Rob Marshall’s Nine: The Problems With Shooting A Musical Like A (Bad) Music Video What are the pleasures of musicals? Musicals require from their performers the daunting task of simultaneously acting and singing, often while executing choreographed dance. That’s a significant part of the reason we go pay to see live performances: to witness incredibly talented people perform these remarkable feats in real time. Musicals thrive on the tension between consummate professionalism and unpredictability....

See How ‘The Lion King’ Remake’s “Hakuna Matata” Scene Compares To The Original The early buzz from the world premiere ofThe Lion Kingmay be strong, but after a recent clip was released from the remake of Disney’s animated classic, some people aren’t so jazzed. DuringDonald Glover’s appearance onJimmy Kimmel Liveearlier this week, a quick clip of him singing as adult Simba along with his pals Timon (Billy Eichner) and Pumbaa (Seth Rogen) was shown....

Sequel Bits: ‘Kick-Ass 2’, ‘The Hobbit’, ‘Thor: The Dark World’, ‘Sherlock Gnomes’ Get a nice long look at some behind-the-scenes goings-on in today’s Sequel Bits. After the jump: Sherlock Gnomes, the unfortunately titled sequel to 2011’sGnomeo and Juliet, has just picked up a director from another well-loved animated franchise.John Stevenson, who directed DreamWorks’Kung Fu Panda, has just signed on to helm the 3D picture. The new movie will see characters from the first film hiring a world-famous gnome-detective to uncover the truth behind a recent rash of gnome disappearances from gardens throughout suburban England....

Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Announced Disney has announced they will be renewing the acclaimed Disney XD animated seriesStar Wars Rebelsfor a third season. As someone who never quite got intoThe Clone Wars, Rebels has been a fun trip back to our favorite galaxy far far away. And what started out as a story about a small ragtag group has grown into something bigger in the second season. And I’m glad to see the story will go a bit further, but don’t expect this series to go on much longer....

Station Eleven Review: A Colorful, Humane, And Shakespearean Post-Pandemic Miniseries HBO Max’s new 10-episode limited series,“Station Eleven,“based on the bestselling novel by Emily St. John Mandel, might face an uphill battle engaging some viewers, if only because of its pandemic plot. If you’re looking for a slice of escapist entertainment that won’t remind you of anything other than the comic books you read growing up, that’s what the latest Marvel jams in multiplexes and on Disney+ are for....

Steven Spielberg Talks About The Tech And The Look Of Tintin What willSteven Spilerberg’sTintinlook like? The motion-capture work for his adaptation of Hergé’s classic comic character was shot last year, with Peter Jackson and WETA now working on post-production. We have yet to see a single design that shows off what the character will look like when the film appears in theaters next year. But we can get a few ideas of what we’re likely to see based on comments Spielberg has now made about the tech used to make the film....

Superhero Bits: How Popeye’s Made It Into ‘Supergirl’, ‘The Avengers’ Video Game Updates Coming Soon & More Will anymore DC Universe shows coming to HBO Max likeDoom Patrol? How did aPopeye’s chicken restaurant make it into theSupergirlmovie? When will Marvel’sThe Avengersvideo game be debuting some new gameplay footage? How wouldJames Gunnfeel aboutDavid Ayerreleasing his version ofSuicide Squad? How long has theSpider-Manspin-offJackpotbeen in the works? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Rumored Spider-Man: No Way Home Runtime, Poison Ivy Is Coming To Batwoman & More (Superhero Bitsis a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: The Death of Doctor Strange In September, Marvel Comics will begin a five-issue miniseries that explores what happens when Doctor Strange unexpectedly dies....

Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree Of Life’ Scores PG-13 Rating Here’s some good news: the MPAA has evidently ratedThe Tree of Life, the long-gestating movie fromTerrence Malick, and awarded it a PG-13. The good news isn’t so much the rating (I don’t really care what the film is rated) but that it is finished to the point where it could be submitted to the board for consideration. We’ve been wondering about the fate of the movie, andRope of Siliconnoticed not only that the MPAA had rated the film, but that distributor Apparition is not listed....

The 10 Best Animated Flying Sequences (Welcome toLet’s Get Animated!, a column that spotlights the best of film animation. In this edition: the best animated flying sequences.) The best kinds of animated films sweep you away — whether in their dazzling technical craft, their boundless imagination, or their awe-inspiring execution. And the best kinds of animated flying sequences achieve all three. In honor of the release ofHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,the third and final film in a franchise that has given us some of the most breakthtaking flying sequences rendered to celluloid, I have compiled the best flying sequences from animated films....

The 15 Best Netflix Original Series Of 2021 Ranked Over the past few years,Netflixhas become many viewers' primary destination for television content. Just as the service has dominated other streaming platforms, this year sawNetflix rule the Emmysfor the first time since its inception, a show of force that proves that the streamer has quality, not just quantity, when it comes to its original series. However, as more content hits the Netflix library than ever before, it can be difficult to sort through the options....

The Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures Delays Its Opening Again, This Time To September 2021 The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has been in the works for many years, but tourists and cinephiles are going to have to wait a few more months for it to finally open in Los Angeles. Today, the Academy announced that the museum, which was most recently slated to open in April 2021, will now open its doors inSeptember 2021due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic....

The Morning Watch: ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Trailer Sweded, ‘Terminator’ Animated Movie Pitch & More (The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, check out a pitch video for an animatedTerminatormovie set further in the future of the post-apocalyptic world from the blockbuster franchise than we’ve seen in any of the sequels....