We chat with Supervising Director Jake Castorena about the honor and exciting challenges of making Marvel’s X-Men ’97. Reviving the classic X-Men animated series takes guts. In a list of beloved shows from a bygone era of Saturday Morning television, Marvel’s X-Men stands among select others at the top of Mount Nostalgia, with adamantium claws popped and a dream … Read more
The film industry has been making adaptations of famous books pretty much since movies were invented. Nowadays, if an author publishes even a mildly successful novel, it’s a good bet that a movie studio will swoop in to scoop up the rights—sometimes even before the book is published. With so much of Hollywood dominated by … Read more
Marvel Studios has finally released the official X-Men ’97 trailer for the long-awaited return of the iconic animated series. The video confirms that the Disney+ revival will explore the aftermath of the original series finale, which saw Professor X saying goodbye to his X-Men. It also provides a glimpse of what to expect from the … Read more
Pitter patter! We interview the Letterkenny cast about the twelfth and final season of the beloved Canadian sitcom! How are you now? It’s the end of an era for the cast of Letterkenny, a beloved Canadian sitcom focusing on the hicks, skids, hockey players, and degens of rural Ontario. Created by Jared Keeso and developed by … Read more
“I’m frankly stunned to learn that Santa Claus: The Movie is so beloved over there [in the UK]”, says Alonso Duralde. As the author of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas and co-author of I’ll Be Home for Christmas Movies, Duralde is well-qualified to articulate the prevailing American opinion of the film. He tells me … Read more
Richard Roundtree, the legendary star of Shaft, is dead at 81 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Who’s that black private dick who’s a sex machine to all the chicks? SHAFT! Sad news to report this evening, with Deadline reporting that the legendary Richard Roundtree, who played the iconic private eye Shaft in five … Read more
These days, it feels like every time a movie finds any sort of success at the box office or on streaming, we’re likely to see a spinoff or two on television within a couple of years. Peacock’s miniseries The Continental is a John Wick prequel/spinoff, Amazon’s A League of Their Own was a spinoff/remake of … Read more
Enter young Sam Wing (Izaac Wang), an ordinary kid who loves to make tea at his family’s shop with his cautious parents, Fong (Ming-Na Wen) and Hon (BD Wong). However, Sam’s adventure-seeking grandfather (James Hong) implores him to leave his comfort zone. Grandpa takes Sam to a circus where they see an enslaved Gizmo perform; … Read more