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The Daily Stream: I’ll Be Home For Christmas Reminds Us Of The Real Reason For The Season Disney By Ben F. Silverio/Dec. 18, 2022 10:52 am 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: “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” Where You Can Stream It: Disney+ The Pitch: This year, when you think of live-action Disney movies involving Santa Claus, you’re more likely to bring up Tim Allen’s “The Santa Clause” thanks to the brand new Disney+ sequel series, “The Santa Clauses” (which will apparently be returning for a second season)....

Vin Diesel Had To Fight For An R-Rated Riddick Film Universal Pictures By Jenna Busch/Aug. 19, 2022 5:52 pm EST As of 2018, the Motion Picture Association (formally the Motion Picture Association of America) has given R-ratings to about 57 percent of the films they’ve rated, according to a report from THR. That number makes it sound like getting an R-rated film made is easy. However, with the advent of the PG-13 rating in 1984, slightly more mature films could get more viewers in theater seats, resulting in bigger ticket sales....

A quick Black Panther recap Marvel Studios More than anything, it would be absolutely essential to be caught up on the events of 2018’s “Black Panther.” While the events of the MCU tend to be interconnected, the standalone sequels do also tend to work pretty much as direct sequels to the other films in the series without too much homework. Movies like “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and “Spider-Man: Far From Home” are more exceptions in this department rather than rules....

What She-Hulk Can Learn From The Delightful K-Drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo Marvel Studios By Lyvie Scott/Sept. 8, 2022 4:00 pm EST “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” might technically be a half-hour legal comedy on paper, but it’s so much more in practice. Because its titular attorney also happens to have superpowers — and is (more or less) a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — “She-Hulk” is also a superhero show. And because Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) is also a thirty-something working girl, the series also has to juggle her duties (and desires) as a normal, human woman with all the superhero hijinks that ensue....

Why Henry Winkler Thinks Barry May End After Season 4 HBO By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 12, 2022 9:33 pm EST “Barry” fans, it sounds like season 4 may be the show’s last, at least if series regular Henry Winkler has any insight into the matter. Season 3 of “Barry” just wrapped to rave reviews on HBO back in June, and all three seasons of the show have received Emmy Award nominations: a grand total of 44 so far, with previous wins for Winkler and Bill Hader as Outstanding Supporting Actor and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, respectively....

‘Defender Strange was actually saving me.’ Marvel Studios This is an exchange from an interview with Gomez which will appear in full on the site later this week. There were reportedly extensive reshoots on “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” How did that additional shooting change the trajectory of your character? Yeah, it changed lots of things. The main thing about Marvel is that they do test screenings so that they can get the movie to be what fans want, make them be what Marvel movies are....

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Lets Namor Have A Point – And The Movie Is Better For It Marvel Studios By Jenna Busch/Nov. 11, 2022 1:00 pm EST Major spoilers ahead for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” has finally hit theaters, and we now know how Namor fits into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Played by Tenoch Huerta Mejía, this underwater dweller is a mutant who can fly and lives an unusually long life....

Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 15, 2022 12:54 pm EST 40 years after the original “Blade Runner” changed the landscape of filmmaking forever (well, only after flopping in theaters, at least) and five years after the release of Denis Villeneuve’s brilliant legacy sequel “Blade Runner 2049” (which, sadly, also underperformed), original director Ridley Scott is returning to the world that he made so indelible in the first place. Following up on previous reporting on the development of a new sequel series set in the same world as both previous movies (which we first heard about from Scott himself in late 2021), we now know that this series is officially set to become a reality....

Denise Gough Doesn’t Want A Redemption For Andor’s Dedra Meero Lucasfilm By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 11, 2022 10:00 pm EST One of the more interesting characters on “Andor” is Dedra Meero, the Imperial Security Bureau officer played by Denise Gough. When we first meet Dedra, the audience learns to identify with her through the challenges she faces in her job. It just so happens that she works for the Empire, traditionally the villains of the “Star Wars” universe....

Disenchanted Trailer: Giselle And Her Big Sleeves Are Back! Disney+ By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 9, 2022 7:04 pm EST After 15 years of longing, Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Idina Menzel, and James Marsden are finally back with the highly anticipated “Enchanted” sequel, “Disenchanted.” The live-action Disney princess movie that should have earned Adams her first Oscar became a beloved fan favorite immediately after release, but fans have been dying to learn what happened after Giselle (Adams) said goodbye to the magical, animated world of Andalasia in favor of her new life with Robert (Dempsey) and his daughter Morgan in New York City....

War, war never changes. Bethesda The very first image from the “Fallout” TV show doesn’t reveal much, but it portrays a key part of the games, the opening of the massive vault doors. Of course, in typical “Fallout” style, this is a moment of both joy and great horror, as we can gather from the image that this is not the vault opening for someone going out, but possibly someone breaking in....

Frank Darabont Personally Paid For Drew Struzan To Design Posters For The Mist — Which The Studio Refused To Use [Exclusive] Dimension Films By Joe Roberts/Nov. 21, 2022 11:24 am EST This post contains spoilers for the ending of “The Mist.” Anyone who’s seen “The Mist,” Frank Darabont’s unsettling take on a 1980 Stephen King novella, will recall the movie’s gut-punch of an ending. The 2007 film is best remembered, if alarmingly overlooked, for its bleak denouement, where Thomas Jane’s David Drayton kills a group that includes his own son in a suicide pact which turns out to be in vain....

Hellraiser Reboot Will Tear Your Soul Apart On Hulu In October, Watch The First Teaser New World Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 24, 2022 11:42 am EST Thirty-five years after Clive Barker’s original horror classic “Hellraiser” crawled under the skin of unsuspecting audiences and refused to come back out, a newly reimagined nightmare is just about ready to be unleashed. The daunting legacy of the original 1987 film needs to introduction, seemingly stacking the odds against any attempt to recreate the gory magic of Pinhead, the Cenobites, and the various grotesqueries that would eventually become hallmarks of the franchise and, dare I say it, the genre at large....

Here’s How Screenwriter Joe Robert Cole Justified That Huge Cameo In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Disney By Jamie Gerber/Nov. 22, 2022 5:55 pm EST Spoilers for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” follow. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” featured the return of many beloved characters, and though there’s no replacing the tragic loss of Chadwick Boseman, the film did an incredible job of honoring his legacy. It’s a powerful meditation on grief, but there is plenty of joy to be found in the movie as well....

Detuning lenses Marvel Studios “Wakanda Forever” was shot using Panavision Ultra Vista lenses for its 2.39:1 aspect ratio scenes, with Sony CineAlta Venice IMAX, Panavision C- and T-Series lenses used for its 1.9:1 IMAX scenes. It was not shot on 35mm film (quite a rarity these days), but on AXS-R7 6k digital masters. Additionally, Autumn Durald Arkapaw altered her lenses to mildly alter and slightly degrade the image to give it a more old-world, authentic look....

Moonlight meat Disney McBride is a veteran within the visual effects industry and has spent more than two decades in the business. Looking at the end product in “Curse of the Black Pearl,” one would assume that he had an integral part of the film. Yet McBride was only working as a concept artist on Ang Lee’s “The Hulk” when he was called for a two-day stint that would turn into a full-time role as art director on director Gore Verbinski’s swashbuckling movie....

How The Rings Of Power Foreshadows Galadriel’s Dark Vision In The Lord Of The Rings Prime Video By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 14, 2022 3:00 pm EST (Warning: Spoilers for the finale of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” will follow.) Despite the popular conception of “The Lord of the Rings” as a simple and straightforward tale about good overcoming evil, the journey that Morfyyd Clark’s younger and brasher Galadriel embarked on throughout the first season of “The Rings of Power” repeatedly focused on the great evil that even a righteous elven warrior is capable of succumbing to....

Bring in the birkenstocks! Touchstone Pictures It’s not uncommon for actors to make special requests for their characters. Even Cage wanted a real bat on the set of “Vampire’s Kiss,” but settled for eating real cockroaches when they couldn’t make that happen. As it turns out, however, Cusack had a doable, yet odd inquiry in mind. In Empire’s celebratory retrospective for “Con Air,” screenwriter Scott Rosenberg talks about how Cusack jumped on board not because of the script itself, but because of what starring in a bombastic summer blockbuster could do for his career....

‘One of the best work experiences I’ve had’ HBO Back in 2017, Deadline spoke to Law about “The Young Pope,” revealing he was instantly convinced of the project upon learning of Sorrentino’s involvement and reading a brief two-page treatment. Law then talked to the filmmaker about it, solidifying his commitment soon after. And by the time the scripts were written, it became evident to Law that Pius XIII had all the traits of a compelling character:...

Marlon Brando Was A Menace On The Set Of Desirée By Matt Rainis/Sept. 9, 2022 11:20 am EST Every once in a while, you’ll hear the story of an actor being an absolute disaster to work with. Something like Jared Leto’s behavior when he was the Joker in “Suicide Squad,” pulling countless disgusting and offensive pranks on cast and crew all for the pursuit of “Method acting.” Now, when a middling talent like Jared Leto pulls that kind of stunt, society as a whole mostly agrees to laugh at him, and dislike him for treating crew members so poorly....