New trailer for Hobbs & Shaw introduces Idris Elba’s Black Superman
A new trailer for Fast & Furious franchise spinoff Hobbs & Shaw has arrived, and it ups the ante with even more crazy action. Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham reprise their roles for the film, which pits their characters against a genetically enhanced anarchist played by Idris Elba.
Final X-Men: Dark Phoenix trailer sends Marvel’s mutants into space
20th Century Fox released a new trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which puts the spotlight on Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner as the powerful, telepathic mutant Jean Grey. The film has the X-Men battling new threats both external and within their own ranks as Jean's powers evolve.
The Rise of Skywalker is the next Star Wars movie, watch the first teaser here
Disney revealed the first trailer for Star Wars sequel Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker during a panel at Star Wars Celebration fan event in Chicago. The trailer for the film was accompanied by confirmation of the movie's official title, with The Rise of Skywalker hitting theaters December 20.
Disney confirms it will take a break from Star Wars movies after Episode IX
Disney has confirmed that the Star Wars movie franchise will go on hiatus after the release of Episode IX, with the studio turning its attention toward developing television projects set in the sci-fi saga's universe, but will make more movies eventually. Episode IX hits theaters December 20.
Hellboy review: A gory, entertaining reboot that sells its soul for spectacle
Director Neil Marshall's reboot of the Hellboy franchise lives up to its R rating with a gory adventure featuring David Harbour as its titular demon hero, but the impressive, effects-driven spectacle it offers audiences lacks the heart of the original franchise and its colorful supporting cast.
Shazam 2 officially moves forward, brings back first film’s screenwriter
Warner Bros. Pictures has reportedly brought back Shazam! screenwriter Henry Hayden to work on a script for the sequel to the film, which had a good debut in theaters and earned some of the best reviews of any movie in the studio's DC Extended Universe so far. The sequel has no release date at this point.
The best TV and movie adaptations of Stephen King novels and stories
The stories of celebrated writer Stephen King have been adapted into more than 100 movies, television shows, and miniseries spanning almost 50 years, with more making their way to the screen in one way or another in the near future. Here are our picks for the best adaptations of his work so far.
Deconstructing the Marvel method: How DC movies finally found their groove
After a disappointing debut, the DC Extended Universe has finally seemed to find its footing, and the last few films in Warner Bros. Pictures superhero universe based on DC Comics heroes and villains suggest that audiences reason to look forward to the future of the once-troubled franchise.
First trailer for Joker movie brings Joaquin Phoenix to Gotham
The first trailer for Warner Bros. Pictures' Joker movie has arrived, offering a preview of the latest iteration of DC Comics' Clown Prince of Crime, as portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix. The film hits theaters in October and provides a new origin story for the notorious villain and Batman's archenemy.
Avengers: Endgame gets a new trailer as tickets go on sale
Marvel Studios has released a new trailer for Avengers: Endgame as tickets for the much-anticipated sequel to Avengers: Infinity War go on sale, prompting a surge of traffic to online ticket sellers and long online queues. The film officially premieres April 26, but preview screenings begin a day earlier.
Everything we know about Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone series
Oscar-winning Get Out director Jordan Peele developed and hosts a reboot of The Twilight Zone anthology series for streaming service CBS All Access. The series premiered April 1 in 2019 and has a creepy trailer and an impressive cast of familiar faces attached to star in episodes.
Shazam review: A supersized mash-up of two films that just don’t work together
Warner Bros. Pictures' latest superhero movie, Shazam!, occasionally flies high, but all too often gets bogged down in its own uncertainty about what kind of movie it wants to be and who it's actually made for. The film stars Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, and Jack Dylan Grazer, and hits theaters on April 5.
Us review: Jordan Peele makes seeing double singularly terrifying
Get Out director Jordan Peele brings another terrifying tale to the big screen with Us, in which a family's beach vacation takes a terrifying turn when its members are attacked by a group of people who look just like them. Frightening and impressively acted, Us is another big-screen win for Peele.
Tarantino goes back to 1969 with first Once Upon a Time in Hollywood trailer
Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for Once Upon a time in Hollywood, the ninth film from Oscar-winning writer and director Quentin Tarantino, which follows a pair of actors (played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt) in 1969 against the backdrop of that summer's notorious Manson Family murders.
Stranger Things season 3 trailer goes full ’80s with a monstrous finale
Netflix has released the first official trailer for Stranger Things season 3, the much-anticipated next installment of the award-winning series that follows a group of kids in the 1980s caught up in deadly supernatural events in their little town of Hawkins, Indiana. Stranger Things returns on July 4.
Everything we know about the upcoming Hellboy movie
Hellboy is headed back to the big screen in 2019 with Stranger Things actor David Harbour in the role of the titular demon. In the latest Hellboy news, Coming Soon shared an exclusive clip from the upcoming film. Here's everything we know so far about the reboot of the franchise.
Disney’s Deadpool? Netflix worries? What Disney’s billion-dollar Fox deal means
Now that Walt Disney Company has closed its $71.3 billion purchase of 21st Century Fox's movie and television assets, what does this future hold for franchises like X-Men, the Fantastic Four, The Simpsons, Avatar, Alien, Planet of the Apes, and the rest?
Game of Thrones season 8 was promised to be massive. Now we have the numbers
HBO has revealed that the average running time for the six episodes in Games of Thrones season 8 will be 72 minutes, with some episodes running more than an hour, and some falling short of that mark The network also revealed the air dates for each episode in the show's final season.
Marvel’s new Avengers: Endgame trailer brings the past and future MCU together
Marvel Studios has released a new trailer for Avengers: Endgame, the upcoming sequel to 2018's Avengers: Infinity War, which picks up in the aftermath of the latter film's climactic events that changed the Marvel Cinematic Universe dramatically. Avengers: Endgame hits theaters in April.
Marvel finds a director for its movie about Shang-Chi, the Master of Kung Fu
Marvel Studios has hired Short Term 12 and The Glass Castle director Destin Daniel Cretton to direct its upcoming Shang-Chi movie, which will focus on Marvel's Master of Kung Fu. The upcoming film will be the studio's first superhero movie to feature an Asian lead character.
Marvel Studios is making an alternate-universe What If series for Disney Plus
Marvel Studios is reportedly working on an animated series for its Disney Plus streaming service that will explore the sort of alternate-universe tales that made its What If? comic series a hit since its debut in 1977. Actors frrom the MCU's live-action films and TV series are expected to reprise their roles.
Netflix promises more interactive content like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
During a media event in Mumbai, the VP of Product for Netflix promised that more interactive movies and television series like last year's Black Mirror: Bandersnatch were on the way, and that the streaming service is "doubling down" on that format for content. Bandersnatch premiere in December 2018.
Apple brings in Taika Waititi to write and direct Time Bandits series
Apple brought in Thor: Ragnarok and What We Do In The Shadows director and co-writer Taika Waititi to write and direct a Time Bandits television series based on Terry Gilliam's 1981 fantasy film about a boy's adventure through time with a group of history-plundering dwarves.
Captain Marvel review: Brie Larson’s cosmic hero makes the MCU feel new again
Captain Marvel, the latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, brings cosmic hero Carol Danvers to the big screen in a compelling, action-packed, and surprisingly nuanced adventure featuring Brie Larson in the title role, and more than a few narrative twists and turns that keep the story fresh.
Amazon’s Good Omens trailer welcomes you to the end of the world
The trailer for Amazon's Good Omens, an adaptation of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's 1990 fantasy novel, offers a peek at the upcoming limited series that follows a pair of reluctant partners on a quest to stop the end of the world. David Tennant and Michael Sheen star in the series.
War looms large in first, full Game of Thrones season 8 trailer
HBO has released the first, full-length trailer for Game of Thrones season 8, the final story arc of the award-winning fantasy series based on author George RR Martin's novels. The two-minute trailer offers a glimpse of the war to come between the armies of Westeros and The Night King.
90210 and Riverdale actor Luke Perry dies days after suffering stroke
Luke Perry, the actor best known for playing Dylan McKay on the series Beverly Hills, 90210 during the 1990s, has died at age 52 after reportedly suffering a stroke on Wednesday, February 27. The 52-year-old actor also portrayed Archie Andrews' father, Fred Andrews, on the popular CW series Riverdale.
You’re killing me, Smalls! The Sandlot is getting a TV series with original cast
The Sandlot director David Mikey Evans revealed that his beloved 1993 film about a group of baseball-loving kids in 1962 is headed to television for a new series that follows the original cast of characters as adults, 22 years after the events of the film. The series is expected to get a two-season order.
It: Chapter Two: Here’s everything we know so far about Pennywise’s return
Here is everything we know about It: Chapter Two, the upcoming sequel to 2017's box-office blockbuster horror film It. The films are an adaptation of Stephen King's 1986 novel of the same name, which is about a group of childhood friends in Maine battling a nightmarish supernatural entity.
Topher Grace has condensed the entire Star Wars series into one 5-minute trailer
The entire Star Wars saga has been condensed into a single, 5-minute trailer by actor Topher Grace and editor Jeff Yorkes in a project they call Star Wars: Always. If you want to get caught up on all 10 installments of the franchise in the time it takes to drink a coffee, now's your chance.
Aquaman 2 will swim into theaters in late 2022, Warner Bros. says
Warner Bros. Pictures has reportedly set a release date for Aquaman 2, which will bring back Jason Momoa as the titular king of the seas. The sequel already has a screenwriter, and is scheduled to hit theaters in December 2022, nearly four years after the original film.
Things are only getting weirder in the first trailer for The OA: Part II
Netflix released the first trailer for The OA: Part II, the second season of its mind-bending, polarizing, but critically acclaimed series co-created by and starring Brit Marling. The series brings back Marling as Prairie Johnson, who finds herself in an alternate dimension.
Why First Man’s Oscar-winning visual effects are a giant leap for filmmaking
Damien Chazelle's film First Man made the 1969 moon landing feel as powerful today as it did 50 years ago thanks to innovative visual effects techniques that blended old footage with new material. We spoke to visual effects supervisor Paul Lambert about his Oscar-winning work on the film.
Oscars 2019: Bohemian Rhapsody, Black Panther win big as Green Book shocks
It was a big night for a lot of films at the 2019 Academy Awards, with Bohemian Rhapsody, Black Panther, and Roma all enjoying winning nights, but it was Green Book that walked away with coveted Best Picture honors - generating more than a little controversy in the process.