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Ben Whishaw May Join Rob Marshall’s ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ One of the live-actionfairy talesDisney has coming up isMary Poppins Returns. DirectorRob Marshall’s (Into the Woods) sequel to the 1964 filmwill starEmily Blunt, and she may soon get another co-star. ActorBen Whishaw, who was recently seen inThe LobsterandSpectre, may land a supporting role in the sequel. Below, learn more about the possible Ben Whishaw Mary Poppins project. The Hollywood Reporterclaims Whishaw is currently in talks for a role....

Bryan Singer Wants Jack The Giant Killer To Be 3D, Paramount Considering 3D Star Trek Sequel I’ll probably be waiting a long time to hear that Ken Loach or Joe Swanberg is looking into 3D for their next production, but it seems that stereography really has caught on with franchise-type pictures, genre films and so on. Over the last few weeks there’s been explicit discussion of an ‘Avatareffect’, a redoubled interest in the form from the studios looking, jaws dead on the floor, at the box-office receipts for Cameron’s latest....

Cary Fukunaga Wanted His Version Of It To Be Like The Shining The 2017 adaptation of “It” was a huge hit, and fans of Stephen King (like me!) found a lot to love about the flick. But I’ll always wonder what the Cary Fukunaga-directed version of the film might’ve looked like. Fukunaga spent years developing the adaptation but left due to creative differences. After he departed, Andy Muschietti took over as director, and Muschietti’s film turned out well in the end....

Christopher Lee Confirms A Likely Role In ‘The Hobbit;’ David Tennant Rumors Resurface Casting is heating up forThe Hobbit. While the majority of the characters unique to the actual novelThe Hobbitwerecastlast year,Peter Jacksonhas been turning to recruiting some members of his cast fromThe Lord of the Rings. So yesterday we hadconfirmationof the return ofAndy SerkisandIan McKellen. Along with that was word thatChristopher Leeis likely to return as Saruman. We’ve got a statement from the actor about that, after the break, and a continuation of theDavid Tennantcasting rumor as well....

Cool Stuff: Fandango Prop Shop Launches With ‘Jurassic Park’ And ‘Jurassic World’ Collectibles Getting ahold of movie props can be expensive and nearly impossible, so the next best thing is throwing down significantly less cash for movie prop replicas that are nearly as good as the real thing. And Fandango has just launched a new prop shop so you’re able to get your hands on some cool movie prop replicas yourself....

Cool Stuff: NECA Digs Into ‘Gremlins 2: The New Batch’ With The Glamorous Greta Action Figure NECA has been delivering a spectacular array ofGremlinsaction figures over the past couple years, but they can only go so far with the original holiday horror movie. Now it’s time for them to dig into the goofierGremlins 2: The New Batch, and they’re starting off with the glamorous Greta as the first Ultimate figure from the hilarious sequel....

Disney World Cancels All Ride And Dining Reservations, Universal Plans Hotel Reopening As we near the summer re-openings ofDisney ParksandUniversal Orlando, we’re getting more information about how the theme parks will change procedures to protect the health and safety of their guests amid the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. When the Walt Disney World Resort reopens next month (depending on Florida governor approval), it will debut a new theme park reservation system that requires all guests to make a new reservation to visit in advance, effectively canceling all prior ride and dining reservations, including the previous planning feature, FastPass+....

Everything Everywhere All At Once Review: Chaos And Kindness Collide In A Mind-Melting Masterpiece [SXSW] The world is on fire. Literally. Metaphorically. And there’s no escaping it. We’re bombarded with images of war, of environmental collapse, and societal upheaval. The pressures of being alive in 2022 are borderline debilitating — how are we expected to function in a landscape where every day brings a fresh apocalypse? We’re surrounded on all sides, and it’s enough to make us numb, to desensitize us to the pain of modern existence....

Fantastic Fest Wave Two Includes ‘Looper,’ ‘Sinister,’ ‘Holy Motors,’ And A New Doc From ‘Best Worst Movie’ Director We tend to love Fantastic Fest, because it is the film festival that caters to audiences who like movies that are weird, strange, and totally fucked-up, but with a quality that puts the films in a rare category that isn’t just simple schlock or exploitation. Fantastic Fest will take place September 20-27 in Austin, Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, and a whole bunch of great films have been added to the lineup....

In ‘Promising Young Woman,’ Carey Mulligan Shows Dominance Through Food When Ernestine Ulmer said “life is uncertain, eat dessert first,” she probably didn’t have poetic justice in mind. But in 2021,Promising Young Womanwriter/director Emerald Fennell dreamed up a world in which Carey Mulligan’s forlorn ultra feminine Cassie is almost constantly chewing on something, whether it be a bag of chips or a darkly sinister plan to eviscerate evil men.Showcasing a broken heart both beneath her breast and on a golden chain, Cassie carries around the grief of losing her best friend Nina with her everywhere she goes – from her dead end job at the coffee shop to her childhood bedroom in which she still resides to the club every weekend where she pretends to be too drunk to stand....

Interview: Andrew W.K. On His New Show Destroy Build Destroy, Its Endless Cultural Implications, Party Movies, Babysitting, And Full House: The Movie From the start of the ’00s, musician and motivational speakerAndrew W.K.has been jumping around the planet promoting the benefits of partying the human heart out. So relentless is his dedication that he’s been consulted on the topic by entertainment zeitgeisters likeJackass,Conan O’Brien, andThe Daily Show. His music and modus operandi were forever immortalized—in one of the first crossovers of then-nascent youth culture with the summer blockbuster—inOld School....

Interview: Darren Aronofsky Part 5 Last month, I had another chance to sit down and talk withDarren Aronofsky, the director ofPi, Requiem fora Dream, andThe Fountain, about his new filmThe Wrestler. We’re going to call this part five because it continues the series of interviews regarding The Wrestler that began at the Toronto International Film Festival (Part 1,Part 2,Part 3). You can read the fourth part, which was on the site yesterday,at this link....

James Wan Gave 5 Expert Tips For Making A Successful Horror Film, And We’ve Got Recs Back in 2016 when “The Conjuring 2” was on its way to a $320,392,818 worldwide box office, director James Wan sat withIndiewireand offered five rules to follow for a commercially successful horror movie. The tips seem simple on paper: find new twists on old concepts, upend audience expectations, etc. But in practice, it can be difficult to construct a truly memorable set piece in a way that still serves the narrative and keeps things moving....