There’s always been a fascination in the film industry to convert the inconvertible into being — from Disney’sToy Storyand John Carpenter’sChristine,to 1995’sThe Indian in the Cupboardand the massiveAvatar. Bringing the inanimate object to life, transforming the animal into a man, and imagining consciousness in different bodies and forms. In Carlo Collodi’s 19th-century novel,The Adventures of Pinocchio,a grieving father’s immortal wood-carved creation suffers varying degrees of misfortune in a cruel world in a life littered with mistakes and punishment....

IT 2is gearing up toreturn to Derrythis summer and director Andres Muschietti is ready, sharing pictures of he and the cast and some new concept art of the headless boy from the first movie. It was first reported that the sequel was going to begin production this June in Toronto under the working title of Drive Thru, but that information has changed. Instead, it looks likeIT 2production will begin in July with the working title of Largo....

What doThe Lion KingandAvatarhave in common? According to VFX artist Robert Legato, quite a bit, as it turns out. The artist recently explained howAvatar’s groundbreaking VFX technology helped shape Disney’s 2019 remake ofThe Lion King. Award-winning VFX artist Legato — who worked with James Cameron onAvatar— sat down withCorridor Crewandbroke down how the highest-grossing film of all time paved the way forThe Lion King’s visual effects. In a video entitled “VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 139,” Legato explained that Disney’s 2019 live-action retelling ofThe Lion Kingrelied heavily on technology first pioneered byAvatar....

Jesse Plemons has just picked up a lead role inLove and Death, the scripted limited series in the works at HBO Max. Based on the story of real-life axe murderer Candy Montgomery, the series also starsWandaVisionfavorite Elizabeth Olsen. Plemons will play Allan Gore, the man involved in a love triangle that resulted in the horrific killing of his wife, Betty. Love and Deathcomes from the duo of David E. Kelley and Nicole Kidman and Lionsgate Television....

Few movies have had as rocky a road from conception to release as director Todd Phillips' origin story for Batman’s greatest nemesis. In a recent Instagram post, the filmmaker shared behind-the-scenes photos from the set ofJoker, which he captioned with a shout out to the cast and crew of the movie, whom Phillips declared ‘the best ever’. “Been awhile. Hope everyone is staying healthy and safe. Some more BTS pics, seems so long ago now- on set with the best cast and crew ever....

A new battle has started between the MCU and DCEU since the marketing team behindJustice Leagueripped offThor: Ragnarok’s marketing campaign, sharing colorful posters that look nearly identical to those of Thor. The brightly colored posters were first debuted forThor: Ragnaroka few weeks ago and they feature characters from the movie with a different colored backdrop to coincide with the character traits or outfit choice. Warner Bros. started a new phase of the marketing forJustice Leaguetoday and it features the same color schemes....

Rumors of aFrasierrevival are quickly accelerating after star Kelsey Grammer was spotted clutching what appears to be a revival script. Also carrying a cup of coffee, the actor was recently photographed in London holding a binder with a visible cover page. Zooming in on the photo reveals the name of Grammer’s production company, Gramnet, as well as theFrasiertitle. As there aren’t many other logical reasons as to why Grammer would casually be carrying around aFrasierscript, the photo is furthering the speculation that an apparent reboot series is in the works....

A crew member working forLaw & Order: Organized Crimewas fatally shot at the TV show’s set in Brooklyn early Tuesday morning. The victim, a 31-year-old married father of three, had just started his shift and was sitting in the driver’s seat of a vehicle saving a parking space when another man reportedly opened the driver’s door and began firing on the crew member. The tragedy occurred on North Henry Street near Norman Avenue in Greenpoint around 5:15 a....

Liam Neeson’s next foray into action movies,The Ice Road, will head to Netflix, with the streaming giant reportedly picking up the movie for a very pretty penny. Neeson has found huge success in the latter part of his career, blasting his way into the action genre as the go-to aged hero, and now Netflix want to bask in the glow of that success, winning the domestic rights toThe Ice Roadfor $18 million....

For comic book movies, the late 2000s were something of a pivotal point for the biggest names in the genre, with the birth of theMCU, Christopher Nolan’sDark Knighttrilogy and Zack Snyder’sMan of Steelall changing the landscape of the big superhero blockbuster for a generation to come. While Marvel set out to create their interconnected universe of films from the start, Nolan’sDark Knightmovies essentially kick-started a DC universe of sorts, and in a new interview with screenwriter David S Goyer, it would appear thatMan of Steelcame about mainly thanks to a bout of writers block while completing work onThe Dark Knight Rises....

Square Enix has announced they will finally unveil their long-awaitedAvengersgame at E3. However, Marvel fans have been wondering what this means for the game in terms of details. Square Enix did follow up with a quick blurb, but it was swiftly deleted, since they probably want to unveil everything all at once on Tuesday, June 11th at their E3 event. However, nothing is ever really gone from the internet, so we still have some of those game details, which you can read below....

Creedstar Michael B. Jordan is developing a TV series about boxing legend Muhammad Ali. The project is part of a new deal with Jordan’s Outlier Society label andAmazon Studios, which also includes a first-look movie deal to produce and acquire elevated movies to showcase diversity in Amazon’s ever-growing slate of original programming. Given his association toCreed, Jordan says he’d find another actor to play the part of Muhammad, but he’s nevertheless stoked to delve into the late fighter’s life story....

The first episode ofDisney+original seriesMoon Knight, which is set in the MCU’s shared continuity, was released with amassively positive reception. Fans seemingly love Oscar Isaac’s troubled and mysterious yet intriguing take on thecult vigilante. The show also introduced Ethan Hawke’s Arthur Harrow, who already lets the audience know of his evil and corrupt nature. However, at least for now, there is no telling where precisely in the vast timeline Moon Knight istaking place....