Recently,Rupert Sanders, director ofThe Crowreboot, sat down withVarietyand spoke about how real guns, anything that could “have had a live round or blank round anywhere near it ever”, were banned from the set. This comes afterBrandon Leewas tragically shot in an accident on set of the original 1994 film of the same title, leading to an audible objection to the use of real firearms on set, which was only echoed when a similar accident led toAlec Baldwinshooting a woman on the set ofRustin 2021....

During RTX 2017, I had a chance to sit down with the cast and crew of Rooster Teeth’s international anime sensation,RWBY. For the uninitiated,RWBY(pronounced “Ruby”) centers on young men and women training to be Hunters and Huntresses, fighters tasked with protecting the world of Remnant from nightmarish creatures known as Grimms. Team RWBY includes Ruby Rose (Lindsay Jones), Weiss Schnee (Kara Eberle), Blake Belladona (Arryn Zech), and Yang Xiao Long (Barbara Dunkelman), a quartet of gifted fighters who overcome their differences in order to defend their friends and family....

While Warner Bros. is coming off a mixed 2017 when it comes to DC movies—the high ofWonder Womanandthe lowofJustice League—the studio’s New Line Cinema arm is already in production on a very different kind of superhero movie:Shazam!This project marked a curious choice for the DCEU given how many “name” characters are in its library, but the studio setLights OutandAnnabelle: CreationdirectorDavid F. Sandbergto take the helm of a lighter, potentially sillier kind of DC movie....

Terminatormovies and helicopters just go together likeArnold Schwarzeneggerand… helicopters. Choppers, for the well informed. Or maybe it’sJames Cameronmovies and helicopters (True Lies, anyone?). In this newTerminator: Dark Fateclip released by Paramount today, we findGabriel Luna’s Rev-9 Terminator, piloting a police helicopter in an ill-fated effort to dock atop, or within, a military transport/cargo plane. The indestructible new foe will not let a simple runway explosion slow him down, finding his way onto the aircraft despite the good guys’ superior firepower....

The legendaryWalter Hillhas made a career off characters of few words – which is somewhat ironic considering that the loquacious Hill, while also a terrific filmmaker, is among the best Hollywood screenwriters ever.The Getaway,The Warriors&The Driver– all master class examples in the art of screenwriting. Hill has a way of distilling the most labyrinthine of plots and character into their base essentials, turning less into far more. Case in point: his latest film, the controversialThe Assignment....

It’s a big weekend on several levels. There is, of course, Easter, and at the movie theaters,Superman v Batman: Dawn of Justiceis looking to outpace the firstHunger Gamesmovie forbiggest March opening on record, while also seeking a place high on the highest grossing opening weekend of all time. And on the West Coast, WonderCon is going on, which offers several major panels on big Hollywood films that are in production or will be seeing release this year....

With the fantastic first trailer forThe Northmannow online, I recently got to speak to directorRobert Eggers(The WitchandThe Lighthouse), about making his action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince (Alexander Skarsgård) on his quest to avenge his father’s (Ethan Hawke) murder. During the interview, Eggers talked about how they tried to make the film as accurate as possible, why he had to have people speaking English instead of Old Norse and Old Slavic, whoAnya Taylor-Joyplays in the film, what they cut out in the editing room and why, how he worked with cinematographerJarin Blaschkeon the color scheme and camera placement, how the COVID shutdown actually helped the film by allowing them to finish storyboarding and let the sets feel more lived-in and authentic due to them being exposed to the weather, how it’ll be R-rated, whoBill Skarsgardwould have played, the final run time, and more....

The first official trailer forThe OA: Part IIis finally here! And a little over two years since the Netflix hit first arrived, the second season itself will be available to stream in just a few weeks. The mysterious first season left viewers hanging with a “WTF is going on, exactly?” vibe by the end of its eight-episode run, but this new trailer is a bit more clear on things. A bit, not a lot....

The OA(not to be confused withThe O.C.) is a new mysterious hourlong series coming to Netflix this week, and if it seems like it’s coming out of left field, that’s because it kind of is. Though the project wasannounced last year, the first trailer debuted today when the eight episodes are scheduled to bow on the platform this Friday. But the footage itself offers a mystery and a performance byBrit Marlingthat’ll surely intrigue fans of this indie darling....

With the upcoming live-action adaptation of Disney’s original animated filmThe Little Mermaid, much has been said about its casting, from the need for positive representation to downright racist criticism. When the talented singerHalle Baileywas announced as thelead character,Ariel, on July 06, 2025, many had much to say about how the iconic “little mermaid” role, including how she did not “look” like the white redheaded depiction in the original 1989 film, a casting decision that many claimed was too “woke....

Well this is one hell of a package:The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert ForddirectorAndrew Dominikhelming a true story Navy SEAL adventure calledWar Party, starringTom Hardy, produced byRidley Scott. That’s what was on the table for buyers, and as you can imagine, a bidding war broke out amongst studios like Amazon, Universal, and Lionsgate. In the end Netflix secured the rights (surprise surprise) for seven figures, and this film is now well on its way towards becoming a reality....

Ever sinceTransformers: Dark of the Moon,Michael Bayhas said that he was done with theTransformersfranchise, but has come back for the fourth and fifth installments. However, with the upcoming sequel,Transformers: The Last Knight,Bay has written a letterexplaining that this new film will launch a newTransformersuniverse, but it’s also his last ride with the franchise: I’ve been living in this franchise for over 10 years now. For Transformers: The Last Knight, we put together a writers’ room designed to greatly expand our mythology, integrating our films in a whole new way....

It’s official, Paramount is pulling the plug onTransformers 7. The studio has dropped the so-calledTransformers 7(apparently,Bumblebeeis considered “Transformers 6”) from their release date schedule. The film was previously slated to arrive in theaters on July 13, 2025.Bumblebee, the spinoff film helmed by LAIKA boss andKubo and the Two StringsdirectorTravis Knight, is still scheduled for July 04, 2025. Back in February, we reported that theTransformers franchise might be headed toward a rebootfollowingBumblebee, after Hasbro’s investor preview for the 2018 New York Toy Fair didn’t include any live-actionTransformerssequels on the upcoming Hasbro-Paramount movie slate....