‘Grease’ Prequel Brings In ‘Hearts Beat Loud’ Director Brett Haley Yes, thatGreaseprequelis still happening. And it’s even found a director!Brett Haley, the filmmaker behind the charming indie flickHearts Beat Loud, is set to direct the project, which is currently calledSummer Lovin’but will probably end up being retitledGrease: Originsor something stupid like that, since studios love brand recognition. Deadline is the word on theGreaseprequel director. Brett Haley has been brought in by Paramount to helm the film which will cover the fateful meeting between Danny and Sandy before they meet again at Rydell High School....

‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Is Officially Coming To Broadway In 2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Childhas been winning critical raves and packing the Palace Theatre in London since the summer of 2016, encouraging many fans ofJ.K. Rowling’s boy wizard to make a journey to the United Kingdom to experience the stage-bound sequel to the beloved novels. But soon, we’ll have a second option:Harry Potter and the Cursed Childis coming to Broadway next year....

‘Iron Fist’ Season 2 Early Buzz: A Vast Improvement Over The First Season But Still Not Great When Marvel’sIron Fistseries debuted on Netflix, it was quickly regarded as the worst of the comic book shows on the subscription streaming service. Lined up alongside the likes ofDaredevil, Luke CageandJessica Jones, the mystical superhero just fell flat. Thankfully, the producers and writers have learned lessons from that misstep, and they’ve improved in the second season ofIron Fist, at least according to critics who have screen the first six episodes....

‘Knocking’ Review: Strange Sounds And Even Stranger Neighbors Haunt This Brief, Effective Horror-Thriller [Sundance 2021] Molly (Cecilia Milocco) has just left a mental institution and is ready to start over. Her new life takes her to an apartment complex, but as a heatwave sets in, this place of potential new beginnings turns ominous. There’s a strange, inexplicable knocking sound coming from the apartment above – or so Molly thinks. No one else in the building can hear it, and when Molly asks her upstairs neighbors if they’re making the noises they greet her questions with confusion....

‘Mulan’ Cameo: Here’s How That Moment Came Together If you shelled out the extra $30 to see Disney’s live-action remake ofMulanthis past weekend, you may have noticed a special cameo near the end of the film. Read on to learn the story about how that ended up happening, what the original plan for the cameo was, and more. Warning:spoilersfor the 2020Mulanbelow. Mulan Cameo A post shared by Ming-Na Wen (@mingna_wen)...

‘Obvious Child’ Is Jenny Slate’s Charming Abortion Comedy [Sundance 2014 Review] Obvious Childis a charming romantic dramedy about love and abortion in New York City. The humor feels like a mix of the crudeness and sharp teeth of Sarah Silverman’s comedy and the grounded snappiness of Lena Dunham’sGirls. At center stage is comedianJenny Slate, with one of the breakthrough performances of this year’s fest. Slate’s career thus far has largely been comprised of background and supporting comedy roles....

‘Solos’ Trailer: Anne Hathaway, Anthony Mackie, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, And More Star In Amazon’s New Sci-Fi Anthology Series A star-studded cast leadsSolos, a new sci-fi anthology series from Amazon and creatorDavid Weil. The seven-part series “explores the strange, beautiful, heart-breaking, hilarious, wondrous truths of what it means to be human” and “spans our present and future and illuminates that even during our most isolated moments we are all connected through the human experience....

‘The Jungle Book’ Clip: You Know, Just A Moment Between A Boy And His Wolf-Mom I may have shrugged at the earliest teaser trailer forThe Jungle Book, the one that was 98% jumping through an unfinished CGI jungle, but I’ll give credit where credit is due: the past few months have made me genuinely excited to see what directorJon Favreaudoes with this material.The most recent traileris brimming with personality and charm....

‘The Ledge’ – Religion, Romance And A Suicidal Ultimatum [Sundance Review] Upon first reading aboutThe Ledge, it felt like one of those classic Sundance Film Festival movies that could breakout and be a hit. It has a well-known cast, an experienced writer/director and a story that’s easily digestible. The story is about how and why a man on the ledge of a building is ready to kill himself, the cast includesCharlie Hunnam, Liv Tyler, Patrick WilsonandTerrence Howardand the writer/director isMatthew Chapman, who wroteRunaway Jury, Color of NightandConsenting Adults....

‘This Is 40’ Red-Band Featurette: Dealing With Constant Intimacy, And Fondling Megan Fox Let’s just cut to the chase: there’s a bit in this red-band featurette explainingJudd Apatow’s new filmThis is 40whereLeslie MannfondlesMegan Fox. That happens at about the 2:45 mark. So just go watch that, and then get back to me. I’ll wait. OK, so this is a good attempt by Apatow, Mann, andPaul Ruddto ground the film and both put it in the context ofKnocked Up(Mann and Rudd reprise their roles from that film) and position the story as a coming of middle-age tale that has something for all of us....

‘Tomb Raider’ Sequel With Alicia Vikander Will Desecrate Some More Graves While theTomb Raiderreboot withAlicia Vikanderdidn’t generate much buzz, it did well-enough at the box office worldwide for MGM and Warner Bros. to go ahead with a sequel. And they’ve hired a new writer to get the job done.Amy Jump, who co-wroteKill List,A Field in England,High-Rise, and more, will handle the script. Plot details are still buried deep beneath the earth, but the first film was more of a prequel, so hopefully this follow-up will cut with the world-building and make with the tomb raiding....

‘Vacation’ Red Band Trailer: Walley World Here We Come! We’ve been hearing all sorts of positive buzz from behind the scenes about Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema’s reboot of the comedy classicVacation. The film wasbumped up from an initial fall releaseto a much more confident summer date, and now the first red band trailer has arrived to show us what all the fuss was about. Surprisingly, this looks absolutely hilarious....

‘Vice’ Review: Adam McKay Paints A Scathing Portrait Of Dick Cheney In One Of The Best Movies Of The Year Adam McKay’sViceis a funny, infuriating look at the life, times and alleged crimes of Dick Cheney, former Vice President of the United States. As played brilliantly by a nearly unrecognizableChristian Bale, Cheney is presented as the dark force that drove modern American politics into the ground, essentially creating the nightmare we’re stuck in today....