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‘Sequel’: Danielle Harris Directing All-Female Slasher Movie From Producer Joe Dante By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 28, 2020 2:00 pm EST Danielle Harris, someone who has been a horror icon since she was about 11 years old, is set to direct Sequel, an all-female slasher movie being produced by Joe Dante. This won’t be Harris’ first time in the director’s chair – she helmed the 2008 film Prank and 2012’s Among Friends. Plot details for Sequel are still locked away, but the project is being described as “darkly comedic....

‘Space Force’ Trailer: Steve Carell Is Tasked With Militarizing The Moon Or Something Like That By Ethan Anderton/May 5, 2020 7:00 am EST The Space Force is very much a real thing that the current presidential administration somehow thinks is important and necessary. It’s also a solid concept for comedy, or at least that’s what Netflix thought when they picked up the aptly titled Space Force series from The Office co-creator Greg Daniels and the show’s former star and producer Steve Carell....

‘Star Wars’ Disney+ Series From Leslye Headland Will Feature A “Timeline That We Don’t Know Much About” By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 9, 2020 10:30 am EST Ready for another update on the Disney+ Star Wars series from Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland? Of course you are. Last week we learned that the female-driven show would be an “action thriller with martial arts elements.” Now, Headland has provided some more context, stating that the show is going to be offering up some new material – specifically, a storyline “in a pocket of the universe and a pocket of the timeline that we don’t know much about....

‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Won’t Be Hitting Disney+ In August As Planned By Ethan Anderton/July 17, 2020 9:33 am EST Next month, Marvel Studios was supposed to be kicking off the first series in a whole new line of programming created exclusively for Disney+ with The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. However, Disney+ recently unveiled their release schedule for streaming content throughout the month of August, and just like Doug & Steve Butabi standing outside of The Roxbury, the superhero series starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan is not on the list....

‘The Nest’ Trailer: Jude Law And Carrie Coon Fall Apart In Sean Durkin’s Simmering Drama By Ben Pearson/June 16, 2020 8:00 am EST Sean Durkin, the director of 2011’s cult thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene, hadn’t made a movie in nine years. But now he’s back with another ominous drama called The Nest, which stars Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley) and Carrie Coon (The Leftovers) as a married couple who sacrifice everything to move into a sprawling country mansion overseas, only to discover that all of their dreams and aspirations have been built on a disintegrating foundation....

‘The One And Only Ivan’ Featurette Promises Plenty Of Famous Voices By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 7, 2020 3:00 pm EST The One and Only Ivan is the latest Disney flick that was originally intended for theaters only to end up on Disney+. Based (loosely) on a true story, the star-studded family is about a 400-pound silverback gorilla who sounds exactly like Sam Rockwell, and also has a talent for drawing. Blending live-action and CGI, the film is adapted from the Newbery Medal-winning book by Katherine Applegate....

‘The Wanting Mare’ Trailer: A Gorgeous Dose Of Sci-Fi Futurism By Ben Pearson/Jan. 8, 2021 1:00 pm EST It’s my job to cover the entertainment world, and one of my favorite things is when a fascinating-looking project seemingly comes out of nowhere and surprises me with its existence. Such is the case with The Wanting Mare, an intriguing science fiction film written and directed by Nicholas Ashe Bateman that was filmed almost entirely in a warehouse in Paterson, New Jersey....

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Trailer: Tom Cruise Heads Back Into The Danger Zone By Ben Pearson/Dec. 16, 2019 5:02 am EST There are still nineteen months until we see Tom Cruise risk his life for our entertainment in the next Mission: Impossible movie, but next summer, we get to see him take flight in the long-awaited Top Gun: Maverick. Cruise, who has thus far been very selective when it comes to making sequels to his movies, is finally returning to the franchise after more than thirty years, and if you feel the need, you can check out the movie’s new star-studded trailer below....

‘UNpregnant’ Will Be An HBO Max Original Movie Starring Haley Lu Richardson By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 22, 2019 8:00 am EST HBO Max hasn’t yet announced their official launch date, but they’ve been burning through money by purchasing the streaming rights to shows like Friends and The Big Bang Theory. However, they’re also already hard at work on their first original films, and one more has just been announced. UNpregnant will adapt the young adult novel of the same name by Jenni Hendricks (How I Met Your Mother) and Ted Caplan (the music editor for The Greatest Showman), with a story that focuses on a 17-year old girl (Haley Lu Richardson of Five Feet Apart) who finds herself with an unwanted pregnancy, leaving her with an important decision to make for her future....

‘Venom 2’ Cast Hoping To Add Naomie Harris As Supervillainess Shriek By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 18, 2019 12:00 pm EST The other day word broke that the Venom 2 cast was adding another villain alongside Woody Harrelson’s Carnage: Shriek, a character who is Carnage’s love interest in the comics. Now we know who will be playing the character (probably): Naomie Harris. Harris is in talks to join the film opposite Harrelson, Tom Hardy, and Michelle Williams, with Andy Serkis directing....

‘Yellow Rose’ Review: A Timely Tale Of Persecution And Country Music Deep In The Heart Of Texas By Caroline Cao/Aug. 8, 2019 12:00 pm EST More than 15 years in the making, Yellow Rose is more than a love letter to country music and the Lone Star State of Texas. It paints a loving portrait of a young undocumented Filipino American Texan living her right to settle in her homeland of Texas and make her own music....

Alan Parker, Director Of ‘Midnight Express,’ ‘Mississippi Burning’ And ‘Bugsy Malone,’ Dead At 76 By Jacob Hall/July 31, 2020 10:00 am EST Alan Parker, the Oscar-nominated English filmmaker whose diverse line-up of credits include Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, Pink Floyd: The Wall, Angel Heart, Mississippi Burning, The Commitments, Evita, and Angela’s Ashes, has passed away following a long illness. He was 76 years old. Born on February 14, 1944 in Islington, North London, Parker began his career as an advertisement copywriter and commercial director....

Brie Larson Reaffirms Passion For A Marvel Female Team-Up, And Kevin Feige Is Very Much Aware By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 10, 2019 9:30 am EST While many of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies are dominated by male superheroes, the women have really started to push forward and take a prominent role. It’s a shame that Captain Marvel was the studio’s first solo movie for a female superhero, and that movie just came out earlier this year, but Avengers: Endgame also gave all our key female characters a big moment in the final battle (even if some fans weren’t entirely satisfied), and that has Captain Marvel star Brie Larson and the rest of the ladies ready for more....

Denis Villeneuve Was Free To Put “Personal Stamp” On ‘Dune,’ Stellan Skarsgard Promises By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 18, 2019 1:00 pm EST Denis Villeneuve’s Dune cast can’t stop heaping tons of praise on the director. The latest actor to put in his two cents about the acclaimed filmmaker is Stellan Skarsgard, who promised that Villeneuve is being given almost complete creative freedom on the film by Legendary and Warner Bros., and also took the chance to tease some (vague) details....

Disney’s Careful Approach To ‘Mulan’ Highlights The Difference Between China And The Asian Diaspora [Set Visit] By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 5, 2020 11:00 am EST I’ll admit I didn’t know much of the original Ballad of Mulan when I set foot on the set of Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan two years ago. Like many others, I had grown up watching Disney’s animated Mulan thinking of the heroine as a feminist icon (though one typical of the ’90s version of the concept): she was a tomboy, she was an outsider, she was too rambunctious, too independent....

Disneyland Paris Closes Due To A Spike In Coronavirus Cases By Ben Pearson/Oct. 29, 2020 12:00 pm EST Disneyland Paris is shutting its gates at the end of the day today. Faced with a second wave of coronavirus cases crashing across Europe, the government leaders of France and Germany have announced nationwide lockdowns in an attempt to stop the spread. Starting on Friday in France, schools and factories are the only places that will remain open, and Disneyland Paris is shutting down today....

Exclusive ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Clip: Working With Elizabeth Banks By Chris Evangelista/March 10, 2020 1:30 pm EST Charlie’s Angels hits Blu-ray today, and we have an exclusive clip for your viewing pleasure. The clip, which is an excerpt from the special features included on the home release, focuses on Elizabeth Banks, who wrote, starred in, and directed the movie. As you might expect, the cast – Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinska – have nothing but praise for their director and co-star....

Exclusive: Hear A Track From The ‘Half Brothers’ Soundtrack By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 2, 2020 11:00 am EST Half Brothers is something very rare at this point in 2020: a theatrical release. And you can listen to an exclusive track from its soundtrack now! /Film is debuting a track from the Half Brothers soundtrack, set to be released this Friday, the same day as the road trip comedy’s theatrical release. Listen to the Half Brothers soundtrack exclusive below....

Felicity Jones Thinks Her Dead ‘Star Wars’ Character Should Be Reincarnated By Ben Pearson/Oct. 30, 2020 1:50 pm EST In an era in which Disney was latching on to recognizable icons in Star Wars mythos to retain a sense of familiarity for audiences, one of the company’s biggest creative risks was making Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a film which – spoiler alert – kills off every major protagonist by the time the end credits roll....

Get A Peek At ‘Rick And Morty’ Season 4, Which Has Taika Waititi, Sam Neill, And More As Guest Stars By Ethan Anderton/July 18, 2019 2:30 pm EST Rick and Morty is coming back in a big way this fall. Not only are we finally getting the highly anticipated fourth season of Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon’s Adult Swim series, but this is the first season that’s part of the massive deal that the duo struck with Adult Swim to produce 70 more episodes of Rick and Morty, giving them security and confidence to push through each season and move right on to the next without worrying if they are going to get renewed or not....