“Deadpool 3” Director Shawn Levy Says Prepare for Epic Wolverine/Deadpool Team-Up
When news broke that Hugh Jackman was reprising his role as Wolverine for Deadpool 3, all felt momentarily right in the superhero world. Jackman was returning to the character that made him an international superstar (yes, despite Wolverine’s noble death in James Mangold’s 2017 film Logan), and he was doing so just as Reynolds’ mouthy, hilarious Deadpool was himself becoming a proper member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Deadpool 3 will be the first film in the franchise to fall directly under the MCU banner after Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox was completed in March of 2019.
First “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” Trailer Reveals Apple TV+’s Godzilla-Sized New Series
Apple TV+ has revealed the first teaser trailer for their upcoming series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, which continues exploring the Titans featured in Legendary’s Monsterverse films, those colossal monsters that include Godzilla and King Kong, and Monarch, the shadowy organization that tracks them.
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is led by the father and son duo of Kurt and Wyatt Russell, with a story spanning three generations and centered on two siblings who are following in their father’s footsteps to unearth their family’s connection to the Monarch organization,
George Romero’s Final “Living Dead” Film Will be Directed by Brad Anderson
The father of the zombie movie’s final film will finally see the light of day (and the dark of night).
George Romero’s Twilight of the Dead will be directed by Brad Anderson and produced by multi-platform company Roundtable Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter scoops. Roundtable had recently announced a partnership with the Romero estate to get the master’s final film to the big screen. Production is expected to begin later this year.
“The Crow” Reboot Starring Bill Skarsgård Lands at Lionsgate
The Crow has found its nest.
The reboot of the 1994 film starring the late Brandon Lee has landed at Lionsgate, which will be handling domestic distribution for the feature. The film is a re-imagining of the beloved character created by writer James O’Barr and first published by Caliber Comics in 1989. The comic grew an impassioned fan base and was later turned into the cult classic 1994 film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Brandon Lee in his final film appearance.
A New Special Look at “The Creator” Probes Gareth Edwards’ Humans vs Artificial Intelligence Epic
A new special look at The Creator, from writer/director Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One), zeroes in on the face of a war between human beings and artificial intelligence. That face, distressingly, belongs to a little girl, Alphie (Madeleine Yuna Voyles), who reveals, with just a slight turn of her head, to be anything but your average youngster.
She is, in fact, a humanoid robot, lit up by artificial intelligence,
Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” Depicts a Writer’s Life That’s as Vital as Her Subject
Reviews are starting to pour in for writer/director Ava DuVernay’s latest film, Origin, which recently had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. DuVernay’s latest is centered on the life and work of author and journalist Isabel Wilkerson, specifically on her astonishing, Pulitzer Prize-winning 2020 book “Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents.” Wilkerson’s book was as ambitious in scope as it was scorching to read, centered on her theory that linked racism in the United States to the caste system,
Austin Butler & Jodie Comer’s Romance Revs Up in “The Bikeriders” Trailer
One of the most sought-after tickets in town at the Telluride Film Festival was for writer/director Jeff Nichols’ (Loving, Midnight Special) latest film, The Bikeriders. The first trailer unleashes Nichols’ vision of a motorcycle club in the 1960s that functions as a large, unruly family, a criminal enterprise, and the cauldron from which dreams and nightmares are brewed.
The film is centered on Benny (Austin Butler),
“Pain Hustlers” Trailer Finds Emily Blunt and Chris Evans Living the High Life
The first trailer for director David Yates’ Pain Hustlers has arrived, revealing a crime drama centered on Liza Drake (Emily Blunt), a single mother whose desperation to provide a better life for her kid lands her at a pharma startup with less-than-noble aspirations.
The trailer gives us a glimpse of Liza’s start at the startup, which operates out of a Florida strip mall and which she’s determined to dominate. Her grit and gusto make her a star in short order,
Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man” Hits the Mark in Venice
With the 80th Annual Venice Film Festival still going and the venerable Telluride Film Festival bowing this past Sunday, reviews for some of the fall’s most intriguing releases are starting to pour. Buzz, big acquisitions, and just a hint of good feelings, even hope, can be felt. Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos wowed with his twisty take on a female Frankenstein’s monster, Poor Things, starring a stellar Emma Stone.
“Poor Things” Pops in Venice as Emma Stone Earns Raves in Yorgos Lanthimos’s Stunner
With the 80th Venice International Film Festival still underway and the Telluride Film Festival just wrapping this past Sunday, some of the year’s most eagerly anticipated films have had their world premieres recently. Michael Mann’s racing epic Ferrari blew the doors off Venice, while Ava DuVernay made history at the fest by becoming the first Black U.S. director in the film’s 80-year history to have a film in the main competition,
Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” Unveils Her Film About Author Isabel Wilkerson & The Creation of a Masterpiece
Ava DuVernay’s latest film, Origin, is having its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 6, yet powerhouse indie studio Neon has already acquired worldwide rights to the film. Now, Neon has revealed the first look at the film centered on the life of “Caste” and “The Warmth of Other Suns” author and journalist Isabel Wilkerson, played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. The marriage of auteur and material couldn’t be a better fit,
“Barbie” Reigns Supreme in 2023 After Passing Another Milestone
It was only a matter of time before Barbie officially became the highest-grossing movie of 2023. Co-writer/director Greta Gerwig’s pink-hued colossus of a film did just that this past Labor Day Weekend, strutting past the animated blockbuster The Super Mario Bros. Movie and claiming 2023’s top spot for itself.
It’s yet another astonishing feat in a summer of them for Gerwig’s spirited, soul-searching mega-hit, which centered on a seemingly perfect Barbie (Margot Robbie) suddenly finding herself plagued by thoughts of death and then,
New “Loki” Season 2 Teaser Reveals Trickster God’s Many Messy Lives
The trickster god of the MCU is returning this fall. While Marvel Studios’ TV schedule is in flux, with pending new series including Echo, Agatha: Coven of Chaos (now titled Agatha: Darkhold Diaries), and What If…? all receiving new release dates due to the simultaneous strikes, Loki season 2 will be the one MCU show to arrive this fall.
A new teaser gives us a taste of what’s time to come,
“The Equalizer 3” Director Antoine Fuqua on Re-Teaming With Denzel Washington For Ferocious Finale
The Equalizer trilogy is a wrap. For the latest and supposedly final addition to the franchise, filmmaker Antoine Fuqua and his crew take Robert McCall (Denzel Washington, Fuqua’s longtime collaborator) to Southern Italy. Once again, this man of deep compassion but with an unparalleled gift for violence is tasked with protecting underdogs in a small seaside town on the Amalfi Coast under the bloody thumb of the mob.
It’s a lean,
Best of Summer 2023: “Heart of Stone” Stunt Coordinator Jo McLaren on Taking Gal Gadot to New Heights
Jo McLaren is a longtime stunt professional who has worked on a slew of hit films and TV series, lending her talents to hits as disparate as Titanic, Dr. Who, and the Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, and Avengers franchises. As an in-demand stunt coordinator, she has kept productions safe while creating some of the most inimitable action sequences in the business.
Best of Summer 2023: “Barbie” Hair & Makeup Artist Ivana Primorac Conjures Personality From Plastic
*It’s our annual “Best of Summer” look back at some (not all) of our favorite interviews from the past few months. This non-comprehensive look back includes the Barbenheimer phenomenon and the wonderful interviews that followed those two history-making films, chats with the talented folks behind Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, our profile of MPA Creator Award Recipient and filmmaker extraordinaire Gina Prince-Bythewood and more.
How do you turn a human into a doll?
“The Marvels” Drops Electric New Trailer Ahead of Director Nia DaCosta’s Big Marvel Studios Debut
Being a superhero can be a lonely job, especially if you’re the type of superhero that Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) is. Only Thor (Chris Hemsworth) has had a similar responsibility: keeping a watch on all the trouble brewing deep in the cosmos, to say nothing of returning to Earth when things go pear-shaped there, too. Yet Captain Marvel, aka Carol Danvers, also has the loneliness of having had her memory erased by the Kree, so at the start of director Nia DaCosta’s The Marvels,
Best of Summer 2023: How Editor Eddie Hamilton Cut “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” to the Quick
*It’s our annual “Best of Summer” look back at some (not all) of our favorite interviews from the past few months. This non-comprehensive look back includes the Barbenheimer phenomenon and the wonderful interviews that followed those two history-making films, chats with the talented folks behind Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, our profile of MPA Creator Award Recipient and filmmaker extraordinaire Gina Prince-Bythewood and more.
As it is, Tom Cruise’s new Mission: Impossible movie (now playing) runs a hefty two hours and forty-three minutes,
Best of Summer 2023: “Talk To Me” Directors Danny & Michael Philippou on Crafting the Year’s Most Unsettling Horror Film
*It’s our annual “Best of Summer” look back at some (not all) of our favorite interviews from the past few months. This non-comprehensive look back includes the Barbenheimer phenomenon and the wonderful interviews that followed those two history-making films, chats with the talented folks behind Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, our profile of MPA Creator Award Recipient and filmmaker extraordinaire Gina Prince-Bythewood and more.
Danny and Michael Philippou do not pull their punches in their chilling feature film directorial debut Talk to Me.
Taylor Swift Concert Film Coming to Theaters in October
We have some good news for all the folks who couldn’t snag a ticket to Taylor Swift’s rapturous, record-shattering stadium tour through the U.S.—a filmed version of Swift’s tour, Taylor Swift / The Eras Tour, is coming to theaters across the United States this fall, on Friday, October 13th, no less.
Given the mega-popularity of Swift, AMC Theaters has promised that the concert film will play at every single one of its U.S.
