Netflix Unlocks ‘Locke & Key’ Series After Hulu Passes By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 30, 2018 7:30 am EST THR reports that Netflix is nearing a series-order deal for the drama adaptation from showrunner Carlton Cuse. The streaming service is reportedly in talks to license the rights for the IP and redevelop the drama with IDW Entertainment. It will be different from the Hulu pilot, which was helmed by It director Andy Muschietti....
Ryan Reynolds Unsure About ‘Deadpool 3’, Thinks An ‘X-Force’ Movie Is Next By Chris Evangelista/May 2, 2018 10:00 am EST What the hell is going on with Deadpool 3? Deadpool 2 isn’t even out yet, but there’s already some confusion going on with the seemingly-inevitable third entry in the series. In a new interview, star Ryan Reynolds says he’s unsure if Deadpool 3 will even happen, and thinks an X-Force movie is next instead....
Superhero Bits: John Cena For Superior, Deathstroke Returning To Arrow, Wakandan Accent & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 28, 2016 5:00 pm EST How did Chadwick Boseman come up with the Wakandan accent for Captain America: Civil War? Is Deathstroke coming back to Arrow this season? What were Kevin Feige and Anthony & Joe Russo most scared of while making Captain America: Civil War? Who does Mark Millar want to play Superior?...
The ‘Sleeping Dogs’ Movie Recruits Donnie Yen To Kick People In The Face By Jacob Hall/March 4, 2017 11:00 am EST It only took everyone a few decades, but Hollywood filmmakers finally seem to be embracing Donnie Yen. The Chinese superstar won hearts all over the world as blind warrior Chirrut Îmwe in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and he stole scenes in xXx: Return of Xander Cage. Now, someone outside of China is finally ready to put him center stage....
Untitled Robert Zemeckis Project Gets A 2018 Release Date By Jack Giroux/April 29, 2017 10:00 am EST Well, you can forget about those meetings between Robert Zemeckis and Warner Bros. about The Flash leading anywhere anytime soon. The Back to the Future and Used Cars director’s next feature, which will star Steve Carell, is scheduled to come out November 21, 2018, and it ain’t called The Flash. Originally titled The Women of Marwen, the project is based on Jeff Malmberg’s acclaimed 2010 documentary, Marwencol....
Viggo Mortensen Might Star In Peter Farrelly’s ‘Green Book’ By Jack Giroux/June 2, 2017 4:00 pm EST Peter Farrelly is currently working on a solo directing effort. The Farrelly brother is hoping to shoot a drama, Green Book, this fall, and he has Oscar nominee Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic) currently circling the lead role. Farrelly’s next film sounds a whole heavier than There’s Something About Mary, Kingpin, and Dumb and Dumber....
By Jack Giroux/April 26, 2017 1:00 pm EST John Requa and Glenn Ficarra may tell the story of WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon. The directors of Crazy, Stupid, Love. and Whisky Tango Foxtrot are currently in talks to direct Pandemonium, a biopic that now has McMahon’s blessing. It’s unclear which part of his life Craig A. Williams’ (Underdog) script focuses on, but it’s probably safe to assume it’s about how he turned World Wrestling Entertainment into the spectacle it became....
VOTD: How ‘Star Wars’ Should Have Ended By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 16, 2016 5:00 am EST If you’ve been following the How It Should Have Ended video series since it became a big deal on the internet, then you might have already seen their take on how Star Wars should have ended. That episode was actually one of the earliest, and it helped spawn the YouTube channel that exists today. Well, since George Lucas couldn’t stop tinkering with the original Star Wars trilogy, the folks over at HISHE decided to go back and create How Star Wars Should Have Ended: Special Edition....
Watch: Tom Hanks Dances, Swims With Sharks In ‘A Hologram For The King’ Animated Sequence By Angie Han/Sept. 15, 2016 4:30 pm EST Despite the fact that it’s directed by Tom Tykwer, based on a book by Dave Eggers, and stars Tom Hanks, A Hologram for the King came and went earlier this year without making so much as a ripple. It made a paltry $4 million in U.S. theaters and scored a so-so 71% on Rotten Tomatoes — neither good nor bad enough to make people wonder....
What ‘Star Wars’ Has Borrowed From ‘Close Encounters Of The Third Kind’ By Bryan Young/Aug. 7, 2018 11:00 am EST (Welcome to The Movies That Made Star Wars, a series where we explore the films that inspired, or help us better understand, George Lucas’s iconic universe. In this edition: Close Encounters of the Third Kind.)If you were standing at a bookie’s office in January of 1977 and were going to put money on which was going to be the bigger film, Star Wars or Close Encounters of the Third Kind, where would you put your money?...
Where Is ‘Westworld’ Located? Showrunner Jonathan Nolan Comments By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 14, 2016 1:00 pm EST Here is the quote from EW’s interview: Jonathan Nolan: If you drive across the Western United States — and I don’t think that’s where the park is located — but if you do that … we were pretty rigorous about the scope and scale of it, about size of the park. It’s within 500 square miles....
‘A Simple Favor’ Review: Paul Feig’s Thriller Is Too Self-Aware For Its Own Good By Josh Spiegel/Sept. 12, 2018 7:00 am EST Over the last decade, Paul Feig has established himself as a director who loves to work with talented women. From Bridesmaids to Ghostbusters to The Heat, he’s often excelled at capturing the uniquely spiky relationships modern women have with each other and themselves. At first glance, his choice to direct the suspense thriller A Simple Favor may seem inexplicable, since Feig’s other films are all straight-up comedies....
‘Beauty And The Beast’ IMAX Featurette Explains Why You Should See This Movie On The Biggest Screen Possible By Jacob Hall/March 17, 2017 7:00 am EST Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast is out in theaters today and it is, by all accounts, a visual marvel. So when director Bill Condon, a filmmaker with his fair share of experience in directing lavish and colorful films, sits down for a new featurette and explains how the best possible way to watch his movie is on an IMAX screen, maybe we should listen....
‘L.A. Confidential’ TV Series Wisely Adds Walton Goggins By Jacob Hall/Feb. 20, 2018 3:00 pm EST There’s only one problem when you cast Walton Goggins. Once he shows up, you spend the rest of the movie/show waiting for him to come back. Thankfully, CBS’ upcoming small screen take on L.A. Confidential won’t have that problem – he’ll be playing one of the lead characters. Variety reports that Goggins has landed the role of Detective Jack Vincennes in the new network pilot....
‘Love’ Season 2 Teaser: Gus And Mickey Return March 10th By Jack Giroux/Jan. 26, 2017 4:30 pm EST If, like me, you’ve lately been wondering when we’re going to see season two of Netflix’s Love, then you’ll likely be happy to learn the series returns on March 10th. Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs are back as Gus and Mickey. In season two of the delightfully honest romantic comedy series, which Rust co-created with Judd Apatow and Lesley Arfin, the couple face commitment....
C’mon, You Know Jason Isaacs! This is fantastic casting. Even if you don’t immediately recognize Isaac’s name, you have seen him before. Millions of people will recognize him as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, the sleazy (but oddly tragic) father of Draco Malfoy. In fact, Isaacs has become a go-to villain in many films and television shows. He was Captain Hook in the 2003 live-action Peter Pan movie!...
‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Gets The 8-Bit Trailer Treatment By Ethan Anderton/June 29, 2017 5:30 am EST Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will get Spider-Man: Homecoming in theaters next week, but after that it’ll be four months until we get to see Thor: Ragnarok. The teaser trailer for the third installment of the God of Thunder’s own film franchise blew the roof off, complete with the smashing of Mjolnir and the rocking of Led Zeppelin’s signature tune “Immigrant Song....
‘Wonder Woman’ Flying Back To Theaters For Limited IMAX Run By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 23, 2017 10:00 am EST Wonder Woman has been basking in the seemingly endless success of being Warner Bros.’ new golden child, and now it has one more exciting development before it arrives on home video: a return to IMAX theaters for a limited run. The DC Extended Universe film is still going strong in theaters nearly three months after its release, but is no longer showing in most IMAX theaters, which features films for only two to three weeks after their release....
A ‘Varsity Blues’ TV Show Is Coming To A Television Near You By Jack Giroux/Aug. 18, 2016 6:30 am EST We can now officially add Varsity Blues to the long list of movies being adapted for television. The high school football movie is mostly remembered for its campier moments — most notably the seduction scene parodied by the wonderful Not Another Teen Movie – but it has its fans, ones that don’t only appreciate it for its cheesier qualities....
Auli’i Cravalho Talks Reprising Moana In ‘Wreck-It Ralph 2’ [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Jan. 10, 2018 10:30 am EST Auli’i Cravalho, the voice of Disney’s Moana, stars in the new NBC drama Rise. After a panel on Rise for the Television Critics Association, Cravalho spoke with reporters further about the future of Moana. She is going to record the Hawaiian language voice of Moana in a new translation, and we will soon meet the character again in Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2....
