The Reason Cinemax Dropped The Boys In an era where comic book movies and TV shows are everywhere with absolutely no signs of showing down,“The Boys"has succeeded in a big way, cutting through the noise to become a gigantic hit for Amazon. But that wasn’t always going to be the case, as it was originally Cinemax who was looking to cash in on the R-rated good contained within Garth Ennis' and Darick Robertson’s bloody comic book series....
The Summer I Turned Pretty Trailer: Pretty Teenagers Fall Into A Pretty Love Triangle In Jenny Han’s YA Romance A new trailer has been released for the upcoming Prime Video series “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” It’s a summer romance based on the New York Times bestselling book of the same name by Jenny Han. If that name sounds familiar to you, it’s because she’s also the author of the “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” series, which has gotten three films on Netflix....
Trivia: Jason Bourne Almost Died At The End Of ‘The Bourne Identity’ The Bourne film series may have come to outstay its welcome today, but 15 years ago,The Bourne Identitywas a plucky spy thriller starring a rising dramatic actor making his first venture into the action genre. Without high expectations for the film, directorDoug Limanand starMatt Damondebated givingThe Bourne Identitya dramatic twist — by killing off its title character at the end of the film....
TV Bits: ‘Queer As Folk’ Remake, ‘Friends’ Reunion, ‘Powerpuff Girls,’ ‘Hunters’ Season 2, And More In this edition of TV Bits: Peacock announced that it gave a straight to series order for aQueer as Folkremake from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, andStephen Dunn(ClosetMonster).Dunn, who directed an episode of the Apple TV+ anthology series, is the creator, writer, and executive producer of this “vibrant reimagining of the groundbreaking British series created by Russell T....
Two ‘Zootopia’ Sequels May Be In The Works At Disney Animation It’s been nearly three years since Walt Disney Animation releasedZootopia. Despite winning Best Animated Movie at both the Oscars and the Golden Globes, the movie doesn’t feel like it was as much of a sensation asFrozen. But when it comes to box office, the movie didn’t fall far behindwith over $1.02 billion raked inworldwide. Knowing what a sensationZootopiawas around the world, it’s surprising we haven’t heard more details on a sequel developing behind the scenes....
Universal Orlando Will Open Two Haunted Houses This Weekend, Despite Halloween Horror Nights Being Canceled This past July, Universal Orlandocanceledits annual Halloween Horror Nights event for the first time in 30 years – but the theme park remains hellbent on letting guests participate in some Halloween-themed scares. Two of the haunted houses that were part of this year’s Halloween Horror Nights lineup are being opened to visitors as part of what the park is calling “Halloween Seasonal Experience Testing,” and as of right now, the houses will only be open this coming weekend....
VOTD: How Movies Use Color To Manipulate Our Emotions We’ve previously pointed out that movie postershave a tendency to use the colors blue and orange, because of how they work together as complimentary colors. However, it’s not just in marketing that movies use certain color schemes in order to catch our attention and influence our minds. A new video essay takes a look at how color can manipulate our emotions in cinema (or really life in general), and even lays out which colors are used to stir up or convey certain emotions and qualities....
Why M. Night Shyamalan Financed Split Himself When “Split” hit theaters in 2017, it was arguably M. Night Shyamalan’s best film in the 15 years since he made “Signs.” The movie, starring James McAvoy as a man with dissociative identity disorder and Anya Taylor-Joy as one of the teenage girls he kidnaps, came at a time when Shyamalan was reinventing himself as something of an exploitation filmmaker. When diving deep intoShymalan’s films from 1999 to 2019, we observed how “Split” exploited the trend of shared-universe superhero movies and the niche genre of the thriller, while also folding in lurid content such as the threat of rape and a backstory involving sexual abuse and cutting....
‘Alien: Covenant’ International Poster: Lock And Load We’re only a month away from witnessing some nasty xenomorphs tear apart the crew of the colony ship known as the Covenant. Arecent posterforSir Ridley Scott’sAlien: Covenantwent heavy on religious subtext, while the new international poster highlights the film’s stars. It’s a less artful piece of marketing for the sequel, but at least it hasBilly Crudupin full view. Below, check out theAlien: Covenantinternational poster....
‘Blade Runner’ 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray Trailer For the small minority of people who haven’t boughtBlade Runnerin some format over the past several decades, next month might be your time. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film, Warner Bros. is releasing a brand new 3-disc collectors edition that’ll include theRidley Scott’s Final Cut, which has been unavailable on Blu-ray for several months, as well as a few cool little trinkets and a 72 page booklet with brand new sketches, posters and set photos....
‘Daniel Isn’t Real’ Review: When Imaginary Friends Go Bad [Denver Film Festival] This review containsmild spoilersforDaniel Isn’t Real.Imaginary friends have a way of getting a little dicey in media. They start out sweet. They act as a companion and build up the confidence of their hosts. Then the next thing you know they’re telling you to put glue in your sister’s shampoo and hair on your mom’s toothbrush. But what would happen if that imaginary friend took things to a more sinister place?...
‘Fast And Furious’ Is Going To Become A Marvel-Style Shared Universe Because Obviously TheFast and Furiousfilms are essentially superhero movies at this point, with Dominic Toretto and his family as the Avengers, if the Avengers' one shared superpower was the ability to break the laws of physics in really expensive cars. So it was probably just a matter of time before they borrowed another page out of the superhero movie playbook....
‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Has 5 Post-Credits Scenes Any Marvel fan knows to stick around after the credits roll, but you may have to hold your bladder for a little bit longer when you seeGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. DirectorJames Gunn— whorecently announcedthat he’ll be returning to the franchise to directGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3— confirmed on Twitter that there are not one, not four, butfivepost-credits scenes in the sequel to his 2014 hit....
