Steven Van Zandt And Julia Fox Board Dark Comedy The Trainer From American History X Director Tony Kaye Sometimes movies take a little while to come together. Deadline reports that after nearly a decade of development, the dark comedy “The Trainer” is finally on its way towards the silver screen, directed by “American History X” helmer Tony Kaye. The film will star Vito Schnabel (“Before Night Falls”), Julia Fox (“Uncut Gems”), and Steven Van Zandt (“The Sopranos”)....

Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy, X-Men Days Of Future Past, Batman Vs. Superman, Agent Carter Want to learn of bunch of behind the scenes secrets and easter eggs fromGuardians of the Galaxy? Did someone tease theJokerappearing inBatman vs. Superman? When willAgent Carterair and for how long? In what context didAnt-Manget mentioned onSaturday Night Live? WillQuicksilverbe coming back in theX-Menuniverse? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

The ‘Phantom Thread’ Score Is Now Streaming, Watch A Few New Clips Only a few people have been able to seePhantom Threadin theaters since its limited release in December, but thePaul Thomas Andersonmovie remains as tantalizing as ever. The release of its gorgeous, stirring soundtrack certainly helps. The score byJonny Greenwood, who has collaborated with Anderson three times before onThere Will Be Blood, The Master,andInherent Vice,is a work of art on par with the haute couture dresses thatDaniel Day-Lewis' fashion designer crafts in the film, which he creates with the help of his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) and his muse, Alma (Vicky Krieps)....

The Best TV Shows And Movies Coming To HBO Max In December 2021 Holy crap, it’s almost December. Which means the year is almost over. Somehow. As we wrap up 2021, we’re also about to say goodbye to the Warner Bros. plan to release their new movies both in theaters and on HBO Max at the same time. The last title to receive this presentation will be “The Matrix Resurrections.” After that, it’s back to theatrical exclusives!...

The Cuphead Show!: Release Date, Cast, And More (Welcome to…And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) With its old time-y accents, classic animation style, and spooky flourishes, “The Cuphead Show!” is primed to deliver on all of the little quirks and callbacks that made the video game “Cuphead: Don’t Deal With the Devil” so captivating....

The Mandalorian Season 3 Footage Reaction: Multiple Babu Friks And Many Mandalorians Everyone’s favorite space Western is coming back: “The Mandalorian” season 3 is headed our way, and some new footage just premiered at Star Wars Celebration 2022. While “The Mandalorian” stood alone as the sole live-action “Star Wars” series during its first two seasons, the show returns to an expanded TV universe that now includes “The Book of Boba Fett” and the upcoming spin-off “Ahsoka....

The Most Underrated Moments In Pixar History Whenever there’s a conversation about the work ofPixar, it tends to shift into emotional reactions their films produce. And when you’ve been having these conversations for as long as I have, you tend to notice that the same specific moments are always brought up. These would likely include the emotional rollercoaster that beginsUp,the intense start toFinding Nemo,or the edge-of-your-seat climax ofToy Story 3.But with such a rich catalog of feature films (and shorts), there are many funny, lovely, and truly bizarre moments within the company’s history that seem to never get the spotlight they deserve....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Ocean Waves’ May Be Studio Ghibli’s Secretly Queer Film (Welcome toThe Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie:Ocean WavesWhere You Can Stream It:HBO MaxThe Pitch:In the early ’90s, Studio Ghibli launched an unusual experiment: the studio gave its youngest animators, all in their twenties and thirties, a chance to make a cheap, quick film to show what they could achieve....

Upcoming Disney+ Shows To Keep On Your Radar (Welcome toOn Your Radar, a series where we take a look at what’s next for the biggest actors and filmmakers, and why you should be excited … or not.) Initially, the live-actionStar Warsseries,The Mandalorian,was the flagship show for Disney+, but this year has brought a new crop of Marvel shows to the streamer.WandaVision,The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, andLoki— not to mention Premier Access movie titles likeRaya and the Last Dragon,Cruella,Black Widow,andJungle Cruise— have all made a Disney+ subscription more of a must-have in 2021....

VOTD: Five Alternate Movie Endings That Could Have Been A movie isn’t finished until it’s playing on the big screen in front of you, and sometimes not even then if you’re someone like George Lucas. But leading up to that final cut, a lot of decisions are made, whether it’s in the writing process, during filming or sometime in post-production, that can drastically change a movie from how it was originally conceived....

VOTD: Preparing An IMAX Theater For ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Two hours and 45 minutes of 70 mm film meansThe Dark Knight Risesis, literally, a big movie.Christopher Nolan’s choice to shoot his new Batman film in full IMAX means that the IMAX film prints will weigh up to 600 pounds when fully assembled (and people wonder why theaters are switching to digital). In a new video posted from theLiberty Science Centerin New Jersey, which has the largest IMAX screen in North America, you can see the incredible lengths some theaters will have to go to in preparation to show the epic conclusion of Nolan’s series....

Warner Bros. Reportedly Planning Massive ‘Wonder Woman’ Oscar Campaign Wonder Womanhas made leaps and bounds at the box office and with the critics, but thePatty Jenkins-helmed superhero movie is looking to make the leap over yet another Hollywood establishment: the Academy Awards. Warner Bros. is reportedly planning to launch a “groundbreaking” Oscar campaign for the female-led superhero movie for both the Best Picture and Best Director categories. If the studio succeeds, it would makeWonder Womanthe first comic book movie ever nominated for Best Picture, and Jenkins the first woman to be nominated for Best Director since Kathryn Bigelow became the first female director to win forThe Hurt Lockerin 2010....

Western ‘Dead For A Dollar’ Will Team Director Walter Hill With Willem Dafoe And Christoph Waltz Walter Hill, the legendary filmmaker behind48 Hrs.,Streets of Fire,The Warriors, and so much more, is getting back behind the camera for the WesternDead for a Dollar. It’s Hill’s first feature since 2016’s questionableThe Assignment, and will have the director working withChristoph WaltzandWillem Dafoein a tale of a bounty hunter operating out of the New Mexico Territory in 1897....