https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDkg3h8PCVU When DC debuts two different first-look trailers on the same day - and SHAZAM! is the more promising one by a considerable margin - that's not a good omen. Fresh out of Comic-Con comes the first preview for Aquaman, the latest entry from the DCEU that's desperate to match the Wonder Woman mystique. This [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=38&v=vvFybpmyB9E A brand new trailer fresh out of Comic-Con is where you'll find the action, magic, and spectacle of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. This second Potterverse prequel shifts from 1920s New York to Paris as its hero, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) is tasked by young Dumbledore (Jude Law) to lead the fight against [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=145&v=wVDtmouV9kM The WB knows how to do monster movies. 2014's Godzilla was a well-metered character-driven setup to the studio's new Monster-verse, with nostalgic 80s era filmmaking sensibilities. The first trailer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters leans in ever more to the Spielbergian sense of awe and wonder while also ramping up the spectacle. It [...]
Breaking News (get used to that pun with this movie): Entertainment Weekly has published new first-look images of Glass, the Unbreakable / Split sequel coming soon from writer / director M. Night Shyamalan. In the brief EW article, we learn about this highly-anticipated expansion of Night's original quasi-indie superhero universe (it's just a tease, but [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=90&v=anKVhZU7D1s In the warm-fuzzy wake of Paddington 2 and Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Disney's live-action Winnie the Pooh movie called Christopher Robin looks to be another feel-good film to lift our spirits in these divisive times. Ewan McGregor stars as a grown-up Christopher who reconnects with his stuffed animal friends from the 100 Acre [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYm7mYd0SgE Paramount is getting serious about animation. After a couple of attempts with mid-range budgets like The SpongeBob Movie and Sherlock Gnomes, Paramount Animation studios is launching its first $100 million feature film. A Spanish-American collaboration with Madrid's Ilion Animation Studios, Wonder Park looks to compete with the blockbusters from Pixar, Illumination, and Blue Sky. [...]
Um...spoiler alert? Look, if you still haven't seen M. Night Shyamalan's Split from 2016 then I don't know what to tell you but, well, the poster for Glass just dropped (see below). Yes, it's the Split sequel, but more importantly it's the expansion/creation of Shyamalan's Unbreakable superhero universe, forming a trilogy that we never knew we'd get (or even [...]
Comedienne Kristen Wiig is the new villain for Wonder Woman 1984, the sequel to the lone DCEU hit. This is the first look photo of her as Barbara Minerva, a dowdy heiress with an intrigue for archaeology who becomes the Cheetah after receiving immortal powers on an African safari. Starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine, [...]
Brad and Leo are looking rather svelte in this new on-set photo of Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, which began shooting this week. A fictional story about a washed-up TV star (DiCaprio) in 1969, it's set against the backdrop of the Manson murders. Leonardo leads an all-star cast that includes Brad Pitt, [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=L8LWUyUy7jM Just call it Despicable Green. Illumination Entertainment, the makers of the Despicable/Minions franchise and other hits like The Secret Life of Pets and Sing, is set to release their second Dr. Seuss feature (following The Lorax) with The Grinch. In this first full-length official trailer (following a previous teaser) we see that this adaptation [...]
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