Transformers: Two And A Half Hours Long, 20 Set Pieces Our friends over atColliderspoke to Shia LaBeouf at theDisturbiapress junket and were able to pry a few interestingTransformers tidbits out of him. According to Shia, the movie is going to run two and a half hours: “It’s going to be long. He’s going to give you a lot. You’ve got 20 set pieces. You like at Spider-Man and it had five big action sequences – five set pieces....
‘Aquaman’ Director James Wan Says His Underwater Scenes Will Look Different Than ‘Justice League’ Your mileage may vary on whether you enjoyedJason Momoa’s cinematic interpretation of Aquaman in Warner Bros.‘Justice League, but even if you dug his portrayal, it’s not controversial to say that his limited time underwater in that film was a bit underwhelming. But don’t let that scare you off from the character’s upcoming solo movie: directorJames Wanhas revealed that hisAquamanunderwater scenes are going to be different than the air bubble approach we saw in Zack Snyder’s movie....
‘Big Little Lies’ Trailer: Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, And Shailene Woodley Head To HBO After spending so much of the past couple months digging into the intricate mysteries ofWestworld, it might be a nice change of pace to dig into a more straightforward HBO drama. Though this one’s hiding away some shocking secrets as well. The premium cable channel has debuted the latest trailer forBig Little Lies,David E. Kelley’s adaptation of the bestselling novel byLiane Moriarty....
‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ Sequel To Shoot In May A dozen years after the release ofCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Weinstein Co. is getting ready to make a sequel. Though it’s been a while since we heard about any potential follow-up toAng Lee’s international hit, it looks like the Weinsteins have quietly been making preparations behind the scenes. Production is on track to begin in May, with a script byJohn Fusco(The Forbidden Kingdom)....
‘Fighting With My Family’ Featurette Focuses On The True Story The marketing forFighting With My Familyisn’t shy pushing the Based On A True Story angle, because that’s the type of feel-good entertainment that gets butts in seats. TheStephen Merchantcomedy about wrestlerPaigeand her rise to fame. A newFighting With My Familyfeaturette peels back the gauzy biopic curtain to focus on therealtrue story that inspired the film. Check it out below. Fighting With My Family Featurette Earlier today, we ran a story that delved into thetruth behindFighting With My Family....
‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Trailer: Marvel’s Universe-Saving A-Holes Are Back A few years ago,Guardians of the Galaxyfelt like a big left turn and a risk for Marvel Studios. In retrospect, its critical accolades and massive box office felt predestined – this is what happens when a filmmaker as offbeat and clever as directorJames Gunnis allowed to play in the superhero movie sandbox. The first full trailer for the sequel, the appropriately titledGuardians of the Galaxy Vol....
‘Hardcore Henry’ Behind-The-Scenes Footage Is As Wild As You’d Expect When I interviewedHardcore HenrydirectorIlya Naishullerat SXSW last month, we spent a fair amount of time talking about howshooting this film was a total pain in the ass. But that’s what you get when you set out to make a first-person perspective action movie – you get a lot of hard days and long nights and migraine headaches.And while I have mixed feelings onHardcore Henry, the film is impressively assembled and utterly unlike anything you’ve seen before and the process of how it was shot is genuinely fascinating....
‘Mallrats 2’ Is Now Becoming A TV Series It’s been over a year since we heard thatKevin Smithwas looking to return to the world ofMallratswith a sequel to his 1995 comedy, which starredJason LeeandJeremy Londonas a couple of meandering twentysomethings trying to figure out their place in the world. The film bombed at the box office over 20 years ago, but it’s a favorite among Kevin Smith’s fans, and it fits right in with the rest of the movies in his View Askew-niverse....
‘Ready Player One’ Promo Invites You To Join The Leaderboard And Win A Prize Real VR has nothing on the Oasis onReady Player One. But alas, the completely immersive technology inSteven Spielberg’s upcoming science-fiction movie is decades away from existence. But you can get a little taste of what it would be like to enter the virtual world of the Oasis with a newReady Player Onecontest: the Join the Leaderboard sweepstakes....
‘Seventh Son’ Will Be Released By Universal, Not Warner Bros. The publicdivorce betweenLegendary PicturesandWarner Bros.continues. The two companies are currently figuring out what to do with projects they’re both involved in, and the latest victim isSeventh Son, theJeff Bridgesfantasy film directed bySergey Bodrov. Co-produced by Legendary and Warner Bros., the film will now be released byUniversalas part of the new deal with Legendary. Seventh Son, which hasbeen at Comic-Conthepast two years, currently has aJanuary 17, 2014 release date....
‘Sing 2’ Cast Now Includes Halsey, Bono, Pharrell, And More Illumination Entertainment’sSing 2, the sequel to the company’s 2016 animated hit musical, has added a trio of one-named singers to its roster. Halsey,Pharrell, andBonohave joined theSing 2cast, as haveBobby Cannavale(Master of None,Ant-Man),Letitia Wright(Black Panther,Mangrove),Eric Andre(The Eric Andre Show,Man Seeking Woman), andChelsea Peretti(Brooklyn Nine-Nine,Game Night). Bono will play a rock star lion named Clay Calloway who has lost his roar. (Hat tip toFandomWire, who reported Bono’s involvement months ago....
‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Finally Initiates Order 66 In The Heartbreaking “Shattered” In the penultimate episode ofStar Wars: The Clone Wars, former Jedi Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein) doesn’t know she and the Jedi Order are in Darth Sidious' trap. Palpatine is tightening his grip and we know from the films that he will succeed.Last episode, the timeline ofRevenge of the Sith wasinfused into the dread of the entire story, leaving Ahsoka to mull over the prospective truth of Anakin Skywalker’s fall into Sidious' clutches....
‘The Fighter,’ ‘Black Swan,’ ‘True Grit’ And ‘The Kids Are All Right’ Scores Disqualified From Oscars The score of a film is its beating heart. Music subtly, or sometimes not so subtly, juxtaposed with visuals can do almost anything from create tension, elicit themes, set tone, link scenes or raise goosebumps. Without music, most films are a cold, dead fish. That’s why the Oscar for Best Original Score is such a big award....
