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Disney Is Developing Four New Animated Movies With Filmmakers Of Color By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 2, 2019 9:30 am EST Walt Disney Animation is making diversity its priority with its next four projects. Four directors of color are helming the next Disney animated movies, which includes Blindspotting director Carlos Lopez Estrada. Estrada is joining Suzi Yoonessi (Unlovable, Dear Lemon Lima) and Disney veterans Josie Trinidad and Marc Smith to develop new animated movies for theatrical release....

Exclusive ‘The Rhythm Section’ Clip Gets Into A Fight On A Bus By Chris Evangelista/April 13, 2020 1:00 pm EST Blake Lively is ready to punch some faces in this exclusive The Rhythm Section clip. The Reed Morano-directed pic is available to buy on digital this week, and we’re debuting a behind-the-scenes look at the film. It delves into one of the movie’s big fight scenes, which required Lively to engage in some intense hand-to-hand combat....

Gael García Bernal Joins Increasingly Great Cast Of New M. Night Shyamalan Movie We Know Absolutely Nothing About By Chris Evangelista/July 21, 2020 2:30 pm EST While the new M. Night Shyamalan movie remains shrouded in frustrating secrecy, there’s one thing we know for sure: it’s going to have a great cast. Eliza Scanlen, Thomasin McKenzie, Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff, Vicky Krieps, Abbey Lee, Nikki Amuka-Bird, and Ken Leung are already part of the cast, and now, Gael García Bernal has signed on as well....

Guillermo Del Toro Loves ‘The Irishman’ And He Wrote A Whole Tweetstorm About It By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 1, 2019 4:30 pm EST Guillermo del Toro isn’t just a great filmmaker, he’s also a master of studying the craft. The man knows movies, and anyone who has ever listened to one of his commentary tracks can tell you he has an almost encyclopedic knowledge of films and filmmaking. So it’s always a treat when del Toro jumps on Twitter and goes off on a tangent about a particular movie....

Horror Movie And Shudder Original ‘Impetigore’ Will Be Indonesia’s Academy Awards Submission By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 10, 2020 4:30 pm EST Impetigore, a wild, gory horror movie from Joko Anwar, director of Satan’s Slaves, could be headed to the Oscars. Anwar himself announced on social media that the film, which is streaming exclusively on Shudder, is Indonesia’s official submission for the 93rd Academy Awards. Does that mean it will get nominated? No....

Ming Na-Wen Reveals How Her Cameo In The ‘Mulan’ Happened, As The Animated Classic Gets First 4K UHD Release [Interview] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 6, 2020 12:00 pm EST When Ming-Na Wen first stepped into the recording booth in 1995, she couldn’t anticipate the legacy that Mulan would leave — becoming one of the most beloved Disney animated movies, and getting remade into a live-action film more than 20 years later…in which she would make a cameo that made social media explode....

New ‘Last Night In Soho’ And ‘Halloween Kills’ Images Give Us A Look At Two Of The Most Anticipated Horror Films Of 2021 By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 7, 2021 10:30 am EST I was disappointed by the delay of several different films due out in 2020, and Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho and David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills were both at the top of the list. Last Night in Soho was supposed to arrive in September 2020 but ended up being pushed to April 2021, and with the way things are going, there’s always a chance it gets bumped again....

Superhero Bits: Kumail Nanjiani Got Ripped For ‘The Eternals’, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Down To Play Superman & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 16, 2019 6:00 pm EST How did Ryan Reynolds react to a Deadpool butt tattoo? Want to make mini ice cream cones fit for an Ant-Man? Is Thanos gone for good after being snapped away? Speaking of which, did you see Scarlett Johansson deal wit The Snap again on SNL?...

The Filmmakers Who Defined The Decade In Cinema By Ben Pearson/Dec. 16, 2019 10:00 am EST (This article is part of our Best of the Decade series.) I moved to Hollywood ten years ago and have seen from the ground level how the industry has changed, in both tumultuous bursts (the decimation of the mid-budget film, the #TimesUp and #MeToo movements) and more gradual changes (the rise of streaming, the utter domination of Disney)....

The Morning Watch: ‘Legend Of Zelda’ In The Style Of Studio Ghibli, ‘The Gentlemen’ Scene Breakdown & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 30, 2020 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....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Phantom Thread’ Is The Perfect New Year’s Movie For A Cynical Year By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 29, 2020 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: Phantom ThreadWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: In 1950s London, strong-willed waitress Alma (Vicky Krieps) catches the eye of renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis), who makes the young woman his new muse and lover....

There’s A Major Prequel Trilogy Reference In ‘The Mandalorian’ – Could It Be A ‘Star Wars’ Gamechanger? By Ben Pearson/Nov. 13, 2019 2:30 pm EST The first episode of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian features a surprising reveal, one that ties back to the prequel trilogy and may have significant implications for the rest of the Star Wars franchise moving forward. There will be spoilers ahead as we dig into that last minute discovery....

Tom Hanks Heading Back To Space As Mattel Action Figure Major Matt Mason By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 9, 2019 8:30 am EST Tom Hanks failed to land on the moon in the real life story of Apollo 13 in 1995. But Paramount Pictures will soon have the Oscar winner spend plenty of time on the lunar surface thanks to a new feature film inspired by a classic Mattel action figure.Major Matt Mason is an astronaut action figure who was created in the 1960s when the United States was competing with the Soviet Union in the heated space race to be the first to land on the moon....

Trailer Round-Up: ‘Survive The Night’, ‘Ghost In The Shell: SAC_2045’, ‘Chrissy’s Court’, ‘#blackAF’, ‘You Ain’t Got These’, ‘The Wretched’ By Chris Evangelista/March 28, 2020 10:00 am EST It’s time for a trailer round-up! Rather than let some smaller trailers slip through the cracks, we like to gather them together and bring them to you in one place. You’re welcome. This trailer round-up features a new Bruce Willis movie, some upcoming Netflix shos, two shows from the new streaming service Quibi, and a horror movie....

‘Balestra’, A Psychological Thriller About Fencing, Will Star Tessa Thompson And Marwan Kenzari By Chris Evangelista/June 16, 2020 5:30 pm EST Deadline has the scoop on the psychological thriller Balestra, offering up the following synopsis: In the sport, the balestra move is “a jump forward in fencing followed by a lunge.” It looks like this. I can’t say the sport of fencing excites me very much, but I’m all-in on watching Tessa Thompson wield a sword....

‘Better Call Saul’ Review: “50% Off” Starts Putting The Pieces Together By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 25, 2020 10:00 am EST Last season of Better Call Saul was just as good as it’s ever been, but there was a slight issue: The world of Jimmy McGill very rarely intersected with the world inhabited by Mike, Gus, and Nacho. In many ways, it felt like two different (very good) shows. Now, as Saul moves towards its endgame, the series appears to be slowly moving its players closer together – something that’s bound to upend the world of Jimmy McGill....

‘Borat 2’ Aims To Expose The Danger Of Authoritarianism Through Comedy, Says Sacha Baron Cohen By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 18, 2020 1:00 pm EST Speaking with The New York Times, Sacha Baron Cohen points out how the world has changed since Borat came to America in 2006, but not necessarily for the better. Cohen says: Cohen took on even more risks and put himself in plenty of stressful situations to make this sequel....

‘Coastal Elites’ Trailer: HBO’s Socially Distanced Comedy Stars Sarah Paulson, Bette Midler, Dan Levy, And More By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 17, 2020 4:30 pm EST So it’s come to this: a Zoom-style comedy. Coastal Elites is a new “socially distanced comedy” from HBO, and features a cast of famous faces all in their own individual spaces, talking directly to the camera. The series, which was originally conceived for Public Theater in New York before the pandemic got in the way, is described as a comedic satire that “tells contemporary stories of characters breaking down and breaking through as they grapple with politics, culture, and the pandemic....

‘Good Times’: Animated Reboot Of The 1970s Sitcom Is Coming To Netflix By Ben Pearson/Sept. 14, 2020 5:00 pm EST Good Times, the classic 1970s sitcom that was developed by legendary TV pioneer Norman Lear, is getting a new version on Netflix. This reboot will be animated instead of live-action, and will tell a new story that’s inspired by the original series, which ran from 1974 through 1979. Lear, who’s still working in the industry at 98 years old, is on board to executive produce this new take alongside several unexpected collaborators – among them Family Guy head honcho Seth MacFarlane and NBA superstar Steph Curry....

‘Mulan’ Music Video: Christina Aguilera Performs New Original Song ‘Loyal Brave True’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 14, 2020 9:30 am EST More than 2o years ago, Christina Aguilera performed the soaring ballad “Reflection,” written by Matthew Wilder and David Zippel for the soundtrack of Disney’s 1998 animated film Mulan, kickstarting her pop music career. “Reflection” was that rare Disney song to reflect contemporary pop sensibilities as well as being a damn good song, and deservedly went on to icon status....