gunn Taps “Watchmen” Creator Damon Lindelof to Join Green Lanterns Series for DC Studios

Damon Lindelof is no stranger to superheroes, a fact that DC Studios co-chief James Gunn was well aware of when he tapped him to help bring a brand new series based on the Green Lanterns to life.

Lindelof, the co-creator of ABC’s seminal series Lost and the man who helped steer HBO’s sensational Watchmen adaptation, which riffed on writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins’ iconic graphic novel and went on to win 11 Emmys,

“The Garfield Movie” Director Mark Dindal on Taking a Famously Lazy Indoor Cat Way Outdoors

Garfield, the lasagna-eating original grumpy cat, has been painted with a fresh coat of animated fur and given a new voice in actor Chris Pratt for director Mark Dindal’s The Garfield Movie, a hilarious roller-coaster romp that’s going to bring out the kid in you, nostalgia aside. Garfield purred into theaters on May 24.

Published as a comic strip in 1978, the beloved feline has made its way onto television series,

Composer John Paesano on Scoring A Hero’s Journey in “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”

Editor’s note: This article contains light spoilers for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

“What’s interesting about this film, and it played into our favor, is you couldn’t score it like you could a normal film that’s been done the last ten years,” says composer John Paesano about director Wes Ball’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. “A lot of it wasn’t conceived by the time we started working on it because it was so visual effects heavy.”

What that meant for the composer was coming up with ideas that were emotionally connected to the characters rather than composing for pictures on a screen.

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” Trailer Unleashes Michael Keaton’s Trickster Demon

The Juice is loose in the official Beetlejuice Beetlejuice trailer.

Twenty-six years after Tim Burton and Michael Keaton delivered their beguilingly charming horror comedy, one of the films that defined 1980s cinema, the dream team is back to create some fresh nightmares. The official trailer for Burton and Keaton’s long-awaited sequel to their iconic Beetlejuice has arrived, and the reunion is so sweet they had to name it twice.

How the Animation in John Krasinski’s “IF” Came to Live Seamlessly Among Live-Action

Written and directed by John Krasinski, IF is a fantastical inverse of Krasinski’s A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II. A contemporary fairy-tale journey inspired by Krasinski’s own daughters, IF pairs live action and animation to bring us Bea (Cailey Fleming), a tween who learns she can see everyone else’s imaginary friends, and teams up with Cal (Ryan Reynolds), the only adult around who shares her superpower,

Vision Resurrected: Marvel is Brining Back Paul Bettany’s Superhero for New Disney+ Series

You can’t keep a good superhero down, especially not Paul Bettany’s Vision, who will be returning once again to lead a brand new Marvel series on Disney+.

Bettany’s red-skinned, Infinity Stone-charged superhero (it’s the Mind Stone, to get technical), one of the more tragic figures in recent Marvel lore considering his death at the hands of Thanos in Avengers: Infinity and his bittersweet resurrection in Disney+’s WandaVision, will return to center a new series from the studio.

Hugh Jackman’s Return as Wolverine Surprised his Agent and Worried Kevin Feige

Ever since news broke that Hugh Jackman was returning as Wolverine, fans and Marvel canon keepers have had to reckon with the fact that Jackman had already had his bittersweet superhero sendoff in James Mangold’s 2017 banger Logan, and returning as the be-clawed mutant might mess with that beloved movie’s entire premise and Wolverine’s timeline. The premise in Logan was that the gruff, grizzled lone wolf makes the ultimate sacrifice for his mutant kind and becomes a mythic hero in the process by giving up his life to save a young mutant molded by his own genetics in Dafne Keen’s Laura.

“Thelma the Unicorn” Director Lynn Wang on Marshaling the Magic of Brittany Howard’s Voice

When director Lynn Wang and her co-director Jared Hess set out to adapt Aaron Blabey’s popular 2015 book about a plain-Jane barn pony who dreams of being a unicorn, Wang brought to bear years of animation experience to this sure-hoofed, very funny adaptation. Thelma the Unicorn hits its high notes but also manages to work in sly humor that adults will particularly savor.

What Wang and Hess both have in spades is a deep appreciation for music (the film is chock full of tunes,

“Under the Bridge” EP/Director Quinn Shephard on Lily Gladstone & Riley Keough’s Twisty Murder Mystery

In 1997, fourteen-year-old Reena Virk went to a party and never came home, then became front page news around the world when a tight-knit circle of girls and one troubled teenage boy were implicated in her murder. Journalist Rebecca Godfrey wrote about the crime in her acclaimed book “Under the Bridge”, and now Hulu’s narrative series of the same name delves into the life of the victim, as well as those involved in her death.

Marvel’s “X-Men” Movie Takes Big Step Forward in Landing “Hunger Games” Writer

With Deadpool & Wolverine slashing its way toward its July 26 premiere date, more big news about the future of the X-Men and Marvel Studios has arrived.

Marvel has hired The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes writer Michael Lesslie to pen a new X-Men movie for the studio. This would be the first time the mutant super-team has been assembled for an MCU film, owing to Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019.

First Look at Dwayne Johnson as MMA Legend Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine”

A24 has revealed the first look of Dwayne Johnson as MMA legend Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie’s upcoming film The Smashing Machine.

Johnson reunites with his Jungle Cruise co-star Emily Blunt in Safdie’s A24 drama, from a script Safdie wrote with consultation with Kerr. Kerr was a dominant figure in the MMA ring but had no shortage of problems outside of it, including addiction struggles and domestic problems with his wife,