23
Oct
Universal Pictures’ dubious attempt to remake Bride of Frankenstein as part of the “Dark Universe” might be dead, but the concept of reimagining the idea of a reanimated “Bride” in the 21st century leads on—with Scarlett Johansson as the lead, no less. The news came late Thursday when A24 and Apple TV+ announced Johansson would star in The Bride, a modern reworking of one of the most potent ideas in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein novel. The new film, which will be directed by Sebastián Lelo, reimagines the story of the Bride’s creation as less the attempt to build a “Monster’s Mate”—as…
28
Apr
In the alternate worlds of Fringe or Devs, you’d not have passed a bus stop or billboard last year that didn’t advertise a little upcoming movie called Avengers: Endgame, the culmination of over a decade’s worth of cinematic Marvel storytelling that brought together the original MCU Avengers for one final battle against Thanos. Of course, we would lose two of our major players during the events that unfolded, including Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, and Emily Blunt’s Black Widow, who sacrificed herself for the Soul Stone on Vormir. Yes, originally Blunt was director Jon Favreau’s first choice for the…
