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(from back center) Roz (Lupita N’yongo), and Brightbill (Kit Connor) in DreamWorks Animation’s Wild Robot, directed by Chris Sanders.

From DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation, Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot.

The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—Rozzum unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building...

Prepare your inner child. Parents of children, parents of pets, prepare to feel your heartstrings pulled with the newest family film, The Wild Robot. The final trailer for the animated movie has been released by DreamWorks. Stay tuned for our review, which will drop later today.

The Wild Robot follows the journey of a robot—Rozzum unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.

Courtesy of the official press release for The Wild Robot:

The Wild Robot stars Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o as robot Roz; Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Pedro Pascal as fox Fink; Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail; Oscar nominee Bill Nighy as goose Longneck; Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill and Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu as Vontra,...

Universal Pictures has released the final trailer for The Wild Robot movie, which is based on Peter Brown’s #1 New York Times bestseller. Tickets are now on sale for the film.

The DreamWorks Animation film is rated PG for action/peril and thematic elements and will open in theaters on September 27, 2024.

The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot – Rozzum unit 7134, “Roz” for short – that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.

The Wild Robot movie is written and directed by Chris Sanders, a three-time Oscar nominee. It is a powerful story about the discovery of self, a thrilling examination of the bridge between technology and nature, and a moving exploration of what it means to be alive and connected to all living things.

3 different actors had the chance to portray Riker in Star Trek(Photo Credit –Instagram)

Let’s go back in time and investigate the possible outcomes inside the Star Trek world. Who knows, perhaps the series might have gone entirely in a different path if another actor had played Riker!

1. Michael O’Gorman: The Almost-Riker Who Quit Acting

Think of a Star Trek where Michael O’Gorman, not Jonathan Frakes, served as Riker’s face. It’s an idea worth considering. O’Gorman has a limited background in acting, having played quirky characters in a number of forgotten syndicated series, including Monsters and Miami Vice. Despite his short list of credits, O’Gorman was a serious contender for Riker.

In a memo dated April 13, 1987, from John Ferraro, Senior Vice President for Paramount Pictures, O’Gorman’s name appeared alongside other top contenders such as Gregg Marx and Ben Murphy. Ferraro’s memo...

Universal Pictures has shared a new featurette on DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot, which is based on Peter Brown’s #1 New York Times bestseller. The film is rated PG for action/peril and thematic elements and will open in theaters on September 27, 2024.

The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot – Rozzum unit 7134, “Roz” for short – that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.

The Wild Robot is written and directed by Chris Sanders, a three-time Oscar nominee. It is a powerful story about the discovery of self, a thrilling examination of the bridge between technology and nature, and a moving exploration of what it means to be alive and connected to all living things.

Sanders is the writer-director of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon,...

Following rave reactions from a preview at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, DreamWorks‘ The Wild Robot trailer arrives to tease a grand adventure of discovery, defying directives, and finding your place in the world, even if that place is the most unlikely venue on the planet.

The Wild Robot follows the journey of a robot—Rozzum unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.

Courtesy of the official press release for The Wild Robot:

The Wild Robot stars Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o as robot Roz; Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Pedro Pascal as fox Fink; Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail; Oscar nominee Bill Nighy as goose Longneck; Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill and Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu as Vontra,...

Universal and DreamWorks Animation have unveiled the latest trailer for The Wild Robot, a new adaptation of a literary sensation, Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller.

The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—Rozzum unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.

Check out the super cute trailer below and see the movie in theaters September 27.

I love this trailer… can’t wait to see this!

The film definitely looks to be among this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Animated Feature. DreamWorks has received 14 nomination for their previous films which include Shrek, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Shrek 2, Shark Tale, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon,...

True crime movies have existed since the early days of cinema, and over the decades have become a prominent form of viewing experience. Some of the biggest movies in history have been based on tragic, cruel and downright hopeless true events, from Schindler’s List to Monster. The ‘70s brought about a real boom in movies using their factual backgrounds as selling points, particularly in the horror genre, with titles such as The Amityville Horror, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This could prove to be a controversial move that drew criticism for portraying the suffering of real people for the sake of entertainment. But often such movies cushioned the blow somewhat by deviating considerably from the events that inspired them, or at the very least allowing some time to pass before production began. One movie that did not offer any such courtesy was a British...

John McVicar died on 6 September 2022 of a heart attack, aged 82. He was a seasoned ex-convict who turned his hand from armed robbery to a career in journalism, writing about crime and justice for the Guardian, the New Statesman and Spiked. However, this biopic is not about McVicar, the autodidact. Instead, it is a crime film about McVicar’s 1968 prison break that’s told with an austere, turn-of-the-’80s aesthetic comparable to Scum, The Black Panther and The Long Good Friday.

Roger Daltrey’s presence may raise questions about McVicar’s seriousness, but this isn’t a lazy rock star vehicle — Daltrey assumes the role with a sinewy attitude that doesn’t want for credibility. Credible too are McVicar’s fellow inmates and the staff who corral them at Hmp Durham, where life is stark but not without goodwill. There is a fair amount of camaraderie, in fact, with conflict rarely going beyond coarse words.

The first trailer for Bob Marley: One Love reveals an MCU star's transformation into the titular reggae legend. From King Richard director Reinaldo Marcus Green, the musical biopic chronicles the life and career of the legendary singer/songwriter, Bob Marley, from his rise to fame to his death during the early 1980s. The Bob Marley movie cast includes Kingsley Ben-Adir (who stars in Marvel Studios' Secret Invasion) alongside Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley, Jesse Cilio as Norval Marley, James Norton as record producer Chris Blackwell, Michael Gandolfini, Nadine Marshall, and Anthony Welsh.

Paramount Pictures released the first teaser trailer for Bob Marley: One Love. Check it out below:

Featuring the famous Marley songs "Jamming" and "Exodus," the trailer reveals Ben-Adir's transformation into the icon during various stages of his life from his roots in Jamaica to his rise to global fame. The emotional centerpiece of the trailer is the assassination...

“Fast X” predictably won a second weekend on top of the mainland China box office, driving its total past the $100 million mark. But the disappointing start for Disney’s live-action “The Little Mermaid” was the bigger talking point.

“Fast X” earned $17.6 million in China according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. That was a 66% drop compared with its opening weekend, but still gave the film a $110 million cumulative after 12 days and has caused estimates to be further revised upwards.

Ticketing agency Maoyan is now forecasting that the film will finish with RMB880 million ($126 million), having previously predicted RMB728 million ($104 million), and then RMB840 million.

That would make the film the top-scoring Hollywood title of the year (excluding 2022 release “Avatar: The Way of Water”). But the numbers are way down on past outings by the franchise.

To date, “Fast X” only ranks as the 49th best-performing Hollywood film in Chinese local currency terms.

Former US president Barack Obama has won the Best Narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, Our Great National Parks, beating heavyweights including Sir David Attenborough.

The five-part show, which features national parks from around the globe, is produced by Higher Ground, the production company founded jointly by the former US president and first lady Michelle Obama.

Obama was competing in a category full of famous nominees for the award handed out at Saturday (3 September) night’s Creative Arts Emmys, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, David Attenborough, and Lupita Nyong’o.

Obama is the second president to win an Emmy after Dwight D Eisenhower, who was given a special Emmy Award in 1956.

The president has previously won Grammy Awards for audiobook readings of two of his memoirs, The Audacity of Hope and A Promised Land.

Late actor Chadwick Boseman also won an Emmy for his voice work on Saturday.

The Black Panther...

To give the 2021 Golden Globes a much-needed cuteness overload, LA'Ron Hines, aka TikTok user @laronhinesofficial, interviewed a bunch of children to see just how much they knew about the award ceremony. (Spoiler alert: just as much as you'd think.) "What do people do at awards shows?" he asked before a little girl responded, "Sit on the couch and brush their teeth." Although, in a world of virtual ceremonies, she's not too far off. The true highlight wasn't their favorite song from Hamilton being Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," nor was it them thinking the HFPA is an organization for when you get in trouble. In fact, it had nothing to do with the ceremony. "Who is Chadwick Boseman?" Hines asked. "Chadwick Boseman is the good guy," one little boy said after a chorus of "The Black Panther!"...

Letitia Wright has her sights set on a chilling real-life story of inseparable twins.

The Black Panther star, 26, is set to play one of the twin sisters June and Jennifer Gibbons in the film The Silent Twins, based on the book of the same name by journalist Marjorie Wallace, according to Deadline. Tamara Lawrance will play one of the other twins.

The Gibbons sisters’ history is curious as the two remained silent for the majority of their lives, choosing to communicate only with each other in their own private language.

While they refused to speak, they did dedicate their childhoods to writing poems,...

Danai Gurira's second act in Hollywood is as equally impressive as her first.

The Black Panther and (soon to be former) The Walking Dead actress as well as playwright has signed a two-year overall deal with ABC Studios. Under the pact, she will create, develop, write and produce new projects for all the Disney-owned studio's multiple platforms (as well as possibly for outside suppliers). The deal does not have a talent component, but considering she's already in the Disney family from her starring role in Marvel's Black Panther, it remains a possibility.

The news comes as the ...

It’s official: “Joker” is a hit. The provocative Todd Phillips-directed Warner Bros. film, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the iconic DC Comics villain, had the biggest October weekend opening box office ever, with $93.5 million in ticket sales.

There was never a doubt that “Joker” would earn big bucks, but awards season recognition remains an open question.

As soon as the first trailer dropped in April, a chorus of praise was heaped upon Phoenix. The clip may only have been two minutes and 24 seconds long, but the glimpse of the actor as the clown-faced killer with a psycho laugh was met with Insta-predictions that Phoenix would secure his fourth Oscar nomination.

Since then, Warner Bros. staged the film’s world premiere in Venice, where it received an eight-minute standing ovation and picked up the Golden Lion. A few days later, the North American debut at the Toronto Film Festival earned Phoenix similar accolades.

There can only be one winner, but each of the Best Picture nominees overcame creative, financial and logistical hurdles to get this close to the finish line. Here are their war stories.

Black Panther

Fifty years ago, the phrase ‘Black Panther’ carried more political baggage than it does today, immediately summoning up images of a militant African-American revolutionary, named after by the controversial civil rights party founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California, in 1966. Created by Stan Lee in a bid to deliver the world’s first non-stereotype black superhero, the comic book of the same name materialized around the same time. Unusually, The Black Panther wasn’t an alter ego—it was the formal title for T’Challa, King of Wakanda—but Lee described the overlapping of names as “a strange coincidence”, adding that “maybe if I had it to do over again, I’d have...

While DC Comics icons like Superman and Batman starred in a series of successful films back in the day, Marvel Comics stable of superheroes and villains were in a much more precarious place for decades. Marvel went bankrupt in the mid-90s. The Marvel Universe was broken apart in a myriad of licensing deals, with movie and TV rights to their biggest characters and supporting casts spread across different studios. We recently unearthed a fascinating report from Hollywood trade publication Variety, published in December 1992, which offered a look at Marvel's slate way before the blockbuster success of the Avengers, or even the X-Men. Here we'll take a look at 9 Marvel Movies We Almost Got in the '90s.

So let's break down where things stood with a bunch of Marvel properties in 1992...

Spider-man

Variety reported that James Cameron hoped to write, direct, and produce a Spider-Man movie with Terminator 2 studio Carolco,...

Black filmmakers had a record year at the box office in 2018 — earning a record $1.5 billion at the domestic box office from 16 films.

In addition, this was the first year in which five films by black filmmakers topped $100 million in North American ticket sales in the same year.

The biggest domestic box office hit of the year was Ryan Coogler’s “The Black Panther,” which grossed $700.1 million in North America and $1.3 billion worldwide. It also featured a predominantly black cast of actors playing characters representing a range of perspectives, and addressing struggles and themes that black audiences know all too well.

But there were a wealth of hits by other black filmmakers, including Steven Caple Jr.’s Michael B. Jordan boxing film “Creed II,” which has earned $112.2 million; the $104.1 million-grossing animated hit “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” co-directed by Peter Ramsey and featuring Afro-Latino character Miles Morales as the webslinger; and Antoine Fuqua’s “The Equalizer 2,...

James Hunt Nov 13, 2018

The giant of Marvel Comics, Stan Lee, has passed away at age 95. Den of Geek looks back at his life.

This article comes from Den of Geek UK.

When Den of Geek asked me to write a few words about Stan Lee’s passing at age 95, I only had one thought: how could I even begin? As the co-creator of characters like Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, the X-Men and countless more - each one an industry unto themselves - Stan Lee has left as indelible a mark on popular culture as any single person could hope to. He was a legend in his own lifetime. What can I say about Stan Lee that won’t have been said by someone, somewhere?

Still, I’m going to try. Because as much as Stan Lee’s characters mean to me, as much influence as they’ve had over my life,...

Disney’s upcoming streaming service is ramping up its content creation, with Empire writer/executive producer Malcolm Spellman hired to pen a potential limited series that would team two of Marvel’s costumed characters: Winter Soldier and The Falcon.

It is one of several potential series on the service, which is aiming for a late 2019 launch. Marvel Studios’ involvement was first tipped in September, that to magical characters from the Avengers franchise — Tom Hiddleston’s Loki and Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch — would be in spotlights of their own in TV miniseries to be offered exclusively through the Disney service (now expected to launch in late 2019).

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is overseeing the initiative (for continuity of story and handling of the studio’s big-screen talent) which is keyed toward limited-run TV shows (typically six- to eight-episode story arcs) to dig into the stories of fan-favorite Marvel characters that...

Martin Freeman is certainly about to become a busy man, The Black Panther star is set to appear in not one but two TV series; Sky’s Breeders and ITV’s A Confession.

First up comes the 10 part series Breeders. The comedy will expose the paradox of parenting that it is possible, in the same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.

Freeman stars as a caring father discovering he’s not quite the man he thought he was.

Commenting on the series Freeman said:

I’m excited to be making Breeders with a team that can make me laugh while we look at some of the less-discussed truths and challenges of being a parent. I really love this project and am delighted to be working with FX and Sky.”

Created by Freeman, the Peep Show...

It seemed like a lot of Marvel fans loved Letitia Wright's character Shuri, who was introduced in Black Panther and also had a role to play in Avengers: Infinity War. A lot of fans referred to her as being Disney's newest Disney Princess. Well, thanks Hot Toys has given the character her very own action figure and you can check out all of the details below. As you'd imagine, the figure turned out great and fans of the character will be happy with how it turned out.

“The Black Panther fights for us. And I will be there beside him.”Black Panther, one of the movies released by Marvel Studios earlier this year, keeps smashing records and exceeding the box-office and expectations. The Princess of Wakanda, Shuri, is the leader of the Wakandan Design Group responsible for developing this African Nation’s modern technology. When the young King...

Chadwick Boseman has found his next project to follow his turn as Wakanda’s protector The Black Panther in this year’s blockbuster film and subsequent Marvel movies.

STXFilms announced on Wednesday that the actor will star in the studio’s upcoming action thriller “17 Bridges.” Boseman will also produce the film alongside his writing and producing partner Logan Coles.

The film follows a disgraced NYPD detective (Boseman) who, after being thrust into a citywide manhunt for a cop killer, is given a shot at redemption. It goes into production in September.

Brian Kirk will direct from a script written by Adam Mervis (“The Philly Kid”).

Also Read: Why Chadwick Boseman, Cristiano Ronaldo, Javier Hernández and Hirving Lozano Are TV's Social Media MVPs of the Week

“Avengers: Infinity War” directors Joe and Anthony Russo are set to produce and Mike Larocca will executive produce the film under their Agbo banner.

“Stx...

The cynical action comedy “Gringo” aims right for an imagined sweet spot where “Midnight Run” and “Ruthless People” meet, get drunk, and roll “Fargo” in an alley somewhere. But this wildly uneven mix of nasty and nervy — which drops a hapless corporate Everyman played by David Oyelowo into a pinging kidnap scenario in Mexico — is primarily a time-waster, trotting out clichéd misadventure tropes and predictable zigzags in a manner neither terribly funny nor suspenseful. Shot two years ago from a script written years prior, which would explain why its drug kingpin character is named The Black Panther (oops!),...

“Black Panther” continued its record-breaking performance with a third-weekend total of $66.7 million. That’s a tremendous holdover — at adjusted levels, better than “Titanic” (which was a New Years’ weekend, no less) and “The Avengers.”

The Marvel film’s domestic haul is now over $500 million in only 17 days; that’s better than six of 2017’s nine Best Picture nominees. It is close on the heels of “The Avengers,” whose adjusted 17-day gross was $517 million (unadjusted, it stood at $458 million, which is why Disney and others misleadingly claim “Panther” is already bigger).

All that aside, the third weekend showed that Ryan Coogler’s film has tremendous momentum. Its drop was just 41 percent — better than “The Avengers,” which dropped 46 percent at the same point. That gives it a better shot at ultimately topping the adjusted $706 million that “The Avengers” earned in its domestic release. It’s a trajectory that, even in a worst-case scenario,...

Barely into March, and “Black Panther” could be the biggest domestic release of 2018. It’s passed $430 million in its first two weeks, is approaching $800 million worldwide, and is on track to pass $600 million in North America, and more than $1 billion worldwide.

So many records in so little time. However, the film’s greatest impact doesn’t lie with its bragging rights. “The Black Panther” stands a real chance of reinventing the realities of studio filmmaking, of the release calendar, and the exhibition business of North America. Here’s how that’s happening, right now.

Big-Budget, Afro-Centric Films Make Money

“Black Panther” reportedly cost $200 million, similar to most Marvel (and rival D.C. Comics) titles. It will be one of the five or so most-expensive films of the year, and the P&A will cost more than half again as much. In the past, that financial weight was evidence against producing big-budget “difficult” films (read: female-led,...

Prepare for a slam dunk as Michael B. Jordan fans call for him to star in an anime remake of Space Jam.

The Black Panther star is something of a big deal right now, coming from the flop that was Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four and making a huge name for himself as the villainous Erik Killmonger in Ryan Coogler’s movie.

Black Panther 2 is inevitable at this point. And Marvel has promised a number of sequels and spin-offs. Black Panther has become one of the biggest movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It now holds the record for biggest February debut and has gone on to have the second-highest second weekend in box office history. Ryan Coogler has dropped a cultural phenomenon in theaters and moviegoers who wouldn't normally go see superhero movies are going in droves to see Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa and Wakanda on the big screen.

So, what can we expect from Black Panther 2? Let's take a look.

Black Panther 2 release date.

The return of Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa in Black Panther 2 is inevitable at this point in time, but it is not immediately clear when the sequel will arrive. It will be during the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, after the still untitled Avengers 4 hits...

Mike Cecchini Feb 19, 2018

The Marvel references and Easter eggs in the Black Panther movie. Lots of spoilers...

Spoilers for Black Panther lie ahead

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The Black Panther movie is finally here! Marvel's historic big screen adaptation is true to the spirit of the Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's creation, but draws heavy inspiration from creators like Christopher Priest, Reginald Hudlin, Mark Texiera, Ta-Nehisi Coates, John Romita, Brian Stelfreeze, Trevor Hairsine, and others. Black Panther's Marvel Universe history stretches back over 50 years, and the movie does his legacy justice in ways big and small.

I've compiled everything I could find on my first viewing. There's bound to be stuff we missed. So if you spot something, drop it in the comments...!

When Does Black Panther Take Place?

One quick note about when Black Panther takes place. For quite some time it...

Between grueling hours and work schedules that can keep partners on opposite sides of the country, most Hollywood marriages aren’t built to last. But Angela Bassett and husband Courtney B. Vance have successfully kept theirs alive for two decades.

“I don’t keep count!” she tells People’s Editor-in-Chief Jess Cagle in the latest episode of The Jess Cagle Interview (streaming now on People TV). “I hope that means I stay in the moment.”

The Black Panther actress, 59, recalls meeting Vance, 57, in drama school — when he had a girlfriend.

Watch the full episode of The Jess Cagle Interview with Angela Bassett on People TV!

Mike Cecchini Jim Dandy Feb 15, 2019

We're tracking down every Marvel reference and easter egg we can find in the Black Panther movie.

Marvel's historic big screen adaptation of Black Panther is true to the spirit of the Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's creation, but draws heavy inspiration from creators like Christopher Priest, Reginald Hudlin, Mark Texiera, Ta-Nehisi Coates, John Romita, Brian Stelfreeze, Trevor Hairsine, and others. Black Panther's Marvel Universe history stretches back over 50 years, and the movie does his legacy justice in ways big and small. Oh, and it earned itself a place in history as the first superhero movie to ever land a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars.

So here's how this works. We've compiled everything we could find on our first viewing. There's bound to be stuff we missed. So if you spot something, drop it in the comments, or hit us up on Twitter,...

Integrating the world’s most famous X-Men characters (see: Wolverine, Fantastic Four) into the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a huge and potentially groundbreaking conundrum, but in the eyes of Ryan Coogler, there is only one man for the job: Kevin Feige.

The Black Panther director spoke to ComicBook.com in anticipation of his McU effort clawing its ways into theaters, and when Coogler was pressed about the possibility of Storm (Aka Ororo Munroe) manifesting in a Black Panther sequel, the filmmaker pointed Cb in the direction of Kevin Feige, as he’s the one holding all the cards.

To be honest with you, I don’t know enough about that acquisition to even talk about it, man. I’m like caught up there while we were trying to finish the movie. So, I think, look — if it’s something that goes through, I can’t think of better hands for...

Marvel Studios' Black Panther and every movie you need to see in February!Marvel Studios' Black Panther and every movie you need to see in February!Adriana Floridia1/30/2018 9:43:00 Am

February may just be the new blockbuster movie season.

That's right, one of the most anticipated films of the year is arriving quicker than usual. Marvel Studios' Black Panther, starring Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong'o and Michael B. Jordan is hitting theatres this month, but that's not the only film to get excited about.

We are breaking down all of February's releases below!

Winchester

Release Date: February 2nd, 2018

For Fans of: Horror, Helen Mirren, Haunted Houses

See it with: A date

Horror fans have something to look forward to this month, as the true story of the Winchester Mansion, the "most haunted house in the world", hits the big screen. The film stars Helen Mirren as Sarah Winchester, a...

Marvel has released two new featurettes for Black Panther that show the cast talking about their characters and the intense action in the movie. Black Panther has been hailed as one of the most anticipated movies of 2018 and is already breaking Marvel records for the most amount of presale tickets sold in 24 hours, leaving many fans out of luck for hopes of seeing the movie on opening night. Black Panther star Lupita Nyong'o wasn't even able to purchase the presale tickets when they first went online due some ticket servicing outlets crashing, much like The Last Jedi.

The first of the new behind-the-scenes clips features the cast talking about their characters. Chadwick Boseman is shown first and reveals that T'Challa is in a unique position since he is a superhero and also a world leader. There's not many superheroes who are in that position, so it adds a different slant...

Kendrick Lamar and Vince Staples rap over a ruthless electronic beat in the new trailer for Black Panther. Lamar oversaw the film's soundtrack along with his label-head, Tde's Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith. The new song is punctuates the onslaught of explosions and gunfire in the trailer.

The Black Panther teaser opens with the actor Martin Freeman (The Hobbit) questioning the existence of the film's hero: "You're telling me that the king of a third-world country runs around in a bullet-proof cat suit?" The rest of the trailer serves to quiet Freeman's doubts,...

One of the world's best artists is producing an entire album in honor of Marvel's Black Panther and the lead single is Hot!

File this under Cool Movie News, Kendrick Lamar is producing an album for Marvel's Black Panther. Working alongside Lamar will be Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, who just earned Billboard's Executive of the Year. Together they plan on collaborating with Black Panther director Ryan Coogler to try and capture the true essence of the film.

Two things make this working relationship special. 1. This is the first time that an McU film will have a soundtrack that includes multiple original tracks, specifically made for the film. 2. Kendrick Lamar was Coogler's pick to create the soundtrack, to begin with.

“I am honored to be working with such an incredible artist whose work has been so inspirational, and whose artistic themes align with those we explore in the film.

As if fans weren't already eagerly anticipating the release of Marvel Studios' Black Panther next month, they now have the album for the feature film to look forward to as well.

Grammy Award-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar is set to produce Black Panther: The Album with Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith that will feature music from and inspired by the film, which follows King T'Challa (aka The Black Panther) and his journey to protect his nation of Wakanda from enemies and prevent a possible world war.

Lamar and Tiffith will work with Black Panther director Ryan Coogler in creating music for the...

The hype for the upcoming Black Panther movie is huge, so of course Marvel is giving the character a comic-book push, debuting two new Black Panther miniseries in the months leading up to the film’s February release. Next month’s Rise Of The Black Panther is a “Year One”-style story about T’Challa’s early days as a…

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The weekend is here so let’s go over the biggest news of the week with The Recap.

The Black Panther hit us with a surprise trailer from nowhere and it looks so great. This is in my opinion one of the best trailers from Marvel I have seen. As if I needed more to get me excited for this movie.

The Black Panther Trailer looks great

Director Ron Howard over Twitter gave us the official title for the next Star Wars Story movie and it’s kind of a no brainer.

Ron Howard announces official title for next Star Wars movie

Marvel and Netflix give us the release date of the upcoming Punisher series and fans are saying they may be a week late.

New Trailer for The Punisher

EA once again disappointed as we learn of the fate of Visceral Studios.

EA shuts down Visceral Studios

And Battlefront...

This January, just ahead of the highly anticipated film, Marvel will reveal T’Challa’s journey to become king of Wakanda in Rise of the Black Panther, co-written by io9 senior writer Evan Narcisse and Black Panther writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, along with artist Paul Renaud. Set in the world of Coates’ landmark Black Panther book, this new series will tell the story of Young T’Challa and his lineage, showing how the world learns about the wondrous nation of Wakanda for the first time.

This 6-issue run will also explore the reign of T’Chaka, the king whose death changed Wakanda’s history, and the life of T’Challa’s birth mother – someone T’Challa never had the chance to know. Narcisse will be making his comics debut with this series, and each issue will feature a painted cover by Black Panther artist Brian Stelfreeze.

Look for more to be...

There was a ton of awesome news to come out of Comic-Con today, but Marvel easily won the day with a slew of info, a new Thor trailer and, at least for the crowd in Hall H, a trailer for Infinity War. On top of that, they debuted two new posters for Thor: Ragnarok and Black Panther. Take a look at the, below, but try not to be hypnotized by the Thor one! The Black Panther one is nice, and will... Read More...

For a while, fans seemed to be getting sick of Spider-Man. This is, after all, a character whose origins we saw twice on the big screen in around a ten-year timespan. Coming into yet another Spider-Man film -- Spider-Man: Homecoming -- the studio really needed to highlight the differences between those other two Spider-Man interpretations, and this one. Right off the bat, there are a few different highlights. We have, (a) Peter Parker’s age, (b) Peter’s connection to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and (c), that suit, man.

The trailers have done a lot to highlight each of these three points with its high school setting and Tony Stark’s presence, but today, Sony released a little featurette that highlights the tech behind Spider-Man’s new suit. As we knew already, up until Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker had been running around in a cheap homemade suit, and...

In the 1960s, the Black Panthers were the number one target of the FBI. They were viewed as terrorists and J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime leader of the most powerful police force in the world, was hell bent on getting rid of them by hook or by crook.

Yep, hook or crook.

It’s no secret the United States Government from time to time will ignore the law. It’s fair to say it goes on often and as far as we know it goes on all the time. When caught, those who swore to uphold the constitution offer apologies for actions that dismissed the law like Trump denies any negative press.

But it’s all bullshit.

If not caught these people may have stopped breaking the law, but it’s doubtful they would have been sorry. I gather few are sorry for wrongdoing that benefits them. How many people...

Back in January of 2012 Mr. Terrific, Static and The Black Panther comic books were all canceled. Although the cancellation was far from racism, it made me wonder if the Black Superhero in comics is a relatable concept. So I started… Continue Reading →...

To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, genre fans have a handful of indie horror films and a mind-bending cult classic making their home entertainment bow this week to look forward to. Anchor Bay’s highly anticipated slasher Muck is getting released on Blu-ray and DVD, Arrow Video is resurrecting Mark of the Devil on Blu-ray for fans in the Us and Breaking Glass’s latest, A Cry From Within, is also coming to DVD as well.

A Cry From Within (Breaking Glass Pictures, DVD)

After a devastating miscarriage, a family trades their city lifestyle for a quiet life in the country. Jonathan (Eric Roberts), Cecile (Deborah Twiss) and their two children Ariel and Morgan settle into a rental home in Long Island that was vacated by a woman and her elderly mother. The family soon finds themselves at the mercy of a terrifying and violent manifestation that Ariel...

UK residents have been enjoying Arrow Video Blu-ray releases of cult films like Maniac Cop and The Funhouse for years, and soon horror hounds living stateside can enjoy the diligent distributor’s offerings now that Arrow Video is expanding to the Us. To commemorate their growth, Arrow Video has announced upcoming North American Blu-ray releases of Mark of the Devil, Blind Woman’s Curse, and more.

Making their Blu-ray debuts in the Us, 1970’s Mark of the Devil will come out on March 17th and 1971’s Blind Woman’s Curse (aka Black Cat’s Revenge on March 24th. Arrow Video will also release the Blu-ray of Blood and Black Lace on April 14th and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne to Blu-ray on April 21st. All four releases will include a DVD copy, as well. We have the official press release with full details, as well as...

Hammer and Horror Film Day!

Saturday November the 9th ( 10am – 5pm )

Central Hall Westminster.

Storey’s Gate, Westminster, London SW1H 9Nh

UK’s longest running film fair and convention.

Now in it’s 40th year!

The Convention presents dealers from all over the UK, Europe, Us ,

Canada and South America.

Specialising in rare original film memorabilia and collectables.

Taking place six times a year these are truly unique events for anyone with an interest in films!

With actors and director’s signings, illustrated talks, retrospectives and film screenings taking place through out the day.

Items covering the history of cinema can be found. From the silents to the present.

From rare items of the 1920’s to new releases and the latest heart throb.

Among the many different field of cinema covered at the show is – Classic Hollywood, horror films, sci-fi, the best of British and European cinema as we as cult tv!

Thirty-five years after it vanished, The Black Panther – Ian Merrick's 1977 film about serial killer Donald Neilson – emerges as a gripping and highly responsible true-crime movie

After nearly four decades, Donald Neilson, aka the Black Panther, seems in retrospect like some figment of the phantasmagoric north England of the 1970s, the gothic, occult north of David Peace and the Red Riding trilogy. His crimes – countless burglaries, three murders (of village postmasters), and the kidnapping of teenage heiress Lesley Whittle – took him on meticulously planned nocturnal peregrinations across the north and the Midlands against the unfolding background of the three-day week, the oil crisis, and the Ira's first sustained mainland bombing campaign. (Or, if you prefer, between the decline of glam-rock and the rise of punk.) The dead years, in other words, a leaden age.

Neilson's arrest in December 1975 came just two months after the apprehension of another largely forgotten apparition of the period,...

★★★★☆ New to Dual Format DVD/Blu-ray courtesy of the BFI Flipside stable, Ian Merrick's serial killer drama The Black Panther (1977) was hounded out of cinemas upon its original release thanks to a media-driven witch hunt, appalled by the film's non-sensationalist, clinical exploration of real-life murderer Donald Neilson. Comparable with Michael Powell's Peeping Tom (1960), though marginally the inferior film, The Black Panther represents the very best of 1970s British filmmaking - and the very worst of humanity in its titular psychopath.

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