Wanda was never just a character in the MCU. She started out a villain, became a hero, became a hero with a tragic backstory, lost everything, and circled back to being a villain until eventually becoming sort of a hero again by destroying Darkhold and supposedly taking her own life.
Now even the ending of ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ was pretty open-ended, and the official statements on the matter really did nothing to answer the question – is Wanda still alive within the MCU?
Most fans, including me, believe that collapsing debris can’t really do much against Nexus being with such a Multiversal potential, after all, we’ve seen Wanda tanking far worse, so she will likely return. Recently, there’s been a few rumors circling that she is going to get her own standalone movie, even if that doesn’t happen, there are a few projects in which she could return,...
Now even the ending of ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ was pretty open-ended, and the official statements on the matter really did nothing to answer the question – is Wanda still alive within the MCU?
Most fans, including me, believe that collapsing debris can’t really do much against Nexus being with such a Multiversal potential, after all, we’ve seen Wanda tanking far worse, so she will likely return. Recently, there’s been a few rumors circling that she is going to get her own standalone movie, even if that doesn’t happen, there are a few projects in which she could return,...
- 4/18/2024
- by Valentina Kraljik
- Comic Basics
"Music's not worth dying for..." "Then what is?" Kino Lorber has debuted the official trailer for the indie music film titled Lost Soulz, opening in theaters this May to watch. It originally premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival last year, where it was second in line for Audience Award. It later went on to win AFI Grand Jury Prize and the SXSW Jury Award for Vision. Lost Soulz is the feature debut from award-winning filmmaker Katherine Propper. The film is a fictional feature (not a doc though it has that vibe) that follows aspiring rapper Sol as he joins a group of Gen-z musicians on tour across the heart of Texas, embarking on a once-in-a-lifetime road trip. Set to a lo-fi, genre-bending hip-hop soundtrack, Propper's debut is suffused with a hazy & infectious energy and features virtuosic musical performances, from the tour van to the stage, that allow the ensemble's chemistry to shine.
- 3/29/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Alessandra Celesia’s The Flats scooped the main Dox:Award prize at Cph:Dox in Copenhagen this evening.
The film depicts a run-down Belfast housing estate, where echoes of conflict in Northern Ireland still haunt the lives of the residents.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
The Flats is a co-production between France’s Films de Force Majeure, the UK’s Dumbworld Productions, Ireland’s Planet Korda Pictures and Belgium’s Thank You & Good Night Productions.
The Cph:dox jury praised it for “not only creative and conceptual daring, but a filmmaker with the humility to realise when the story outgrows its framework,...
The film depicts a run-down Belfast housing estate, where echoes of conflict in Northern Ireland still haunt the lives of the residents.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
The Flats is a co-production between France’s Films de Force Majeure, the UK’s Dumbworld Productions, Ireland’s Planet Korda Pictures and Belgium’s Thank You & Good Night Productions.
The Cph:dox jury praised it for “not only creative and conceptual daring, but a filmmaker with the humility to realise when the story outgrows its framework,...
- 3/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
Apple Arcade launches five fun titles in April, including Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop, and spatial games Crossy Road Castle and Solitaire Stories for Apple Vision Pro New games Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop, Super Monsters Ate My Condo+, and Sago Mini Trips+ available on April 4 across Apple devices On April 25, Crossy Road Castle and Solitaire Stories join more than a dozen titles delivering unique spatial gaming experiences on Apple Vision Pro Apple Arcade provides an extensive catalog of games for players looking for exciting new titles or their next favorite on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, or Apple Vision Pro, including award winners ... Read more...
- 3/21/2024
- by Thomas Miller
- Seat42F
‘WandaVision,’ a hit Marvel series centering on Wanda Maximoff and the aftermath of her loss, was praised for its creative approach to storytelling and exploration of the character’s personalities and emotions. The show was also successful enough to warrant two additional spinoffs, ‘Agatha,’ which is set to arrive on Disney+ later this year, and ‘Vision Quest,’ show with as-of-yet uncertain release date.
Last year, the WGA Directory listed ‘Vision Quest’ as reportedly arriving during the 2024-2025 TV season. Plenty of fans were excited about the premise, but the SAG-AFTRA strike delayed and altogether halted numerous projects, some of them have even been canceled for good. Now industry inside MyTimeToShineHello has some news for the fans, according to most recent rumors ‘Vision Quest’ should presumably be released as early as 2026.
White Vision will return in 2026 https://t.co/xyWSstvoDP
— MyTimeToShineHello (@MyTimeToShineH) March 20, 2024
Plenty of fans already pointed out that at that point,...
Last year, the WGA Directory listed ‘Vision Quest’ as reportedly arriving during the 2024-2025 TV season. Plenty of fans were excited about the premise, but the SAG-AFTRA strike delayed and altogether halted numerous projects, some of them have even been canceled for good. Now industry inside MyTimeToShineHello has some news for the fans, according to most recent rumors ‘Vision Quest’ should presumably be released as early as 2026.
White Vision will return in 2026 https://t.co/xyWSstvoDP
— MyTimeToShineHello (@MyTimeToShineH) March 20, 2024
Plenty of fans already pointed out that at that point,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Valentina Kraljik
- Comic Basics
Francis Ford Coppola may very well be the greatest American filmmaker. The Godfather, an epic three-motion-picture coup, redefined gangster movies and film; Apocalypse Now remains the greatest Vietnam War allegory ever made; Bram Stoker’s Dracula is perched atop most lists of horror classics. Coppola hit every genre, created art for art’s sake, and still managed to touch the pulse of moviegoers’ needs, desires, and fantasies.
More than anything, Coppola pursues innovation. This was exemplified in Distant Vision, which presented live cinema, performed twice, broadcast live to select screening rooms in 2015 and 2016, and not included in the list. The 25-minute film was made with students, staff, and teachers at UCLA, Coppola’s alma mater.
Coppola learned his trade at the “Roger Corman Film Academy,” where fresh filmmakers graduated by finishing movies quickly with pocket change for funding. By the time Coppola sandwiched the 1974 paranoid masterpiece The Conversation between The Godfather and The Godfather,...
More than anything, Coppola pursues innovation. This was exemplified in Distant Vision, which presented live cinema, performed twice, broadcast live to select screening rooms in 2015 and 2016, and not included in the list. The 25-minute film was made with students, staff, and teachers at UCLA, Coppola’s alma mater.
Coppola learned his trade at the “Roger Corman Film Academy,” where fresh filmmakers graduated by finishing movies quickly with pocket change for funding. By the time Coppola sandwiched the 1974 paranoid masterpiece The Conversation between The Godfather and The Godfather,...
- 8/26/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Seventeen-year-old Luh Tyler is the reluctant but increasingly confident vanguard of new-school pimp rap. As he explains on My Vision, his Motion Music and Atlantic Records debut, “I wasn’t tryna rap for real, I did that shit on accidental.” For all his natural ability, his lustrous melodies, well-placed bon mots, his feline grace, he started rhyming only last summer. And he certainly wasn’t gunning for the title of hip-hop’s boy wonder. Back then, Tyler was just some Tallahassee kid with curly brown locks who couldn’t be...
- 8/25/2023
- by M.T. Richards
- Rollingstone.com
Genre distribution label Terror Vision has launched #13WeeksOfHalloween, a super-length celebration of the upcoming spooky season. Every Tuesday, from now until Halloween Terror Vision will be dropping titles, old and new, some never on disc before, for horror fans. There is no format too old, Terror Vision will have it all. From Blu-rays to UHDs and VHS, from LP to cassette, films and scores are coming from Monster Squad, Rumplestilskin, Copperhead, Rosemary's Baby to Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout. High quality restorations range from the 1911 silent film Dante's Inferno to Bill Leslie and Terry Lofton's The Nail Gun Massacre from 1985 in 4K. Indonesian flick The Devil's Sword has been restored in 2K and Maurice Devereaux’s Slashers from 2001 will feature multiple cuts...
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- 8/2/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Terror Vision has quickly become one of my go-to labels for obscure horror titles, and they're getting a jump-start on the Halloween season with #13WeeksOfHalloween, offering an eclectic mix of new, rare, and cult releases on VHS, Blu-ray, 4K Uhd, LP, and cassette:
"Halloween is Terror Vision's favorite time of the year but it's always a bummer when it's over. Much like many of you, the beloved genre distributor begins celebrating the spooky season in September... but this year, that's not good enough - and that's why they've created #13WeeksOfHalloween.
Starting August 1st and running through October 31st, Terror Vision will be dropping titles every single Tuesday (#TerrorVisionTuesday) with exciting new releases ranging from the early 1900s to brand new 2023 titles. Most of the releases will be horror or horror adjacent and many of them new to disc, so if you're ready for a mountain of Halloween treats, read on!
"Halloween is Terror Vision's favorite time of the year but it's always a bummer when it's over. Much like many of you, the beloved genre distributor begins celebrating the spooky season in September... but this year, that's not good enough - and that's why they've created #13WeeksOfHalloween.
Starting August 1st and running through October 31st, Terror Vision will be dropping titles every single Tuesday (#TerrorVisionTuesday) with exciting new releases ranging from the early 1900s to brand new 2023 titles. Most of the releases will be horror or horror adjacent and many of them new to disc, so if you're ready for a mountain of Halloween treats, read on!
- 8/1/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
In the span of just six months, between October 1998 and April 1999, three movies were released that, put together, helped establish Reese Witherspoon as one of Hollywood’s hottest new stars. First came Pleasantville, then Cruel Intentions, followed by Election. The first, Pleasantville, garnered great reviews and, although it wasn’t a box office hit, has managed to attract a following over the years. The movie was written and directed by Gary Ross, who, at that point, had two Oscar nominations for writing under his belt. When we spoke to Witherspoon about Pleasantville, she told us that working with Ross made the film an amazing experience for her. (Click on the media bar below to hear Reese Witherspoon) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Reese_witherspoon_Pleasantville_.mp3
Pleasantville is available on DVD, Blu-Ray, and most digital platforms.
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Pleasantville is available on DVD, Blu-Ray, and most digital platforms.
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- 7/21/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
"Community" fans haven't forgotten the constant threat of cancelation that the show was under. The series was marketed in the beginning as a typical situational comedy, with the trailer featuring Jeff Winger (Joel McHale), a disgraced fake lawyer hitting on an attractive co-ed named Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs) at a community college. What the show actually was is an absurdist, meta, and extremely weird combo of personalities that form a major bond in a study group at a college where paintball tournaments and pillow forts are a regular occurrence.
Not everyone understood the series for what it was, and the working conditions weren't always the best. Chevy Chase, who played the racist, sexist, rich, old Pierce Hawthorne, constantly feuded with creator Dan Harmon. Major cast and crew members left the show a number of times. There was admitted sexual harassment of one of the writers by Harmon, and an apology that followed.
Not everyone understood the series for what it was, and the working conditions weren't always the best. Chevy Chase, who played the racist, sexist, rich, old Pierce Hawthorne, constantly feuded with creator Dan Harmon. Major cast and crew members left the show a number of times. There was admitted sexual harassment of one of the writers by Harmon, and an apology that followed.
- 4/29/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
The Sun Valley Film Festival announced their 2023 award winners, with National Geographic’s Documentary “Wild Life” taking home the audience award, “Fancy Dance” winning best narrative and “Nascondino” earning the documentary feature film prize. The annual Idaho Awards Bash took place from March 29 to April 2 at Whiskey Jacques.
In addition to the film awards, the festival hosted a performance by Blair Gun and Variety honored this year’s 10 Producers to Watch. Other highlights include Josh Brolin receiving the Vision award, Emilio Estevez receiving the Pioneer award, Sophie Thatcher receiving the Rising Star award and Nina Yang Bongiovi receiving the Creative Impact Honoree in Producing.
Since 2012, each spring has brought another Svff celebration of groundbreaking new films and television premieres, with opportunities for filmmakers to connect with one another and find mentorship through industry panels, coffee talks and screenwriting workshops. Svff also works year-round to bring special projects to Sun Valley.
In addition to the film awards, the festival hosted a performance by Blair Gun and Variety honored this year’s 10 Producers to Watch. Other highlights include Josh Brolin receiving the Vision award, Emilio Estevez receiving the Pioneer award, Sophie Thatcher receiving the Rising Star award and Nina Yang Bongiovi receiving the Creative Impact Honoree in Producing.
Since 2012, each spring has brought another Svff celebration of groundbreaking new films and television premieres, with opportunities for filmmakers to connect with one another and find mentorship through industry panels, coffee talks and screenwriting workshops. Svff also works year-round to bring special projects to Sun Valley.
- 4/3/2023
- by Sophia Scorziello
- Variety Film + TV
Co-production forum marks 20th anniversary this year.
Laurynas Bareisa, winner of the 2021 best film prize at Venice’s Orrizonti section for his debut Pilgrims, is among the directors presenting new projects at the 20th edition of the Sofia Meetings co-production forum (22-26 March).
The Lithuanian director is bringing Drowning Dry to Sofia where it is one of five projects in a section dedicated to second feature films.
The section’s line-up also includes The Last Slap by Italian director Matteo Oleotto whose debut feature Zoran, My Nephew The Idiot premiered in Venice’s Critics Week in 2013.
The Last Slap’s...
Laurynas Bareisa, winner of the 2021 best film prize at Venice’s Orrizonti section for his debut Pilgrims, is among the directors presenting new projects at the 20th edition of the Sofia Meetings co-production forum (22-26 March).
The Lithuanian director is bringing Drowning Dry to Sofia where it is one of five projects in a section dedicated to second feature films.
The section’s line-up also includes The Last Slap by Italian director Matteo Oleotto whose debut feature Zoran, My Nephew The Idiot premiered in Venice’s Critics Week in 2013.
The Last Slap’s...
- 3/17/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Manchester Orchestra have readied The Valley of Vision, a new album that doubles as a virtual reality film. The project begins streaming on March 10th, and today, the band have shared the new song “Capital Karma.”
Produced by singer Andy Hull and guitarist Robert McDowell, The Valley of Vision strays from Manchester Orchestra’s usual alternative rock sound in favor of disquieting piano music. Hull reflected on the album in a statement, noting, “Making The Valley of Vision was an exciting idea of what the future could be for us in terms of how we create. None of these songs were written with the band being in the same room in a live setting. They were really like science experiments that started from the bottom and were added to gradually over time. We’re intrigued by doing things the wrong way, or attempting things we haven’t done before and getting inspired by them.
Produced by singer Andy Hull and guitarist Robert McDowell, The Valley of Vision strays from Manchester Orchestra’s usual alternative rock sound in favor of disquieting piano music. Hull reflected on the album in a statement, noting, “Making The Valley of Vision was an exciting idea of what the future could be for us in terms of how we create. None of these songs were written with the band being in the same room in a live setting. They were really like science experiments that started from the bottom and were added to gradually over time. We’re intrigued by doing things the wrong way, or attempting things we haven’t done before and getting inspired by them.
- 2/23/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Guests will include Wim Wenders, Joan Baez, Nathan Fielder.
The 20th anniversary edition of Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Cph:Dox) includes more than 200 films, of which over 100 are world premieres – the most ever at a single edition of the festival.
The festival will screen 61 titles across five international competition sections: New:Vision, F:Act, Nordic:Dox, Next:Wave and the previously announced Dox:Award titles.
Scroll down for the full list of competition titles
46 of the 61 competition titles are world premieres, with 10 international premieres and five European debuts.
Films directed by women make up 47% of the lineup, with men represented on 38%. Ten percent...
The 20th anniversary edition of Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Cph:Dox) includes more than 200 films, of which over 100 are world premieres – the most ever at a single edition of the festival.
The festival will screen 61 titles across five international competition sections: New:Vision, F:Act, Nordic:Dox, Next:Wave and the previously announced Dox:Award titles.
Scroll down for the full list of competition titles
46 of the 61 competition titles are world premieres, with 10 international premieres and five European debuts.
Films directed by women make up 47% of the lineup, with men represented on 38%. Ten percent...
- 2/21/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
We all remember the day we found out that our beloved, precious Baby Yoda on "The Mandalorian" actually had a name. Sure, we all kind of assumed that, but Baby Yoda just rolled off the tongue, and come on, have you seen him? Totally looks like a shrunken-down Yoda. Regardless, when it was confirmed that Baby Yoda's real name was actually Grogu, the reactions were understandably a bit mixed. Some thought it was cute, others hated it, and other folks don't really follow "Star Wars" anymore because they're mad that their favorite space opera doesn't exclusively star white men.
Rick Famuyiwa, a regular director for episodes of "The Mandalorian," was originally one of those people that didn't like the name Grogu. In a new interview with Empire Magazine, the director and executive producer recalled the moment showrunner Jon Favreau told him the name he had thought of all the way...
Rick Famuyiwa, a regular director for episodes of "The Mandalorian," was originally one of those people that didn't like the name Grogu. In a new interview with Empire Magazine, the director and executive producer recalled the moment showrunner Jon Favreau told him the name he had thought of all the way...
- 2/16/2023
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
In 2019, George Clinton announced a farewell tour that was supposed to end with his retirement. Then the pandemic happened — and somehow, when everyone reemerged into civilization two years later, the funk legend had not only not retired, he had another profession: as a veritable, gallery-represented painter. He’d always been a fan of visual artists like Overton Loyd and the late Pedro Bell, who helped create the look and mythology of his pioneering bands Parliament and Funkadelic. Now, he says, the pandemic had allowed him to explore his own visual style.
- 1/28/2023
- by Nereya Otieno
- Rollingstone.com
Vision is eyeing his own TV series: Marvel is developing a WandaVision spinoff for Disney+ with Paul Bettany set to reprise his role as Vision, according to our sister site Deadline.
The series — tentatively titled Vision Quest, with a writers’ room reportedly starting up next week — will be about Vision “trying to regain his memory and humanity” after the events of WandaVision. (Viewers will remember that Vision, after his death in Avengers: Infinity War, was resurrected as part of his wife Wanda’s sitcom dream world, while the original Vision was reconstructed and reactivated by S.W.O.R.D.
The series — tentatively titled Vision Quest, with a writers’ room reportedly starting up next week — will be about Vision “trying to regain his memory and humanity” after the events of WandaVision. (Viewers will remember that Vision, after his death in Avengers: Infinity War, was resurrected as part of his wife Wanda’s sitcom dream world, while the original Vision was reconstructed and reactivated by S.W.O.R.D.
- 10/28/2022
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
With his old-school clothing and uber cool hairstyle, Paul Bettany's Vision oozed serious hot dad energy (despite being a confused synthezoid most of the time) in "WandaVision." The character's evolution in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been worth watching; he went from being a voice in Tony Stark's armor to becoming a real-life synthezoid and a fully formed superhero that was born in "Avengers: Age of Ultron."
Like with any other MCU character, bringing Vision to life took time and effort from the creative team at Marvel Studios, who are known to create hundreds of different versions of a character before narrowing down on one. A lot of discussions transpired about how Vision would be developed and how his first appearance in "Age of Ultron" could be conceived. Joss Whedon, who was at the helm for the film, decided he wanted to see more of Vision ... and not in the best way possible.
Like with any other MCU character, bringing Vision to life took time and effort from the creative team at Marvel Studios, who are known to create hundreds of different versions of a character before narrowing down on one. A lot of discussions transpired about how Vision would be developed and how his first appearance in "Age of Ultron" could be conceived. Joss Whedon, who was at the helm for the film, decided he wanted to see more of Vision ... and not in the best way possible.
- 8/29/2022
- by Fatemeh Mirjalili
- Slash Film
The cast of Francis Ford Coppola’s long-in-the-works sci-fi epic Megalopolis just got quite a bit more interesting. With Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, and Laurence Fishburne all onboard, a new addition has arrived.
Deadline reports Aubrey Plaza, coming off fine work in Emily the Criminal, has joined the epic of architecture, class struggle, and freedom conveyed on a massive metropolitan scale. With Coppola fronting the near-100 million budget, production is now confirmed to kick off this fall with distribution rights up for grabs.
Cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr. has also confirmed he will reteam with Coppola on the project, following Youth Without Youth, Tetro, Twixt, and the live cinema experiment Distant Vision. Along with his Coppola collaborations, he also shot The Master and The Harder They Fall.
Coppola recently called it “a love story,” adding, “A woman is divided between loyalties to two men. But not only two men.
Deadline reports Aubrey Plaza, coming off fine work in Emily the Criminal, has joined the epic of architecture, class struggle, and freedom conveyed on a massive metropolitan scale. With Coppola fronting the near-100 million budget, production is now confirmed to kick off this fall with distribution rights up for grabs.
Cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr. has also confirmed he will reteam with Coppola on the project, following Youth Without Youth, Tetro, Twixt, and the live cinema experiment Distant Vision. Along with his Coppola collaborations, he also shot The Master and The Harder They Fall.
Coppola recently called it “a love story,” adding, “A woman is divided between loyalties to two men. But not only two men.
- 8/23/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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Pioneering female filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta will receive this year’s lifetime achievement honor at the 35th European Film Awards.
The German director and screenwriter has been a force on the European film scene for nearly 50 years since her directorial debut The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, co-directed with Volker Schlöndorff, back in 1975. She has carved out a unique position in cinema history with her focus on female stories, particularly portraits of real-life women overlooked or ignored by history.
Her second film, and first solo directing effort, Marianne & Juliane (1981), which won the Golden Lion in Venice, is a lightly-fictionalized retelling of the story of sisters Christiane and Gudrun Ensslin, one of whom became a journalist and women’s rights advocate, the other a left-wing terrorist. Barbara Sukowa, who starred as Marianne in the film, became von Trotta’s muse, playing the lead...
Pioneering female filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta will receive this year’s lifetime achievement honor at the 35th European Film Awards.
The German director and screenwriter has been a force on the European film scene for nearly 50 years since her directorial debut The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, co-directed with Volker Schlöndorff, back in 1975. She has carved out a unique position in cinema history with her focus on female stories, particularly portraits of real-life women overlooked or ignored by history.
Her second film, and first solo directing effort, Marianne & Juliane (1981), which won the Golden Lion in Venice, is a lightly-fictionalized retelling of the story of sisters Christiane and Gudrun Ensslin, one of whom became a journalist and women’s rights advocate, the other a left-wing terrorist. Barbara Sukowa, who starred as Marianne in the film, became von Trotta’s muse, playing the lead...
- 8/23/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Wild Bunch racks up deals for territories including UK, France and Japan.
Ukrainian director Maksym Nakonechnyi’s critically praised debut dramatic feature Butterfly Vision has racked up a number of eyecatching sales through Wild Bunch International.
The film, a harrowing drama about a woman returning home from the Ukrainian frontline who discovers she is pregnant, is screening in Sarajevo’s In Focus Programme this week following its world premiere in Un Certain Regard in Cannes in May.
Deals confirmed by Wild Bunch’s head of international sales Eva Diederix include France through Nour Films (releasing October 12) and the UK through Mubi.
Ukrainian director Maksym Nakonechnyi’s critically praised debut dramatic feature Butterfly Vision has racked up a number of eyecatching sales through Wild Bunch International.
The film, a harrowing drama about a woman returning home from the Ukrainian frontline who discovers she is pregnant, is screening in Sarajevo’s In Focus Programme this week following its world premiere in Un Certain Regard in Cannes in May.
Deals confirmed by Wild Bunch’s head of international sales Eva Diederix include France through Nour Films (releasing October 12) and the UK through Mubi.
- 8/18/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Indian media and entertainment giant Eros Media World is moving into the rapidly growing Saudi Arabia market, entering a strategic partnership with Riyadh-based content production company Arabia Pictures Group.
The pair will explore opportunities in the film, technology and Web3 spaces and eye investments in content production, including end-to-end production, line production, distribution and more. They will also seek to introduce new technologies that can further the growth of the media and entertainment sector in Saudi. Eros and Apg are already in the advanced stages of testing movie archive digitization and virtual location scouting technologies.
Eros further said today that it will partner in the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 framework, becoming the first media company of Indian origin to explore actionable opportunities.
Vision 2030 is designed to reduce Saudi Arabia’s dependence on oil and diversify its economy with the local government planning to transform its film industry into a...
The pair will explore opportunities in the film, technology and Web3 spaces and eye investments in content production, including end-to-end production, line production, distribution and more. They will also seek to introduce new technologies that can further the growth of the media and entertainment sector in Saudi. Eros and Apg are already in the advanced stages of testing movie archive digitization and virtual location scouting technologies.
Eros further said today that it will partner in the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 framework, becoming the first media company of Indian origin to explore actionable opportunities.
Vision 2030 is designed to reduce Saudi Arabia’s dependence on oil and diversify its economy with the local government planning to transform its film industry into a...
- 8/16/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Indian media and entertainment company Eros Media World is entering the Saudi Arabian market via a partnership with Riyadh-headquartered Arabia Pictures Group (Apg).
Apg, a content production outfit, focuses mainly on the Mena region. Eros and Apg will explore strategic and business opportunities in the film production, technology, and Web3 spaces, exclusively catering to the Indian entertainment industry. The two companies are already in the advanced stages of testing movie archive digitization and virtual location scouting technologies.
The partnership aims to tap into Vision 2030, the Saudi Arabian government’s strategic framework to move away from Saudi Arabia’s dependence on oil to diversify its economy and develop public service sectors such as health, education, infrastructure, recreation, media and tourism, which is driven by the country’s General Entertainment Authority.
Bollywood films have been playing well in Saudi ever since Akshay Kumar’s “Gold” became the first Bollywood title released...
Apg, a content production outfit, focuses mainly on the Mena region. Eros and Apg will explore strategic and business opportunities in the film production, technology, and Web3 spaces, exclusively catering to the Indian entertainment industry. The two companies are already in the advanced stages of testing movie archive digitization and virtual location scouting technologies.
The partnership aims to tap into Vision 2030, the Saudi Arabian government’s strategic framework to move away from Saudi Arabia’s dependence on oil to diversify its economy and develop public service sectors such as health, education, infrastructure, recreation, media and tourism, which is driven by the country’s General Entertainment Authority.
Bollywood films have been playing well in Saudi ever since Akshay Kumar’s “Gold” became the first Bollywood title released...
- 8/16/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Juliette Binoche will receive Donostia at this year's San Sebastian Film Festival Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival French star Juliette Binoche will receive a Donostia Award at this year's San Sebastian Film Festival in recognition of her onscreen career.
This year's festival will run from September 16 to 24 and the awards ceremony will be accompanied by a screening of Claire Denis' Berlin Silver Bear winner Both Sides Of The Blade.
The star, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in The English Patient, also appears on one of the posters of the festival.
Binoche, who made her screen debut in Pascal Kané's Liberty Belle in 1983, has enjoyed both French and English language film success, with directors including Jean-Luc Godard, Leos Carax and Krzysztof Kieslowski.
The star has visited the festival before, including in 2018, with Claire Denis' High Life and Naomie Kawase's Vision and 2019 with Hirokazu Kore-eda's The Truth.
This year's festival will run from September 16 to 24 and the awards ceremony will be accompanied by a screening of Claire Denis' Berlin Silver Bear winner Both Sides Of The Blade.
The star, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in The English Patient, also appears on one of the posters of the festival.
Binoche, who made her screen debut in Pascal Kané's Liberty Belle in 1983, has enjoyed both French and English language film success, with directors including Jean-Luc Godard, Leos Carax and Krzysztof Kieslowski.
The star has visited the festival before, including in 2018, with Claire Denis' High Life and Naomie Kawase's Vision and 2019 with Hirokazu Kore-eda's The Truth.
- 5/14/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” longtime Marvel Cinematic Universe hero Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) is at her most complex, as her relationship the title character (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) grows more tangled over the course of the film. But Olsen, whose portrayal of the mystical Scarlet Witch has made her a consistent MCU fan favorite, insists that no matter what Wanda goes through, she’ll continue to defend the character.
“I remember people saying at the end of ‘Wandavision,’ ‘She has no accountability!'” Olsen told Variety senior entertainment reporter Angelique Jackson on the red carpet at the “Multiverse of Madness” premiere on Monday. “She’s gonna take accountability for herself, she’s gonna isolate, she’s gonna think about it, and she’s gonna grow.”
Although “Multiverse of Madness” is a sequel to the 2016 “Doctor Strange” film, it also follows many of the plot threads of...
“I remember people saying at the end of ‘Wandavision,’ ‘She has no accountability!'” Olsen told Variety senior entertainment reporter Angelique Jackson on the red carpet at the “Multiverse of Madness” premiere on Monday. “She’s gonna take accountability for herself, she’s gonna isolate, she’s gonna think about it, and she’s gonna grow.”
Although “Multiverse of Madness” is a sequel to the 2016 “Doctor Strange” film, it also follows many of the plot threads of...
- 5/6/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Sneak Peek Hot Toys 1/6th scale collectible, hand-painted figure of Marvel Studios' 'Scarlet Witch' in the laser-scanned likeness of actress Elizabeth Olsen, from the 150 million 6-episode, live-action Original Series "WandaVision", plus her appearance in the new feature “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”:
"...the figure features a newly developed head sculpt with specially applied luminous reflective effect on eyes to emulate the character using her abilities.
"It also boasts long curly sculpted hair and her signature headdress, a newly designed body equipped with LED light-up function on both sides of the forearms...
"...detailed outfit including the hooded cape, specially created hands with red translucent fingertips...
"...the 'Darkhold' book, power-using effect accessories and a dynamic figure base for display..."
...Marvel Studios' 'WandaVision' blends the style and era of classic sitcoms combined with the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' in which a delusional 'Wanda Maximoff' (Elizabeth Olsen)...
"...and the android,...
"...the figure features a newly developed head sculpt with specially applied luminous reflective effect on eyes to emulate the character using her abilities.
"It also boasts long curly sculpted hair and her signature headdress, a newly designed body equipped with LED light-up function on both sides of the forearms...
"...detailed outfit including the hooded cape, specially created hands with red translucent fingertips...
"...the 'Darkhold' book, power-using effect accessories and a dynamic figure base for display..."
...Marvel Studios' 'WandaVision' blends the style and era of classic sitcoms combined with the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' in which a delusional 'Wanda Maximoff' (Elizabeth Olsen)...
"...and the android,...
- 5/4/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Nadine Crocker is on board to direct Hallow an intense drama/psychological thriller on childhood trauma, mental health and addiction. Written by Crocker and Chris Tardio, Hallow is produced and financed by Vision Tree Media with J.D Seraphine, Benjamin Gerry and Jay Seals producing through Vision Tree Media along with Eustace Hicks, Shawn Papazian. Cassian Elwes will exec produce.
The film follows an event that unearths hidden secrets of corruption in his small East Coast town and forces a priest to look at his past and the trauma that he’s long shut out. He grapples with what kind of man he will become: a man of forgiveness and faith, to which he has dedicated his life or a man of revenge and justice.
Pic will shoot in early 2022 in New York and New Jersey.
Crocker’s debut feature Continue is set to debut in the 2022 festival circuit.
The film follows an event that unearths hidden secrets of corruption in his small East Coast town and forces a priest to look at his past and the trauma that he’s long shut out. He grapples with what kind of man he will become: a man of forgiveness and faith, to which he has dedicated his life or a man of revenge and justice.
Pic will shoot in early 2022 in New York and New Jersey.
Crocker’s debut feature Continue is set to debut in the 2022 festival circuit.
- 11/22/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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Still theorizing about every little thing you saw in “WandaVision” potentially being an Easter Egg? Same. The Emmy-nominated series has wrapped up, but there are definitely episodes that still have some fans puzzled, and the great thing about streaming is that you can always go back and re-watch episodes.
The first Marvel series for Disney+ follows Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff (aka Scarlet Witch) and Paul Bettany’s Vision (aka the humanoid super-computer who seemingly died in “Avengers: Infinity War”) living in wedded, suburban sitcom bliss through the decades. And while aficionados know all about the characters’ comic book pasts, casual Marvel Cinematic Universe viewers might not.
If you’re not already signed...
Still theorizing about every little thing you saw in “WandaVision” potentially being an Easter Egg? Same. The Emmy-nominated series has wrapped up, but there are definitely episodes that still have some fans puzzled, and the great thing about streaming is that you can always go back and re-watch episodes.
The first Marvel series for Disney+ follows Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff (aka Scarlet Witch) and Paul Bettany’s Vision (aka the humanoid super-computer who seemingly died in “Avengers: Infinity War”) living in wedded, suburban sitcom bliss through the decades. And while aficionados know all about the characters’ comic book pasts, casual Marvel Cinematic Universe viewers might not.
If you’re not already signed...
- 8/19/2021
- by Jean Bentley and Leonardo Adrian Garcia
- Indiewire
Paul Bettany (‘WandaVision’) has a stronger chance than you think to win the Emmy, say these Experts
Usually when you think of Marvel TV shows, you don’t automatically think of awards. But “WandaVision” could be the one to change all of that. This Disney Plus limited series broke the water cooler earlier this year for its genre-bending story about fan-fave “Avengers” Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany). Both actors delivered performances at the top of their games, with Bettany even getting major Emmy buzz for his dual roles as “Soul Vision” (the decent and honorable leading man) and “White Vision” (the emotionless and intimidating antagonist).
Currently 24 of Gold Derby’s Experts have made their Emmy predictions for Best Limited Series Actor, and Bettany comes in third place to win thanks to the support of these two: Joyce Eng (Gold Derby) and Kaitlin Thomas (Gold Derby). The other savvy prognosticators are split between Ethan Hawke (“The Good Lord Bird”), Hugh Grant (“The Undoing”) and Joel Edgerton...
Currently 24 of Gold Derby’s Experts have made their Emmy predictions for Best Limited Series Actor, and Bettany comes in third place to win thanks to the support of these two: Joyce Eng (Gold Derby) and Kaitlin Thomas (Gold Derby). The other savvy prognosticators are split between Ethan Hawke (“The Good Lord Bird”), Hugh Grant (“The Undoing”) and Joel Edgerton...
- 6/18/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
“I’m a visual person, so all of these costumes and designs got into my head,” reveals Oscar-nominated costume designer Mayes C. Rubeo (“Jojo Rabbit”) about the ambitious scope and sheer volume of genres, periods, looks and styles that she designed on Marvel’s Disney+ limited series phenomenon “WandaVision.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
See Exclusive Video Interview: Christophe Beck (‘WandaVision’ composer)
“WandaVision” is Marvel’s first foray into limited series storytelling on the Disney+ streaming platform, created by screenwriter Jac Schaeffer, with all nine of its episodes directed by Emmy nominee Matt Shakman (“The Great”). It stars Elizabeth Olsen, reprising her role as Wanda Maximoff (a.k.a. Scarlet Witch), with Paul Bettany reprising his role as Vision and Emmy-nominee Kathryn Hahn co-starring as nosy neighbor Agnes (spoiler alert – who is later revealed as centuries-old witch Agatha Harkness), alongside Debra Jo Rupp, Fred Melamed, Teyonah Parris, Randall Park,...
See Exclusive Video Interview: Christophe Beck (‘WandaVision’ composer)
“WandaVision” is Marvel’s first foray into limited series storytelling on the Disney+ streaming platform, created by screenwriter Jac Schaeffer, with all nine of its episodes directed by Emmy nominee Matt Shakman (“The Great”). It stars Elizabeth Olsen, reprising her role as Wanda Maximoff (a.k.a. Scarlet Witch), with Paul Bettany reprising his role as Vision and Emmy-nominee Kathryn Hahn co-starring as nosy neighbor Agnes (spoiler alert – who is later revealed as centuries-old witch Agatha Harkness), alongside Debra Jo Rupp, Fred Melamed, Teyonah Parris, Randall Park,...
- 6/10/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Once an upstart and now a company to contend with, Britain’s Indicator continues their series of Hammer Studio releases with Hammer Volume Six: Night Shadows, a purely generic subtitle fit for any horror film, Hammer or otherwise. What isn’t generic is Indicator’s winning formula—top notch image quality and boatloads of extra materials including documentaries, commentaries, image galleries—the works. The films in their latest set are already available stateside in more than adequate Blu ray versions—but Indicator’s work prevails on the sheer magnitude and quality of their content.
Hammer Volume Six: Night Shadows
Blu ray – Region B
Indicator
Starring Barbara Shelley, Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom, Jennie Linden
Cinematography by Arthur Grant, John Wilcox
Directed by John Gilling, Peter Graham Scott, Terence Fisher, Freddie Francis
The Shadow of the Cat – 1961
Directed by John Gilling
Starring André Morell and Barbara Shelley
Cat lovers of all stripes...
Hammer Volume Six: Night Shadows
Blu ray – Region B
Indicator
Starring Barbara Shelley, Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom, Jennie Linden
Cinematography by Arthur Grant, John Wilcox
Directed by John Gilling, Peter Graham Scott, Terence Fisher, Freddie Francis
The Shadow of the Cat – 1961
Directed by John Gilling
Starring André Morell and Barbara Shelley
Cat lovers of all stripes...
- 6/8/2021
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Pride Month is observed every June in the U.S. to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, a flashpoint for the Gay Liberation Movement. Here’s a sampling of programming from TV networks and other media platforms, organizations and communities. We’ll update the list when new Pride Month programming is announced.
Showtime
The premium cable network will feature more than 50 hours of LGBTQ+ programming including Xy Chelsea, Same Sex America, Beyond Opposite Sex, L Word Mississippi: Hate the Sin and Semper Fi; select episodes of Desus & Mero; and the first seasons of The L Word, The L Word: Generation Q, Queer as Folk, Work in Progress and Couples Therapy.
HBO Max
WarnerMedia’s streamer is launching its Shine On spotlight page, which honors and recognizes its library of Lgbtqia+ stories, characters and creators. A list of curations that will be included on the page is here.
Paramount+
Discovery...
Showtime
The premium cable network will feature more than 50 hours of LGBTQ+ programming including Xy Chelsea, Same Sex America, Beyond Opposite Sex, L Word Mississippi: Hate the Sin and Semper Fi; select episodes of Desus & Mero; and the first seasons of The L Word, The L Word: Generation Q, Queer as Folk, Work in Progress and Couples Therapy.
HBO Max
WarnerMedia’s streamer is launching its Shine On spotlight page, which honors and recognizes its library of Lgbtqia+ stories, characters and creators. A list of curations that will be included on the page is here.
Paramount+
Discovery...
- 6/1/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“The evolution of art is in constant flux,” says Ethan Hawke. “I don’t know what the future will bring.”
Hawke, one of this year’s Vision Award recipients at the 10th iteration of the Sun Valley Film Festival, has been championing independent cinema since he first emerged on the big screen as a teenager in such films as “Explorers” and the Oscar-winning “Dead Poets Society.” By the time he starred as intellectual slacker extraordinaire Troy Dyer in Ben Stiller’s now-cult classic “Reality Bites,” Hawke was the pop cultural embodiment of Generation X and the epitome of 1990s 20-something, post-collegiate ennui.
A four-time Oscar nominee — most recently for his 2014 turn in Richard Linklater’s experimental drama “Boyhood” — Hawke’s debut small-screen project, the Showtime pre-Civil War miniseries “The Good Lord Bird,” comes to the Sun Valley fest as not only a rousing example of American historical fiction, but Hawke’s unwavering commitment to high-quality,...
Hawke, one of this year’s Vision Award recipients at the 10th iteration of the Sun Valley Film Festival, has been championing independent cinema since he first emerged on the big screen as a teenager in such films as “Explorers” and the Oscar-winning “Dead Poets Society.” By the time he starred as intellectual slacker extraordinaire Troy Dyer in Ben Stiller’s now-cult classic “Reality Bites,” Hawke was the pop cultural embodiment of Generation X and the epitome of 1990s 20-something, post-collegiate ennui.
A four-time Oscar nominee — most recently for his 2014 turn in Richard Linklater’s experimental drama “Boyhood” — Hawke’s debut small-screen project, the Showtime pre-Civil War miniseries “The Good Lord Bird,” comes to the Sun Valley fest as not only a rousing example of American historical fiction, but Hawke’s unwavering commitment to high-quality,...
- 4/14/2021
- by Malina Saval
- Variety Film + TV
Alaskan Nets, a documentary executive produced by Chris Pratt that centers on confluence of high school boys basketball and the culture of fishing on a Native reserve in remote Southeast Alaska, has won the audience award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.
The 36th annual festival, which ran a hybrid in-person/virtual event that began March 31, wraps today with the unveiling of its juried awards. Alaskan Nets, directed by Jeff Harasimowicz, won the Audience Choice Award among a total of 11 categories that were represented.
“To say we are thrilled to win the audience choice award would be a vast understatement,” Harasimowicz said. “To see this film resonate with audiences is a deeply humbling experience. We are so honored to have had this special opportunity to share Alaskan Nets in Santa Barbara and I know it’s an experience my team, our families and the entire community of Metlakatla will never forget.
The 36th annual festival, which ran a hybrid in-person/virtual event that began March 31, wraps today with the unveiling of its juried awards. Alaskan Nets, directed by Jeff Harasimowicz, won the Audience Choice Award among a total of 11 categories that were represented.
“To say we are thrilled to win the audience choice award would be a vast understatement,” Harasimowicz said. “To see this film resonate with audiences is a deeply humbling experience. We are so honored to have had this special opportunity to share Alaskan Nets in Santa Barbara and I know it’s an experience my team, our families and the entire community of Metlakatla will never forget.
- 4/10/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Falcon and The Winter Soldier” was in an odd place before its long-awaited debut on Friday. The action-heavy drama series starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan as their Marvel characters Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes, respectively, would have been the perfect bridge between Marvel’s popular superhero films and its new limited series on Disney+. With a similar tone and familiar global narrative, it felt like a quintessential Marvel property, one that was proof that its crowd-pleasing big-screen adventures could be adapted for the small screen without losing anything during the transition to episodic storytelling.
But once the six-episode series was delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the high-concept “WandaVision” took its place, expectations for “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier” shifted. Critics and fans alike wondered if the show, which was created by Malcolm Spellman, would be able to compete with the emotional, heartbreaking story at the heart...
But once the six-episode series was delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the high-concept “WandaVision” took its place, expectations for “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier” shifted. Critics and fans alike wondered if the show, which was created by Malcolm Spellman, would be able to compete with the emotional, heartbreaking story at the heart...
- 3/19/2021
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
“WandaVision” defied expectations from the moment it hit Disney+ in mid-January. A high-concept series that used the classic sitcom format to tell a powerful and emotionally resonant story about trauma and grief, the show was well received by critics and fans alike. And now the series, which was created by Jac Schaeffer and stars Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, could very well become the first Marvel series to receive major attention from Emmy voters.
In February, during the middle of its acclaimed run, we checked in on the show’s rising awards potential, noting at the time that in addition to possible Emmy bids for Olsen and Bettany, who reprised their roles of Wanda Maximoff and Vision, respectively, supporting actress Kathryn Hahn was very likely to receive a nomination for her excellent performance as Agatha Harkness as well — and this was before “Agatha All Along” came into our lives. Currently,...
In February, during the middle of its acclaimed run, we checked in on the show’s rising awards potential, noting at the time that in addition to possible Emmy bids for Olsen and Bettany, who reprised their roles of Wanda Maximoff and Vision, respectively, supporting actress Kathryn Hahn was very likely to receive a nomination for her excellent performance as Agatha Harkness as well — and this was before “Agatha All Along” came into our lives. Currently,...
- 3/18/2021
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven’t seen “The Series Finale,” the ninth and final episode of “WandaVision” on Disney Plus.
From their very first meeting about “WandaVision” to shooting the final scene of the game-changing Marvel Studios series for Disney Plus, actor Elizabeth Olsen and head writer and executive producer Jac Schaeffer have spent countless hours together crafting the story of how Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff grieved the death of Paul Bettany’s Vision. But when Olsen and Schaeffer recently joined Variety over Zoom to talk about the show, it had been many months since they had actually seen each other.
“It’s good to see you Lizzie!” Schaeffer said, using Olsen’s preferred nickname. “I was really looking forward to this, because I felt very solitary, in a bubble with all the press.”
Schaeffer and Olsen certainly know uncommon bubbles within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. On “WandaVision,...
From their very first meeting about “WandaVision” to shooting the final scene of the game-changing Marvel Studios series for Disney Plus, actor Elizabeth Olsen and head writer and executive producer Jac Schaeffer have spent countless hours together crafting the story of how Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff grieved the death of Paul Bettany’s Vision. But when Olsen and Schaeffer recently joined Variety over Zoom to talk about the show, it had been many months since they had actually seen each other.
“It’s good to see you Lizzie!” Schaeffer said, using Olsen’s preferred nickname. “I was really looking forward to this, because I felt very solitary, in a bubble with all the press.”
Schaeffer and Olsen certainly know uncommon bubbles within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. On “WandaVision,...
- 3/10/2021
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
This article contains spoilers for WandaVision
Paul Bettany has outlasted Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr’s tenure in the MCU, and as unlikely as it seemed before Marvel’s Vision and Scarlet Witch spinoff WandaVision started streaming, it looks like he’s here to stay.
The cast and crew of WandaVision were on hand last week to answer questions about the series’ highly anticipated finale. When Bettany was asked if he’d be up for playing Vision forever, he answered with an enthusiastic “I love Vision. Yes, I’m in.”
Having already played the voice of Tony’s Stark’s AI Jarvis, newborn synthezoid Vision, and a cherished memory of Wanda Maximoff’s deceased loved one, Bettany has a fresh role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe going forward – that of White Vision, a being rebuilt from Vision’s old body. Minus the Mind Stone but with added Chaos Magic...
Paul Bettany has outlasted Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr’s tenure in the MCU, and as unlikely as it seemed before Marvel’s Vision and Scarlet Witch spinoff WandaVision started streaming, it looks like he’s here to stay.
The cast and crew of WandaVision were on hand last week to answer questions about the series’ highly anticipated finale. When Bettany was asked if he’d be up for playing Vision forever, he answered with an enthusiastic “I love Vision. Yes, I’m in.”
Having already played the voice of Tony’s Stark’s AI Jarvis, newborn synthezoid Vision, and a cherished memory of Wanda Maximoff’s deceased loved one, Bettany has a fresh role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe going forward – that of White Vision, a being rebuilt from Vision’s old body. Minus the Mind Stone but with added Chaos Magic...
- 3/8/2021
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
I’m still not convinced that Agatha Harkness is the main villain, but her actions would definitely say otherwise since from the beginning of the episode when she sucks the life force out of her fellow witches it would appear that she’s anything but benevolent. But this does mean that the MCU would be retconning her origin a bit since Agatha has definitely been a questionable individual throughout the course of her life, but she’s hasn’t always been seen as this problematic. That’s one reason to think that the finale will be something that might shock the hell out of people
WandaVision: Welcome Back Vision...
WandaVision: Welcome Back Vision...
- 2/28/2021
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
In a rare week where no single program exceeded the 1 billion minute threshold, mystery police procedural “Criminal Minds,” a recurring top performer in Nielsen’s regular Weekly Top 10 list, towered over all other programs available on subscription-based streaming platforms with 0.98 million viewing minutes for Jan. 25 through the end of the month. The CBS cult-classic also ended up in the number one slot on Nielsen’s Weekly Top 10 Acquired Content.
In addition to the acquired content list, the global marketing research firm will also be pushing out weekly Top 10 lists that take into consideration original programming and movies in an effort to provide an expanded and more inclusive look at most streamed programs for that given week. First in originals was Shondaland’s first steamy scripted Netflix show “Bridgerton,” which garnered about 0.94 billion minutes of watch time across its only 8 episodes on Netflix. First on movies was 2010’s “The Next Three Days” on Netflix,...
In addition to the acquired content list, the global marketing research firm will also be pushing out weekly Top 10 lists that take into consideration original programming and movies in an effort to provide an expanded and more inclusive look at most streamed programs for that given week. First in originals was Shondaland’s first steamy scripted Netflix show “Bridgerton,” which garnered about 0.94 billion minutes of watch time across its only 8 episodes on Netflix. First on movies was 2010’s “The Next Three Days” on Netflix,...
- 2/25/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Saturday Night Live, Big Sky, The Expanse and Walker!
1 |The Blacklist‘s Liz has done a lot of bad things this season… but is the worst offense perhaps letting her daughter watch the notoriously insolent Caillou?
More from TVLineThe TVLine Performer of the Week: Valerie MahaffeyThe Expanse EP Daniel Abraham Hails Naomi's 'Intimate, Epic' Finale MomentThe CW Renews The Flash, Walker, Batwoman, Riverdale Plus 8 Others
2 | The Syracuse alum on our staff needs to...
1 |The Blacklist‘s Liz has done a lot of bad things this season… but is the worst offense perhaps letting her daughter watch the notoriously insolent Caillou?
More from TVLineThe TVLine Performer of the Week: Valerie MahaffeyThe Expanse EP Daniel Abraham Hails Naomi's 'Intimate, Epic' Finale MomentThe CW Renews The Flash, Walker, Batwoman, Riverdale Plus 8 Others
2 | The Syracuse alum on our staff needs to...
- 2/5/2021
- by Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Kimberly Roots, Andy Swift, Dave Nemetz, Rebecca Iannucci, Ryan Schwartz, Nick Caruso, Mekeisha Madden Toby and Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
This article contains WandaVision spoilers.
WandaVision episode 5 threw viewers, Vision, and even Wanda herself for a loop, when her long-dead twin brother Pietro Maximoff dropped into their now-80s-set Westview pad for a touching reunion, opening up a can of Marvel Cinematic Universe worms that have now spilled just about everywhere.
Pietro, as played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the MCU, originally died in a hail of bullets protecting Hawkeye and an endangered child at the climax of Avengers: Age of Ultron – Marvel’s 2015 blockbuster team-up movie where we first properly met Wanda – and Kevin Feige and director Joss Whedon both promised Pietro’s death was a permanent one that they planned to honor going forward.
Well, Marvel sorta kept that promise during episode 5 of its Scarlet Witch and Vision spinoff series, managing to bring Pietro back from the dead – at least in the sitcom reality of WandaVision – by recasting the...
WandaVision episode 5 threw viewers, Vision, and even Wanda herself for a loop, when her long-dead twin brother Pietro Maximoff dropped into their now-80s-set Westview pad for a touching reunion, opening up a can of Marvel Cinematic Universe worms that have now spilled just about everywhere.
Pietro, as played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the MCU, originally died in a hail of bullets protecting Hawkeye and an endangered child at the climax of Avengers: Age of Ultron – Marvel’s 2015 blockbuster team-up movie where we first properly met Wanda – and Kevin Feige and director Joss Whedon both promised Pietro’s death was a permanent one that they planned to honor going forward.
Well, Marvel sorta kept that promise during episode 5 of its Scarlet Witch and Vision spinoff series, managing to bring Pietro back from the dead – at least in the sitcom reality of WandaVision – by recasting the...
- 2/5/2021
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Randall Park’s return as FBI Agent Jimmy Woo in “WandaVision” gave die-hard Marvel fans a pretty darn good payoff to a small, but hilarious, gag from “Ant-Man in the Wasp.”
Upon meeting Teyonah Parris’ S.W.O.R.D. agent Monica Rambeau for the first time at the Westview Anomaly (the show’s name for whatever is actually going on in the sitcom-inspired world that Wanda and Vision are in), Woo flashes his business card with a pretty nifty sleight of hand, appearing to pull the card out of thin air. For those that don’t quite remember, in “Ant-Man and the Wasp” Woo notices that Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) has gotten pretty good at learning magic card tricks on the internet during his two-year house arrest, and asks him how he learned. There’s even a follow-up joke when one of Woo’s co-workers walks into his office...
Upon meeting Teyonah Parris’ S.W.O.R.D. agent Monica Rambeau for the first time at the Westview Anomaly (the show’s name for whatever is actually going on in the sitcom-inspired world that Wanda and Vision are in), Woo flashes his business card with a pretty nifty sleight of hand, appearing to pull the card out of thin air. For those that don’t quite remember, in “Ant-Man and the Wasp” Woo notices that Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) has gotten pretty good at learning magic card tricks on the internet during his two-year house arrest, and asks him how he learned. There’s even a follow-up joke when one of Woo’s co-workers walks into his office...
- 2/2/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
This article contains WandaVision spoilers.
“It’s Wanda. It’s all Wanda,” states Monica Rambeau after she’s ejected from Westview for triggering Scarlet Witch’s memories of Ultron and the real world. Sword’s gal on the ground had tentatively been playing the part of ‘Geraldine’ in the first three episodes of WandaVision’s sitcom reality, but episode 4 gave us a chance to see the real Monica in action as she attempted to help the FBI’s Jimmy Woo unravel the mysteries of Westview prior to being pulled inside.
When her final encounter with Wanda turned ugly, Monica seemed convinced that Scarlet Witch was the one responsible for all the weirdness happening inside the Westview bubble, but is she? Is it really all Wanda? Handing us a House of M-esque ‘Wanda’s just gone bad and manifested a new reality’ solution on a plate around halfway through WandaVision’s...
“It’s Wanda. It’s all Wanda,” states Monica Rambeau after she’s ejected from Westview for triggering Scarlet Witch’s memories of Ultron and the real world. Sword’s gal on the ground had tentatively been playing the part of ‘Geraldine’ in the first three episodes of WandaVision’s sitcom reality, but episode 4 gave us a chance to see the real Monica in action as she attempted to help the FBI’s Jimmy Woo unravel the mysteries of Westview prior to being pulled inside.
When her final encounter with Wanda turned ugly, Monica seemed convinced that Scarlet Witch was the one responsible for all the weirdness happening inside the Westview bubble, but is she? Is it really all Wanda? Handing us a House of M-esque ‘Wanda’s just gone bad and manifested a new reality’ solution on a plate around halfway through WandaVision’s...
- 1/29/2021
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
This article contains spoilers for WandaVision episode 3.
As we’ve now come to expect from WandaVision, the most unsettling moment of the spinoff’s latest episode arrived during its final minutes, when Wanda’s mysterious Westview pal ‘Geraldine’ showed her hand a bit after Wanda mentioned that she was a twin, just like her new bouncing baby boys.
Geraldine (Teyonah Parris), who the residents of Westview are suspicious of because she’s new to town and doesn’t have a home, is actually a grown up Monica Rambeau in the Disney+ series. We last saw Monica as child during the 90s-set Captain Marvel, and she’s most likely working for Sword in the world of WandaVision. The organization appears to rush to her aid when she is ejected from Wanda’s reality for the crime of breaking through to her in the midst of this strangely-constructed reality.
She achieves this...
As we’ve now come to expect from WandaVision, the most unsettling moment of the spinoff’s latest episode arrived during its final minutes, when Wanda’s mysterious Westview pal ‘Geraldine’ showed her hand a bit after Wanda mentioned that she was a twin, just like her new bouncing baby boys.
Geraldine (Teyonah Parris), who the residents of Westview are suspicious of because she’s new to town and doesn’t have a home, is actually a grown up Monica Rambeau in the Disney+ series. We last saw Monica as child during the 90s-set Captain Marvel, and she’s most likely working for Sword in the world of WandaVision. The organization appears to rush to her aid when she is ejected from Wanda’s reality for the crime of breaking through to her in the midst of this strangely-constructed reality.
She achieves this...
- 1/22/2021
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
WandaVision has been considered one of the more unique concepts for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The new Disney+ show takes two members of the Avengers and puts them in a new setting with a sitcom motif that is intended to be a comforting status quo but is anything but. As the layers begin to peel back on reality, this story of a wise android and his magic-wielding wife is more of a bonkers horror mystery than anything else.
To have this as the first step in the long-awaited Phase 4 of the MCU is a ballsy move. A move forced because of the worldwide Covid situation, but a ballsy move regardless. How do you even explain the concept of the show to someone who is taken in by the commercials or sees the icon on the Disney+ menu? Avengers: Infinity War also had a lot of baggage going in, but even that was easily explained as,...
To have this as the first step in the long-awaited Phase 4 of the MCU is a ballsy move. A move forced because of the worldwide Covid situation, but a ballsy move regardless. How do you even explain the concept of the show to someone who is taken in by the commercials or sees the icon on the Disney+ menu? Avengers: Infinity War also had a lot of baggage going in, but even that was easily explained as,...
- 1/16/2021
- by Gavin Jasper
- Den of Geek
This article contains Wandavision Episode 1 spoilers, and potential spoilers for future episodes, the wider MCU, and Marvel Comics. We have a spoiler free review here.
Note: This is our reference guide for WandaVision episode 2! If you’re looking for episode 1, click here instead.
And you thought this show couldn’t get weirder? WandaVision episode 2 moved its sitcom-flavor a few years into the (still black and white) future, introduced a few new characters, and started leaning a little harder into the MCU than we saw in the first episode.
Let’s see what we found…
Sitcom Inspiration!
The idea of a regular suburban couple needing to do something goofy like put on an act for a talent show seems like classic sitcom fodder, but things get even more specific in this episode.
The animated intro is Very reminiscent of the opening of Bewitched, the sitcom I feel like this has the...
Note: This is our reference guide for WandaVision episode 2! If you’re looking for episode 1, click here instead.
And you thought this show couldn’t get weirder? WandaVision episode 2 moved its sitcom-flavor a few years into the (still black and white) future, introduced a few new characters, and started leaning a little harder into the MCU than we saw in the first episode.
Let’s see what we found…
Sitcom Inspiration!
The idea of a regular suburban couple needing to do something goofy like put on an act for a talent show seems like classic sitcom fodder, but things get even more specific in this episode.
The animated intro is Very reminiscent of the opening of Bewitched, the sitcom I feel like this has the...
- 1/15/2021
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
This article contains WandaVision spoilers. We have a spoiler free review here.
WandaVision episode 2 expands the mystery around Wanda and Vision’s new locale, Westview, and it does so in large part by introducing a slew of new neighbors. Fred, Linda, Dennis the Mailman, Dottie, Phil, Geraldine, Beth, and Herb all make their first appearances in this episode. But who are they? And what clues might they give us to what’s really going on in Westview?
Lots, probably.
Some of their neighbors seem to track to villains Wanda and Vision faced off with early in their marriage: the Salem’s Seven. “But there’s eight” you say? Yes, that’s true, but if you take out Geraldine (who is Monica Rambeau) and Herb (who is probably the High Evolutionary), there isn’t eight anymore. Yes, that leaves six, just hold on a second.
Salem’s Seven
The Salem’s...
WandaVision episode 2 expands the mystery around Wanda and Vision’s new locale, Westview, and it does so in large part by introducing a slew of new neighbors. Fred, Linda, Dennis the Mailman, Dottie, Phil, Geraldine, Beth, and Herb all make their first appearances in this episode. But who are they? And what clues might they give us to what’s really going on in Westview?
Lots, probably.
Some of their neighbors seem to track to villains Wanda and Vision faced off with early in their marriage: the Salem’s Seven. “But there’s eight” you say? Yes, that’s true, but if you take out Geraldine (who is Monica Rambeau) and Herb (who is probably the High Evolutionary), there isn’t eight anymore. Yes, that leaves six, just hold on a second.
Salem’s Seven
The Salem’s...
- 1/15/2021
- by Jim Dandy
- Den of Geek
This article contains WandaVision Episode 1 spoilers, and potential spoilers for future episodes, the wider MCU, and Marvel Comics. We have a spoiler free review here.
Marvel’s WandaVision has finally arrived on Disney+! While two episodes kicked things off, there’s so much goodness (and weirdness) packed into each of the episodes that we’re just gonna go one at a time for now.
Here are all the Marvel, MCU, and classic sitcom Easter eggs we’ve found so far in WandaVision episode 1…
Sitcom Inspiration!
The episode takes most of its style and appearance from The Dick Van Dyke Show. The layout of the pair’s home is similar to that seen on the series. Wanda and Vision’s dynamic is also similar to that of Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. WandaVision producers even reached out to Van Dyke before the series for “sitcom school.”
But that’s...
Marvel’s WandaVision has finally arrived on Disney+! While two episodes kicked things off, there’s so much goodness (and weirdness) packed into each of the episodes that we’re just gonna go one at a time for now.
Here are all the Marvel, MCU, and classic sitcom Easter eggs we’ve found so far in WandaVision episode 1…
Sitcom Inspiration!
The episode takes most of its style and appearance from The Dick Van Dyke Show. The layout of the pair’s home is similar to that seen on the series. Wanda and Vision’s dynamic is also similar to that of Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. WandaVision producers even reached out to Van Dyke before the series for “sitcom school.”
But that’s...
- 1/15/2021
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
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