Put your hands in the air and wave ‘em like you just don’t care — except we do care a great deal about this news. You’ll never have to drink alone again because Ma has officially been given the greenlight for a sequel. It’s been a weirdly long uphill battle (considering the original movie’s budget compared to its earnings), but the time has finally come, … Continue reading ‘Ma 2’ Is Officially In The Works!!
Synopsis – When Papa Smurf is taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission to the real world to save him. With the help of new friends, the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe. Directed – Chris Miller Starring (voices of) – Rihanna, Hannah Waddingham, Natasha Lyonne Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Smurfs’: New Trailer Previews Rihanna’s New Song!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – When Papa Smurf is taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission to the real world to save him. With the help of new friends, the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe. Directed – Chris Miller Starring (voices of) – Rihanna, Hannah Waddingham, Natasha Lyonne Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Smurfs’ Trailer Teases an All-Animated, Star-Studded Musical Affair!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A family living in a home in Indiana discover strange, demonic occurrences that convince them and the community that the house is a portal to hell. Directed – Lee Daniels Starring – Andra Day, Glenn Close, Caleb McLaughlin Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Deliverance’ Trailer Teases the New Exorcism Thriller!! Check It Out!!
The true story of a demonic possession will come home to roost in Netflix‘s upcoming horror film The Deliverance. The film is slated to be released in theaters and on streaming this coming August. Ahead of the project’s debut, Netflix has revealed a first-look image from the film, which stars Andra Day as a mother grappling with the purported possession of her children. The first-look … Continue reading ‘The Deliverance’: First Image Teases the New Exorcism Thriller!! Check It Out!!
According to Deadline, Oscar winner Octavia Spencer has signed on to join the Tow cast for the upcoming biographical drama, which is being led by Insidious franchise star Rose Byrne. Character details about Spencer’s role remained under wraps. This project reunites Spencer and Byrne, after previously starring together in 2018’s family comedy film Instant Family. They will also be joined by previously announced cast members … Continue reading ‘Tow’: Octavia Spencer Joins Rose Byrne led Biopic!!
Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham & Oscar winner Octavia Spencer are set to lead an upcoming action-adventure series for Prime Video based on an original idea from Tessa Coates. The series hails from Skydance Television, which produced the popular Reacher television adaptation. In film, Skydance is behind the more recent Mission: Impossible films in addition to Top Gun: Maverick. What to know about Spencer & Waddingham’s … Continue reading Hannah Waddingham, Octavia Spencer to Lead New Action Adventure Series!!
Apple is “Bringin’ Back Christmas” in theaters this holiday season with its original musical comedy Spirited. The Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell-led modern take on A Christmas Carol will have another limited run on the big screen starting on Black Friday, November 24 in the U.S. and Canada and December 1 in the U.K. and Ireland, just in time to get everyone in the spirit … Continue reading ‘Spirited’ Returning to Theaters for a Limited Run During the Holidays!!
The Exchange is preparing to shop the 2018 Blacklist and Sundance Screenwriter Labs original screenplay Nobody Nothing Nowhere to international buyers. Before it’s made available though, Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer, Emmy winner Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emmy nominee Lucy Liu have been brought in to lead the project. Scribes Rachel Wolther and Alex H. Fischer are set to direct their screenplay while veteran producers Josh … Continue reading ‘Nobody Nothing Nowhere’: Octavia Spencer, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Lucy Liu to Lead Sci-Fi Comedy!!
Apple TV+ has released the trailer for the third season of Truth Be Told today, revealing details on what to expect this season. The NAACP Image Award-winning anthology’s third season will focus on the search for missing young Black women and the lack of media attention on the missing cases. Academy Award-winner Octavia Spencer will reprise her role as Poppy Scoville, an investigative reporter turned … Continue reading ‘Truth Be Told’ Season 3 Trailer Sees Poppy Scoville Back on a New Case!! Check It Out!!
When Charles Dickens sat down to write a novella on wealth inequality and the faulty, nay, Scroogey nature of Thomas Malthus’ long since debunked theories on global population, do you think he imagined Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell riffing over fudged lines? You’d like to think so, wouldn’t you? Regardless, it’s happened. Following the release of Spirited, the aptly titled adaptation of the classic Christmas … Continue reading ‘Spirited’: New Blooper Reel Video Reveals the Ruined Takes!! Check It Out!!
Apple TV‘s Spirited is coming to theatres in a new sing-along version, Deadline reports. The holiday musical comedy stars comedic geniuses Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, and Octavia Spencer and will be released in 100+ U.S. theaters. Some of the original songs by Oscar, Grammy and Tony winners Benj Pasek are seen as contenders for Academy Award in the Best Original Song category. Previously, the movie … Continue reading ‘Spirited’ Heading to Theaters With a New Sing-Along Version!!
The NAACP Image Award-winning drama Truth Be Told is returning for Season 3 next year and Apple has released the first image showing Poppy Scoville (Octavia Spencer) back on the case. This time around, the Academy Award winner will be joined by another talented actress in Gabrielle Union who plays an unorthodox principal helping Poppy in her latest pursuit for justice. The first look shows … Continue reading ‘Truth Be Told’ Season 3: First Image Sees Poppy Scoville Back on a New Case!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forver when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. Directed – Guillermo del Toro Starring – Michael Shannon, … Continue reading ‘The Shape of Water’ Gets a 5th Anniversary Celebration Never-Before-Seen Trailer!! Check It Out!!
For Cyber Monday this year, Apple TV+ has an exciting new “offer” for fans of Ryan Reynolds and his new Christmas movie Spirited. The streamer released a new promo that has the actor’s co-stars Will Ferrell and Octavia Spencer showcasing a new, upgraded model of Reynolds referred to only as “The Ryan Reynolds+.” This new update to the classic Reynolds has a slew of new … Continue reading ‘Spirited’: Apple TV+ Unveils New Ryan Reynolds Offer for Cyber Monday!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A musical version of Charles Dickens’s story of a miserly misanthrope who is taken on a magical journey. My Take – If there is one source material that has been milked in every possible way, it has to be writer Charles Dickens‘s novella ‘A Christmas Carol’. Over decades the redemption tale, which was first published about 178 years ago, has seen countless adaptations, … Continue reading Spirited (2022) Review!!
This holiday season, Ryan Reynolds really wants to make sure fans know that the upcoming Apple TV+ feature Spirited, in which he stars alongside Will Ferrell, is in fact NOT Elf. In a promo clip released to the Deadpool star’s Twitter account, fans see the Christmasy duo seated by a roaring fire and speaking about their holiday feature. Unfortunately, Reynolds hasn’t been bitten by the … Continue reading ‘Spirited’: New Promo Sees Ryan Reynolds Confirming the Musical is Not ‘Elf’!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A musical version of Charles Dickens’s story of a miserly misanthrope who is taken on a magical journey. Directed – Sean Anders, John Morris Starring – Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Octavia Spencer Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Spirited’ Trailer Teases Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell’s New Take on ‘A Christmas Carol’!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A musical version of Charles Dickens’s story of a miserly misanthrope who is taken on a magical journey. Directed – Sean Anders, John Morris Starring – Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Octavia Spencer Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Spirited’ Teaser Teases Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell’s New Take on ‘A Christmas Carol’!! Check It Out!!
Charles Dickens‘ classic novel A Christmas Carol‘s star-powered reimagining, Spirited, will be in theaters and premiering on Apple TV+ this holiday season. Now that we’ve officially passed into fall, Apple dropped four dazzling new posters featuring the musical’s leads Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, and Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer looking especially cheery. This modern-day retelling of the Christmas story stars Reynolds as the crotchety Ebeneezer Scrooge, opposite … Continue reading ‘Spirited’: First Posters Tease Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell’s New Take on ‘A Christmas Carol’!! Check It Out!!
Netflix announced today that its upcoming horror movie The Deliverance has just added four new actors to its already star-studded slate of cast members. Omar Epps, Demi Singleton, Miss Lawrence, and Anthony B. Jenkins are all set to star in the new Lee Daniels exorcism movie. Based on a true story, it centers around a woman who must fight for her life, her faith, and … Continue reading ‘The Deliverance’: Lee Daniels’ Star-Studded Exorcism Thriller Adds Omar Epps and Demi Singleton!!
Apple TV+ has released images for its upcoming holiday film Spirited. The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, and Octavia Spencer in a musical retelling of the famous story of A Christmas Carol, wherein Reynolds will take up the role of Ebeneezer Scrooge, with Ferrell as the ghost named Present. Spencer’s role has not been disclosed. The newly released images focus primarily on Ferrell and … Continue reading ‘Spirited’: First Images Tease Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell’s New Take on ‘A Christmas Carol’!! Check It Out!!
Here’s a spooky bit of Monday news that might just put a chill up your spine: Lee Daniels, the multi-hyphenate director behind hits such as Precious, The Butler, and The United States vs. Billie Holiday, has set sights on his next directorial outing – with Netflix coming on board yesterday evening, after a tense bidding war that raged late into the night. The untitled project … Continue reading Netflix Picks Up Lee Daniels’ Star-Studded Exorcism Thriller!!
Ryan Reynolds is at it again with his inimitable brand of movie marketing. On Sunday, the actor unveiled a special look at his new movie Spirited, with a video that also doubled as a commercial for Apple. Spirited, described as a revisionist take on A Christmas Carol, will debut on Apple TV+. The one-minute video is made to appear as if Reynolds is casting a … Continue reading ‘Spirited’: Ryan Reynolds Shares First Look at New Take on ‘A Christmas Carol’!! Check It Out!!
Apple TV+ has officially ordered a third season of the mystery anthology show Truth Be Told, with Maisha Closson joining as executive producer and showrunner. It seems like the mysteries have only begun for Octavia Spencer‘s Poppy Scoville. Creator of the show Nichelle Tramble Spellman, who served as showrunner for the first two seasons, will remain as an executive producer for Season 3. The show … Continue reading ‘Truth Be Told’ Renewed for Season 3!!
Synopsis – Two brothers embark on a journey with their father, who is trying to protect them from an alien threat. Directed – Michael Pearce Starring – Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Janina Gavankar Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Encounter’ Trailer Sees Riz Ahmed and His Sons Evading Aliens!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Two brothers embark on a journey with their father, who is trying to protect them from an alien threat. Directed – Michael Pearce Starring – Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Janina Gavankar Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Encounter’ Teaser Sees Riz Ahmed Evading a Mysterious Threat!! Check It Out!!
Calling all true crime fans! Apple TV+ has just dropped a new trailer for the 10-episode second season of Truth Be Told, the streamer’s drama that delves into America’s obsession with true crime podcasts. Season 2 of Truth Be Told will return on August 20 with the first episode, followed by new episodes premiering every Friday. The first season found its audience with podcast-loving true … Continue reading ‘Truth Be Told’ Season 2: New Trailer Focuses on Kate Hudson’s Character!! Check It Out!!
Charles Dickens‘s Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol, is getting a visit from the ghost of modern musical renditions. Filming has begun on Apple Original Films’ Spirited and Ryan Reynolds has delivered a first look at the upcoming film. Collider previously reported that Reynolds would be playing an Ebenezer Scrooge-like lead, opposite Will Ferrell as a reimagined Ghost of Christmas Present and now Reynolds has shared … Continue reading ‘Spirited’: First Image Teases Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell’s Take on ‘A Christmas Carol’!! Check It Out!!
Apple TV+ has just released a teaser trailer for Season 2 of Nichelle Tramble Spellman’s NAACP Image Award-winning crime thriller, Truth Be Told, starring Academy Award nominee Kate Hudson in her first lead role in a television series, and Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer, who will also serve as executive producer. Spellman serves as writer, showrunner, and executive producer for the series. Following an intense … Continue reading ‘Truth Be Told’ Season 2 Trailer Adds Kate Hudson into the Mix!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city. My Take – While the superhero genre continues to expand by paving a path for a more grounded approach unlike its previous power-fantasy escapism, with fresher narratives being uses to tell tales about the dramatic aspects of … Continue reading Thunder Force (2021) Review!!
Synopsis – In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city. Directed – Ben Falcone Starring – Pom Klementieff, Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Thunder Force’ Trailer Tease Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer’s Superhero Movie!! Check It Out!!
Oscar winner Octavia Spencer is in talks to join Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds in Spirited, Apple‘s new take on A Christmas Carol that will re-imagine the Charles Dickens tale as a musical. The high-priority project hails from Daddy’s Home helmers Sean Anders and John Morris, who will direct from their own screenplay. Anders and Morris are also producing Spirited with Ferrell‘s Gloria Sanchez banner, Reynolds‘ … Continue reading ‘Spirited’: Octavia Spencer in Talks to Join Apple’s New Take on ‘A Christmas Carol’!!
Ma is so good, you guys. You gotta watch it. It’s an absurd, tone-shifting, and genuinely frightening horror film starring Octavia Spencer as an adult woman so warped by trauma and loneliness that she starts befriending and hosting local high schoolers in a sociological attempt at revenge. It’s out of this world, it inspired a ton of wonderful memes, and I fully believe Spencer deserved an … Continue reading ‘Ma 2’: Director Tate Taylor Reveals Sequel Idea!!
Warner Bros. has issued a statement apologizing for its depiction of people with limb differences as witches in the studio’s new movie The Witches, which premiered on HBO Max two weeks ago. Robert Zemeckis directed the adaptation of Roald Dahl‘s beloved 1983 children’s novel, and the film follows a young boy (Jahzir Bruno) and his grandmother (Octavia Spencer) who have a run-in with a coven … Continue reading ‘The Witches’ Draws Backlash from Disability Community!!
Synopsis – Based on Roald Dahl’s 1983 classic book ‘The Witches’, the story tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven year old boy who has a run in with some real life witches! My Take – Full disclosure, unlike a lot of critics, I have continued to admire Robert Zemeckis as a filmmaker. Sure, status wise, his filmography has been facing a … Continue reading The Witches (2020) Review!!
Synopsis – Based on Roald Dahl’s 1983 classic book ‘The Witches’, the story tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven year old boy who has a run in with some real life witches! Directed – Robert Zemeckis Starring – Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Witches’: First Trailer Reveals the Anne Hathaway led New Adaptation!! Check It Out!!
In a pretty shocking piece of news, Warner Bros. and HBO Max announced today that Robert Zemeckis’ feature film reimagining of the Roald Dahl book The Witches is going to be premiering directly on HBO Max, skipping theaters altogether. As if that wasn’t surprising enough, it’ll be available to stream this month. Indeed, the Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? filmmaker’s new … Continue reading ‘The Witches’: Robert Zemeckis’ Reimagining to Premiere on HBO Max!!
Emmy winner Riz Ahmed and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer have signed on to star in the sci-fi thriller Invasion from Michael Pearce, the writer-director of 2017’s Beast. Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to the project and will produce alongside RAW and Film 4, which financed development. Pearce co-wrote the script with Joe Barton (The Ritual). Deadline broke the news, reporting that production is expected … Continue reading ‘Invasion’: Octavia Spencer and Riz Ahmed Set for Amazon’s Sci-Fi Thriller!!
The 2020 Emmy nominations have arrived! As usual, HBO dominated the proceedings but it was a limited series — Watchmen — that took the cake. Damon Lindelof‘s radical adaptation of the graphical novel racked up 26 nominations overall, more than any other program, including half of the directing nominations and nods for Regina King, Jean Smart, Jeremy Irons, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jovan Adepo, and Louis Gossett Jr.. On the Best Drama Series side, Succession and Ozark appear … Continue reading ‘Watchmen’ Dominates Emmy Nominations 2020!! Check Out the Full List!!
Disney and Pixar will be released animated fantasy feature Onward earlier than expected on digital and on Disney+. The early release follows in the footsteps of similarly recent animated feature Frozen II getting released to Disney+ earlier than planned around the time many families were opting to stay home as growing public health concerns began to dominate the conversation. It seems the strategy to release Frozen II early was … Continue reading ‘Onward’ Is Getting an Early Digital and Disney+ Release!!
Synopsis – Set in a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on a quest to discover if there is still magic out there. My Take – There is no denying of the fact that, ever since they marked their big screen debut with Toy Story, 25 years ago, Pixar as a studio has been on a dream run. Though there have been the … Continue reading Onward (2020) Review!!
Let me start by saying that I am absolutely the wrong person to be writing about Netflix’s new limited series, Self Made. The story tells the real-life tale of an African-American woman who defied all manner of conventions to become a self-made millionaire through the sale of haircare products for Black women. The closest I’ve come to understanding any of that very personal and culturally … Continue reading ‘Self Made’ Trailer Reveals Octavia Spencer As Millionaire Madam C.J. Walker!! Check It Out!!
Pixar just released a new behind-the-scenes featurette for Onward, giving you a glimpse at all the fun everyone had shooting a film that’s probably gonna’ make you weep openly in public. Onward borrows Tom Holland and Chris Pratt from the MCU to voice elf brothers Ian and Barley Lightfoot, who accidentally resurrect half of their late father’s body—the bottom half, unfortunately—and must embark on a … Continue reading ‘Onward’ Featurette Goes Behind Pixar’s New Film!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A physician with a talent of talking to animals embarks on a journey. My Take – Without a doubt last year’s most heartbreaking moment was when Robert Downey Jr.‘s Tony Stark aka Iron Man (Spoiler Alert) gave up his life to the save the universe following the climactic battle in Avengers: Endgame. Marking the end of a role, which started in the summer … Continue reading Dolittle (2020) Review!!!
Synopsis – A physician discovers that he can talk to animals. Directed – Stephen Gaghan Starring – Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Sheen Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Dolittle’: New Trailer Finds Robert Downey Jr. Fighting a Dragon!! Check It Out!!
Madam C.J. Walker is one of the most quintessentially American figures who ever lived. In a historical time fraught with post-slavery racial biases, sexism, and social regression, Walker built a business dedicated to the underserved market of African-American hair care, and became the first female self-made millionaire in the process. Now, Octavia Spencer is telling her story in a four-part Netflix original series: Self Made: Inspired by the Life … Continue reading ‘Self Made’: First Look Reveals Octavia Spencer’s Netflix Series!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Set in a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on a quest to discover if there is still magic out there. Directed – Dan Scanlon Starring (voices of) – Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Octavia Spencer Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Onward’: New Trailer Teases An Emotionally Devastating Adventure!! Check It Out!!
Universal Pictures has released a series of character posters for Dolittle that kind of have to be seen to be believed. This massively expensive update of the Doctor Dolittle story reportedly went through some extensive reshoots overseen by three different directors, all for a movie in which Robert Downey Jr. talks to CG animals. Meanwhile, Martin Scorsese couldn’t get his masterful crime epic The Irishman—with … Continue reading ‘Dolittle’ Character Posters Teases Robert Downey Jr. with his Animal Friends!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Set in a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on a quest to discover if there is still magic out there. Directed – Dan Scanlon Starring (voices of) – Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Octavia Spencer Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Onward’: New Trailer Further Teases Disney-Pixar’s Latest!! Check It Out!!
