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Jonathan Kasdan Wanted Willow’s Boorman To Keep The Spirit Of Val Kilmer In The Show Lucasfilm/Disney+ By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 22, 2022 11:18 am EST This post contains spoilers for the first episode of Willow. No Tolkien-esque fantasy epic is complete without a ragtag group of heroes boasting a menagerie of personalities, and the “Willow” series is no exception. A sequel set 20 years after the 1988 film of the same name, the show’s leads include Warwick Davis’s titular Nelwyn sorcerer (who’s a bit gruffer but otherwise the same plucky hero we met in the original movie), Ruby Cruz’s Princess Kit (a capable warrior but one who could stand to check her privilege), and Erin Kellyman as Kit’s friend/love interest, the ever patient knight-in-training Jade....

So what happens in Killer Klowns from Outer Space again? Trans World Entertainment “Killer Klowns from Outer Space” starts out with the classic scenario: Mike Tobacco (Grant Cramer) is out on Lovers’ Lane with his girlfriend Debbie (Suzanne Snyder). First, their canoodling is interrupted by the buffoonish Terenzi Brothers, who figured Make-out Point would be a great place to sell ice cream, then by a bright object streaking across the sky and landing nearby....

Lockwood & Co. Teaser: Ghostbusting Gets A Deadly YA Twist In A New Series From Joe Cornish Netflix By Shania Russell/Oct. 26, 2022 10:43 am EST With “Attack The Block,” writer-director Joe Cornish brought an alien invasion down to the streets of South London. Nearly a decade later, he helmed “The Kid Who Would Be King,” a fantastical coming-of-age tale where the weight of Arthurian legend rests on the shoulders of a middle-school boy....

‘It’s the strength of his commitment and his vision’ Maybe don’t expect any Syril Karn toys to be flying off the toy shelves this holiday season, but that’s no indication of just how much of a creative breath of fresh air this character has provided for “Andor.” As described in the featurette, this villain might seem unassuming and forgettable at first glance. But his singular drive to maintain law and order — no matter what lengths it takes — makes him one of the most formidable characters in the entire series....

Nancy Allen Thought Robocop Was Going To Be Terrible After Reading The Title Orion Pictures By Matt Rainis/Oct. 16, 2022 11:30 pm EST I must admit, when I was a child, I thought “RoboCop” was some cheesy b-movie. I knew next to nothing about the movie except the title, but I assumed it had to be trash. It had a title akin to “Sharknado” or “Lavalantula,” a sloppy portmanteau of two things that on their own are pretty cool....

The setup Universal Haywood Hollywood Horses is run by father Otis Sr. (Keith David), son Otis Jr. aka OJ (Daniel Kaluuya), and daughter Emerald aka Em (Keke Palmer) when she’s not chasing side hustles. We meet the Haywoods right before a freak tragedy kills Otis Sr., leaving the animal entertainment business to brother and sister. Officials presume an aircraft dropped luggage over the Haywood residence, causing a coin to drive itself into Otis Sr....

How they approached the adaptation Image Comics Showrunner Chris Rogers was on hand at the panel and, at one point, discussed how they went about adapting what Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang had put on the page. This is not going to be a panel-for-panel interpretation but, make no mistake, Rogers took this very seriously. “Don’t blow it,” he joked, acknowledging that this is indeed a beloved comic and the source material is precious to many out there....

Streaming Has Topped Cable Viewing For The First Time Ever In The US, According To Nielsen Netflix By Ryan Scott/Aug. 18, 2022 12:27 pm EST It is absolutely no secret that media has been trending towards streaming for a long time now, but there is still a gigantic section of the population that watches TV through cable or satellite. But for the first time ever, streaming has actually overtaken cable to become the top dog, signaling that the era of streaming dominance and cord cutting has taken a larger foothold with a wider section of the population....

The Avatar: The Way Of Water Subplot That We Hope Gets More Attention In Avatar 3 20th Century Studios By Rafael Motamayor/Dec. 20, 2022 2:00 pm EST This article contains spoilers for “Avatar: The Way of Water.” The first “Avatar” is a rather simple film. As monumentally innovative or visually stunning as the film was, there is a reason why the plot is often compared to “Dances With Wolves” and “Pocahontas....

The Daily Stream: Merry Christ(opher Guest)mas! Watch Waiting For Guffman To Celebrate, Why Don’t Ya? Castle Rock Entertainment By Mike Shutt/Dec. 25, 2022 10:00 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: “Waiting for Guffman” Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: Blaine, Missouri is celebrating its sesquicentennial (that’s 150 years), and to commemorate the event, the town has commissioned a theatre piece based on its own history....

The Rings Of Power Casts More Doubt On Our Biggest Sauron Red Herring By Marcos Melendez/Oct. 3, 2022 1:12 pm EST Spoilers follow for the sixth episode of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” has been slowly nurturing a popular fan theory that has Halbrand (Charlie Vickers) at the very center of a Sauron-related conspiracy. Since his debut earlier in the season, the mysterious Southlander has been one of the leading candidates for the Dark Lord himself....

The forbidden fruit A24 If this is the first time you’re hearing about “Don’s Plum,” there’s a good reason for that. The film was never released in the United States and Canada, and the likelihood of that changing isn’t high. Initially meant to be a short film, “Don’s Plum” is almost entirely improvised and focuses on a group of young adults chatting about life while eating at a diner in Hollywood, with things getting progressively tense....

The origins of Pinhead New World Pictures The design of Pinhead reaches back further than Clive Barker’s source material, however. While “Hellraiser” remains Barker’s first feature film as a director, throughout the 1970s, Barker was involved in multiple experimental theater projects and directed a few experimental short films. Briefly, in 1976 and 1977, Barker wrote “A Clown’s Sodom” and “The Day of the Dog,” his first plays as a solo playwright....

Those Star Wars Homages In Top Gun: Maverick Were No Accident [Exclusive] Paramount Pictures By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Nov. 10, 2022 3:36 pm EST If you live long enough, you start to see the same eyes in different people. Just as the original “Star Wars” trilogy wrapped up in 1983 with “Return of the Jedi,” one of the biggest blockbuster movies of the ’80s was released three years later. Tony Scott’s “Top Gun” infatuated audiences with its dreamlike, sunny portrayal of San Diego and its successful launch of Tom Cruise as the next big movie star....

‘I really want it to feel like a Christmas movie’ Universal Pictures While speaking with /Film’s Bill Bria (the full interview is coming soon), Wirkola talked about how excited he was about the prospect of “Violent Night.” The action-packed script got his attention, but above all else, it was the sense of Christmas wonder that he knew he wanted to focus on: “It really had a big heart and it really felt like a Christmas movie....

We’re Giving Away The Indiana Jones Series On 4K Blu-Ray – Here’s How You Can Win Lucasfilm By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 12, 2022 11:08 am EST Throughout the course of his adventures, the legendary Indiana Jones has overcome life-or-death odds while tangling with the likes of Nazis, Soviets, and even interdimensional aliens … not to mention the Hebrew God himself. All this was done in the pursuit of taking misappropriated ancient relics and putting them back where they belong....

Wes Anderson Blames Himself For Limiting Fantastic Mr. Fox’s Box Office Success For as lucrative a medium as animation can be, stop-motion animation has always had a bit of trouble making a ton of money at the box office. Domestically, only one stop-motion film has crossed $100 million, the 2000 Aardman comedy “Chicken Run.” The next closest is “The Nightmare Before Christmas” with $77 million, but that is thanks to it being frequently re-released during both Halloween and Christmas....

Why Horror Sequel Terrifier 2’s Three-Month Shooting Schedule Expanded To Three Years [Exclusive] Dark Age Cinema By Erin Brady/Sept. 23, 2022 1:43 pm EST Ever since “Terrifier” officially hit the horror scene in 2018, it seems like its sequel has languished in development. It was revealed back in 2019, but information on it over the past few years has been pretty inconsistent. Despite this, however, it was eventually completed and recently had its North American premiere at Fantastic Fest....

Why John Travolta Thinks He Had An Easier Time On Face/Off Than Nicolas Cage Paramount By Jeremy Smith/July 12, 2022 5:00 pm EST Hollywood blockbusters don’t get more gleefully unhinged than John Woo’s “Face/Off.” Produced during the decline of a maximalist action-filmmaking phase that began at the dawn of the Reagan era, Woo wisely cast two of the most fearlessly over-the-top actors on the planet to hard-sell the film’s absurd premise....

‘I’m going to make a movie that I want to see’ Lionsgate / Summit Entertainment “Sinister” is about a struggling true crime author named Ellison (Ethan Hawke) who moves into a new home with his wife and kids. What he hasn’t told his family is that the house was the site of a strange mass hanging a few years prior and he intends to investigate for book-writing purposes. Ellison discovers a store of snuff films in his attic, and, when watching them, finds mysterious boogeyman figure lurking in the background of each one....