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Lena Dunham is exploring female sensuality and confronting the “judgment and shame” that often surrounds it both in life and cinema through Sharp Stick. She is the creator, writer, and star of the film that follows a young woman’s physical awakening post-heartbreak. Sharp Stick debuted virtually at the Sundance Film Festival in January, but all audiences can now catch a glimpse of the film through a red band trailer that dropped today....

George Lucas spoke with Variety about his Lucasfilm getting out of the movie business. The media mogul says, “We don’t want to make movies. We’re about to get into television. As far as Lucasfilm is concerned, we’ve moved away from the feature film thing, because it’s too expensive and it’s too risky. I think the secret to the future is quantity. Because that’s where it’s going to end up.” With that, he did give some insight into some upcoming projects, like Indiana Jones 4, which is still in development....

Eiza González says her Godzilla vs. Kong character had a very different storyline originally, and just like the film, it was completely changed during production. Godzilla vs. Kong debuted in theaters in March 2021, in the middle of the pandemic, and became one of the highest-grossing movies of the year. The film was positively received by the critics as well, with praise aimed at its jaw-dropping action sequences and visual effects....

Grace and Frankie is about to take the top prize for most episodes of any Netflix original series. Unfortunately it also marks the end of the half-hour comedy series, as things are coming to a close with Season 7. Season 6 hasn’t premiered yet, and the streaming platform is already talking about the seventh and final season. Netflix has given the comedy a 16-episode season to tie up their storylines, putting their total at 94....

Through TheOneRing.net, Guillermo Del Toro and Peter Jackson announced today that Del Toro is stepping down as director for the upcoming adaptation of The Hobbit and it’s proposed sequel, but will continue to co-write the screenplays. “In light of ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming The Hobbit I am faced with the hardest decision of my life”, says Guillermo. “After nearly two years of living, breathing and designing a world as rich as Tolkien’s Middle Earth, I must, with great regret, take leave from helming these wonderful pictures....

The use of de-aging in movies is constantly evolving and seeing new and more impressive results. For example, this summer, Harrison Ford will be taken back to his Raiders of the Lost Ark days in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny through the use of the technology that has previously been responsible for turning back the years for the likes of Samuel L. Jackson in Captain Marvel. While appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Ford explained how he has been amazed by what the VFX team on the movie has been able to do and how they did it....

We haven’t heard much on a follow-up to last summer’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but it seems like the series’ star is ready to reprise his legendary role. MTV recently spoke with Harrison Ford, who was promoting his new film Extraordinary Measures, and spoke a bit about Indiana Jones 5 as well. Watch the video interview with Harrison Ford below. “I think it would be interesting to advance the understanding of the character, as we always have had that ambition throughout the series,” Ford said of what he needs to see in an “Indy 5” script before he’s willing to step on the gas like Short Round in a Shanghai taxi cab....

Obi-Wan Kenobi makes its Disney+ debut later this month, and ahead of the highly-anticipated Star Wars series premiere, the show’s stars kicked off a press tour in Germany. Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Moses Ingram and series director Deborah Chow are now happily talking about what fans can expect from the newest addition to the Star Wars saga. However, in this month’s edition of Total Film, Darth Vader actor Hayden Christensen has already been explaining how the new series will develop new connections to the prequel movies....

Like everything else in the industry, HD-DVD is looking to utilize the internet. In a story from The Hollywood Reporter, the next generation format is looking to “take advantage of its players’ built-in Internet connections.” Freedom, Vol. 1, which comes out today will be the first HD-DVD disc to take advantage of this internet option. “Buyers who connect their HD-DVD player to a broadband Internet line will be able to download a high-definition trailer for another movie, change menu styles and download additional subtitles....

We are not too far away from delving into the continuing adventures of Lieutenant Vincent Hanna in Michael Mann’s upcoming novel, Heat 2. While we await the book’s release, Mann has revealed in discussion on the WTF Podcast with Marc Maron that work is already underway on what he promises will be a “very large movie.” “This is a book, but it’s also going to be a very large movie,” Michael Mann teased during his appearance on the podcast....

Helen Mirren has joined the cast of Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, a project which has moved from Paramount Pictures to Fox Searchlight. We reported in January that actor Anthony Hopkins will portray Alfred Hitchcock in this dramatic comedy, which is adapted from Stephen Rebello’s non-fiction book of the same name. Helen Mirren will play the director’s wife, Alma Reville, in thus project that focuses on Alfred Hitchcock’s quest to make his 1960 horror classic Psycho, which no studio wanted a part of at the time....

The new movie Marry Me was released in theaters and for streaming on Peacock Premium this past Friday, February 11th, 2022. Directed by Kat Coiro and starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Lopez, the romantic comedy is a perfect Valentine’s Day movie. But did you realize that the film was based on a webcomic that was created and written by Bobby Crosby and illustrated by Remy “Eisu” Mokhtar? Marry Me is the story of Kat Valdez, a big-time worldwide pop star who, in the wake of being cheated on by her fiancé, makes the impulsive decision to marry a random stranger holding a “Marry Me” sign at one of her concerts....

Every day, ex-Dynasty star Jack Coleman is asked by someone if the mysterious character of “H.R.G.” that he plays on NBC’s Heroes - this year’s top-rated new series - is essentially a good guy or a bad guy. Coleman always answers with authority: ‘Yes.’ That ambiguous reply also reflects Coleman’s (now a new series regular) duplicitous alter ego who has many veteran television viewers wondering if “H.R.G.” (or “Horn Rimmed Glasses”) is played by the same actor Coleman who stopped hearts in the 1980s as Steven Carrington on the red-hot “Dynasty,” which once soared to become the top-rated series....

Philip Pullman fans have been waiting for a proper adaptation of His Dark Materials and it has finally arrived. The small screen adaptation is already proving to be a lot darker and grittier than 2007’s big screen adaptation The Golden Compass. Fans of Pullman’s novels were not happy with the way the film adaptation panned out, which is understandable. That being said, it looks like things are finally starting to look up for His Dark Materials fans....

Fans are going ape over the news that another Planet of the Apes reboot film is in the works. The original Planet of the Apes film in 1968 was a science fiction classic that spawned four sequels over the next five years. Although these sequels are not nearly as famous as the original, they have still fostered a number of devoted fans with their interesting sci-fi universe and tough moral questions....

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is slated for a Memorial Day 2008 release. We’ve known that for some time now, but we haven’t known when the first trailer would premiere… until now! CHUD.com is reporting that the much-awaited trailer to the fourth Indy flick will premiere online at 12:01 a.m. on February 15. The site was told that Entertainment Tonight would show teaser portions of the trailer on their Feb....

Disney is known for successfully establishing brand identity across mediums. One of the multimedia conglomerate’s strategies includes cross-connecting elements, such as tie-ins between films and attractions. For example, in 2003, Disney developed a family-focused horror film entitled The Haunted Mansion, which tied to its equally successful attraction by the same name. Although it was an interesting project, it wasn’t a novel idea. This was not Disney’s first foray into building its markets through cross-market branding betwixt film and its theme park attractions....

The hit sitcom New Girl came to an end back in 2018 after running for seven seasons. Star Jake Johnson, who played the slobbish-but-loveable roommate Nick Miller on the show, has been discussing a potential reunion, with the actor saying that he has been keeping in touch with the rest of the central cast, including the show’s lead, Zooey Deschanel, and showrunner Hannah Simone. New Girl was created by Elizabeth Meriwether for the Fox Broadcasting Company and originally aired between 2011 and 2018....

The future of Gal Gadot in the DCU remains unclear with James Gunn commenting on recent Wonder Woman casting rumors. While there have been nonstop rumors flowing since Gunn and Peter Safran boarded DC Studios to sheer the ship creatively, not very much is yet known for sure. What’s been confirmed is that Henry Cavill won’t be back as Superman in the DCU, despite his recent return to the role for Black Adam....

One of the best-known body-swap comedies is Freaky Friday, which saw a mother and daughter having their minds swapped. Other takes on the idea have included other adults having their personalities transplanted into those of their children or other adolescents. Having Roberts and Aniston as the leads suggest a different type of movie, with two adults finding themselves in each other’s body and leaning more towards The Change-Up, which saw Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds having their bodies swapped with hilarious results....