Emma Stefansky
Tyrese Gibson Really, Really Doesn’t Want The Rock to Do a ‘Fast & Furious’ Spinoff
Tyrese Gibson has taken to posting (and the deleting) pleas on social media for Dwayne Johnson not to leave the Fast and Furious franchise like a lovestruck ex. At least, that’s what everyone figures is going on, because there is clearly something going on between the two. Tyrese Gibson has been commenting and the deleting messages to The Rock on his Instagram posts, and today posted an Instagram himself, along with a plea for Johnson to call him back.
Nic Cage Will Fight a Jaguar and a Crazy Assassin on a Boat in ‘Primal’
In what sounds like the Adventure Mad Libs of movies, Nicolas Cage has signed on to the film Primal, which will see him as a big game hunter transporting a boat full of exotic creatures, including a white jaguar and a crazy political assassin, who all, shocker, escape and wreak havoc. And only one man can stop them. I mean… are tickets on sale yet? Because we’re extremely down for this.
‘Better Watch Out’ Red-Band Trailer: Two Boys Will Do Anything to Impress Their Hot Babysitter
Ah, the holidays. Cookies, sparkly lights, Christmas trees, your parents leaving you at home with a hot babysitter you decide to impress by whacking her ex boyfriend over the head with a baseball bat… You know, the usual wholesome stuff you get up to during the Christmas season, at least according to the Better Watch Out Red-Band trailer.
‘Coco’ Trailer: A Boy, a Dog, a Whole Bunch of Skeletons, and One Technicolor Flying Jaguar
Disney and Pixar’s new film Coco is the studio partnership’s first major foray into the mythologies and culture of Mexico, and the newest trailer for it looks absolutely gorgeous.
‘Tragedy Girls’ Trailer: Two Best Friends Would Literally Murder for More Twitter Followers
You know that feeling when you send a fire tweet or post a hot thirst trap to Instagram and the only person who interacts with it is your mom? Not a great feeling, right? Has your frustration with your own follower count ever made you want to, I dunno, murder a guy? Tragedy Girls is the horror-comedy for you.
Roku Launching Ad-Supported Roku Channel With Hundreds of Films
Roku is getting into the programming biz. While its current offerings, like The Karate Kid and Legally Blonde, can be found elsewhere on streaming services, Roku is now launching the Roku Channel, which will include hundred of Roku-licensed movies you can only find on that service. The company is working with the likes of Lionsgate, MGM, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Warner Bros. to make the deal happen, and it’ll be phased in “over the coming weeks.”
Jared Leto ‘a Little Confused’ by This Joker Movie Business (Buddy, You’re Not the Only One)
Warner Bros. and DC are making a lot of choices lately, and one of those choices is having multiple movies featuring the Joker, but not all featuring the actor who first played the character canonically in their universe. Jared Leto is not being courted for the Martin Scorsese-produced Joker origin movie, a move that makes sense considering they’re probably going for someone younger (but which does not make sense considering… who in the world was asking for a Joker origin movie??). Leto is, understandably, “a little confused” about the whole thing, but he also gets it. Kinda.
‘The Purge 4’ Will Go All the Way Back to the Very First Purge Night
The Purge movies have continued to act as unforgiving social and political satire, as unsubtle as they are violent, and that trend will only go further in the next installment in the series. The fourth film, titled The Purge: The Island, takes place on the very first Purge Night, confined to the shores of Staten Island, and the concept sounds appropriately messed up.
Supreme Leader Snoke Somehow Looks Even Worse in New ‘Last Jedi’ Photos
Supreme Leader Snoke is one of the biggest mysteries of the new Star Wars trilogy, even though he’s apparently not as big as he appeared to be in The Force Awakens. Where did he come from? What species is he? How can he still speak with his face all messed up like that? How did he get that giant crack in his forehead? We won’t be getting ay insight into Snoke’s origins in The Last Jedi, simply because director Rian Johnson figured it wasn’t necessary — but we will be seeing a lot more of him. And maybe not a hologram this time.
Disney’s New Streaming Service Will Include ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel Movies
Netflix’s scramble to cut some kind of deal with Disney after the company announced their own Disney-exclusive streaming service last month seems to have come to naught, as CEO Bob Iger announced that Marvel and Star Wars movies would also be among the films appearing exclusively on the new app Disney hopes to launch by 2019. Better get those Moana viewings in fast, folks.
New Amazon Prime Instant Releases — September 2017
It’s almost the end of the month, which means it’s time to check out what kind of new stuff is coming to your favorite streaming services in September. Amazon Prime has some good ones this month, including a ton of classics and a new new films that you should definitely check out if you missed them in the theater.
Two New ‘Last Jedi’ Vehicles Revealed, Plus Now We Know What the Porgs Will Sound Like
In the new Star Wars trilogy, the First Order is basically the Empire Part II, complete with a number of ships and vehicles of war that are direct callbacks to what their predecessors had 80 years prior. You’d think they’d hire some new architects. Today brings news of two very cool, very scary-looking First Order vehicles: the sinister AT-M6, and the equally-sinister Dreadnought.