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05 Mar

Hocus Pocus 2 Finds Director

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Double double toil and trouble. We already knew Disney was developing a sequel to the much-beloved classic Hocus Pocus, but now a director has been attached to the project, which is the next step in bringing the story to the big screen. The original 1993 film was directed by Kenny Ortega (he of High School Musical fame) from a script by Neil Cuthbert and Mick Garris. The sequel, according to The Hollywood Reporter, has Adam Shankman attached to direct. Shankman has previously directed films like Hairspray and A Walk to Remember. He is also attached to produce Disney’s Enchanted sequel,…

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05 Mar

New Batmobile Revealed for The Batman Movie

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As Jim Gordon famously declared in Batman Begins upon seeing a certain customized car abruptly emerge, “I’ve gotta get me one of those.” The brand-new Batmobile has been revealed in all its horse-powered glory! In the latest tease from The Batman director Matt Reeves, a prominent first glimpse has arrived showcasing his upcoming movie’s take on what is, perhaps, the most iconic car in pop culture history. What’s immediately clear is that this is a conceptual reinvention of the vehicle, seemingly rooted in the theme of the film’s setting during the early era of the Caped Crusader, who will be…

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04 Mar

Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man Shows Life After Dark Universe Death

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Over the last weekend, an eerie thing happened at the box office: Leigh Whannell and Blumhouse Productions’ The Invisible Man brought the Universal Monsters legacy back with a vengeance. Over-performing with a monstrous box office bow of $29 million in the U.S. alone, the horror reimagining of the H.G. Wells novel (and James Whale’s 1933 film) more than quadrupled its $7 million budget in only three days. This is of course good news about a good horror movie, one of the best in a while with its panic attack-inducing allegory about a woman being gaslighted by an abusive ex. But…

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04 Mar

No Time to Die Delayed Until November as Coronavirus Fear Spreads

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As it turns out, April really was no time to die at all since the 25th James Bond movie, No Time to Die, has moved off its April release date in favor for a November debut. The news is the latest fallout from rising global anxiety over the coronavirus outbreak turning into a full-on pandemic. MGM Pictures and Eon Productions, the latter of whom produces the James Bond franchise, made the news official on Wednesday when they tweeted out that the intended April release for No Time to Die has been scrapped in favor of a Nov. 12 release in…

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04 Mar

Ben Affleck Remembers Disappointing Buffy the Vampire Slayer Performance

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Do you remember Ben Affleck in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie? Of course you do! Hard to let such an unforgettable performance fade from the mind, but incredibly, though Affleck’s “Uncredited Basketball Player #10” was surely a key piece of the Buffy puzzle back in 1992, his character is generally more commonly referred to as “hey, was that …was that Ben Affleck?” Hard to believe. Powerful, and underrated. In a new interview with The Jess Cagle Show on SiriusXM, Affleck certainly hadn’t blocked out his early Buffy the Vampire Slayer experience, as the actor explained how the movie, which…

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04 Mar

The Way Back Review

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Ben Affleck has been such a major figure in tabloid culture for years now that a) the lines between his real life and his cinematic one have gradually gotten fuzzier and b) the ongoing turmoil in his personal life has made it easy to forget that with the right role, he can still be an extraordinary actor. In The Way Back, those two aspects of this talented man’s life intersect in a way that turns what could merely be a rote weepie into something much more affecting, anchored by Affleck’s powerful, raw performance. Affleck plays Jack Cunningham, a one-time high…

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03 Mar

The Craft Reboot Was “One of the Best Pitches I’ve Ever Heard”

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Remember back in 2010-ish when basically ever horror movie you loved from when you were young had been remade, but only worse? Yeah, we’re not in that place anymore. The wounds will heal.  Jason Blum, horror producer extraordinaire and head of Blumhouse Productions, the outfit responsible for Paranormal Activity, Sinister, The Purge, Get Out, the recently released The Invisible Man, and 2018’s Halloween reboot is remaking 1996’s much loved teen witch movie The Craft and he’s confident it’s going to be a whole lot of fun. Blum tells Den of Geek it was the pitch from director Zoe Lister-Jones that…

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03 Mar

How Jason Blum Changed Horror Movies

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“I look at myself more as an entrepreneur than a producer,” Jason Blum tells Den of Geek ahead of the release of his latest buzzy horror movie. That film, The Invisible Man has already scooped an impressive $29 million opening weekend off a budget of $7 million as well as widespread critical success (check out our four star review, the movie is currently at 91% on Rotten Tomatoes).  It’s hard to deny that as an entrepreneur, Blum is a bloody good one. It’s been 20 years (“depending on where you start,” Blum clarifies) since his company Blumhouse Productions arrived to…

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03 Mar

Chris Evans Recalls “Begging” for Knives Out Role

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Chris Evans so fully inhabited the role of Captain America during the near-decade he helped prop up the Marvel Cinematic Universe juggernaut that he ended up spending his downtime fighting bad guys online, too. The unequivocal cinnamon roll emerged from the relentless process of blockbuster junkets, red carpet grillings, tabloid rumblings and angry 3am tweets both uncancelled and mostly unscathed, unlike some of his co-stars, but after finally passing on Steve Rogers’ shield and leaving the MCU behind, who would immediately cast him against type as the kind of villainous rich prong who uses “SJW” as an insult? Well, Rian…

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03 Mar

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret Movie Finally Happening

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After decades of brushing off attempts to adapt her 1970 YA novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. for the screen, author Judy Blume has sold the rights to the book after a rabid bidding war that saw studio Lionsgate win out. The Edge of Seventeen director Kelly Fremon Craig has been tapped to helm the Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. movie, and it will be produced by James L. Brooks’ Gracie Films, Julie Ansell, Richard Sakai, Amy Brooks, and Blume herself. “This title was an anthem when we first read it as teens, and it remains…

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03 Mar

Uncharted: Antonio Banderas Cast in Video Game Movie

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It looks like it is finally happening. After years of anticipation, false starts, and directorial comings and goings, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Uncharted movie is expected to begin shooting later this spring. And it now has the casting news to prove it. It was announced via Variety on Monday that Antonio Banderas is joining the cast of Uncharted, which stars Tom Holland as the irrepressible Nathan Drake. The news, which also reconfirms that director Ruben Fleischer (Venom) has taken over the directorial reins, is a boon for the film given that Banderas is fresh off his first Oscar nomination for last…

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02 Mar

The Invisible Man Ending Explained

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This The Invisible Man article contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free review can be found here. Freedom. That’s what Cecilia Kass finally achieves during the last moments of Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man. With her face isolated in an extreme close-up, there is nowhere for audiences to look other than into the heart of Elisabeth Moss’ eviscerating performance. Here is a woman who had been victimized by an abusive boyfriend but has now turned the tables, emancipating herself from Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). With her dog at last in tow, she can begin her life as the hero of her own story.  Cecilia reached this liberation through the…

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02 Mar

What to Expect from the Candyman Reimagining

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Candyman has been gone for a long time. Almost 30 years ago, the ghostly urban legend became a modern day myth in the original 1992 film from Bernard Rose and Clive Barker—cutting up inner-city Chicago one bad game of “Bloody Mary” at a time. Yet it’s been more than two decades since he last appeared in one of that classic’s lesser sequels, and for some, that might be reason enough to finally utter the words “Candyman” five times into a mirror. If you’ve watched the new Candyman trailer though, you know that would be a deadly mistake. Indeed, the hook-handed killer never really left us.…

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02 Mar

Bringing The Invisible Man Back to the Big Screen

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The Invisible Man is an update of the classic tale penned more than 100 years ago by pioneering science fiction writer H.G. Wells, and most memorably brought to the screen before this by director James Whale in 1933. In the new version from writer/director Leigh Whannell (Upgrade), the central character of Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) has just escaped from an abusive relationship at the hands of the narcissistic and sociopathic Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). Even though Adrian apparently commits suicide following Cecilia’s escape, she soon begins to suspect that her former lover–who was doing groundbreaking work in optic technology before his alleged death–is…

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02 Mar

Anya Taylor-Joy and Bringing ‘Questionable Intent’ to Jane Austen

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There are moments when Anya Taylor-Joy is still jolted awake in the middle of the night with a strange epiphany: she played Emma Woodhouse. To be sure, the English and Argentine actor is aware she donned the costumes of Jane Austen’s most devilish heroine only last year. She also knows she is doing press for the finished film when we meet one brisk morning outside Central Park. But sitting on a drawing room couch, and underneath a comfy-looking blanket, the star is reflective about what a whirlwind it’s been jumping into her first comedy—and an adaptation of a beloved yet…

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02 Mar

Bob Iger Steps Down as Disney CEO

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It is the end of an era at Disney—and a very lucrative one too. After spearheading Disney’s 21st-century renaissance over the last 15 years, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger is stepping down. The news comes not entirely by surprise given the whispers that he’s considered for years retiring from the post, and Disney’s banner year in 2019 seems like it might be a fond farewell for the game-changing media executive. Those rumors turned out to be partially correct, as Iger confirmed Tuesday evening he is immediately stepping down as CEO and Disney will replace him with Bob Chapek in that…

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02 Mar

Best Jane Austen Adaptations on Screen So Far

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that every Jane Austen novel must be adapted an infinite amount of times and we will be grateful for all of them. (Yes, even the Pride & Prejudice & Zombies film, the best part of which was not the movie itself but a supercut of Matt Smith as Mr. Collins eating scones.) There have been a lot of adaptations of Jane Austen’s six major novels and some of her other works, including the recently-released Emma starring Anya Taylor-Joy. These are the ones we recommend watching. Best Pride and Prejudice Adaptations Easily the most adapted of Jane Austen’s works, Pride and Prejudice is a foundational work…

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02 Mar

Indiana Jones 5: James Mangold Tapped to Replace Steven Spielberg as Director

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Ford v Ferrari and Logan director James Mangold is in talks to replace Steven Spielberg as the director of Indiana Jones 5, according to Variety. The outlet reports that the deal isn’t set in stone yet, but that it was Spielberg’s decision to step away from the director’s chair in order to give another director a chance to bring a new perspective to the sequel. Spielberg will instead remain on the project as a “hands-on” producer. This will be the first Indiana Jones movie not directed by Spielberg.  Mangold is an exciting new addition to the franchise, having already cut his teeth on big blockbuster franchises like…

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02 Mar

How The Invisible Man Channels the Original Tale

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It was in 1897 when H.G. Wells–known as the father of modern science fiction–published his novel The Invisible Man. In that book, a scientist named Griffin discovers a way to render himself invisible while experimenting with the refraction of light. Already an unstable personality, Griffin becomes even more unhinged through his work and decides he wants to use his invisibility to enact a literal “Reign of Terror” upon England. The sociopathic, narcissistic aspects of the character, along with the name Griffin, were retained when director James Whale (Frankenstein) brought a faithful version of Wells’ novel to the screen in 1933 as one…

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02 Mar

Welcome to the New Den of Geek

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The last few years have been tumultuous for the corner of online media that serves the entertainment world. Whether it was news sites wondering if it would be better to serve the whims of Facebook’s ever-changing and increasingly obscure algorithm (narrator voice: it wasn’t), a similarly ill-advised industry-wide “pivot to video,” or the proliferation of pop culture websites who feel like simply making news up is the same as breaking it, the internet can be a capricious, often cutthroat, place. But maybe it doesn’t have to be. Den of Geek was founded in the UK over a decade ago, and…

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