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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Employed A Full-Time Animator To Render Fish Poop Marvel Studios By Jenna Busch/Dec. 12, 2022 2:41 pm EST If you’ve watched “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” several times to pick up on all of its little details, there is one you may have missed. Was it a costume that was referencing an obscure comic book issue? Nope. Perhaps there was something written in Wakandan somewhere that gives us a clue to the next film?...

Composer Henry Jackman Talks Strange World, Needledrops, And More [Exclusive Interview] Disney By Jack Giroux/Nov. 23, 2022 2:09 pm EST Henry Jackman would make for a great music professor. During an hour-long Zoom call, when you throw out an idea or question at the composer, he would run with it until sundown. In our recent conversation, no stone was left unturned by Jackman, the composer behind Disney’s latest animated film, “Strange World....

‘It was always so gigantic and over the top’ Paramount Pictures According to Plouffe, the original idea for “Babylon” hadn’t changed very much since Chazelle first showed it to him over a decade ago. He said, “It was always this impossible. The thing about this movie, and part of why it took 13 years to get made, is that it was always sort of the impossible movie.” Considering the size of some of the set pieces we see in the film, which runs over three hours, “Babylon” does seem like something a studio might balk at....

David Harbour Says Marvel’s Thunderbolts Is A Team Of ‘Losers’ Marvel Studios By Ernesto Valenzuela/Nov. 14, 2022 4:20 pm EST Marvel Studios has finally finished its first phase of films post “Avengers: Endgame,” with “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” serving as the bookend to Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It won’t be long until “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” kicks off Phase 5 of the MCU in early 2023. This next phase of films looks to have an even more diverse set of films than the previous Phase, featuring a mix of legacy sequels and brand-new team-ups....

What we think Fallout will be about Bethesda Softworks It’s not exactly clear whether or not “Fallout” will be based on any one particular game. It has never been a series with recurring main characters or challenges, but elements of the greater world are constantly referenced, such as the Great War that turned the United States into an atomic wasteland. With this in mind, it’s likely that the actual television series will be its own original story nestled within the timeline of the games....

Here’s Why Ted Lasso Season 3 Has Been Delayed For So Long AppleTV+ By Jeff Ewing/Sept. 16, 2022 3:21 pm EST “Ted Lasso,” the heartwarming Apple TV+ series that follows the ever-optimistic fish-out-of-water coach of the title, is having some AFC Richmond-like troubles in its highly anticipated third season. The end of 2021 saw a hopeful lead up to the start of production, with the cast arriving in London in January to shoot what is reportedly the final season....

Hulu Horror Movies You Can’t Miss This December New Line Cinema By Bee Delores/Dec. 10, 2022 3:30 pm EST Hulu is delivering quite a few treats this holiday season. In addition to plenty of television, including the seventh season of “Fear the Walking Dead” and the series premiere of “Kindred,” there is a slew of horror movie releases dropping on the streaming platform throughout December. Whatever you crave, the site has in its lineup....

Letitia Wright Saw A Lot Of Herself In Shuri While Filming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 21, 2022 10:30 am EST The 2019 film “Black Panther” immediately set itself apart from the rest of the pack in the Marvel Cinematic Universe upon its release, boasting an incredibly strong supporting cast to surround Chadwick Boseman’s heartfelt portrayal of T’Challa and help fill out the futuristic world of Wakanda with surprising depth....

Luck Trailer: A Talking Cat, A Magic Penny, And Some Really Bad Luck Apple TV+ By Lex Briscuso/July 7, 2022 11:40 am EST Once you see the new trailer for Skydance Animation’s upcoming film “Luck,” you’re going to wonder how no one in the animation world has based a movie on this concept. I immediately did. Either way, the comedy looks quite fun, sleek, and smart — and with a bit of luck (pun intended), it might be a hit for the studio....

Moments In Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery That Make No Sense Netflix By Scott Thomas/Dec. 5, 2022 7:20 pm EST The following post contains spoilers for “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” With “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” writer-director Rian Johnson has crafted a glaring look at the trickle-down effect of stupidity. Here, common sense is a currency in flux. It holds little value for wunderkind tech billionaire Miles Braun (Edward Norton), so it’s not utilized on his island — not by Braun, and not by his guests (save for Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc, of course)....

How to scam The New Zealand Film Commission and live Endeavour Productions Turning “Bad Taste” from an ordinary short film into a full-fledged feature filled with monstrous special effects became Jackson’s default do-it-yourself film school. Back then, New Zealand didn’t really have an official film institute to enroll in. “I wouldn’t have wanted to go to one even if we did because I’d just get impatient,” Jackson told Film Threat in a 1992 interview....

Quentin Tarantino Couldn’t Understand The Reactions To Reservoir Dogs’ Torture Scene Miramax By Jeremy Smith/Oct. 15, 2022 8:30 am EST In 1992, Quentin Tarantino received the greatest gift a provocateur director could ask for when his debut film, “Reservoir Dogs,” proved so intense that multiple attendees of that year’s Sundance Film Festival fled the first screening. The scene that sent them running was, of course, Michael Madsen’s torture of a kidnapped cop scored to Stealers Wheel’s kitschy ’70s hit, “Stuck in the Middle with You....

Spock’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Romance Is A Nerve-Wracking Prospect For Ethan Peck Paramount By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 8, 2022 4:36 pm EST Now that we’re able to look back at the first season of “Strange New Worlds” as a whole and with the benefit of hindsight, it feels like even more of a miracle that the overwhelmingly well-received series ended up as entertaining and well-crafted as it was. Perfectly toeing the line between ongoing character arcs and largely standalone, episodic episodes, the creators and writing team confidently established this show as quite possibly the best inaugural season of any “Star Trek” property in its over five decades of existence — no small feat, to say the least....

Stargirl Canceled After Three Seasons At The CW The CW By Rafael Motamayor/Oct. 31, 2022 1:15 pm EST The butchering of The CW continues, with the grim reaper of TV cancellations claiming yet another victim: “Stargirl.” “Stargirl” first aired in the short-lived streaming service DC Universe, alongside “Titans,” “Doom Patrol,” “Swamp Thing,” “Young Justice: Outsiders,” and “Harley Quinn.” That streaming service had surprisingly good programming, offering very different superhero experiences for any kind of fan....

Put your money where your network is Paramount According to Glasser, who used to be an executive for the Weinstein Company, Sheridan seemed quite content to leave that first pitch meeting in the rearview and travel back to his home in Park City, Utah without a deal. In the extensive feature story on the show’s creation for The Atlantic, Glasser recalled Sheridan telling Viacom’s execs that they would only be “footing the bill” for the show and no writers’ room would be tolerated....

‘New life keeps the energy flowing’ Getting in bed with Disney had the added benefit of making “Avatar” freely available to stream on Disney+ in perpetuity. If you go back and watch the movie, there’s a scene at the end where the evil human unobtanium miners of the RDA (Resources Development Administration) file back onto their spaceships in dejected lines. “The aliens went back to their dying world,” Jake narrates, referring to our own planet Earth....

Directing tips from Tim Miller and Andrew Stanton Walt Disney Studios Andrew Stanton began his career in animation and has continued to work with Pixar since co-writing “Toy Story” in 1995. Titles like “Finding Nemo” and “WALL-E” have become some of his best known, but Stanton has also spent plenty of time in the realm of live-action, thanks to his 2012 sci-fi flick “John Carter,” and his time directing episodes of “Stranger Things....

The Cameras Used For Mission Impossible 7’s Motorcycle Stunt Didn’t Exist Just Two Years Ago Paramount Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/Dec. 20, 2022 1:23 pm EST Whenever it seems like movie theaters are in peril, somewhere in the world is Tom Cruise leaping out of bed, ringing up Christopher McQuarrie, and saying “let’s go.” In an era where the idea of the bonafide movie star has dwindled significantly, the action megastar face of “Edge of Tomorrow” and “Top Gun: Maverick” has proved to be the exception to the rule....

The Director Of Halloween Ends Still Isn’t Sure How To Make That Happen Universal Pictures By Debopriyaa Dutta/Aug. 31, 2022 11:50 am EST David Gordon Green’s “Halloween” trilogy is set to (finally) put an end to Michael Myers’ evil in the upcoming “Halloween Ends.” Emerging as one of the most long-standing horror franchises of all time, there have been several “Halloween” entries over the years that have attempted to steer Myers’ story in varying directions....

The Menu’s Writers Want You To Both Love And Hate Ralph Fiennes’ Character [Exclusive] Searchlight Pictures By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Nov. 18, 2022 3:06 pm EST This article contains minor spoilers for “The Menu.” “The Menu” is officially opening in theaters this weekend, and it’s a delightfully dark comedy worth checking out between the Thanksgiving season crowd-pleasers and prestige films. Directed by Mark Mylod and co-written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, “The Menu” serves up a dynamic critique of the upper class, but it also knows exactly what kind of film it is, delivering on its promise to be a fun, twisty, good time at the movies....