Roald Dahl’s iconic 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory delivered one of the best children’s books of all time, one that brought not only the eccentric Willy Wonka into the world but also the idea of his bizarre candy factory (and the Oompa Loompas, of course). The book was brought to life by the […]
Eighteen years later, The Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier reveals the scale of the cuts to his movie. It’s easy to forget that, back in 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was seen as a gamble. That’s one reason Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk are so different in tone and style; Marvel bosses weren’t quite […]
For over three decades, Jurassic Park has been one of the most financially successful franchises in Hollywood, with the seven films released to date combining to gross $6.902 billion at the worldwide box office. These movies consistently make money, which is why Universal is on the hunt for a new director for the Jurassic World […]
Given the number of comic book movies that have been released over the past few decades, it was inevitable that some of them wouldn’t make it to the finish line. Tons of ideas have been scrapped, plans have been changed, and movies have been cancelled throughout the years, with Marvel, DC, and almost every other […]
Coyote vs. Acme represents the feel-good comeback story of the year. The film will open in theaters on August 28th, completing one of the wildest fights a film has ever had to make it onto the screen. It started as a concept that DC Studios head James Gunn came up with in 2015, and handed […]
Marvel Studios coined the term variant in the summer of 2021, when the Disney+ series Loki introduced the Time Variance Authority and its mandate to prune any timeline that strayed from the Sacred Timeline. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a variant is an alternate version of an established character from an alternate timeline, shaped by […]
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has been dominating theaters as the most successful movie release of the last few years, and it’s proof positive that the upcoming live-action Naruto movie is in good hands with its director. Naruto was first announced to be in the works on a live-action adaptation several years ago, but it wasn’t […]
Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey continue to dominate the late-summer box office, adding more records to their already historic theatrical runs. These two films have commanded a lion’s share of moviegoers’ attention, but that doesn’t mean new releases are going to stop coming out. This weekend sees the debut of director David Robert […]
Although Brendan Fraser and Adam Sandler‘s early-career comedy movie flopped upon release, this nostalgic ’90s classic now needs a belated sequel thanks to their shared career success. In 1994, it would have been hard to guess whether Adam Sandler or Brendan Fraser would go on to become the bigger Hollywood star. Sandler had been a […]
For decades, two things were true about every Evil Dead movie. The first is that Sam Raimi directed all of them, and the second is that Bruce Campbell starred as the hapless idiot Ash Williams in all of them. Since then, the series has shifted on those two points specifically. Campbell has taken a backseat […]