“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” Composer Daniel Pemberton Reveals a Few Score Secrets
Daniel Pemberton knows how to create energy. The composer, who’s frequently worked with filmmakers Aaron Sorkin, Danny Boyle, and Guy Ritchie, is a musician with an ear for the eclectic and electric. For proof, look and listen no further than his lush score for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Pemberton scores different universes, Spider-Men and Spider-Women—and everything Spider-Inbetween. The thematic throughline is capturing the journey of Miles Morales’ (voiced by Shameik Moore) as he swings across the multiverse.
A 14-Year-Old Whiz Kid Animated a Scene in “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
This has to be one of the best stories we’ve come across all week. Dare we say we’ve been ensnared by how lovely it is?
Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has been hailed as a masterpiece, a stunning, emotional tour de force of animation, filmmaking, and storytelling. And one of the people who count themselves among the artists to bring this kaleidoscopic fever dream into reality? The 14-year-old artist Preston Mutanga,
“The Witcher” Season 3 Trailer Finds Geralt at the Center of a Storm
Is Geralt (Henry Cavill) getting soft? Hardly, but the indomitable force at the center of The Witcher is definitely becoming more emotionally attached to Ciri (Freya Allan), the young princess he’s been entrusted to keep safe through the perilous journeys depicted thus far. The official trailer for season 3 finds Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) once again being hunted by all manner of beasts, both supernatural and of the human variety, as they travel to the fortress of Aretuza where,
“Flamin’ Hot” Editor Kayla Emter Spices Up Eva Longoria’s Tasty Biopic
If you’re craving a feel-good underdog story with a kick, bite into Flamin’ Hot. The spicy Cheetos flavoring that has become a pop culture icon started with the passion of Mexican-American Frito-Lay janitor Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia). Told from his sizzling perspective, Eva Longoria’s directorial debut is technically a biopic but has the DNA of a 90s snack commercial. It’s colorful, bursting with energy, and instantly addictive.
“Something we always kept track of is Richard and his energy and his excitement and his passion,” editor Kayla Emter explained.
“Never Have I Ever” Star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan on the Final Season & Devi’s Send Off
“I’m dealing with cramps.”
That’s the first thing 21-year-old Maitreyi Ramakrishnan tells me when she hops on our Zoom. It’s wholly indicative of her character — an actress plucked out of obscurity at 17, grounded, down-to-earth, unapologetically herself no matter the circumstance.
It’s something she says she’s never had to think about — being herself in the public eye.
“When I first got the role and then, like, the Deadline article came out,
New “Secret Invasion” Teaser Finds Nick Fury in a World of Trouble
“An invasion is here, Rhodey,” says Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) to James Rhodes (Don Cheadle), at the top of this new Secret Invasion teaser. “Except we can’t even tell who the invaders are.”
Marvel Studios’ upcoming series is now just two weeks away, and Nick Fury is going to be short on allies and long on enemies. The problem is those enemies will be wearing the faces of allies,
New Images From Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon” Reveal Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Charlie Hunnam & More
A slew of new images from Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon have arrived, revealing fresh looks at the film’s stars, the production design (led by Stefan Dechant and Stephen Swain, which included building an actual village in the Santa Clarita canyon outside of Los Angeles), and the wardrobe from costume designer Stephanie Portnoy Porter. The images include looks at Sofia Boutella’s Kora, the mysterious woman whose mission to recruit warriors to save a distant,
Zack Snyder’s Sci-Fi Epic “Rebel Moon” Will Release as Two Movies & Have Director’s Cut
Prepare yourself for Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon—which won’t be a single film but possibly the start to a Rebel Moon universe.
Snyder revealed to Vanity Fair that his plans for his long-simmering sci-fi project have been expanding, and the Rebel Moon that premiers on Netflix on December 22 will be but part one of Snyder’s larger narrative.
The universe of Rebel Moon is something Snyder has been thinking about since he was in college.
Patrick Wilson’s “Insidious: The Red Door” Unleashes Final Trailer
The original cast of the Insidious franchise return for one final, horrifying chapter in Insidious: The Red Door, and the final trailer teases the hell that awaits. You’d think that it would be hard to spook Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson), a man who has seen just about every kind of supernatural demon and has lived—somehow—to tell the tale. His mettle will be tested in The Red Door, however,
“Poker Face” Editor Shaheed Qaasim on Cutting Rian Johnson’s Ambitiously Clever Crime Drama
In the Peacock murder mystery series Poker Face, star Natasha Lyonne drifts across the country as Charlie Cale, an itinerant human lie detector who unexpectedly solves a new homicide each week. No single Poker Face story is like any other. And provoked by malice, rage, or envy, neither are the murders. “We really treated each episode as its own independent movie,” explained editor Shaheed Qaasim (Modern Family,
“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” Review Round-Up: Fan-Favorite Maximals & Human Story Supercharge Blockbuster
With director Steven Caple Jr.’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts just a few days away from stomping into theaters, the reviews are starting to take shape (bad pun intended) for the seventh installment in the alien robot franchise. The verdict? Thus far, it seems as if Caple Jr. and his cast and crew have managed to breathe new life into this mega-narrative about the war between the Autobots and Decepticons, with Earth caught right in the middle.
Meet the Maximals in New “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” Teaser
“We’ve seen the Maximals in graphic novels, and we’ve seen them in cartoons, but we’ve never seen them in live-action,” says Transformers: Rise of the Beasts director Steven Caple Jr. at the top of this new look at the beastly robots in his new film. Rise of the Beasts will offer audiences a chance to see what these creatures are made of, and why they’re such a key cog in the larger Transformers universe.
“The Other Two” Cinematographer / Director Charlie Gruet on the Show’s Signature Absurdity
Millennials have been the target of some harsh criticism from all sides, but no other generation has become technologically obsolete quite so quickly. Older generations think we’re whizzes on the computer, but there’s a difference between spending your middle school years figuring out how to instant message your crush and being trained to write code. Yet, going viral over a certain (very young) age almost seems more shameful than being irrelevant. This displacement is brilliantly captured in the comedy series The Other Two,
“The Flash” New Images Tease Michael Keaton’s Batman and Sasha Calle’s Supergirl
As we speed ever closer to The Flash‘s June 16 premiere date, Warner Bros. has dropped three new images that highlight the power trio—well, really, power foursome—that will be trying to save the world in Andy Muschietti’s upcoming film. The images reveal Batman (Michael Keaton), Barry Allen/the Flash (Ezra Miller), a different Barry Allen/the Flash (the same Ezra Miller), and Supergirl (Sasha Calle). These three—er, four—will be the superteam at the center of the film thanks to Barry’s meddling with the past and various multiverses in his effort to speed through time to save his mom.
Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” IMAX Film Prints Are 11 Miles Long & Weigh 600 Pounds
Christopher Nolan is arguably IMAX’s best living advertisement. While there are only 25 IMAX theaters in the United States, Nolan has repeatedly used large-format IMAX cameras on his films for years, committed, as he has said time and time again, to give audiences the most immersive experience possible. Now, with his upcoming historical epic Oppenheimer nearing its premiere date, we’re learning a lot more about the lengths Nolan will go to capture his film on IMAX—about 11 miles long worth of film prints.
Dwayne Johnson Officially Returning for New “Fast and Furious” Movie – But It’s Not “Fast 11” or “Hobbs & Shaw 2”
If you’ve seen Fast X, you saw the genuinely surprising post-credits scene in which Dwayne Johnson reprised his role as Luke Hobbs after a years-long hiatus from the franchise. Now, the man himself and Universal have made it official—he’s officially returning to the franchise for a new Fast and Furious movie.
But here’s the catch—it won’t be in Fast 11 or Fast 12, the upcoming Vin Diesel-led films,
How Christopher Nolan Utilized IMAX Cameras for “Oppenheimer”
“Oppenheimer’s story is one of the biggest stories imaginable,” says writer/director Christopher Nolan at the top of this new look at his upcoming historical epic about the father of the atomic bomb. “Our film tries to take you into his experience, and IMAX, for me, is a portal into a level of immersion that you can’t get from other formats.”
Nolan has long deployed IMAX cameras to achieve his vision, from the streets of Gotham in his Dark Knight trilogy to his war epic Dunkirk to his time-skipping head-tripper Tenet.
Kim Cattrall Returning as Samantha Jones in “And Just Like That” Season 2 Finale
She’s baaaaaaack.
The world of Sex and the City has been made whole again, at least for a single scene. Variety has learned that Kim Cattrall will return as Samantha Jones in the season 2 finale of And Just Like That, the Sex and the City revival that airs on Max.
Yet don’t expect Cattrall’s Samantha to become a major part of the crew again,
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” Producers Tease Live-Action Miles Morales & Animated “Spider-Woman” Movies
How confident are the folks behind Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse that they’ve got another hit on their hands? How about confident enough that producer Amy Pascal told Variety the third film in the trilogy, next year’s Beyond the Spider-Verse, is but one of the Spider-Verse projects they’ve got cooking.
Pascal revealed they’re also working on an animated, standalone Spider-Woman film and a live-action Miles Morales movie.
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” Review Round-Up: Web-Slinging Bliss in Truly Epic Sequel
We are two days away from the premiere of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which means the reviews are now out, and the question of whether they could possibly top the Oscar-winning 2018 original seems to have been answered. That first film—so insanely ambitious in content, tone, storytelling, and style—set the bar extremely high. It introduced us to Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), a young Brooklynite whose adventures across the Spider-Verse as he becomes Brooklyn’s one and only Spider-Man were dazzlingly realized,
