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‘Vox Lux’ Trailer: Natalie Portman Takes Center Stage As A Pop Superstar Vox Lux, the latest fromChildhood of a LeaderdirectorBrady Corbetand Oscar-winnerNatalie Portman, focuses on a woman’s rise to pop superstardom over the course of 18 years. A new teaser trailer provides our first official look at Portman in action, albeit briefly. Watch theVox Luxtrailer below. Vox Lux Trailer If you have yet to seeThe Childhood of a Leader, the directorial debut of actor Brady Corbet, I urge you to check it out – it’s currently streaming on Netflix....

An Uncanny Similarity Between Mad Men And The Office When the season finale ofMad Menwas over, there was a minor tinge of déjà vu that I couldn’t immediately pin down. Hours later, it occurred to me that one of the major twists in the finale shared several fun similarities toThe Office(Scranton Branch). In fact, up until the epiphany, I had never considered Don Draper to be every bit the serious, hip and fair boss thatMichael Scottis delighted to find in the mirror each morning when he combs back his hair....

And Kids, How I Met Your Father Is Premiering On Hulu In January Kids, I’m going to tell you an incredible story. The story of how “How I Met Your Mother” got a sequel series less than a decade after wrapping up its original run. That’s right, “How I Met Your Father” is not only on the way, it finally has an official air date! We still have towait for itof course, but thelegendarypremiere is now set for July 14, 2025....

Bryan Singer Accused Of Sexual Assault Days After ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Firing X-MendirectorBryan Singeris being sued for allegedly raping a 17-year-old boy in 2003. This lawsuit comes three days after Singer was fired from the set of the Freddie Mercury biopicBohemian Rhapsodyfor unprofessional behavior. The lawsuit was filed by Cesar Sanchez-Guzman, who accused the director of sexually assaulting him at a yacht party in Seattle, according toDeadline. The filing (which you can read here) states that Sanchez-Guzman met Singer at the party hosted by wealthy tech investor Lester Waters, where Singer invited the then-teen to a secluded area and forced him to have oral and anal sex....

Christopher Nolan’s Filmography Predicted Our Current Masked, Muffled Reality It’s been a year now since Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” the movie that was supposed to bounce us back from the pandemic and save theaters, landed in the United States. For those who ventured out to see it, “Tenet” may have provided a surreal moviegoing experience — if only because the scene in the theater mirrored the one onscreen. In both of them, people had their faces covered in masks....

Cool Stuff: Mondo’s ‘Star Trek: The Wrath Of Khan’ Vinyl With Matt Taylor Artwork In addition to fantastic artwork,Mondohas also been churning out some incredible, exclusive vinyl albums for some of your favorite film scores and soundtracks. And kicking off 2016 with a bang is a vinyl re-release of the late James Horner’s score forStar Trek: The Wrath of Khan. Making this vinyl even sweeter is some stellar cover art created by Matt Taylor, but the real draw is that this vinyl has the extended score on two LPs....

David Fincher’s The Social Network In October 2010 We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Coming Soonhas learned that Columbia Pictures has set an October 15th 2010 release date for directorDavid Fincher’sThe Social Network. The film will go head to head with CBS Films’Faster, an action film starringDwayne “The Rock” JohnsonandBilly Bob Thornton. The movie starsJesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Andrew GarfieldandJoe Mazzello. Columbia Pictures has given the film a rumored $47 million budget....

David Lynch Almost Made A Major Manga Adaptation In The ’90s In the ’90s, after the success ofTwin PeaksandWild at Heart,David Lynchalmost made a live-action adaptation of Otomo Katsuhiro’s mangaDomu: A Child’s Dream.It’s not as well known or popular as Katsuhiro’s ownAkira, but it’s still considered a major work. And in a number of ways, this movie adaptation almost happened because of George Lucas.Recently, on theFilmumentaries Podcast, Nilo Rodis-Jamero related a piece of this story, but /Film followed up with him to ask more about the project and why it fell apart....

Dear Evan Hansen Trailer: The World’s Oldest Teen Commits Emotion Crimes Ever since the first trailer for “Dear Evan Hansen” dropped back in May, the internet has not stopped roasting it. Despite the endless chorus of criticism, Universal Pictures released a final trailer today just in time for the film’s upcoming theatrical release. Based on the smash-hit Broadway musical from 2016, Ben Platt returns to the titular role regardless of the fact that it’s a lot easier for a 27-year-old to play a teenager on a massive stage far away from the audience than it is in ultra-HD blown up on a movie screen....

Emily Blunt Will Play Pinkerton Detective Kate Warne In New Co-Production With Dwayne Johnson Dwayne “The Rock” Johnsonlikes being in theEmily Bluntbusiness. The two actors co-star inJungle Cruise,now in theaters and on Disney+ Premier Access, and they’re lining up a new project with Johnson producing and Blunt starring asKate Warne, the first woman investigator in the Pinkerton Detective Agency.Deadlinereports thatAmazon Studioshas acquired the Blunt-led project about Kate Warne in a “highly competitive auction....

Eternals Director Chloe Zhao Eyes Dracula Next, ‘Not Leaving The Immortality Sandbox Anytime Soon’ [Exclusive] If you look up the word “ambitious” in the dictionary, you might see a picture of Chloé Zhao next to it. After winning the 2021Best Picture and Best Director Oscarsfor her film “Nomadland,” she helmed one of the biggest Marvel movies yet with “Eternals.” Now, the director wants to take on Dracula, one of the most repeatedly adapted, well-known characters in the Western canon, and she wants to turn his story into a sci-fi western....

Ethan Hawke Gets Intense In New Clip From Abel Ferrara’s Zeros And Ones [Exclusive] Lionsgate has provided /Film with an exclusive clip from"Zeros and Ones,“the intense new thriller from acclaimed director Abel Ferrara (“Welcome to New York,” “Bad Lieutenant”) which is scheduled to hit select theaters, Apple TV+, VOD and digital on August 15, 2025 before it arrives on Blu-ray and DVD June 07, 2025. The film stars Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke (“Training Day,” the “Before” trilogy) in the dual roles of JJ and Justin, along with Cristina Chiriac (“Tommaso”) as Laughing Russian agent and Valerio Mastandrea (“We All Fall Down”) as Luciano....

Films About And By Black Voices Streaming For Free On The Criterion Channel In the wake of nationwide protests against police violence against Black lives, The Criterion Channel is making a series of films about and by Black voices available for free. Films fromMaya Angelou,Julie Dash,William Greaves,Kathleen Collins,Cheryl Dunye,Charles Burnett, and more, are available in front of the paywall for the streaming service. Criterion is also “establishing an employee-guided fund with a $25,000 initial contribution and an ongoing $5,000 monthly commitment to support organizations fighting racism in America....