Director Hanelle Culpepper on Filming Fights & Making History in “Kung Fu”
Directing a series pilot has a huge impact on the viability of the show, putting tremendous pressure on the director. It’s pressure Hanelle Culpepper can handle, exemplified by the ratings and stellar reviews of her award-winning work on last year’s Star Trek: Picard. On The CW’s Kung Fu, she was chosen by showrunner Christina M. Kim to direct the first two episodes of a series making history as the first hour-long drama featuring a predominantly Asian-American cast.
“The Underground Railroad” Drops a Moving New Trailer
A fresh look at one of 2021’s most eagerly anticipated series has arrived. Amazon has revealed a new trailer for writer/director Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad. Jenkins has been giving us glimpses of his 10-episode limited series, each one more beautiful and beguiling than the last. Beautiful and beguiling isn’t the worst way to describe Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from which Jenkins’ series is adapted,
Netflix Renews “Bridgerton” For Seasons 3 & 4
It was only this past January (which, admittedly, feels like four years ago) that Netflix renewed Bridgerton for season 2. It appears another season wasn’t enough of an assurance for all the Bridgerheads out there, so now Netflix has renewed the series for seasons 3 and 4 while season two is in production.
A lot of digital ink was spilled when news broke that season one star Regé-Jean Page,
Watch Hilarious Cut of Baron Zemo Dancing in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”
If you’d spent years in a German prison and then suddenly f0und yourself on a dance floor with a righteous beat playing, what would you do? If you’re Baron Zemo (Daniel Brühl), you dance, obviously. And now Disney+ has heeded fans calls and released an hour-long cut—yes, an hour—of Brühl’s villainous Zemo dancing from the third episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Why were folks so enthused when they saw Zemo dancing (briefly!) in episode three?
Scoring a Serial Killer’s Many Transformations in “The Serpent”
In the 1970s, young travelers flocked to Asia for exotic adventures and a liberating nomadic lifestyle, but an evil force slithered beneath the surface to prey on them. Netflix’s The Serpent dives into the underbelly world of real-life serial killer, Charles Sobhraj. Tahar Rahim stars as the convicted murderer who targeted westerners and hippies traveling through Bangkok to steal their identities and funds. Composer Dominik Scherrer scored the hypnotic soundtrack that draws from the era and geographic setting,
New “Loki” Trailer Revels in Time-Traveling Mischief
For all you Loki fans out there—and just about every MCU aficionado counts—Marvel has just released the official trailer for Loki, and you’re going to be quite pleased. Tom Hiddleston’s mischievous antihero, the yin to Thor’s yang, highlights this freewheeling, time-traveling trailer. With this longer look at Loki, it’s now clear just how wonderfully different Marvel’s first three series are from each other. WandaVision was a deceptively deep comedy/drama,
Composer Keefus Ciancia Releases Two-Volume Soundtrack for HBO Max’s “Made For Love”
Composer Keefus Ciancia is no stranger to dark material. In 2019 Ciancia won a BAFTA for Best Television Soundtrack for his work on Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s deliciously diabolical Killing Eve and was nominated for an Emmy for his work on season three of HBO’s True Detective. Now, Ciancia is the composer behind another twisty HBO Max series, Made For Love, based on Alissa Nutting’s novel (she executive produces and writes on the series).
The Full “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Cast Revealed
The full cast of Disney+’s upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi has been revealed, and it boasts some well-known stars and some up-and-coming talent. The long-gestating series is really ramping up, which will catch up with the Jedi master 10 years after he bested Annakin Skywalker in a lightsaber duel in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
We’ve known for a while now that Hayden Christensen would be reprising his role of Annakin Skywalker,
Watch Oscar Isaac’s Stunt Training For Marvel’s “Moon Knight” Series
Oscar Isaac sure looks ready to take on the mantle of Marvel superhero Moon Knight. In a new video released by his production company’s Instagram account, Mad Gene Media, Isaac is hard at work doing fight choreography. You’ll note that one of the hashtags included in the video is #TheOneYouSeeComing, which is a direct quote from Moon Knight in the comics. (“Moon Knight #5 to be exact.)
We’ve been tracking this project since it was first announced that Isaac would be taking on the role.
You Can Now Stream “The Office” For Free on Peacock
You’ve got exactly one week to stream every episode of The Office, for free, on Peacock. To celebrate the now-iconic comedy’s 16th anniversary, Peacock will be streaming all nine seasons of the series beginning today, March 18. Fans will also be able to compete for a Dundie Award, and all that’s required is, of course, a Peacock subscription. If you remember the Dundie Awards from the series, you’ll recall that Michael Scott (Steve Carell) would give them out for a variety of absurd “accomplishments”
“Justice League” Premiere Day: Ryan Reynolds, Jared Leto’s Ad-Lib & More
Don’t worry, we haven’t just spoiled Ryan Reynolds making a cameo in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, but it wasn’t completely out of the realm of possibility. Now that we’ve made it to premiere day, a final flurry of Justice League reveals feels like a fitting capstone to our countdown. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Snyder reveals, among other things, that yes, he had envisioned Reynolds appearing in Justice League,
How “Justice League” Producer Deborah Snyder Re-Assembled Superheroes
You may have heard we’re one day away from the premiere of a little film called Zack Snyder’s Justice League on HBO Max. It’s been a long, winding road from the theatrical release of Justice League back in 2017 to March 18, 2021, and there would be no new-and-improved superhero epic without producer Deborah Snyder. Snyder worked alongside her husband Zack to not only convince WarnerMedia that a Snyder Cut was worth it but to make it possible to pull it off in the midst of a global pandemic.
Here’s When “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” is Set
We know that the Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes/the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) haven’t always gotten along (they were straight-up enemies in Captain America: The Winter Soldier), but when they team up for Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, their partnership will be taking place at a time when the world will really need them to put past differences aside. Granted, Sam and Bucky have been on the same side since Captain America: Civil War,
Tracking Falcon Throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Last week we looked at the career of Anthony Mackie, the Falcon himself, who has been building to this moment for two decades now. The moment we’re referring to is starring in Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which features Mackie’s high-flying Avenger Sam Wilson/The Falcon and Sebastian Stan’s tortured (and lethally effective) Winter Soldier as they deal with a world without Iron Man and Captain America.
The Official “Tina” Trailer Reveals HBO’s Look at an American Icon
There are few living Americans as iconic as Tina Turner. The legendary musician seemed like an unstoppable force during her early career, a dynamo capable of anything, everything. Her partnership, both romantically and musically, with Ike Turner seemed idyllic. For 16-years they’d co-created some of the most compelling music being produced, including hits like “A Fool in Love” and “Proud Mary.” Everything seemed perfect.
As the details of her personal life and the abusive,
Showrunner Suzan-Lori Parks Goes Deep on an American Icon in “Genius: Aretha”
She won a Tony for her spectacular singing in The Color Purple, then earned an Oscar nomination in her role as the titular underground railroad heroine in Harriet. Now Cynthia Erivo‘s harnessing her vocal and dramatic gifts to deliver a sensational portrayal of Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha (March 21 on NatGeo). Created by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright-turned-showrunner Suzan-Lori Parks, the eight-episode biopic dramatizes Franklin’s journey from gospel singing child prodigy to her decades-long reign as pop music’s undisputed Queen of Soul.
“WandaVision” Finale Caps Marvel’s Remarkable First Disney+ Series
Well folks, if you’ve been watching Marvel’s WandaVision on Disney+ and you’re anything like us, you’ve slowly come to realize this really is a remarkable series. Showrunner Jac Schaeffer and director Matt Shakman created something wholly original, plopping Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) down into an evolving world of sitcoms that has gotten progressively darker, sadder, and more intense. The show has generated serious discussions about grief, thanks to (spoiler alert) the reveal that the entire world of Westview,
Here Are The Six Chapter Titles For “Zack Snyder’s Justice League”
We’re almost at the long-awaited premiere date for Zack Snyder’s Justice League on HBO Max. The official Twitter page for Snyder’s upcoming film has revealed its six chapter titles, giving us at least a broad outline of how the four-hour film will be broken up narratively.
You’ll note that three of those chapters appear to be actual quotes from the film. For example, the very first chapter sounds like something Jason Momoa’s Aquaman says to Ben Affleck’s Batman when he’s asked to join the fledgling super-group.
Anthony Mackie is Ready to Soar in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”
Anthony Mackie has been donning the metal wings as Falcon since his first appearance in the Russo Brothers’ Captain America: The Winter Soldier in 2014. He’s now appeared in six films as Sam Wilson, aka The Falcon, but now, at long last, Mackie’s finally poised to be the title character in Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. The series, directed by Emmy-award winner Kari Skogland, features Mackie’s Falcon and Sebastian Stan’s Winter Soldier,
“Snowfall” DP Tommy Maddox-Upshaw on Transforming Memory Into Light & Optics
Season 4 of the FX drama Snowfall opens on antihero Franklin Saint (Damson Idris) imploring CIA agent Teddy (Carter Hudson) to help him keep local gang rivalries in check. Tensions are getting out of hand in mid-1980s Los Angeles, even if Franklin, erudite and unassuming, appears as on top of his own drug-related dealings as ever. Far and near, the show’s other characters are going through upheavals of their own. Teddy’s machinations in Mexico go off the rails in part due to trouble with an Israeli gangster,
