Posts

2023 might be winding down with its falling leaves and chilly temperatures, but television certainly isn’t. Put away your winter coats and stay inside forBlack Cake, a story about mystery, murder, and family secrets produced byOprah Winfrey. Netflix brings us their adaptation of the World War II Pulitzer Prize winning novelAll the Light We Cannot See, as well as the original adult animationBlue Eye Samurai, and an animated version of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels,Scott Pilgrim Takes Off....

With the release of the upcoming live-actionPinocchioremake just over a week away, a new featurette has been released which offers new insight into the film from its cast while also revealing some new footage as well. The featurette featuresTom Hanks, who plays Gepetto, offering praise for the vision of the film’s directorRobert Zemeckis. “Bob is one of these filmmakers that takes you to places beyond your expectations,” the actor said.Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who lends his voice to Jiminy Cricket, also appears in the featurette and calls the pairing of Zemeckis andPinocchioa match made in heaven as the featurette offers behind-the-scenes footage of the director working on the film....

Now live from Tencent Games and PUBG Corporation is a new gameplay mode called “Zombie: Survive till Dawn”, a crossover collaboration betweenPUBG MOBILEandResident Evil 2. The event’s gameplay features three days and two nights in one 30-minute round that sees 60 players battling it out within the usualPUBG MOBILEgame structure. Players will encounter multiple types of zombies from theResident Evilseries such as Police, Licker and G1 as well as other zombies created by thePUBG MOBILEteam....

Quibi, the upcoming streaming service that aims to deliver entertainment in bite-sized portions, has announced all 50 titles that will launch with the platform on April 6. Folks, what we have here is what you could generously call aneclecticbag. First things first: Quibi’s content is split into three categories.Movies In Chaptersare feature-length stories “told in chapters that are 7 to 10 minutes in length.“Unscripted & Docswill cover “food, fashion, travel, animals, cars, builds, music, sports, comedy, talk, variety, documentary and more, all with episodes in 10 minutes or less....

Hailed in Hollywood as one of “The Three Amigos” alongside fellow Mexican directorsGuillermo del ToroandAlejandro G Iñárritu,Alfonso Cuarónis a crucial player in theNew Wave of Mexican Cinema. His movies are frequently critically acclaimed and often boundary-pushing, especially in terms of visual effects, long takes, and verisimilitude. RELATED:Essential International Directors to Check Out Cuarón has been making feature films for over 30 years and has directed eight theatrical releases; few artists have such a consistent body of work....

When it comes to all-time horror icons, the obvious characters that come to mind are Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger fromA Nightmare on Elm Street. However, over the last 15 years, one of the genre’s most beloved mascots has been the literal spirit of Halloween. That would beSamfromMichael Dougherty’sTrick ‘r Treat. The adorable but deadly character from the cult 2007 anthology film has been seen on an endless amount of merchandise including t-shirts and mugs in the time since, thanks to locations likeSpirit Halloween....

It looks like Warner Bros. is finally zeroing in on who will take the helm ofSuicide Squad 2. Deadline reports thatThe ShallowsandNon-StopfilmmakerJaume Collet-Serrahas emerged as the frontrunner to direct the DC Films follow-up, although no deal is in place just yet. It became clear pretty quickly thatDavid Ayerwould not be returning to write and direct the sequel—either because of the tumultuous post-production of the first film or because he’s got too many other films on his plate right now—and WB began looking for a big name to take the helm....

Taylor Sheridanisn’t waiting around to see how Hollywood shakes out. In the wake of Paramount’s $8.4 billion takeover by Skydance, theYellowstonecreator is doubling down on his home turf in Texas. On Wednesday, Paramount and Sheridan revealed plans for a massive new production campus in Fort Worth — a 450,000-square-foot facility that will house some of his biggest shows, includingLandmanandLioness. The site, built on billionaireRoss Perot Jr.’s AllianceTexas campus, will be the largest of its kind in the state and marks a clear signal that Sheridan is building for the long run....

TheTerminatorfranchise has not been downright “good” since 1991’sTerminator 2: Judgment Day, but hopefully that’s about to change. In 2018, the rights to theTerminatorfranchise revert back toJames Cameron, and the originator of the series has been working with current rights holderDavid Ellisonto make plans to reinvigorate the series. Word leaked in January that Cameron waslooking to oversee a newTerminatorreboot, withDeadpooldirectorTim Millereyed to take the helm, but nothing has been officially announced just yet....

Shortly beforeTerminator: Dark Fatewas released in North America, Collider and ArcLight Cinemas hosted an early screening of the film to a packed audience in Hollywood. After the screening ended, directorTim Miller, director of photographyKen Seng, andGabriel Lunasat down with me for an extended Q&A that ran over an hour. During the wide-ranging conversation, they talked about how the story was figured out, why they did so much coverage, when they found outArnold SchwarzeneggerandLinda Hamiltonwere coming back, Easter eggs, the difference between making a $10 million movie versus a $200 million movie, deleted scenes, telling this story with three strong female roles, the most emotional parts of shooting this movie, putting together the awesome action sequences, and so much more....

Forget for a moment, if you can, all of heartbreak and trauma and sadness and horror of the final season ofThe Americans, and instead embrace this lovely gag reel. Yes I know it seem impossible, but when you seeKeri Russell,Matthew Rhys,Noah Emmerichand the rest of the cast acting so sweet and goofy it will warm your heart, I swear. The gag reel is really less about jokes or messing up lines and more about seeing the cast hanging out and being silly, which is actually pretty traumatic in and of itself when you realizeit’s all over....

From directorMichael Chaves(The Curse of La Llorona), the latest installment in the largest horror franchise in history,The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,has all of the terrifying scares and nail-biting thrills that fans have become accustomed to, while also including the extra added layer of one of the most sensational cases from the files of real-life paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga). When the exorcism of a young boy named David Glatzel (Julian Hilliard) doesn’t quite go as expected, it leads to a murder where the suspect is claiming demonic possession as a defense and things quickly spiral for all involved....

Even more new images from 20th Century Studios’The King’s Manhave arrived and they featureRalph Fienneswearing the hell out of a leather jacket. So, basically, these new images have my seal of approval. Fiennes’The King’s Manco-starsDjimon HounsouandGemma Artertonalso make an appearance in the new pics, which tease more of the early 20th century, super-secret spy vibes of the upcoming movie. The new photos, as well as a very interesting tease fromThe King’s MandirectorMatthew Vaughn, were revealed as part of anEmpire Magazineexclusive earlier this week....