See How All The Trick Arrows in “Hawkeye” Were Created
Well, this is fun. Over the weekend, Marvel Studios released this video showing how the trick arrows in Hawkeye were created. Marvel’s most recent Disney+ series was arguably the lightest on its feet of all their series thus far, leaning into the comedic chemistry between Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) and Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld). Part of the fun was how much of a fangirl Kate was for Clint, the least beloved Avenger (she told him it’s a branding issue) insofar as he’s quiet,
“The Boys” Season 3 Teaser Reveals Release Date, With New Insane Superheroes Joining the Series
At long last, we know when The Boys will be back in town. Amazon Prime Video has revealed a new teaser for season 3, which gives us the first footage and that release date. Mark your calendars for June 3.
The Boys will be coming to you on a weekly basis, which is in keeping with how showrunner Erik Kripke and his team handled last season. (Season one was delivered at all once.) Season 3 consists of six episodes,
“Ozark” Season 4 Trailer Reveals the Byrde Family’s Deadly Game
Netflix has just released the first trailer for Ozark‘s season 4, part 1. One of television’s most nervy, riveting series of the last couple of years is coming to end in a two-part, 14-episode run, with part 1 premiering on January 21. The trailer makes clear the stakes and the players of the game are changing rapidly. The Byrde family has gotten themselves so deeply involved that the threats they’re about to face will make their previous troubles seem almost quaint.
“The Book of Boba Fett” Episode 2’s Major New Villains, Easter Eggs, & Coolest New Character
The second episode of The Book of Boba Fett, “The Tribes of Tatooine,” delivered a slew of excellent new villains, Star Wars Easter Eggs, and the coolest Tusken Raider of all time. While this accounting isn’t even close to comprehensive, we do want to call out our favorite reveals from the episode. After setting up the return of the legendary bounty hunter (Temura Morrison) in the premiere episode,
“Station Eleven” Costume Designer Helen Huang on a Post-Pandemic World Filled with Art & Humanity
In times of fear, great loss, and regression in civilized society, creativity and culture will still blossom. This is not only the hopeful message of Station Eleven but also a truth about our world, proven by the fact that the show exists at all. The production team for HBO’s post-pandemic miniseries was a few episodes in when life began to imitate art, and art began springing up everywhere.
“You think about our pandemic,
Best of 2021: Director Barry Jenkins Mixes Beauty and Brutality in “The Underground Railroad”
This interview is part of our highly subjective, decidedly non-comprehensive “Best of 2021” year-end list. It was originally published on May 12.
The Underground Railroad has been a long time coming in Barry Jenkins‘ imagination. As a kid growing up in Miami’s rough Liberty City neighborhood, the writer-director pictured literal railroad tracks running beneath the earth. Fast forward to 2014, when Jenkins thrilled to Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and secured adaptation rights even before he’d finished promoting his Oscar-winning Moonlight movie.
Best of 2021: Emmy-Winner Hannah Waddingham on the Joy of Making “Ted Lasso”
This interview is part of our highly subjective, decidedly non-comprehensive “Best of 2021” year-end list. It was originally published on July 29.
Before Ted Lasso became a phenomenon, setting a record for most Emmy nominations by a freshman comedy (20 total, including seven for its actors), its virtues were spread, among my friends, more like a whisper campaign. One buddy in particular kept needling me via text.
Michael Keaton Will Play Batman in HBO Max’s “Batgirl” Starring Leslie Grace
Michael Keaton isn’t done playing Batman, not by a long shot. Not only is Keaton reprising the role of Bruce Wayne for Andy Muschietti’s upcoming The Flash, but he’ll also be donning the cape and cowl for the upcoming HBO Max series Batgirl.
Batgirl stars Lelise Grace as Barbara Gordon, the daughter of police commissioner Jim Gordon (the commish is the one character who appears in almost every Batman film,
“Winning Time” Trailer Reveals Adam McKay’s Lakers Series for HBO Max
The dominant Chicago Bulls of the Michael Jordan era got a proper deep-dive docu-series, The Last Dance, on Netflix that was, for many of us, a salve during those dark, early days of the pandemic. It seems only fitting that the Los Angeles Lakers of the Magic Johnson era now have their own series, and it seems extra fitting that the team whose era of dominance was called Showtime would get a splashy,
New “Star Wars” Disney+ Series “The Acolyte” Eyeing Amandla Stenberg For Lead
Amandla Stenberg is nearing a flight for a galaxy far, far away. The rising star is in talks to join the upcoming Disney+ live-action Star Wars series The Acolyte from director Leslye Headland (Russian Doll), Variety reports. Headland will write, executive produce, and serve as showrunner on the series, which aims to begin production in the middle of 2022.
While little is known about the role Stenberg would be playing,
A New “The Book of Boba Fett” Teaser Reveals the Millennium Falcon & More
Disney+ has just dropped a new The Book of Boba Fett teaser that goes big on mood, action, and one brief but compelling glimpse at the most famous spaceship in Star Wars history. This minute-long, nearly wordless glimpse has a bunch of fresh footage, and the arrival of the Millennium Falcon is but one cool new moment. Titled “The Return,” the new teaser gives us the gist of the upcoming series without needing to resort to dialogue—the iconic bounty hunter (played by Temura Morrison) has miraculously survived being tossed into the Sarlacc Pit in The Return of the Jedi and is ready to stake his claim in Tatooine’s underworld.
New “Peacemaker” Video Reveals Vigilante’s Unwanted Attention
Peacemaker (John Cena) is going through some changes when the HBO Max series bearing his name begins. A spinoff from James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker finds the beefy brute who became that film’s villain questioning his entire worldview. That worldview is simple; peace, at all costs, no matter who Peacemaker has to kill. In the film, Peacemaker ended up in a duel with Bloodsport (Idris Elba), his ostensible ally, and revealed himself to be as broken as his belief system.
Colin Farrell Will Star in “The Batman” HBO Max Spinoff Series About The Penguin
Oswald Cobblepot is coming to HBO Max.
Variety has confirmed that Colin Farrell and HBO Max have made it official, with Farrell set to star in and executive producing a new spinoff series based on his The Batman character Oswald Cobblepot, better known as The Penguin. The series will explore The Penguin’s rise within Gotham’s murky criminal underworld, which is well-known for breeding some of the most legendary villains in the comics world.
“Peacemaker” Official Trailer Reveals One Beefy Brute’s Rude Awakening
James Gunn’s upcoming The Suicide Squad spinoff series Peacemaker‘s release is nigh, and now HBO Max has released the official trailer. When we last saw John Cena’s titular character in The Suicide Squad, he’d miraculously survived a duel with Bloodsport (Idris Elba) after becoming the film’s villain. Peacemaker is a character at war with himself (and, unfortunately, everybody else) because he’s a man who will pursue peace, no matter who he hurts in the process,
New “The Book of Boba Fett” Teaser Reveals Trouble Ahead for The Iconic Bounty Hunter
On November 1, we got the first trailer for The Book of Boba Fett, revealing the upcoming Disney+ series centered on the iconic bounty hunter’s return to his old hunting grounds. Then, we got a glimpse at some still images from the series, which gave us a look at a maskless Boba (Temura Morrison), Boba’s ally Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen), and some of the colorful characters Boba will be up against as he returns to Tatooine and the underworld once ruled with a blubbery fist by Jabba the Hutt.
“Hawkeye” Director & Executive Producer Rhys Thomas Hits His Mark
Let’s say you’re a director, and you’ve been called in for a “general meeting” at Marvel Studios. A general meeting is a chance for studio executives to get to know a particular filmmaker, see what they’re like and what they’re interested in, but they’re not pegged to a specific project. Not yet. Obviously, a general meeting with Marvel is a big deal, and the number of Marvel projects percolating at any given moment is massive,
New “Hawkeye” Video Takes You Behind-the-Scenes of Marvel’s New Dynamic Duo
We got a chance to speak with Hawkeye director and executive producer Rhys Thomas this week (we’ll publish that interview right before the show premieres), but one of the things we can share is he enthused about the comedic chemistry between Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld. “I enjoy the humor and the tone and the twists and turns that it takes,” Thomas says in this new behind-the-scenes video which looks at the relationship between Clint Barton (Renner) and his unasked-for new protegé Kate Bishop (Steinfeld).
“Sort Of” Co-Creator/Writer/Director Fab Filippo on This Groundbreaking New HBO Max Series
When you start watching the groundbreaking new HBO Max series Sort Of (debuting on HBO Max November 18), you might imagine that it’s yet another precocious-Millennial-auteur-driven show, starring its own creator/writer. After all, Sort Of’s real-life creator/writer/star, Bilal Baig, is a stylish, non-binary, Pakistani denizen of queer Toronto – just like Sabi Mehboob, the lead character they play in Sort Of.
As the story unfolds over eight episodes,
“Ozark” Season 4 Teaser Reveals the Beginning of the End
The Byrde family is back, and things are even more complicated, and dangerous, than ever before. In a brand new teaser for season 4, we hear the voice of Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) contemplating the cascading consequences that branch off with every fresh decision we make. This is the man who plunged his family into the bloody nightmare that is now their lives, so he knows a thing or two about what one bad decision can do.
Watch Taylor Swift’s Epic “Saturday Night Live” Performance
If you missed this weekend’s excellent Saturday Night Live, then you missed not only a bravura performance by host Jonathan Majors but also one of the most compelling live musical performances of the year. Taylor Swift delivered the 10-minute version of “All Too Well,” coming off the heels of her big album release for “Red (Taylor’s Version)” this past Friday, a re-recorded album—Swift had released the original “Red” in 2012. The song is about a breakup,
