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Jacob Batalon Wouldn’t Mind If Spider-Man: No Way Home Was The End Of The Franchise Marvel Studios By Ben F. Silverio/Oct. 4, 2022 8:34 pm EST As the 1990s alternative rock poet Daniel Dodd Wilson wrote in the memorable lyrics of “Closing Time,” “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” For Jacob Batalon, playing Ned Leeds in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was an explosive beginning to a promising acting career....

Josh Gad Has An Interesting Dream For The Cast Of Central Park Apple TV+ By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 8, 2022 8:59 pm EST It’s hard not to fall head over roller skates in love with the Apple TV+ animated musical comedy series “Central Park.” Created by Loren Bouchard and Nora Smith of “Bob’s Burgers” fame and Broadway actor turned voice-of-your-children’s-favorite-snowman Josh Gad, “Central Park” is a delightfully funny series centered on the Tillerman family who reside in Central Park in New York City....

Quantum Leap Reboot Showrunner On The Series’ Callbacks And Respectfully Spinning Off The Original [Exclusive Interview] NBC By Jeff Ewing/Oct. 3, 2022 7:42 pm EST The original “Quantum Leap” is an award-winning and widely beloved science fiction TV series, centering on physicist Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) as he slides through time. In his journey he must make right what once went wrong in various situations, all the while trying to find his way home....

Regé-Jean Page And Glen Powell Board Butch And Sundance TV Series From The Russo Brothers Netflix By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 15, 2022 9:11 pm EST “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” can’t outrun the posse of remakes in Hollywood, where everything old is new again. The Oscar-winning 1969 Western, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, is in the National Film Registry, and the American Film Institute has recognized it as one of the 100 greatest American movies of all time....

Ryan Reynolds Might Be Ready To Retire From Doing His Own Stunts Netflix By Matt Rainis/Nov. 10, 2022 1:58 pm EST There’s nothing cooler than a veteran actor who still does their own stunts. It’s the reason we all still kind of like Tom Cruise despite his (to put it as gently as possible) disconcerting ties to Scientology. Big, established movie stars rarely feel the pressure to do their own stunts....

V/H/S staying power Just last month, we spoke with “Hobo with a Shotgun” director Jason Eisener, who helmed a segment in “V/H/S/2” and expressed interest in returning for another “V/H/S” movie. While Eisener isn’t attached to this particular installment, there’s clearly a love for this series among the horror community, and the fact that, after so many sequels, it’s still able to pull in high-profile directors like Derrickson and Bruckner for “V/H/S/85” is a testament to its staying power....

The Andor Season 1 Finale Shows The Importance Of Both The Individual And Their Community Disney+ By Rafael Motamayor/Nov. 23, 2022 5:44 pm EST This post contains spoilers for the season finale of “Andor.” The “Star Wars” movies tend to be all about individuals and leaders. Jedi masters, army commanders, team leaders, loners who come in at the last minute to save the day, and solo heroes who take down empires while the rest help silently in the background....

The Daily Stream: Small-Town Sitcom Rutherford Falls Is Well Worth A Visit Peacock By Valerie Ettenhofer/Aug. 1, 2022 4:00 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 Series: “Rutherford Falls” Where You Can Stream It: Peacock The Pitch: “Rutherford Falls” is set in a small New York town, where a Native American woman named Reagan (Jana Schmieding) and the descendant of a prominent white settler, Nathan (Ed Helms), are long-time best friends who both run local museums....

The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special Is A Hilarious And Heartfelt Spotlight For Drax And Mantis Disney+ By Marcos Melendez/Nov. 26, 2022 1:00 pm EST This article contains spoilers for “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.” The latest Marvel Studios Special Presentation, “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special,” has arrived just in time for the holidays. It’s a fun, lighthearted affair that does not have galaxy-wide implications for the MCU but delivers a heartfelt tribute to the titular team....

Willow concept art Ethan Anderton Next, we have a whole lot of concept art for “Willow,” including designs for costumes and locations. For the costumes, we have images of a knight and a guard, a knight of Tir Asleen, a character named Ballantine with a knight and a guard, Jade, Kit, Dove, and Willow together, and Queen Sorsha. As for locations, we have images of Nockmaar and the aforementioned Tir Asleen (both of which were seen in the original film), a rickety house on stilts in the water, a dark fortress of sorts, and an arched gate at the end of a bridge....

10 Guardians Of The Galaxy Comic Characters We Want To See In The MCU Marvel Comics By Joe Garza/Dec. 25, 2022 10:15 am EST James Gunn’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” films (as well as the accompanying “Holiday Special”) have greatly expanded the narrative possibilities of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Audiences have been treated to countless characters, creatures, and worlds, all of which have been delivered with Gunn’s signature combination of imagination and wit....

A Bit of the Old Ultraviolence Warner Bros. “A Clockwork Orange” introduces the character of Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell), who enjoys “a bit of the old ultraviolence,” as he calls it. Unfortunately for those in his path, what that entails is shocking. Rape and murder are the order of the day for Alex and his droogs, as they take to the streets in their codpieces, fake eyelashes, and bowler hats. The most notorious scene in “A Clockwork Orange” is perhaps the home invasion, where the thugs leave a writer paralyzed and Alex sexually assaults his wife to the tune of “Singing in the Rain” — a song previously associated with the beloved Gene Kelly musical of the same name....

A Lot Of Work Went Into Whittling Down The Night Of The Hunter’s ‘Mammoth’ Script United Artists By Adam Wescott/Dec. 23, 2022 10:03 pm EST Nobody knew what to make of “Night of the Hunter” when it screened in 1955. Directed by actor Charles Laughton from a script by James Agee, it broke every rule in the book. It’s a fairy tale that’s nastier and more adult than anything Disney could produce....

Barry Season 4 Will Find Time To Be Funny, No Matter How Dark It Gets HBO By Danielle Ryan/July 21, 2022 2:59 pm EST The hit HBO series “Barry” has always been a dark comedy — its humor derived from the most awful situations — but season 3 took the tone to pitch black. The series, which follows ex-soldier and occasional hitman Barry (Bill Hader) after he discovers that he likes acting and wants to try and give up his more murderous career, has never been lighthearted, but season 3 made some fans wonder if the show could even really be called a comedy anymore....

Blade Runner’s Tiny VFX Budget Meant Making Major Changes To The Opening Scene Warner Bros. By Joe Roberts/Dec. 23, 2022 9:00 am EST Los Angeles. The land suffocates beneath a cancerous industrial crust that spits flames into a polluted, blackened troposphere. A dark sky weighs heavy on the grim scene, heightening the feeling of hopelessness that plagues this wretched vision. No, this isn’t the view of downtown from my apartment. This is, of course, the famous “Hades” shot that opens 1982’s “Blade Runner” and establishes director Ridley Scott’s vision of 2019 LA....

A very gory trailer The trailer not only revealed an October release date, just in time for bloody Halloween, but also the cast. Newcomer Kikunosuke Toya will play Denji, while Fairouz Ai (who played Jolyne in “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean”) is playing fan-favorite Power. The show is being directed by Ryu Nakayama, who directed episode 19 of “Jujutsu Kaisen” (the episode that gave us this incredible fight scene of two best friends fighting together), and written by Hiroshi Seko, who wrote “Deca-Dence” and the “Jujutsu Kaisen 0” movie....

Cool Stuff: The Menu Serves Up A Bloody Delicious Vinyl Soundtrack At Waxwork Records Searchlight Pictures By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 19, 2022 2:13 pm EST Sharpen your knives (or your record needles) for a new addition to your vinyl soundtrack collection. Composer Colin Stetson’s original score for “The Menu” is getting the vinyl treatment from Waxwork Records, in partnership with Milan Records, early next year. In “The Menu,” per the official Searchlight Pictures synopsis, “A couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises....

Doctor Strange, The Flash, And Everything: Why Now Is The Moment For Multiverse Films A24 By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 26, 2022 7:00 pm EST Multiverse storytelling is nothing new, but it sure seems like it’s having a moment. Several wildly popular movies and television shows have featured multiverses in the past few years, with even more due to hit theaters soon. Whether it’s the animated antics of “Into the Spider-Verse,” the heartfelt wackiness of Daniels Kwan and Scheinert, or the Marvel mayhem of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” there’s more than enough multiverse media to go around....

French Stewart Was No Stranger To Pain On The Set Of 3rd Rock From The Sun NBC Universal By J. Gabriel Ware/Oct. 23, 2022 3:06 pm EST In the ’90s, when shows like “ER,” “Friends,” and “Seinfeld” were the cash cows at NBC’s, the outlandish sitcom “3rd Rock from the Sun” managed to attract a strong following during its six-season run on the network. Much of the show’s success can be credited to its eagerness to try absolutely anything to make those watching at home spit out their after-dinner drinks....

How Pete Davidson Ended Up On Saturday Night Live (And Why He Didn’t Expect To Stick Around) Kevin Mazur/Getty Images By Marisa Mirabal/Aug. 20, 2022 6:30 pm EST Pete Davidson is a prolific comedian whose goofy personality has charmed the entertainment industry. Earlier this year, Davidson announced he was retiring from “Saturday Night Live” after an eight-season run. He joined the iconic show in 2014 at only 20 years old, one of the youngest cast members in “SNL” history....