‘John Wick 5’ Is Happening, And Will Shoot Back To Back With ‘John Wick 4’ By Ben Pearson/Aug. 6, 2020 2:51 pm EST John Wick’s work won’t be done by the end of the fourth movie. During a Lionsgate earnings call today, company CEO John Feltheimer revealed that not only is a fifth Wick movie in the works, but that the studio plans to film that sequel back to back with the upcoming fourth film....
‘Mr. Robot’ Season 4 Trailer Wishes You Unhappy Holidays By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 27, 2019 1:34 pm EST The trailer for the fourth and final season of Mr. Robot is here, and it’s ready to get you into the holiday season! Yes, I know the holiday season isn’t for another few months, but don’t worry – the holidays on display in this trailer don’t look very merry. In fact, they look downright miserable and gloomy....
‘Normal People’ Trailer: The Director Of ‘Room’ Heads To Hulu With A Forbidden Romance By Ben Pearson/March 31, 2020 5:00 pm EST Since directing Brie Larson to an Oscar win in 2015’s Room, Irish writer/director Lenny Abrahamson has been fairly quiet, directing only a couple episodes of a TV series called Chance and a single feature, the 2018 horror mystery The Little Stranger, which starred Domhnall Gleeson. Now Abrahamson has returned to his home country as one of the two directors of Normal People, a new Hulu co-production with the BBC which focuses on two young lovers from Ireland who find themselves on opposite sides of a class divide....
‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 2’ Will Make The First Movie Look “Quaint,” Christopher Miller Says By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 2, 2020 7:30 am EST Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was one of the most visually dazzling films to grace screens in recent memory, with an innovative animation style that managed to bring comic book panels to life. But the sequel will make the 2018 animated film look “quaint,” according to producer Christopher Miller....
‘Stranger Things 3’ Spoiler Review: An 8-Hour Summer Blockbuster By Chris Evangelista/July 8, 2019 9:00 am EST (In our Spoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry: Stranger Things 3.) When Netflix provided me with screeners to review Stranger Things 3, they included a laundry list of spoilers that could not, under any circumstance, be mentioned in the review....
‘Superintelligence’ Featurette Touts An Apocalyptic Love Story With Melissa McCarthy By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 18, 2020 4:00 pm EST Just last week, the underwhelming first trailer for Melissa McCarthy’s new comedy Superintelligence arrived with a whimper. The movie from director Ben Falcone was intended to be released in theaters in December 2019, but it has now been relegated to a release on HBO Max during Thanksgiving weekend. Perhaps that’s because the movie looks like a strange mesh of sci-fi and romance that doesn’t make much sense, and not even a new Superintelligence featurette can sell it properly....
‘Tangled’ Honest Trailer: The One With Half An Album Of Alan Menken’s B-Sides No One Remembers By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 20, 2019 6:00 am EST Following the box office performance of The Princess and the Frog (which was only seen as a disappointment thanks to Avatar stealing all of the attention), Walt Disney Animation Studios decided to abandon traditional 2D animation and charge into the computer animated arena with a new take on Rapunzel....
‘The Baby’ Is A New HBO Dark Comedy About The Horrors Of Parenthood By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 13, 2020 3:00 pm EST HBO and Sky will reunite with Chernobyl producer Sister to raise The Baby, a dark horror-comedy series that finally says out loud what we all know: having a child is a nightmare. In the series, a 38-year-old woman unexpectedly finds herself caring for a baby that is “controlling, manipulative” and has “violent powers....
‘The Suicide Squad’ Is The “Biggest” And “Most Fun” Movie James Gunn Has Worked On By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 15, 2019 2:30 pm EST Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 are considered some of the most entertaining and vibrant superhero movies, fueled by the deeply personal touch that director James Gunn gave to them. And while many would consider the Guardians movies to be the nearest and dearest to his heart, Gunn revealed that The Suicide Squad may give them a run for their money....
AEW Is The Best And Most Refreshing Professional Wrestling Has Been In Years – Here’s Why You Should Check It Out By Amelia Emberwing/Oct. 23, 2019 9:00 am EST All industries hit a point where they have to evolve or die. Professional Wrestling isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, but it’s hard to look at All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and not see them as an answer to that need for evolution. The new franchise has exploded since its announcement earlier in the year, and they haven’t done it on their own....
They’re gearing up to shoot Citadel After talking about Citadel or “the Untitled Russos Project” for so long, they’re finally ready to shoot. After all, the Russos have been a bit busy directing Marvel movies, a job that just ended seven months ago. “Production will be underway this summer,” Salke said. Still no word on when we’ll see it, but filming this year probably means sometime in 2021. By Fred Topel/Jan....
Andy Samberg, Noah Hawley, And Ben Stiller Teaming With ‘BoJack Horseman’ Creator And ‘Palm Springs’ Writer For Sci-Fi Comedy By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 11, 2021 3:30 pm EST Palm Springs duo Andy Samberg and writer Andy Siara are teaming with producers Ben Stiller and Noah Hawley for an untitled sci-fi comedy-drama over at Apple Studios. The idea for the project comes from Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator of BoJack Horseman, but we have no plot details at the moment....
Back-To-Back ‘Mission: Impossible’ Sequels Add ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Star Shea Whigham By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 22, 2019 9:00 am EST Paramount Pictures surprised the hell out of us earlier this year by announcing back-to-back sequels for the Mission: Impossible franchise being released one year apart in the summers of 2021 and 2022. And they’ve been surpring us even more by adding a few impressive names to the cast. The upcoming Mission: Impossible sequels cast has officially added Joker co-star and Boardwalk Empire cast member Shea Whigham to the growing ensemble cast....
Brian Dennehy, Great Character Actor With A Huge List Of Credits, Dead At 81 By Chris Evangelista/April 16, 2020 11:30 am EST Brian Dennehy, one of our best character actors, with credits that include First Blood, Silverado, the F/X films, Tommy Boy, Ratatouille, and so much more, has died. Dennehy began acting in the 1970s, but it was role as the sheriff in First Blood, the first Rambo movie, that launched him to prominence....
Cool Stuff: ‘The Mighty Ducks’ Funko POPs Will Get You Addicted To Quack By Ethan Anderton/March 20, 2020 6:00 am EST What I love most about the ever-growing line of Funko POPs arriving pretty much every single month is that they’re willing to give us collectible figures from movies and TV shows that would otherwise never get action figures. Step Brothers, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Tommy Boy, Big, Billy Madison, The Sandlot, The Big Lebowski, The Shining and more have been given the Funko POP treatment, and now one of Disney’s most beloved sports franchises will join them....
Disney+ Is Now Available For Pre-Order With A 7-Day Free Trial By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 22, 2019 6:56 pm EST Disney is offering customers in the U.S. the option to sign up early for a monthly subscription to Disney+. The pre-order is now live for the general public on Disneyplus.com with both monthly and annual subscriptions available for purchase at $6.99 and $69.99, respectively. Those who pre-order now will get a seven-day free trial that starts with the launch of Disney+ in November....
Disney Announces Layoffs Of Around 28,000 Cast Members In The U.S. By Ben Pearson/Sept. 29, 2020 2:30 pm EST The coronavirus pandemic, which sadly does not appear to be ending any time soon, has inspired a new wave of layoffs at The Walt Disney Company, the time affecting approximately 28,000 cast members in the Parks, Experiences and Products sectors of the company. Disney Parks chairman Josh D’Amaro made the announcement in a tweet this afternoon, which you can read below....
Gaming Bits: The Game Awards Results, New Consoles, New Bioshock In Development, Resident Evil 3 Remake Already Has Release Date, Ghost Of Tsushima Set To Consume Your Summer, And Trailers Galore By Robert Kojder/Dec. 16, 2019 3:00 pm EST Welcome to the inaugural edition of Gaming Bits, a continuation on columns such as Star Wars Bits, Superhero Bits, and Theme Park Bits. Every couple of weeks, I will be highlighting intriguing industry stories and breaking news....
By Ben Pearson/July 26, 2020 8:00 am EST Here’s the synopsis of Moehringer’s book: At eight years old, suddenly unable to find The Voice on the radio, J.R. turned in desperation to the bar on the corner, where he found a rousing chorus of new voices. The alphas along the bar–including J.R.’s Uncle Charlie, a Humphrey Bogart look-alike; Colt, a Yogi Bear sound-alike; and Joey D, a softhearted brawler–took J.R. to the beach, to ballgames, and ultimately into their circle....
HBO Max’s ‘Batman’ Spin-Off Series Recruits Joe Barton As New Showrunner By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 11, 2021 3:00 pm EST HBO’s The Batman prequel TV series focused on the Gotham PD has a new showrunner: Joe Barton, writer and creator of the series Giri/Haji, as well as the writer of the horror film The Ritual. Terence Winter, a writer on The Sopranos and creator of Boardwalk Empire, was previously attached as showrunner but departed the project late last year....
