While its inner workings might not be as impressive as the splendor of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, the Warner Bros. promotional machine is hard at work… cranking out content. Timothée Chalamet makes his debut as the titular character inWonkathis December, and Warner Bros. Pictures released a number of clips to market the musical fantasy. Check out the first bit of footage, which is titledFunny Little Manbelow: In the scene, Wonka (Chalamet) captures an Oompa-Loompa (Hugh Grant)....

Zachary Levi is all set to play NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner in an upcoming biopic. The faith-based movie is titledAmerican Underdog: The Kurt Warner Storyand is based on Warner’s memoir All Things Possible: My Story of Faith, Football, and the First Miracle Season. The Erwin Brothers, Jon Erwin and Andrew Erwin, will direct the movie, which is expected to go into production this year, though it is unclear when the cameras will be able to start rolling....

Ben Affleck believes the Snyder Cut ofJustice Leagueshould be released to the public. Affleck is currently out doing press for hisThe Way Back, but Batman questions are always going to come up. His relationship with Warner Bros. and DC seemingly deteriorated by the timeJustice Leaguehit theaters. The studio seemed to be in disarray and, come to find out, Affleck wasn’t in a good place personally either. At the time it was believed that the actor was going to write, direct, and star in what has now becomeThe Batman, but that didn’t work out....

It has been four years since actressGina Caranowas fired fromThe Mandalorian, and a year since she filed a lawsuit against Lucasfilm andDisney. Now, she is back in the news after settling her case with Disney. The actress was let go from her role as Cara Dune in theStar Warsfranchise after posting a series of offensive tweets, including spreading false information about the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming the 2020 election was interfered with, and mocking the use of pronouns....

Thewargenre of film has been around since the inception of the medium, dating back to theSilent Film Era. Over the years, the film industry has seen the depiction of war change from heroic narratives of soldiers protecting their country to the more realistic and graphic realities of the battlefield, which can cause irreparable mental and physical trauma to those involved. Recent films have received a great deal of praise for the firm realistic depictions of war....

TheMarvel Cinematic Universe(MCU for short) is a film franchise behemoth the likes of which Hollywood has never seen before, and perhaps never will again. The entire series is based on Marvel Comics, which means the producers have a goldmine of ready-made IP of interesting characters and circumstances to draw from in the movies. Sometimes this leads to fascinating heroes and villains who pop up time and again across the MCU. Other times, even some fan-favorite characters, are given the boot after only one movie, despite fans wanting to see more of them....

Horror moviesare meant to shock and scare, right? While this does remain essential to the genre, it has evolved in various ways, and sometimes the focus is more on entertaining through blood-soaked humor, creating a dark and tense atmosphere to evoke unease, or as a way to explore certain social issues. Scares are not necessarily required to make a good horror movie, and what is scary is going to be subjective to each....

When it comes to crossovers, there have been some pretty wild suggestions made over the years and some have even managed to make it into production, but it seems that one that got away would have seen a meeting of the21 Jump StreetandMen in Blackfranchises. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have worked together onThe LEGO MovieandSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, as well as the two big screenJump Streetmovies, and while appearing on theHappy Sad Confused podcast, the pair revealed their one-time plans to create a crossover of their franchise and Sony’sMen in Black....

The sweaty jockstrap fromCinderella Manand otherRussell Crowememorabilia has found a home at one of the last Blockbuster Video stores in the country. The Blockbuster, which is located in Anchorage, Alaska, recently was gifted the items and is now proudly displaying them, possibly in the hopes of attracting more customers. At the very least, it adds a little charm to one of the last places of its kind in the United States....

Days afterAlec Baldwinannounced that he’s finished with his work onRust, the actor’s next project has been revealed. PerET, Baldwin is set to star in the upcoming movieKent State, a film about the tragedy that occurred on the university’s campus on August 26, 2025. That day, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed students who’d been protesting the Vietnam War, killing four and wounding several others. The massacre sparked widespread outrage and is still often talked about to this day, having recently surpassed the incident’s 53rd anniversary....

Sad moments are one of the top reasons everyone loves anime. People get attached to characters and see them stumble in idealized sacrifices and struggles. Research shows that we form emotional attachments to fictional charactersthrough parasocial relationships.We feel a stronger connection to stories with characters with deep sadness, conflicting morals, and other sources of tragedy. Some of the greatest heartbreaking moments in anime follow this formula. 10Gon Sacrificing Decades of His Life - Hunter X Hunter The chimera ant arc ofHunter x Hunterproduced many high-ranking heartbreaking moments....

The Malta Film Commission is pleased to announce thatAssassin’s Creedhas commenced filming in Malta.Assassin’s Creedstars Academy Award nomineeMichael Fassbender(X-Men: Days of Future Past,12 Years a Slave) and Academy Award winnerMarion Cotillard(The Dark Knight Rises, La Vie en Rose). The film is directed byJustin Kurzel(The Snowtown Murders,Macbeth) and produced by New Regency, Ubisoft Motion Pictures, DMC Films and Kennedy/Marshall, with 20th Century Fox distributing.Assassin’s Creedopens in theaters worldwide on December 21st, 2016....

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justicewill set upJustice League Part 1. But what about the Hall of Justice? Is the newBatcavea precursor to this mammoth superhero headquarters? Surely billionaire Bruce Wayne is going to help pay for and install some of the much needed hardware to be utilized by this team of crime fighters. But don’t look for him to be the leader.EWhas a new piece of concept art, which gives us a better look at Bruce Wayne’s Batcave in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice....