Posts

‘Chicken Little’ Director Making ‘Me And My Shadow’ For DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Animation dropped off a press release this morning announcing a new 3D animated film calledMe and My Shadow. There’s no voice cast yet, but the plot will follow “Shadow Stan, an extremely frustrated shadow who yearns for a dynamic life but happens to be stuck with Stanley Grubb, the world’s most boring human. Finally pushed to the brink, Shadow Stan breaks the singular rule of the Shadow World (“They lead, we follow”), and takes control of Stanley!...

‘Demolition Man’ 25th Anniversary Pop-Up Coming To Comic-Con 2018 In 1993, Warner Bros. releasedDemolition Man, a sci-fi action film that starredSylvester Stalloneas a present day cop who’s cryogenically frozen until being thawed out in the future to apprehend his greatest nemesis. It’s somehow terrible and wonderful at the same time. It’s been 25 years since the film came out, and to celebrate, Warner Bros. is planning aDemolition ManComic-Con pop-up at next month’s convention in San Diego....

‘District 9’ Sequel Is Finally In The Works, According To Director Neill Blomkamp Ever sinceDistrict 9hit theaters in 2009 and marked the arrival of a promising new director,Neill Blomkamphas entertained the idea of making a sequel, alluding over the years to ideas he had for the project regularly — but not officially — referred to asDistrict 10. But the timing was never right, and most rumblings about a possibleDistrict 10died down a few years ago....

‘Elvis’ Movie From Director Baz Luhrmann Delayed Until 2022 Baz Luhrmann’sElviswas one of the first movie productions to be affected by the COVID-19 when starTom Hanksannounced he and wifeRita Wilsonhad both tested positive for coronavirus. Now, a year later, things have come full-circle and Warner Bros. is officially delaying the movie to 2022. Originally,Elviswas supposed to open this upcoming November but will now arrive in the summer of 2022. The news comes to us fromVariety, who report that Luhrmann’sElvismovie is moving from its July 05, 2025 release date toJune 3, 2022....

‘Glass’ Could Shatter $60 Million During Opening Weekend, ‘LEGO Movie 2’ Tracking For $55 Million Opening The box office tracking numbers have arrived, andM. Night Shyamalan’s new superhero sequelGlasscould end up having the highest-grossing opening weekend of any of his films thus far. Meanwhile,The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Partis currently on track for an opening somewhere between $45-$55 million in its first weekend, a significant drop from $69 million the original movie pulled in during that stretch....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 3’ Will Set-Up The Next 10 Years Of Marvel Movies With the release ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2next week,James Gunnhas already confirmed thathe will return forGuardians of the Galaxy 3. After making that announcement, plenty of questions were thrown at the director about what we can expect from the next installment of the cosmic comic book franchise. So far we’ve learned that the third moviewill complete a trilogyfor this iteration of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and after that theteam line-up will evolveto include new team members who will have been introduced by the end of the trilogy....

‘Ip Man 4’ Trailer: They Got Donnie Yen To Come Back For One Final Round Donnie Yenhas been playing Ip Man for more than a decade. Now the saga of Yen’s Wing Chun grandmaster is coming to an end, just as Ip Man comes to America inIp Man 4.Ip Man 4follows the martial arts master as he arrives in San Francisco where his famous student, Bruce Lee, has shaken up the local martial arts community by opening a Wing Chun school....

‘Jaws’ Coming To 4K For The First Time Ever This June In 1975, a fledgling filmmaker namedSteven Spielbergreleased a little movie about a big shark. It went on to become the prototypical summer blockbuster, and turned Spielberg into a household name. That movie is, of course,Jaws, and it remains an all-time classic – the type of film that is somehow endlessly rewatchable from beginning to end. There have been many home media releases ofJawsover the years, but to mark the film’s 45th anniversary this June, Universal is going even bigger with the first-everJaws4K release....

‘Paddleton’ Trailer: Mark Duplass And Ray Romano Laugh In The Face Of Death In the mid-2000s,Mark Duplassmade a name for himself with a low-budget indie calledThe Puffy Chairand helped introduce the burgeoning “mumblecore” movement to cinephiles. Now, after a decade of near-constant movie appearances and starring on television shows likeTogethernessandThe League, Duplass is still embracing his low-budget roots by starring in a new movie calledPaddleton. The Netflix film stars Duplass andRay Romanoas neighbors who hang out and goof off together after one of them is diagnosed with a terminal illness....

‘Shame’ Red-Band Trailer: Sex And The Subway Shame, the new collaboration betweenHungerdirectorSteve McQueenand starMichael Fassbender, is about to open in limited release this weekend after months of built-up interest following the film’s festival debut. The picture quickly earned a certain notoriety for explicit sexual content, with an NC-17 ratinghanded downfrom the MPAA.But Fox Searchlight didn’t run from the rating. Instead, the studio embraced the tag and is usingShameas sort of a small rallying cry for the acceptance of truly mature entertainment....

‘Space Jam 2’ Gets An Official Title – ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ A sequel to the 1996 basketball movieSpace Jamhas been in the works for years, and superstarLeBron Jameshas been chosen to step into the lead (human) role and replace original star Michael Jordan. But the sequel won’t just be referred to as the genericSpace Jam 2: instead, it’ll be calledSpace Jam: A New Legacy, which is one of the most uninspired movie titles in recent memory....

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ LEGO Sets Tease Action With Molten Man, Hydro Man & More Even thoughSpider-Man: Far From Homedoesn’t hit theaters until early July, merchandise for the new webslinging adventure is already on the way. Not too long ago, some new Funko POPs confirmed the Elemental villains in the sequel as Molten Man and Hydro-Man, and now it’s LEGO’s turn to show off the new bad guys in building brick form....

‘Succession’ Trailer: Adam McKay’s HBO Series Lets Brian Cox Curse A Lot The Big ShortdirectorAdam McKaylooks to be transferring that former film’s general mood onto his new HBO seriesSuccession. The new vulgarity-lacedSuccessiontrailer boasts a finely-tuned cast going head-to-head against a backdrop of greed and power grabs. In other words, it looks like fun for the whole family. Adam McKay, the director behindAnchorman,The Other Guysand the Academy Award-winningThe Big Short, is taking his talents to HBO with the new seriesSuccession....