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How The ‘Joker’ Soundtrack Complements The Film’s Vicious Vision In less than a week,Jokerhas amassed a fortune despite a decidedly mixed critical reception. The film took the top prize at Venice, but a large number of critics (primarily American) have excoriated the film as being inappropriate if not downright dangerous, with many other commentators spilling buckets of ink on the topic before they even screened the film.Given the film’s obvious debts to the works of Scorsese (TheKing of Comedyabove all, with a dash of everything fromGoodfellastoBringing Out The Deadthrown in for good measure), it’s no surprise that the film is littered with needle drops that include show tunes, cabaret numbers, stadium hits, and excerpts from film scores....

How The ‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Series Expands The Movie’s World [TCA 2019] At a Television Critics Association presentation, FX held a panel for the network’s TV adaptation ofWhat We Do in the Shadows, and creatorsJemaine ClementandTaika Waititi, showrunnerPaul Simms, and the cast of all new vampire characters were there. In a clip, they introduced the show’s newest form of vampire: an energy vampire. Colin Robinson (Mark Proksh) sucks people’s energy through boring conversation or annoying distractions, and the show treats this as a facet of vampire mythology (we got a glimpse of thisin the brand new trailer as well)....

Interview: Never Let Me Go Director Mark Romanek [Part 1] After the Telluride Film Festival premiere of his latest film, I had the opportunity to sit down and interview directorMark Romanekfor a long-form interview. It was a collaboration between Alex fromFirstShowingand myself, which explains how we were able to get so much time with the filmmaker. Mark Romanek is one of the best music video directors to come out of the 1990’s....

Irma Vep First Look: Alicia Vikander Is A Star In The HBO Limited Series French filmmaker Olivier Assayas has spent has spent decades crafting unforgettable stories and establishing himself as a major international talent well worth following. His collaborations with actor Kristen Stewart on “Clouds of Sils Maria” and especially 2016’s “Personal Shopper” did a lot to pave the way for the actor’s Best Actress nomination in last year’s “Spencer” (but we still maintain that she should’ve won that award handily!...

Jessica Biel Cast In The Incredible Hulk? Rumor has it that Jessica Biel (Blade: Trinity) has signed on to play Betty Ross in the new re-imagining of The Incredible HulkstarringEdward Norton. We are unable to confirm this news bit which has begun tospread across the internet. The Spider-Man 3 junket happened this weekend in Los Angeles, and one can only assume that this rumor has an origin there, as producer Avi Arad was on location....

Jodie: Daria Spin-Off Transitions From Series To Feature Film, Sets Main Cast La la la la la … the “Daria"spin-off series, “Jodie,” is going to be a movie instead. The animated spin-off to the cult MTV series “Daria” has been in the works for some time, but now MTV Entertainment Studios has announced that it will be a feature film instead of a series, and they’ve also announced the main cast and synopsis....

Lady Gaga Checks Into ‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ It was a shockingly toned-down Gaga who took the stage at this weekend’s Academy Awards, but fear not, little monsters. The pop singer hasn’t lost touch with her weird side.Lady Gagais set to star in the new season of FX’sAmerican Horror Story, subtitledHotel. Watch the Lady GagaAmerican Horror Storyannouncement after the jump. Lady Gaga revealed the big news on Twitter, via a brief teaser video with the familiarAmerican Horror Storytheme....

Legally Blonde 3: Release Date, Cast, And More (Welcome to…And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you’re able to watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Omigod, omigod you guys! The long awaited return of Harvard Law graduate, Delta Nu sorority sister, animal rights activist, and proud Gemini, Elle Woods, finally has a release date. “Legally Blonde 3” was originally set to premiere in February, but when production schedule delays coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was delayed even further....

Len Wiseman Will Not Reboot ‘The Mummy’ Since last year, Universal’s been working hard to get a reboot ofThe Mummyoff the ground. The studio firsthiredJon Spaihts(Prometheus) to write a screenplay,broughtLen Wisemanon board to direct, and thencommissioneda second screenplay byBilly Ray(The Hunger Games) this past winter in case Spaihts' version wasn’t up to snuff. But progress has been pretty quiet since then, and now it’s hit a big speed bump. Wiseman has just departed the project, leaving producersAlex Kurtzman,Roberto Orci, andSean Danielscrambling to find a replacement....

Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power First Look: Back To Middle-Earth The world is changed. Can you feel it in the water, in the earth, and in the air? Those are (more or less) the opening words spoken in voiceover at the beginning of “The Fellowship of the Ring,” but today that monologue delivered by Cate Blanchett’s Elven queen Galadriel is taking on a whole new meaning. Two decades after director Peter Jackson changed fantasy blockbusters forever with his adaptation of J....

Marvel Developing Short Films? Could The Live Action Short Film Return To Movie Theaters? In April, I recordeda video blogwith Steve from Collider in which we discussed the future of Marvel feature films. In the video, Steve pitched the concept of a live-action television series calledMarvel Heroeswhere the comic turned movie studio could introduce third tier comic book superheros to mainstream audiences. The idea being that the characters that connected with audiences could be developed for the big screen....

Michael Fassbender In Talks To Star In ‘The Snowman’ Tomas Alfredson(Let the Right One In,Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) will directThe Snowman, from the novel byJo Nesbo. The film, once set as a possible Martin Scorsese film, has been in development for a few years, but now it may have a bit of new momentum. That’s becauseMichael Fassbenderis now in talks to play the lead role, a detective who follows the disappearance of one woman to discover Norway’s first serial killer....

Most Of ‘Aquaman’ Will Be Presented In Full Screen IMAX AquamandirectorJames Wanconfirmed that almost 90% of the comic book movie is in full IMAX aspect ratio. The visually eye-popping technology has been used more frequently in blockbusters sinceChristopher Nolanhelped spearhead the use of IMAX technology in big action sequences in 2008’sThe Dark Knight. Usually IMAX is used for a few key action sequences, but it seems that theAquamanIMAX scenes will take up the majority of the movie....