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How The Coronavirus Pandemic Influenced The Plot Of ‘Monsters At Work’ Monsters at Workis set to premiere onDisney+soon and fans will be happy to know that the series serves as a direct follow-up toMonsters, Inc., the beloved 2001Pixarfilm, which has maintained a presence at Disney Parks around the world with attractions likeMonsters, Inc.Laugh Floor andMonsters Inc.Ride & Go Seek. The movie already gave rise to a prequel,Monsters University, but after two full decades, the burgeoning franchise has finally returned in true sequel form....

Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull Movie Trailer Paramount/Dreamworks have just released the official teaser movie trailer forIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/indy4trailer.flv 470 200] My first impression is that it feels likeTemple of Doomand not a next generation action movie (ala Michael Bay). Even with the super unrealistic jump from the car crash explosion in the Lost Ark warehouse (almost Live Free or Die-ish), the film still maintains this classic feeling....

James Gunn May Break His Own MCU Canon In ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 3’ Even thoughGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2just hit theaters over a month ago,James Gunnis already hard at work onGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Just recently, the director’s brother Sean Gunn said that developmentisn’t moving as quicklyas it otherwise would since part of what happens in the sequel depends on what the Guardians deal with inAvengers: Infinity WarandAvengers 4....

Listen: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000 And Samantha From ‘Her’ Argue Like A Married Couple The more advanced our technology gets, the more stories we’ve gotten about artificial intelligence. However, sci-fi narratives about artificial intelligence have started to grow more complex and interesting as the real-life technology advances and influences our ideas. WhileWestworldis telling a much bigger, longer story involving some of the most advanced androids we’ve ever seen becoming self-aware of their abilities and questioning their purpose and existence, movies likeEx MachinaandHerhave give us very different portraits of artificially intelligent creations....

M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Servant’ Gives A Chilling Spin On Parental Grief This Thanksgiving [New York Comic-Con 2019] A fine mist had settled on the damp streets of New York City on the first night of 2019’s New York Comic-Con. It’s the kind of gloomy, rainy night that evokes the eerie mood of many aM. Night Shyamalanmovie. It’s a fitting night to tease theGlassdirector’s newest project and his latest foray into television: Apple TV+‘sServant....

Michael B. Jordan Will Star In ‘Journal For Jordan’ For Director Denzel Washington Denzel Washingtonhas found his next directorial project, and he’s bringing in a heavy-hitter to star.Michael B. Jordanwill play the lead in the Washington-directedJournal for Jordan,based on the memoir byDana Canedy. Canedy’s book told the story of the love affair between herself and First Sergeant Charles Monroe King. King began writing a journal for his son Jordan while deployed, but was killed during the war in Iraq....

My Father’s Dragon First Look: Netflix To Release The Magical New Animated Film From Wolfwalkers Studio Cartoon Saloon Cartoon Saloon is one of the most exciting animation studios working today, one with an incredible track record of having every single one of their films getan Oscar nomination. It’s easy to see why, too. Their films are allvisually distinct but freshand innovative, playing with the 2D and 3D formatsin ways few other studios do....

Neill Blomkamp Cancels His Crowdfunded Movie ‘Firebase’ [Updated] Update:That was fast. After planning to crowdfund his new movieFirebase, director Neill Blomkamp has decided to nix the whole idea. Blomkamp took to Twitter to announce that the idea was dead after not raising enough funds. I’m assuming Blomkamp will try something again, soon. The original story follows below. After a stint making movies the traditional way,ChappiedirectorNeill Blomkampwants to turn to crowdfunding to make his next film,Firebase....

Netflix’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events Teaser Trailer: The Devil’s In The Details [UPDATED] UPDATE:Alas, theA Series of Unfortunate Eventsteaser trailer has beenrevealed as a fake. Original story follows. Last year, we got thevery fortunate newsthat Netflix was fast-tracking a series based onLemony Snicket’sA Series of Unfortunate Events. For fans, that meant a second chance to see the beloved books brought to life, following the little-loved 2004 movie starring Jim Carrey....

One Of The Scariest Scenes In The Original Stepford Wives Reminds Us That Our Bodies Aren’t Our Own (Welcome toScariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror with your tour guides, horror experts Matt Donato and Ariel Fisher. In this edition, Ariel gets horrified in Stepford, Connecticut, while Matthides behind a white picket fence.) I’ve never seen “The Stepford Wives” before this. I’ve been meaning to watch it, and what better time than now, while my mom who grew up in the ’60s and ’70s is visiting....

Original 1933 ‘King Kong’ Returning To Theaters For The First Time In Nearly 65 Years TheKing Kongthat most audiences are familiar with today is probably Peter Jackson’s remake from 2005. But the originalKing Kongfrom 1933 is a much bigger milestone in cinematic history, bringing a larger than life story to the big screen with old school movie tricks and special effects. If you’ve never had the pleasure of seeing the classic film directed and produced byMerian C....

Paramount+ Will Release One Original Movie Every Week Starting In 2022 We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Paramount+ seems like one of the younger streaming services on the scene, even though it’s just a rebranded versions of CBS All Access with a beefier library of movies and TV shows. However, only now is the Viacom-owned streamer trying to run with the big dogs in their production of original content....

Peacemaker Clip: John Cena’s Pet Sidekick Has A Totally Cool, Not-At-All-Stupid Name Thanks to the HBO Max Europe launch event, today saw a teaser for the “Game of Thrones” spin-off"House of the Dragon,“a clip from"Succession” season 3, and this little doozy from the warped mind of writer/director James Gunn. It’s an extended clip from the forthcoming “Peacemaker” series that plays up the title character Christopher Smith (John Cena) and his pathological devotion to his own brand of justice....