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Why ‘Fallen Kingdom’ Is The First ‘Jurassic Park’ Movie Shot In CinemaScope By Chris Evangelista/April 24, 2018 8:15 am EST Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is going to be big. So big, in fact, that it’s been shot in CinemaScope – a widescreen format that no other Jurassic film has been shot in before. During a Fallen Kingdom set visit, director J.A. Bayona explained why this is the first Jurassic Park movie filmed in this format....

‘Dear White People’ Creator Provides Details About New Horror Satire ‘Bad Hair’ By Chris Evangelista/June 19, 2018 3:00 pm EST After turning his indie hit Dear White People into a Netflix TV series, director Justin Simien is ready to return to movies. Simien is gearing up to helm the horror satire Bad Hair, which sounds like it could be the spiritual successor to Get Out. The horror genre can always use more smart, savvy storytelling focused on modern issues, and director Justin Simien’s next project sounds like it could deliver that, and more....

‘Fast And Furious’ Franchise Still Slated To End After Two More Movies By Ethan Anderton/April 20, 2017 12:00 pm EST Back in the fall of 2015, Fast and Furious franchise star Vin Diesel revealed that he had agreed to star in one last trilogy to end the high speed action saga. The final three movies will bring the number of films in the franchise to the nice round number of 10, and producer Neal Moritz says that’s not only still the plan, but they know what the endpoint of the series will be....

‘Girlfriend’s Day’ Trailer: Bob Odenkirk Finds Love And Murder On Netflix By Angie Han/Jan. 17, 2017 12:30 pm EST Greeting card writers don’t get a whole lot of movies made about them, but maybe they should. Between (500) Days of Summer and now Girlfriend’s Day, I’m starting to suspect their lives are actually super exciting. Directed by Michael Paul Stephenson, Girlfriend’s Day stars Bob Odenkirk as Ray, the former “Bill Shakespeare of romance cards,” who finds himself stuck in a miserable rut....

‘Okja’ Images: Bong Joon-Ho’s Latest Isn’t Exactly A Monster Movie By Jack Giroux/Dec. 27, 2016 7:00 am EST Another movie from Bong Joon-ho? Where do we get in line? Technically, we won’t have to line up anywhere when Joon-ho’s new film debuts next summer on Netflix, but you get the idea. The prospect of another monster movie from the director of The Host is impossible to pass up, but the acclaimed filmmaker doesn’t label his latest work a “monster movie....

‘Santa Clarita Diet’ Teasers: Drew Barrymore Can Eat Whoever She Wants By Angie Han/Jan. 9, 2017 9:30 am EST I didn’t know that a Drew Barrymore / Timothy Olyphant cannibalism satire was something I needed in my life, but now that I know Santa Clarita Diet is happening I’m kind of upset it’s not already here. During the Golden Globes last night, Netflix debuted the first teasers for the new series, which hails from Better Off Ted and Andy Richter Controls the Universe creator Victor Fresco....

‘Snatched’ Trailer: Amy Schumer And Goldie Hawn Get Taken By Angie Han/Feb. 7, 2017 7:00 am EST You might think that nothing could be more awkward and annoying than going on a vacation with your mom that you’d originally intended to take with your boyfriend. But in Snatched, things go from bad to so, so much worse when Emily (Amy Schumer) and Linda (Goldie Hawn) are kidnapped — snatched — during their trip....

‘The Dark Tower’ Trailer: Get Used To The Carnage By Ethan Anderton/July 10, 2017 5:45 am EST We’re now in the second half of blockbuster summer, and while it seems like all the big studios movies will stop charging into theaters once the end of July rolls around, Sony Pictures wants to make sure you don’t forget about the one arriving a little late to the summer blockbuster cookout. The Dark Tower is an adaptation of Stephen King’s acclaimed and beloved book series, and a new international trailer has just arrived to teased the conflict between the last gunslinger (Idris Elba) and the figure of evil known as The Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey)....

‘The Last Sharknado’ Trailer Includes Time Travel, Dragon Sharks, And Tara Reid Clones By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 18, 2018 11:00 am EST It’s been five years since SyFy brought the purposely stupid Sharknado to our screens. We’ve gotten a sequel each year since then, expanding the ludicrous B-movie’s mythology and bringing more and more D-list celebrities into the path of the shark infested funnel of death. But the joke has gone on too long, and the franchise if thankfully coming to an end....

‘The Sisters Brothers’ Trailer: John C. Reilly And Joaquin Phoenix Are Guns For Hire By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 21, 2018 3:30 pm EST The Sisters Brothers is a strange, lovely, post-modern Western, and it’s now playing in limited release. In honor of the film’s slow rollout, a final Sisters Brothers trailer is here, selling the curious nature of the movie. This is one of the more interesting films you’ll see all year, and it’s almost impossible to truly classify....

‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ Trailer: Jessica Chastain Saves Lives During World War II By Angie Han/Nov. 17, 2016 10:30 am EST Focus Features has unveiled the first trailer for The Zookeeper’s Wife, the based-on-a-true-story World War II drama from Niki Caro (Whale Rider). Jessica Chastain and Johan Heldenbergh star as Antonina Zabinska and Jan Zabinski, who run a zoo in Warsaw. When Poland is invaded by Nazis, the couple heroically work with the Resistance to secretly shelter Jews who’ve escaped from the Warsaw ghetto — right under the nose of the Reich’s chief zoologist, played by Daniel Brühl....

A ‘Hitman’ TV Series Is Coming To Hulu Courtesy Of ‘John Wick’ Creator Derek Kolstad By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 13, 2017 11:32 am EST Hollywood hasn’t yet cracked the code on making a successful video game adaptation, but maybe television is the key. Hitman and Hitman: Agent 27 were just two examples of the movie industry not quite understanding what made the original video game so beloved — to quote /Film editor Jacob Hall in our Slack, “THEY COMPLETELY MISSED THE POINT” (the all caps are his) with the films, failing to realize that Hitman is about stealth and deception and puzzle solving rather than shootouts....

American Crime Story Season 3 Will Focus On The Versace Murder Case By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 18, 2016 12:20 pm EST American Crime Story Season 3 will examine the shocking July 1997 assassination of legendary designer Gianni Versace. The famous Italian fashion designer was murdered on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion by serial killer Andrew Cunanan, who ended up killing himself eight days later on a houseboat, as the Miami-Dade police force moved in to capture him....

An Authorized ‘Dracula’ Prequel Is Coming From The Director Of ‘It’ By Ben Pearson/Sept. 6, 2017 12:30 pm EST We already know that It director Andy Muschietti wants to make directing an It sequel a priority before he jumps over to helm a live-action adaptation of Robotech, but now we can add one more project to his ever-growing plate: a Dracula prequel called Dracul. But unlike 2014’s Dracula Untold, this movie will be the first prequel that’s actually authorized by the estate of original Dracula author Bram Stoker....

Cool Stuff: Jonathan Burton’s Hypnotizing ‘Vertigo’ Prints By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 28, 2016 5:30 am EST There aren’t a lot of classic films that get the collectible art treatment unless they hit that sweet nerd niche, usually in the sci-fi and fantasy genres. But as artist Jonathan Burton proves, you can’t go wrong with paying tribute to the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Mad Duck Posters is releasing a few Vertigo prints featuring imagery inspired by both Shakespeare and the opening title designs of the iconic Saul Bass....

Cool Stuff: Mezco Toys ‘Ghostbusters’ Figures Are Ready To Believe You By Ethan Anderton/March 22, 2018 6:00 am EST When there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? If you’re a toy collector, then you might want to give Mezco Toys a call for their latest deluxe box set of Ghostbusters figures. Well, you can’t really call them to place an order since you have to do it online, but you get what we’re saying....

Cool Stuff: Stand-Up NY Introduces The LaughPass, A Subscription For Stand-Up Comedy Shows By Ethan Anderton/June 20, 2018 6:00 am EST MoviePass has been shaking up the movie industry by offering a daily movie ticket to audiences for the low price of $9.95 a month. Since the subscription service seems to be working well for audiences so far, one stand-up comedy club in New York is looking to offer up their own subscription service for live laughs....

Here’s How The Talented ‘Stranger Things’ Cast Came Together By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 13, 2018 4:00 pm EST Stranger Things won’t return to Netflix until 2019. If you’re going through withdrawal from the hit series, perhaps this very pleasant video will help. The creators and crew behind the show come together to discuss how the very talented Stranger Things cast came together. Almost everyone – from the kids who are at the center of the show, to David Harbor, and even the season 2 new additions – gets a shout-out here....

Hey Stella, A Marlon Brando Biopic Is In The Works By Ben Pearson/Dec. 14, 2017 3:00 pm EST The life of actor Marlon Brando, one of the greatest performers in cinema history, is coming to the big screen in the form of a new biopic. Producer Brian Oliver (Black Swan, The Woman in Black) has optioned the rights to a new memoir from one of Brando’s longtime friends and collaborators, so the film won’t just be about the actor’s towering and legendary performances, but also an intimate portrait of a friendship....

J.J. Abrams’ Initial Plan For Rey’s Parentage Was Far Different Than What We Saw In ‘The Last Jedi’ By Ben Pearson/April 4, 2018 9:25 am EST We all know the story by now: Star Wars: The Force Awakens introduced us to Rey (Daisy Ridley), a young woman who was abandoned by her parents on Jakku to live the life of a scavenger. She’s eventually swept into galactic action, but the question of her parentage loomed large over the film....