Monthly Archives: July 2018
37 Insanely Epic Sideshow Statues Revealed for Comic-Con 2018
Comic-Con is great if you love getting exclusive looks at upcoming movies or scoring celebrity autographs, but one of the highlights of the show is getting a peek at Sideshow Collectibles' booth. Every year Sideshow unveils a new lineup of high-end figures, statues and other collectibles. This year Sideshow has been dropping new announcements and teases leading up to Comic-Con, showcasing some of the new products that will be on display at the show.
From detailed Hot toys figures to the most amazing Thor statue we've ever seen, here's what you can expect to be on display in Sideshow's booth next week.
Update: we've added new images featuring Sideshow's Darth Maul bust, DC Animated Universe statues and more.
Frozen 2 Casts Evan Rachel Wood and Sterling K. Brown
Frozen 2 is reportedly adding Westworld and Black Panther stars to its cast.
Variety reports Evan Rachel Wood and Sterling K. Brown are in talks for the animated sequel, but there's no word yet on who'll they voice. Wood is known for her role as Dolores Abernathy on Westworld, while Brown recently starred as N'Jobu in Black Panther.
Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, and Josh Gad will reprise their respective roles from the original film. Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck will direct once again, with Lee penning the screenplay. Peter Del Vecho is producing.
The 15 Most Bizarre Movie Buildings
Every movie has to take place somewhere, but sometimes that somewhere doesn't really exist. Fantasy films, action films, science-fiction films and sometimes even serious dramas have to come up with strange new environments for their characters to visit and inhabit, giving production designers a field day to come up with weird designs, and writers free reign to concoct strange concepts for these very, very bizarre movie buildings.
Whether it's an incredible skyscraper filled with wild and implausible environments for Dwayne Johnson to kick butt in, haunted houses with impossible geography, or indoor candy gardens where naughty children get their just desserts, these are our picks for the most bizarre movie buildings in history!
We Tried the Harry Potter Theme Park’s New Butterbeer Ice Cream, Interactive Spells and Hogwarts Nighttime Lights Show
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA has added some new features for muggles and wizards alike to enjoy: the addition of Butterbeer hard ice cream to the menu and two new interactive spells that can be activated around Hogsmeade with special wands purchased at the park. We also got a look at the “Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts” show.
Keep reading for our thoughts on these new additions, and scroll through the slideshow below for a peek at everything we saw.
Another Twist on Butterbeer
Take a Look at an Exclusive New Photo From The Crimes of Grindelwald
Here's an exclusive new photo from the upcoming film in the Wizarding World franchise, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
The image below showcases returning characters Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and Jacob Kowalski (Dan Folger) alongside a new character, the wizard Yusuf Kama (William Nadylam).
Credit: Warner Bros.
For more Fantastic Beasts fun, check out this exclusive tease of Dan Fogler doing his best impressions of the many fantastic beasts in Crimes of Grindelwald with YouTuber Anna Brisbin -- aka Brizzy Voices:
Netflix Renews Queer Eye for Season 3
Netflix's Queer Eye has been renewed for Season 3 and will see the crew leave Atlanta, GA behind to help change the lives of people in Kansas City, MO.
Production on the eight-episode third season will begin this Monday, July 16, in Kansas City and will premiere in 2019. Antoni Porowski (food & wine), Bobby Berk (interior design), Jonathan Van Ness (grooming), Karamo Brown (culture), and Tan France (fashion) will all be returning as co-hosts.
Netflix's reboot of Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy debuted on February 7, 2018, and its second season arrived just a few months later on June 15.
Yesterday, when the 2018 Emmy Nominations were announced, Queer Eye was honored with nominations in four categories: outstanding structured reality program, outstanding cinematography, picture editing, and casting for a reality program.
Let’s Revisit This Amazing Friday the 13th: The Game Glitch
New Photo of Venom from Movie Revealed
Tom Hardy has shared his thoughts on Venom and Eddie Brock's strange relationship in Sony's upcoming film.
Per EW, a new look at Venom has been unveiled, which you can view below. The movie will follow Eddie Brock getting suddenly exposed to the alien-like entity, symbiote. As a result, the journalist will find it difficult trying to deal with this pesky alien inside his head.
New Venom image, via EW.
Scarlett Johansson Drops Out of Transgender Biopic
Scarlett Johansson has officially left the transgender biopic film Rub and Tug after receiving public backlash for accepting the role.
Johansson gave her statement exclusively to the LGBTQ website and magazine Out, detailing her reasons for withdrawing from the role as Dante Tex Gill, a transgender gangster who rose to prominence in the 70's and 80's.
"In light of recent ethical questions raised surrounding my casting as Dante Tex Gill, I have decided to respectfully withdraw my participation in the project," said Johansson. "Our cultural understanding of transgender people continues to advance, and I’ve learned a lot from the community since making my first statement about my casting and realize it was insensitive."
Bumblebee: Two Decepticons Unveiled
The villains for Paramount's upcoming Bumblebee standalone movie have been revealed.
Per EW, Bumblebee will be going up against two Decepticon muscle cars who are tracking the titular Otobot. Angela Bassett will be voicing one of the villains, Shatter, who takes the form of a cherry-red Plymouth Satellite.
Meanwhile, Justin Theroux will voice Dropkick, whose vehicle form is a blue AMC Javelin. The Decepticon's will also be sporting wheels instead of wings. However, there's also one more villain who flies, but the character's identity and voice actor are still being kept under wraps.