10 Movies About Vikings To Check Out Before The Northman We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ancient Scandinavians, known collectively these days as Vikings, were a fascinating group of people whose impact spread from Greenland to Russia. Best known for their prowess as warriors and violent rituals, the Vikings were explorers, conquerors, and settlers that lived from the 8th century CE to the late 11th century CE....
Alan Alda Lands Roles In ‘Tower Heist’ And ‘Wanderlust’ David WaindirectingAlan Aldais something I can pretty easily picture.Brett Ratnerdirecting Alan Alda is something of which I’d never even conceived, though I suppose Alda would have been right at home in Ratner’sThe Family Man, with Nic Cage. Regardless, Alda will work with both directors as he’s been cast in both Wain’sWanderlustand Ratner’sTower Heist. InWanderlust, Alda will play Carvin, the head of a ‘naturalist village,’ aka the commune wherePaul RuddandJennifer Anistonend up when they flee the big city for a more laid-back existence....
Amazon’s ‘Jack Reacher’ Series Pumps Up With 6 More Cast Members Kristin Kreukis reuniting with herSmallvilleco-starAlan Ritchsonin Amazon’sJack Reacherseries.Simply titledReacher, the TV series is set to star Ritchson as the title character, a hulking ex-Army investigator who is the protagonist of a series of crime thriller novels by British authorLee Child. And Amazon has bulked up the cast ofReacherwith six new cast members, including Kreuk andWhat We Do in the Shadowsbreakout starHarvey Guillén....
Blumhouse ‘Dracula’ Will Remain Faithful To Bram Stoker’s Book, According To Director Karyn Kusama Karyn Kusama, director ofJennifer’s Body,The Invitation, andDestroyer, is set to raiseDraculafrom his moldy tomb for Blumhouse, and that’s worth getting excited about. Sure, there are countless film takes on Bram Stoker’s bloodsucking count, but Kusama is such a unique, exciting director to tackle this material. And in a recent interview, the filmmaker makes it clear she’s not going to take the same old approach to the story....
Check Out An Awesome, Previously Unseen, Alternate ‘Back To The Future’ Poster Thanks to the artwork ofDrew Struzan, the posters for theBack to the Futuretrilogy are iconic. Countless fans have imitated the pose struck by an illustrated Doc Brown and Marty McFly next to the DeLorean time machine. But as with any movie, there are always unused poster designs that we don’t get to see until after the movie is released....
Chris Evans Says Captain America Needs To Earn His Spot In The Avengers [Age Of Ultron Set Interview] In June 2014, I visited the London set ofAvengers: Age of Ultron. Over the last couple months we have posted our on set interviews withMark Ruffalo,Robert Downey Jr, directorJoss Whedon, andChris Hemsworth.Today we’ve been given the green light to publish our interview with two more Avengers. This morning we postedour interview with Hawkeye,Jeremy Renner, and this post contains our interview with Captain America himselfChris Evans....
Cool Stuff: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Vinyl Soundtrack Has Holograms On It We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Even thoughJohn Williams' score forStar Wars: The Force Awakenshas been available to fans since the film hit theaters late last year, a vinyl version of the soundtrack wasn’t available until this year. While there are a couple versions available out there for purchase right now, Walt Disney Records has a special edition vinyl release that will be available in June that is extremely cool....
Disney+ Docuseries Sketchbook Will Herald The Studio’s Return To 2D Hand-Drawn Animation When Walt and Roy Disney launched the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in 1923, traditional hand-drawn 2D animation put them on the map. After the massive success of the first animated feature film"Snow White and the Seven Dwarves"in 1937, the studio that would eventually become known as Walt Disney Pictures would continue to produce acclaimed animated classics in that style for decades....
Easter Eggs You May Have Missed In Scream As we’ve come to know over the years, one of the best parts of the"Scream" franchiseis the meta element. The focus on the “rules” of horror movies and the commentary on the genre at large is what makes the franchise so lovable, and to see ourselves as fans reflected back at us in such an iconic and memorable way is what keeps us coming back....
Eddie Redmayne Spent Months Preparing For A Fantastic Beasts Scene We Never Saw If you have even briefly used the internet in the last few weeks, you have no doubt seen pictures of Timothée Chalamet in his sinful Oscars red carpet attire of a Louis Vuitton sequined suit jacket worn without anything underneath. Gasp! Now, Chalamet is absolutelynotthe most buff actor in Hollywood, but somehow, this specific look on this specific man set the internet ablaze with excitement....
Exclusive ‘Downton Abbey’ Clip: How The Film Differs From The Beloved TV Series In this day and age of IPs, remakes, and sequels, filmmakers have to work carefully to bring a beloved property from the small screen to the big screen. Perhaps no one knows that struggle more thanDownton AbbeycreatorJulian Fellowes, who this year helped adapt his beloved costume drama into a feature film that follows the events of the TV series....
Exclusive: Elizabeth Banks Offers Update On ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ In a year’s time, when I’m looking at the films of 2015 and crafting my most anticipated lost, a lot of pretty obvious ones will be on there. One that’s a little less obvious isPitch Perfect 2. The 2012 original was a deep breath of fresh air, with its pop culture specificity, nearly gross out humor, and aca-awesome acapella singing. It grossed $113 million worldwide against a $17 million budget andUniversal is expecting a sequelin 2015....
Exclusive: Justin White’s ‘Rated G’ Art Show - Your Favorite Movies Reimagined As Animation Cels These days, animation isn’t as defined by age as it once was. Once upon a time, a Disney movie was only thought to be for kids. But recently, Pixar has tackled mature themes, the humor ofSouth Parkhas become a cultural institution,Star Warsis an animated TV series, comic book characters have cartoons and thanks to genres like anime, R-rated animation isn’t an oxymoron....
