Phil (Will Forte) finally relaxes after settling an argument with the basketball. (Fox)
Filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have a magic touch that turns potentially awful ideas into surprisingly awesome ones. Just look at the duo’s recent work: Adapt the kids’ book “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” reboot “21 Jump Street,” build a movie out of Legos.
Based on premises alone, any of those films could have bombed. Instead, they were all critical and commercial hits that netted sequels.
Fresh off her show-stealing turn at the Academy Awards, Lady Gaga has inked a deal for her next project: starring in the upcoming fifth season of “American Horror Story.”
The hit FX anthology series from executive producer Ryan Murphy marks the superstar’s first major TV gig.
No details about Gaga’s character have been disclosed, but she did reveal the title — and therefore, theme — of Season 5 in her announcement: “Hotel.”
Fox is making Neill Blomkamp‘s new Alien movie, and Sigourney Weaver is definitely on board to reprise her Ellen Ripley role. And while we still don’t know the story, despite the teasing glimpses provided in concept art such as the pieces above, we do know something new: Blomkamp’s Alien will basically disregard Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection as the director says he’s designing the film to sit in sequence after Aliens.
Check out a video interview with Blomkamp and Weaver discussing the next Alien film, below.
Paul Reubens Visits ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ in New York City on October 29th, 2014. Jamie McCarthy/NBC/Getty
Pee-wee Herman’s next feature-length adventure will be coming to a screen near you courtesy of Netflix, with the streaming service securing the rights to Paul Reubens and Judd Apatow’s upcoming movie, Pee-wee’s Big Holiday.
According to a press release, the new film centers around a fateful encounter that inspires Pee-wee to embark on his first holiday vacation. The movie will be directed by John Lee, a go-to director for shows like Broad City and Inside Amy Schumer who’ll make his feature film debut with Big Holiday. Production is scheduled to begin in March.
Last night at the 87th Academy Awards, MTV’s Josh Horowitz spoke with film composer Hans Zimmer (“Interstellar”) about his upcoming film, Batman v Superman.
Zimmer started off by saying that the score hasn’t been written yet, but he has got a couple ideas for what he’ll do with it. Then Josh asked him if he needed to create Aquaman and Wonder Woman’s themes in Batman v Superman? “I’m trying,” Zimmer revealed. “Put it that way. We’re in early days. But yes, of course, ideally that is what you want to do.”
Zimmer was then asked if he knew which other films in the new DC cinematic universe he might be scoring. “No, not at all,” Zimmer replied. “Because the studio is going to hedge its bets if I ruin this one.”
Laura Poitras’ film about Edward Snowden and the NSA spying revelations carries off Academy award for non-fiction films
The Citizenfour team accept the award for best documentary feature. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Citizenfour has won the Oscar for best documentary, for its director Laura Poitras, editor Mathilde Bonnefoy and producer Dirk Wilutzky.
Collecting the award, Poitras, flanked by journalist and collaborator Glenn Greenwald, said: “The disclosures of Edward Snowden don’t only expose a threat to our privacy but to our democracy itself. When the decisions that rule us are taken in secret we lose the power to control and govern ourselves.” Poitras thanked Edward Snowden for his “sacrifices”, and added: “I share this award with Glenn Greenwald and the many other journalists who are taking risks to expose the truth.”
Brain Cage 