‘The Two Popes’ Trailer: There Can Be Only One By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 29, 2019 4:30 pm EST Two popes enter – one pope leaves. It’s the ultimate papal smackdown! The Two Popes dramatizes the story of the short reign of Pope Benedict and his successor Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, aka Pope Francis (dudes change their name when they become the pope; it’s a whole thing). Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce star as the two men of faith....
‘The Walking Dead’ Spin-Off Trailer Comes Of Age As The Main Series Gets A Season 11 Order And Returning Cast Member By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 5, 2019 11:30 am EST This past week, we got our first look at the second series to spin-off from AMC’s zombie drama The Walking Dead. The new series still doesn’t have a title, but the first trailer has been dubbed the next installment of The Walking Dead Universe, and for the first time ever, it focuses on two young female protagonists as part of the first generation to come-of-age in the wake of the zombie apocalypse....
‘The Wrong Missy’ Trailer: David Spade Stars In A Rom-Com Right Out Of The Early 2000s By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 22, 2020 2:30 pm EST In the past few years, Netflix has almost single-handedly brought back the romantic-comedy. But with the return of many sweet, feel-good rom-coms, a few middling ones will inevitably come along for the ride. The Wrong Missy, which stars David Spade as a middle-aged man who accidentally takes the wrong girl on a getaway trip to Hawaii, feels like a rom-com left over from the early 2000s, complete with an outlandish performance by an actress who deserves better, and a cameo by Rob Schneider....
‘Y: The Last Man’ TV Series Filming Begins, Sans Real Monkey By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 26, 2020 12:30 pm EST As Y: The Last Man writer Brian K. Vaughn said on his recent Instagram Story, a real plague can’t stop the fake plague of FX’s TV series adaptation of Vaughn and Pia Guerra’s acclaimed Vertigo comic book series. Neither can years of production delays nor a push from PETA to not use real animals — Y: The Last Man is officially forging ahead with production amid the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, sans real monkey....
2020 Was, Against All Odds, The Year Of The “Nice” Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 31, 2020 11:00 am EST Let’s be honest: 2020 was a bad year. Bad for the world, bad for the economy, and bad for the soul. Not to even mention the movie industry, which suffered blows from theater closings and studio delays. Entertainment seemed to be the last thing on people’s minds, and yet, entertainment is what many people turned to in the long months of lockdown....
Box Office: ‘Tenet’ Hits $200 Million Globally Despite Low Domestic Numbers, ‘Mulan’ Falters In China By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 14, 2020 7:30 am EST Tenet and Mulan are both serving as the bellwether by which the movie industry will figure out how it can move forward amid the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic – Warner Bros.’ Tenet as the marker for box office success in the U.S., and Disney’s Mulan as a test on the power of streaming....
Cool Stuff: ‘The Mandalorian’ Razor Crest Ship Is The Latest HasLab Project, And It’s Already Fully Funded By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 1, 2020 6:00 am EST Hasbro’s crowdfunded toy initiative HasLab has fully funded some pretty big collectible projects. The first was a massive playset of Jabba’s Sail Barge from Return of the Jedi scaled to 3.75-inch figures. They also successfully funded an enormous Unicron figure from Transformers. And most recently, there was the giant Sentinel crafted to tower over Marvel Legends X-Men figures....
Exclusive ‘Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil’ Clip: How The VFX Team Augment Practically Built Sets By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 17, 2019 4:30 pm EST Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is one of the most visually dazzling films that Disney has put out this year, expanding on the lush fairy-tale visuals of the 2014 Maleficent to show us a rich Avatar-like underworld. It’s a world that you would expect to be completely created by the VFX team, but a new Maleficent Mistress of Evil clip that /Film is debuting ahead of the film’s digital and Blu-ray release proves that not to be the case....
Hulu Redesign Starts Rolling Out Hulu announced the massive redesign, which finally addresses a lot of the complaints users have had over the years about how clumsy the interface is and how difficult it can be to find exactly what you want to watch. Jason Wong, Hulu’s Director of Project Management addressed the criticism while not necessarily admitting that their interface was bad: “When we launched the current experience three years or so ago, it was a pretty radical change....
Marvel’s ‘Loki’ TV Show Will Tie Into ‘Doctor Strange 2’; ‘Hawkeye’ Was Initially Planned As A Movie By Ben Pearson/Nov. 7, 2019 8:30 am EST Since the initial announcement of Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ shows, it was clear they would tie into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a way that previous Marvel TV shows (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., etc.) never did. Series like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Hawkeye, and WandaVision will bring movie stars to the world of streaming and serve as a storytelling bridge between MCU films....
Netflix Reveals Its 10 Most Popular Original Movies, And ‘Extraction’ Is Still Number One By Ben Pearson/July 15, 2020 3:30 pm EST Netflix has been notoriously stingy when it comes to releasing viewership data, but for the first time, the streaming service has revealed a list of its 10 most popular original movies. The Chris Hemsworth-led action movie Extraction still reigns supreme, but find out where the Sandra Bullock thriller Bird Box, the David Spade comedy The Wrong Missy (yep, that’s on there), and more rank on the full list below....
Never-Before-Seen ‘Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back’ Outtakes Go Behind The Scenes Of A Classic By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 15, 2020 10:30 am EST It’s been 40 years since the release of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and it’s still a stone-cold classic, one that feels more miraculous the further we get away from it. And it felt miraculous during the making-of, per newly released The Empire Strikes Back outtakes, which feature never-before-seen footage of the cast and crew goofing around on set of the 1980 Star Wars film....
Noah Hawley’s ‘Star Trek’ Movie May Not Be ‘Star Trek 4,’ Says Simon Pegg By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 30, 2019 2:30 pm EST The Star Trek feature films may be exploring strange new worlds, and abandoning old story plans — and possibly even its familiar cast. The fate of Star Trek 4 has been in question since the departure of stars Chris Hemsworth and Chris Pine in 2018, followed soon by director S....
Superhero Bits: Josh Trank Throws Shade At Marvel Movies, New ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Concept Art & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 2, 2019 6:00 pm EST Would you have liked to see giant ants in the final battle for Avengers: Endgame? Did you know Nightwing was originally slated to debut at the end of the first season of Titans? Did Zachary Levi wear padding in the superhero suit for Shazam? What has Chris Hemsworth’s family banned him from bringing home?...
The Disney Villain-Focused ‘Book Of Enchantment’ Series Not Moving Forward At Disney+ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 23, 2019 8:30 am EST Disney+‘s Book of Enchantment series has sadly been defeated. The high-profile original series that was set to adapt the Villains book series by Serena Valentino has been scrapped by Disney+, 13 weeks after its writers room had begun working on scripts. Book of Enchantment, which would have centered around Disney’s most iconic villains, had been in development for nearly a year....
The Morning Watch: ‘Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance’ VFX Breakdown, Making Of ‘Trolls World Tour’ Soundtrack & More By Ethan Anderton/April 14, 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 Morning Watch: DC Comics Documentaries Chronicle The History Of Superman, The Batmobile And More By Ethan Anderton/June 17, 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. In this edition, a trio of DC Comics documentaries have been made available online that comic book fans may want to check out....
Theme Park Bits: An Indiana Jones Mobile Game, Trackless Beauty And The Beast, And More By Josh Spiegel/Dec. 15, 2019 8:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Get ready for a new Cirque du Soleil show at Disney Springs. Learn more about the trackless Beauty and the Beast ride at Tokyo Disneyland. Play through the world of Indiana Jones on your smartphone. And more! Even before it was called Disney Springs, the shopping and entertainment complex in Walt Disney World has had, as one of its flagship options, a Cirque du Soleil spectacular....
Theme Park Bits: Soarin’ Over California Returns Again, Tokyo DisneySea Expansion Delayed, And More By Josh Spiegel/Feb. 4, 2020 2:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Get ready to soar over California again. The ride vehicles for a Big Hero 6 attraction have been revealed. And more! One of the most consistent pleasures of Disney California Adventure since it opened in 2001 is the Soarin’ attraction, in which you essentially fly into an IMAX movie of nature photography....
With Disneyland Still Closed, Watch These Movies To Get Your Theme Park Fix By Josh Spiegel/July 20, 2020 9:00 am EST –One of the most pervasive thoughts I’ve had in the last four months is a few simple words: I miss Disneyland. Like many cultural institutions, the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California has been closed for months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Even though some parts of our popular culture are restarting, or are set to restart, Disneyland’s doors remain closed....
