‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ Features A Character From The Original Film There haven’t been too many overt nods to the originalPlanet of the Apesfranchise in the new films. Caesar himself and the brief mention of the Icarus disappearing inRise of the Planet of the Apesare the most obvious connections to the past, butMatt Reeves' upcomingWar for the Planet of the Apesfeatures one of the most prominent ties yet to the original series....

‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor’: Watch The First 10 Minutes Of The Wonderful Mr. Rogers Documentary We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Mr. Rogers documentaryWon’t You Be My Neighbor?was one of the most successful specialty box office releases this summer. While it might not have made loads of money likeAvengers: Infinity WarorIncredibles 2, itearned a respectable $22.5 million, which is more than most documentaries make in theaters....

A Conversation With Peter Jackson And Steven Spielberg: The Temptation To Stop Making Live-Action Films [Part 2] Last week, I was fortunate enough to visit Weta in New Zealand and receivea tour of their facilitiesas they were in the middle of makingThe Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Unquestionably, the highlight of the day was an hour-long Q&A session featuring Jackson in-person and Steven Spielberg via video in LA....

A Love Letter To The Makeup Of Dune, Which Should’ve Won An Oscar Tonight The 94th annual Oscars opted to shake up its usual approach to presenting awards by choosing toexclude eight of those awards from live presentation. This has caused some contention among the film community, especially as many of those awards happen to be the technical areas that really make a movie shine. After all, what’s a movie without editing or sound?...

Alex Kurtzman Will Direct ‘The Mummy’ Alex Kurtzmanwas going to direct his studio tentpole for Sony, in the form oftheVenomspin-off movie. But recently he was announced as part of the team creating an “extended universe” ofinterconnected new filmsfeaturing Universal Monsters such as Dracula, the Wolfman, and the Mummy. Now Kurtzman is directingThe Mummyfor Universal, and so the monster movie (the Universal monster movie, that is) will be his next directorial effort....

Army Of The Dead Star Matthias Schweighofer Is The Latest To Board Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer “Army of the Dead” star Matthias Schweighöfer has joined the giant cast of Christopher Nolan’s latest film “Oppenheimer,” according to Deadline. Schweighöfer is the latest in a long line of actors that include Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek,Robert Downey Jr., Josh Hartnett, Kenneth Branagh, Josh Peck, and Cillian Murphy. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J....

Creepshow Season 3 Trailer: Terrifying Tales Await The Creep is back with more scary sights to show you in the first trailer for the upcomingthird seasonof Shudder’s “Creepshow.” Season 3 is set to premiere on July 05, 2025, on the horror streaming platform and Shudder by way of the AMC+ bundle. Check out the trailer below. “This is … Scary” This trailer is full to the brim with goodies from all 12 new tales of terror, including a wealth of Easter eggs and first looks....

David Fincher Breaks Down That Censored Chinese Fight Club Ending The saga of thecensored “Fight Club” endingcontinues. Director David Fincher has now spoken out about the decision to excise footage from the end of hisoft-misinterpreted1999 film. It happened like a reverse Tyler Durden move, except this act of splicing mayhem was on the Chinese streaming service, Tencent Video, and not in a projection room with cigarette burns appearing over the Brad Pitt character’scannonball shoulder....

Did Spider-Man: No Way Home Hint At The Introduction Of Miles Morales? “Spider-Man: No Way Home” arrived in theaters over the weekend, as you may have noticed, and it made quite an impact.Not just at the box office, but on the future of the franchise, not to mention the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as Sony’s continued “Spider-Man” spin-off franchises. It offered a whole lot to process and, that being the case, some things might have slipped through the cracks on a first watch for certain viewers....

Exclusive Behind The Scenes Images And Concept Art From ‘Rise’ And ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. More so than pretty much any movie this summer, you’re going to walk out ofMatt Reeves’Dawn of the Planet of the Apesand think, “How the HECK did they do that?” The combination of technical expertise mixed with dramatic artistry is absolutely magnificent and, somehow, a huge step up from the already-impressiveRise of the Planet of the Apes....

Exploring The Most Intriguing Disney Urban Legends, Both True And Untrue We’ve all heard the myth about Walt Disney having his bodypreserved in cryonic storage.In some tellings, it’s just his disembodied head that gets cryonically frozen. If you came of age in the 1990s, during theDisney Renaissance,you might also be familiar with how a bevy of inappropriate Easter eggs are said to be laced throughout the animated features of that period....

Fantastic Fest 2019 Day One: ‘Sweetheart’ Is A Killer Creature Feature, ‘First Love’ Is The Best Takashi Miike Film In Years, And ‘Guns Akimbo’ Is ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Via Axe Body Spray (Welcome toThe Fantastic Fest Diaries, where we will be chronicling every single movie we see at the United States' largest genre film festival.) Welcome to Fantastic Fest 2019, day one. In this entry,Guns AkimboisScott Pilgrimfor assholes,First Loveis the bestTakashi Miikefilm in years, andSweetheartis a thrilling creature feature....

Gareth Edwards Says Lucasfilm Has A 4K Restoration Of The Original ‘Star Wars’, But When Will We See It? There is one reason and one reason only for why I have not boughtStar Warson Blu-ray: I simply have no interest in watching the special editions, with the new visual effects that were added in the late ’90s. I understand why they exist. I understand that some fans prefer them. I understand that everyone already has an opinion on this matter and that my saying this will inspire as many irritated sighs as it does agreeable nods....