‘Songbird’, A Pandemic Thriller Produced By Michael Bay, Plans To Start Filming In Los Angeles In Five Weeks Can movies start shooting in places like Los Angeles in five weeks?Michael Bayseems to think so. Bay andAdam Goodmanare teaming to produceSongbird, a pandemic thriller that is said to “take an unusual approach to shooting a movie in Los Angeles during the lockdown.” It also starts to hope shooting in five weeks, which might make it the first post-coronavirus outbreak production in the city....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Character Name And Production Details Revealed When it comes to talking aboutStar Trek: Discovery, showrunnerBryan Fullerhas a unique habit of saying whole lot while revealing very little. Other producers, writers, and directors should take note: this is how you work people into an excited froth without spoiling your show. Today’s deluge ofDiscovery-related business is full of intriguing morsels, promising suggestions, and even a nugget or two of potential controversy for a certain corner ofTrekfandom....

‘Star Wars Uprising’ Trailer & Gameplay Footage: New Mobile Game Tells Canon Story Between ‘Jedi’ And ‘Force Awakens’ Update From Editor Peter Sciretta:Kabam RPG has released the firstStar Wars: UprisingGameplay Preview, showing actual gameplay footage from the game which will help tell the story betweenStar Wars: Return of the Jediand the new filmStar Wars: The Force Awakens. Hit the jump to check out the new footage and to also watch the previously released Star Wars Uprising trailer....

‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Takes A Breather With An Old Ally In “Cut And Run” The last time we saw them in the premiere episode ofStar Wars: The Bad Batch, Hunter and the Bad Batch (Dee Bradley Baker), sans Crosshair, had become guardians to the child clone Omega (Michelle Ang), an ingenue to the galaxy. In this second episode, titled “Cut and Run” (directed by Steward Lee and written by Gursiman Sandhu), the trouble with Crosshair on their trail takes a backseat in favor of an introspective glance at the shifting galactic order....

‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Unveils New Action Figures, Funko POPs & More Merchandise We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. After last weekend’s season finale ofThe Falcon and The Winter Soldier, a swath of new merchandise featuring the new Captain America has been revealed. Sam Wilson has picked up the shield, complete with a new set of vibranium wings from Wakanda and a brand new suit, and now he’s been given several new action figures, Funko POPs, and more merchandise....

‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ Trailer: Witness The End Of Mankind The final trailer forWar for the Planet of the Apeswill bring about “the end” — but for whom? We find Caesar (Andy Serkis) broken, physically and emotionally, by the toll of war, as the fate of apes and humanity hangs in the balance. But as the war escalates to its final act, led on the human side byWoody Harrelsonand what looks like a primate who has betrayed his kind, Caesar finds hope in a silent, lost child who he takes under his wing....

8 Moon Knight Comics You Should Read If You Like The Show We’ve heard it a million times when it comes to a new Marvel project: it seems like, no matter the title, it will be “unlike anything the Universe has ever seen.” Sometimes it’s true, like when James Gunn opened the door to the cosmic — and paved the way for someequally-weird projects— with the first “Guardians of the Galaxy” installment....

A James Cameron MasterClass Is Now Available, Just In Case You Want To Learn From The Best Good morning, class. I have a very special announcement.James Cameron, the filmmaker behind some of the biggest hits of all time, is your new teacher! So you better sit up straight and look like you’re interested in all thoseAvatarsequels. Cameron is the latest big-name director to teach an onlineMasterClass, following in the footsteps of directors such as Martin Scorsese, Werner Herzog, and David Lynch, and his class is available right now....

Ava DuVernay Will Direct ‘The New Gods’ For DC Films A Wrinkle in TimeandSelmadirectorAva DuVernaybriefly considered directing Marvel Studios’Black Panther, but Marvel’s loss is DC’s gain: DuVernay is heading to Warner Bros. and DC Films to direct an adaptation ofThe New Gods, based on the comic created byJack Kirby. Discover the details of the Ava DuVernayNew Godsmovie below. Deadlinereports that Ava DuVernay is “closing a deal” with Warner Bros. and DC to directThe New Gods, which will keep her in the realm of big-budget filmmaking after being the first black woman to direct a film that cost over $100 million withA Wrinkle in Time....

Breaking Down The Best Scene In Moon Knight Episode 2 This post containsmajor spoilersfor “Moon Knight” episode 2. It’s official. Two episodes into “Moon Knight” and the mystical, fractured, and downrightweirdappeal of Marvel’s newest (and darkest) superhero has manifested in one of the studio’s most fascinating characters yet.Last week’s premieremarked fresh, new territory for the expansive and (arguably) somewhat stale Marvel Cinematic Universe as creator Jeremy Slater and director Mohamed Diab fully ensconced viewers in the ground-level perspective of Steven Grant, ineffectual sad sack that he is....

Bret Easton Ellis Adaptation The Informers Loses Entire Vampire Sub-Plot With Brandon Routh? Compared to most authors, onetime New York it-boyBret Easton Ellis’s works have had a pretty good translation record at the cinema.American Psycho,The Rules of AttractionandLess Than Zerowere all pretty faithful, quality adaptations that kept Ellis’s sensational penchant for drugs, kinky sex and sociopathic detachment intact. A tall order these days. Next in line is this fall’sThe Informers. Not only did Ellis co-write the screenplay for his 1995 interlocked collection of twisted tales set in the ’80s, but the film easily has the coolest cast of any Ellis flick:Mickey Rourke,Kim Basinger,Winona Ryder,Billy Bob Thornton,Pineapple Express’Amber HeardandBrad Renfro’s last theatrical role....

Casting Bits: Abigail Breslin In ‘The Hive’, Adam Pally In ‘A.C.O.D.’, Marcia Gay Harden In ‘Get A Job’ Brad Anderson’sThe Hivehas cast its first non-Halle Berryrole.Abigail Breslinhas just signed on to theRich D’Ovidio-scripted thriller, which will enter production in Los Angeles this summer. Berry plays a 911 call operator who comes face-to-face with her own worst fears as she tries to save a teenage girl (Breslin) from a vicious killer....

Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ Will Be Released July 26, 2025 In IMAX Christopher Nolan’s new film,Interstellar, will be released in theaters and IMAX on June 03, 2025. Yes, Nolan’s new movie is coming next year in IMAX.As originally rumored, it’ll be joint distributed by two competing studios: Paramount and Warner Bros. Paramount will handle domestic distribution and Warner Bros. will handle international. Nolan will write and direct, based on a script by his brotherJonathan Nolan....