TV, Movies & Home Theatre - Page 33

Disney today dropped a new trailer for its all new original Star Wars show The Mandalorian, showing off a distinct high-tech spaghetti western tone.

An episodic, TV show format is perfect for Star Wars, and will let creators spin unique tales that connect outside of a two-hour window. The Mandalorian is a great example, and the first official trailer shows a lone wolf gunslinger surviving the harsh, Imperial-ruled cosmos as a kind of mercenary lawman hunting down nefarious criminals--all for the right price.

The footage is stylish, striking, and appeals to the inner Star Wars fan in me, complete with exotic planets, AT-ST walkers, blaster gunfights, and lots of marks sealed in carbonite. The show itself takes place in the twilight era between The Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, and will be exclusive to Disney's new $6.99 Disney+ subscription service.

Obi-Wan will return to the small screen in a new Star Wars spin-off show, Disney confirmed during its Disney23 expo.

The rumors were right and it's now official: Ewan McGregor will star as the confident, charming, and powerful Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi in a new Star Wars TV show. The series will be exclusive to Disney's new $6.99 a month Disney+ streaming service, and joins a retinue of new shows like The Mandalorian and MCU titles She-Hulk, Moon Knight, and Ms. Marvel.

While no official details have been confirmed on the show's timeline or content, we expect it to be prequel-based and may explore Obi-Wan's side plots and exploits across the galaxy. We've already seen a lot of Obi-Wan's interpersonal relationships and trials in the excellent Clone Wars TV show (which is also getting a 7th season!).

Originally announced in 2016, the Metro 2033 film has been on ice for a while. Until now.

The Metro 2033 film adaptation project has now been resurrected, and will start principle production sometime in 2020, Variety reports. Only this time around it'll be native to its home country rather than produced in the United States. Russian film titan Gazprom Media is overseeing the movie, and the country's largest media firm expects to "invest an unprecedented sum" into the movie.

Original Metro series creator and writer Dmitry Glukhovsky is directly connected with the film, which will chronicle Artyom's journey in a haunting post-apocalyptic world where humanity hides in subterranean tunnels to survive. The film will follow the events original Metro 2033 novel, which are also chronicled in 4A Games' excellent video game adaptation.

Ignited by the ire of Spider-Man's MCU departure, Stan Lee's daughter Joan Celia Lee has some choice words for Disney and Marvel Studios.

Apparently Disney, the billion-dollar behemoth that's constantly swallowing up studios and intellectual properties so it can monetize them with merch and watered-down sequels, isn't all that wholesome any more. The recent Sony-Marvel split, which led to Spider-Man being pulled from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is a clear example. Sources tell Deadline that Disney wants to re-negotiate its deal with Sony with a 50-50 deal on all Spider-Man revenues (this decision was driven by Spider-Man Far From Home's huge $1.1 billion in earnings).

This led to a massive debate that shook the whole internet. Who should win Spider-Man? Should Sony sell? According to Stan Lee's daughter, JC Lee, Disney has been nothing but tremendously disrespectful to Lee's original Marvel legacy. Disney shouldn't have total control simply because they won't do it justice.

For most comic book fans, seeing a comic book character hit the big screen is a massive deal. Even if the movie that they are seeing isn't based off the comic books at all.

The upcoming Joker movie starring Joaquin Phoenix is one of these movies, and according to the director Todd Phillips, a sequel isn't that far out of the picture. Phillips spoke to Total Film magazine and said in response to a sequel that "One thing I will tell you: I would do anything with Joaquin, any day of the week."

He continued and said: "There's nobody like him. If he was willing to do it, and if people show up to this movie, and Warners came to us and said, 'You know what? If you guys could think of something...' Well, I have a feeling that he and I could think of something pretty cool." This is quite promising, as leading actor and director synergy is a great foundation for a movie to perform well, and it seems that Phillips and Phoenix have captured this. The Joker will be arriving in cinemas around the world on October 4th.

The Matrix 4 is happening, and both Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are returning as Neo and Trinity.

A new Matrix film is in development at Warner Bros. Pictures, Variety today reported, confirming previous reports of a new movie. Production will begin in 2020 and Lana Wachowski is set to help write and direct Matrix 4, and titular characters Neo and Trinity will be major parts of the story, reports say. We don't know if Laurence Fishburne will return as Morpheus.

"Many of the ideas Lilly and I explored 20 years ago about our reality are even more relevant now. I'm very happy to have these characters back in my life and grateful for another chance to work with my brilliant friends," Lana Wachowski said.

Netflix's Castlevania studio will be making a brand new TV show called Masters of the Universe: Revelation. The show is a He-Man anime series and is produced by Kevin Smith.

Netflix will be working with Kevin Smith who is known for his work in Jay and Silent Bob, Clerks and Mallrats. The announcement for the show came from Power-Con convention and touched on what fans can expect to see. According to announcement, Masters of the Universe: Revelation will focus on some unresolved storylines of the classic '80's TV show, essentially picking up right where it was left off.

Smith commented on the announcement, saying "I'm Eternia-ly grateful to Mattel TV and Netflix for entrusting me with not only the secrets of Grayskull, but also their entire Universe. In 'Revelation,' we pick up right where the classic era left off to tell an epic tale of what may be the final battle between He-Man and Skeletor! Brought to life with the most metal character designs Powerhouse Animation can contain in the frame, this is the Masters of the Universe story you always wanted to see as a kid!"

Disney plans to bolster its new streaming service with an Obi-Wan Star Wars show, sources tell Variety.

A new Obi-Wan Kenobi spin-off show is in planning phases of development at Disney, and Ewan McGregor is currently in negotiations to star. The project will be a big driver for Disney's new $7 a month Netflix-smashing streaming service, which now combines ESPN, base Hulu with ads, and Disney+ all for $12.99 a month.

The show itself would further bridge the gap between the prequels and original trilogy, fleshing out the timeline already solidified with The Clone Wars animated show. The move comes after rumors and fan requests for an Obi-Wan movie series, but Disney held off because it didn't want to saturate the Star Wars movie market, instead focusing on mainline sequels rather than spin-offs like the ill-fated Han Solo film.

A new trailer has been released for Shia LeBeouf's newest addition to the film industry. The movie will concentrate on the events of a young boy aspiring to become a actor.

Firstly, the above trailer is the Redband Trailer so view at your own discretion. Honey Boy is a screenplay written by Shia LaBeouf and is based on his own experiences as a young child actor and struggling to reconcile with his father while also dealing with his mental health.

LaBeouf takes on the therapeutic challenge of his own father who is an ex-rodeo clown and a felon. We see glimpses of the relationship struggle between LaBeouf's character and his son who is played by Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place). The struggles we see in 'Honey Boy' seem to be an accurate representation of LaBeouf experienced in real-life, which could mean 'Honey Boy' might be LaBeouf's best performance yet.

Netflix is reportedly splashing cash around, and their most recent lure to their platform is no other than the writers for the legendary show, Game of Thrones.

A recent report coming out of Deadline has claimed that both David Benioff and D.B Weiss will be directing and produce some new shows and movies on Netflix's platform. Netflix's Ted Sarandos spoke to Deadline and said "They are a creative force and have delighted audiences worldwide with their epic storytelling. We can't wait to see what their imaginations will bring to our members."

According to Mashable, this deal was made is in the 9 figures range and if that rumor is correct, Netflix could of offered The Davids upwards of $100,000,000+. Honestly, that seems like an astronomical amount of money, and to be completely fair there has been no official documentation or statements regarding that figure, so I would certainly take that information with a hundred-million pinches of salt.

Just like every year, there is a line of highly anticipated movies to come out, and one of those movies is the fresh new take on The Joker.

The upcoming Joker movie stars, Joaquin Phoenix and will be arriving in theaters around the globe in October. Cameron Bailey, the co-head and artistic director for the Toronto festival where the movie will be premiering this month has spoken out about the film to Toronto Sun. Bailey begins by saying "First of all it's terrific. So it should play on our largest stage. But it's a really original take on comic book movies and on the Joker character in particular".

For those that didn't know, this upcoming Joker movie is not based on the comic books at all and is instead a fresh new take on the character. Bailey continues and says "It's not based on an existing story, it has one of the greatest actors in modern cinema, Joaquin Phoenix, in the lead, and Robert De Niro is in it as well, one of the best actors that has ever lived." He continues and says "But it has an interesting tone and approach to it. It's set in the late '70s, early '80s and it feels like it was made then".

If you haven't watched Event Horizon yet, as in the 1997 movie starring Lawrence Fishburne and Sam Neill, then you need to - it is a classic. One of the best sci-movies you can watch... and to remind you about it, here's the trailer:

Well, it's coming back in a new announcement that Amazon has teamed with Paramount on a new Event Horizon series that would be exclusive to Amazon Prime Video. Adam Wingard will be directing, coming in from Godzilla vs. Kong and before that the reboot of Blair Witch. He'll also be an executive producer with Larry Gordon and Llyod Levin who were producers on the original Event Horizon movie.

There's no ETA on the series and no details on the plot but the original 1997 movie saw a ship out in the depths of space, with the crew led by Fishburne through an alternate dimension... and then things get, interesting. You just read that in the deepest voice in a 90s-era style voice over, didn't you?

I still remember driving over an hour to the only PC store in my state that was selling the Pioneer DVR-104 at the time, stopping off and grabbing The Matrix on DVD, and playing it every single day after high school in awe.

The Matrix is coming back to cinemas in a big way with its re-release coming in with the latest in technology with AMC's Dolby Cinemas across the US to offer the movie with a Dolby Vision picture and Dolby Atmos audio. It all kicks off for a week starting August 30, running into the first week of September.

Both the Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision technologies are available in the physical versions of The Matrix on Blu-ray, but if you wanted to see it on the big screen in the best way, this is your chance. Grab your tickets now!

If you didn't know, there is currently a Halo TV series in the works and to go along with legendary character Master Chief, Microsoft's Cortana AI has been casted

According to a recent announcement, Natascha McElhone who is known for her role in Ronin and Californiacation will be portraying the extremely well known AI, Cortana as well as Dr. Catherine Halsey who created the Spartan super-soilders like Master Chief. Other actors to join McElhone are; Fargo's Bokeem Woodbine as Soren-066, Shabana Azmi as Office of Naval Intelligence head Admiral Margaret Parangosky

More actors that have been casted are; Avengers: Age of Ultron's Bentley Kalu, The Witcher's Natasha Culzac and Catastrophe's Kate Kennedy. The Halo TV series won't be going into production until later this year, and is expected to go to air sometime within the first quarter of 2021. Halo fans around the world will have to wait patiently for this one.

The Halo TV show is now slated for early 2021 and a bunch of new characters have been cast, Showtime today announced.

(Emile Portrait by Joshua Ezzell)

From the sounds of it, Showtime, 343i, and Microsoft are all heeding my advice about the Halo TV show. In an open letter to the companies, I asked to see some pivotal, dramatic moments from the Halo franchise reborn on the small screen. Halo is and always has been a story about hope against an indomitable foe from the stars, and it's imperative viewers see that. Showtime execs assured us the Halo series would deliver personal, human stories grounded around strong character development.

Legendary director Martin Scorsese has struck up a deal with video streaming goliath Netflix for his first Netflix film 'The Irishman'.

The above trailer has been released onto the official Netflix UK & Ireland YouTube Channel, revealing the brand new project by Martin Scorsese. From the trailer, we can see that Robert De Niro and Al Pacino will be taking to the big screen to shine a light on an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America. Robert De Niro will be playing the role of Frank Sheeran who is a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th Century.

The movie will concentrate on the the point of view of Frank Sheeran and the disappearance of legendary union boss Jimmy Hoffa. According to the description in the video, the movie will offer "a monumental journey through the hidden corridors of organized crime: its inner workings, rivalries and connections to mainstream politics." Other actors included in the movie are: Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, and Stephen Graham. The Irishman will be be arriving in select cinema's and Netflix this fall.

Amazon is in fully gearing up towards their upcoming Lord of the Rings TV show and the massive company is sparing no expense, as a star-studded production team has now been selected.

According to the announcement, JD Payne and Patrick McKay will be the showrunners while the writing will be controlled by Gennifer Hutchinson known for her work onBreaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Helen Shang will also be involved and is known from her work on Hannibal. Justin Dohle from Stranger Things, Bryan Cogman from Game of Thrones, and finally Stephany Folsom from Toy Story 4 will also be apart of the writing team.

The first and second episodes of the first season will be directed by Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom's J.A Bayona. Kate Hawley will be the shows costume designer, she previously worked on the costumes for Edge of Tomorrow and Suicide Squad. Rick Heinrichs will be taking the reins of production designer. Jason Smith who worked on The Avengers and Revenant is the shows visual effects supervisor. A Tolkien scholar named Tom Shippey will also be involved within Amazon's show, as well as Lord of the Rings movie trilogy illustrator and concept artist John Howe.

Who is ready to nut up or shut up for a second time? I know I am, as this October Zombieland 2: Double Tap will be hitting theaters.

Zombieland 2: Double Tap will see the beloved cast from the first movie return for a continuation of the story that emerged back in 2009. Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Emma Stone will be resuming their roles as Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita and Little Rock.

The sequel to the first movie is written by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick and Dave Callaham. The storyline will revolve around the characters traversing through many different locations, and having to deal with new kinds of evolved zombies and some new human survivors that seem to be similar to the main characters. The comical focus though seems to be on how all of the characters are trying to keep their little makeshift family together. Zombieland 2: Double Tap will be arriving in theaters globally on October 18th.

Amazon's highly anticipated Lord of the Rings TV show has revealed the first member to be casted to the most expensive show of all time.

A recent report out of Deadline has revealed that Young Australian actress, Markella Kavenagh will be casted to Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV series. Kavenagh is known for her role in the Australian TV series Romper Stomper, but her role in Amazon's TV show is not known at the moment. Some other sites are reporting that she will be playing a character named 'Tyra', but there hasn't been an official confirmation as of yet.

Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV show will be taking fans of the Tolkien's work all the back past the events of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Fans will be taken to the second age of Middle Earth, and be introduced to the rise and fall of Numenor (Aragorn descendants). I recently reported that a 'huge' part of the show was going to be filmed in New Zealand, the same location where Peter Jackson filmed The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, more on that here. Amazon also poached a Game of Thrones screenwriter to work on the Lord of the Rings series, check out that here.

During the San Diego Comic-Con, Simpsons creator, Matt Groening spoke out about the possibility of a sequel to The Simpsons Movie.

The Simpsons Movie debuted back in 2007 and was met with a large amount of commerical success by fans. The movie managed to rake in $527 million from budget of just $75 million. Since the movies release, fans have wondered whether a sequel was ever going to be released, especially since the movie ended with Maggie finally speaking and saying "sequel".

Since the movies production crew was the same as the one who works on the show, Groening explains that when creating the movie the production studio was stretched extremely thing. "The first Simpsons movie killed us. We're almost recovered. No doubt there will be another Simpsons movie one of these days. Disney wants something for its money."