Disney Circling Martin Scorsese’s Hawaii-Set Crime Thriller Starring DiCaprio, Johnson, & Blunt
You’d be hard pressed to find a more exciting film project than Martin Scorsese‘s Hawaii-set crime caper with this cast—DiCaprio, Johnson, and Blunt—so why wouldn’t Disney come scoop it up? Deadline reports that the studio is nearing a deal for the project, which is being described as a kind of Goodfellas on the Hawaiian islands, with Robert De ...
Director Wes Ball & Oscar-Nominated VFX Supervisor Erik Winquist on the Groundbreaking Visuals of “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes took the franchise to new heights of photorealism and immersive filmmaking. The groundbreaking series has pushed the envelope in motion capture and beyond, starting with 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes and carrying on through three subsequent films. The latest film, Wes Ball‘s 2024 epic Kingdom ...
A Secret “Predator” Movie is Coming Out Next Year
We already knew that a new Predator film was headed our way—Predator: Badlands—the sequel to 2022’s Dan Trachtenberg’s hit Prey. But now, thanks to a conversation between 20th Century Studio Boss Steve Asbell and The Hollywood Reporter‘s Borys Kit, we now know there’s a secret, additional Predator film lurking on the 2025 release schedule. Asbell revealed that after the success of Trachtenberg’s Prey, the ...
Designed to Shred: How “Alien: Romulus” Costume Designer Carlos Rosario Stylized Horror
Previously, we talked to Alien: Romulus costume designer Carlos Rosario about how American farmers’ attire from the 1940s-1960s inspired some of the wardrobe for our Jackson’s Star inhabitants and several sartorial callbacks from the first two films in the franchise. In part two, Rosario discusses how director Fede Alvarez’s approach to his ferocious interquel helped the designer ...
“Alien: Romulus” Costume Designer Carlos Rosario’s Retro Vision & Vintage Style Blends – Part One
The only film so far to take this summer’s box office juggernaut Deadpool & Wolverine off the #1 spot for a spell was Fede Álvarez’s sci-fi horror Alien: Romulus, which brought back one of the most frightful monsters in cinematic history—the lobster-like face-strangling Xenomorphs! Taking place between Ridley Scott’s 1979 revered original and James Cameron’s ...
“Alien: Romulus” Images Reveal Last Look at the Legendary Xenomorph, Cinema’s Gnarliest Monster
The wait is over—director Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus is here, and with its arrival comes the return of one of the most iconic movie monsters of all time. While the film stars Cailee Spaeny (coming in for rave reviews), alongside a cast of young stars like Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, and Aileen Wu, ...
Everything You Need to Know About “Alien” & “Aliens” Before You See “Alien: Romulus”
With the first reactions to Alien: Romulus calling it a genuinely terrifying sci-fi experience, we thought it was a good idea to give you some grounding in precisely where the film is situated before you brave the theater to see it. Romulus is the rare interquel, connecting what happened in the 57 years between the fateful ...
First “Alien: Romulus” Reactions Call it a Genuinely Terrifying Sci-Fi Horror Experience
The first reactions to director Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus are here after 20th Century Studios unleashed the film on audiences at the world premiere in Los Angeles. Romulus is the eighth installment in the iconic sci-fi franchise, which began in Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic Alien and is set between that film and James Cameron’s thrilling 1986 sequel Aliens. To ensure ...
From Ripley to Rain: New “Alien: Romulus” Teaser Connects Cailee Spaeny & Sigourney Weaver’s Heroines
“What was so great about what Sigourney did, it was incredible; it holds such an iconic space in cinematic history,” Cailee Spaeny says at the top of a new look at director Fede Alvarez’s upcoming Alien: Romulus. Spaeny stars as Rain Carradine, a young woman who makes a really, really bad decision when she tries ...
“Alien: Romulus” Trailer Bridges the Gap Between the Two Most Iconic Installments
You know the old adage, made famous by Ridley Scott’s original Alien, that in space, no one can you hear scream? You can be sure there will be screams aplenty in director Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus, an interquel that bridges the gap between Scott’s 1979 game changer and James Cameron’s fantastic 1986 sequel Aliens. Alvarez’s ...
A Ferocious Fight is Brewing in New “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” IMAX Trailer
20th Century Studios has just released a big, brawny new IMAX trailer for director Wes Ball’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, which boasts perhaps the franchise’s most photo-realistic warring apes yet. The new installment promises a ton of action, as the story is set hundreds of years after the events in Matt Reeves’ 2017 War ...
First “Alien: Romulus” Images Unleash the Xenomorph in Fede Alvarez’s Upcoming Interquel
Yesterday, we got our first glimpse at director Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus, the latest installment in the Alien franchise, yet one that is taking a different approach from the more recent films. Alvarez, with the blessing of both Ridley Scott and James Cameron, has made an “interquel,” a film that connects Scott’s groundbreaking 1979 sci-fi horror ...
First “Alien: Romulus” Trailer Reveals the “Interquel” Connecting Franchise’s Most Iconic Films
The Alien franchise is taking us back to its roots. Director Fede Alvarez has unveiled the first look at his Alien: Romulus, which has been approved by both Ridley Scott and James Cameron and is connected to their films in the venerable sci-fi horror franchise. Getting Scott and Cameron’s approval is the highest possible praise ...
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” Big Game Trailer Finds Rivals Vying for Supremacy
The Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers weren’t the only formidable foes battling it out last night. During the Super Bowl, 20th Century Studios revealed the official trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, which is set hundreds of years after the events in Matt Reeves’ 2017 War for the Planet of the Apes. ...
First “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” Trailer Reveals Brilliant Apes, Feral Humans
The apes talk in the very first trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. We know what you’re thinking—well, sure, they also spoke in the last Planet of the Apes movie, director Matt Reeves’ excellent 2017 trilogy capper War for the Planet of the Apes—but in director Wes Ball’s new film, they speak with a fluency and ...
“The Creator” Production Designer James Clyne Fabricates the Future
When writer-director Gareth Edwards finished Rogue One, he took a road trip to his girlfriend’s home in Iowa. Along the way, he noticed a Japanese factory in the middle of a cornfield and started dreaming up a new story. Seven years later, Edwards has delivered The Creator. Set in 2065, the movie pits American humans ...
Two New “The Creator” TV Spots Hype the Coming Release of Gareth Edwards’ Sci-Fi Epic
Now that the early reactions have confirmed that writer/director Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One) has pulled off something special with The Creator, all eyes will be on the full reviews when the embargo is lifted this week. Edwards’s new film then premieres this Friday, September 29, in what is one of the most eagerly anticipated films of the ...
“No One Will Save You” Review Round-Up: A Lean, Mean, Nerve-Fraying Alien Home Invasion Thriller
There’s a lean, mean, and deliciously well-made new thriller that’s officially arrived on Hulu, writer/director Brian Duffield’s alien invasion film No One Will Save You. No One Will Save You is centered on Brynn (Kaitlyn Dever), a talented young woman who’s been alienated from her community and living in her childhood home, the only place she ...
“The Creator” First Reactions: A Stunning, Emotionally Resonant Original Sci-Fi Saga
It sounds as if writer/director Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One) has pulled it off. Delivering a huge, original sci-fi blockbuster is a hard thing to do in the best of times, and especially hard in a climate that prefers its blockbusters to have built-in IP, yet the first reactions to his latest film, The Creator, ...
“A Haunting in Venice” Editor Lucy Donaldson on Cutting Hercule Poirot’s Crisis of Confidence
Kenneth Branagh is back as director and star with his latest Agatha Christie film adaptation, A Haunting in Venice, based on Christie’s novel “Hallowe’en Party.” As with his other adaptations, A Haunting in Venice is a who-done-it in which a great cast joins Branagh’s twisted tale, which in the latest installment includes Tina Fey, Michelle ...
