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Harrison Ford Shares Why He Joined The MCU, Won’t Comment On That Red Hulk Stuff Paramount Pictures By Danielle Ryan/Dec. 20, 2022 1:39 pm EST Harrison Ford is a part of some of the biggest film franchises on the planet, including “Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones,” and “Blade Runner.” But for a long time, it looked like he was never going to cross over into the costumed superhero world of DC Comics or the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

House Of The Dragon Is Setting Up A Medieval Nuclear War HBO By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 24, 2022 1:00 pm EST This article contains spoilers for the season finale of “House of the Dragon.” War is coming to Westeros and despite everyone’s best (and less-than-best) intentions, none can prevent the Targaryen family drama from spilling over into the all-consuming Dance of the Dragons. After the death of King Viserys (Paddy Considine) spurred Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke) into instigating a coup for the Iron Throne in last week’s penultimate episode, the season finale of “House of the Dragon” sees the newly-crowned Queen Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) respond in kind by asserting her rightful claim....

How Steven Spielberg Made Sure Jurassic Park’s Dinosaurs Never Became ‘Monsters’ Universal Pictures By Debopriyaa Dutta/Aug. 13, 2022 11:00 pm EST The “Jurassic World” franchise concluded its second set of film trilogies with 2022’s “Jurassic World Dominion,” which was a massive disappointment for many reasons. For one, “Dominion” chose to sideline the fate of the dinosaurs in favor of some hackneyed, bizarre plot that dragged down the entire narrative. However, the film’s utter failure can be chalked up to the franchise not treating the dinosaurs as meaningful, core characters anymore....

Pierce Brosnan Made Sure Black Adam’s Cast Never Got ‘Jaded’ During Production Warner Bros. Pictures By Marcos Melendez/Nov. 3, 2022 4:40 pm EST As it continues to dominate the box office, “Black Adam” arrives as a pretty defining moment for the newly-titled DCU. After tackling their prized possessions (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, etc.) in its first years to varying results, a new age of the superhero genre is upon us. The corners of the vast canon are now being explored on the big screen, dating back to the early days of DC Comics....

The Electric State: Everything We Know So Far About The New Netflix Project From The Russo Brothers Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/Nov. 2, 2022 3:29 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Those dagnabbit Russo Brothers are at it again. The filmmaking duo has stayed very busy since finishing their run in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with “Avengers: Endgame” in 2019. In the last three years alone, the Russos have directed a pair of feature-length films (“Cherry” and “The Gray Man”), co-written the Nextflix movie “Extraction” and its upcoming sequel, and produced Daniels’ mind-bending romp “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (which /Film’s Jacob Hall declared “the best American movie in years” in his review)....

Intrigue at the St. Regis United Artists What went down during Gardner and Nichols’ rendezvous at the ritzy St. Regis hotel in New York City depends on who’s telling the story. In Gardner’s version, as told to Peter Evans for his dishy “Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations,” the actress recalls, “He made me cry.” When pressed to elaborate, she says, “He wasn’t very … simpatico.” So Gardner skillfully backed out of the part without saying “no....

Top Gun: Maverick Editor Eddie Hamilton Felt The Weight Of Expectations [Exclusive Interview] Paramount By Jack Giroux/Nov. 10, 2022 2:00 pm EST Editor Eddie Hamilton didn’t know “Tom Gun: Maverick” was going to resonate as strongly as it did. “Strongly” is probably an understatement, given how audiences around the world fell in love with the sequel. It’s a rare blockbuster with a tangible sense of awe and wonder, not to mention a brain, heart, and soul to go along with the artful showmanship....

Two Set Pieces Caused Major Trouble For The Pirates Of The Caribbean Trilogy Disney By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 24, 2022 5:25 pm EST Say what you will about Gore Verbinski’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy, but one cannot accuse the director of phoning things in (not in good faith, anyway). The first of the “Pirates” films, “The Curse of the Black Pearl” in 2003, was a grand ol’ time, deftly wedding an old-school swashbuckler with elements from the famed Disney theme park ride and a wry sense of wit provided by “Aladdin” and “Shrek” co-writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio....

Video Game High On Life Contains 20 Justin Roiland Shorts And 4 Feature Films On In-Game TV Squanch Games By Ryan Scott/Aug. 26, 2022 11:20 am EST “Rick and Morty” and “Solar Opposites” fans have something to look forward to from creator Justin Roiland in the not-too-distant future in the form of a brand new, very on-brand video game. “High on Life” is a shooter from Roiland’s company Squanch Games that recently brought a pretty big showing to Gamescom 2022....

15 Horror Movies That Went Too Far IFC Midnight By David Court/July 24, 2022 3:04 pm EST Horror is custom-made to push boundaries and depict the extreme in order to elicit a visceral reaction from its audience. From the first jump scare of Count Orlok suddenly rising from his coffin in F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent classic “Nosferatu” to modern no-holds-barred effects fests in which computer-generated or practical effects are indistinguishable from reality, the genre constantly tries to outdo itself....

Avatar: The Way Of Water Has Tons Of Overlap With Avatar: The Last Airbender, Making Everything Confusing For Everyone Nickelodeon By Rafael Motamayor/Dec. 20, 2022 12:49 pm EST This post contains heavy spoilers for “Avatar: The Way of Water.” Earlier this year, it was revealed that the beloved cartoon, “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” was actually forced to add its subtitle not because the creators thought it was a cool-sounding title, but because James Cameron already had the rights to that name, years before he broke every box office record out there with his own “Avatar....

The Gamora of it all Marvel Studios For all its talk about having the next decade planned out, it ought to be crystal-clear by now: Marvel Studios tends to wing things when it comes to the greater direction of the MCU. That was certainly true of the Infinity Saga, which didn’t really come together until after Thanos’ first appearance in the post-credits scene for “The Avengers.” Responding to a question on Twitter, James Gunn confirmed the Infinity Stones weren’t even in the picture for the MCU when he wrote his first script draft for “Guardians of the Galaxy....

‘I didn’t know where it was going as I was writing it’ 20th Century Studios One of the things I love about this film is that it’s broken up in such a way that it really keeps you guessing. And it’s pretty unique to most films, even other mysteries. Where did you come up with such a smart way to keep that intrigue alive? It’s a very smart tactic, well-used....

Batgirl Directors Were Blocked From Access To Their Own Footage Warner Bros. Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 23, 2022 12:17 pm EST Test footage from “Deadpool” was infamously leaked online in July 2014, only to garner an enthusiastic response online that, in no small way, led directly to the film being green-lit not long after. Leaked material was also at the heart of the notorious “Release the Snyder Cut” campaign, with Zack Snyder fueling the movement by dropping black-and-white stills from his “Justice League” cut onto social media — all of which led to Warner Bros....

Chevy Chase Unzipping Bill Murray’s Pants On The Set Of Caddyshack Broke Their Tension Orion Pictures/Warner Bros. By Lee Adams/Dec. 11, 2022 10:00 pm EST “Caddyshack” started out as a straightforward coming-of-age comedy about a young guy working as a caddie on the links of a posh golf club; by the time it reached the screen, it had become a summit meeting between three comic heavyweights of the time. There was Chevy Chase, the former star of “Saturday Night Live;” Bill Murray, the then-current star of the show; and Rodney Dangerfield, the stand-up legend whose club in New York helped launch the career of many comedians like Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Carrey....

Daniel Radcliffe Had No Way Real Way To Prepare For His Swiss Army Man Role A24 By Anya Stanley/Oct. 28, 2022 6:56 pm EST Daniel Radcliffe has battled wizards, weathered live-streamed death matches, and soon, he’ll be seen fiddling with an accordion. But one of the most challenging roles for the English actor required him to play dead. “Swiss Army Man” confounded and thrilled audiences from its festival run to its wide release in 2016....

Dwayne Johnson Promises That A Certain Dead Black Adam Character May Very Well Return Warner Bros. By Marcos Melendez/Oct. 24, 2022 2:45 pm EST This post contains spoilers for “Black Adam.” Despite mixed critical reception, “Black Adam” is currently changing the hierarchy of the box office with numbers surpassing expectations. The jury is out on whether it will be a game-changer for the DC Extended Universe, but one thing is certain — it’s a passionate love letter to the corners of the canon that does several fan-favorite characters justice....

Big Beard Hulu Big Beard (Mike Peterson) doesn’t have a proper name because he’s not really a character. He’s sort of a cartoon villain. If “Predator” has one big flaw, it’s that it treats the white characters as one-dimensionally as Hollywood used to treat natives. Old Hollywood Westerns often used indigenous people as cannon fodder, but the best films in the genre, like John Ford’s “The Searchers” from 1956, grappled with anti-native racism....

I Am Vanessa Guillén Trailer: The Fort Hood Murder Investigation That Led To Military Reform Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/Nov. 4, 2022 4:07 pm EST Netflix’s latest true crime documentary has just dropped its first trailer, and it aims to shed light on a disturbing story that inspired a movement calling for reform within the military justice system. The film, “I Am Vanessa Guillén,” tells the true story of a tragic murder case, a family’s hunt for the truth, and a military base that has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent years....

I Used To Be Famous Trailer: When The Love Of Music And The Business Of It All Collide Netflix By Jenna Busch/Aug. 15, 2022 4:59 pm EST In the new trailer for “I Used to Be Famous,” director Eddie Sternberg takes a look at the music industry and the line between the love of musical creation and the business that often sours it. The film is based on Sternberg’s short film of the same name, according to Variety....