“The Color Purple” and “The Burial of Kojo” helmer Blitz Bazawule will direct the historical drama “Black Samurai” which Warner Bros. Pictures won in a bidding war against three other studios. Ghanaian filmmaker Bazawule wrote the film on spec and will also produce the movie through his Inward Gaze production
Full Frame 2024: Part Two
My second day at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in downtown Durham was my busiest day of watching films on the big screen in a long while. And the whole day was spent in Fletcher Hall, the main stage at the Carolina Theater, with its 1,048 seats and two balconies.
Final Trailer: Alex Garland’s “Civil War”
Distributor A24 has released a final trailer for Alex Garland’s upcoming “Civil War” movie which is set to open in cinemas Friday. The trailer comes as major outlet reviews for the film have been unleashed and, with 103 reviews counted, the movie currently sits on an 88% (7.7/10) on Rotten
Kit Harington Has No Marvel Future Yet
Fair or not, Chloe Zhao’s “Eternals” is seen as the film that first showed a real chink in Marvel Studios armor – domestically it was the lowest-grossing film of the MCU pandemic movies and it still sits as the second worst-reviewed Marvel film to date. Despite its rather public failure,
Lionsgate CinemaCon 2024 Presentation Recap
Lionsgate went big for their CinemaCon showcase and featured a large assortment of movies, stars, and announcements. Naruto, Monopoly, and Blair Witch were all Announced and stars including Henry Cavill, Eli Roth, Halle Berry, and Ariana Greenblatt took the stage along with video segments from cast members on location around