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VOTD: The Sound Of ‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Now entering its third week of release, several things have contributed to makingRise of the Planet of the Apesone of the summer’s surprise hits. The general, overall positive buzz is one. An award-worthy, performance capture turn byAndy Serkisas Caesar is another. A smart, taut screenplay byRick JaffaandAmanda Silverhasplenty to do with it too, as is an inspired sophomore directorial effort byRupart Wyatt....

Watch How Johnny Depp Performed ‘Rango’ – Could This Be The Future Of How Animated Movies Are Made? Paramount Pictures has released a new behind the scenes featurette forPirates of the CaribbeanhelmerGore Verbinski’s computer animated feature filmRango. The new featurette, titled “Behind the Scenes: Natural Acting Experience”, takes a look at the techniques employed to (as Verbinski has explained) “capture and translate every aspect ofJohnny Depp’s performance, using it to drive the computer-generated character in a way that has yet to be seen in an animated feature....

Watch: New ‘Star Wars: Rise Of The Resistance’ Footage From Galaxy’s Edge [D23] With Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run as the only ride in Disney’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge so far, the new Star Wars-themed expansion has been impressive, but still feels a bit incomplete. But soon, guests will be able to step ontoStar Wars: Rise of the Resistance, a massive dark ride with action that’s set in betweenThe Last JediandThe Rise of Skywalker....

Why It Took Decades For Possession To Become A Horror Classic One of the most profoundly disturbing films to tackle the theme of marital loneliness, Polish director Andrzej Żuławski’s “Possession” has become a veritable cult classic since its initial release in 1981. While it’s a masterclass in directorial finesse and full-body acting, so much of what has fueled the film’s cult status has been its comparative cinematic obscurity. Effectively banned in the UK upon its release, coming across a copy of “Possession” seemed all but impossible for casual viewers for decades....

Zack Snyder’s Influence On DC Films Will Be Significantly Smaller Moving Forward While Christopher Nolan kept DC Comics movies in the public eye with hisDark Knighttrilogy starting in the mid-2000s, Nolan’s insistence that his movies exist in their own cinematic realm resulted in the higher-ups at Warner Bros. and DC looking for a new creative partner who could kickstart a cinematic universe to rival what was happening at Marvel Studios. They choseZack Snyder(300, Watchmen), who directedMan of Steel,Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and (most of)Justice League, but a new report claims that Snyder’s influence over the DCEU will be significantly smaller moving forward....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Director Joe Russo Confirms The Soul Stone Theory The director ofAvengers: Infinity Warmay have just confirmed a popular fan theory and hinted at major plot forAvengers 4.Joe Russo, part of the directing duo with his brotherAnthony Russo, appeared at an Iowa high school’s Q&A to answer questions about the latest Marvel film, and in the process, dropped what could be a bigAvengers 4plot bomb. Major spoilers forAvengers: Infinity Warfollow....

‘Babylon’ TV Trailer: Danny Boyle Teams With The ‘Peep Show’ Guys For A Cop Comedy Danny Boylehas a new project out this year, but it won’t be found in theaters. Instead, it’ll be premiering later this year on television.BabylonstarsBrit Marlingas Liz Garvey, a PR manager hired by Chief Constable Richard Miller (James Nesbitt) to give the London police department an image makeover. Of course, that’s easier said than done, as she’s dealing with outspoken, taser-happy cops, a bloodthirsty media, and a staff none too thrilled to take orders from an American with little law enforcement experience....

‘Cobra Kai’ Season 2: About That ‘Karate Kid’ Reunion In Episode 6… Now thatCobra Kaiseason two is out, there are some major episodes that warrant spoiler discussions. The cast and creators ofCobra Kaiwere happy to discuss those episodes as long as the stories ran after the season premiered and we include the spoiler warnings. So this one includes spoilers for episode six. Make sure you’ve seen episode six by the time you read this story, and we won’t spoil anything in episode seven or beyond....

‘Django Unchained’: See Tarantino Direct Via B-Roll Footage, Hear Frank Ocean’s Deleted Song And Director Commentary On The Soundtrack, See One Last Trailer Seeing a slave blast away a bunch of white slavers for money might not seem like your ideal family Christmas movie, butQuentin Tarantinois gonna show it to you anyway.Django Unchainedopens next week and it’s a brutal, violent and tense tale of a slave (Jamie Foxx) who teams up with a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to save the woman he loves (Kerry Washington) from an sly slave owner (Leonardo DiCaprio)....

‘Fargo’ Season 4 Trailer Teases A Wild Crime War And An Even Wilder Cast The films of the Coen brothers have always been flexible in tone and genre, so it’s no surprise that FX’sFargotelevision series has followed suit.Noah Hawley’s oddball continuation/expansion of the Oscar-winning film has shifted over the years, dabbling in dark drama, screwball comedy, grand tragedy, and violent action. The latest season takes us back to the 1950s and into the middle of a war between an Italian crime family and Black crime family…and the latest teaser trailer suggests there may be more straight-up comedy than you’d think....

‘Half Magic’ Trailer: Heather Graham’s Directorial Debut Heather Grahammakes her directorial debut withHalf Magic, a comedy starring Graham,The Office’sAngela KinseyandBrooklyn Nine-Nine’sStephanie Beatriz. The actresses play free friends who decide to rebel against sexism and bad relationships through a series of wild adventures. Many standard comedy movie beats seemingly follow. Watch theHalf Magictrailer below. Actress Heather Graham decided to fight back against sexism in the movie industry by making her own movie....

‘Nerve’ Returns To Theaters For $5 A Ticket In terms of new releases, it’s slim pickings out there this weekend. Oh sure, there are a couple of bigger films (Light Between OceansandMorgan) and a handful of indies, plus some high-profile holdovers from earlier in the summer. But if none of those quite suit your fancy, how about revisiting a film you may have missed the first time around? Lionsgate is putting its young adult thrillerNerveback into theaters across the country this weekend....

‘Ping Pong Summer’ Trailer: A Love Letter To Eighties Pop Culture ThePing Pong Summertrailer is here. Writer/directorMichael Tully’s charming love letter to the Eighties, coming of age films and summer vacation premiered atthe 2014 Sundance Film Festivalto solid reviews. It waspicked up for distributionsoon after. It’ll finally hit theaters and VOD on June 6 and now you can check out the full trailer below. Apple.comhas the official HD version of thePing Pong Summertrailer....