‘Screwball’ Filmmakers Explain Why They Used Child Actors In Their Hilarious True-Crime Doc [Interview] Screwballis a true-crime story documentary about the Biogenesis scandal that shook Major League Baseball to its core. But there’s one unique twist: child actors are used in all of the re-enactments, transforming the whole story into a deranged comedy. Miami-based filmmakersBilly CorbenandAlfred Spellmanare Florida-centric in their filmography, so it would not surprise me in the slightest if they do a documentary on the Marlins Park at some point in the future....

‘Snowpiercer’ Season 2 Adds Sean Bean, But His Character Is A Big Spoiler For Season 1 The first season finale ofSnowpiercerjust aired last night on TNT. The television adaptation of the Titan Comics title takes place eight years before the feature film adaptation from director Bong Joon-ho, so there are a lot of gaps to fill in when it comes to the overall narrative of the post-apocalyptic landscape itself. Last night’s finale brought a number of twists and turns, but the biggest made way for the introduction ofSean Beanas a character who will have a major presence in the second season....

‘Star Trek: Picard’ Teaser Asks Why Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard Left Starfleet The legendaryPatrick Stewartreturns to theStar Trekuniverse to bring the beloved Jean-Luc Picard out of retirement inStar Trek: Picard. The firstStar Trek: Picardteaser finds the former Admiral living his days in his family’s vineyard and no longer a part of Starfleet. But what exactly caused him to retire? The teaser hints at a tragic event 15 years ago that will be explored through the upcoming CBS All Access series....

‘Stuntman’ Trailer: A Professional Stunt Performer Tries To Follow Evel Knievel’s Rocket Path In Disney+ Documentary Stuntmanis a new documentary coming to Disney+ later this month. While you might expect it to be a new project looking at the life of a professional stunt performer working in Hollywood, this feature film is a little more complicated.Eddie Braunhas been a stuntman for over 30 years, but one stunt has always been at the forefront of his mind, a challenge that was never quite within his reach....

‘The Conjuring 2’ Featurette: The Real Horror Victims Discuss The Strange Happenings In Enfield This summerJames Wanis bringing plenty of horror to theaters.Lights Outwith Teresa Palmer arrives in Julyto make sure you’re scared of the dark all over again. But before that, the filmmaker is behind the camera again forThe Conjuring 2, the sequel to his successful horror flick about the real paranormal investigations of Ed and Lorraine Warren. This time the terror comes from across the pond with the events known as the “strange happenings in Enfield,” and a new featurette focuses on the victims of the real haunting that inspires the film....

‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ Finds Annie Cresta And Messalla AlthoughThe Hunger Games: Catching Fireis still three months away from theaters, casting on the next two installments is already heating up. Hot on the heels of last week’snewsthatNatalie Dormerwould play Cressida inThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2comes the announcement that directorFrancis Lawrencehas also addedEvan RossandStef Dawson. Ross will play Cressida’s cameraman Messalla, while Dawson will portray Annie Cresta, love interest of Finnick Odair (Sam Claflin)....

‘The Lion King’ Character Posters Sure Look Like Pictures Of Animals Oh yes, it’s a lion. That’s not justthe translationof the opening Zulu lyrics from “The Circle of Life,” but that’s really the only reaction you can have to newThe Lion Kingcharacter posters recently released by Disney. The House of Mouse has released the character posters forJon Favreau’s CG remake of the 1994 beloved animated classic, and if it weren’t for the bold lettering proclaiming the stars voicing the photorealistic animal characters, you could easily mistake these posters as stills from a National Geographic special....

‘The Suicide Squad’ Featurette: James Gunn Reinvigorates The Villains Of DC Comics Suicide Squadwasn’t exactly a runaway hit when it arrived in theaters back in 2016. But we can’t disregard it completely since it did give us the gifts ofMargot Robbieas Harley Quinn,Jai Courtneyas Captain Boomerang, andViola Davisas Amanda Waller. They’re all back inThe Suicide Squad, the latest iteration of the DC Comics villain ensemble, this time withGuardians of the Galaxyfranchise directorJames Gunnbehind the camera, and an insane new roster of cast members....

‘The Witches’ Video: Anne Hathaway Teaches You How To Spot A Witch, Unveils New Footage What do you get when you take three of Hollywood’s most creative minds –Robert Zemeckis,Guillermo del Toro, andKenya Barris– and set them loose on an adaptation of aRoald Dahlnovel? Answer:The Witches, Zemeckis’s upcoming take on the story of a boy who discovers a conference of witches staying at a hotel and is subsequently transformed into a mouse....

‘Vice’ Originally Had A Musical Number, But Paul Thomas Anderson Convinced Adam McKay To Cut It It’s hard to picture Dick Cheney bursting into song, but it almost happened inAdam McKay’sVice. McKay’s dark comedy biopic about the former Vice President makes a wide variety of stylistic choices to tell its tale, and at one point, one of those flourishes involved a full-blown musical number. In the end, though, director Paul Thomas Anderson convinced McKay to leave it on the cutting room floor....

1883: Eric Nelsen On The Episode That Will Change Everything [Interview] Episode 5 of the Paramount+ show “1883” is a gut punch. I’m not sure I’m going to recover any time soon, and if you’re a fan, I bet you’re with me on that. If you haven’t watched the episode yet, go do it right now. There are absolutely humongousSPOILERScoming up for a major turning point in the series. I cannot be more clear....

2009 Toronto International Film Festival Opening Night And Other Films Announced The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its choice for opening night film, as well as a host of other pictures that will play among the festival’s 300-plus films. As expected, a healthy few Cannes veterans are in the mix as well as a number of other films we’re excited to see. (Like Nicolas Winding Refn’sValhalla Rising, but not the Coen Bros....

A City Is On The Move In Peter Jackson’s ‘Mortal Engines’ Concept Art AuthorPhillip Reeve’sfour-partPredator Citiesbook series isn’t messing around when it comes to its title: in the future depicted in the novels, cities have become actual predators. Every city on Earth is now on wheels, constantly cruising around looking for smaller cities to consume and absorb. The first book in that series,Mortal Engines, is getting a film adaptation from producerPeter Jacksonand some of hisThe Lord of the Ringscollaborators, and now Jackson has shared the first piece ofMortal Enginesconcept art with fans....