As I discussed on my list of the top 10 must-see summer movies that you may not know about yet, Me & Earl & the Dying Girl has the distinction of indie darling knockout on lockdown. The tragicomic coming-of-age dramedy was one of the most buzzed-about titles at Sundance, where it won the Grand Jury Prize for Drama and the Audience Award, also earning five stars from WGTC critic Dominic Mill. Now, as Fox Searchlight prepares for its June release, the studio has dropped a new trailer teasing all the humor and heartbreak audiences can look forward to.
I'm more divided on Pixels than on any other blockbuster hitting screens this summer. On one hand, it boasts Chris Columbus at the helm, and initial trailers have made the alien-invasion action-comedy seem like quite a lot of fun. But on the other hand, it has both Adam Sandler and Kevin James, two of the most detestable comedians working in Hollywood today. Here's hoping that their distinctively lazy brand of comedy doesn't derail the movie.
There's always so much furor surrounding high-profile Netflix series like House of Cards, Orange is the New Black and now Daredevil that lots of the streaming service's less mainstream series get swept under the rug, from today's premiere Between to Steven Van Zandt drama Lilyhammer. Luckily, that rarely means the company abandons them. Today, Netflix announced that one of its least well-known shows, animated comedy BoJack Horseman, will drop its second season on July 17.
The great thing about being Robert De Niro is that any project you want to make will eventually get off the ground, even if based on your star power alone. Such is the case with The Comedian, an Art Linson-scribed drama De Niro has been trying to make for years, first with Martin Scorsese then with Sean Penn. Now, the two-time Oscar winner is finally moving ahead with the project, having secured Donnie Brasco helmer Mike Newell to sit behind the camera.
Relativity Studios is finally moving forward with a remake of 1994 cult classic The Crow, having set Boardwalk Empire alum Jack Huston to star alongside Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey). Tonight brings intriguing news that the project is about to cast another key role, albeit in a very different way than the original. Andrea Riseborough, hot off a succesful Oscar season with Best Picture victor Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), is in talks to play the villainous Top Dollar in the redo, according to Deadline.
Paramount isn't messing around with plans to evolve its mega-grossing Transformers franchise into an expansive cinematic universe. Today brings news that I, Robot scribe Akiva Goldsman, previously tasked by Michael Bay, Steven Spielberg and Lorenzo di Bonaventura with assembling a writer's room to pitch ideas for Transformers spinoffs and a multi-part sequel, has finalized his brain trust - and it's a pretty stunning lineup.
Between is the most un-Netflix show that the streaming service has ever aired, and it seems to want audiences to know that. Instead of following the company's traditional model of releasing every episode at once, this Canadian import (airing there on City and Shomi) is rolling out one episode a week, in a strategy that's sure to infuriate subscribers of all ages who have grown accustomed to binge-watching. Upon watching the pilot (the only episode made available for review), however, it becomes clear why Netflix is diverging from its attention-getting tactics for this series - the streaming service is hoping to sweep it under the rug as quietly as possible.
After months of casting on MGM and Sony's remake of The Magnificent Seven, the Western is finally gearing up to roll cameras later this month. Today brings word that perennial baddie Peter Sarsgaard is in final negotiations to play robber baron Bartholomew Bogue, the villain of the film whose cronies murder the husband (Matt Bomer) of a young woman (Haley Bennett), leading her to hire an unruly band of mercenaries to take back her town. Simultaneously, though, word has it that Jason Momoa has dropped out of the project, leaving one supporting role unclaimed.
Simon Pegg won the hearts and minds of nerds long ago, but the Shaun of the Dead actor keeps racking up impressive achievements that keep him at the epicenter of everything geeky in Hollywood. Currently, the actor is co-writing the script for Star Trek 3 (believed to be titled Star Trek Beyond), in which he'll also reprise the role of Scotty, and trying to strike a balance between the more commercial feel of J.J. Abrams' big-screen predecessors (2009's Star Trek and 2013's Star Trek Into Darkness) with the more adventurous tone of the original series.
As if we weren't already excited enough about Blade Runner 2, today brings word that cinematographer Roger Deakins has signed on to shoot the long-awaited sci-fi sequel, reteaming with director Denis Villeneuve after two extremely fruitful collaborations on Prisoners and Sicario.
