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Violent Night Director Would Sometimes Have To Stop Filming Because The Cast ‘Couldn’t Stop Laughing’ [Exclusive] Universal Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/Nov. 30, 2022 8:00 am EST Outside of “Die Hard,” the filmography of Shane Black, and also the masterpiece that is “Reindeer Games,” Christmas action movies are few and far between, which often leads us to the tired debate of whether “Die Hard” even counts. Thankfully, director Tommy Wirkola is about to unleash a very welcome present to even things out this year with “Violent Night....

What Key And Peele Brought To Their Stop-Motion Characters In Wendell And Wild [Set Visit] Netflix By Rafael Motamayor/Aug. 30, 2022 9:30 am EST There are filmmaking pairings that just make sense: DiCaprio and Scorsese, Hitchcock and Stewart, Lynch and Dern. And now, there’s one that we never saw coming, but now feels like the work of fate itself: Henry Selick teaming up with Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. Selick is a master of funny nightmares....

Baby Ruby Review: Motherhood Is Hell [TIFF] Courtesy of TIFF By Sarah Milner/Sept. 12, 2022 12:35 am EST Pop culture — at least in the Western world — treats pregnancy and early motherhood as a magical time, when back aches and sleepless nights are a mere inconvenience in what is otherwise a fantastic, love-fuelled, once-in-a-lifetime journey. That is bulls***. And with “Baby Ruby,” Bess Wohl is setting the record straight....

Batgirl Star Leslie Grace Reacts To The Film’s Release Being Canceled Warner Bros. By Lex Briscuso/Aug. 4, 2022 12:36 pm EST It was the shot heard around the film world, so you’ve probably heard the news. Warner Bros. has completely shelved its upcoming — and nearly finished, mind you — DC movie “Batgirl,” starring “In The Heights” breakout Leslie Grace. That means it will forever live on the cutting room floor, and will not receive a theatrical nor a streaming release....

Batman Vs. Superman, The Old Man And The Gun, And More Projects Wolfgang Petersen Almost Directed Warner Bros. By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 16, 2022 9:11 pm EST When Wolfgang Petersen burst onto the scene with his WWII submarine masterpiece “Das Boot,” Hollywood came calling. Any director who could pin audiences to their seats for two-and-a-half hours with a film that rarely leaves the interior of a U-boat surely had the skills to enthrall viewers with a mainstream blockbuster....

Sam Wilson is Captain America Marvel Onah joins a team that so far includes writers Marcus Spellman and Dalan Musson, who have been attached to the project since it was announced in 2021. The filmmaker directed the 2018 surprise sequel “The Cloverfield Paradox,” a space-set film that surprised audiences by debuting on Netflix directly after that year’s Super Bowl with no fanfare before that day. Despite the disappointing nature of that movie, Onah also co-wrote and directed “Luce,” a thought-provoking 2019 thriller starring Kelvin Harrison Jr, Octavia Spencer, Naomi Watts, and Tim Roth that was much better reviewed and received by audiences....

Daredevil: Born Again Disney+ Series Will Bring Back Charlie Cox As The Man Without Fear [Comic-Con] Marvel By Ryan Scott/July 23, 2022 8:34 pm EST It’s happening and it’s official! Daredevil is coming back and, this time, he’s coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in proper fashion. During the massive Marvel Studios presentation at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige announced “Daredevil: Born Again.” The series will be a whopping 18 episodes long and will help to round out Phase 5 of the MCU....

Disney is playing a different game Netflix The overall streaming numbers do require some additional context though. Disney is counting total subscriptions in getting to the 221.1 million figure. That means for anyone that subscribes to the Disney Bundle, it technically counts as three subscriptions in that overall figure. Unfortunately, Disney did not share a figure for subscriber households. As Netflix does not have multiple services to build up to its number, the company has taken some issue with Disney’s framing of subscriptions versus subscribers....

Hellraiser Trailer: Greater Delights Await In David Bruckner And Hulu’s Reboot Walt Disney Studios By Erin Brady/Sept. 20, 2022 12:37 pm EST What is it you pray for? For some of us here at /Film, we’ve been praying for the first trailer for the latest “Hellraiser” film for some time now, and thankfully, the Cenobites have answered. “The Night House” director David Bruckner has taken on the influential franchise started by Clive Baker for its first mainstream entry since 1996’s “Hellraiser: Bloodline....

Here’s When You Can Finally Stream Perfect Blue, One Of The Greatest Anime Films Ever Made Madhouse By Erin Brady/Aug. 11, 2022 4:07 pm EST Satoshi Kon’s “Perfect Blue” has a bit of a reputation for not being the most accessible movie of the legendary animator. While it has gotten easier to obtain over the years thanks to GKIDs’ Blu-ray release, it is still once in a blue moon that you can watch it anywhere else....

How Andor Opens Up The Culinary Possibilities Of The Star Wars Universe (And Disney’s Merch) Lucasfilm By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Oct. 12, 2022 8:00 am EST In a franchise defined by its adventures in a galaxy far, far away, “Andor” deliberately slows down the pace to match its ambitious, espionage drama tone. Previously in “Star Wars,” there hasn’t been this much room to breathe and exist with these characters and their mundane, daily lives....

How James Cameron Went $20 Million Over Budget On Terminator 2 And Got Away With It TriStar Pictures By Joe Roberts/Dec. 16, 2022 1:39 pm EST Giving James Cameron a ridiculous amount of money to make a film is standard practice these days. The director loves spending studio money, but he also has a knack for making it back and then some. That’s allowed him to craft a directorial career which has seen each of his films increase in budget like clockwork....

In Star Trek: Lower Decks, Truthers Exist And They’re Just As Annoying As The Real Version Paramount By Danielle Ryan/Sept. 22, 2022 5:00 pm EST This article contains spoilers for “Star Trek: Lower Decks” season 3, episode five, and for the finale of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” Conspiracy truthers can be the worst. Sure, it’s important to question authority and make up your own mind about things, but some people exist purely to be contrarian and turn their quest for knowledge into an excuse to provoke others....

Watch the Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny trailer Yeah, that’s Harrison Ford suiting up one more time as one of the most world-famous characters ever at the age of 80. Back in his distinctive and weather-beaten hat with his trusty whip, everything about this exciting footage screams that Indiana Jones is finally back and ready for one last ride. We’ve only received various tidbits of the movie in drips and drabs over the long months, as much of the plot remains under tight wraps....

Michael Gambon Made It A Goal To Throw Daniel Radcliffe Off His Game During Harry Potter Warner Bros. Pictures By Matt Rainis/Nov. 2, 2022 1:41 pm EST Even besides the obvious lifetime of financial security, being cast in the “Harry Potter” franchise was a huge boon to a young Daniel Radcliffe’s acting career. Sure, he was being thrust into a wildly bright spotlight, but he would also get the opportunity to act with so many fantastic performers from such a young age....

On Every Film Dario Argento Asks His Actors For The Same Two Things Produzioni Atlas Consorziate By Miyako Pleines/Oct. 22, 2022 11:30 pm EST Italian director Dario Argento is a master of suspense and of subgenre now called giallo — an Italian style of horror that combines elements of mystery and suspense with over-the-top gore. He is most well known for his dizzyingly kaleidoscopic film “Suspiria” about a young woman who begins to question if the dance academy where she has recently enrolled is really as innocent a place as it seems....

Pixar Snuck Some Stephen King Into Their Latest Take On Cars Pixar By Sarah Musnicky/Sept. 17, 2022 7:30 pm EST The “Cars” universe has taken us all on a journey. With each new installment in the franchise, we learn more about this wacky, wild alternate reality the titular automobiles call home. The creatives involved have no problem further stirring the pot by adding more head-scratching things into their world-building. Sometimes this means pulling in stuff we’re familiar with from our reality....

War of the Worlds (2005) Paramount Pictures George Pal’s 1953 take on “War of the Worlds” reimagined the concepts of H.G. Wells’ classic novel to explore the chaos of post-World War II America. While that version was revolutionary thanks to its game-changing special effects, it’s a film that has definitely aged. Steven Spielberg took another stab at adapting the classic novel in 2005, and as with the 1953 film, Spielberg’s version was a response to the current political climate....

Severance Season 2: Everything We Know So Far About The Return Of The Chilling Sci-Fi Series Apple TV+ By Jeff Ewing/Oct. 31, 2022 6:01 pm EST Directed by Ben Stiller and created by Dan Erickson, Season 1 of “Severance” on Apple TV+ has proven itself one of the most powerful and resonating sci-fi series in recent memory. It takes place in a mysterious company called Lumon whose workers’ consciousnesses are severed into their work selves (referred to in-world as “Innies”) and their outside selves (“Outies”), with neither being privy to the experiences and memories of the others....

The 15 Best Matthew McConaughey Movies, Ranked Paramount Pictures By Liam Gaughan/Oct. 6, 2022 2:45 pm EST Matthew McConaughey has had one of the strangest career arcs of any actor working today. McConaughey rose to prominence in the 1990s thanks to his collaborations with great directors. Having worked with Richard Linklater, Joel Schumacher, Robert Zemeckis, John Sayles, and Steven Spielberg, McConaughey had no shortage of experienced filmmakers to draw inspiration from....