“Despicable Me 4” Deploys Nikola Jokić in UnbeGruvieable New Campaign
Nikola Jokić arrived for the Denver Nuggets’ Saturday playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers dressed like a certain sartorially sharp animated character beloved by millions. Jokić is a superstar, and his pre-game arrival for a playoff game is always going to get photographed, so it took very little time for the internet to make the connection between Jokić’s attire and the aforementioned character:
Jokić pulled up looking like Gru from Despicable Me 😂🔥
(via @nuggets) pic.twitter.com/4hsKA71G8R
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 20,
Tom Holland Slings a Hopeful “Spider-Man 4” Update
Tom Holland was willing to sling some Spider-Man 4 updates this past weekend at the Sands International Film Festival in the beautiful Scottish town of St. Andrews.
Holland was one of the big names to attend the festival as a guest of honor, with a slew of his previous films having played there over the years, including the Russo Brothers’ Cherry and director Antonio Campos‘s riveting The Devil All the Time.
Spice Up Your Stream: “Dune: Part Two” Has Come Home
While Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two was, without a single Spice grain’s worth of doubt, a movie you had to see on the big screen, you can now stream this genuine epic at home.
Eventually, Dune: Part Two will be available on Max, but thus far, no release date has been set (although this summer seems like the most likely landing date). So, if you can’t wait that long (reader,
First Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s “Trap” Reveals Josh Hartnett as a Killer Dad at a Pop Concert
Josh Harnett is about to break some hearts, and not in the way we’re used to him doing, in M. Night Shyamalan’s new mystery thriller Trap.
Harnett joins Saleka Shyamalan, Hayley Mills, and Marnie McPhail in Shyamalan’s latest, which finds a father and teen daughter’s trip to a pop concert devolving into a nightmarish event.
The trailer reveals Hartnett’s dad and his daughter Riley (Ariel Donoghue) arriving at the event to see Lady Raven,
Composer and Virtuoso Guitarist Byeong Woo Lee on Scoring Films For Bong Joon Ho
Byeong Woo Lee is a man of many talents. He’s a virtuoso guitarist and guitar designer, a successful pop musician, a graphic designer, and an educator. As a classical guitarist, he’s performed with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Korean Symphony, and more. After stints in Vienna and Seoul, he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where he continued his ongoing study into musical traditions at Johns Hopkins’ Peabody Conservatory. It was there that he broadened his musical aperture to include film composing.
Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johannsson & Brian Tyree Henry Highlight First “Transformers One” Trailer
Chris Hemsworth as a young Optimus Prime before he was Optimus Prime? And Brian Tyree Henry as the young Megatron, pre-villainous turn towards leading the Decepticons? This and more await you in the first trailer for Transformers One, a star-studded animated epic that will reveal the origin story behind the most bitter feud in Transformers history.
Hemsworth and Henry aren’t the only stars voicing alien robots in director Josh Cooley’s Transformers One—Scarlett Johansson voices Elita,
James Gunn’s “Superman” Finds its Martha Kent in Neva Howell
Superman’s Earth parents have now been established.
Neva Howell has joined the cast of James Gunn’s Superman as Martha Kenta, joining Pruitt Taylor Vince, who was recently cast as Jonathan Kent, The Wrap scoops. Clark Kent’s adoptive parents are now snug as a bug and ready to welcome the infant Kryptonian into their Kansas home.
Howell follows Diane Lane, who most recently played Martha Kent in Zack Snyder’s 2013 film Man of Steel and again in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
“Civil War” Production Designer Caty Maxey on Designing an America in Ruins
Picturing the United States as a divisive hellscape juxtaposed with bucolic vistas of the East Coast, Civil War imagines a not-too-distant future in which Americans settle their differences by executing each other at close range. In the movie—in theaters now—writer-director Alex Garland follows four reporters (Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, and Stephen McKinley Henderson) as they trek from New York to Washington DC so they can document the last days of the republic while insurgent “Western Forces”
Martin Scorsese Circling a Frank Sinatra Biopic With Leondaro DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence
Age is (mostly) a state of mind, as is being proven by a slew of older directors still putting out great work. They include Ridley Scott (86 and currently in post-production on Gladiator 2), Francis Ford Coppola (85 and set to screen his long-gestating passion project, Megalopolis, at Cannes), David Cronenberg (81 and set to screen his latest, The Shrouds at Cannes) and the ever-busy Steven Spielberg (77,
Who is The Ghoul? Watch Walton Goggins Become the Gritty Gunslinger in Prime Video’s “Fallout”
If you haven’t heard yet, Prime Video’s new series Fallout, an adaptation of the super-popular video game from showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner, is a critical smash. It’s currently sitting at 94% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics hailing its vivid and captivating universe, its fearless weirdness, and its singular approach to transforming a world well-known to millions of gamers into a universe accessible to newcomers. In short, Fallout is a blast.
James Gunn’s “Superman” Casts Crucial Role of Jonathan Kent
Veteran character actor Pruitt Taylor Vince will be taking on the role of Clark Kent’s adoptive dad, Jonathan Kent, in James Gunn’s Superman.
Jonathan Kent, aka Pa Kent, adopts Clark alongside his wife, Martha, when the infant arrives on Earth in a Kryptonian spaceship in the fields behind the Kent’s house. The last time someone took on the role was none other than Kevin Costner in Zack Snyder’s 2013 film Man of Steel.
Pamela Anderson Set to Star in “Naked Gun” Remake Opposite Liam Neeson
Pamela Anderson is ready to join another iconic franchise.
Anderson is set to star opposite Liam Neeson in Paramount’s upcoming Naked Gun remake, which will revise the crime caper comedies from the late 1980s and early 90s. Anderson adds immediate star power to the revival, which made headlines back in February when Neeson was announced as the lead. It was an especially interesting bit of casting considering Neeson’s made a late-ish turn in his career to playing ruthlessly efficient types with very particular sets of skills—it’ll be interesting to see him playing a bumbling detective prone to hilarious catastrophes,
“Sonic 3” Gets a Major Boost With Keanu Reeves Signing on to Voice Shadow
Nobody knows a speedy franchise better than Keanu Reeves.
The superstar is slipping off his trademark black John Wick suit for the black fur of a speedy hedgehog in Paramount’s upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Reeves will be voicing the character of Shadow.
Shadow has a very big role to play in Sonic 3. As revealed during Paramount’s presentation at CinemaCon last week, footage from Sonic 3 found Dr.
“Wicked” Star Jonathan Bailey Circling New “Jurassic World” Movie Starring Scarlett Johansson
Universal already has a good idea of what Jonathan Bailey is capable of. Bailey plays Prince Fiyero alongside Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in their upcoming two-part adaptation Wicked, one of the biggest films on the 2024 release schedule. He was sensational in Showtime’s excellent limited series Fellow Travelers, which earned him a Critics Choice Award, and he made a splash in Netflix’s Bridgerton as Lord Anthony Bridgerton.
First Trailer for Netflix’s Animated “Thelma the Unicorn” Boasts Singing Phenom Brittany Howard in First Acting Role
If you’re going to make a movie about a music-obsessed pony who goes to extreme lengths to share her singing abilities with the world, it’s a great decision to have the multi-talented Brittany Howard in your title role. Howard’s voice is one of the most singular in the music business, and you can a sample of it in the first trailer for Thelma the Unicorn.
Thelma the Unicorn is based on Aaron Blabey’s beloved children’s books,
“Deadpool & Wolverine” Director Shawn Levy Teases Raunchy, Riotous Super Team-Up
Marvel Studios only has one movie coming out in 2024, but it’s a big one. The MCU will be unleashing its first official Deadpool movie (the franchise used to belong to Fox), Deadpool & Wolverine, which boasts the long-awaited team-up between Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with the Mouth and Hugh Jackman’s beloved, be-clawed mutant. (Yes, Jackman’s Wolverine died in James Mangold’s 2017 banger Logan, but this is the multiverse-happy MCU).
Dreams Come True: Ryan Gosling Delivers “Papyrus 2” Sequel Sketch on “Saturday Night Live”
Ryan Gosling returned in triumphant fashion this past weekend to host Saturday Night Live, the first time he’s been back to Studio 8H since way back in 2017. Gosling was once again on point, delivering a pitch-perfect cold open that revisited a beloved alien abduction sketch he first did back in 2017, then using his opening monologue to do a big song and dance number devoted to his last role,
Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, and Brian Tyree Henry Reveal “Transformers One” at CinemaCon
Get ready for a Transformers-sized, star-studded animated epic that will reveal the origin story behind the most bitter feud in Transformers history.
Paramount Pictures arrived at CinemaCon this year ready to deliver on the news they broke last year, revealing an extended trailer and a scene from Transformers One, their animated epic that boasts Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, and more voicing characters. Those three introduced the extended trailer and the 3D scene.
Marvel Lets “Captain America 4” Footage Fly at CinemaCon
Anthony Mackie is finally stepping into the solo spotlight and nobody is more prepared. Mackie joined Kevin Feige in Las Vegas to reveal footage from Captain America: Brave New World, which finds Mackie’s Sam Wilson now fully invested as the new Cap.
Feige said that for Mackie and director Julius Onah’s upcoming film, the vibe is decidedly more of a grounded, gritty action flick, like the beloved Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Kevin Feige Unleashes 9 Minutes of “Deadpool & Wolverine” at CinemaCon
Disney’s presentation at this year’s CinemaCon in Las Vegas was a lot less PG than it usually is. That’s because this year, the studio had Deadpool & Wolverine to show off, the latest installment in the raunchiest, most ribald franchise in the superhero world.
The presentation began with a PSA reminding audience members to silence their phones. Then it cut to Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) discussing rumors for Avengers: Secret Wars,