https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI0UpRNq1xg A beautiful day in the multiplex is almost here, with a new behind-the-scenes featurette to help remind us. A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, inspired by the true story of a reporter whose life wass changed while doing a feature on Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks), has garnered exactly the kind of nostalgic accolades you'd [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y7TlaXDPrg What gives "the happiest place on earth" its magic? We're about to find out, directly from the source. Disney World / Disneyland is about to take us behind the curtain to show us how the magic is made. The Disney+ documentary The Imagineering Story will give us a backstage pass to the biggest attractions [...]
And that's a wrap. Filming for Steven Spielberg's highly-anticipated adaptation of West Side Story is now complete. To mark the occasion, the legendary director tweeted out new images along with a note of thank you's to the cast and crew. (See below) Spielberg is known for his effusive excitement, but even by that reputation his [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hSjs2hBa94 Step aside, Birdman. Sam Mendes is taking the feature-length one-shot approach outdoors and into war. 1917, co-written and directed by Mendes (an Academy-Award winner for American Beauty and helmer of hits like Skyfall), is the story of two British soliders during World War I who are sent on a dangerous mission across the European [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=cF76gm9PdOs I was mixed on aspects of Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood, but not with any of the characters. The central performances are particularly strong, especially Leonardo DiCaprio's as Rick Dalton, a fading TV Western star caught in the crosshairs of Tinseltown's transition from heroes to anti-heroes at the dawn of the 1970s. [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcXOigIgGvw One of the hottest new trends in motion picture digital effects is de-aging. From blockbuster examples like several recent MCU entries to Martin Scorsese's upcoming Oscar hopeful The Irishman where Robert De Niro and Al Pacino will play both old and young versions of their characters, movie technology is boasting convincing examples of providing older actors [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=-iTco6JgZ4o More secrets were uncovered at the Comic-Con presentation for Terminator: Dark Fate. Along with a new 90-second featurette (above; caution, strong language and violence), producer James Cameron officially announced a big surprise: actor Edward Furlong will reprise his role as John Connor in this latest chapter, which is serving as a direct sequel to [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=jzsDroK9CNs It's not a trailer (that drops Friday), but it is a first look at the movie adaptation of the musical Cats. Directed by Tom Hooper (Les Miserables, The King's Speech), the long-awaited film version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber sensation -- a cultural touchstone that seems to be as mocked as it is adored [...]
If this is the result of Dark: Phoenix, then I'd say the X-Men finale box office dud was a net positive. Inspired to make an all-female action film, actress Jessica Chastain approached her Dark: Phoenix director / producer Simon Kinberg to collaborate with her on the concept. They have and now are, and the result is [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flXkOTJBtvU With just a little over two weeks left before the new Lion King finally debuts, Disney has released this new featurette with cast and director interviews that also reveals new never-before-seen footage from the live action remake. In addition, Cast-Character portraits were released (see below), each one framing the various voice actors with their [...]