Read update There remains a bit of a stigma around animated films in the Western world, which is a shame, in all honesty. While a country like Japan has long ago realized that animation could be used to make great family films and great films aimed at older audiences, Hollywood hasn’t seemed to have caught on. Animated films that aren’t aimed at kids (or at least kid-friendly) seem rare from Western, English-speaking filmmakers....
It’s been well over two years now since MGM and Eon’s distribution deal with Sony Pictures for theJames Bondmovies came to an end, and while the search for a director is heating up, the sweepstakes to see which studio will land Bond continues to take even more twists and turns. Sony, Universal, and Fox had been pursuing the property, with Warner Bros. and Sony moving the most aggressively, but now two new suitors have entered the mix that could change things up considerably: Apple and Amazon....
Author, director, and playwrightClive Barkercame to prominence in the 1980s with his collection of storiesBooks of Blood. In the decades since, he has branched into several different artistic mediums, most notably film, and has long possessed a surreal style of horror.His works are diversein both the written form and behind the camera. Recently, Barker’s short story “The Forbidden” was adapted a second time into the filmCandyman, itself a reboot of a movie of the same name released in 1992....
From executive producersLena Dunhamand Jenni Konner, and based on the British series of the same name that was created byJulia Davis, the HBO comedy seriesCampingfollows the obsessively organized and controlling Kathryn (Jennifer Garner), who puts together what she thinks will be a delightful camping trip to celebrate her husband Walt’s (David Tennant) 45thbirthday. Pretty quickly after arriving, this group’s bonds become tested, and the heightened emotions and tension that arise at the Brown Bear Lake campsite threaten to ruin the weekend....
Imagine having Madonna or Megan Fox take your order at a fast food restaurant! It’s hard to believe but, at one point in time, this was their reality. Though they’re on top of the world, it’s reassuring to know these celebs took a hard day’s work seriously! (Some, at least.) Rachel McAdams Before starring in blockbuster hits likeMean GirlsandThe Notebook,Rachel McAdamsspent most of her time asking customers if they would “like fries with that....
Here at Collider, we cover a lot of stuff, be itStar Wars, superheroes, or cinephile fare, and everything from movies and TV, to video games and web series. There’s something for everyone. But there’s so much stuff out there that sometimes our younger audience members get left out. So every once in a while, we’d like to shine a spotlight on some family-friendly content that parents and caregivers can confidently watch with the little ones....
DirectorDavid Lowery’s reimagining of the much-loved and cherished Disney family filmPete’s Dragontells the tale of an adventure of an orphaned boy named Pete (Oakes Fegley) and his best friend Elliott, who happens to be a dragon. When a forest ranger (Bryce Dallas Howard) comes across a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home, who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon, she turns to her father (Robert Redford) for help in determining where Pete came from and the truth about this dragon....
Emily Bluntstarred alongsideDwayne Johnsonin Disney’sJungle Cruiseadaptation, and now the acclaimed actress is getting ready to join the call sheet with him again. Blunt is in talks to star opposite Johnson in A24’sThe Smashing Machine. The film will tell the true story of a mixed martial artist and will be directed byBennie Safdie. The Smashing Machinewill depict the life ofMark Kerr,a heavyweight MMA fighter and two-time UFC champion. Kerr endured a battle with drug addiction and painkillers throughout his career, and the film is expected to feature this addiction as one of its main aspects....
While you probably don’t knowSam Hargrave’sname, you have definitely seen his work. That’s because he was the second unit director onAtomic Blonde,Deadpool 2,Avengers: Infinity WarandAvengers: Endgame, which means he was an integral part in shaping the action sequences you loved. After working withDavid Leitchand theRussobrothers on those films, andspending fifteen years doing stunts and coordinating stuntson numerous other films and TV shows, he was given the chance to make his feature directorial debut on action thrillerExtractionfor Netflix and AGBO – which starsChris Hemsworthas a mercenary-for-hire who signs on to rescue the son of an international drug lord....
WithTimothée Chalamet’sWonkastreaming exclusively on Max, it seems only fitting that the stream would go back to the beginning.Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factoryis coming to Max on January 1. The film starredGene Wilderas the titular character. The movie (as well as the character from Chalamet’s film) was based on the work ofRoald Dahl,Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The film is a classic, even if a certain tunnel scene still haunts many (including this author’s) nightmares....
The Fox drama seriesGothamhas recently introduced viewers to hypnotist Jervis Tetch, a.k.a. the Mad Hatter (Benedict Samuel), who is currently in Gotham to search for his sister, Alice (Naian Gonzalez Norvind). And after hiring Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) to help find her, we quickly learned that Alice simply does not want to be found, but we have not yet learned why she so adamantly wants to be left alone, especially when it comes to her brother....
Imagine, if you will,Hugh Dancy’s Will Graham in all his compelling glory having his half-terrifying, half-sensual tête-à-tête with Hannibal Lecter in the NBC seriesHannibal, except instead of the dashingMads Mikkelsenon the other end of the table, you haveJohn Cusack. In an alternate timeline, that’s the show that viewers got – and it’s a very differentHannibalfor a number of reasons. Collider’s own Steve Weintraub recently spoke with Dancy andHannibalcreatorBryan Fullerfor an extended, exclusive interview, and in discussing the inspired casting of Mikkelsen as Lecter, Fuller revealed the months-long fight he had with NBC over who would tackle the titular role....
Prepare yourselves for invasion! After bursting onto the animated scene in 2001, the Nicktoons seriesInvader Zimearned itself a Primetime Emmy Award despite only airing for two seasons. Now, creatorJhonen Vasquezis back for an all-new, 90-minuteInvader ZimTV movie. And you may get a taste of what that will look and sound like thanks to a new teaser clip released by Nickelodeon. The 2D-animated TV movie will follow “the perpetually desperate and delusional Zim as he creates a new and potentially Earth-destroying plan to finally get the attention he deserves from his Irken leaders, the Almighty Tallest....
