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Horror Noire Trailer: Shudder Presents A Horror Anthology From Black Filmmakers The Shudder streaming service has released a trailer for the upcoming anthology horror flick,“Horror Noire.“This serves as a follow-up to the much-acclaimed 2019 documentary of the same name, which examined the history of Black horror and its influence on not just the genre itself, but on how it rippled across culture. Now, the concept is being transformed into narrative storytelling with this upcoming movie....

House Of The Dragon Trailer Breakdown: Who Are These New Characters? This morning, HBO released thefirst official look at “House of the Dragon.“The arrival of another HBO fantasy series set in the same world as “Game of Thrones” can only mean one thing: a whole slew of new characters with complicated backstories that viewers may have trouble keeping track of in the early going. On the bright side, it was only a matter of time before initial “Game of Thrones” viewers first went from feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of characters and their respective Houses being thrown at them, to turning characters like “Tyrion Lannister” or “Daenerys Targaryen” into household names....

How ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Is Like ‘Nashville’ And ‘Game Of Thrones’ When looking at a mega-budget blockbuster likeAvengers: Infinity War, it’s not much of a stretch to put it in the same relative ballpark as HBO’s super expensive fantasy seriesGame of Thrones. But while that comparison seems somewhat appropriate in terms of scale, I wouldn’t necessarily thinkInfinity Warhas anything in common with director Robert Altman’s 1975 dramaNashville. But I would be wrong about that....

How Teenage Boredom Inspired Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy Ask a wildly talented filmmaker with oddball sensibilities about the inspirations and influences that went into their most personal films, and you’ll likely get some unexpected answers in return. Like all art, making movies that truly stand out sometimes requires the absolute best at their craft to put a few pieces of themselves into the stories they create. Whether such introspection actually registers in the minds of every casual viewer, or merely those who are already most invested in the fairly complicated details of the filmmaking process, the results can be equally as affecting among anyone who shares even just the smallest overlap between their life experiences and the director’s own....

I Am Not Gone: Finding Hope At The Movies In 2018 (This article discusses key plot points fromMandy,First Reformed,You Were Never Really Here,Apostle,Burning, andThe Haunting of Hill House.) One of the more indelible images contained in 2018’s cinema arrives at about the halfway point of Panos Cosmatos’Mandy. Following an unspeakable misfortune, Red Miller (Nicolas Cage) stares down at all that remains of the titular woman he loves (Andrea Riseborough): a charred skull sitting atop a pile of fresh ashes....

Interview With Slumdog Millionaire Director Danny Boyle I had the opportunity to sit down one on one with directorDanny Boyleat the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. We talked about his new film, Slumdog Millionaire, which hit theaters this week in some markets. I even got a chance to ask him about a third film in the 28 Days Later series. Peter Sciretta: I had talked to you before this film became such a film festival success....

Interview: Garrett Hedlund Talks ‘Tron Legacy’ On November 19th, I had the opportunity to participate in a day of roundtable interviews with the cast and crew ofTron Legacy. I also conducted a couple of one-on-one discussions with the filmmakers and screenwriters (but that will come later). The plan is to post one of the interviews every day up until release. Yesterday we postedan interview withOlivia Wilde. Today we have the interview withGarrett Hedlund, who plays Kevin Flynn’s son Sam Flynn in the film....

James Cameron Wasn’t Paid A Cent To Endorse ‘Terminator Genisys’ Earlier this month, Paramount Pictures released a video which featuredTerminatorcreatorJames Cameronpraising the hell out ofTerminator Genisys, saying that in his mind it is “the third film” in the series. Some cynical fans believe that the Cameron video isn’t authentic, believing he either makes money off the new film or was paid for his endorsement. Was the James Cameron Terminator Genisys endorsement paid for?...

Listen To A Preview Of Jónsi’s Score For Cameron Crowe’s ‘We Bought A Zoo’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ten years afterCameron Croweincluded several songs by Icelandic band Sigur Rós inVanilla Sky, the director turned to band frontmanJónsito write the entire score for his new project,We Bought a Zoo. Though we won’t know until December 23 exactly how the movie turned out (well, unless you caught one of those sneak screeningslike that lucky bastard Germain did), the full soundtrack from the film is available for streaming right now....

Live-Action ‘Invincible’ Movie Still Happening, Will Be Seperate From The Upcoming Animated Series There’s an animatedInvincibleseries headed to Amazon Prime Video in March – but what of the live-actionInvinciblemovie? The film wasannouncedback in 2017, withSeth RogenandEvan Goldbergattached as writers. One might think that since the animated series is about to drop, the movie might be a thing of the past, but according to creatorRobert Kirkman, it’s still very much in development – and it will be separate from the animated show....

Martin Scorsese And Leonardo DiCaprio Will Make ‘Devil In The White City’ There was a lot of talk about whether or notMartin ScorseseandLeonardo DiCapriointended audience sympathies to lie with the lead character in their last collaboration,The Wolf of Wall Street. For their next film together, there won’t be any such uncertainty about how they view DiCaprio’s character. The bookDevil in the White City, which among other things follows a faux doctor and real serial killer who haunted Chicago during the days of the 1893 World’s Fair, has been in development with various major film studios for over a decade....

Mel Gibson To Star In The Beaver? RememberThe Beaver? First-time writerKyle Killen’s spec screenplay created all sorts of buzz around Hollywood, ended up onthe 2008 Black List(a list of the hottest unproduced screenplays of the year), andgained the interestofSteve Carelland directorJay Roach. /Film’s own Brendon Connelly called the screenplay “one of the few very best screenplays” he has “everread.” But after Stevemovedon toDate Nightand Roach moved on toDinner for Schmucks, theproducers moved on toJim Carrey, who signed on the condition that they find a suitable director....

New Bond Movie ‘Spectre’ To Bring Back Quantum Agent Mr. White 2012’sSkyfallmade it easy to forgetQuantum of Solaceever existed. Not only did it blow the previous installment out of the water, it made nary a reference to the plotline from the last film. That was just fine with some James Bond fans, who regardedQuantum of Solaceas a low point in the franchise. ButSpectre, it seems, may be bringing those memories back....