This item just went under the radar. It appears that a few months ago, Xelmus, which specializes in X2 affordable anamorphic lenses for full-frame cameras, introduced a new and very interesting lens — the X2 Apollo 24mm t2 which covers Super 35 sensors.
The Xelmus X2 Apollo 24mm t2 Anamorphic Xelmus X2 Apollo 24mm t2
This was a bit of a surprise, as we know how much challenging it is to develop a wide X2 anamorphic. Although it’s not as wide as the Atlas Orion 21mm which is the world’s widest front anamorphic cinema lens, an anamorphic focal length of 24mm is pretty impressive. There’s no sample footage yet, however we are sure that it looks as gorgeous as the rest of the Apollo glass. Moreover, Xelmus specialists in full-frame anamorphic. But the 24mm is made for Super 35, just like the 32mm. As Xelmus states “All Apollo line lenses...
The Xelmus X2 Apollo 24mm t2 Anamorphic Xelmus X2 Apollo 24mm t2
This was a bit of a surprise, as we know how much challenging it is to develop a wide X2 anamorphic. Although it’s not as wide as the Atlas Orion 21mm which is the world’s widest front anamorphic cinema lens, an anamorphic focal length of 24mm is pretty impressive. There’s no sample footage yet, however we are sure that it looks as gorgeous as the rest of the Apollo glass. Moreover, Xelmus specialists in full-frame anamorphic. But the 24mm is made for Super 35, just like the 32mm. As Xelmus states “All Apollo line lenses...
- 3/19/2024
- by Yossy Mendelovich
- YMCinema
A familiar sub-genre of time travel-movies has characters going into the past to see a loved one who has died. Writer and director Ned Benson gives that idea a musical twist In The Greatest Hits. Harriet (Lucy Boynton) was in the same car crash that killed her boyfriend, Max (David Corenswet), two years before. Now whenever she hears songs they listened to together, she is carried back to the first time they experienced that music. Weighed down with grief, every night she listens to LPs, labeled “Tested” and “Untested,” searching for a way back to a moment she can alter to save Max’s life. Or, as her potential new romance, David (Justin H. Min), tells her, “So you just sit in this room, go back in time and hang out with your dead boyfriend.”
Yes, she does, and it’s an intriguing premise. Benson deftly combines the time travel,...
Yes, she does, and it’s an intriguing premise. Benson deftly combines the time travel,...
- 3/17/2024
- by Caryn James
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With great power comes great responsibility. It’s a lesson Lucy Boynton (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) grapples with in Searchlight Pictures’ “The Greatest Hits.” The studio released the film’s trailer on Thursday, March 14, 2024.
In “The Greatest Hits,” Harriet (Boynton) finds that listening to certain songs (literally) sweeps her away to another time — like, she becomes an actual time-traveler. She is able to relive special moments with her deceased boyfriend (David Corenswet of “Pearl”), and could potentially even stop the car crash that killed him from even happening. It sounds like there’s a pretty big tradeoff, however, if she takes it to that point.
And then there’s the new guy, played by Justin H. Min (“Beef”), that she meets along the way. “Throughout her journey, Harriet explores the mesmerizing link between music and memory, facing her with difficult decisions of whether altering the past is a choice worth making,” the synopsis reads.
In “The Greatest Hits,” Harriet (Boynton) finds that listening to certain songs (literally) sweeps her away to another time — like, she becomes an actual time-traveler. She is able to relive special moments with her deceased boyfriend (David Corenswet of “Pearl”), and could potentially even stop the car crash that killed him from even happening. It sounds like there’s a pretty big tradeoff, however, if she takes it to that point.
And then there’s the new guy, played by Justin H. Min (“Beef”), that she meets along the way. “Throughout her journey, Harriet explores the mesmerizing link between music and memory, facing her with difficult decisions of whether altering the past is a choice worth making,” the synopsis reads.
- 3/14/2024
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
Get ready for a treat because ‘Wonka’ is coming to Max on March 8. This film is a fresh take on the beloved story, brought to life by the creative minds behind some of your favorite films. Paul King directs, with David Heyman producing alongside Alexandra Derbyshire and Luke Kelly. They’ve created a world filled with wonder, music, and a young Willy Wonka like you’ve never seen before.
Timothée Chalamet takes the lead, showing us how Wonka became the genius we all know. The cast is packed with talent. From comedy stars like Rowan Atkinson and Keegan-Michael Key to acclaimed actors like Sally Hawkins and Olivia Colman. Hugh Grant and Jim Carter add their charm, making this a film you can’t miss.
The story is penned by Simon Farnaby and Paul King, inspired by Roald Dahl’s iconic characters. The team behind the scenes is just as impressive.
Timothée Chalamet takes the lead, showing us how Wonka became the genius we all know. The cast is packed with talent. From comedy stars like Rowan Atkinson and Keegan-Michael Key to acclaimed actors like Sally Hawkins and Olivia Colman. Hugh Grant and Jim Carter add their charm, making this a film you can’t miss.
The story is penned by Simon Farnaby and Paul King, inspired by Roald Dahl’s iconic characters. The team behind the scenes is just as impressive.
- 2/23/2024
- by Hrvoje Milakovic
- Fiction Horizon
Timothée Chalamet’s magical, musical candyman is coming to Max.
“Wonka” will make its streaming debut exclusively on Max on Friday, March 8, Warner Bros. Discovery announced Friday.
The movie — featuring Chalamet in the title role — tells the origin story of Willy Wonka, following him as a young man as he becomes “the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker,” per the studio. The family film co-stars Olivia Colman, Keegan-Michael Key and Hugh Grant as an Oompa-Loompa.
“Wonka” has surpassed $600 million at the global box office, on an estimated $125 million budget. The film is director Paul King’s highest-grossing film, surpassing 2014’s “Paddington” and its 2017 sequel. It is Chalamet’s biggest movie at the international box office, although Warner Bros.’s “Dune: Part Two,” which opens March 1, could surpass “Wonka.”
The “Wonka” cast also includes Calah Lane, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Natasha Rothwell,...
“Wonka” will make its streaming debut exclusively on Max on Friday, March 8, Warner Bros. Discovery announced Friday.
The movie — featuring Chalamet in the title role — tells the origin story of Willy Wonka, following him as a young man as he becomes “the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker,” per the studio. The family film co-stars Olivia Colman, Keegan-Michael Key and Hugh Grant as an Oompa-Loompa.
“Wonka” has surpassed $600 million at the global box office, on an estimated $125 million budget. The film is director Paul King’s highest-grossing film, surpassing 2014’s “Paddington” and its 2017 sequel. It is Chalamet’s biggest movie at the international box office, although Warner Bros.’s “Dune: Part Two,” which opens March 1, could surpass “Wonka.”
The “Wonka” cast also includes Calah Lane, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Natasha Rothwell,...
- 2/23/2024
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Timothée Chalomet in WonkaPhoto: Jaap Buittendijk/Warner Bros.
A year ago we couldn’t have said definitively whether Wonka would be a delightful musical extravaganza or a total disaster. Either outcome seemed plausible. After all, was anyone actually clamoring for yet another version of the mysterious, magical chocolatier from Roald Dahl’s beloved book series?...
A year ago we couldn’t have said definitively whether Wonka would be a delightful musical extravaganza or a total disaster. Either outcome seemed plausible. After all, was anyone actually clamoring for yet another version of the mysterious, magical chocolatier from Roald Dahl’s beloved book series?...
- 12/5/2023
- by Cindy White
- avclub.com
Gene Wilder delivered such a perfectly eccentric performance in 1971's beloved classic "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" that it's hard to imagine anyone else in the role. Tim Burton and Johnny Depp tried to make Roald Dahl's world their own back in 2005 with mixed results and a much more zany, quirky take on the character went in a much different direction.
When it comes to "Wonka," director Paul King, best known for the delightful "Paddington" movies, attempts to bring a dose of joy and kindness to the chocolatey world of Willy Wonka with an origin story that finds Hollywood's young heartthrob Timothée Chalamet taking on the role of the young chocolatier as he tries to carve out a name for himself in the candy industry in a European town dominated by a chocolate cartel. Run by three titans of the industry, Slugworth (Paterson Joseph), Prodnose (Matt Lucas), and...
When it comes to "Wonka," director Paul King, best known for the delightful "Paddington" movies, attempts to bring a dose of joy and kindness to the chocolatey world of Willy Wonka with an origin story that finds Hollywood's young heartthrob Timothée Chalamet taking on the role of the young chocolatier as he tries to carve out a name for himself in the candy industry in a European town dominated by a chocolate cartel. Run by three titans of the industry, Slugworth (Paterson Joseph), Prodnose (Matt Lucas), and...
- 12/4/2023
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Timothée Chalamet, Hugh GrantPhoto: Warner Bros.
The point of co-writer/director Paul King’s musically oriented origin story Wonka isn’t to answer the question of how a budding candy maker became the mercurial, withdrawn weirdo we met in the pages of Roald Dahl’s book Charlie And The Chocolate Factory...
The point of co-writer/director Paul King’s musically oriented origin story Wonka isn’t to answer the question of how a budding candy maker became the mercurial, withdrawn weirdo we met in the pages of Roald Dahl’s book Charlie And The Chocolate Factory...
- 12/4/2023
- by Courtney Howard
- avclub.com
Park Chan-wook's revenge thriller "Oldboy" celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. In commemoration, the film was remastered and theatrically distributed this past August by Neon. If you missed this beautiful restoration in theaters, fear not: Neon has announced it is releasing a limited edition 4K Blu-ray of "Oldboy," scheduled for release on December 12, 2023.
"Oldboy" is based on a manga by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi. The film adaptation transposes the setting from Japan to South Korea, but retains the core premise. Boorish businessman Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is abducted and held in a locked room for 15 years. Freed one day out of the blue, Oh Dae-su makes it his mission to find out who imprisoned him -- and why. But by the end of his journey, he wishes that he'd stayed locked up.
Co-written by Park, Hwang Jo-yun, and Lim Jun-hyung, "Oldboy" is the second chapter of the director's...
"Oldboy" is based on a manga by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi. The film adaptation transposes the setting from Japan to South Korea, but retains the core premise. Boorish businessman Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is abducted and held in a locked room for 15 years. Freed one day out of the blue, Oh Dae-su makes it his mission to find out who imprisoned him -- and why. But by the end of his journey, he wishes that he'd stayed locked up.
Co-written by Park, Hwang Jo-yun, and Lim Jun-hyung, "Oldboy" is the second chapter of the director's...
- 10/12/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Warner Bros. Pictures’ second Wonka trailer features Willy meeting his first Oompa Loompa, showing off wacky inventions, and then running into trouble when his candy wows chocolate-lovers. The gorgeous, nearly three-minute trailer reveals new footage but primarily focuses on the relationship between Wonka (Timothee Chalamet) and Lofty the Oompa Loompa (Hugh Grant).
In addition to Oscar nominee Timothee Chalament (Call Me By Your Name) as the titular character, the fantasy film stars Calah Lane (The Day Shall Come), Emmy winner Keegan-Michael Key (Schmigadoon), Paterson Joseph (Noughts + Crosses), Matt Lucas (Paddington), Mathew Baynton (The Wrong Mans), Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Rowan Atkinson (Johnny English), Jim Carter (Downton Abbey), and Oscar winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite).
Additional stars include Natasha Rothwell (White Lotus), Rich Fulcher (Marriage Story), Rakhee Thakrar (Sex Education), Tom Davis (Paddington 2), and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Zack Snyder’s Justice League).
Paddington‘s Paul King...
In addition to Oscar nominee Timothee Chalament (Call Me By Your Name) as the titular character, the fantasy film stars Calah Lane (The Day Shall Come), Emmy winner Keegan-Michael Key (Schmigadoon), Paterson Joseph (Noughts + Crosses), Matt Lucas (Paddington), Mathew Baynton (The Wrong Mans), Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Rowan Atkinson (Johnny English), Jim Carter (Downton Abbey), and Oscar winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite).
Additional stars include Natasha Rothwell (White Lotus), Rich Fulcher (Marriage Story), Rakhee Thakrar (Sex Education), Tom Davis (Paddington 2), and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Zack Snyder’s Justice League).
Paddington‘s Paul King...
- 10/12/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Sitting in Bars with Cake is a comedy-drama film directed by Trish Sie from a screenplay by Audrey Shulman. The Prime Video film is inspired by true events and it follows two best friends Jane (Yara Shahidi) and Corrine (Odessa A’zion) living in Los Angeles. Corrine is an extrovert and Jane is an introvert. In order to get Jane to meet more people Corrine gets her to bake cakes for a year and take them to a bar. But when Corrine gets a life-altering diagnosis, both Jane and Corrine’s friendship is put to the test. Sitting in Bars with Cake also stars Bette Midler, Ron Livingston, and Maia Mitchell in supporting roles. So, if you loved the Prime Video film here are some similar movies you could watch next.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Prime Video Add-On & Hulu Add-On) Credit – Searchlight Pictures
Synopsis: Me And Earl And The Dying Girl...
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Prime Video Add-On & Hulu Add-On) Credit – Searchlight Pictures
Synopsis: Me And Earl And The Dying Girl...
- 9/9/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Bottoms is a teen sex comedy film directed by Emma Seligman, who also worked on the script with Rachel Sennott. The film follows two unpopular lesbian high school senior girls who set up a fight club in the name of a self-defense class in order to get with their crushes. Bottoms stars Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri in the lead roles of Pj and Josie. So, if you loved Bottoms here are some similar movies you could watch next.
Good Boys (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Universal Pictures
Synopsis: Just how bad can one day get? The creative minds behind Superbad and Sausage Party take on sixth grade hard in this innocent yet raunchy comedy. 12-year-olds Max, Thor, and Lucas decide to skip school in an attempt to learn how to kiss in time for a kissing party. Their odyssey of epically bad decisions involves some accidentally stolen drugs, frat-house paintball,...
Good Boys (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Universal Pictures
Synopsis: Just how bad can one day get? The creative minds behind Superbad and Sausage Party take on sixth grade hard in this innocent yet raunchy comedy. 12-year-olds Max, Thor, and Lucas decide to skip school in an attempt to learn how to kiss in time for a kissing party. Their odyssey of epically bad decisions involves some accidentally stolen drugs, frat-house paintball,...
- 8/27/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Warner Bros. Pictures’ official Wonka trailer reveals how Willy became Wonka…which makes much more sense after you’ve watched the trailer. Oscar nominee Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name) charms his way through the trailer onto 2023 must-see movie lists by transforming into a young man with a huge imagination and the courage to take on the chocolate cartel.
Joining Timothee Chalament in the fantasy film are Calah Lane (The Day Shall Come), Emmy winner Keegan-Michael Key (Schmigadoon), Paterson Joseph (Noughts + Crosses), Matt Lucas (Paddington), Mathew Baynton (The Wrong Mans), Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Rowan Atkinson (Johnny English), Jim Carter (Downton Abbey), and Oscar winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite). Additional stars include Natasha Rothwell (White Lotus), Rich Fulcher (Marriage Story), Rakhee Thakrar (Sex Education), Tom Davis (Paddington 2), and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Zack Snyder’s Justice League).
Paddington‘s Paul King directs and co-wrote the screenplay with Simon Farnaby,...
Joining Timothee Chalament in the fantasy film are Calah Lane (The Day Shall Come), Emmy winner Keegan-Michael Key (Schmigadoon), Paterson Joseph (Noughts + Crosses), Matt Lucas (Paddington), Mathew Baynton (The Wrong Mans), Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Rowan Atkinson (Johnny English), Jim Carter (Downton Abbey), and Oscar winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite). Additional stars include Natasha Rothwell (White Lotus), Rich Fulcher (Marriage Story), Rakhee Thakrar (Sex Education), Tom Davis (Paddington 2), and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Zack Snyder’s Justice League).
Paddington‘s Paul King directs and co-wrote the screenplay with Simon Farnaby,...
- 7/11/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Here’s a first look at the brand new trailer for Wonka, hitting cinemas on December 15.
Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children’s book and one of the best-selling children’s books of all time, “Wonka” tells the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today.
From Paul King, writer/director of the “Paddington” films, David Heyman, producer of “Harry Potter,” “Gravity,” “Fantastic Beasts” and “Paddington,” and producers Alexandra Derbyshire and Luke Kelly (“Roald Dahl’s The Witches”), comes an intoxicating mix of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, all told with fabulous heart and humor. Starring Timothée Chalamet in the title role, this irresistibly vivid and inventive big screen spectacle will introduce audiences to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined...
Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children’s book and one of the best-selling children’s books of all time, “Wonka” tells the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today.
From Paul King, writer/director of the “Paddington” films, David Heyman, producer of “Harry Potter,” “Gravity,” “Fantastic Beasts” and “Paddington,” and producers Alexandra Derbyshire and Luke Kelly (“Roald Dahl’s The Witches”), comes an intoxicating mix of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, all told with fabulous heart and humor. Starring Timothée Chalamet in the title role, this irresistibly vivid and inventive big screen spectacle will introduce audiences to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined...
- 7/11/2023
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Have a yen for the music, style and glamour of ’60s Swinging London? Edgar Wright’s hybrid time capsule / music extravaganza / horror thriller is an audiovisual delight from one end to the other. Young women from different decades seek to conquer London by different means — they meet as soul twins in a ghost world, where bloodsoaked murders haunt their dreams. Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy are the psychic twins; stars Rita Tushingham, Terence Stamp and the late Diana Rigg bring the authenticity. Soho can boast the most creatively ‘alive’ visuals of 2021.
Last Night in Soho
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital
Universal Home Entertainment
2021 / B&w / 2:39 widescreen / 116 min. / Street Date January 18, 2022 / Available from Amazon
Starring: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp, Rita Tushingham, Michael Ajao, Synnove Karlsen.
Cinematography: Chung-hoon Chung
Production Designer: Marcus Rowland
Art Directors: Tim Blake, Victoria Allwood, Katie Money, Emily Norris
Costume Design: Odile Dicks-Mireaux...
Last Night in Soho
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital
Universal Home Entertainment
2021 / B&w / 2:39 widescreen / 116 min. / Street Date January 18, 2022 / Available from Amazon
Starring: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp, Rita Tushingham, Michael Ajao, Synnove Karlsen.
Cinematography: Chung-hoon Chung
Production Designer: Marcus Rowland
Art Directors: Tim Blake, Victoria Allwood, Katie Money, Emily Norris
Costume Design: Odile Dicks-Mireaux...
- 1/10/2023
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
When director Park Chan-wook’s “Oldboy” won the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival in 2004, this event not only marked an important point in is career, as he would even venture to Hollywood, but also a turning point for the South-Korean film industry as a whole, with many genre entries from then on carrying the undeniable mark from that movie. Perhaps this is also the reason the other entries of the “Vengeance”-trilogy are sometimes forgotten or ignored, which is especially saddening in the case of its conclusion, “Sympathy for Lady Vengeance” – a feature not only showing a different shade to the overall topic of revenge, but also arguably one of the finest works of the director.
Regarding visuals, “Sympathy for Lady Vengeance” (or just “Lady Vengeance” in some regions) returns the director’s predilection towards artistic and creative patterns, mazes and elaborate hints, hidden within the smallest of details.
Regarding visuals, “Sympathy for Lady Vengeance” (or just “Lady Vengeance” in some regions) returns the director’s predilection towards artistic and creative patterns, mazes and elaborate hints, hidden within the smallest of details.
- 7/24/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
This Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi review contains spoilers.
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 4
After some empty-looking landscapes last week, Star Wars is back to thoroughly convincing science fiction hallways in “Part 4” of Obi-Wan Kenobi. The setting certainly helps add tension to an episode that fizzles a bit emotionally in the second half. But overall, Ewan McGregor continues to prove himself essential to the galaxy far, far away as his show reaches the final stretch.
Leia has been captured by the Empire and brought to Fortress Inquisitorius, a name at least one person says with a very straight face. To rescue her, Obi-Wan and Tala enlist the help of the proto-rebels on Jabiim, including an operative named Roken (played by O’Shea Jackson Jr). Fans hoping for more Legends canon tie-ins on the planet won’t get them here. Instead, Obi-Wan sees only a few rooms in the base and the inside of a bacta tank.
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 4
After some empty-looking landscapes last week, Star Wars is back to thoroughly convincing science fiction hallways in “Part 4” of Obi-Wan Kenobi. The setting certainly helps add tension to an episode that fizzles a bit emotionally in the second half. But overall, Ewan McGregor continues to prove himself essential to the galaxy far, far away as his show reaches the final stretch.
Leia has been captured by the Empire and brought to Fortress Inquisitorius, a name at least one person says with a very straight face. To rescue her, Obi-Wan and Tala enlist the help of the proto-rebels on Jabiim, including an operative named Roken (played by O’Shea Jackson Jr). Fans hoping for more Legends canon tie-ins on the planet won’t get them here. Instead, Obi-Wan sees only a few rooms in the base and the inside of a bacta tank.
- 6/8/2022
- by Megan Crouse
- Den of Geek
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” is here.
After a number of false starts and production resets, the first Lucasfilm original series on Disney+ to deal with a true legacy character (if we’re now comfortable acknowledging that “The Book of Boba Fett” was retconned fan fic of the highest order), “Obi-Wan Kenobi” debuted on the streaming channel Thursday night – early, no less! – to much fanfare. Ewan McGregor is back as the titular Jedi, 10 years after the events of “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith,” as he watches over a young Luke Skywalker and contemplates the events that led him there.
But what happens in the first two episodes? And how are they, anyway? Read on to find out!
Huge spoilers for the first two episodes of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” follow.
Also Read:
Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Story So Far: A Recap of What Happened Before the Disney+ Show Alone Again, Naturally
We begin...
After a number of false starts and production resets, the first Lucasfilm original series on Disney+ to deal with a true legacy character (if we’re now comfortable acknowledging that “The Book of Boba Fett” was retconned fan fic of the highest order), “Obi-Wan Kenobi” debuted on the streaming channel Thursday night – early, no less! – to much fanfare. Ewan McGregor is back as the titular Jedi, 10 years after the events of “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith,” as he watches over a young Luke Skywalker and contemplates the events that led him there.
But what happens in the first two episodes? And how are they, anyway? Read on to find out!
Huge spoilers for the first two episodes of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” follow.
Also Read:
Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Story So Far: A Recap of What Happened Before the Disney+ Show Alone Again, Naturally
We begin...
- 5/27/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
“Obi-Wan Kenobi,” the Disney+ series based on the beloved “Star Wars” character, has had a long and winding path to Disney+. But it’s nearly here and there’s a brand-new trailer. Perhaps balance is returning to the Force.
The trailer offers a new view of Kenobi’s hiding-in-the-desert years, with Inquisitors (dark Jedi-hunters) hot on the trail of our favorite Force-wielder, and him keeping a close eye on a young Luke Skywalker.
A proposed Obi-Wan Kenobi-centered spin-off has been in the works since at least 2017, when director Stephen Daldry and “Drive” writer Hossein Amini attached to direct a feature-length version of the story. After the middling box office of “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” spin-off movies were scrapped with more emphasis being placed on potential Disney+ series. The series was announced at the D23 Expo in 2019, with McGregor joining Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy for the big news. (This is...
The trailer offers a new view of Kenobi’s hiding-in-the-desert years, with Inquisitors (dark Jedi-hunters) hot on the trail of our favorite Force-wielder, and him keeping a close eye on a young Luke Skywalker.
A proposed Obi-Wan Kenobi-centered spin-off has been in the works since at least 2017, when director Stephen Daldry and “Drive” writer Hossein Amini attached to direct a feature-length version of the story. After the middling box office of “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” spin-off movies were scrapped with more emphasis being placed on potential Disney+ series. The series was announced at the D23 Expo in 2019, with McGregor joining Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy for the big news. (This is...
- 3/9/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
At six of the last nine Oscars, Best Cinematography has gone hand-in-hand with Best Director: Claudio Miranda and Ang Lee for “Life of Pi” (2013); Emmanuel Lubezki and Alfonso Cuaron for “Gravity” (2014); Lubezki and Alejandro G. Inarritu for both “Birdman” (2015) and “The Revenant” (2016); Linus Sandgren and Damien Chazelle for “La La Land” (2017); and Cuaron doing double duty on “Roma” (2019). Will that trend hold true this year? (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2022 Oscars predictions for Best Cinematography.)
The academy usually regards award-winning cinematography as pretty pictures within an epic technical feat of filmmaking. While great lighting and framing are laudable on their own, having a movie that looks like it was difficult to shoot goes a long way to snagging an Oscar. Recent lensing winners “Avatar” (2009), “Inception” (2010), “Hugo” (2011), “Life of Pi” (2012), “Gravity” (2013), “Blade Runner 2049” (2018) and “1917” (2020) also took home the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
While the lensers of “Inception...
The academy usually regards award-winning cinematography as pretty pictures within an epic technical feat of filmmaking. While great lighting and framing are laudable on their own, having a movie that looks like it was difficult to shoot goes a long way to snagging an Oscar. Recent lensing winners “Avatar” (2009), “Inception” (2010), “Hugo” (2011), “Life of Pi” (2012), “Gravity” (2013), “Blade Runner 2049” (2018) and “1917” (2020) also took home the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
While the lensers of “Inception...
- 1/23/2022
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Uncharted Trailer 2 — Sony Pictures has released the second movie trailer for Uncharted (2022). View here the first Uncharted movie trailer. Crew Ruben Fleischer‘s Uncharted stars Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, Antonio Banderas, Patricia Meeden, and Sarah Petrick. Art Marcum and Matt Holloway wrote the screenplay for Uncharted. Chung-hoon Chung [...]
Continue reading: Uncharted (2022) Movie Trailer 2: Tom Holland & Mark Wahlberg Search for “The Greatest Treasure Never Found”...
Continue reading: Uncharted (2022) Movie Trailer 2: Tom Holland & Mark Wahlberg Search for “The Greatest Treasure Never Found”...
- 12/26/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Long-delayed and highly anticipated among his fans, Edgar Wright’s first narrative film since “Baby Driver” has finally arrived in theaters. “Last Night in Soho” is Wright’s love letter to Hammer horror, the films of Brian De Palma, and the 1960s music scene — while also serving as a dark cautionary tale about looking back at the past with a hazy and uncritical nostalgia. “You cannot change what’s happened,” Wright said in an interview with the New York Times this week. “You can only deal with it in the future.”
Starring breakout actresses Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy, as well as legendary British performers Terrence Stamp and the late Diana Rigg in her final role, “Last Night in Soho” focuses on a young woman in present-day London (McKenzie) who forms an unusual psychological bond with a 1960s singer (Taylor-Joy). As with “Baby Driver,” Wright’s biggest box office success...
Starring breakout actresses Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy, as well as legendary British performers Terrence Stamp and the late Diana Rigg in her final role, “Last Night in Soho” focuses on a young woman in present-day London (McKenzie) who forms an unusual psychological bond with a 1960s singer (Taylor-Joy). As with “Baby Driver,” Wright’s biggest box office success...
- 10/29/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
“I’m quite method in the way that I work,” explains Lizzie Yianni-Georgiou. The Oscar-nominated Hair and Makeup Designer recently applied her craft to Edgar Wright’s latest horror-tinged drama “Last Night in Soho.” Her meticulous and specific approach to makeup and hair helped inform the characters of this time-hopping murder mystery. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
The Focus Features film contained a unique challenge for Yianni-Georgiou, thanks to its dual contemporary and 1960’s settings. Thomasin McKenzie portrays Eloise, a budding fashion design student in London. Eloise receives visions from the past where she follows Sandie (Anya Taylor-Joy), a singer trying to find success in a world controlled by lecherous men. As Eloise grows obsessed with Sandie’s story, she adopts the chanteusse’s signature blonde locks and style.
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Not only are the characters polar opposites, but the designer reveals that...
The Focus Features film contained a unique challenge for Yianni-Georgiou, thanks to its dual contemporary and 1960’s settings. Thomasin McKenzie portrays Eloise, a budding fashion design student in London. Eloise receives visions from the past where she follows Sandie (Anya Taylor-Joy), a singer trying to find success in a world controlled by lecherous men. As Eloise grows obsessed with Sandie’s story, she adopts the chanteusse’s signature blonde locks and style.
DISCUSSLast Night In Soho in our notorious forums
Not only are the characters polar opposites, but the designer reveals that...
- 10/28/2021
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Uncharted Trailer — Ruben Fleischer‘s Uncharted (2022) movie trailer has been released by Sony Pictures. The Uncharted stars Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, Antonio Banderas, Patricia Meeden, and Sarah Petrick. Crew Art Marcum and Matt Holloway wrote the screenplay for Uncharted. Chung-hoon Chung crafted the cinematography for the film. Chris Lebenzon [...]
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- 10/22/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Here’s a first look at Focus Features’ upcoming movie Last Night In Soho.
Edgar Wright’s psychological thriller about a young girl, passionate in fashion design, who is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it appears, and time seems to fall apart with shady consequences…
Focus Features will release Last Night In Soho in theaters on October 22, 2021.
Last Night In Soho stars Anya Taylor-Joy (Emma), Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie (Jo Jo Rabbit), Matt Smith (The Crown), Michael Ajao, Synnøve Karlsen, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp, and Rita Tushingham.
The score is from Oscar-winner Steven Price (Gravity). He and Wright previously collaborated on Baby Driver, The World’S End (interview).
Edgar Wright and Penny Dreadful scribe Krysty Wilson-Cairns co-wrote the screenplay, produced by Nira Park, Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and Wright. Focus Features and Film4 co-financed the film.
Edgar Wright’s psychological thriller about a young girl, passionate in fashion design, who is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it appears, and time seems to fall apart with shady consequences…
Focus Features will release Last Night In Soho in theaters on October 22, 2021.
Last Night In Soho stars Anya Taylor-Joy (Emma), Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie (Jo Jo Rabbit), Matt Smith (The Crown), Michael Ajao, Synnøve Karlsen, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp, and Rita Tushingham.
The score is from Oscar-winner Steven Price (Gravity). He and Wright previously collaborated on Baby Driver, The World’S End (interview).
Edgar Wright and Penny Dreadful scribe Krysty Wilson-Cairns co-wrote the screenplay, produced by Nira Park, Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and Wright. Focus Features and Film4 co-financed the film.
- 5/25/2021
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Universal City, California, March 20, 2020 – Let there be light! Dive deeper into the electric true story behind one of the greatest unknown battles in American invention and ingenuity in The Current War: Director’S Cut, available on Digital now and on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand on March 31, 2020, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. This suspenseful “smart historical drama” gives an inside look at one of the most impactful events in history as it set the foundation for modern life – the creation of electricity. With “vivid performances” from an all-star cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult and Tom Holland, the film from director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and with a script by Michael Mitnick provides a compelling tug-of-war story that is enhanced through both the immersive visual style and powerful cast performances. Full of emotionally gripping moments from beginning to end, audiences can see the fascinating The Current War: Director’S Cut when the film arrives on Digital,...
- 3/21/2020
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
"The Current War", based on true events, is a period drama about the greatest inventors of the nineteenth century industrial age -- Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon). It captures the passion, charisma and genius of these visionaries. It also throws a light on the advent of commercial and domestic electrical systems during that era.
Set in the 1880s, the film tells us about how the duo engaged in a battle of technology and ideas to determine whose electrical system was superior. While Edison ruthlessly promotes his direct-current technology, George Westinghouse sees the limitation in Edison's work, so he begins working successfully with alternating current, allowing him to forge ahead in the game of supremacy.
The complicated lives and work habits of these two innovators reflects a lot of what we see in today's complex entrepreneurs. You admire them for their foresight to change the course of...
Set in the 1880s, the film tells us about how the duo engaged in a battle of technology and ideas to determine whose electrical system was superior. While Edison ruthlessly promotes his direct-current technology, George Westinghouse sees the limitation in Edison's work, so he begins working successfully with alternating current, allowing him to forge ahead in the game of supremacy.
The complicated lives and work habits of these two innovators reflects a lot of what we see in today's complex entrepreneurs. You admire them for their foresight to change the course of...
- 11/2/2019
- GlamSham
“The Current War: Director’s Cut” gave cinematographer Chung-hoon Chung a chance to reteam with director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon to create an environment in which both could indulge their preference for thinking outside the box for a movie about invention — specifically the race to build the first modern electrical system in the Western world.
“When I started prepping for the movie, his room was full of photos from the Edison and Westinghouse era,” says Chung, a South Korea native known for his work with director Park Chan-wook. “Our job was to create something new from old. We always overthink and exceed the limit of our boundaries, then work our way down until the camera starts to roll.”
Though the Weinstein Co.-financed film, completed in 2017 and finally arriving in a refined cut Oct. 25 in theaters, takes place at the turn of the 20th century, Chung eschewed a dated look and focused...
“When I started prepping for the movie, his room was full of photos from the Edison and Westinghouse era,” says Chung, a South Korea native known for his work with director Park Chan-wook. “Our job was to create something new from old. We always overthink and exceed the limit of our boundaries, then work our way down until the camera starts to roll.”
Though the Weinstein Co.-financed film, completed in 2017 and finally arriving in a refined cut Oct. 25 in theaters, takes place at the turn of the 20th century, Chung eschewed a dated look and focused...
- 10/24/2019
- by Valentina I. Valentini
- Variety Film + TV
It’s rare that a movie gets a new lease on life without having to become a cult classic. About two years ago, The Current War made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival, hoping to be a major Oscar player for The Weinstein Company. However, a combination of middling reviews, the lack of a budget for an Oscar campaign, and of course, the fall of Harvey Weinstein, contributed to the flick sitting on the shelf. Now, with a new cut and a new distributor, the project is seeing the light of day, rechristened as The Current War: Director’s Cut. Most who have seen both versions declare this a vast improvement, but is it worth your time? Read on to find out! The film is an historical drama as much as it is a biopic, focused on a battle of wills between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse, with...
- 10/23/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
For a while, it seemed like a sequel to Zombieland would never happen. Lo and behold, however, 2019 is the year in which we get another day in Zombieland, a full decade after the original hit theaters. Opening tonight, Zombieland: Double Tap is a really fun reunion with characters we care about. The freshness of the original isn’t quite there, but instead of seeking to be as creatively daring again, the returning players in front of and behind the camera opt to lean into pure fun. In short order, the movie reminds you why you had such a good time with these characters and this premise, making for a breezy action/comedy/horror hybrid. The film is a sequel, of course, to Zombieland. Since we last left our heroes, they’ve been setting into the new world, holding off the undead and forming an unlikely family. In the opening moments,...
- 10/17/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) is back with another incredible short based on a popular video game.
The last time Vogt-Roberts worked up a live-action version of a video game was his “Destiny 2” short shot in Detroit. This time he’s taking on “Pubg.”
The video is both an amazing adaptation of the gameplay of the battle royale progenitor as well as a clever homage to movies he’s been involved in. It features Jason Mitchell and Nick Robinson. The frenetic energy of the non-stop fight scenes were fueled by Rob Alonzo, the stunt coordinator for “Deadpool” and “Ghost Protocol.” And the whole thing was shot by Chung-hoon Chung, the cinematographer behind “It” and “Oldboy.”
That last choice is especially apt, given the clever “Oldboy” homage worked into the cornrows which replicates — to some degree — that amazing “Oldboy” fight scene in the hallway.
It’s the sort of short that...
The last time Vogt-Roberts worked up a live-action version of a video game was his “Destiny 2” short shot in Detroit. This time he’s taking on “Pubg.”
The video is both an amazing adaptation of the gameplay of the battle royale progenitor as well as a clever homage to movies he’s been involved in. It features Jason Mitchell and Nick Robinson. The frenetic energy of the non-stop fight scenes were fueled by Rob Alonzo, the stunt coordinator for “Deadpool” and “Ghost Protocol.” And the whole thing was shot by Chung-hoon Chung, the cinematographer behind “It” and “Oldboy.”
That last choice is especially apt, given the clever “Oldboy” homage worked into the cornrows which replicates — to some degree — that amazing “Oldboy” fight scene in the hallway.
It’s the sort of short that...
- 12/6/2018
- by Brian Crecente
- Variety Film + TV
Dev Patel has been set to make his feature directing debut with action revenge pic Monkey Man. The Oscar nominee will also star in the film, with Endeavor Content launching sales at this week’s American Film Market. Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk is producing with Xeitgeist’s Joe Thomas, Samarth Sahni (Hotel Mumbai) and Patel. Production is set to start in spring 2019 in Mumbai.
The script is by Patel, Paul Angunawela and John Collee and was developed with the assistance of S’ya Concept.
Set in contemporary India, Monkey Man follows the Kid (Patel) who emerges from prison to take on a world enmeshed in corporate greed and eroding spiritual values. Iwanyk calls it a “vibrant, thrilling and above all entertaining story.”
Action sequences will be choreographed and designed by 87Eleven. It and Old Boy‘s Chung-hoon Chung will serve as director of photography
Slumdog Millionaire breakout Patel won a BAFTA for 2016’s Lion, also scoring Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. He recently completed filming The Personal History of David Copperfield starring Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie, and will next be seen in Hotel Mumbai and The Wedding Guest, both releasing in 2019. He’s repped by Wme, Magnolia, Curtis Brown Group and Jamie Feldman.
The script is by Patel, Paul Angunawela and John Collee and was developed with the assistance of S’ya Concept.
Set in contemporary India, Monkey Man follows the Kid (Patel) who emerges from prison to take on a world enmeshed in corporate greed and eroding spiritual values. Iwanyk calls it a “vibrant, thrilling and above all entertaining story.”
Action sequences will be choreographed and designed by 87Eleven. It and Old Boy‘s Chung-hoon Chung will serve as director of photography
Slumdog Millionaire breakout Patel won a BAFTA for 2016’s Lion, also scoring Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. He recently completed filming The Personal History of David Copperfield starring Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie, and will next be seen in Hotel Mumbai and The Wedding Guest, both releasing in 2019. He’s repped by Wme, Magnolia, Curtis Brown Group and Jamie Feldman.
- 10/29/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Dev Patel is set to make his directorial debut in the action revenge film, “Monkey Man,” in which the “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Lion” actor will also star.
Endeavor Content is handling worldwide sales and will present the project to buyers at the American Film Market.
Patel developed the script with S’ya Concept, and he co-wrote with Paul Angunawela and John Collee, who also worked on Patel’s upcoming “Hotel Mumbai.” Basil Iwanyk of Thunder Road is producing along with Xeitgeist’s Joe Thomas, Samarth Sahni and Patel.
Also Read: Dev Patel and 'The Wedding Guest' Co-Star Radhika Apte Feel Fortunate for Diversity Shift in Hollywood (Video)
Production will begin in spring of 2019 in Mumbai.
Steeped in mythology but set in a vibrant modern India, “Monkey Man” follows the Kid (Patel), who emerges from prison to take on a world enmeshed in corporate greed and eroding spiritual values.
“‘Monkey Man’ is a vibrant,...
Endeavor Content is handling worldwide sales and will present the project to buyers at the American Film Market.
Patel developed the script with S’ya Concept, and he co-wrote with Paul Angunawela and John Collee, who also worked on Patel’s upcoming “Hotel Mumbai.” Basil Iwanyk of Thunder Road is producing along with Xeitgeist’s Joe Thomas, Samarth Sahni and Patel.
Also Read: Dev Patel and 'The Wedding Guest' Co-Star Radhika Apte Feel Fortunate for Diversity Shift in Hollywood (Video)
Production will begin in spring of 2019 in Mumbai.
Steeped in mythology but set in a vibrant modern India, “Monkey Man” follows the Kid (Patel), who emerges from prison to take on a world enmeshed in corporate greed and eroding spiritual values.
“‘Monkey Man’ is a vibrant,...
- 10/29/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Dev Patel will make his directorial debut with “Monkey Man.” The “Slumdog Millionaire” star will also act in the revenge thriller, which is being presented to buyers at this year’s American Film Market.
“Monkey Man” centers on the Kid (Patel), who emerges from prison to grapple with a world marred by, in the words of the logline, “corporate greed and eroding spiritual values.” The release announcing the project was slim on plot details beyond saying that the film is set in modern-day India, but also deals with mythology.
Patel, an Oscar nominee for “Lion,” co-wrote the script with Paul Angunawela and John Collee. Endeavor Content is handling worldwide sales. Basil Iwanyk of Thunder Road is producing, along with Xeitgeist’s Joe Thomas, Samarth Sahni, and Patel. Chung-hoon Chung (“It”) will serve as director of photography, with production set to start in spring of 2019 in Mumbai. 87Eleven, known for orchestrating...
“Monkey Man” centers on the Kid (Patel), who emerges from prison to grapple with a world marred by, in the words of the logline, “corporate greed and eroding spiritual values.” The release announcing the project was slim on plot details beyond saying that the film is set in modern-day India, but also deals with mythology.
Patel, an Oscar nominee for “Lion,” co-wrote the script with Paul Angunawela and John Collee. Endeavor Content is handling worldwide sales. Basil Iwanyk of Thunder Road is producing, along with Xeitgeist’s Joe Thomas, Samarth Sahni, and Patel. Chung-hoon Chung (“It”) will serve as director of photography, with production set to start in spring of 2019 in Mumbai. 87Eleven, known for orchestrating...
- 10/29/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
One of the great qualities of Jodie Foster over the course of her acting career is that she goes with anything: Disney, Scorsese, issue movies, serial killers, period romance, even Mel Gibson onscreen and off. Her terrier vibe, those open eyes, that often sly delivery — they’re all immensely versatile.
“Hotel Artemis,” for example, is pop-dystopian quasi-Tarantino Los Angeles noir action thriller hooey about a boutique penthouse hospital for criminals who need stealth medical care. And yet Foster — aged up but energized as the grey-haired, tightly-wound nurse who runs the place like your favorite loved-but-ornery grade school teacher — fits right in with her molecule-shifting intelligence.
Puttering around in infirmary whites and a rust-colored sweater, using surgery gadgets while a confluence of untrustworthy, violent guests make her character’s hermetic existence progressively worse, Foster sells “Hotel Artemis” better than its own writer-director, Drew Pearce, a genre overstuffer who’s seen too many movies,...
“Hotel Artemis,” for example, is pop-dystopian quasi-Tarantino Los Angeles noir action thriller hooey about a boutique penthouse hospital for criminals who need stealth medical care. And yet Foster — aged up but energized as the grey-haired, tightly-wound nurse who runs the place like your favorite loved-but-ornery grade school teacher — fits right in with her molecule-shifting intelligence.
Puttering around in infirmary whites and a rust-colored sweater, using surgery gadgets while a confluence of untrustworthy, violent guests make her character’s hermetic existence progressively worse, Foster sells “Hotel Artemis” better than its own writer-director, Drew Pearce, a genre overstuffer who’s seen too many movies,...
- 6/6/2018
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
It: Chapter 2 is quickly coming together, in front of and behind the camera. As more cast members are added, so too are crew members who will help bring the horror sequel to life. The latest addition is Checco Varese, who will be the It 2 cinematographer, replacing It cinematographer Chung-hoon Chung. I’ve been riding high on all the […]
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- 4/19/2018
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
They defeated It when they were kids, but the Losers' Club will have to face the ancient entity again as adults in It: Chapter Two, and following recent potential casting reveals for the sequel, a new cinematographer is reportedly on board for the anticipated film.
Collider reports that Checco Varese will be the cinematographer for It: Chapter Two. Chung-hoon Chung served as the director of photography on the first It film, but as Collider points out, director Andy Muschietti could be looking for a different visual style in the sequel, which will take place around 27 years after the 1989-set first film, with the Losers' Club inevitably returning to their hometown of Derry to face the return of It, aka Pennywise. This change in visual style is also reflected with The Shape of Water production designer Paul Austerberry coming on board for the It sequel (Claude Paré was the production designer...
Collider reports that Checco Varese will be the cinematographer for It: Chapter Two. Chung-hoon Chung served as the director of photography on the first It film, but as Collider points out, director Andy Muschietti could be looking for a different visual style in the sequel, which will take place around 27 years after the 1989-set first film, with the Losers' Club inevitably returning to their hometown of Derry to face the return of It, aka Pennywise. This change in visual style is also reflected with The Shape of Water production designer Paul Austerberry coming on board for the It sequel (Claude Paré was the production designer...
- 4/18/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Continuing its record-breaking run, New Line Cinema’s horror thriller “It” is surpassing $500 million at the worldwide box office today, after less than three weeks in release, it was announced today by Sue Kroll, President Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures. The critically acclaimed blockbuster is now the highest-grossing horror film ever, breaking the 44-year record belonging to “The Exorcist,” one of the longest-held records in cinema history.
After shattering numerous domestic records in its opening weekend—including those for the top horror film opening and biggest September opening for any film—”It” is still going strong.
Internationally, “It” has terrified a growing global audience as the film continues to roll out to record-breaking results in overseas markets. Among the records the film has broken, “It” scored the biggest opening weekend ever for a horror film in more than 30 territories, including the UK, Russia, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. In 17 of those territories,...
After shattering numerous domestic records in its opening weekend—including those for the top horror film opening and biggest September opening for any film—”It” is still going strong.
Internationally, “It” has terrified a growing global audience as the film continues to roll out to record-breaking results in overseas markets. Among the records the film has broken, “It” scored the biggest opening weekend ever for a horror film in more than 30 territories, including the UK, Russia, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. In 17 of those territories,...
- 9/28/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Incredible to think that after the plethora of Stephen King film adaptations over the years (this year alone boasts five), that his beloved Horror story It, has – until now – not had a big screen retelling. The nearest we have gotten is the flawed but ambitious Tommy Lee Wallace Mini-Series from 1990, which featured an iconic turn by Tim Curry as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. However, if you only have this version of the story in mind upon entering Andres (or Andy as he is credited) Muschietti’s adaptation, you may be a little startled, as this is far darker, far more intense and truly the king of King adaptations.
Utilising the dark cinematography (by Chung-Hoon Chung) and CGI-aided scares that helped him make a mark with his 2013 debut Mama, Muschietti beautifully and savagely captures the essence of the source material, while leaving a distinctive imprint of his own. Set mostly in...
Utilising the dark cinematography (by Chung-Hoon Chung) and CGI-aided scares that helped him make a mark with his 2013 debut Mama, Muschietti beautifully and savagely captures the essence of the source material, while leaving a distinctive imprint of his own. Set mostly in...
- 9/16/2017
- by Jack Bottomley
- The Cultural Post
Back in the day, scary movies made frightened viewers cover their eyes. Today, younger audiences know better: They cover their ears.
Try it yourself: Find a trailer for a recent horror movie on YouTube, then watch it both with and without sound. Likely what you’ll find is as the trailer mounts toward a fright, so does the soundtrack until the scare, when it becomes a speaker-rattling blast of noise. Muffle the sound, and you’ve got a series of visuals that don’t say ‘boo!’ until the final moment.
Read More:‘mother!’: Why Darren Aronofsky and Jóhann Jóhannsson Scrapped the Original Score for a More Expressive Soundscape
However, this isn’t the sole domain of trailer editors. It’s also become a staple of modern horror movies, including the hit adaptation of Stephen King’s “It.”
“It” features a terrifying character/supernatural force, disgusting hard-to-look-at-gore, spooky atmospherics that...
Try it yourself: Find a trailer for a recent horror movie on YouTube, then watch it both with and without sound. Likely what you’ll find is as the trailer mounts toward a fright, so does the soundtrack until the scare, when it becomes a speaker-rattling blast of noise. Muffle the sound, and you’ve got a series of visuals that don’t say ‘boo!’ until the final moment.
Read More:‘mother!’: Why Darren Aronofsky and Jóhann Jóhannsson Scrapped the Original Score for a More Expressive Soundscape
However, this isn’t the sole domain of trailer editors. It’s also become a staple of modern horror movies, including the hit adaptation of Stephen King’s “It.”
“It” features a terrifying character/supernatural force, disgusting hard-to-look-at-gore, spooky atmospherics that...
- 9/12/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
New Line Cinema’s widely acclaimed horror thriller “It” smashed the record books with stunning opening weekend numbers on both the domestic and international fronts, it was announced by Sue Kroll, President Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures. Based on Stephen King’s beloved perennial bestseller, the film took in an estimated $189.4 million worldwide.
Domestically, “It” scared up an astounding $123.1 million, crushing multiple records in its first weekend, starting with $13.5 million Thursday night previews, which made history as the highest horror preview; the largest R-rated preview; and the top September preview ever.
Wamg is giving away a poster from the film signed by:
Jaeden Lieberher
Jeremy Ray Taylor
Sophia Lillis
Jack Dylan Grazer
Finn Wolfhard
Wyatt Oleff
Chosen Jacobs
Andy Muschietti
We’ll also throw in a copy of the book and a Run-Of-Engagement pass as well.
For a chance to win, leave your name and email in our comments section.
Domestically, “It” scared up an astounding $123.1 million, crushing multiple records in its first weekend, starting with $13.5 million Thursday night previews, which made history as the highest horror preview; the largest R-rated preview; and the top September preview ever.
Wamg is giving away a poster from the film signed by:
Jaeden Lieberher
Jeremy Ray Taylor
Sophia Lillis
Jack Dylan Grazer
Finn Wolfhard
Wyatt Oleff
Chosen Jacobs
Andy Muschietti
We’ll also throw in a copy of the book and a Run-Of-Engagement pass as well.
For a chance to win, leave your name and email in our comments section.
- 9/11/2017
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Horror films often are treated as the red headed stepchild of the cinematic world. Whether it’s a lack of awards viability or just an absence of respect, it’s the genre treated the worst by Hollywood. This week, however, we have a major attempt at changing that with the release of It. The well regarded Stephen King book has only ever been tried on the small screen before, so this big screen outing is something new. That makes it part adaptation and part remake, but hardly a retread. Initially, this was even marked with a bit of prestige, which is rare. Now, the final product is not going to be nominated for any awards, but genre fans will likely flock to theaters in order to watch Pennywise the Clown terrorize the town of Derry. The film is, as just mentioned, a remake of the TV movie of the same name,...
- 9/6/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
With a more ceremonious unveiling than the other Hollywood adaptation of a Stephen King property this year, It is slickly calibrated to please its spook-hungry audience. Functioning more as a roller coaster ride of frights and humor than a dread-inducing exercise in terror, Andy Muschietti’s Mama follow-up doesn’t have the inspired vision or thematic complexity to join Brian De Palma and Stanley Kubrick in the pantheon of the (very few) masterful cinematic retellings of the celebrated author. However, for a Halloween precursor, there is a respectable amount of carnivalesque mischief to be found in this cinematic equivalent of a deranged jack-in-the-box.
The updated setting of 1989 and involvement of a Stranger Things lead (Finn Wolfhard) might cause some to worry It gets consumed by nostalgic reverence. Yet aside from a marquee parading the likes of Batman, Lethal Weapon 2, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 5, and some heavy cassette tape usage,...
The updated setting of 1989 and involvement of a Stranger Things lead (Finn Wolfhard) might cause some to worry It gets consumed by nostalgic reverence. Yet aside from a marquee parading the likes of Batman, Lethal Weapon 2, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 5, and some heavy cassette tape usage,...
- 9/6/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Supernatural coming-of-age stories, particularly those set in the ’80s, have become so entrenched in popular culture that it’s easy to forget where they came from. Stephen King’s sprawling 1985 novel “It” is a good place to start: In small-town Maine, a murderous shapeshifting clown faces down a group of adolescents who return as adults to finish the job years later. For decades, “It” has been the paradigm for stories about geeky kids who face terrifying threats and become grown-ups in the process. Its impact on the horror landscape is incalculable, reverberating in contemporary genre successes ranging from “The Babadook” to “Stranger Things.”
All of which makes a 2017 feature-length version into a tricky proposition. Setting aside that King’s novel already received one lengthy adaptation as a TV miniseries in 1990 with Tim Curry in the iconic role of Pennywise the clown, “It” must push beyond the familiarity of its tale...
All of which makes a 2017 feature-length version into a tricky proposition. Setting aside that King’s novel already received one lengthy adaptation as a TV miniseries in 1990 with Tim Curry in the iconic role of Pennywise the clown, “It” must push beyond the familiarity of its tale...
- 9/6/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
If you’ve already read our comprehensive, three-part fall-movie preview totaling 80 films, then you already have a strong sense of what will be included in this monthly round-up, but as new titles make their way to release calendars and our reviews come in, things will certainly shift. This month features the kick-off of fall film festivals, including Venice, Tiff, and Nyff, so check back for our coverage from each.
In the meantime, check out our recommendations of new releases below. It should be noted that this weekend, a 40th-anniversary restoration of Close Encounters of the Third Kind will get a nationwide release, thus proving to be the best option in an otherwise scarce lineup.
15. It (Andrés Muschietti; Sept. 8)
Synopsis: A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Following The Dark Tower, the next...
In the meantime, check out our recommendations of new releases below. It should be noted that this weekend, a 40th-anniversary restoration of Close Encounters of the Third Kind will get a nationwide release, thus proving to be the best option in an otherwise scarce lineup.
15. It (Andrés Muschietti; Sept. 8)
Synopsis: A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Following The Dark Tower, the next...
- 8/31/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Get ready for real frights this September! Buy your tickets now for It http://tickets.itthemovie.com/
Or if you’re in the St. Louis area, you can win free passes and see the early advance screening of New Line Cinema’s horror thriller It.
Directed by Andrés Muschietti (“Mama”), the film is based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been terrifying readers for decades.
When children begin to disappear in a northeast town, a group of young kids are faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.
“It” stars Bill Skarsgård (“Allegiant,” TV’s “Hemlock Grove”) as the story’s central villain, Pennywise. An ensemble of young actors also star in the film, including Jaeden Lieberher (“Midnight Special”), Jeremy Ray Taylor (“Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip...
Or if you’re in the St. Louis area, you can win free passes and see the early advance screening of New Line Cinema’s horror thriller It.
Directed by Andrés Muschietti (“Mama”), the film is based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been terrifying readers for decades.
When children begin to disappear in a northeast town, a group of young kids are faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.
“It” stars Bill Skarsgård (“Allegiant,” TV’s “Hemlock Grove”) as the story’s central villain, Pennywise. An ensemble of young actors also star in the film, including Jaeden Lieberher (“Midnight Special”), Jeremy Ray Taylor (“Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip...
- 8/23/2017
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
As new Academy president John Bailey opens up about what he plans to do in his new job, we read the tea leaves. He faces an unusually tumultuous time, as the Academy confronts multiple challenges, from the industry’s transition to digital, and pressures from ABC to increase viewership of the Oscar show, to the need to raise more funding to build the troubled $400 million Academy Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Here are Bailey’s main concerns. So far, he seems more than up to meeting this new assignment.
1. Will the Academy change its diversity outreach?
No. As someone who has long hired men and women of different ethnic, socio- economic, and racial backgrounds, Bailey supports Academy CEO Hudson’s outreach imperative via the A2020 program which is designed to double the Academy’s diverse membership by 2020. He’s proud of such Academy efforts as the Academy Gold internship program,...
Here are Bailey’s main concerns. So far, he seems more than up to meeting this new assignment.
1. Will the Academy change its diversity outreach?
No. As someone who has long hired men and women of different ethnic, socio- economic, and racial backgrounds, Bailey supports Academy CEO Hudson’s outreach imperative via the A2020 program which is designed to double the Academy’s diverse membership by 2020. He’s proud of such Academy efforts as the Academy Gold internship program,...
- 8/15/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
As new Academy president John Bailey opens up about what he plans to do in his new job, we read the tea leaves. He faces an unusually tumultuous time, as the Academy confronts multiple challenges, from the industry’s transition to digital, and pressures from ABC to increase viewership of the Oscar show, to the need to raise more funding to build the troubled $400 million Academy Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Here are Bailey’s main concerns. So far, he seems more than up to meeting this new assignment.
1. Will the Academy change its diversity outreach?
No. As someone who has long hired men and women of different ethnic, socio- economic, and racial backgrounds, Bailey supports Academy CEO Hudson’s outreach imperative via the A2020 program which is designed to double the Academy’s diverse membership by 2020. He’s proud of such Academy efforts as the Academy Gold internship program,...
Here are Bailey’s main concerns. So far, he seems more than up to meeting this new assignment.
1. Will the Academy change its diversity outreach?
No. As someone who has long hired men and women of different ethnic, socio- economic, and racial backgrounds, Bailey supports Academy CEO Hudson’s outreach imperative via the A2020 program which is designed to double the Academy’s diverse membership by 2020. He’s proud of such Academy efforts as the Academy Gold internship program,...
- 8/15/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
New Line Cinema’s horror thriller “It,” directed by Andy Muschietti (“Mama”), is based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been terrifying readers for decades.
When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids are faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.
Check out the scary, and I mean Scary, trailer now. I’ll have nightmares for weeks now.
“It” stars Bill Skarsgård (“Allegiant,” TV’s “Hemlock Grove”) as the story’s central villain, Pennywise. An ensemble of young actors also star in the film, including Jaeden Lieberher (“Midnight Special”), Jeremy Ray Taylor (“Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip”), Sophia Lillis (“37”), Finn Wolfhard (TV’s “Stranger Things”), Wyatt Oleff (“Guardians of the Galaxy”), Chosen Jacobs (upcoming “Cops...
When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids are faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.
Check out the scary, and I mean Scary, trailer now. I’ll have nightmares for weeks now.
“It” stars Bill Skarsgård (“Allegiant,” TV’s “Hemlock Grove”) as the story’s central villain, Pennywise. An ensemble of young actors also star in the film, including Jaeden Lieberher (“Midnight Special”), Jeremy Ray Taylor (“Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip”), Sophia Lillis (“37”), Finn Wolfhard (TV’s “Stranger Things”), Wyatt Oleff (“Guardians of the Galaxy”), Chosen Jacobs (upcoming “Cops...
- 7/28/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chung-hoon Chung has worked on “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden,” and now he’s bringing his wicked eye to the world of Stephen King.
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