Christmas 2019 will be coming a bit earlier for "Wonder Woman 2" fans. Warner Bros. has announced that the film will be released on November 1, 2019 -- six weeks earlier than had originally been slated. There was much excitement at this year's San Diego Comic-Con International when it was announced that the sequel to this year's blockbuster superhero movie would be coming out in mid-December 2019. 'Wonder Woman 2' […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD40Q9esDws Speaking with FOX 5 DC's Kevin McCarthy during the promotional tour for Justice League, Superman actor Henry Cavill was asked why Man of Steel follow up and Justice League precursor Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice proved to be so divisive with audiences. Cavill: I think it was — that movie is… it’s part of an arc for what [director Zack Snyder’s] vision was, or is, and it’s also, in my mind, fairly niche. It’s a niche […]
Stephen King’s work has been adapted so many times — sometimes by King himself — that it’s impossible to find a single unifying thread in all of the film adaptations. Sure, a lot of them are horror (certainly a lot of the worst are horror), but that’s largely because the boom period for King movies was the 1980s, when he was known solely as a horror writer. As his canvas (and reputation) […]
After stumbling out of “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” an insanely violent live-action cartoon starring Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds, I found myself asking the kind of question the critic is occasionally forced to ponder after too many years steeped in Hollywood movies. No, not, “Why didn’t I take off the month of August?”or “Why don’t fights like that ever break out at my local hardware store?” A question of a more technical nature: Is it […]
Hollywood has been trying to adapt Stephen King's eight-book saga for well over a decade, but the first film adaptation left the critics underwhelmed. The Dark Tower reviews are in and the critical consensus can charitably be summed up with one word: meh.Stephen King's eight-book magnum opus has long been earmarked for a film adaptation with development stretching back decades. It took a while, and there were reported problems during production, but […]
"The whole 'Game of Thrones'-on-steroids direction the studio went with from the get-go just didn't get anyone psyched to see this," says one anlayst. For a brief shining moment, anxious executives at Warner Bros. were hopeful that director Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword would open to at least $25 million in North America and overperform overseas, where historical action epics can often conquer audiences. It wasn't to […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP9lmvrFqWM We’re months out from the premiere of Marvel’s Inhumans in IMAX theaters, but the seeds of betrayal have already been planted. After EW revealed the first look at Black Bolt and the Royal Family in the ABC comic book series, the first teaser trailer has arrived — and it prickles with treachery. “Are we supposed to follow our king and remain as silent as he is?” asks the voice of Maximus, […]
'Mississippi Grind' filmmakers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck will helm the MCU stand-alone. Mississippi Grind directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck will direct Brie Larson in Captain Marvel, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Guardians of the Galaxy's Nicole Perlman and Inside Out's Meg LeFauve wrote the script for the Marvel Studios film, which will be produced by Kevin Feige. Boden and Fleck landed the job after an extensive search. Last […]
“The Boss Baby” is heading for a second straight victory over a trio of newcomers and Emma Watson’s “Beauty and the Beast,” with about $25 million at the domestic pre-Easter weekend box office, early estimates showed Friday. Disney’s fourth weekend of “Beauty and the Beast” will finish a close second in the $21 million to $23 million range to lift its North American haul to around $430 million — enough to become […]
