ENTERTAINMENT

Avengers: Endgame‘s Iron Man is hanging up his suit to tack his next big role. Robert Downey Jr. is set to c-star in HBO and A24‘s drama series adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Sympathizer. The series is set to follow the novel’s cross-culture satire and thriller genre as it goes takes audiences on a journey through the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy. The novel is set in the final days of the Vietnam War and dictates the spy’s last moments before his exile in the United States. There is currently no word on who will be the lead in the series, but Deadline confirms that the film is going on a global search to look for a predominantly Vietnamese cast. The series is set to be led by Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar is set to direct....

James Gunn finally reveals the real reason why he never considered Jared Leto reprising his role as Joker for The Suicide Squad. Leto’s interpretation of the Joker was first introduced in David Ayer’s 2016 Suicide Squad. In a recent interview with the New York Times, Gunn confirmed that never actually considered the DC villain for the film, “I just don’t know why Joker would be in the Suicide Squad. He wouldn’t be helpful in that type of war situation.” He also added that he wanted the film to be “its own thing completely.” The filmmaker also revealed, “When Warner Bros. said they wanted me to do this, I watched the first movie for the first time, and I called them back and said, ‘What do I have to keep from this movie?’ And they said, ‘Nothing.’” The studio had actually given him the opti...

Ahead of the Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins premiere on July 23, Paramount Pictures has shared an up-close look at the titular character, played by Henry Golding, exclusively with HYPEBEAST. “This is not your way,” Golding says while fighting off foes in the brief character piece. “This is mine.” The thrilling teaser highlights the unwavering fearlessness of the namesake lead, who is described as “a tenacious loner who is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage after saving the life of their heir apparent,” according to the film’s official synopsis. “Upon arrival in Japan, the Arashikage teach Snake Eyes the ways of the ninja warrior while also providing something he’s been longing for: a home,” the film’s description continues. “But, when secrets from his past are revea...

Uncut Gems is headed to the Criterion Collection — a leading video distribution company that licenses and restores classic and contemporary films — on October 26. The Safdie brothers‘ nail-biting 2019 thriller, starring Adam Sandler as the crazed jeweler Howard Ratner, will receive a physical release on both Blu-ray and DVD via Criterion. The special edition will arrive with a multitude of exclusive features, including behind-the-scenes footage from the making of both the film and the soundtrack, screen tests featuring Sandler and Julia Fox, deleted and extended scenes, including a full performance of The Weeknd‘s “The Morning” and interviews with cinematographer Darius Khondji, costume designer Miyako Bellizzi and casting director Jennifer Venditti. Criterion took to Instagram to ann...

Earlier this year, Steven Spielberg unveiled plans to produce a semi-autobiographical movie “loosely based on his childhood,” likely set to land on Netflix in 2022. In a casting announcement for the untitled film on Thursday, Amblin Partners, Spielberg’s production company named after his 1968 short film, disclosed that three young actors will take on the roles of “high school classmates of the young, aspiring filmmaker at the center of the story.” Chloe East (HBO Max‘s Generation), Oakes Fegley (The Goldfinch and Wonderstruck) and Isabelle Kusman, who will make her feature film debut in an untitled Paul Thomas Anderson-directed film this year, have been confirmed to play Spielberg’s childhood friends. They join a cast that includes Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Julia Butt...

The 74th annual Cannes Film Festival was briefly put on lockdown due to what initially appeared to be a bomb scare, Variety reported this morning. At 3 p.m. local time, police said that “they had found a suspicious package in a storage area at the back of the building and that they were preparing to investigate” while the festival was in full swing at the Palais des Festivals, according to Variety. People in the Debussy theater and in the wing closest were evacuated, disrupting the scheduled screening of Hong Sang-Soo’s In Front Of Your Face. Shortly after that announcement, police set up a security perimeter around the building and a bomb squad destroyed the package, causing a small explosion, France Info reported. Police then tweeted a “return to normal” message. The incident didn’t inte...

Malcolm Lee, director of Space Jam: A New Legacy has officially commented on the outrage for Lola Bunny’s redesign. The filmmaker recently spoke with Entertainment Weekly in regards to a “super weird” conversation surrounding a change to the oversexualized 1996 version of Lola Bunny. He said, “I had no idea that people would be that up in arms about a bunny not having boobs. Listen, I understand people don’t want things to change, but I think we needed some evolution with her, not by objectifying her but by making her strong and still feminine.” He adds, “And, yes, we had all these other women who were like, ‘Oh, you can’t be strong and have big boobs?!’ Sure you can, but we’re talking about a cartoon bunny, not women!” In the same interview, Zendaya, who voiced Lola Bunny in the new film,...

Netflix has released the trailer for the third film in its thrilling Fear Street horror trilogy, Fear Street Part Three: 1666, ahead of its premiere on Friday, July 16. The three films have been released over the course of three weeks — Part One: 1994 premiered on July 2 and Part Two: 1978 released on July 9 — and together, they uncover the sinister history of Shadyside, a downtrodden Ohio town plagued with a haunted past, through a series of terrifying events. In the final chapter of the anthology — based on R.L. Stine‘s best-selling books under the same moniker — the group of teenagers from the first film (Part One: 1994) travel back to the titular 1666 to unearth the twisted truths behind the witch Sarah Fier and her centuries-spanning wrath on Shadyside’s residents. The lates...

Deadpool has finally made his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in one of the most unexpected of places: a trailer reaction video for Free Guy. In a four-and-a-half-minute video uploaded by Ryan Reynolds himself on his YouTube channel, his now-iconic antihero sits down with Taika Waititi‘s Thor: Ragnarok character Korg to watch a new trailer for the upcoming comedy Free Guys, which actually features both the actors. The duo continues to make fun of both Marvel and Disney before Deadpool asks Korg how he can join the MCU. Fortunately for fans of the R-rated franchise, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige has confirmed previously that Deadpool will indeed get a third installment over at Marvel, and will remain true to its R-rated reputation. However, those interested migh...

Hot on the heels of his Emmy nomination for Disney+‘s WandaVision, director Matt Shakman has signed on to direct the next Star Trek feature film for Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot’s J.J. Abrams, according to Deadline. The screenplay was conceived by blockbuster veterans Lindsey Beer (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser) and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel), marking the first time that a Star Trek film will be written by female screenwriters. At this time, it is unclear whether cast members from Abrams’ 2009 reboot — led by Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and more — will return for Shakman’s take on the sci-fi film. Shakman is a prolific television director, with credits on series including Game of Thrones, The Boys, Succession, Fargo and It’s Always Su...