Guillermo Del Toro Speaks On The Set Of ‘Mama’ - The State Of Horror, Overextending Himself, Battling The MPAA, Frankenstein And Much More In October of 2011, I was flown to Toronto, Canada to visit the set ofMama. Directed byAndy Muschietti(above left) and starringJessica Chastain, the film promises to be a creepy, frightening story about two girls haunted by the ghost of their dead mother. There’s much more to that, and you can read all about itin my set visit report here....

Here’s How ‘Black Panther’ Director Ryan Coogler Contributed To Pixar’s ‘Soul’ If you pay close attention during the closing credits of Pixar’sSoul, you’ll spot one name that may come as something of a surprise:Ryan Coogler. The director ofBlack PantherandCreedwas never announced as part of the creative team for this film, so what did he do to earn a “special thanks” credit in Pixar’s newest movie? We spoke with the filmmakers behind the movie and asked them that very question, and they explained the Ryan CooglerSoulconnection....

How Blade Runner 2049 Avoided Becoming Just Another Sci-Fi Film The future looks bleak, folks, so why not reflect on"Blade Runner,“a haunting cyberpunk vision in which the police cyclically execute living beings on behalf of a mega corporation who denies the souls it manufactures the right to their own autonomy? Ridley Scott’s sci-fi masterpiece, adapted fromPhilip K. Dick’s"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” remains a captivating neo-noir that is as visually striking as it is harrowing to behold....

How Did This Get Made: A Conversation With Frank Dux, The Real-Life Inspiration For Bloodsport Unlike so many of the testosterone-fueled films of the ’80s,Bloodsportholds the rare distinction of being based on a true story. It’s the amazing tale ofFrank Dux, a Caucasian martial artist who fought in (and won) a ruthless secret tournament that’s held only once every five years. It’s a tale so amazing that two months after the film’s release, it was dismissed by the L....

How The Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen IMAX Experience Compares With The Dark Knight Last summer, Christopher Nolan wowed IMAX audiences by shooting the establishing shots and several action sequences ofThe Dark Knightin IMAX. Many were concerned that the effect would be jarring: Since only a few sequences were shot in IMAX, the picture would have to switch back and forth between a widescreen presentation and a native 70mm IMAX presentation (which filled up the entire whole, square-shaped frame)....

Is David Lynch Playing Famed Western Director John Ford In Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans? “West Side Story” (and every other movie you’ve ever loved) director Steven Spielberg is gathering a pretty impressive cast for his upcoming film “The Fabelmans.” The latest to join — and this is a really big one, folks — isdirector David Lynch. You know his work from “Dune” (no, notthis one, theother one), “Twin Peaks,” and “Mulholland Drive....

J.J. Abrams Among Filmmakers Developing Projects For Paramount Animation For the past few years,Paramountenjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship withDreamWorks Animation, releasing tons of successful films likeRango, Kung Fu Panda, How To Train Your Dragonand more. Last summer, though, DreamWorks Animationannounced they’d be parting wayswith the studio, leaving Paramount without a strong animation presence.Paramount Animationwas born. Varietynow reports Paramount has begun independently developing projects with filmmakers likeJ.J. Abrams(Mission: Impossible, Star Trek) andMary Parent(Noah, Pacific Rim) as well as tapping their kids TV channel,Nickelodeon, for more feature ideas....

Johnny Depp Confirmed For ‘Black Mass’, Tom Hardy In Talks TheWhitey BulgerbiopicBlack Massgot a fresh jolt of life last month whenScott Cooperentered talks to direct, and now it’s taking another big step forward as casting gets underway. In the lead role will beJohnny Depp, who previously signed on and then quit the project last year, whileTom Hardyis in early talks to play his FBI handler John Connolly. Get more details on the project after the jump....

Jon Hamm Cast As Boba Fett In New Star Wars Canon Story Forty is the magic number forStar Warsthis year, with a special volume coming to us from a galaxy far, far away replete with 40 authors writing 40 stories forStar Wars' 40th anniversary. The volumeFrom a Certain Point of View, which will also be released in audiobook form, gives background stories for everyone from your average X-Wing pilot to the famed Boba Fett, the infamous mercenary fromThe Return of the JediandEmpire Strikes Back(who we’ve only heard with voice distortion due to his helmet)....

Josh Gad Recruits Judi Dench To Pester Daisy Ridley For ‘Last Jedi’ Spoilers After the eighth episode of the Skywalker saga was announced asStar Wars: The Last Jedi,FrozenstarJosh Gadbeganposting videoson Facebook jokingly grillingDaisy Ridley, his co-star in the currently filming Kenneth Branagh remake ofMurder on the Orient Express, about who is the titular Last Jedi. These videos have gotten such a great response that Gad apparently isn’t stopping. For the third week, Gad has reeled in another Orient Express co-star, DameJudi Denchto help pester Ridley with questions about The Last Jedi....

Kenneth Branagh Has Now Been Nominated For Seven Oscars, All In Different Categories It’s not every day you can wake up one morning and find out that you’ve set a new record for Academy Award nominations by the longstanding institution which is set to hold its 94th ceremony (94!) in March of this year. Well, that’s precisely the position Kenneth Branagh finds himself in after his latest film, the largely black-and-white picture “Belfast,” earned Branagh an additional three nominations that he’s never accrued in his career until now....

Lena Dunham Is The Latest Star To Join Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Once Upon a Time in Hollywoodkeeps adding more stars to its already-stacked cast. But while this latest addition is a big name, it’s also a wholly unexpected choice.Lena Dunhamis joiningQuentin Tarantino’sOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodcast in an undisclosed role. Though theGirlscreator has earned a slew of Emmy nominations for her work on the HBO series, this will be Dunham’s first ever role in a major Hollywood feature....

Maya And The Three Trailer: Netflix Delivers An Epic Animated Fantasy Described as “An Animated Event Told in 9 Chapters,” “Maya and the Three” is a new animated miniseries from Netflix that features the voices of Zoe Saldaña, Gabriel Iglesias, Allen Maldonado, Stephanie Beatriz, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Alfred Molina, and many more. Created and directed by “The Book of Life” filmmaker Jorge R. Gutiérrez, “Maya and the Three” is set in a fictional fantasy world that blends Aztec, Maya, and Inca mythology, with modern-day Caribbean culture....