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May22024 by cineverseNo Comments

Fury Road’: George Miller Confirms He’s In The Process Of Writing Another ‘Mad Max’ Prequel

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Caillou Pettis Nine years after “Mad Max: Fury Road” blazed madly on screen, reinvigorating the “Mad Max” franchise in the process, filmmaker George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” is just a few short weeks from release. Set for a May 24 release, we’ll get word even sorry in mid-May at the Cannes Film Festival, where the film will make its world premiere. While Miller previously teased another potential “Mad Max” prequel at CinemCon 2024, set one year before “Fury Road” (‘Furiosa’ is set somewhere between 15-20 years earlier), the director has essentially said he’s writing it now, full stop, and currently in the process of turning the novella into a screenplay. “In doing what we did in the preparation of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ we also wrote what happene...

May22024 by cineverseNo Comments

Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Biel to Star in ‘Better Sister’ Series Adaptation at Amazon

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By Joe Otterson Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel are set to headline a series adaptation of the Alafair Burke novel “The Better Sister” at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned. “The Better Sister” is described as a thriller about “Chloe (Biel), who moves through the world with her handsome lawyer husband Adam and teenage son Ethan by her side while her estranged sister Nicky (Banks) hustles to make ends meet while trying to stay clean,” per the official description. “When Adam is brutally murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves through the family, laying bare long-buried secrets.” The series hails from Olivia Milch and Regina Corrado, who will serve as showrunners and executive producers. Banks will also executive produce via Brownstone Produc...

May12024 by cineverseNo Comments

Emily in Paris’ Moves Season 4 Shoot to Italy, Goes on ‘Roman Holiday’ After Wrapping in France

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By Nick Vivarelli Lily Collins is in Rome to shoot a portion of “Emily in Paris” Season 4, which wrapped filming in France last week, she announced on Instagram. The hit Netflix show started shooting in January in Paris ahead of the Olympic Games, which will kick off on July 26, for which the French capital is now in final preparatory stages. Collins on Saturday posted a photo of herself and Ashley Park, who plays Mindy Chen on the comedy series, which a caption that said: “Next stop: Rome!” Incidentally, Season 4 is shaping up to be a big one for Mindy who is reportedly headed to Eurovision Then, in a subsequent Instagram post on Sunday, Collins revealed that she had arrived in Rome by posting a picture of herself in front of the Colosseum. The fact that S...

May12024 by cineverseNo Comments

Box Office Preview: ‘The Fall Guy’ Eyes $30 Million-Plus Debut as Summer Movie Season Revs Up

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By Brent Lang Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, two essential ingredients in the“Barbenheimer” phenomenon, will leave Barbieland and Los Alamos behind them asthey team up for “TheFall Guy.” But will audiencesturn up in force to see the “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” stars when their newaction comedy debuts this weekend?Well, “The Fall Guy” isn’t going to hit those films’ box office heights, but it should have no troubletopping charts as it kicks off the summer movie season. The film is expected toearn north of $30 million, with some rival studio executives pegging theopening at between $35 million to $40 million. The catch is that movie wasn’tcheap to produce, boasting a healthy budget of $130 million, so “The Fall Guy”will need strong word-of-mouth if it’s going to leg it out on the long path ...

May12024 by cineverseNo Comments

Jude Law, Jason Bateman Netflix Limited Series ‘Black Rabbit’ Adds Nearly a Dozen to Cast

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By Joe Otterson The upcoming Netflix limited series “Black Rabbit” starring Jude Law and Jason Bateman is adding nearly a dozen actors to its cast. In the series, “When the owner of a New York City hotspot (Law) allows his turbulent brother (Bateman) back in his life, he opens the door to escalating dangers that threaten to bring down everything he’s built,” per the official description. Oscar winner Troy Kotsur will appear in the series regular role of Joe Mancuso, described as “a local bookie with ties to organized crime and to the brothers’ past.” Other new series regulars include: Abbey Lee as Anna, “a formidable NYC bartender;” Odessa Young as Gen, “an East Village tattoo artist with a connection to the brothers;” and Robin De Jesus as Tony, “a talented NY...

Apr302024 by cineverseNo Comments

Turtles All the Way Down review – Isabela Merced leads winning yet uneven YA film

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Adrian Horton For better and for worse, John Green’s young adult worlds tend toward the dramatic and expansive – big swings, big emotions, big mysteries and dreams. And always, the specter of death – of parents, friends (Looking for Alaska, a manic pixie dream girl mystery turned Hulu series) or the protagonists themselves (the cancer romance turned tearjerker hit The Fault in Our Stars). Turtles All the Way Down, the writer’s 2017 novel, turns the drama more inward: its protagonist, a high-schooler named Aza Holmes, struggles with derailing thought spirals from obsessive compulsive disorder, partially inspired by the author’s own experience. Boy Kills World review – ripped Bill Skarsgård shows he’s got brutal action chops Read more Such an alienating internal exp...

Apr302024 by cineverseNo Comments

Blue Lights recap: series two, episode three – sexy, messy affairs

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Michael Hogan The series reached its midway mark with simmering tension and surprise tragedy. Here’s your sit-rep on the third episode, titled Love Knows … Lee’s power grab After the frighteningly efficient hit on the loyalist crime lord Jim Dixon, it was action stations. Extra manpower was deployed in case of reprisals on the Mount Eden estate. Dixie’s arch-rival Davy Hamill (Tony Flynn) was questioned after issuing death threats to Dixie but as his slick lawyer pointed out, the detectives had nothing. So why did the hotshot brief suddenly drop Hamill’s case? Because there was a new player in town. The ambitious publican Lee Thompson (Séamus O’Hara) persuaded the Dublin mob to let him take over Belfast’s entire drug supply. He’s not affiliated to either warring gang but would ...