First Look: ‘Ernest And Celestine,’ The New Film From The Directors Of ‘A Town Called Panic’ [Updated With Video] Just today I was recommending the incomparably wonderful animated filmA Town Called Panicto a friend, which it occurred to me to wonder: what progress has been made on the project the makers of that film (Stéphane AubierandVincent Patar) are cooking up now? They’re making a new film,Ernest and Celestine(co-directed byBenjamin Renner), and as it turns out there is actually a current article about it in Variety, based on the fact that yesterday saw the debut of footage at theAnnecy festivalin France....

How Unprecedented New Technology Made It Harder To Produce ‘Finding Dory’ Each new Pixar film employs newer and better technology, butFinding Doryintroduces an unprecedented amount of new software to their production pipeline. The company’s chief technology officerSteve May, who worked onFinding Nemoas the supervisor of the shark sequence, says that the process of how they make films has changed a lot since then, but “mainly computers are way faster and algorithms are way better....

J.J. Abrams Opens Up About ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Problems DirectorJ.J. Abramssuccessfully relaunched the Trek franchise with 2009’sStar Trek, and he left audiences excited to go onmore adventureswith this new crew. But the sequel,Star Trek Into Darknessdidn’t ignite the same level of affection that its 2009 predecessor did. It disappointed some fans and audiences, earning even less money, domestically, than the first film. There were many reasons why the sequel didn’t live up to some fans' expectations....

Javier Bardem And Ralph Fiennes Confirmed For ‘Bond 23,’ Naomie Harris Added We haven’t had a lot of real news about theSam Mendes-directedBond 23since therelease dates were confirmed, but here’s a nice batch of confirmations and one new bit of info.Javier BardemandRalph Fiennes, the former heavily tipped for a role (going so far as torevealthat he would be the villain if cast) and the latterrumored for some time, both seem to be confirmed for the film....

Lin-Manuel Miranda Responds To ‘In The Heights’ Colorism Criticism: “I’m Truly Sorry” Lin-Manuel Miranda, who created and starred in the stage musical ofIn the Heights, has responded to the criticisms of colorism in the feature film directed byJon M. Chu. The criticism had been brewing over the past week on Twitter, after an interview with the cast and crew pointed out the lack of Afro-Latino actors in the film, despite being set in the famously diverse New York neighborhood of Washington Heights....

Louis C.K. Accused Of Sexual Misconduct; ‘I Love You, Daddy’ Release Officially Canceled [Updated] Update 3:Louis C.K. has issued a statement where he says “These stories are true” and “I have spent my long and lucky career talking and saying anything I want. I will now step back and take a long time to listen.“you’re able to read the full statement here.Update 2:Netflixhas canceled Louis C.K.’s second stand-up special. His first special for the streaming service arrived earlier this year....

Marvel’s ‘WandaVision’ Is Still On Track For A 2020 Release On Disney+ We can all acknowledge that the COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping and affecting aspects of our lives that are far more significant than anything the Marvel Cinematic Universe could achieve. But with that caveat in place, let’s talk about the MCU for a minute. The movie release dates have been delayed, and on Friday, word came out that the Disney+ seriesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierwould not be arriving in Augustlike originally planned....

Michael Stuhlbarg Outlines ‘Steve Jobs’ Unusual Rehearsal And Shooting Process We’ve already knownDanny BoyleandAaron Sorkin’sSteve Jobswould break the typical biopic mold. The film reportedly consists of just three major scenes, each set at a product launch, with a small handful of flashbacks to help fill out the rest of the story. Now actor Michael Stuhlbarg reveals the project’s atypical structure extended to the process of making the movie as well. Read on for Stuhlbarg’s comments on theSteve Jobsrehearsal and shooting experience....

Movie Maniacs Action Figures From McFarlane Toys Are Coming Back Today’s toy collectors are spoiled with tons of different options when it comes to finding your favorite characters from film in the form of a detailed and accurate action figure. But there was a time whenMcFarlane Toyswas one of the few companies making these toys for adult collectors. And now they’re bringing back one of their most beloved toy lines for fans to enjoy once again:Movie Maniacs....

Netflix ‘The Legend Of Zelda’ Live-Action Series Was Canceled Because Of Leaks Back in 2015, word started going around that Netflix wasplanningaLegend of Zeldalive-action series. However, as soon as we learned of the series, it was reported that Nintendo had pulled the plug. So what happened? As it turns out, Nintendo got antsy about word of the show leaking out and decided they didn’t want to move forward after all – which seems like a strange reason, all things considered....

Netflix Genre Shows To Look Out For In 2022 Holy crud, 2021 is almost over! That seems hard to believe, because it genuinely feels like 2021 just started. At the same exact time, it feels like 2021 has been going on forever. It’s a paradox, I guess. But time marches forward, and we must all accept that 2022 is right around the corner. And hey, just because the last few years have been consistently lousy doesn’t mean 2022 will follow suit!...

New ‘Star Wars Land’ Concept Art Revealed During ‘Disneyland 60’ Special It’s been about six months sinceStar Wars Land at Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts wasfirst announced at D23, and in that time we’ve come up withtons of questionsand not very many answers. That didn’t exactly change with tonight’s big Star Wars Land preview on ABC’sThe Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60special — we still don’t know when exactly it’ll open, and we don’t know that much about what rides, stores, etc....

New York Film Critics Circle Awards Top Honors To ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ And ‘Lincoln’ There’s a lot to be said for timing when it comes to film awards, and in that respect things couldn’t have worked out better forKathryn Bigelow’sZero Dark Thirty. While most audiences won’t even have a chance to see the film until early next year, the first screenings of the movie have drawn rave reviews. And now it has picked up what will likely be the first of many awards....