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How Bill Pullman’s Independence Day Speech Changed The Title Of The Movie By Anya Stanley/Dec. 10, 2022 9:30 am EST “Independence Day” was not always going to be the title of Roland Emmerich’s 1996 mega-blockbuster movie. Over the German director’s four decade-plus career, he’s been partial to single-word titles like “Godzilla,” “2012,” and most recently, sci-fi disaster extravaganza “Moonfall.” When it came time to tell the story of the mighty resistance to a global alien attack, the title was going to refer to the first offensive and not the Earthlings’ counterattack; the studio wanted to call the movie “Doomsday” (not to be confused with Neil Marshall’s 2008 post-apocalyptic action picture of the same name)....

Is Wheel Of Time Getting A Season 3 At Prime Video? By Fatemeh Mirjalili/July 22, 2022 9:19 am EST Season 3 will be based on The Shadow Rising “The Wheel Of Time” season 1 ended with Rand Al’Thor (Stradowski) being identified as the Dragon Reborn, Moiraine fighting the Dark One’s messenger at the Eye of the World, and the discovery that a final battle between good and evil is yet to come....

Jack Nicholson’s Ideas For The Departed Had A Direct Impact On Matt Damon Warner Bros. By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 12, 2022 2:29 pm EST Matt Damon has been in some high-profile ensemble films where he’s surrounded by several A-list stars (specifically the “Ocean’s” movies) jockeying for primacy, and, for whatever reason, the brawny star of the “Bourne” franchise is often asked to play a somewhat pathetic figure. In the “Ocean’s” movies, his Linus Caldwell is essentially the put-upon little brother to George Clooney’s Danny Ocean and Brad Pitt’s Rusty Ryan....

Let’s Talk About The Best Little Moment In Avatar: The Way Of Water 20th Century Studios By Rafael Motamayor/Dec. 16, 2022 9:00 am EST The following post contains heavy spoilers for “Avatar: The Way of Water.” It took 13 years, but James Cameron is finally bringing us back to Pandora with “Avatar: The Way of Water,” a sequel with — based on the insurmountable success of its predecessor — anticipations both through the roof and also completely nonexistent....

Netflix’s You Helped Restore Jenna Ortega’s Faith In The Casting Process Netflix By Shania Russell/Dec. 15, 2022 5:25 pm EST At only 20 years old, Jenna Ortega has already accomplished a goal that not every former child star can boast: she’s built up such an exciting filmography, that the world seems to have collectively forgotten she was once a Disney Channel starlet. Much of this is owed to her extremely eventful 2022....

Elevating the material Stephen King Now, in discussing the performance at hand, it is important to acknowledge that Stephen King is one of the finest authors alive or dead, so Heche was dealing with source material from a true master. That having been said, this is not often listed as one of King’s more cherished works, though I count it as a personal favorite. That is in large part thanks to Heche, who straight-up elevated the material with her touching, emotional, and affecting performance....

Rick And Morty Season 6 Feels Like A One Big Bottle Episode Adult Swim By Rafael Motamayor/Sept. 20, 2022 5:12 pm EST We are approaching the halfway point of the huge 70-episode order for “Rick and Morty,” and even in its sixth season, the adult animated sitcom is as big as ever. The Adult Swim show co-created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon has cemented itself as the seminal adult animated comedy of this generation, but with its longevity and success comes one big question — does the show change and evolve its formula by embracing serialization, or does it reset every year so nothing changes and there is more show?...

Rob Zombie Had To Look Across The Pond For His Lords Of Salem Inspiration Anchor Bay Films By Witney Seibold/Aug. 24, 2022 4:07 pm EST Rob Zombie’s 2012 film “The Lords of Salem” may be the filmmaker’s best. In it, Sheri Moon plays Heidi, a woman living in Salem, MA, and recovering from drug addiction. She works as a soft-spoken DJ at the local radio station with Ken Foree and Jeff Daniel Phillips....

Sam Raimi Is Gearing Up To Direct A Remake Of Magic, According To Producer Roy Lee Horror aficionados were mostly thrilled this year when Sam Raimi directed his first film in nine years with “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” I say “mostly thrilled” because there was some grumbling that Raimi’s wild flights of grisly fancy were reined in by the four-quadrant dictates of Marvel Studios. While it’s true that the film is hampered by a for-hire homogeneity here and there, it’s also easily the darkest movie in MCU history, and, once it gets warmed up, delivers the spook-a-blast goods in classic Raimi fashion....

Saying Goodbye To Peaky Blinders Wasn’t Easy For Sam Neill Netflix By Sarah Musnicky/Aug. 9, 2022 8:38 am EST Sam Neill is just so good at being bad that it’s always a pleasure to see him on screen. From his role of Damien Thorn in “The Omen: III” to the oh-so-sneaky Dr. William Weir in “Event Horizon,” we know the guy has a villainous itch to scratch. However, when the actor joined the cast of Netflix’s “Peaky Blinders,” a more complicated antagonist arose in his portrayal of Inspector Campbell....

Steven Spielberg Recruited David Lynch To Terrify The Fabelmans Star Gabriel LaBelle New Line Cinema By Erin Brady/Sept. 16, 2022 7:38 pm EST While “The Fabelmans” might not be in theaters for a couple more months, we here at /Film can attest that it is a movie you shouldn’t miss when it does release. We’ve already known Steven Spielberg has recruited David Lynch for a special role as famed film director John Ford....

Smaller and smaller talk Searchlight Pictures /Film has previously written how “Banshees” is about communication and failures thereof. Pádraic and Colm have been talking for 20 years, but it seems they’ve never shared all that much. They’re drinking buddies and small talkers, but what brought them together was the smallness of Inisherin and their own fears of loneliness. Now, Colm is more afraid of being forgotten, so he’d rather compose music than chat with Pádraic about nothing at all....

The Big Sleep Was Smart To Cut A Major Humphrey Bogart Scene Warner Bros. Pictures By Demetra Nikolakakis/Aug. 22, 2022 5:00 pm EST There’s nothing quite like film noir. The villains are suave, everyone’s double-crossing each other, and the detective’s always walking through a foggy, corrupt world, seemingly the only person with even a begrudging shred of morality. Happy endings aren’t guaranteed, nor is anyone’s sincerity. And we, like the detective, have to stumble through a world that’s determined to keep us blind....

The Latest Rings Of Power Episode Has A Game Of Thrones Connection HBO By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 16, 2022 4:23 pm EST You may have heard that there’s a war currently brewing between two polar opposite fantasy juggernauts. Though (mercifully) airing new episodes on two different days of the week, “House of the Dragon” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” have been duking out for the last few weeks over the ongoing pop culture conversation....

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’s Ismael Cruz Córdova Was Rejected ‘Several Times’ For His Role By Lyvie Scott/Sept. 1, 2022 12:37 pm EST For Ismael Cruz Córdova, his breakthrough role in “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” feels as much like fate as it does a product of his earnest determination. The actor stresses an almost spiritual connection to his character, the elf Arondir, who also happens to be the first Black Latino elf to appear in J....

The Most Difficult Scene Of Henry Cavill’s Career Was That Mission: Impossible Helicopter Chase Paramount Pictures By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Nov. 2, 2022 6:59 am EST Henry Cavill is an action star, no stranger to big blockbusters, having had roles in the DC Universe as Superman and his appearance in “Mission: Impossible — Fallout,” the sixth entry in the popular franchise. Then there’s “The Witcher,” where swordfights are prevalent, which pushed Cavill to undergo strenuous training....

The Shawshank Redemption’s ‘Simplest’ Scene Convinced Frank Darabont That The Film Would Work Columbia Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/Dec. 24, 2022 10:00 pm EST For nearly three decades, “The Shawshank Redemption” has held the coveted position of a Stephen King adaptation that goes above and beyond its source material, in addition to being one of the most renowned films ever made. A poor release strategy ended its theatrical run before it could even begin, but the advent of home video gave the film a second life in the eyes of the people....

Attack On Titan: The Final Season Part 2 Band SiM On Making An Apocalyptic Theme Song [Interview] Crunchyroll By Rafael Motamayor/July 28, 2022 3:50 pm EST There is arguably no bigger anime at the moment than “Attack on Titan.” From the moment the show premiered almost a whole decade ago, it captivated audiences with its horrific, thrilling post-apocalyptic tale of survival. As the story has progressed, it has evolved into something far more complex, mature, and ruthless, going from a horror show to, well, still a horror show, but now with a lot more political and moral intrigue....

Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler Wanted To Quit Filmmaking After Chadwick Boseman’s Death Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/Oct. 3, 2022 11:25 am EST We are just a handful of weeks away from the release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” easily one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year. But the movie will have a great burden to bear, as Chadwick Boseman is no longer with us and cannot reprise his role as T’Challa in the upcoming film....

When function meets design Sony With Alves and the production team working together for director Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi classic, each note on the light board was “assigned a six-color palette to each note, ending up with a total of seventy-two panels, each having its own colored light.” Alves goes into greater detail in Klastorin’s book: “‘We wired them to a keyboard so we could actually play the colors of the various tones,’ says Alves....