Although his star is on the rise, Glen Powell was not going to let an opportunity pass him by to fight for the lead role in Wright’s upcoming remake. Glen Powell’s stock rose significantly since his turn as the traditional team antagonist in Top Gun: Maverick, which followed in the footsteps of Val Kilmer’s Iceman … Read more
There is a lot of armchair quarterbacking about the state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe these days, and what the company is doing right, and what they could be doing better. One critique I haven’t heard much that I think is fair and perhaps more important than it may appear: The early Marvel movies were … Read more
The first batch of images from director Robert Zemeckis’s new film Here feature Tom Hanks and Robin Wright Thirty years after playing out the tragic love story of Forrest and Jenny in Robert Zemeckis‘s Best Picture-winning Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright have reunited for the director’s latest film Here, which Sony Pictures will … Read more
Edgar Wright is getting behind the camera to direct Sydney Sweeney’s anticipated reimagining of Barbarella. When Sydney Sweeney brandishes a curiously phallic laser gun for her reimagining of Barbarella, she could be doing so under the watchful eye of Edgar Wright (Last Night in Soho, Baby Driver, Scott Pilgrim vs the World). According to Deadline, Wright is in talks … Read more
Sydney Sweeney will star in a new version of the cult sci-fi film Barbarella — directed by one of the kings of modern cult movies, Edgar Wright. The first Barbarella film was released in 1968 and starred Jane Fonda as the scantily-clad heroine traversing the spaceways, based on the character from French comics by Jean-Claude Forest. While the film was … Read more
Jeffrey Wright, who voices The Watcher, teases the “epic and sweeping” season 2 finale of Marvel’s What If…? animated series. The finale of the second season of Marvel’s What If…? animated series will debut on Disney+ tomorrow, but Jeffrey Wright is dropping a few teases right now. Jeffrey Wright voices The Watcher on the series … Read more
Edgar Wright’s reboot of The Running Man is in active development. The 49-year-old director is working on a movie based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name and has promised that his take will be more faithful to the story than the 1987 dystopian flick that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. Edgar told the Happy Sad … Read more
Edgar Wright wishes that franchises would take more breathers, allowing anticipation to build and let fans gets excited again. Major franchises such as Marvel and DC typically announce years’ worth of projects at once, and Edgar Wright is longing for the days when major tentpoles had a bit of breathing room between them. Edgar Wright … Read more
Bonnie Wright says that Ginny Weasley’s lack of screen time in the Harry Potter franchise was disappointing. Ginny Weasley was a prominent supporting character in the Harry Potter novels, but the big screen adaptations didn’t exactly do justice to the character. While appearing on Michael Rosenbaum’s Inside of You podcast (via Entertainment Weekly), Bonnie Wright … Read more
Bill Hader, Edgar Wright, Eli Roth, Nia DaCosta and many filmakers more pick their favorite movies from the 80s. Making a top ten list of your favourite movies can be difficult, but is it any easier when you narrow that list down to a single decade? IndieWire asked dozens of filmmakers to put together a … Read more