“The Last of Us” Production Designer John Paino on Building a World in Ruins
“I’ve noticed an uptick in mushroom articles,” production designer John Paino jokes. So have I, actually, but it might be a case of being suddenly aware of the ubiquity and centrality of fungi to the living world ever since HBO’s The Last of Us premiered. The series, based on the critically acclaimed video game by Naughty Dog, asks us to look afresh at the fungus and fear. It presents a world in which fungi,
“The Flash” Will Premiere at CinemaCon 2023
The Flash is going to race into theaters for the very first time at CinemaCon 2023 this coming April.
Warner Bros. will be premiering director Andy Muschietti’s film at the annual convention of theater owners in Las Vegas, Variety reports, fueling the speculation that the studio is very enthusiastic about their upcoming superhero film. DC Studios co-chief James Gunn went on record saying The Flash was one of the best superhero movies he’d ever seen,
Director Haifaa Al-Mansour on Casting a Spell in “Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches”
Though Haifaa Al-Mansour is known as the first female filmmaker in Saudi Arabia by virtue of her award-winning 2012 feature Wadjda, she has since become a go-to director inside and outside Hollywood through both features and projects on the small screen. The writer/director’s releases Mary Shelley and The Perfect Candidate were lauded by critics and audiences, and her artistic contributions to shows like The Good Lord Bird,
“House of the Dragon” Season 2 Coming to HBO in 2024
Production for House of the Dragon season 2 is just beginning, and HBO and HBO Max content CEO Casey Bloys has confirmed with Variety that viewers can expect to return to Westeros in 2024.
Bloys told Variety that the popular Game of Thrones spinoff series will likely not be eligible for the 2024 Emmy season, and considering that eligibility ends on May 31,
“The Pope’s Exorcist” Finds Russell Crowe as the Vatican’s Demon Slayer
Father Gabriele Amorth (Russell Crowe) has a highly specific and unsettling job—he’s the Chief Exorcist of the Vatican. If you’re the chief demon slayer for the Vatican, you’re likely going to be a busy man, and that is indeed the case for Father Amorth.
In the first trailer for The Pope’s Exorcist, Crowe inhabits Father Amorth as he takes on the case of a young boy’s horrifying possession, and his investigation leads to a secret the Vatican has been trying to keep for centuries.
“The White Lotus” Executive Producer Reveals Season 3 Almost Certainly Set in Asia
After Mike White’s deliciously biting satire The White Lotus delivered an immensely satisfying Sicily-set second season, there were whispers, some provided by White himself, that season three was headed to Asia. Now, series executive producer David Bernard has essentially confirmed it during a keynote chat at the Berlinale Series Market.
“We’ve tried to work in Asia a lot, and hopefully, season three will be our chance to make something happen there,” the Emmy winner said during his address.
“Harlem” Costume Designer Deirdra Elizabeth Govan on Season Two’s Evolving Looks
Costume designer Deirdra Elizabeth Govan has been working in the film industry for decades but really made a name for herself with Boots Riley’s brilliant 2018 film Sorry to Bother You. Since then, she’s worked on high profile films, including 2019’s The Sun is Also A Star and last year’s Devotion, and projects on the small screen like The L Word: Generation Q and First Wives Club.
“Boston Strangler” Trailer Finds Keira Knightley’s Determined Reporter Tracking a Serial Killer
An all-star cast has gathered to tell the tale of the one of the most notorious serial killers in American history and the two women who risked it all to try and unmask the murderer and reveal the truth. Now, the first trailer for writer/director Matt Ruskin’s Boston Strangler gives us our first look at the film, which was inspired by a true story that has yet to be told on the screen.
“The Mandalorian” Season 3 Will Be Biggest Yet, Season 4 Already Written
In the strict, honor and duty-bound codes of the Mandalorians, one of the gravest sins you can commit is removing your helmet. We know that’s precisely what Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) did when he bid farewell to Grogu in season 2. It was an unthinkable breach, yet it movingly spoke to the connection Din Djarin and the foundling had forged over their dangerous adventures. In season 3, Din will be doing his best to make ammends for this all-too-human failure as he reunites with Grogu and heads back to his home planet of Mandalore.
Zach Galifianakis Will Star in a Live-Action Adaptation of “Lilo & Stitch” for Disney+
A potent team of funny filmmakers is combining to adapt a beloved animated film into a live-action romp. The always game (and painfully funny) Zach Galifianakis is teaming with director Dean Fleischer Camp, the filmmaker behind the little indie film that could, Marcl the Shell With Shoes On, to remake Disney’s 2002 Lilo & Stitch as a live-action movie. The Hollywood Reporter broke the story.
“Knock at the Cabin” VFX Supervisor Tommy Tran on Creating an Unnervingly Believable Apocalypse
Seeing is believing. At least, the four prophets preaching the end of the world in M. Night Shyamalan‘s Knock at the Cabin hope that is the case. The quartet predict a series of plagues that will bring about the end of humanity unless a sacrifice is made, but will the sacrifice buy their story in time? VFX Supervisor with FuseFX Tommy Tran led work on the first global catastrophe and the eerie aftermath of all four events.
“Fight the Power” Producer Helen Bart on Exploring Hip Hop’s Explosive Power With Chuck D
Nearly fifty years ago in the Bronx, on August 11, 1973, Jamaican American DJ Kool Herc used two turntables to spin funky drum breaks at his sister’s back-to-school party. The event turned out to be hip hop’s big bang moment. In the decades that followed, the music became a politically charged platform empowering Black America to share its culture through rhymes brimming with wit, ferocity and pathos. Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World,
M. Night Shyamalan Headed to Warner Bros. in First-Look Deal
M. Night Shyamalan is taking his talents to Warner Bros.
The writer/director is moving studios, after a long, fruitful relationship with Univeral that saw Shyamalan hone his chops with taut, contained, but still ambitious thrillers. His next feature, Trap, will be a Warner Bros. film when it debuts on August 2, 2024.
Shyamalan’s first-look deal with Warner Bros. will see him develop projects for both Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line.
“Sick” Production Designer Jenny Möller Builds the Lake House From Hell in Peacock’s Peak Pandemic Slasher
Slashers don’t take sick days, even during a lockdown. Leave it to Scream writer Kevin Williamson to give us more to fear than the virus in Peacock’s Sick, which takes us back to the peak of the COVID pandemic. Best friends Parker (Gideon Adlon) and Miri (Bethlehem Million) quarantine together at a luxury lake house, but their isolation is interrupted by a masked killer.
Production Designer Jenny Möller rolled back the clock to an eerie experience we all shared –
Sequels of “I Am Legend” With Will Smith & Michael B. Jordan & “Constantine” With Keanu Reeves in The Works
Two sequels to two very distinct but potent films are coming to Warner Bros. Deadline reports that Akiva Goldsman has inked a multi-year first-look deal with the studio and sequels to I Am Legend and Constantine are a part of the deal.
Warner Bros Pictures co-chairs De Luca and Abdy said this of the veteran Goldsman in a joint statement: “[Akiva] is a consummate producer,
A Live-Action “How To Train Your Dragon” Movie in the Works at Universal
How To Train Your Dragon creator Dean DeBlois is going to help Universal breathe fire into a live-action film.
DeBlois is the man who guided the critically acclaimed animated trilogy from DreamWorks, and now he’s going to bring his beloved dragons and Vikings into the live-action realm. Universal has tapped DeBlois to write, direct, and produce the live-action film—in fact, the film is already in the works, with a March 14,
“Descendant” Co-Writer & Producer Dr. Kern Jackson on Uncovering Living History in Mobile, Alabama
The documentary Descendant is about many things, but mostly it’s about storytelling — how oral histories, passed down from generation to generation, inform identity and community and connect the living to their ancestors. History can’t be erased or denied as long as stories are still being told.
Descendant, which won the US Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative Vision at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and is now on Netflix,
“The Little Mermaid” Teaser Reveals Fresh Look at the Live-Action Remake Starring Halle Bailey
In 100 days, Disney will release their live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, and a brand new teaser gives us a fresh look at Halle Bailey as Ariel. The timing of the teaser release does double duty, too, as this year Disney is celebrating their centennial.
The new teaser features Bailey singing “Part of Your World” while we get a glimpse of the aquatic world in which The Little Mermaid is set.
Harrison Ford’s Role in “Captain America: New World Order” Might be Way Bigger Than Expected
Harrison Ford is no stranger to playing the U.S. president. The legendary actor famously played one very resilient Commander in Chief in Wolfgang Petersen’s Air Force One, where he personally kicked butt as President James Marshall and literally tossed Gary Oldman’s communist radical Ivan Korshunov off Air Force One with the deathless quip “get off my plane.” Ford will once again be playing the U.S. president in Marvel Studios’ upcoming Captain America: New World Order,
First Look at Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn in “Joker: Folie à Deux” Revealed
Before Valentine’s Day was over, Joker: Folie à Deux co-writer and director Todd Phillips made sure we were all reminded that romance is far from dead, even if it’s deadly. Phillips shared the first image of Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn in his upcoming sequel, pictured looking quite smitten with psychopath Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix).
“Happy Valentines Day,” Phillips wrote in the caption of his Instagram post. Gaga’s Harley Quinn is pictured up close and personal with Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck,
