The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker… Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019 kicked off with a bang yesterday as Lucasfilm unveiled the title and trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX – which, henceforth, shall be known as Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The Star Wars franchise […]
Donnie Yen returns in first trailer for Ip Man 4
The first trailer and a poster have arrived online for the biographical action drama sequel Ip Man 4. The film reunites director Wilson Yip with Donnie Yen who is reprising his role as Wing Chun grandmaster Yip Man, alongside a cast that includes Scott Adkins, Vanness Wu, and Kwok-Kwan Chan; take a look here… SEE […]
Scooby-Doo movie Scoob adds Ken Jeong and Kiersey Clemons
The upcoming animated Scooby-Doo movie Scoob has added two more names to its voice cast, with Ken Jeong (Crazy Rich Asians) set to portray the Hanna-Barbera character Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, and Kiersey Clemons (Dope) lending her voice to Dee Dee Skyes, a member of Captain Caveman’s Teen Angels. The two new additions join the previously […]
Watch the Alien anniversary short films Alien: Specimen and Alien: Night Shift
The countdown to this year’s Alien Day continues with the release of two more Alien 40th Anniversary short films, Alien: Specimen and Alien: Night Shift; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the first Alien anniversary short film Alien: Containment It’s the night shift in a colony greenhouse, and Julie, a botanist, does her best […]
Drew Goddard to adapt acclaimed graphic novel Sabrina
The Cabin in the Woods and Bad Times at the El Royale helmer Drew Goddard has signed on to write and produce an adaptation of Nick Drnaso’s graphic novel Sabrina, Collider has revealed. Published by Drawn & Quarterly last year, Sabrina became the first graphic novel to be longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and […]
Exclusive Interview – S. Craig Zahler on Dragged Across Concrete, casting and ‘slow burn’ storytelling
Cameron Frew talks to S. Craig Zahler about his latest film Dragged Across Concrete… There’s a scene in S. Craig Zahler’s latest burner, Dragged Across Concrete, in which Mel Gibson has to endure Vince Vaughn’s languorous enjoyment of a breakfast burger, strung together by every thunderous crunch and sigh. It’s a rare moment of levity […]
J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy confirm Emperor Palpatine return in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Well, it looks like Billy Dee Williams’ Lando Calrissian isn’t the only Original Trilogy cast member set to make his return to the galaxy far, far away for the first time in the Sequel Trilogy in December’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, as both director J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy have confirmed […]
Mighty Mouse heading to the big screen
Here he comes to save the day! Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures has enlisted screenwriters Jon and Erich Hoeber (The Meg) to develop a script for a live-action/animated hybrid feature film based upon the classic cartoon character Mighty Mouse. Created by 20th Century Fox’s Terrytoons back in 1942 as a parody of Superman, Mighty […]
The History of the Multi-Part Film, Part I of I
Pim Razenberg on Multi-Part Film franchising… In the 2015 article The Future of Franchising: The Shared Universe, I discussed the development of franchising strategies within Hollywood. In the 2010s, these strategies cumulated in the dawn of interconnected franchising through “cinematic universes”, such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Extended Universe. Today, as we […]
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker promo art revealed at Star Wars Celebration
As part of its big Star Wars Celebration mural celebrating the entire Star Wars saga from Episode I through to Episode IX, Lucasfilm has unveiled the first promotional artwork for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker with an illustration featuring Kylo Ren, Rey, Poe Dameron, Finn, Chewbacca, BB-8, D/O, C-3PO and R2-D2 (the latter of […]
