‘Snake Eyes’ Cast Adds Andrew Koji As Storm Shadow By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 23, 2019 11:30 am EST The G.I. Joe spin-off movie Snake Eyes has found its Storm Shadow. Warrior actor Andrew Koji will play the ninja, who was once close with Snake Eyes before becoming his bitter enemy. Henry Golding will play Snake Eyes, while Red and R.I.P.D. filmmaker Robert Schwentke directs a script from Beauty and the Beast writer Evan Spiliotopoulos....
‘The Mandalorian’ Visual Effects Have An Amazing Connection To The Original ‘Star Wars’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 6, 2020 7:30 am EST The Mandalorian’s blending of practical and digital effects is one of the major reasons for the Disney+ show’s success. The new technology, which allows the filmmakers to create controlled environments with screens that project real-time sets behind the actors, was cutting-edge, but the effect was of an old-school Star Wars film....
‘The Midnight Gospel’ Trailer: Netflix’s Insane Acid Trip Of An Animated Series From The Creator Of ‘Adventure Time’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 7, 2020 9:30 am EST Netflix has shown that it has set no limits for how imaginative and mature its animated series can go, giving its creators free reign to go as buckwild as possible. And Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward is definitely going buckwild with his new Netflix animated series The Midnight Gospel....
‘The Quarry’ Trailer: Shea Whigham And Michael Shannon Reunite For A New Thriller By Chris Evangelista/March 14, 2020 11:00 am EST It’s the Boardwalk Empire reunion you’ve been waiting for as Shea Whigham and Michael Shannon star in The Quarry. This noir-ish tale has Whigham playing a small-town preacher who may or may not be who he says he is, and Shannon as the local lawman who grows suspicious. It’s a premise that has all the markings of an old school thriller....
A24 Horror Movie ‘Saunt Maud’ And Sony Rom-Com ‘Broken Hearts Gallery’ Will Now Open On July 17 By Chris Evangelista/June 16, 2020 2:30 pm EST The release-date shuffle continues! At one point, Christopher Nolan’s Tenet had July 17 locked-down as a release date, with everyone and their mother trying to tout the film as the big movie theater comeback event of the summer. Then Warner Bros. moved Tenet to July 31, along with shuffling several other titles to later dates....
Cool Stuff: ‘Anchorman’ Somehow Didn’t Have Any Funko POPs, But That Changes Next Week By Ethan Anderton/July 18, 2020 11:00 am EST San Diego Comic-Con is nearly upon us. Well, this year it’s Comic-Con at Home with a bunch of virtual panels instead of the usual massive gathering of nerds and geeks at the San Diego Convention Center, but we’ll try to make the best of it. Even though there isn’t a show floor to scour for the usual Comic-Con exclusive merchandise, that’s not stopping the arrival of a new wave of 2020 SDCC exclusive Funko POPs....
Disney+ Is Full Of Movies That Are Totally Real But Sure Don’t Look Like It By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 14, 2019 10:30 am EST Rather than release a standard press release listing all their titles, Disney+ is taking the long way around and running a seemingly never-ending thread full of everything you’ll be able to watch when the service launches next month. A bunch of the titles will be familiar to movie fans – Disney classics, from the so-called Disney Renaissance and beyond....
Elizabeth Debicki Cast As Princess Diana For The Final Two Seasons Of ‘The Crown’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 16, 2020 1:00 pm EST The Crown is back to wrapping up the royal drama with six seasons. However, fans will have to wait a little longer to see the final two seasons of the series since production won’t begin until next year, giving fans a two-year break as the series flashes forward in time and lines up a new cast....
HBO Max Original Shows Will Release New Episodes Weekly, Won’t Drop Seasons All At Once By Jacob Hall/Oct. 29, 2019 4:24 pm EST HBO Max’s Kevin Reilly revealed this news is the most abstract method possible, suggesting that some shows may released differently than others: The key words there are “weekly HBO release pattern,” and it makes sense. After all, HBO shows like Game of Thrones, Succession and now Watchmen build buzz week by week, keeping people talking and keep the conversation going for longer than a weekend....
Lady Macbeth YA Musical In The Works From ‘Anna And The Apocalypse’ Director By Ben Pearson/July 30, 2020 3:30 pm EST John McPhail, who directed the delightful Christmas-themed zombie musical Anna and the Apocalypse, is keeping his musical streak alive: he’s attached to direct a new film musical that’s inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but with young adult-centric approach. Details about the Lady Macbeth YA musical are under lock and key, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, “the story is said to center on a teenage girl who grapples with her own morality as she contends with the dreadful consequences of her ambition....
Listen: Vincenzo Natali’s Director’s Commentary On ‘In The Tall Grass’ By David Chen/Oct. 30, 2019 2:30 pm EST Vincenzo Natali’s In The Tall Grass (available right now on Netflix) takes a scary novella and expands it into a feature that’s filled with mind-bending twists and turns. It’s a fun piece of horror filmmaking that showcase Natali’s unique sensibilities, which often involve taking the taboo and making it frighteningly plausible and viscerally affecting (read Chris Evangelista’s review from Fantastic Fest)....
New On Blu-Ray: ‘Parasite’, ‘Roma’, ‘Doctor Sleep’, ‘Shutter Island’, ‘The House That Jack Built’, And More By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 13, 2020 9:00 am EST Brace yourselves, my friends – this week’s Blu-ray column is packed. There are so many movies here that you probably want to block out your entire day just to read this. Go ahead, clear your calendar. Call in sick from work. Lock all your doors, draw the blinds, and feast your eyes....
Only 10% Of Eligible Apple Customers Have Signed Up For Apple TV+ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 4, 2020 7:30 am EST Even a free one-year subscription to a streaming service can’t entice customers to subscribe to Apple TV+. Apple’s streaming platform was offered for free for one year to all Apple device owners upon its launch in November 2019, a deal that fewer than 10% of Apple customers have taken up. Looks like customers aren’t biting on Apple TV+....
Rick Moranis Returning For ‘Honey, I Shrunk The Kids’ Sequel Starring Josh Gad By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 12, 2020 10:38 am EST In what has the potential to be the most exciting news of the week, the mostly retired Rick Moranis has been confirmed to reprise his role as inventor Wayne Szalinski in Shrunk, the forthcoming legacy sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Deadline has confirmed news of Rick Moranis returning for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids sequel Shrunk, which we exclusively revealed was in the works back in May of last year....
San Diego Comic-Con 2020 Has Officially Been Cancelled By Ben Pearson/April 17, 2020 10:29 am EST Another major annual milestone has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. For the first time in its 50 year history, San Diego Comic-Con International will not happen in any form this year. While some other events have tried to transition to virtual versions, the organizers of Comic-Con have opted to cancel the event altogether....
See The Fake 1960s Movie Posters From ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 2, 2019 2:00 pm EST When the first posters for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood dropped online, they didn’t inspire much confidence for emulating the 1960s glamor that Quentin Tarantino’s film would supposedly capture. Appearing to be lazily Photoshopped images of stars Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Margot Robbie leaning against a lot of cars, sometimes with the Hollywood sign in the background, those posters quickly became the target of much mockery....
Simu Liu Knows Who Shang-Chi Would Beat In A Fight With Other Marvel Superheroes By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 24, 2021 10:00 am EST It’s one of the most popular hypotheticals to be debated in superhero fan circles: who would win in a fight? Superman or Batman? Captain America or Iron Man? Shang-Chi or everybody else? Simu Liu, who is set to make his debut as the first Asian Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero in this year’s Shang-Chi and the The Legend of the Ten Rings, thinks he knows the answer for the latter....
Superhero Bits: Read Scooby-Doo And Batman Comics For Free, ‘Green Arrow And The Canaries’ Not Dead Yet & More By Ethan Anderton/May 15, 2020 6:00 pm EST How many movies has Batman appeared in as himself in DC Comics? Did you hear Green Arrow and the Canaries is still being discussed at The CW? Want some tips about being recently single from Harley Quinn? Want to read a bunch of Scooby-Doo team-up comics featuring Batman and more?...
The ‘Westworld’ Season 3 Reading Guide: The Books And Stories To Check Out Between Episodes By Vanessa Armstrong/March 19, 2020 7:00 am EST The much-anticipated third season premiere of Westworld dropped this Sunday, and while there’s still a lot we don’t know about what’s in store for the rest of the season, one thing is certain: we will have to wait another week to find out what happens next.A week can be a long time, especially when a lot of us will be spending more time at home than usual....
The First Official Baby Yoda Plush Can Be Yours…in Six Months…at Walmart By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 3, 2019 8:30 am EST Baby Yoda (don’t @ me, I know that’s not his actual name) is all anyone wants to talk about these days. Climate crisis? No thanks! Politics? Boring! We want Baby Yoda, and we want him everywhere. In an effort to avoid The Mandalorian spoilers, Disney made sure to not manufacture any Baby Yoda merch in advance – a move that’s kind of backfired on them, since everyone wants Baby Yoda toys and they want them immediately....
