The Russo brothers opened up about cryptic diva themed messages they receive from director Steven Soderbergh.
In an interview with The Wrap, Anthony Russo said that Soderbergh, who is the brothers’ mentor, stopped sending them notes with tips on the filmmaking process decades ago and gave them no input about the making of their new film The Gray Man.
Everyone loves Tessa Thompson’s King Valkyrie, the snazzily suited, wise, brave defender of New Asgard. In Thor: Love and Thunder she displayed some impressive leadership skills, reworked the dilapidated fishing village into a tourist attraction, and battled her way through the galaxy to save her town’s kidnapped children.
But fans on r/MarvelStudios have noted that Valkyrie has some serious skeletons in her closet that they think should disqualify her from leadership. They remind us that prior to Thor: Ragnarok she’d spent eons as a slave-trader on Sakaar, hunting and trading refugees to the Grandmaster and getting paid handsomely for it. Not only that, she even enslaved and sold a Prince of Asgard!
As the highly anticipated release of Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever approaches, some MCU fans are letting their imaginations run away with them as they mull over how the film will treat King T’Challa’s (Chadwick Boseman) storyline in light of the actor’s tragic passing in 2020.
The discussion arose on the Marvel Studios subreddit when Unthgod asked other Black Panther enthusiasts to weigh in on how they think the sequel will handle the loss of its star.
Moviegoers who attended a premiere of the new Jordan Peele film NOPE were pleasantly surprised when a teaser for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer appeared on screen.
Twitter user ItsNicClarke ecstatically tweeted a snapshot of the promo in bold white letters against a stark black backdrop, along with words of praise for the sneak peek.
Writer, director, and producer Jordan Peele is drawn to film projects that challenge him to step outside of his comfort zone.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the Academy Award winner opened up about the things that get his creative juices flowing.
The Star Wars sequel trilogy is going to go down in cinematic history as a huge missed opportunity. Disney and Lucasfilm had the money, the talent, and the ambition, but made the bizarre decision to improvise their way through a movie trilogy rather than plan it out in advance.
The result was thematic whiplash between The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, followed by a panicked retreat into nostalgia in the terrible The Rise of Skywalker. Now fans on r/StarWars are wondering if things would have been better if Lucasfilm had picked a single director for the trilogy.
A pensive Star Wars fan has made a valiant effort to piece together J.J. Abrams’ prototypical vision for Snoke, the Supreme Leader of the First Order.
Snoke (Andy Serkis) was the odious acolyte of Darth Sidious, Emperor of the Galactic Empire, and the mentor who corrupted Ben Solo/Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) to lure him to the Dark Side. Apart from his lust for power, not much is known about Snoke’s origin and drives.
A recent update from Paramount in tandem with rumors of a starring role in Fantastic Four could see 2024 become The Year of John Krasinski.
According to Variety, Paramount confirmed that it’s delaying the release of two Krasinski projects that were set to hit screens in 2023. Krasinski will appear in the film A Quiet Place: Day One which will now be released on March 8, 2024. The second project, IF, is a film directed by John Krasinski that stars Ryan Reynolds and sees him reunite with his former Office co-star Steve Carell. The new release date for IF is May 24, 2024. There’s also a pretty good chance that Krasinski will star as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic in a Fantastic Four feature film the same year.
An eagle-eyed Star Wars fan has shown the wonderful attention to detail by the costume and set designers who worked on Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.
A keenly observant Redditor aptly named –The Force– posted two still photos from the film, showing how the insignia used by the Resistance and the Empire were incorporated in two key scenes. The first saw one of the emblems arranged in Queen Padmé Amidala’s hair, while the second showed the Empire’s emblem integrated into the set surrounding the surface where an injured Anakin Skywalker received the life-saving medical treatment that ultimately transitioned him into Darth Vader.
We’re now five years on from the theatrical release of Justice League, and the drama surrounding the movie still hasn’t dissipated.
One of the most fiercely contested aspects is Warner Bros.’ treatment of Cyborg actor Ray Fisher. Zack Snyder wanted to put an African American superhero in the spotlight, so wrote the plot around the star’s Victor Stone, shot extensive scenes showing his backstory, and provided a bunch of character development with sequel potential.
Oscar-winning actor Alicia Vikander isn’t getting her hopes up about stepping back into the role of Lara Croft anytime soon.
According to Entertainment Weekly, the Swedish star’s reunion with filmmaker Misha Green for a Tomb Raider sequel is in flux due to the sale of MGM to Amazon Studios. Vikander says the future of the project is unclear.
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele says he has no plans to exit the horror genre any time soon.
Per Deadline, Peele was vocal about the future he envisions for his career at the premiere of his new film NOPE.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League gets its long-awaited digital release today, and someone high up at Warner Bros. clearly isn’t happy that it continues to be a hit. A “confidential report” was leaked from the studio and summarized in an article in Rolling Stone, which dubs Snyder as “Lex Luthor” and alleges that the massive online campaign to get the movie released was driven by bots rather than humans.
One eyebrow-raising allegation concerns the inclusion of classic DC hero Martian Manhunter. Snyder had always intended Harry Lennix’s Lieutenant Calvin Swanwick to have been Martian Manhunter in disguise, adding in Easter Eggs hinting at his alien origins as far back as Man of Steel. In the Snyder Cut, he finally got to pay that off in a late scene showing J’onn J’onzz revealing himself to Ben Affleck’s Bruce Wayne.
Alone Together, which hits theaters on July 22, is a poignant portrait of personal relationships played out against the backdrop of an escalating pandemic.
Written and directed by Katie Holmes, who displays a keen ear for nuance and character creation on paper, the star’s second feature from behind the camera weaves together a tale of contemporary themes, which is equal parts social commentary piece and relationship drama.
Today sees the digital release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, with the director’s sizeable online fanbase campaigning to get it in the download charts. But someone high up at Warner Bros is determined to spoil the party, as a ‘confidential report’ leaked to Rolling Stone paints Zack Snyder as a Lex Luthor figure commanding legions of internet trolls to do his bidding.
One specific allegation relates to the streaming premiere of Adam Wingard’s Godzilla vs. Kong, which was released on HBO Max a week after Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Fans at the time were hoping that we’d see a continuation of Snyder’s DCEU and were posting #RestoretheSnyderVerse wherever they could, including in one-star reviews on the IMDb review page for Godzilla vs. Kong.
Nowadays, after the introduction of the multiverse, if any MCU character bites the dust we have to wonder – are they really gone? In the instance of Ikaris from the Eternals, we may not even need the multiverse in order to bring him back and fans are betting that we will see the character once again.
Over the course of the movie the Eternals discover that they are entirely replaceable, synthetic beings created in the World Forge by the Prime Celestial Arishem. Once the Eternals have succeeded in creating a new Celestial through an emergence they are to come back to the World Forge to have their memories wiped and reset. Whilst this is being explained to Sersi she is shown visions of the forge, where there are hundreds of exact copies of her and her compatriots silently waiting.
Some Star Wars fans are still pondering the attraction between Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker that build to a fatal crescendo throughout the prequel trilogy.
In her roles as Intergalactic Senator and Queen of Naboo, Natalie Portman’s Padmé was an extraordinarily accomplished and mature young woman. Redditor Ayy-lmao was curious to hear from fans who ship her romance Hayden Christensen’s Anakin and Padmé’s romance about why they believe she would have been attracted to a Jedi several years her junior.
Johnny Depp has made it perfectly clear that no amount of money in the world would be enough to entice him back to Pirates of the Caribbean, and a huge volume of fans have outlined that they’re not interested in returning to the high seas unless he’s involved, but Disney is nonetheless forging ahead with two brand new projects.
A sixth installment in the main timeline and a Margot Robbie-led spinoff are both in active development behind the scenes, which creates a curious scenario. Depp’s Jack Sparrow has undoubtedly always been the biggest draw and main selling point of the multi-billion dollar brand, but can Pirates of the Caribbean thrive without him?
Crafting a sequel to an indisputable cult classic, especially one that hardly screamed franchise potential by the time the credits rolled, is a very tough task.
You either lean into what worked the first time around and hope fans want more of the same, or take the riskier but potentially more rewarding approach of reinventing the wheel. Troy Duffy’s The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day opted for the former, and only diehard supporters of the original were satisfied with what they got.
Film and television is largely built on tropes and formula, with the basic elements of any worthwhile form of storytelling having existed since the advent of the moving image, and then the talkie, right through to the current age of constant superhero blockbusters and streaming content we live in today. That being said, people are still allowed to get pissed off every time they see a particular example repeated in perpetuity.
We’ve all resigned ourselves to the fact that the figures on our screens will almost always rudely hang up the phone without saying goodbye, henchmen will attack the hero one-by-one instead of swarming all at once to gain an obvious and easy advantage, and entire mouthwatering spreads of breakfast food will be ignored in favor of a solitary slice of toast as a teenager heads out of the door.
Having closed out the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s latest Disney Plus serious with plenty of vim, verve, and imagination, directorial duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are set to take things in an altogether darker and grittier direction when they follow Ms. Marvel with the DCEU’s Batgirl.
Whereas Iman Vellani’s stupendous showcase was full of upbeat musical cues, fun-filled interludes, and a dazzling color palette, none of the above applies to Gotham City. Leslie Grace’s Barbara Gordon has to deal with Brendan Fraser’s maniacal Firefly, and navigate the influence of both J.K. Simmons’ police commissioner and Michael Keaton’s Batman, all while trying to stay out of danger and keep her nearest and dearest safe.
Movies being reinvented, rebooted, or refitted for the small screen is hardly a new phenomenon, but a huge number of Upgrade fans would have much rather seen the under-the-radar slice of sci-fi action excellence spawn a multi-film franchise, as opposed to an episodic continuation set in the same world.
Leigh Whannell’s opener turned a decent-sized profit after earning $17 million at the box office on a measly $3 million budget, and it went on to generate over $2.5 million in home video sales in the United States alone for good measure. Sure, those aren’t blockbuster numbers, but it was deep enough in the black to deserve at least one sequel.
Ryan Gosling has been everywhere you look recently, which comes with the territory when he’s out promoting Netflix’s biggest-ever blockbuster The Gray Man at the same time a myriad of neon-colored set photos from the set of Barbie have been making their way online to capture the imagination of fans all across the internet.
On top of that, the two-time Academy Award nominee debunked speculation linking him with the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Nova, instead revealing that he’d love to play Ghost Rider, before teasing that he wants his Gray Man directors Joe and Anthony Russo to get him a part in the franchise.
A lot of diehard Tolkien fans are currently holding reservations about The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power due to its time period and subject matter. Taking place in the Second Age of Middle-earth, this is essentially a period that the British author hasn’t really discussed in length, and the only thing the showrunners have to go on are the appendices to The Lord of the Rings itself.
That’s why the writers, including executive producers Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne, have had to come up with most of the narrative details, including the dialogue between the characters. Because unlike The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings, the timeline of the Second Age is mostly told through little factual snippets, as if reading a history book.
This article contains spoilers for the Ms. Marvel finale
Ms. Marvel wrapped up its first season in style today, showing Kamala Khan cementing her place as the most exciting new MCU hero. Going into the episode, we already knew that Iman Vellani would be reprising the role in The Marvels next July, with many assuming that the finale would contain some kind of teaser.
