As fans of Dungeons & Dragons know, a successful game campaign is all about immersion in storytelling. At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, the upcoming Paramount movie based on the beloved tabletop RPG, that’s exactly the route the studio is going with introducing the film. Tucked away in the Gaslamp Quarter across the way from
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When Simon Pegg and company signed on to make two Mission: Impossible movies back-to back, they certainly knew they were in for a long shoot, but nobody had any idea just how long it would be. Due to the global pandemic, the filming of what we now know is called Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
Back in 2018, the Halloween franchise got a brilliant and surprising rejuvenation. Ignoring most of the established canon, director David Gordon Green established a new timeline in the series, and in doing so reintroduced the epic battle between Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode and the mysterious slasher Michael Myers. Four years later, that story is
It would have been easy enough for Top Gun: Maverick to simulate the actors playing the pilots flying through the sky with green screen and digital effects. However, the Maverick production went the extra mile by having these actors go through insane flight training so that they’d be used to high g-forces and acrobatic plane
Anticipation has been high for Jordan Peele’s Nope, following his previous two (critically acclaimed) forays into the horror genre: 2017’s Get Out 2019’s Us. Details of Nope’s plot have been kept intentionally sparse, because the writer/director wants to the film to be an unexpected experience for his audiences. Have no fear – the movie has
When The Fast and the Furious filmed, Vin Diesel was 33 years old and best known at the time for his role as Private Adrian Caparzo in Saving Private Ryan and voicing The Iron Giant’s eponymous protagonist. Over two decades later, Diesel has gone on to appear in all of the main Fast & Furious
By now, you are probably aware that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were involved in two trials over the last couple of years instigated by the Pirates of the Caribbean actor and his legal team. Amber Heard actually testified in both cases, where a variety of topics came up. In fact, during her ex’s libel
The second time turned out to be the charm for Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. Bennifer 2.0 made it to the altar this time around, reportedly tying the knot in the always-popular Las Vegas, three months after the actor got down on one knee and proposed to his love for the second time — while
It is inconceivable to think that The Princess Bride has been around for over three decades. It was 35 years ago when director Rob Reiner and Academy Award-winning screenwriter William Goldman released this hilarious, thrilling, and romantic fairy tale adventure adapted from a book that Goldman, himself, also penned. The real key to the enduring
Michael B. Jordan is an incredibly recognizable star. He’s known for playing Black Panther‘s Erik Killmonger (who he doesn’t view as a villain). Jordan has also held the inescapable Sexiest Man Alive title and is the star of acclaimed films like Creed and Fruitvale Station. So it’s more than fair to say the actor has
While Harrison Ford received a lot of attention earlier this week for turning 80, resulting in plenty of people (including Star Wars co-star Mark Hamill) wishing him a happy birthday, as far as the man’s film work goes, it’s been a while since we’ve seen in the cinematic realm. Ford last starred in 2020’s The
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart have become the unlikely movie duo Hollywood and viewers never knew they needed. The two movie stars have proven they are a winning formula with successes like Central Intelligence and the Jumanji franchise. Of course, their onscreen chemistry has translated into a true Hollywood bromance. Part of being
Fans of Dune have had reason to feel a touch disappointed recently, as it was reported earlier this month that our wait time for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part 2 has been increased – with the blockbuster sequel’s release date shifted by about a month, from October of next year to November 2023. There is no
Will Smith and Chris Rock’s Oscar slap is the story that continues to make the rounds. Recently, Dame Judi Dench recalled her thoughts on how the entire debacle seemed like a joke at first to the attendees of the Academy Award. While the reality of the moment is well reported by this point, this conversation
Barbie has had a major presence in toy sections for over 60 years, but next year, Mattel is partnering with Warner Bros and Margot Robbie’s production company to bring the famous doll to live action. Barbie will star Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, and it’s being directed by Ladybird’s Greta Gerwig. It
In 2018, Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga starred in the latest remake of A Star is Born, with this version of the story that’d been told three times prior seeing the former playing Jackson Maine and the latter playing Ally Maine. Cooper and Gaga’s romantic chemistry in A Star is Born was so powerful that
Since we’re a little under a year away from Indiana Jones 5 finally hitting theaters after multiple delays and setbacks, many fans of the franchise will be looking back on the past entries in preparation for the upcoming movie, including the polarizing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. While the 2008 movie
Delia Owens took the literary world by storm with her 2018 novel Where the Crawdads Sing, and it was little surprise when the film got picked up to be adapted as a movie. Reese Witherspoon is a producer on the upcoming mystery drama after selecting the book for her Hello Sunshine Book Club, and now
While Johnny Depp is best known for performances in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Edward Scissorhands, Donnie Brasco and many other movies, lately the actor has mainly been drawing attention for the drama in his personal life. A little over a month ago, the defamation trial between him and his ex-wife Amber Heard
Actor/politician Arnold Schwarzengger made a name for himself in Hollywood thanks to his insane physical fitness as a bodybuilder. This eventually made way for his career as an actor in projects like Terminator and Conan the Barbarian. Schwarzenegger’s son Joseph Baena has followed in those footsteps, and recently offered a glimpse at what it takes