Julia Louis-Dreyfus Calls ‘Bulls—‘ Over Complaints That ‘Comics Can’t Be Funny Now’ Due to P.C. Culture: It’s Not an ‘Impossible Time to Be Funny’ ( variety.com )
Robert De Niro has award withdrawn after calling Donald Trump 'monster' outside trial ( news.sky.com )
Robert De Niro has been denied a prestigious award after making a speech calling Donald Trump a "clown" and a "dictator "outside the former president's trial....
VFX artist explains why CGI in films is worse now ( www.independent.co.uk )
A visual effects artist has revealed the reason why special effects in movies are so much “worse” now....
Pixar CCO Says Live-Action Remakes Bother Him: “I Like Making Movies That Are Original” ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
Highlander reboot, starring Henry Cavill in the lead role, the movie is set to start filming in early 2025. ( www.cbr.com )
Spaceballs 2 in the works with Josh Gad starring, Mel Brooks producing ( www.joblo.com )
Russell Crowe on Actors Complaining About Starring in Superhero Films: You’re ‘Here for the Wrong Reasons’ If You Expect It to Be ‘Life-Changing’ ( www.indiewire.com )
"You’re telling me you signed up for a Marvel movie, and some fucking universe for cartoon characters, and you didn’t get enough pathos?"
Donald Sutherland, Versatile Star of ‘M*A*S*H,’ ‘Ordinary People’ and ‘The Hunger Games,’ Dies at 88 ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
His celebrated career also included turns in 'The Dirty Dozen,' 'Klute,' 'Don't Look Now,' 'Animal House' and 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers.'...
Grab life by the ball again: Happy 20th anniversary to 'Dodgeball' ( thecomeback.com )
Movie Trailers Are Killing Movies ( www.gamespot.com )
A great movie trailer can single handedly turn a movie into a success story--like that genius Cloverfield trailer in 2007 that didn't say what the title of the movie was. But it's more common these days, I'd argue, for a trailer to have the opposite impact. A generic trailer can so thoroughly dampen hype for a film that...
Seven Samurai is coming back to theaters with a new 4K restoration ( www.theverge.com )
Jeannette Charles, Who Doubled for the Queen, Is Dead at 96 ( www.nytimes.com )
You saw her in The Naked Gun, European Vacation, and Goldmember...
Nicolas Cage's new horror movie [Longlegs] debuts with 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating ( www.digitalspy.com )
Nicolas Cage's new horror movie has landed a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes ahead of its US release....
Well, it's officially over. Tom Hardy says George Miller’s "MAD MAX: FURY ROAD" prequel "THE WASTELAND" is no longer happening. ( www.forbes.com )
As for the possibilities in Hardy’s future, he says of the rumored Mad Max: The Wasteland George Miller project, “I don’t think that’s happening.”
The next Knives Out, called Wake Up Dead Man, premieres in 2025 ( www.theverge.com )
This Classic John Carpenter Picture Is The Greatest B-Movie Ever Made [Big Trouble in Little China] ( www.dreadcentral.com )
I’m going to cut to the chase. John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China is perhaps the greatest B-movie of all time. And seeing as the celebrated cult classic observes a release date anniversary today, I am prepared to loudly and proudly sing its praises....
Warner Bros. has a Lord of the Rings fan film, The Hunt for Gollum, taken off of YouTube ( www.joblo.com )
Just Watched Cloud Atlas (first time) ( en.wikipedia.org )
I never got around to watching it when it came out, and I think I'd completely missed the critical reception and box-office failure it received. Which saddened me to read after the watch, I have to say, as I was really happy to have watched it....
Edge Of Tomorrow 2 Gets Exciting Update From Tom Cruise Movie Director After Years Of Stalls ( screenrant.com )
Following years of languishing in development hell, Doug Liman offers an encouraging update on Edge of Tomorrow 2. Liman previously teamed with Tom Cruise for the 2014 adaptation of the Japanese novel All You Need Is Kill, in which Cruise starred as a military public affairs officer who becomes stuck in a time loop in a future...
‘Lord of the Rings’ Composer Howard Shore to Receive Career Honor at Zurich Film Festival ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
‘Furiosa’ First Reactions Say It’s a Stunning Powerhouse (But No ‘Fury Road’) ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
In 1978, 20th Century Fox sued Universal claiming that 'Battlestar Galactica' infringed on 'Star Wars'. Universal countersued, alleging that 'Star Wars' stole from their 1972 film, 'Silent Running' ( www.plagiarismtoday.com )
Kristen Stewart, Oscar Isaac Teaming for Hedonistic ’80s Vampire Thriller ‘Flesh of the Gods’ From ‘Mandy’ Director Panos Cosmatos ( variety.com )
Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac are teaming up to star in the next wild-sounding project from Panos Cosmatos, best known for soaking Nicolas Cage in blood and vodka for his trippy action-horror “Mandy.”...
Redbox missed a multimillion-dollar payment it couldn’t afford to miss ( www.theverge.com )
The DVD rental kiosk company was supposed to pay $16.7 million in three installments. After missing the first payment, there’s a court order to pay the whole balance.
Are trailers revealing too much again nowadays? ( filmstories.co.uk )
Recent trailers have revealed plot points that would normally be considered spoilers. Should studios stop doing this?
