Marvel’s “Fantastic Four” Movie Starts Filming Next Year
WandaVision director Matt Shakman feels like the perfect fit to breathe life back into one of the most iconic super-groupings in the Marvel canon. So, it’s exciting to hear that Shakman has confirmed with Collider that his Fantastic Four is on pace to start filming next year.
Shakman was talking with Collider about his upcoming series The Consultant on Prime Video.
Taking a Magical Tour With Becky Cline, Director of The Walt Disney Archives
Becky Cline knows a thing or two about wearing multiple hats in her long, successful career at Disney. In fact, as the Director of the Walt Disney Archives, Cline is responsible for one of the most iconic hats of all time (belonging to a certain magical British nanny—more on her later), and a treasure trove of other iconic props, costumes, and more. Cline’s remit is sweeping, as she’s charged with collecting and preserving the entire breadth of Disney history and making sure this treasure trove is available to documentarians and other filmmakers,
“Severance” Star Dichen Lachman Joins “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
Dichen Lachman was perfectly cast in Severance as Ms. Casey, a fully severed (in the series’ parlance) employee of Lumon Industries who ran the nefarious company’s Wellness Sessions. Imposingly calm and deeply connected to Lumon’s chilling strategy for creating the most efficient and pliable workforce, to be brought to Ms. Casey’s office for a Wellness Session was one of the series’ most unsettling events. It would turn out, by the end of the excellent first season,
“Yellowstone” Co-Creator Taylor Sheridan Eyeing Spinoff Series With Matthew McConaughey
Talk about a major swap of star power in TV’s top-rated drama.
Deadline reports that Yellowstone co-creator and showrunner Taylor Sheridan is looking to make a major change in the hugely popular western, ending the current series with its current crop of stars, including lead Kevin Costner, and moving next season—its’ sixth—with Matthew McConaughey in talks to star. It’s not yet clear how many current cast members from the series would continue on in the one led by McConaughey.
“Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” Early Reactions: Jonathan Majors Excels as Supervillain Kang
A truly satisfying superhero film needs a truly compelling villain, and in Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantamania, you have just that in Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror. With the world premiere of the film last night, early reactions are pouring in, and they are practically uniform in calling out what a complex, mighty new villain Kang is. We’ve known for a while now that Majors was going to be a major force in the MCU,
“Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” Teaser Focuses on the MCU’s New Big Bad Kang the Conqueror
“You come from above…like him.” These words, which come at the top of a new teaser released by Marvel Studios, are directed at Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), the Wasp (Evangeline Lilly), and their assorted family in the Quantum Realm. They’re not the welcoming words of people enthused to have visitors from above, and the “him” Ant-Man and friends are being compared to is not a beloved visitor to the miniaturized universe, but Marvel’s latest Big Bad.
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” Images Reveal Indy’s Final Adventure
Last December, we finally got our first look at Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The trailer gave us even more reason to be enthused by Harrison Ford’s fifth and final adventure as Indy, in the first film in the franchise not to be directed by Stephen Spielberg. Stepping in for the legendary Spielberg is one of the best directors working today, James Mangold, and the trailer revealed that Indy’s adventuring days weren’t entirely behind him.
Pedro Pascal Kills It in “Saturday Night Live” Trailer for a Gritty Mario Kart Series
Pedro Pascal already knows what it’s like to star in the greatest video game adaptation of all time. That’s currently what he’s doing in HBO’s The Last Of Us, which is a brilliant adaptation of Naughty Dog’s hugely popular and critically acclaimed game of the same now. Luckily, the folks at Saturday Night Live saw the perfect opportunity to pitch Pascal taking on another iconic role derived from a video game.
“The Last of Us” Cinematographer Eben Bolter on Episode 4 & More
It took a decade to get there, but The Last of Us’ migration from video game to television paid off big time last month when the post-apocalyptic thriller enjoyed the largest viewership jump in HBO history. Audience numbers increased 22 percent to 5.7 million viewers for the show’s second episode in the wake of its January 15 debut. Already renewed for a second season, the series comes from Emmy-winning writer-producer Craig Mazin of Chernobyl fame in collaboration with Neil Druckmann,
“Avatar 3” Will Star “Game of Thrones” Actress Oona Chaplin as Fire Na’vi Leader
Now that we know James Cameron’s Avatar 3 will definitely be coming to theaters thanks to the astonishing success of Avatar: The Way of Water (currently the fourth-highest-grossing movie of all time and climbing), a few crucial details about the sequels are coming to light. One major reason for this is Cameron and producer Jon Landau have continued to offer clues to some of the major plot points, and there’s also the fact that Cameron shot The Way of Water and Avatar 3 concurrently,
“Everything Everywhere All At Once” Hair & Makeup Team on Creating Looks For Every Dimension
Who among us hasn’t danced with alternate life paths in daydreams while battling a case of the doldrums? Even a universe-ending adventure seems more glamorous some days than completing one more trivial tax form. Everything Everywhere All at Once is a superhero story for the everyman. Each variation in style represents an entirely different life the characters might have lived.
Hair department head Anissa E. Salazar and makeup department head Michelle Chung created styles that spun the characters through a dazzling display of “what ifs” and “could have beens.” Each look was a glamorous fantasy ranging from funky to surreal.
First Trailer for Guy Ritchie’s “The Covenant” Finds Jake Gyllenhaal Paying a Battlefield Debt
The first trailer for writer/director Guy Ritchie’s latest film, The Covenant, is here, and it packs a punch. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as John Kinley, a sergeant deployed on his last tour in Afghanistan. Disaster strikes and John’s facing certain death, but he’s saved by a local interpreter named Ahmed (Dal Salim), who goes above and beyond to literally drag, push, and carry John to safety. His efforts are practically superhuman, and while John can barely remember a thing that happened,
Here are The Trailers You’ll Likely See During The Super Bowl
When the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs in this year’s Super Bowl on February 12, many folks will be watching not only for the game (go Birds) but for the commercials. And some of those commercials will be, as always, trailers for upcoming films. Considering last year’s Super Bowl drew 112 million viewers, it’s quite literally the perfect opportunity for a studio to draw a ton of attention to their films. Deadline has the scoop on what trailers we’ll likely see right before and during this year’s big game.
James Gunn Says “The Flash” is One Of The Best Superhero Movies He’s Ever Seen
“Like it’s one of the best superhero movies I’ve ever seen. [Director] Andy Muschietti did an amazing job.” This is what the new DC Studios Co-Chief James Gunn says about The Flash. This is a pretty incredible compliment coming from the director of two (soon to be three) Guardians of the Galaxy films and the man who helmed The Suicide Squad for DC. Gunn made this statement (and many more besides) when he and his DC Studios Co-Chief Peter Safran presented their plan for their new Unified DC Universe to the press on Tuesday.
“Logan” Director James Mangold is a Perfect Fit to Helm “Swamp Thing” For DC Studios
Director James Mangold knows a thing or two about delivering deliciously hardcore superhero action. Mangold was the man who helmed what was once Hugh Jackman’s final turn as Wolverine in the excellent 2017 film Logan. You know, the one where Wolverine dies. Sure, Jackman’s Wolverine is coming back in Deadpool 3 (the film is set before the events in Logan, so it makes some sense!), but for many folks,
“Big George Foreman” Trailer Reveals the Moving Story of a Boxing Legend
The Big Guy is getting the biopic he richly deserves.
Sony has just released the trailer for Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World, which will focus on the legendary boxer’s career, from his impoverished childhood to Olympic Gold and onto becoming the World Heavyweight Champion. There are few sports as reliably cinematic as the Sweet Science, and as we’ve learned from Raging Bull,
“The Batman Part II” is Part of Newly Branded DC Elseworlds Projects, Arrives in 2025
We’re guessing you caught the major news coming from DC Studios yesterday? New DC Studios chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran revealed their plan for creating a Unified DC Universe, and the details were really mind-blowing for those of us invested not only in the film and TV industries but the business of superhero storytelling.
Gunn and Safran’s plan includes a brand new Superman film titled Superman: Legacy, a new Game of Thrones-style TV series set on Wonder Woman’s home island,
Will Smith & Martin Lawrence Confirm “Bad Boys 4”
“It’s about that time,” Will Smith said in a video announcement yesterday as he made his way to his buddy and collaborator Martin Lawrence’s house. “Yo, I’ve got an announcement. Y’all better stop scrolling,” Smith says, playing the opening bars of Nelly, P. Diddy, and Murphy Lee’s “Shake Ya Tailfeather,” a song from the 2003 Bad Boys II soundtrack. “I wish I was you, not knowing what I’m about to show me.”
You’ve read the title of this piece so you already know what Smith was about to show the world.
James Gunn Reveals New DC Slate: New Batman, Superman, Supergirl Films, a Green Lantern Series & More
The future of DC Studios has been revealed.
DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran have unveiled their ten-year plan for the connected superhero universe they’re building. Hold onto your capes, people.
First, there will be a new Batman film (without Robert Pattinson) featuring Bruce Wayne’s very dangerous son. But don’t worry, fans of The Batman—a sequel to Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson’s film is still happening.
“The Last Of Us” Star Pedro Pascal Hosting “Saturday Night Live” This Weekend
It’s Pedro Pascal’s world, and we’re just living in it. And you know what? We’re okay with that!
The longtime stellar performer, the guy who stole Game of Thrones season four as Oberyn Martell, the fella who was tremendous as DEA agent Javier Peña in Narcos, the gent who plays the bounty hunter Din Djarin and takes care of The Child in The Mandalorian, and finally, the man who currently stars as rugged survivor Joel in the best new series on TV,
