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‘Bo Burnham: Inside’ Album Being Released This Week, So You Can Stop Listening To Bootlegs On YouTube Bo Burnham: Inside,the latest comedy (?) special fromBo Burnham, is loaded with wall-to-wall songs. And while one or two of those songs have been officially uploaded to the Netflix YouTube page, the rest are currently unavailable. Every now and then, someone will upload a bootleg of one of the songs to YouTube, or a cover version....

‘Coco’ And ‘Toy Story 3’ Director Lee Unkrich Leaving Pixar After 25 Years Lee Unkrich, who directedToy Story 3andCoco, and worked onMonsters, Inc.,Finding Nemo, and more, is parting ways with Pixar after 25 years. Unkrich has been with the studio since they started working on their first feature film,Toy Story. His departure surely signifies a major shift behind-the-scenes at Pixar. More on Lee Unkrich leaving Pixar below. Lee Unkrich is saying goodbye with Pixar....

‘Harry Potter’ Reunion Canceled; David Yates Won’t Direct Emma Watson In ‘Your Voice In My Head’ Until very recently, it looked likeHarry PotterdirectorDavid Yatesand the former Hermione Granger,Emma Watson,would reuniteto make a film based on the memoirYour Voice in My Head. The book tells the story of a young journalist who attempts suicide but is tethered back to life by a friendship with her psychiatrist. It was an interesting choice after Warner Bros....

‘I’m Thinking Of Ending Things’ First Look Teases Charlie Kaufman’s New Netflix Movie Charlie Kaufman’s new filmI’m Thinking of Ending Things, based on a twisty, creepy novel by Iain Reid, is headed to Netflix in September. The first official look at Kaufman’s film has arrived via some new images, and while they don’t hint at the weirdness to come, Kaufman promises that “loneliness and hopelessness and regret” are all woven into the movie’s fabric....

‘Immortals’ Is ‘More Hardcore’ Than The Trailers Suggest Right at the start of Relativity’s Hall H panel for their swords and sandal, Gods and Titans epic filmImmortals, directorTarsem Singhwas quick to saythat the trailersthat have been released for the film are for everyone. The film itself, he said, was darker and “more hardcore"than those trailers suggested. To bolster his point, he showed an extended sort of red band trailer and then a pivotal action scene that takes place late in the movie....

‘In The Heights’ Review: This Crowdpleasing Musical Is Full Of Big Emotions, Big Dreams, And Big Songs WhenIn The Heightsopened on Broadway in 2008, it was a scrappy little show that could, the product of a college sophomore’s wild ambitions and talent that had been honed and tweaked for years before finally hitting the Great White Way. But more than two decades afterLin-Manuel Mirandainitially conceived ofIn the Heightsduring his second year at Wesleyan, Miranda’s profile has far exceeded anything that he created pre-Hamilton....

‘Jungle Cruise’ Cinematographer Recalls The Time He Was Kidnapped While Making A Movie [Interview] CinematographerFlavio Martínez Labianogot to shoot his biggest picture to date withJungle Cruise. The Disney film is based on a theme park ride, but for cinematographerFlavio Martínez Labiano, it’s more influenced by old Hollywood classics. He wanted to shoot a movie with a sense of romance, bright colors, and natural beauty. As he told us, creating that natural beauty in a water tank in Atlanta wasn’t easy....

‘Life’ Director Daniel Espinosa On The ‘Green Screen Disease’ And Long Takes [Interview] Daniel Espinosamade his directorial debut withEasy Money, originally calledSnabba Cash. His Scorsese-presented gangster pic has an aggressive atmosphere, and it ultimately helped him land his second feature and first studio gig,Safe House. Since then, he’s directedChild 44 –a movie that reportedly had some difficulties – and his latest film,Life. Espinosa’s sci-fi horror thriller, which came out this past weekend, often moves as efficiently as the film’s deadly alien, Calvin....

‘Peacemaker’ Is “No Holds Barred,” May Be More Than One Season, James Gunn Teases If you loved whatThe Suicide Squadbrought to the table, then you’ll be happy to hear the upcoming HBO Max spin-off seriesPeacemakerwill keep the insanity going.John Cenais returning as the titular “superhero” whose heroics are, at the very least, morally questionable, and James Gunn has teased a “no holds barred” series that will give us a lot of what makesThe Suicide Squadgreat....

‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Spinoff ‘Marvel’s Most Wanted’ Adds Two More; Exec Producer Talks Tone Sure, the MCU already hasAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,Agent Carter,Daredevil, andJessica Jones, withLuke Cage,Iron Fist, andThe Defendersstill to come. But if you’re looking for yet another Marvel series to sink your teeth into, you’re in luck — ABC is currently working onMarvel’s Most Wanted, which will follow the further adventures of Bobbi Morse (Adrianne Palicki) and Lance Hunter (Nick Blood)....

‘Solar Opposites’ Season 2 Review: The Gnarly Sci-Fi Antics Get Crazier And A Bit Repetitive, But No Less Hilarious Solar Oppositesdebuted on Hulu last May when the coronavirus pandemic had forced millions to quarantine to stay safe. Who could have predicted that what would happen in the real world over the next year would be more insane than the wild sci-fi antics of four aliens who are waiting to terraform the planet and claim it for themselves?...

‘Star Wars’ Concept Artist Says The Han Solo Movie Is “By Far The Best Star Wars Script” Star Wars: The Force Awakensconcept artistIain McCaigspoke earlier this month at the Art and Industry of Imagination conference in New Zealand, and apparently dropped some huge bits of information that had not shown up online until a report posted earlier today. Among them is a claim that after selling Lucasfilm to Disney,George Lucasdecided he wanted to be involved and wrote a script forEpisode VIIwhich was rejected by the Mouse House....

‘The Boy 2’ First Look: Brahms Is Back, And He Needs A Bath Remember Brahms, the creepy doll at the center ofThe Boy? He’s back, and he’sfilthy. A newThe Boy 2first look gives us a dirt-covered glimpse of Brahms, and his new friend – whomever that may be. If you’ve seen the originalThe Boy, then you know the upcoming sequel is going to have to change things up considerably to keep its story going....