“Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” Sound Mixer Ronan Hill’s Formula for Fantastic Sounding Fantasy
Ronan Hill has a way with dragons. The Belfast-based production sound mixer is best known for his tenure on HBO’s Game of Thrones, where he and the sound teams tuned the rich, resonating sonic palettes across its eight epic seasons, winning five Emmys along the way. Hill returns to familiar territory with Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, from directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, a film that refreshingly spins the popular fantasy role-playing game with a cast of enjoyable characters led by Chris Pine as Edgin,
“John Wick: Chapter 4” Editor Nathan Orloff on Cutting Chaos Into Crackling Coherence
Editor Nathan Orloff is the man who helped turn the mayhem in John Wick: Chapter Four into a beautiful, brutal ballet. It is the longest entry in the franchise, yet it moves with the grace and precision of a seasoned dancer. It’s not only an epic because of director Chad Stahelski’s action sequences; it’s the patient character moments that make all that action meaningful.
Take, for instance, the relationship between Akira (Rina Sawayama) and her father,
“John Wick” Spinoff “Ballerina” With Ana de Armas Gets Summer 2024 Release
With John Wick: Chapter 4 kicking and punching its way to a franchise-best opening and nothing but love from the critics, the time is ripe for a little more from the Wick world. And who better to take the franchise in a new direction than Ana de Armas, the recent Oscar-nominee, who will be starring in the Wick spinoff Ballerina from director Len Wiseman. The film now has an official release date—June 7,
“Barbie” Trailer Reveals Margot Robbie in Greta Gerwig’s Live-Action Look at Mattel’s Iconic Doll
Warner Bros. has just dropped the second and much longer look at co-writer/director Greta Gerwig’s live-action Barbie, revealing the star-studded, candy-colored live-action look at the decidedly weird life of Mattel’s iconic doll. Whereas the first trailer riffed on the iconic prehistoric “Dawn of Man” sequence in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, the new trailer widens the lens and teases the larger cast. It also offers a few salient plot points for our heroine and her friends.
“Tetris” Director Jon S. Baird on Putting the Pieces Together
The origin story of Tetris is even more exciting than the iconic game itself. The game’s creator, Alexey Pajitnov (Nikita Efremov), and its greatest champion, businessman Hank Rogers (Taron Egerton), fought to get the game out from under the thumb of Soviet Russia and out into the world. The true story is complicated, but in the hands of filmmaker Jon S. Baird, it’s gracefully told in his latest film, Tetris.
Baird is no stranger to true stories about dreamers.
How “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” Costume Designer Amanda Monk Casts a Sartorial Spell
Dungeons and Dragons, or D&D as it’s more commonly called, is the king wizard of role-playing games. First rolled out in 1974 by co-creators Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, it’s shifted from friends playing in basements to the public lexicon, in part, from the popularity of shows like Stranger Things, which has its characters rolling 20-sided die in their own version of the fantasy game. But D&D has a long history of inspiring television series and films.
HBO Considering New “Game of Thrones” Prequel About Aegon I Targaryen’s Conquest of Westeros
The Game of Thrones universe might be expanding again.
Variety has learned that HBO is considering a new GoT prequel, this one focused on Aegon I Targaryen’s initial conquest of Westeros. The project is in the very early stages, so there’s not even a writer attached yet, but there is energy and excitement on HBO’s side to move this series into development. What’s more, Variety has learned that there might even be a feature film element to this project.
The Second “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” Trailer Pits Miles Morales Against an Army of Spider-People
Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) might be Brooklyn’s “one and only” Spider-Man, as he says at the top of the second trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, but he’s not the only Spider-Man in the universe. We learned that in the first film in the planned-for trilogy, the Oscar-winning 2018 smash hit Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and now in the second film, we’ll be meeting an even larger universe of Spider-People.
“Blue Beetle” Trailer Reveals DC’s Newest Superhero
Blue Beetle has arrived.
The first trailer for the upcoming DC Studios film is here, revealing the titular Blue Beetle, also known as Jaime Reyes (Cobra Kai‘s Xolo Maridueña), a college graduate who inherits some spectacular (and unpredictable) powers when he comes into contact with an alien scarab. Jaime’s newfound abilities present some serious post-college challenges for a young man trying to find his way, one of those being unpuzzling why the alien scarab arrived on Earth in the first place and what he’s supposed to do with his newfound abilities.
Director Jon Erwin Shares a Message of Hope in True Story “Jesus Revolution”
Clashing ideals and collective soul-searching led many Americans to both destructive and hopeful paths in the 1970s. Among Christian churches, opinions were divided over who was permitted to preach the gospel – and who was worthy of listening. A surprising partnership between establishment pastor Chuck Smith (Kelsey Grammer) and hippie preacher Lonnie Frisbee (Jonathan Roumie) created such a feverish following that the movement landed on TIME Magazine and was dubbed a Jesus Revolution.
Chris Hemsworth is Back as Tyler Rake in Thrilling “Extraction 2” Trailer
The only thing more dangerous than an angry Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth)? An angry Tyler Rake with a flaming right fist. This is one of the things you’ll learn in the first official trailer for Extraction 2, which finds Hemsworth and director Sam Hargrave returning to double down on the epic action they ginned up in the original. Hemsworth’s longtime collaborator Joe Russo (you know him, he co-directed a few little Avengers films) wrote the script,
New “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” Teaser Finds Miles Morales in a Sticky Situation
We’ve got a bite-sized Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse teaser for you here, with the full trailer for Sony’s hotly-anticipated upcoming film coming on April 4.
The new teaser gives us the amped-up stakes in Across the Spider-Verse, which finds Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) using his Spidey-powers to stave off a slew of Spider-People. “You can’t run forever, kid!” Miles is told, and the clip reveals dozens of Spider-People mixing it up with Miles,
New “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” Teaser Sees the Gang Attempt a Getaway
A new teaser for James Gunn’s third and final Guardians film is upon us, giving us a fresh glimpse at the final mission for our galactic goofballs. The trailer reveals a moment down on Earth that has Guardians leader Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) leading the crew on yet another getaway, only this time, he’s a bit overmatched by the complexities of the vehicle they’ve apprehended…a car. “I left Earth when I was 8!” Star-Lord says,
Marvel’s “Secret Invasion” Trailer Finds Nick Fury Facing Off Against a Skrull Army
Samuel L. Jackson reprises his longstanding role as Nick Fury in Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion, starring alongside a starry cast that includes his Captain Marvel comrade Ben Mendelsohn as the Skrull Talos, Emilia Clark as G’iah, Talos’s daughter, Olivia Colman as Special Agent Sonya Falsworth, Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill, Kingsley Ben-Adir as the rebel Skrull leader Gravik, Killian Scott as Fiz, and Carmen Ejogo and Christopher McDonald in unspecified roles.
“Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” Review Round-Up: A Passionate, Fun-Loving Fantasy Romp
Directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein had a tall order when they set out to adapt the most beloved role-playing game of all time into a proper feature film. The pair’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, from a script they wrote alongside Michael Gilio (with a story credit to Chris McKay), has passed its first major hurdle—critics are calling it a genuinely warm, affable, charismatic fantasy romp with fantastic performances and genuinely compelling action set pieces.
Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” Will Premiere at Cannes
Earlier this week, we learned that Apple was going to release Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon smack dab in the middle of prime prestige film season next fall. Now we know when Scorsese’s star-studded crime drama will be making its world premiere—at the Cannes Film Festival this May.
Scorsese’s western crime drama, adapted by the director and screenwriter Eric Roth from investigative journalist David Grann’s bestselling 2017 nonfiction book,
“A Good Person” Costume Designer Tere Duncan on Dressing Florence Pugh’s Woman in Crisis
Costume designer Tere Duncan leaped into the fray of Zach Braff’s A Good Person with the challenge of crafting the looks for a character in crisis without relying on the usual tropes—baggy sweatpants, mismatched socks, visible stains. That woman, Allison (a fantastic Florence Pugh), is facing multiple horrors at once, grieving the loss of her would-be sister and brother-in-law in a horrific car accident she bears responsibility for—a split-second loss of focus while driving them on the New Jersey Turnpike turns fatal.
Rob Lowe is a Narcissist-Adjacent Biotech Entrepreneur in Netflix’s New “Unstable”
With a name like Ellis Dragon, you know the man is going to have some personality. Netflix’s new comedy Unstable is now streaming, and it stars Rob Lowe as the aforementioned Ellis Dragon, a brilliant, deeply weird, “narcissist-adjacent” (as described in the series’ synopsis) biotech entrepreneur who really and truly believes he can make the world a better place. What saves Ellis Dragon from being as ridiculous as his name is he really is a genius,
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” Images Tease Rocket’s Heartbreaking Story
The next film in Marvel’s Phase 5 is right around the corner, with James Gunn’s third and final Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 nearing its May 5 release date. A big batch of images reveals our heroes all grown up (well, sort of), with Groot finally filling out after his heroic regression to babyhood to save the gang in the very first Guardians. The images also reveal an extended role to play for Kraglin (Sean Gunn),
Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” Trailer Reveals Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Aliens & More
One of life’s certainties, along with death and taxes, is that a Wes Anderson movie will boast a phenomenal cast. It’s been the case with Anderson over his long, perfectly framed career, as stars have aligned again and again to follow him wherever his latest whimsy has taken him. Such is the case with Asteroid City, a gorgeous-looking retro sci-fi film that boasts Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jason Schwartzman, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton,
