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Ridley Scott To Direct Alien Prequel In May, it wasrevealedthat commercial directorCarl Erik Rinschwas attached to direct a remake ofAlien. We have sincelearnedthat it is more of a prequel than a remake. I was one of the few people actually interested in Rinsch’s involvement. Rinsch’s commercials show an amazing sense of imagination, visual effects artistry and composition (we’ve profiled his amazing commercials on the site). But apparently 20th Century Fox wasn’t happy with the Scott’s choice of director, holding out for the original helmer —Ridley Scott....

Spider-Man: No Way Home Will Bring Back Two More Legacy Villains Well, this was probably inevitable! When a multi-million dollar superhero machine decides to get into the multiverse game and make it possible for previous versions of famous comic book characters to cross over into the current iteration, anything’s on the table after that. DC is going full speed ahead with bringing back Michael Keaton’s Batman for “The Flash” because, well, it can....

The Morning Watch: Make Bachelor Chow From ‘Futurama’, ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Movie Meets ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, find out how to make the fantastically gross Bachelor Chow fromFuturamain a new edition ofBinging with Babish....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Frozen II’ Is An Improvement Over The First Film In Just About Every Way (Welcome toThe Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Series:Frozen IIWhere You Can Stream It: Disney+The Pitch: The sequel to the definitive modern Disney film continues the story of Elsa, Anna, Olaf and the rest of the crew in a new musical adventure....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Wounds’ Is Nasty And Frustrating And Doesn’t Care About Satisfying You In The Slightest And I Love It (Welcome toThe Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie:WoundsWhere you may Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: Armie Hammer is an underachieving New Orleans bartender who finds an abandoned phone in the aftermath of a barroom brawl....

The Simple Idea At The Heart Of James Wan’s Horror For all the success he’s enjoyed helming big-budget action and superhero movies, the Malaysia-born, Australia-raised filmmaker James Wan remains a horror aficionado at heart. “you may take the boy out of horror, but you can never take the horror out the boy,” as he once put it, explaining why his “Aquaman” sequel,“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,“is “very heavily inspired” by Italian director Mario Bava’s 1965 sci-fi horror film “Planet of the Vampires....

The Stars At Noon Review: A Lifeless Romance Unravels Slowly And Excruciatingly [Cannes] At the very beginning, “The Stars at Noon” has an intriguing concept — is it love, or just survival? Margaret Qualley stars as Trish, an American woman trapped in Nicaragua who is forced to question her own motives when a wealthy Englishman appears to offer her a lifeline. The opening scenes strike a strange tone as increasingly tense situations are offset by a light jazz score....

Theme Park Bits: Harry Potter, Thor, The Avengers, Wizard Of Oz, Haunted Mansion This edition of Theme Park Bits has full of franchises:Harry Potter, The Avengers, Wizard of Ozand more. Below, read about the following: Universal Studios Orlando posted a bunch of images of the Hogwarts Express being lowered onto the tracks at theWizarding World of Harry Potter. The train will take fans from the new area – scheduled to open in a few years – to the area that’s now currently open....

Tiana First Look: The Former Frog Princess Leaps To A New Adventure Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog” immediately stood apart upon release in 2009 as a refreshingly diverse take on the studio’s traditional princess model. Set in 1920s New Orleans, the character of Tiana added a very welcome, lived-in sense of belonging to the otherwise bland (read: very white) halls of the Disney castle. As for the animated movie itself, it’s mostly considered … fine?...

Warner Bros. Enlists ‘Black Mass’ Director Scott Cooper For ‘White Knight’ Black Massis one of the year’s more notable disappointments. It’s far from a bad movie, although Angie Han certainlymade a casefor why it is one. The Whitey Bulger (Johnny Depp) story is frustrating, because it has all the pieces to make for a great movie: an ensemble of excellent actors, a story loaded with potential, and a promising filmmaker at the helm....

What ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Gets Right About Asian-American Identity When American-born Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) meets her boyfriend Nick’s mother Eleanor Young (Michelle Yeoh) for the first time at their lush Singaporean mansion inCrazy Rich Asians, she enthusiastically lists off her accomplishments: lauded economics professor at NYU, talented, brilliant, probably played piano since elementary school. It’s a check list that any Asian-American parent would beam at, but to which Eleanor only coolly responds, “Pursuing one’s passion…how American....

What’s Real And What’s Made Up On Amazon’s ‘The Last Tycoon’ [Interview] Amazon’s new seriesThe Last Tycoonmight beMad Menfor the film industry. Based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel,The Last Tycoonis set at the fictional Brady-American Studios in the 1930s. Matt Bomer plays studio executive Monroe Stahr and Kelsey Grammer is the studio namesake Pat Brady. Brady and Stahr navigate the politics of pre-WWII international relations and personality clashes with movie stars....

Why ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Director Genndy Tartakovsky Left ‘Popeye’ Genndy Tartakovskyhas made Sony a decent chunk of change with hisHotel Transylvaniafilms. The sequel, which Tartakovsky helmed, just earned over $50 million this past weekend. One would guess that kind of box-office haul would score the animated director a little cart blanche, but, in spite of his financial success, that’s not entirely the case. Learn why after the jump Tartakovsky leftPopeye. The directorexited the projectback in March....