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The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Early Buzz: One Ring To Rule Them All? Prime Video “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” has a lot riding on its success: the series reportedly has a budget of over $400 million for its first season, which would make it the most expensive TV show ever made. Those big numbers could translate to great storytelling and huge success, or, as we’ve recently seen with Netflix’s big-budget gamble “The Gray Man,” it could fail to make a major impact with viewers....

‘All shall love me and despair’ Prime Video The Cate Blanchett version of an older Galadriel in the Third Age seemed so calm and wise … until Frodo offered her the ring late one night. I hadn’t yet read the source material when I saw the trilogy, and I remember seeing her temptation and being shocked. If you recall, Frodo says he’ll give her the ring if she asks for it....

Finding opportunity in difficult times Lucasfilm In an interview for the December 2022 issue of Total Film (on sale November 10), Jonathan Kasdan, the showrunner and co-writer of “Willow,” recalled how the series came together during the more hectic moments while making “Solo: A Star Wars Story:” “I’ll be frank; the show came together in two troubling moments [during ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story]. We were behind schedule in the Canary Islands when I first met Warwick and told him, ‘I’m going to ask Kathy [Kennedy] to let me make a sequel to ‘Willow....

Warner Bros. To Return To A More Traditional Theatrical Release Model, CEO David Zaslav Confirms Warner Bros. By Erin Brady/Aug. 4, 2022 5:17 pm EST Don’t expect a ton of streaming-only movies to be released by Warner Bros. any time soon. During the Warner Bros. Discovery Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Call, Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav confirmed that the studio will focus entirely on releasing movies in theaters rather than on HBO Max....

Archive 81’s Visual Style Is An Homage To Films Like Rosemary’s Baby Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/Oct. 18, 2022 2:03 pm EST Crafting a compelling found-footage horror story can be tricky. The format can be exhausting if not used effectively, and the scares can only land when supported by a well-crafted story. The first season of Netflix’s “Archive 81” managed to stick the landing by offering a taut puzzle-box mystery that incorporated the found footage format to strong effect....

Black Noir’s Fate In The Boys Season 3 Was Decided At The Last Minute If you’re not caught up on “The Boys” season 3 yet, be forewarned: there are spoilers here for the fate of Black Noir. As a character who is mute and has brain damage, Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell) hasn’t always read like an open book to viewers of “The Boys.” It wasn’t until season 3 that the audience really started to get to know him in a meaningful way, as we learned some of his back story with Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) during the Korean War, and saw the world from his perspective, complete with hallucinated cartoon animals....

Christian Bale Insisted On Taking Months To Get His Dick Chaney Makeup Right For Vice Mirror Releasing By Matt Rainis/Oct. 24, 2022 4:39 pm EST Christian Bale has proven over the years that he’s willing to do some pretty horrible stuff to his own body for the sake of acting. More than nearly any other actor, Bale has been known to make some radical body transformations for his various roles. He’s been an Adonis-like specimen at peak physical condition for Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” trilogy, but he’s also been borderline emaciated for roles like his in “The Fighter....

James Caan Remembered Misery As One Of The Most ‘Painful’ Films Of His Career Columbia Pictures By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 24, 2022 2:00 pm EST It really should be no surprise that filming a movie called “Misery” was a miserable experience, but actor James Caan was apparently truly tortured making the 1990 Rob Reiner film. Based on the novel by Stephen King, “Misery” is a taut thriller that follows Caan’s novelist character Paul Sheldon....

Julianne Moore Fought For Eddie Redmayne To Keep His Role In Savage Grace IFC Films By Sarah Musnicky/Nov. 14, 2022 2:29 pm EST For an actor starting out, sometimes the big break comes along by luck. Other times, it happens because someone takes a chance on you. In the case of Eddie Redmayne, it was a little column A and a little bit of column B. One of his earliest roles was in the independent film, “Savage Grace,” a film that depicts the shocking Barbara Daly Baekeland murder case with dramatic flair....

The collpasing set was kept a secret from Melinda Dillon Columbia Pictures If there’s one thing about Spielberg, it’s that he’s always had a knack for directing child actors. Knowing that he wanted to portray Barry as fascinated with his surroundings in the scene rather than scared, Spielberg decided to break things down for his young star at his level. Guffey, just four years old at the time, was given a full tour of the set and how it was designed to destroy itself in the scene....

A feast for the senses Neon “Oldboy” had a limited run in the U.S. in November of 2003, where it didn’t make a huge box office but did earn a lot of love from critics, who praised the dark thriller for its visuals, performances, and unconventional storytelling. Along with Choi, Yoo Ji-tae stars as the villainous Lee Woo-jin, and Kang Hye-jung stars as Mi-do, a young woman who works at a sushi bar and begins a complicated relationship with Dae-Su....

Park Chan-Wook Almost Adapted This Classic Manga That Guillermo Del Toro Also Pitched Viz Media By Devin Meenan/Oct. 9, 2022 3:34 pm EST Adapting manga/anime to live-action almost always feels like a fool’s errand. Many have tried, few have succeeded, many more don’t even make it to the big screen. One adaptation cast into development hell several times is Naoki Urasawa’s thriller “Monster.” “Monster” begins in Germany during 1986, shortly before East/West reunification....

Robin Williams Was His Own Harshest Critic In Good Morning, Vietnam Touchstone Pictures By Mike Shutt/Aug. 17, 2022 3:10 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If there was anything that separated Robin Williams from the rest of his comic peers, it was energy. When that man was on stage, he had a boundless mania that was like the human embodiment of the Tasmanian Devil from “Looney Tunes....

Sebastian Stan Reveals His Extreme Makeover For A24 Movie A Different Man Hulu By Ryan Coleman/July 27, 2022 10:15 pm EST A24 seems to be moving into the body mod genre. There was the announcement of Darren Aronofsky’s next project, “The Whale,” starring Brendan Fraser as a 600 pound man, then Rose Glass’ “Love Lies Bleeding,” starring Kristen Stewart as a bodybuilder, and now there’s “A Different Man,” a psychological thriller centered around a man (Sebastian Stan) with a condition called neurofibromatosis, which heavily augments the appearance of certain body parts, most noticeably the face....

Speak No Evil Trailer: Get Ready To Be Deeply Upset Shudder By Lex Briscuso/Aug. 18, 2022 12:57 pm EST There are horror movies, and then there’s “Speak No Evil,” a new Shudder original that will incessantly haunt you for the foreseeable future. The soul-chilling satirical tale now has a trailer, and the sneak peek hammers home just how uncomfortable and horrifying this film truly is. After seeing the Danish tale, you will think twice about everyone you speak to for the rest of your life — and I wish I was exaggerating....

A lucky break Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer “This is a discouraging story for anyone who wants to be an actor, because I never thought I wanted to be an actor, but I fell into acting, pretty much,” said Sarandon in the Vanity Fair interview. “So this shows you how stupid acting is.” At the time, it was her husband Chris who was auditioning for movies and simply needed a scene partner. So, she went and got an agent and did some auditions....

The 7 Best And 7 Worst Moments In Only Murders In The Building Season 2 Hulu By Cass Clarke/Aug. 22, 2022 4:34 pm EST After solving Tim Kono’s (Julian Cihi) and Zoe Cassidy’s (Olivia Reis) murders — not to mention outing Teddy Diams’ (Nathan Lane) criminal enterprise — the “Only Murders in the Building” sleuths finally got the chance to celebrate their investigative achievements. Of course, as soon as the crime-solving trio popped a bottle of champagne in Season 2, Mabel (Selena Gomez) discovers the body of the dreaded (or beloved, depending on who you ask) Arconia’s building board president....

The Best TV Shows And Movies Coming To HBO Max In January 2023 HBO By Shania Russell/Dec. 20, 2022 8:18 pm EST Lately, HBO Max has been in the business of ejecting popular titles into the ether for the sake of tax write-offs. But believe it or not, cancellations are not their only revenue stream! Sometimes, the streamer even makes time to produce and acquire more movies and TV shows for their library....

The Daily Stream: Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey Is The Best Kind Of Stupid Orion Pictures By Jenna Busch/Sept. 15, 2022 6:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey” Where You Can Stream It: Prime Video The Pitch: Are you feeling stressed right now?...

The Sci-Fi Short Satoshi Kon Wrote Before Perfect Blue Or Paprika Has An Akira Connection Shochiku By Debopriyaa Dutta/Dec. 12, 2022 2:21 pm EST Prolific animator and manga-ka Satoshi Kon had a sustained interest in exploring the nature of reality, particularly the way in which humans interact with their perception of what’s real. This thematic fascination encapsulates Kon’s body of work, which deal with characters oscillating between objective reality and constructed ones, with the line between the two getting increasingly blurred as the narrative progresses....