See how they Filmed the Fight Scene Between Captain America and the Winter Soldier
There were a lot of big, bruising brawls in Captain America: Civil War, but none are more personal than when Cap fights his best friend (of 80 years!) the Winter Soldier, aka Bucky Barnes. In this behind-the-scenes clip unveiled by Marvel, directors Joe and Anthony Russo show us how they built this fight early in the film.
Fight coordinator James Young explains that the key to crafting a believable, emotional fight is to remember that these brawls need to be "character moments."
Gene Wilder: 1933-2016
The dreamers of the world are heartbroken today by the passing of one of the most imaginative talents of our time, Gene Wilder. His nephew, Jordan Walker-Perlman, reported that the comedic legend died from complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83 years old.
Wilder’s performances were steeped in sincerity that resonated with children and adults. His breakout role in Mel Brooks’ 1967 classic The Producers launched one of Hollywood’s funniest collaborations.
Lennie James on Playing the Moral Center of The Walking Dead
Audiences may have tuned in to The Walking Dead expecting a zombie gore fest, which is often what they get, but the emotional draw of the characters has carried the story through six seasons. The show reached an emotional high as fans have been left to agonize all summer wondering, “Who did Negan kill?” But the moral and emotional tone was introduced by one of the show’s most beloved characters,
How Daredevil‘s Emmy-Nominated Sound Designer Makes the Punches Pop
During a marathon stairway brawl early in Daredevil's second Netflix season, hero Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) sounds like he's beating a gang of bikers to a bloody pulp. In fact, the hits seem far more furious than they really are thanks to Emmy-nominated sound designer Jordan Wilby. "There's a lot of different ways we get our sounds," explains Wilby, who gave voice to every punch in the fight using audio files from his massive library of sound sources.
From Senator to Bad-Ass, Tovah Feldshuh Talks The Walking Dead
Her first day on Georgia set of The Walking Dead Season Five, Tovah Feldshuh shared a nine-page scene with star Andrew Lincoln to establish her Deanna Monroe character as the level-headed leader of Alexandria's "Safe Zone" gated community. By the time Season Six began, Deanna was instructing Lincoln's Rick Grimes to kill the murderer of her husband with two succinct words: "Do it." Summing up her character arc showcased in The Walking Dead: The Complete Sixth Season (released today,
See how the Gorgeous Opening of Kubo and the Two Strings was Created
Travis Knight's Kubo and the two Strings is a gorgeous, animated meditation on the love between a mother and a son. The luscious look of the film, created by Laika's brilliant stop-motion animation, is something to behold (this is to say nothing of the the sound of the film, which includes a glorious theme song by Regina Spektor). Knight is Laika's CEO, and his first foray into filmmaking begins with a cold open,
Cinematographer Crescenzo Notarile on his Emmy Nominated work on Gotham
Whether you’re a fan of movies, television, or music videos, Crescenzo Notarile’s award winning cinematography has permeated nearly every medium of entertainment. Notarile has worked with some of the most iconic directors, musicians and brands in the industry for more than 30 years. He was there at the very beginning of the CSI series, helping to shape it into one of the most watched television programs in the world.
Notarile is now nominated for an Emmy in Outstanding Cinematography for transforming New York into a pre-Batman Gotham.
YouTube-Inspired Director Used GoPro Cameras to Capture Ben-Hur Chariot Action
Before Timur Bekmambetov shot a single frame of the new Ben-Hur, he wanted to find out exactly what it felt like to be in the kind of four-horse chariot race that propelled its 1959 predecessor to 11 Academy Awards.
So the Russian director got behind the reins himself.
"I asked our stunt coordinator to let me ride the chariot, which was absolutely illegal because it's dangerous,"
Watch Assassin’s Creed Stunt Performer’s Historic 125 Foot Free Fall
It's actually hard to watch. Michael Fassbender's stunt double in Assassin's Creed pulls off one of the highest free falls in almost 35 years. Stunt performer Damien Walters is one of the best in the business, which is why they trusted he could pull off this death-defying feat successfully. Director Justin Kurzel wanted to ground the action of Assassin's Creed in reality as much as possible, which meant that the "Leap of Faith,"
Chatting with Jessica Jones’ Emmy-Nominated Composer Sean Callery
If you couldn’t stop your pulse from pounding while watching Jack Bauer’s clock tick down (24) or you held your breath as Carrie Mathison navigated terrorist plots in the CIA (Homeland), Sean Callery is likely to blame. His music has driven viewers to the edge of their seats in some of TV’s most pulse-pounding thrillers and earned him a stunning 16 Emmy nominations.
R2-D2 Actor Kenny Baker Dies at 81
Kenny Baker lived a large, full life. The the 3-foot, 8-inch actor played beloved droid R2-D2 in all six Star Wars films, and was the very character (along with his sidekick, C-3P0) we meet in the very beginning of the first film, 1977’s A New Hope. Baker and C-3P0’s Anthony Daniels are the only actors to have appeared in all six Star Wars films (Daniels was in The Force Awakens,
Chatting With Daredevil’s Emmy-Nominated Stunt Coordinator Philip J. Silvera
Stunt coordinator Philip J. Silvera is one of the best in the business. In recent years, he's put his touch on one of the greatest fight scenes in recent memory (the bruising final beat down in Deadpool), helped make Iron Man 3 the best Tony Stark film of the bunch, and, applied his martial arts expertise to the animated series Star Wars: The Old Republic. Recently, Silvera has helped turn Marvel's
Chatting With Kent Jones About his HBO Documentary Hitchcock/Truffaut
Airing Monday, August 8 on HBO, director Kent Jones’ documentary Hitchcock/Truffaut reveals the archival footage behind the titular directors’ legendary, weeklong series of interviews in Hollywood in 1962. A young Truffaut, who had only recently transformed his own career from film critic to filmmaker, traveled to Los Angeles to interview Alfred Hitchcock. He idolized the director, but at the time, Hitchock was widely perceived more as a popular entertainer than the visionary he is considered today.
Talking to Little Men Director & Co-Writer Ira Sachs
Like his 2014 film Love is Strange, director/co-writer Ira Sachs’ new film Little Men is a touchingly realistic examination of the relationships between people thrown together by circumstance. In Love is Strange, the economics of life in New York force a recently wed gay couple (John Lithgow and Alfred Molina) to live separately after Molina’s character loses his job. In Little Men, a struggling actor (Greg Kinnear) inherits a Brooklyn building from his father and moves his own family there.
Check out the Creepy Stranger Things Concept Art
Have you binged watched Netflix's new hit series Stranger Things yet? If not, we'll advise you to not check out the concept art below, as it showcases the stranger thing that's happening to th small town of Hawkins, Indiana.
Still here? Okay, so as you know Matt and Ross Duffer have created sci-fi romp that celebrates the best of the 1980s (the clothes, the cars, Spielberg) yet forges it's own distinct,
Chatting With Writer/Director Patricia Rozema About Into the Forest
From her 1987 debut feature I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing to Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008), writer-director Patricia Rozema makes films with women characters that drive the action. But what’s unusual is how sanguine Rozema is about the always-looming issue of the dearth of central women’s roles and the financing obstacles most female-led films face, if they are not about Ghostbusters.
“You just never know what’s plain old getting-a-film-together difficultness and what’s because-it’s-girls difficultness.
Prolific Documentarian Alex Gibney on Zero Days
Documentarian Alex Gibney has made films on many subjects, including a wild-man journalist (Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson) and a discredited cyclist (The Armstrong Lie). But his specialties have come to be privacy, technology and conspiracy. In just the last three years, he's directed Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine; We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks;
Comic-Con: The Big Bang Theory Writer’s Panel
No group is happier to appear at Comic-Con than The Big Bang Theory writers. “This is our Coachella,” Tara Hernandez told the audience filling one of Comic-Con’s biggest venues. The writers and producers appeared on a panel with their real-life science consultant, David Saltzberg, moderated by actress Melissa Rauch, who plays Bernadette.
The characters in The Big Bang Theory are passionate fans of the same comic books, movies, television series,
Inspired by the Late Muhammad Ali, Gleason Doc Maker Captures an Athlete and His Disease
Documentary maker Clay Tweel first saw Steve Gleason on TV in 2005 when the feisty New Orleans Saints defensive back blocked a punt to win the team's first post-Katrina home game. Nine years later while promoting his film Print the Legend at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, Tweel saw Gleason on screen again but this time, the former athlete faced the camera from the confines of a wheelchair. The clip documented the ravages of neuromuscular disease ALS and reduced Tweel to tears.
It’s All About the Doors: Production Designers at Comic-Con
“These images are more widely recognized than Michelangelo’s David or the Parthenon,” John Muto (Home Alone) said as he introduced the members of the production designers panel with a series of clips from films like The Avengers and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and television series like True Blood and Constantine.
Before you hear a word of dialog or learn a character’s name,
