Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein, was so evocative for its time, paving the way for nearly one hundred years of adaptations from the more faithful film adaptations to animated films and comic books. One filmmaker who has always been a notable fan is Guillermo del Toro, who has been saying for decades in interviews that…
©Courtesy of Netflix “My maker told his tale,” Jacob Elordi whispers over an image of a lightning-scarred tower in the new trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. “And I will tell you mine.” If the teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein focused on Oscar Isaac’s Victor Frankenstein, the new trailer centers on his creation:…
©Courtesy of Netflix Watching a Guillermo del Toro film feels like discovering a forgotten fairy tale in a mausoleum — lush, disturbing, and hard to forget. The Mexican filmmaker crafts fables for grownups: grotesque yet tender, brutal yet poetic. More than just spectacle, we can’t stop liking his emotional monsters — from “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006) to “The…
Guillermo del Toro is casting the aptly named Mia Goth as the Bride of Frankenstein in his upcoming adaptation of the Mary Shelley classic for Netflix. Also appearing in the cast will be Andrew Garfield as Doctor Frankenstein and Oscar Isaac as the monster he created, and Christoph Waltz in a yet-to-be-disclosed role. It’s not…
One of the biggest shocks and surprises to the superhero film world was the release of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse in 2018. I’m not saying people were expecting it to fail before it came out, but fans didn’t seem to be ready for what many of them would consider the best comic book film, ever….
THE LAST MOVIE STARS is an epic 6-part documentary from CNN Films and HBO Max that chronicles Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s iconic careers and decades-long partnership. All 6-chapters of the documentary will debut on THURSDAY, JULY 21 on HBO Max. Director Ethan Hawke brings life and color to this definitive history of their dedication…
Sony Pictures is rearranging its release calendar for several of its anticipated upcoming films, including Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Madame Web. The studio announced yesterday that it’s first pushing back the theatrical distribution of the computer animated Spider-Man sequel from October 7, 2022 to June 2, 2023, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Taking over…
Delving straight into a superhero’s established fight has successfully and powerfully worked for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in the past with the introduction of Tom Holland’s portrayal of Spider-Man in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War. The franchise/shared universe is grippingly repeating that same debut model with its new Phase Four action-adventure miniseries, Moon Knight,…
The 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were handed out Sunday night in 15 categories. The Sundance Winner, “CODA” took home the award for best film ensemble, becoming the first film with a predominantly deaf cast to receive the award. After landing 12 Oscar nominations, Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog” looks to be favorite to…
Francis Ford Coppola is set to spend $120 million of his own money to make his long-delayed passion project, Megalopolis. The filmmaker penned the epic sci-fi drama in the early 1980s, and is now determined to self-fund the feature, he revealed during an interview with GQ magazine. The five-time Academy Award-winning writer-director has spent the…
The novel Dune, written by Frank Herbert in 1965, is a science-fiction that takes place in a distant future, within a feudal interstellar society where various noble houses control planetary fiefs. Many have defined it as an arduous, if not impossible, book to adapt for the screen. Nevertheless, David Lynch tried to embrace the challenge…
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