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Dwayne Johnson Reveals First Look at Black Adam Movie at DC FanDome: Watch
Fans got their first look at the upcoming Black Adam movie at DC FanDome on Saturday. The teaser finally showed Dwayne Johnson in costume, suited up as the titular DC supervillain ahead of Black Adam’s planned 2022 release. Promising “the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change,” the teaser included a look at the first appearance of Black Adam in the film. He’s a brutal and powerful as fans could have hoped, so check it out below. In some behind-the-scenes shots, we also got sneak peeks at Pierce Brosnan as Doctor Fate (check out that classic helmet!), Aldis Hodge as Hawkman, Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher, and Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone — collectively known as the Justice Society. Advertisement Related Video First announced back in 2017, the film has been a long time co...
Michael Caine is Not Retiring from Acting, According to Rep
Michael Caine is not retiring from acting despite recent comments suggesting otherwise. The 88-year-old actor made headlines on Friday following the publication of a new interview in which he said his role in the upcoming film Best Sellers would be “my last part.” “I haven’t worked for two years and I have a spine problem which affects my legs so I can’t walk very well,” Caine told BBC Radio presenter Simon Mayo. “And I also wrote a couple of books which were published and were successful, so I’m now not an actor I’m a writer.” Advertisement Related Video “There’s not exactly scripts pouring out with a leading man who’s 88,” Caine added. However, according to TheWrap, when reached for comment Caine’s representatives clarified that he hasn’t actually retired. Instead, it appears Caine was s...
Daniel Craig Prefers Gay Bars Because of “Aggressive Dick Swinging at Hetero Bars”
Daniel Craig has said that he prefers to frequent gay bars because that way he can avoid the culture of “aggressive dick swinging at hetero bars.” The James Bond actor dropped this pearl of wisdom during a new appearance on the Lunch with Bruce podcast with his pal Bruce Bozzi. “I’ve been going to gay bars for as long as I can remember,” Craig said. “One of the reasons is because I don’t get into fights in gay bars that often.” When it comes to performative masculinity at straight venues, Craig added, “I just got very sick of as a kid, because it was like: ‘I don’t want to end up in a punch-up.’ And I did. That would happen quite a lot. And it [a gay bar] would just be a good place to go.” Advertisement Related Video In his experience, gay bars are much more welcoming. ...
Now I’m in This Dream Place: Mulholland Drive Is Still Puzzling, 20 Years Later
I still remember the first time I saw Mulholland Drive, which celebrates its twentieth anniversary this week. It was in the spring of 2005, and I was in my freshman year of college at the University of Iowa. An English lit major with an interest in writing about movies, I’d signed up for an Introduction to Cinema course that was required to pursue a film studies minor. A lot of the films we’d watched so far — Weerasethakul’s Mysterious Object at Noon, Tarkovsky’s The Sacrifice — had left me, a curious but sheltered eighteen-year-old, somewhat cold. But there was an expectant buzz in the air when I settled in for that day’s screening: the film we’d watch today would have boobs in it. I knew who David Lynch was, but had only seen The Elephant Man, not the most representative film of his care...
Timothée Chalamet Talks Willy Wonka and Recording Music at Abbey Road
Earlier this year, Warner Bros. revealed that critical darling Timothée Chalamet is set to star as a young Willy Wonka in an upcoming prequel film to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. After offering a first look over the weekend, Chalamet has now previewed his “off-center” character in a new interview with TIME. “It’s not mining the darker emotions in life,” Chalamet told TIME when asked about his role. “It’s a celebration of being off-center and of being okay with the weirder parts of you that don’t quite fit in.” Best of all, it looks like Chalamet’s confectionary role will double as a soundtrack opportunity. The movie, which is titled Wonka, is also a musical, which means fans will get to hear plenty of presumably charming songs belted by Hollywood’s young sweetheart. Advertisement Rel...
David Arquette Acquires Rights to Bozo the Clown
With this year marking the 25th anniversary of Wes Craven’s first Scream film, David Arquette has shown no intention of distancing himself from anything and everything spooky. As if reprising his role as Woodsboro sheriff Dewey Riley in next year’s Scream reboot isn’t enough to cement his horror legacy, the actor has acquired the rights to a character we would argue is even more terrifying than Ghostface: Bozo the Clown. Arquette discussed the sale recently on Chicago’s WGN-TV, saying he’s been a longtime fan of the children’s entertainment icon. He’s Bozo’s first new owner in 65 years, having acquired the rights from Larry Harmon Pictures, which largely popularized the character. “I fell in love with Bozo when I was a kid living in Evanston, Illinois,” shared Arquette. “Bob Bell’s po...
Denis Villeneuve “Would Deeply Love” to Make a James Bond Movie
If the latest James Bond film can be directed by an American, then anything is possible. Now that California native Cary Fogi Fukunaga’s No Time to Die has finally hit theaters, the door seems open for fellow US filmmakers to speculate about their own take on 007, including Denis Villeneuve. In a new interview on the podcast Happy. Sad. Confused., Villeneuve discussed his longtime dream to direct an installment in the Bond franchise, saying it would be “a privilege” and “pure cinematic joy.” “I would deeply love one day to make a James Bond movie,” the Dune director said. “It’s a character that I’ve been with since my childhood. I have massive affection for Bond. It would be a big challenge to try and reboot it after what Daniel did.” Villeneuve continued to rave about Daniel Cra...
Christopher Nolan Announces Oppenheimer Film Starring Cillian Murphy
Christopher Nolan has officially announced his next film, Oppenheimer. Starring Cillian Murphy, it will be released in theaters (and only in theaters) on July 21st, 2023 through Universal Pictures. The acclaimed filmmaker’s 12th feature to date tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who helped develop the atom bomb during World War 2. Nolan is writing the script based on the 2005 book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Universal describes Oppenheimer as “an epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.” Advertisement Related Video Production will begin in early 2022 and shoot on IMAX 65mm and 65mm large-format film, per The Hollywood Repor...
Jamie Clayton Starring as Pinhead in New Hellraiser Reboot
Pain has a new face: Jamie Clayton has been confirmed to star as the Hell Priest in the new Hellraiser reboot movie. Director David Bruckner has already wrapped filming the Spyglass and Hulu production, but word of Clayton’s casting has only now been revealed. The L Word: Generation Q actress is joined by Odessa A’zion (Grand Army), Brandon Flynn (13 Reasons Why), Goran Visnjic (The Boys), Drew Starkey (Love, Simon), Adam Faison (Everything’s Gonna Be Okay), Aoife Hinds (Normal People), Selina Lo (Boss Level), and Hiam Abbass (Succession). Also onboard is Hellraiser creator and the original film’s writer/director, Clive Barker. “Having seen some of the designs from David Bruckner’s new Hellraiser film, they pay homage to what the first film created, but then take it to places it’s nev...
NYFF Review: Denis Villeneuve’s Dune Is Spectacular — And Spectacularly Underwhelming
This review is part of our coverage of the 2021 New York Film Festival. The Pitch: Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel Dune gets its second big-screen treatment. The first was a notorious misfire directed by David Lynch, who famously disowned the final film; the newer version is from Denis Villeneuve, who has experience with sci-fi both emotionally intimate (Arrival) and storied in its nerdy history (Blade Runner 2049). Though the politics and world-building of the Dune world can seem obtuse — the names alone present a challenge for the less sci-fi-inclined — its story will also have a familiar ring for anyone who’s absorbed a few of the many works the novel influenced. Advertisement Related Video In other words, yes, it’s a chosen-one narrative: Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), a young...
Nashville Film Festival Review: Spencer Is a Devastating Portrait of the People’s Princess
This review is part of our coverage of the 2021 Nashville Film Festival. The Pitch: Over the course of three days, Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Spencer) is faced with a decision that will inevitably change her fate: continue living in near agony among the royal family, or separate from her husband? History already knows the answer, leaving an air of tragedy even in moments of small victory and stolen joy for Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart, as striking in her portrayal as early reactions indicated). “It’s three days,” Diana whispers to herself early in the film. Those three days prove to be a trial more difficult than even she had anticipated. Advertisement Related Video Heavy Is the Head That Wears the Crown: One of the first shots of Pablo Larraín’s film takes place in a massive ...
Woody Harrelson Punches Man in Face at Washington, DC’s Watergate Hotel
Woody Harrelson was involved in a physical scuffle with an overzealous photographer in Washington, DC on Wednesday night. According to a report by NBC Washington, the altercation occurred on the rooftop of D.C.’s famous Watergate Hotel after the unidentified man refused to stop taking photographs of the actor and his daughter. However, eye witnesses confirmed that Harrelson merely acted in self-defense after the amateur paparazzi escalated the situation as the clear aggressor. In a statement taken from a police report of the incident, The Hunger Games star told officers the other man, who appeared intoxicated, lunged at him “in an attempt to grab his neck” after he was asked to stop taking pictures and delete the photographs from his phone. Advertisement Related Video While Harrelson was c...
