Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’ On Track To Open Bigger Than ‘Ant-Man’ By Angie Han/Oct. 14, 2016 7:03 am EST Eight years and over a dozen films in, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is about as reliable as movie franchises get. They’re very often among the top grossers of the year, and reliably draw positive reactions from critics, hardcore fans, and casual moviegoers alike. At this point, you’d have to be a fool to bet against them....
New ‘Star Wars’ Hotel Images Tease What It Will Be Like To Stay In A Galaxy Far Far Away By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 22, 2018 10:00 am EST We’re standing on the Galaxy’s Edge, and on the other side is a stunning, immersive Star Wars-themed hotel experience. More concept art for the highly anticipated Star Wars hotel has been released by Disney Parks, and it’s only making us more excited to get in our starships and travel to a galaxy, far, far away....
Obi-Wan’s ‘‘Certain Point Of View’’ BS Gets Retconned As A Religious Thing By Angie Han/Feb. 21, 2017 4:00 pm EST Obi-Wan Kenobi might be one of the most prominent and most popular characters in the Star Wars original trilogy, but I’ve long harbored a grudge against him for lying to Luke about his parentage. No, that’s not entirely accurate — it’s not the lying I despise so much as his nonsense excuse when Luke calls him out on it, which is “What I told you was true… from a certain point of view....
Our Favorite Pieces Of ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Art From Hero Complex Gallery’s New Showcase By Ben Pearson/Oct. 20, 2017 12:00 pm EST Last night, /Film’s Peter Sciretta and I attended a pre-opening night reception for Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok art showcase at Hero Complex Gallery in Los Angeles. There were more than 40 pieces of art on display, and I’ve put together a selection of 10 of my favorites for you to check out now, just in case you can’t make it over to the gallery in person....
The Morning Watch: The Bad Thing About ‘Groundhog Day’, Jim Carrey Gets Existential & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 11, 2017 5:00 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, learn about the one bad thing that came from the making of Groundhog Day....
There’s A Strong Chance That Apple Will Buy Netflix, Citi Analysts Say By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 2, 2018 11:00 am EST The streaming giant has heavily impacted and diversified the television field, and Apple may be looking to get its hands in that pot — recently setting a $1 billion budget to produce its own original content. Analysts claim that Apple, in possession of a surplus of overseas cash, will approach Netflix for a deal....
This 42-Foot ‘Star Wars’ Float Invaded A Japanese Festival – And It’s Quite The Sight To See By Joshua Meyer/July 12, 2017 1:00 pm EST Over the last two years, Japan has been going all-out with Star Wars promotions tied to local tourism: snow sculptures, sand sculptures, glow-in-the-dark parade floats. This year, as part of the 40th anniversary celebration, the city of Fukuoka has joined in the festivities, with a 2-ton, 42-foot-high Star Wars float being heaved through the streets by a team of men in loincloths....
‘Baywatch’ Trailer: Villainous Vixen Priyanka Chopra Gets The Spotlight By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 26, 2017 12:00 pm EST Priyanka Chopra, the Bollywood star who now appears weekly on the ABC show Quantico and is set to terrorize the crew as the villainous Victoria Leeds on Baywatch, was conspicuously missing from much of the advertising for the Dwayne Johnson action comedy. She wasn’t on the posters, and she was barely in the official trailer or TV spots....
‘Best F(r)iends’ Trailer: Tommy Wiseau And Greg Sestero Reunite 15 Years After ‘The Room’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 26, 2018 2:00 pm EST When you write a tell-all memoir about your eccentric friend, relationships will inevitably become frayed. But as we saw in last year’s The Disaster Artist, Tommy Wiseau is not your typical friend. And his and Greg Sestero’s friendship is now forever tied to the cult favorite “worst movie ever” The Room....
‘Incredibles 2’ Poster Goes Back To Work; New Footage Arrives This Week By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 12, 2018 12:41 pm EST Incredibles 2 will bring back one of Pixar’s best creations this summer. In anticipation of the sequel, a new Incredibles 2 poster has arrived to make heavy use of negative space. New footage from the film will arrive during the Olympics this Wednesday. We’re all excited for Incredibles 2. It’s one our most anticipated films of the year, and fans have been waiting for a follow-up to Brad Bird’s superhero send-up since the first film’s 2004 release....
Logan Super Bowl Spot The Logan trailer takes “Amazing Grace” as its soundtrack, setting a bittersweet tone for the movie. But that’s not to say Logan will be so mired in angst that it’ll forget to have fun. There’s also plenty of action on display. After 17 years it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Wolverine can kick some serious ass. But it’s cool to see he’s found his match in Laura, a....
‘Rogue One’ Set Photos Show Off Some Old School Filmmaking By Jacob Hall/Nov. 7, 2016 12:00 pm EST We’re a little more than a month away from the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which means we’ve officially moved out of the “Every Trailer Is a Special Event!” phase and into the “Let’s Blanket the World With TV Spots Because Normal People Need to Know About This Movie Too!...
‘Scarface’ Remake Casts Diego Luna, Loses Director Antoine Fuqua By Angie Han/Jan. 31, 2017 7:30 am EST Universal’s Scarface remake has gone through a few different potential directors over the years, and it’s just lost another one. Antoine Fuqua has reportedly dropped out of the project, due to scheduling conflicts with Sony’s The Equalizer sequel. But it’s not all bad news for Scarface. While it may not have a director right now, it apparently does have a star....
‘Six Billion Dollar Man’ Pushed To 2020, ‘Godzilla 2’ Moves To Summer 2019, ‘The Shining’ Sequel Coming In 2020 By Chris Evangelista/May 23, 2018 3:30 pm EST You probably could’ve seen this coming: after the recent firing of director Damian Szifron, the release date of Mark Wahlberg’s Six Billion Dollar Man has been pushed from May 2019 to June 2020. Also: Warner Bros. has announced a release date for its sequel to The Shining, and moved Godzilla: King of the Monsters from spring to summer 2019....
‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Trailer: Tom Holland’s Peter Parker Swings Into The MCU By Jacob Hall/Dec. 8, 2016 8:53 pm EST How times change. Just two years ago, everyone was so bummed out by The Amazing Spider-Man 2 that the thought of another movie starring Marvel’s wall-crawling superhero felt like a chore. And then Marvel Studios and Sony reached a deal, Tom Holland become the new Peter Parker, and the brand new Spider-Man swung into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a supporting player in Captain America: Civil War and somehow managed to make us forget about the previous reboot of this character....
Armie Hammer Keeps Cool During ‘Free Fire’ [Interview] By Jack Giroux/April 21, 2017 11:30 am EST Wheatley and co-writer Amy Jump don’t waste a second of Free Fire’s runtime, which couldn’t come at a more right time before some bloated action movies arrive this summer. The film is as lively as some of its characters, most of whom you’d like to see make it out of the warehouse. Especially Ord....
Ben Affleck No Longer Directing Batman By Angie Han/Jan. 30, 2017 5:54 pm EST Even before Ben Affleck made his DC debut in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the plan has been for him to direct and star in a solo Batman movie. Over the past few months, talk about the project really began to heat up, and we were wondering if he was gearing up to get behind the camera sometime this year....
Bruce Springsteen Wrote A ‘Harry Potter’ Song That Never Got Used By Jack Giroux/Oct. 21, 2016 3:10 pm EST Below, learn more about the scrapped Bruce Springsteen Harry Potter song. Springsteen couldn’t help but laugh while recounting the experience. As the story goes, he wrote the song after reading J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books to his youngest son, Sam. Between 1998 to 2000 is when he reportedly penned the song, which he then made available to director Christopher Columbus for either Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone or Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets....
Cool Stuff: ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ And ‘Drive’ Get Some Stunning Mondo Posters By Ethan Anderton/July 18, 2018 6:00 am EST Mondo has plenty of new items coming to both their online store and their booth at San Diego Comic-Con, and we’re doing our best to keep up with all of them. You’ve already heard about the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World items that are arriving later this week, not to mention some other remarkable prints being released....
Cool Stuff: Matt Ferguson’s Wonderful ‘Kubo And The Two Strings’ Print By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 1, 2016 5:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the movies you may have missed towards the end of summer was Kubo and the Two Strings. The film came and went without much pomp and circumstance, but as yet another impressive, gorgeous stop-motion animated movie from those geniuses at LAIKA, it demands to be seen....
