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Universal Pictures has released a new behind the scenes featurette for DreamWorks Animation’s fantastic animated film The Wild Robot. I’ve been looking forward to watching this movie as it looks like it will deliver a strong and moving story.

The video offers additional insight into the story along with some beautiful footage from the film. The cast and crew of the film also talk about the story and the characters that they play in it.

The epic sci-fi adventure story “follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, ‘Roz’ for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.”

The film tells a powerful story about “the discovery of self, a thrilling examination of the bridge between technology and nature and a moving exploration of what it means to be alive and connected to all living things.”

The Wild Robot is written and directed by Chris Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and Lilo & Stitch). He explained that he was inspired by stories like Bambi and talked about how he wanted to capture the look of the illustrative backgrounds and character designs, which have been lost with computerized imagery.

The Wild Robot stars Lupita Nyong’o (Us, Black Panther) as robot Roz; Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us, The Mandalorian) as fox Fink; Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek, Best in Show) as opossum Pinktail; Bill Nighy (Living, Love Actually) as goose Longneck; Kit Connor (Heartstopper, Rocketman) as gosling Brightbill and Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fall Guy) as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island.

The film also features the voice talents of Mark Hamill (Star Wars franchise), Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows) and Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible, Pulp Fiction).

Universal will debut Sanders’ The Wild Robot in theaters on September 20th, 2024.

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Paramount Pictures brought Transformers One to San Diego Comic-Con and while there they showed off a bunch of footage from the film, which we were able to watch.

While the movie has been getting great reviews from people who have seen the full film, we still aren’t 100% sold on it. But, we hope that it will surprise us!

Here’s our reaction of what we saw!

This movie tells the “origin story of how the most iconic characters in the Transformers universe, Orion Pax and D-16, went from brothers-in-arms to become sworn enemies, Optimus Prime and Megatron.”

The film stars Chris Hemsworth as Orion Pax / Optimus Prime, Brian Tyree Henry as D-16 / Megatron, Scarlett Johansson as Elita-1, and Keegan-Michael Key as B-127 / Bumblebee.

Transformers One will hit theaters on September 20th.

Rebecca Ferguson (Dune, Doctor Sleep, Mission: Impossible) has joined Cillian Murphy in the upcoming Peaky Blinders movie that is currently in development at Netflix.

Ferguson is the first big casting announcement, and while it hasn’t been revealed who she‘ll be playing, we know she’s going to be awesome in the movie! She’s such a talented actress.

Tom Harper is directing the movie from a script written by series creator Steven Knight. Plot details have not been shared, but Knight has said that the movie story would be set during World War II.

Knight talked about the film in the past, saying: “The film, I know exactly what it’s about. And I know what two stories it’s going to tell. What will happen after that, I want that to depend on the film. For all we know somebody is going to pop out – I think I know who it’s going to be.”

Ferguson was also recently cast in Kathryn Bigelow’s upcoming untitled feature for Netflix. Ferguson currently stars in and executive produces Apple TV+ drama Silo.

Marvel Studios hosted an epic drone show last night in San Diego at Comic-Con, and it ended with a massive Galactus tease for The Fantastic 4. It also promised to reveal more during the big Marvel panel in Hall H on Saturday.

I was in a movie theater watching Deadpool & Wolverine when this drone show took place, so I missed the who damn thing! At least the movie was freakin’ awesome!

Marvel shared the video below, though, on social media, and it looks like they put on a rad drone show!

As for what we can expect from Hall H, we’ve heard that while The Fantastic 4 has just barely started shooting, there might be a sizzle real that Marvel is hoping to show fans along with first-look images of the cast suited up as their characters.

We’ll find out tomorrow! In the meantime check out this video footage of the drone show below!

He’s hungry…

See you Saturday at Hall H #FantasticFour #MarvelSDCC pic.twitter.com/abbYE8niMk

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) July 26, 2024

The movie will be set in the ‘60s in an alternate-reality and Kevin Feige says that this is the Marvel film that he’s most excited about.

The movie stars Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning) as Sue Storm, aka the Invisible Woman; Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things) as Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch; and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Punisher, The Bear) as Ben Grimm, aka the Thing.

Paul Walter Houser also recently was cast in the project in an unknown role, Natasha Lyonne, and Julia Garner (Ozark, Inventing Anna) will take on the role of Shalla-Bal, who is an incarnation of Silver Surfer. Ralph Ineson will play Galactus.

The screenplay comes from Josh Friedman, who was brought in to rewrite the script originally written by Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer.

The Fantastic 4 is set to hit theaters on July 25, 2025.

We are all going to see Deadpool & Wolverine this weekend, but it was almost given a shitty title that no one would like. While promoting the release of the their upcoming buddy movie on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman revealed the original title of the film was Deadpool & Friend!

To be honest, I was one of the haters of the original title. I am sure the film makers had a reason for the title but it felt a little off. Here is what Reynolds had to say to Jimmy Kimmell about the title change: (via gamesradar)

“The title leaked and we looked at it and listened [to the fans]. And they fucking hated that title,” “We were not feeling so good about that anymore.”

“It went with the trailer we were showing, it was the perfect title for the first piece of materials we had out there. [Director] Shawn Levy… he and I had been sitting in the editing room and we called everybody at Disney and Marvel and said, ‘We have to change the title.’”

“We wouldn’t take no for an answer,” Reynolds recalled. “We’re like, ‘We’re changing the title. I will never call this movie Deadpool and Friend!’ And they did it. They literally changed the title.”

I am sure it took a lot to change things up 24 hours before the drop, but I am glad they did. What we have now seems a lot more with the vibe of the movie.

Deadpool & Wolverine hits theaters this weekend and I hope to see you there.

Director Todd Phillips and actor Joaquin Phoenix recently opened up about Joker: Folie à Deux and what the sequel had to be to get them to come back to make it.

The first movie was a huge hit, and the filmmakers wanted to do something completely new and different the second time around to keep the interest in Joker’s continuing story unique and fresh. So, this one is technically going to be a musical.

They wanted to catch the audience off guard again and for Phoenix to come back for a sequel it had to be dangerous and frightening for him.

Phoenix explained in an interview with Empire: “It’s the only way that I can do any movie. If it doesn’t feel like it’s dangerous, if there’s not a good chance that you’re gonna fail spectacularly then… what’s the point?”

His director added: “That was literally the reason to do it. The only reason Joaquin would even do a sequel is if it felt frightening to him. One thing he really got off on in the first movie was this fear, every day, this nauseous fear of like, ‘What are we fucking doing?’

“He did not want it to be easy. And he wanted to feel as scared on this one. He goes, ‘Well, if I’m gonna do it, I just want to feel that it could not work.”

Phillips goes on to say that he doesn’t see this movie as a sequel, saying: “I don’t think of it as a sequel. Hangover 2 was a sequel. So often a sequel is more of the same, just bigger.

“Of course [Folie À Deux] is a sequel, but it felt like we were making something entirely different. It’s tonally and inherently something way more different.

“The first one subverted the expectations of what it was. So how do you do that again? I always said, early on, the film should feel as if it was made by crazy people. Like the inmates are running the asylum.

“It does feel like a big swing. You just go, ‘Well, f-ck it. Why not? What are we all doing here, if not to do that?’”

I’m just as curious about this movie as I was the first one, and it sounds like they really went out of their way to deliver another unique movie-going experience, and I appreciate that this isn’t going to be a traditional sequel of sorts.

In the film, Arthur Fleck is institutionalized at Arkham awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that’s always been inside him.

Arthur’s true love in the film is Harley Quinn (Lady Gaga) who forms a strong relationship with Joker and together they embark on a journey filled with violence and music.

The Joker sequel will be a jukebox musical that will consist of 15 well-known songs, and its story will mostly be set in Arkham Asylum. The film’s title, Joker: Folie à Deux, refers to the clinical term for the “shared madness,” hallucinations, and delusions of two people.

The movie also stars Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn, Zazie Beetz as Sophie Dumond, with Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, and Brendan Gleeson who will be playing undisclosed characters.

Joker: Folie á Deux is scheduled for release on October 4, 2024.

Mark Hamill and Judy Greer have joined the cast of Lionsgate’s film adaptation of The Long Walk. Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) is directing the film from a script written by JT Mollner.

The Long Walk takes place in the future “in which 100 teenage boys embark on an annual competition known as ‘The Long Walk.’ The rules are simple: maintain a speed above four miles per hour.

“Receive three warnings in an hour and you’re shot dead. The last one walking gets whatever he wants for the rest of his life. Under these grim circumstances the boys develop deep friendships despite knowing that each of their friends’ survival is a threat to their own.”

There are no details on who Hamill and Greer will play, but the previously announced cast includes Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick and Roman Griffin Davis.

Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Mist) was also attached to the project at one point, but after he lost the rights, James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) wrote a script, and New Line Cinema ended up picking it up. I believe this film is still working off of that script.

Source: Deadline

Jordan Peele is producing a reboot of Scare Tactics, the hidden camera prank horror comedy show that used to be on the SyFy Channel.

The show previously ran for five seasons, and this new series has been greenlit by USA Network and it will launch later this fall.

Scare Tactics will turn “unsuspecting individuals into the main characters of their very own horror movies. Set up by their friends and family, these unwitting participants are put in twisted scenarios with fully immersive stories that blur the lines of reality, horror and comedy as they navigate one unreal decision after another.”

Corie Henson, EVP, Unscripted Content, NBCUniversal Entertainment said in a statement: “As one of the most visionary creators of the day, there is nothing Jordan Peele can’t do.

“We’re honored to be making our first unscripted series together. This brilliant reimagining of the classic Scare Tactics has it all – laughs, jump scares and outrageous moments. In the hands of Jordan and Monkeypaw, you never know what’s coming next.” 

Win Rosenfeld, President of Monkeypaw Productions. added: “We’re so grateful at Monkeypaw to help reimagine one of our all-time favorite hidden-camera shows. Working with showrunner Elan Gale, one of the most creative and mischievous minds in unscripted television, and Scott Hallock, the brilliant creator of the original Scare Tactics, has been an absolute blast.

“It’s cathartic and hilarious to watch people get a little scared, and the scenarios we cooked up for this season are really wild. We can’t wait to share a little light-hearted schadenfreude with audiences soon.”

Toby Gorman, President, of Universal Television Alternative Studio said: “What do you get when you combine Jordan Peele, hidden cameras, unsuspecting people and horror-movie scenarios?

“You’re about to find out.Working with Monkeypaw Productions, NBCU and USA Network to bring one of the most creatively scary and hilarious projects to life has been a phenomenal experience.

“We can’t wait for audiences to join in the fun of our first unscripted project with Jordan as it perfectly blends horror, humor and reality.”

The series was originally produced by Scott Hallock, who is exec producing via his WMTI Productions, which owns the format. Peele, Win Rosenfeld and Jamal Watson executive produce for Monkeypaw.

Elan Gale (The Bachelor, FBoy Island, Midnight Mass, and The Midnight Club) serves as showrunner and exec producer.

Source: Deadline

During the initial brainstorming process of Deadpool 3, Ryan Reynolds had an interesting idea that he thought about playing with.

He wanted to sneak Deadpool & Wolverine into an “intentionally bad fake movie titled Alpha Cop.” Reynolds shared the details of this idea in an interview with Hot Ones with Hugh Jackman.

Alpha Cop would’ve acted as a smokescreen for Deadpool & Wolverine and it would’ve followed two cops who share the same brain.

Its slogan would’ve been: “Alpha Cop. Two cops. One brain. All balls.” Early in the film, it would’ve been revealed as a gag before playing Deadpool & Wolverine in full.

Reynolds said: “Ten people in America would go to see this Alpha on opening weekend. If you manage to get right down to the last minute, and [the reveal] gets blown, it would be heartbreaking,”

It’s obvious why they didn’t go that route. It’s a fun idea, but one that ultimately wouldn’t have wouldn’t have really worked for a variety of reasons.

With all the things that leak out online these days, I don’t think they would’ve been able to pull it off. Do you think they could’ve actually pulled this off?

While DC is showing up at Comic-Con to promote some of their projects, James Gunn is not showing up to promote his movie Superman. Even though they’ve been shooting the film and there’s plenty of footage they could show, they don’t think it’s ready.

Gunn’s DC Studio partner, Peter Safran, recently talked to The Wrap and he offered an explanation as to why they decided to skip the epic geek event this year.

Safran said: “From my perspective, it’s just too soon. A year is truthfully a long time for a campaign and so, from our perspective, I think we go stronger and harder over a shorter period, rather than stretching it out. That’s our instinct on that.”

While the movie side of DC Studios won’t be presented, they will be showing off stuff for The Penguin and, maybe, hopefully, Creature Commandos, an animated series that serves as the first official launch of the new DC Universe.

Safran also said that while Superman is very close to completion, Gunn hasn’t finished actually shooting the movie yet.

He continued: “James hasn’t wrapped yet. I think when you put your first foot forward, for us, for our first theatrical live-action experience, there’s a lot of expectation on that.

“And we really have to make sure we deliver every step of the way, but certainly with the first time out. So that’s why we opted not to be there.”

Superman will tell the story of “Superman’s journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent of Smallville, Kansas. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way, guided by human kindness in a world that sees kindness as old-fashioned.”

Superman also stars David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane; Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor; Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern; Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl; Edi Gathegi as Michael Holt / Mr. Terrific; Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen; María Gabriela de Faría as Angela Spica, aka The Engineer; Sara Sampaio, as Eve Teschmacher; and Terence Rosemore as Otis.

Superman will launch the movie part of DC Studios’ Gods and Monsters: Part 1. It’s scheduled for a theatrical release on July 11, 2025.