Now this is game changer. Or is it? In the wake of the national shutdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, a.k.a. the Coronavirus, Universal Studios announced that they will forego an exclusive theatrical release for their new animated sequel Trolls World Tour on April 10 and, in addition, make it available for Video-On-Demand rental [...]
The bullwhip has officially been passed. In an unexpected blindside, Steven Spielberg has decided to bow out from directing Indiana Jones 5. Variety reports that his likely successor will be James Mangold (Ford V Ferrari, Logan); negotiations are currently underway. Harrison Ford remains attached to star, and Spielberg will stay on as a producer. The [...]
We may not have witnessed the biggest upset in Oscar history (that still goes to 2016’s Moonlight), but the 92nd annual ceremony ended with what was arguably the Academy Awards' biggest breakthrough. Right there with Kathryn Bigelow’s glass-ceiling shattering first female win for Best Director with The Hurt Locker, Bong Joon-ho’s South Korean thriller Parasite became the [...]
It's always nice to have a working thesis (and, frankly, common sense) confirmed by data, and now the firm Ernst & Young has done just that. Their new study, commissioned by the National Association of Theater Owners (NATO), shows that 62% of people are more likely to stream a movie that has first had a [...]
First the leaked screenplay. Then the Concept Art. Now -- Concept Art, Round 2. The original Star Wars: Episode IX that writer/director Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) had been hired to make before he was fired in 2017 has remained a mystery for years, including right up to the release of J. J. Abrams' Star Wars: [...]
In October of 2021, you can be in the theater where it happens. Broadway superstar Lin-Manuel Miranda and Walt Disney Studios have announced that they will be bringing the Original Cast Production of Miranda's musical sensation Hamilton to movie theaters nationwide on October 15, 2021. This is not a new film version of the Best [...]
https://vimeo.com/387857346 The sudden death of Kobe Bryant has reverberated across several cultural platforms, far beyond the arena of basketball where the man became an icon. Bryant, a 5-time NBA Champion with the Los Angeles Lakers and one of the greatest players in the history of the game, died Sunday morning January 26, 2020 when a [...]
Any lingering doubts about the validity of the leaked screenplay for Colin Trevorrow's Star Wars: Duel of the Fates (i.e. the original draft for Episode IX) can finally be put to rest with this latest online bombshell: concept art for Trevorrow's never-produced vision. In 20 amazing images (posted on the internet sharing community Imgur.com), we [...]
It was bound to happen: the screenplay for Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly’s version of Star Wars: Episode IX has leaked. And it's true. All of it. A full draft of the script is nowhere to be downloaded (yet), but between the Reddit postings about its contents as well as other accountings by others who’ve gotten their hands on a [...]
Well that's...a reason. In an interview with Gizmodo, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy goes on the record about the firing of Colin Trevorrow, the first writer / director of Star Wars: Episode IX. Rumors swirled that Trevorrow was not casting a clear vision in the early stages of the development for the finale and, in addition, [...]