Sir Ridley Scott regrets leaving the Alien franchise after the first movie. The 86-year-old director helmed the eponymous sci-fi horror flick in 1979 before passing the torch to the series to a string of other filmmakers including James Cameron, David Fincher, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, though Scott has now admitted he wishes he took full ownership … Read more
The directors of the Keanu Reeves action film reflect on the legacy of the franchise over the last decade. Ten years ago, John Wick went from a low-expectation B-movie starring Keanu Reeves to the start of one of the biggest cinematic franchises ever. Opening with a film about the deadliest assassin in the world, John … Read more
Patty Jenkins, Jake Kasdan, and Joe Cornish are set to direct three separate live-action Lego movies with Universal Pictures. Lego has proven it can deliver when it comes to animated fare, but what about live-action? Deadline reports that The Lego Group is developing three live-action movies with Universal Pictures and has tapped some major directors … Read more
Moana 2 directors Dana Ledoux Miller, Jason Hand, and David Derrick Jr. recently spoke about turning the upcoming sequel into a movie. On Disney Investor Day in 2020, the company announced Moana: The Series, which would stream on Disney+ as a sequel to the hit 2016 movie Moana. Earlier this year, Disney announced that the … Read more
A trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer has been released. Queer is a new A24 romance movie directed by Guadagnino that stars Daniel Craig. Having premiered at the Venice International Film Festival this past September to positive reviews, the film arrives in select United States theaters this September. Check out the Queer trailer below (watch more … Read more
ComingSoon’s Jonathan Sim recently flew out to Burbank, California, to visit The Walt Disney Animation Studios for a special press day for Disney’s upcoming movie, Moana 2. From live music to a screening of the first 30 minutes of the film, it was a day to remember. The highlight was interviewing directors Dana Ledoux Miller, … Read more
We’ve become so used to movies made by committee, with multiple writers and sometimes even multiple directors, that sometimes it seems as if the passion project is a lost art in Hollywood. Still, every few years one of the world’s esteemed directors manages to yank a beloved idea out of development hell and show off … Read more
Ridley Scott thinks audiences may prefer the recently released director’s cut of Napoleon over the theatrical edition. Apple TV+ recently released the director’s cut of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, which adds 48 minutes to the historical epic’s runtime, bringing it to 205 minutes. Going to need a bathroom break for that one. However, Scott told Total … Read more
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: The Director’s Cut gets an epic trailer as the film, with 48 additional minutes, marches onto Apple TV+. Apple Original Films wants audiences to experience Ridley Scott’s Napoleon like never before with Napoleon: The Director’s Cut, now streaming on Apple TV+. The Director’s Cut includes 48 minutes of new, never-before-seen footage from … Read more
If a movie is a hit in any way, it’s a good bet that a remake will be released within a few decades. The remake-ification of successful movies happens even faster with non-American films, whose American remakes are churned out by Hollywood within a few years of the original’s release. Sometimes remakes are as good … Read more