“Atlanta” and “P-Valley” Costume Designer Tiffany Hasbourne’s Singular Style
Costume designer Tiffany Hasbourne began her journey as a stylist to some of the biggest names in music, including Missy Elliott, 50 Cent, French Montana, and Busta Rhymes. She got the attention of gatekeepers in Hollywood by styling the cast of High School Musical, and then rose to prominence by designing costumes for shows like Shooter, Raising Dion, and Ballers. It was her work on Ballers that got her the gig on Atlanta,
“Priscilla” Trailer Finds Priscilla Presley Taking Center Stage in Sofia Coppola’s Biopic
A24 has given us our first peek at Sofia Coppola’s upcoming Priscilla, which, while under a minute long, lures you in with the promise of seeing an oft-told story—the rise of one of the 20th century’s most transformative artists—from the perspective of a person with the most intimate vantage possible.
Coppola’s film is based on Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir “Elvis and Me” and will offer viewers a much different viewpoint into Elvis’s rise by shifting the focus to the most important woman in his life.
“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” Composer Jongnic Bontemps Lets the Emotion Ride
Paramount’s Transformers franchise was conceived by Michael Bay as a maximalist epic of crunching, crashing, morphing metal beasts and the humans caught in the metallic whirlwind of their drama. With director Steven Caple Jr. in the director’s chair for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the series now strives to balance the character and the spectacle in a fashion similar to director Travis Knight’s spinoff film Bumblebee,
Why Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” Motorcycle Stunt Was Filmed Day One
Death, taxes, the physical laws of the universe, and Tom Cruise and his Mission: Impossible team topping whatever the craziest stunt in their previous film was with one even more death-defying—these are a few of the certain things in life. This is why, while it’s not surprising to hear that the most technically challenging and dangerous stunt Cruise and his team have attempted thus far is one they set up for Dead Reckoning Part One,
“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” Director Steven Caple Jr. on Getting Gritty With It
Director Steven Caple Jr. steps into a large, alien robot-strewn sandbox with Transformers: Rise of the Beasts for his biggest feature yet. For decades, the Autobots and Decepticons have captured fans’ imaginations in Michael Bay’s franchise. To keep the series alive and well, Caple Jr. wanted to ground the famous robot characters, including Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, in the particulars of a specific, still quite human world in the 1990s. Rise of the Beasts is one of the earliest-set films in the franchise,
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” Early Reactions Marvel at Jaw-Dropping Action Epic
Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt for the seventh film in the deathless Mission: Impossible franchise, and the early reactions hail yet another peerless action epic. After its star-studded world premiere in Rome on Monday evening at the Auditorium della Conciliazione—held up for 90 minutes due to a meeting between Cruise and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the Palazzo Chigi, no less—the show finally went on as Cruise, director and co-writer Christopher McQuarrie,
“Kraven the Hunter” Trailer Reveals Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Wild Spider-Man Villain on a Rampage
“My son, never show mercy,” says Russell Crowe’s character at the top of the first trailer for director J.C Chandor’s Kraven the Hunter. He’s perched with his boy over the body of a dead gazelle while they’re on safari. “They are prey,” he continues, smearing some of the gazelle’s blood on his son’s forehead. “We are predators.”
The son he’s speaking to will take this lesson to heart. Crowe’s growling father figure proves to be the key figure in the life of young Sergei Kravinoff,
Ridley Scott Reveals Creation of Massive “Gladiator 2” Battle Scene in Behind-the-Scenes Video
Morocco’s Minister of Culture, Mohammed Mehdi Bensaid, got one heck of a scoop. Bensaid got to visit the set of Gladiator 2, which legendary director Ridley Scott is currently filming in Morocco. In a post on Instagram, Bensaid shared the footage from the set, where a massive siege battle sequence is being staged. The speculation now is that Gladiator 2 might focus, at least in part, on the Roman Empire’s expansion into North Africa.
“The Flash” Director Andy Muschietti to Direct New Batman Movie “The Brave and the Bold”
Director Andy Muschietti’s work on The Flash so impressed new DC Studios co-chief James Gunn that he called it one of the best superhero movies he’d ever seen. Then, he went a step further and tapped Muschietti to direct DC’s upcoming, brand new Batman film The Brave and the Bold, which will introduce not only a new Bruce Wayne but also his son, a very troubled Damian Wayne.
“Extraction 2” Review Round-Up: Chris Hemsworth-led Action Film Punches Even Harder in Sequel
If you’re looking to extract someone from an impossibly dangerous situation against seemingly insurmountable odds, then Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) is your man. The name says it all. Rake will sweep all obstacles out of his way, including his own demise—the end of the first Extraction toyed with the idea he was dead, but savvy viewers knew better—to pluck whoever you need from harm’s way. So now that Rake is back in Extraction 2 with a new mission to rescue the beleaguered family of a brutal Georgian gangster from a prison,
Meet Ayra and Soha, the Sisters Who Won the Childnet International Film Competition
The Childnet International competition is in its third year. This year’s theme, “Time to Talk,” focused on how people can support each other online. (You can learn more about the competition here.)
Childnet International is a registered UK charity that was founded in 1995 with the goal of making the internet a safe place for children and young people. The film competition began in 2010 and focused on schools and youth groups based in the United Kingdom.
“Flamin’ Hot” Screenwriter Linda Yvette Chávez Serves Up a Story Straight From the Heart
Linda Yvette Chávez tells the story of Flamin’ Hot with faith, passion, and romance. The co-creator of the Netflix series Gentefied saw herself in the true story of Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia), the Frito Lay janitor who dreamed of a snack that connected with his Mexican American community. With his great coach and partner in life, his wife Judy (Annie Gonzalez), Richard fulfilled his dream with Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.
Chávez doesn’t focus on a single person with a singular vision.
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” Look of Picture Supervisor Bret St. Clair on Spider-Punk, Mumbattan & More
Not bad for a sequel. Following on its 2018 Oscar-winning predecessor, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ranks as the best-reviewed wide-release movie of the year, boasting a 96 percent approved rating on Rotten Tomatoes while grossing $390 million worldwide since its release earlier this month (at the time of publication). Critics have hailed the film’s ability to stitch together a dizzying array of looks informed by comic books, action painting, Brutalist architecture, and more.
A New “Star Wars” Movie is Part of Disney’s Upcoming, Reshuffled Film Slate
We’ve already written about how Deadpool 3, the eagerly-anticipated pairing of Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, will now hit theaters six months earlier than originally scheduled, yet it’s but one move that Disney recently released. As the studio readjusts its upcoming slate due to the writer’s strike, they’ve added a new Star Wars film to the schedule. Let’s take a closer look at some of the key moves.
“Deadpool 3” Release Date Moved Up Six Months
Disney recently announced a whole host of changes to their upcoming film slate, with major releases moving for both live-action Disney remakes and pending Marvel movies. A bit of bright news in this release date musical chairs is that the long-awaited pairing of Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine will be coming to theaters earlier than expected.
Deadpool 3 will now arrive on May 4, 2024,
Gina Prince-Bythewood, MPA Creator Award Recipient, Tells Her Story
An elite force of female soldiers, the Agojie, is all that stands between the African Kingdom of Dahomey and the combined forces of the Oyo Empire and Mahi people. The Oyo and Mahi plan to raid Dahomey villages and sell their captives to European slavers. We open on a Mahi village where raiders heat their machetes over a fire at night. Their leader hears something in the tall grass surrounding them and quiets his men,
“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” Ciara Whaley on Recreating That Strong 90s Style
With the latest installment of the Transformers franchise, director Steven Caple Jr. wanted to evoke the experience of growing up a kid in the 90s. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts begins in Brooklyn in 1994, and from the settings to the costumes and the era-defining hip-hop, everything evokes the style and sensibilities of the period.
The story takes place after the happenings of 2018’s Bumblebee, which is set in 1987.
How the “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” Visual Team Created a Mesmerizing Multiverse
When Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was released five years ago, its web of 2D and 3D animation became a box office hit and went on to win the Oscar for best animated feature. Incredibly, the return of Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) in Across the Spider-Verse has lived up to the hype, earning over $270 million worldwide in ticket sales (at the time of publication).
It’s Magic vs. Larry in “Winning Time” Season 2 Teaser
“My friends, the future of sports is purple and gold.”
This is how Lakers owner Jerry Buss (John C. Reilly) greets us in the opening seconds of Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty‘s season 2 teaser, but there’s another team from the other side of the country that would suggest the future of sports is green and white.
The first season explored Magic Johnson’s (Quincy Isaiah) arrival in Los Angeles as Buss,
“Arnold” DP Logan Schneider on Shooting Schwarzenegger
What more can be said about Arnold Schwarzenegger that hasn’t already been said? Plenty, as it turns out. Arnold, the three-part documentary (streaming now on Netflix), includes loads of archival footage, plus interviews with famous collaborators like Jamie Lee Curtis and James Cameron, but the core story comes directly from the world-famous bodybuilder-turned-movie star-turned-California governor. Filming intermittently over two years mainly at Schwarzenegger’s Brentwood home, director Lesley Chilcott and cinematographer Logan Schneider also visited the Austrian village where Schwarzenegger grew up.