Despite set photos popping up online a few weeks ago, Marvel Studios has now announced that production has officially begun on the upcoming Doctor Strange and confirmed the film's cast. Production on the film is currently set up in London with additional plans to shoot in New York and Hong Kong.
The author of a new book on Frank Sinatra tried to put to rest a rumor that apparently won't die: that the entertainment legend, not Woody Allen, is the biological father of Mia Farrow's handsome, blue-eyed son Ronan. In an interview Monday on NPR's "Diane Rehm Show," James Kaplan, author of the second volume of "Sinatra: The Chairman," said there is no way the "My Way" singer could have gotten together with ex-wife Mia Farrow and conceived Ronan, 27, around March 1987.
Why do we love A Christmas Carol so much that we see it again and again, year after year? It's an annual pageant of redemption that gives us a villain we get to boo, and a reformed soul we get to cheer. Scrooge stands in for our guilty and regretful selves, and offers the hope of meaningful change, even when it seems too late.
The holidays are a time for good cheer, lots of food, family and holiday films, and not necessarily in that order. Holiday-themed films are a staple this time of year.
Cinematically, 2015 brought a refreshing, less franchise dominated slate of wide marketing triumphs, allowing filmmakers to shoot for blockbuster and tent pole contender with an accent on characters whose names we never heard previously. Superheroes saw only three endeavors, "Avengers Age of Ultron," the introduction of "Ant Man," and another reboot of "Fantastic Four."
At face value, Christmas is the Christian holiday marking the birth of Jesus Christ, but traditions we associate with Christmas draw heavily from archaic Pagan solstice festivals like Saturnalia and Yule . These winter celebrations were frequently rooted in warding off evil spirits , as winter is the time when the elements are least forgiving.
Though it has died a very quick death at the box-office, Universal's low-budget relationship drama and vanity project "By the Sea" may have been part of a strategy to lure that film's star and director Angelina Jolie to one of its tentpoles. THR reports that the distributor apparently greenlit 'Sea' as they are seeking Jolie to headline their remake of 1935's "The Bride of Frankenstein".
Actress Jennifer Lawrence describes to Seth Myers how she threw up at Madonna's Oscars after party, continuing her tradition of over-sharing during late night TV interviews. Jennifer Lawrence admits she got "really, really drunk" before filming a sex scene with Chris Pratt because she felt overwhelming guilt about kissing a married man.
The 2016 Sundance Film Festival decided to drop a little pre-Thanksgiving treat this year, choosing to announce the slate of midnight movies premiering at the festival this January. Notable standouts include Kevin Smith's Yoga Hosers , starring Smith and Johnny Depp's daughters as a pair of convenience store clerks who uncover some ancient evil buried beneath their store , as well as Rob Zombie's 31 , in which the musician turned director returns to the Halloween holiday for another tale involving five friends held hostage in a place called Murder World.