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SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE Adds the Joker as a Playable Character

As DC Comics has realized over the decades, whenever storylines get stale, it’s always useful to add a little Joker chaos to the mix. That’s what the folks at Rocksteady are doing for the upcoming Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League game. Via Polygon, we’ve learned the Clown Prince of Crime himself will be a playable character in the game. He joins Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, and King Shark. If you’re wondering how it can be the Joker, who died in Rocksteady’s Arkhamverse, the answer is simple. He’s a Multiversal variant.

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This “Elseworlds” version of the Joker will arrive in March. According to Rocksteady, he comes from an Earth where “he hadn’t reached supervillain status before Brainiac invaded.” As a younger version of the crazed villain we all know, he’s just “unhinged in a different way.” He’s a bigger team player, since on his Earth, he was a member of the Suicide Squad too. Aside from the usual arsenal of firearms, this Joker will have a rocket-powered umbrella to get around with as well. Which, if you ask us, sounds very Penguin to us. Maybe he stole it from old Oswald Cobblepot on his Earth.

Rocksteady said in a recent video, “Every season will change how you play the game and will be themed around a DC villain.” The plan right now is for three seasons. Current rumors suggest those villians could include Mister Freeze and Deathstroke. If you’re going up against a team with a brainwashed Superman? Then maybe it would help to have Bizarro on board. Just a suggestion. And just like the Joker, with the Multiverse in play, any dead villains from the Arkham games are now on the table. Additional content in season one includes new boss fights and enemy variants, plus a new playable environment themed to the Joker, and more.

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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is out on February 2 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.

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Nintendo Shoots Down Fan Mod That Puts POKÉMON Creatures Into PALWORLD

Opinions vary on the all-new Palworld, which has already sold millions of copies for Xbox and PC in just a few days. Some think it’s a fun, adult-oriented take on an iconic game. Others (especially executives at Nintendo) consider it nothing more than a blatant ripoff that turns a celebration of collecting, love, and friendship into a shooter that promotes gun violence and hard labor. Either/or! But no matter how you feel about Pocket Pair’s open-world adventure no one can deny it’s obviously based on Pokémon. Many of Palworld‘s creatures are clearly off-brand versions of the ones found in the Battle Arena. What would it be like to actually see the originals engage in bloody combat, though? A fan mod that puts actual Pokémon in Palworld will let you see, but you probably won’t get to learn what it’s like firsthand.

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Online creator and YouTuber Toasted Shoes gave fans of fictional animals fighting one another the crossover they wanted by putting actual Pokémon into Palworld. His modification replaces Palworld‘s player character with Ash Ketchum, who then runs around the open-world map encountering the very same creatures he knows from his own game.

There are lots of familiar faces for Ash to find in this mashup world of Pals. As Twitter user Cecilia Fae documented, there are many Pokémon knockoffs in Pocket Pair’s survival game. Some are really direct, while others are only slightly less obvious.

The key word in many of these is “slightly.”

I went through the entire 111 list of Pals in Palworld to see what seems like a Pokémon rip off compared to not, because I’ve seen a lot of people talk about it but no full comprehensive list. Here’s what I found (it’s a lot) 🧵 pic.twitter.com/EPSpBvC9hD

— Cecilia Fae 🍂 (@CeciliaFae) January 21, 2024

Many will consider this just a fun fan mod. Nintendo disagrees! The company enforced a copyright claim on the original tweet sharing the video. That could keep the modification from ever reaching gamers despite its creator’s desire to release it for free. Because while Toasted Shoes reposted the video to YouTube, he also told IGN he will fully comply with any future copyright requests from Nintendo. You know, the global company who can afford the best attorneys around. Yeah, that Nintendo.

Nintendo has come for me, please leave me in your thoughts and prayers pic.twitter.com/HGg65y67Qp

— Toasted (@ToastedShoes) January 23, 2024

For now we’ll just have to enjoy watching this mod rather than play it. Is that good enough for Pokémon and Palworld fans who want to combine both games? Opinions probably vary…everywhere but Nintendo offices.

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PRINCESS PEACH: SHOWTIME! Transformation Trailer Brings Us Ninja Peach and More

The Super Mario Bros. Movie was an international smash with a lot to love, including some serious action moves from Princess Peach. She’s been a part of this universe for a long time but hasn’t gotten a lot of time to shine as a main character… until now. Princess Peach is getting her own video game on Nintendo Switch in March 2024. Get ready for Princess Peach! Showtime and check out the first trailer for this Princess Peach game below.

The description for Princess Peach! Showtime shares more about what we can expect from the new game. It notes:

The wicked Grape and the Sour Bunch have taken over the Sparkle Theater, and now it’s up to Peach and the theater’s guardian Stella to save the play––and the day! Peach can transform and use fantastic showstopping abilities to face off against the Sour Bunch.

As teased initially, Peach is going to the theater. There she’ll team up with its guardian Stella, who will help Peach transform to go on many adventures. Peach will have guises like Detective Peach, Swordfighter Peach, and Patisserie Peach to help her save the day and the various shows that are trying to be waylaid by evil. You can check out more of Peach’s Princess Peach: Showtime transformations in the new trailer for the game above.

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We’re glad that Princess Peach will get to go on a variety of adventures (and kick some serious butt) in this new game. Having our heroine run around Mushroom Kingdom and take down her foes is all the plot we really need. And the theatrical conceit will give Princess Peach a lot of space to shine.

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It’s about time too because Princess Peach hasn’t starred in her own game since 2005’s Super Princess Peach. For such a main character, she’s only had a few outings. We can’t wait to play this Princess Peach-starring game when it releases on March 22, 2024.

Originally published on June 21, 2023.

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The 2024 Oscar Nominations’ Biggest Surprises and Snubs

The 2024 Academy Award nominations are here and as expected Oppenheimer led the way with 13. What wasn’t expected, though, was its “Barbenheimer” counterpart not getting recognized in some very big categories. Barbie earned eight nods, including one for Best Picture, but shockingly both Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie missed out in their individual categories. Not that they were this year’s only notable snubs. Every year, the Oscars snubs a few worthy candidates out in Hollywood’s cold. Here are some of the Academy’s biggest surprise omissions from the movies, performers, and filmmakers who easily could have had garnered recognition for their work in 2023.

Most Shocking Oscar Snubs – Barbie‘s Greta Gerwig for Director and Margot Robbie for Best ActressWarner Bros.

Barbie was/is a cinematic phenomenon. It was good enough to earn eight nominations, including one for Best Picture. But somehow widespread critical and fan acclaim alike, along with a theater-rejuvenating box office bonanza, wasn’t enough to earn individual nominations for the two main women behind it. Director Greta Gerwig missed out on a Best Director nomination. Maybe even more shocking was that Margot Robbie was also left out of the Best Actress race, even though her co-stars America Ferrara and Ryan Gosling both got supporting noms. (Yes, Ken got nominated but Barbie didn’t. The jokes write themselves.)

Some thought Gerwig might miss the cut, but few predicted the same fate for Robbie. Despite their snubs in those categories, though, each could still take gold home at the 2024 Academy Awards. Gerwig and her husband Noah Baumbach are nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. Meanwhile Robbie is up for Best Picture as a producer on the film.

Gosling released a statement about his nomination and mentioned the snub. He said:

There is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally-celebrated film. No recognition would be possible for anyone on the film without their talent, grit and genius. To say that I’m disappointed that they are not nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement.

Most Disappointing Snubs – Past Lives‘ Greta Lee and Teo Yoo for Acting and Celine Song for DirectorA24

One of 2023’s most beautiful and moving movies rightfully earned a spot in the Best Picture race. Unfortunately Past Lives missed out in three other major categories. The film’s outstanding stars Greta Lee and Teo Yoo both got left out in the acting categories. Just as disappointing is that Celine Song also missed out for Best Director.

Song did at least garner a second nomination for the film with a spot in the competition for Best Original Screenplay.

Most Overlooked Performances – May December‘s Charles Melton for Ferrari‘s Penélope Cruz Netflix/Neon

Based on predictive models and betting markets it would have technically been a surprise if May December stars Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore jumped into their respective acting categories. But it’s stunning co-star Charles Melton didn’t make the cut. He gave one of the year’s best performances as Joe Yoo, a married man who first started dating his wife when he was just a kid. The same is true of Penélope Cruz, who was incredible as a grieving mother and estranged wife/business partner in Michael Mann‘s Ferrari. The film features one of Cruz’s best career performances.

Instead of recognizing Melton’s work, the Academy bestowed a single nomination on May December for Best Original Screenplay. That was better than Ferrari did. It came up empty, even in the technical categories where it easily could have earned multiple nominations.

Most Surprising Oscar Omission – Killers of the Flower Moon for Adapted ScreenplayParamount

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences obviously liked Killers of the Flower Moon as much as we did. The film took home ten nominations, the third most. That included recognition in major categories like Best Picture, Best Director, Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Cinematography. Yet, despite all the recognition, somehow Martin Scorsese’s film—based on David Grann’s award-winning nonfiction book of the same name—missed out in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.

If Killers of the Flower Moon had a disappointing nominating morning this omission wouldn’t seem as weird. But with all the nods it did get this one really stands as a surprising snub.

Biggest Animated Snubs – Suzume and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant MayhemToho/Paramount Pictures

The Best Animated Feature Film category features some films we fully expected to see nominated, including The Boy and the Heron, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, and Elemental. We just also expected/hoped two of our favorite animated movies from last year, Suzume and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, would be joining them.

Instead the final two spots went to Nimona and Robot Dreams, both worthy nominees themselves that serve as a reminder that with only five nominations available in most categories really good movies miss out for no other reason than other good movies beat them out.

Best Movie Completely Snubbed – All of Us Strangers

Director Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers stands as one of 2023’s most well-received films. Both critics and moviegoers alike fell in love with the story about grief and love starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal. That wasn’t enough to get it a single Oscar nomination, not even for Best Adapted Screenplay despite the film being based on Taichi Yamada’s 1987 novel Strangers.

All of us Strangers will be a stranger at the 96th Academy Awards. But the film and those who love it shouldn’t take it personally. The list of biggest 2024 Oscar snubs is an impressive list itself.

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DC ‘Elseworlds’ Projects Will House Standalone Movie and TV Series

The DC Movie and TV universe is unifying into one cohesive world under the leadership of James Gunn and Peter Safran. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for DC stories that take place beyond the main universe. After all, there are many adventures to be had in DC Comics. It would be a shame to limit our on-screen adventures to just one iteration of each. But, as we’ve seen from the MCU example, telling one coherent story can be critical. To handle this, as reported by Deadline, the DC universe and James Gunn look to the comics. For DC Comics, the Elseworlds imprint serves as a place to tell tales that don’t take place in the main universe continuity. And now Elseworlds will carry the same meaning for the new and improved DCU. Any project that explores DC characters on-screen but tells a story outside the main on-screen storyline will get an Elseworlds tag.

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Happily, across areas of the DC world, including Batman, Superman, and more, Elseworlds projects are full steam ahead. Let’s see what’s in the works.

What Is In DC Elseworlds?

The DC Elseworlds universe is already populated with many upcoming and current movie and TV projects. Should we call it the new DCEU? Or is that DCELU to avoid confusion? Matt Reeves’ The Batman 2 lives in DC’s cinematic Elseworlds. The anticipated sequel to The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson, also has a fresh release date to go along with its Elseworlds inclusion. The Batman 2 will release on October 3, 2025. But we don’t have any new plot information about it yet. There will also be a new Batman in the main DC Universe, but it’s a relief to know Battinson is not going anywhere.

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Joining The Batman 2 in DC Elseworlds is Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux, which will release on October 4, 2024. The Joker 2 will star Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga. Additionally, the animated Teen Titans Go! series joins DC Elseworlds. And a non-main-universe Superman project from J.J. Abrams and written by Ta-Nehisi Coates will also remain in the works for the standalone arm of the DC world. James Gunn recently confirmed on Threads that it was still in development. We’re happy to hear it’s moving forward.

So what is the DC Elseworlds, ultimately? It’s a way to make sure the universe remains rich but focused. The DC Elseworlds will let us continue to explore the vast world of DC’s heroes and stories, while still getting to maintain one main storyline. Sounds like a great idea to us.

Originally published on January 31, 2023.

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Bending, Creatures, and Cartoon Callbacks Arrive in AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER Trailer

Fire bending, sky bison, and the Blue Spirit, oh my! The latest trailer for Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series is here, and it is chock full of good looks at the action and story to come. This trailer gives us our first real glimpses of all four kinds of bending in all their live-action glory. And boy do they look good. This tease also takes us deep into the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender, with shots of the locations we’ll visit and some of the fascinating (sometimes adorable, sometimes ferocious) creatures we’ll meet. Of course, this trailer also reminds us what’s at the heart of Avatar: The Last Airbender, live-action or not. And that’s the power of friendship, love, and the hope we have in our hearts.

Let’s take a look.

We’re thrilled to see hallmarks of the series we know and love come to life in this adaptation, although we know the story may be remixed and reimagined a bit. Who is behind the mask of the Blue Spirit? Well, cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender fans will know, but isn’t it exciting that a whole new generation of viewers will find out for the first time in the live-action?

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Fingers crossed that the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series is as good as its trailer makes it appear. It has a lot to live up to, that’s for sure. We’re definitely excited to see bending executed perfectly! It’s integral to the series for this aspect of the world to look as smooth and fantastically realistic as possible. And it sure does.

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If nothing else, we’re relieved to find that Momo is as cute as ever. And that live-action June, the bounty hunter, is every bit as fierce as her cartoon counterpart.

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The villainous Fire Lord Ozai is also fierce… In different and similar ways.

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The synopsis for Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender trailer shares an overview of the series:

Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender is a live-action reimagining of the beloved animated series following Aang, the young Avatar, as he learns to master the four elements (Water, Earth, Fire, Air) to restore balance to a world threatened by the terrifying Fire Nation.

The live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series releases in full on Netflix on February 22, 2024. So choose your element and then strap in tight to Appa’s saddle. It’s going to be an adventure.

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Everything We Know About TRON: ARES

The long-delayed third film in Disney’s TRON franchise has finally begun production in Vancouver in January, 2024. The original 1982 TRON was a groundbreaking sci-fi film, using then state-of-the-art computer graphics to realize the world of “the Grid.” This was a digital world, living entirely inside a computer system. Video game developer Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges ) gets sucked into the Grid and has a grand adventure.

Although not a financial success upon release, TRON became a cult classic, and eventually spawned a follow-up film, TRON: Legacy, in 2010. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, That film saw Kevin Flynn’s son Sam enter the Grid looking for his missing father. A third TRON has been in some form of pre-production since then, although there briefly was the idea of it becoming a Disney+ series. Cameras finally started rolling for another film in January 2024 and we cannot wait to see it.

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Here’s everything we know about TRON: Ares.

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The name of the third installment of the TRON franchise is given alternately as TRON 3 or TRON: Ares. Disney hasn’t confirmed the latter as official, and a behind-the-scenes image from the filming of the new movie shows a chair that reads “TR3N.” So maybe that’s now the official title. Looks like we have several options but we will go with TRON: Ares for now.

TRON: Ares’ PlotDisney

We know next to nothing about the plot for the TRON: Ares. The second film, TRON: Legacy, ended with Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) escaping the digital world of the Grid, with escaped Grid refugee Quorra (Olivia Wilde) in tow. The implications that they were going to change the “real” world were there. Will the third TRON film follow up on that plot point? Perhaps not. It seems neither the characters of Sam Flynn nor Quorra are in this film, at least that we know of at this point. Rumors are that this installment will be a reboot of sorts. Jared Leto’s character of Ares was not in previous films. The film’s director said the third TRON is “a movie subsequently about AI and what it means, and takes, to be human.”

Behind-the-ScenesDisney

Sitting in the director’s chair for the third TRON film is Joachim Rønning. Rønning became known thanks to his 2012 film Kon-Tiki, after which Disney hired him to direct Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, and the upcoming Disney+ film Young Woman and the Sea. This script is from screenwriter Jesse Wigutow. We don’t know who is scoring the film, but we hope they use elements of Daft Punk’s iconic score from TRON: Legacy.

TRON: Ares’ CastSony/Disney

Jared Leto is in the lead for TRON: Ares as the (possibly) titular character of Ares, who joined the cast back in 2020. Joining him are Evan Peters, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, Cameron Monaghan, Sarah Desjardins, and the most recent addition to the cast, X-Files icon Gillian Anderson.

TRON: Ares Release Date

TRON: Ares only just started filming in early 2024. Wherever it ends up, we know we can’t wait to see those light cycles one more time.

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OPPENHEIMER Leads 2024 Oscar Nominees with 13 Nominations, Full List Revealed

“Barbenheimer” might have been the biggest movie story of 2023, but they aren’t the only films looking to have a big night during Hollywood’s most prestigious event in 2024. The 96th Oscar nominations are here, and while Oppenheimer and Barbie are up for many Academy Awards each, other critical darlings are too. Poor Things, American Fiction, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, and The Zone of Interest will also be looking to take home lots of gold statues. Here is a breakdown of 2024’s Oscar nominations, with a full list of award hopefuls below.

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Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid got up bright and early to names this year’s Academy Award nominees from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The 2024 Oscar nominee announcements included many surprises (both good and bad), but it was no surprise when Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer led the way with 13 nods. His atomic bomb epic was followed closely by another film, just not its de facto release partner Barbie. Greta Gerwig’s film got a less-than-expected eight, including snubs for both the Barbie director and the film’s star, Margot Robbie. Instead, it was Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things that garnered the second most nominations with 11.

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Martin Scorsese’s Killers of The Flower Moon was next with ten. Each of those movies is also up for 2024’s Best Picture Oscar, along with The Holdovers, American Fiction, Maestro, Anatomy of a Fall, Past Lives, and The Zone of Interest. As expected the Best Actor category looks like a battle between Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer and Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers. Killers of the Flower Moon‘s Lily Gladstone and Poor Things‘ Emma Stone are considered the favorites for Best Actress.

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Genre fans had reason to celebrate, as well. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is up for 2024’s Best Visual Effects Oscar alongside Godzilla Minus One, The Creator, and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. (Napolean rounds out the group.) Two Avengers will compete in Best Supporting Actor, as Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo both will be up for the award. And Best Score will see two Star Wars composers vying against one another. The legendary John Williams earned yet another Academy Award nomination, this time for his work on Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. As did The Mandalorian theme song composer Ludwig Göransson, who was recognized for Oppenheimer.

Those are just some of the battles we’ll be keeping an eye on when the 96th Academy Awards are given out on March 10. In the meantime, you can find the full list of 2024 Oscar nominees in all 23 categories below.

The Full List of 2024 Oscar NominationsBEST PICTURE

AMERICAN FICTION
ANATOMY OF A FALL
BARBIE
THE HOLDOVERS
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
MAESTRO
OPPENHEIMER
PAST LIVES
POOR THINGS
THE ZONE OF INTEREST

BEST DIRECTOR

JUSTINE TRIET – Anatomy of a Fall
MARTIN SCORSESE – Killers of the Flower Moon
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN – Oppenheimer
YORGOS LANTHIMOS – Poor Things 
JONATHAN GLAZER – The Zone of Interest 

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

BRADLEY COOPER – Maestro
COLMAN DOMINGO – Rustin
PAUL GIAMATTI – The Holdovers
CILLIAN MURPHY – Oppenheimer
JEFFREY WRIGHT – American Fiction

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Annette Bening — Nyad
Carey Mulligan — Maestro
Emma Stone — Poor Things
Lily Gladstone — Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller — Anatomy of a Fall

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

STERLING K. BROWN – American Fiction
ROBERT DE NIRO – Killers of the Flower Moon
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. – Oppenheimer
RYAN GOSLING – Barbie
MARK RUFFALO – Poor Things

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

EMILY BLUNT – Oppenheimer
DANIELLE BROOKS – The Color Purple
AMERICA FERRERA – Barbie
JODIE FOSTER – Nyad
DA’VINE JOY RANDOLPH – The Holdovers

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

THE BOY AND THE HERON – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
ELEMENTAL – Peter Sohn and Denise Ream
NIMONA – Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary
ROBOT DREAMS – Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE – Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal

CINEMATOGRAPHY

EL CONDE – Edward Lachman
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Rodrigo Prieto
MAESTRO – Matthew Libatique
OPPENHEIMER – Hoyte van Hoytema
POOR THINGS – Robbie Ryan

COSTUME DESIGN

BARBIE – Jacqueline Durran
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Jacqueline West
NAPOLEON -Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
OPPENHEIMER – Ellen Mirojnick
POOR THINGS – Holly Waddington

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT – Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek
THE ETERNAL MEMORY
FOUR DAUGHTERS – Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha
TO KILL A TIGER – Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL – Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING – Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic
THE BARBER OF LITTLE ROCK – John Hoffman and Christine Turner
ISLAND IN BETWEEN – S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien
THE LAST REPAIR SHOP – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
NǍI NAI & WÀI PÓ – Sean Wang and Sam Davis

FILM EDITING

ANATOMY OF A FALL – Laurent Sénéchal
THE HOLDOVERS – Kevin Tent
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Thelma Schoonmaker
OPPENHEIMER – Jennifer Lame
POOR THINGS – Yorgos Mavropsaridis

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

IO CAPITANO – Italy
PERFECT DAYS – Japan
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW – Spain
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE – Germany
THE ZONE OF INTEREST – United Kingdom

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

GOLDA – Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue
MAESTRO – Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell
OPPENHEIMER – Luisa Abel
POOR THINGS – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW – Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

AMERICAN FICTION – Laura Karpman
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY – John Williams
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Robbie Robertson
OPPENHEIMER – Ludwig Göransson
POOR THINGS – Jerskin Fendrix

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

“THE FIRE INSIDE” from Flamin’ Hot; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“I’M JUST KEN” from Barbie; Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
“IT NEVER WENT AWAY” from American Symphony; Music and Lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson
“WAHZHAZHE (A SONG FOR MY PEOPLE)” from Killers of the Flower Moon; Music and Lyric by Scott George
“WHAT WAS I MADE FOR?” from Barbie; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

PRODUCTION DESIGN

BARBIE – Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
NAPOLEON – Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff
OPPENHEIMER – Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman
POOR THINGS – Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

LETTER TO A PIG – Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter
NINETY-FIVE SENSES – Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess
OUR UNIFORM – Yegane Moghaddam
PACHYDERME – Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius
WAR IS OVER! INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF JOHN & YOKO – Dave Mullins and Brad Booker

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

THE AFTER – Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham
INVINCIBLE – Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron
KNIGHT OF FORTUNE – Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk
RED, WHITE AND BLUE – Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane
THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR – Wes Anderson and Steven Rales

SOUND

THE CREATOR – Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
MAESTRO – Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE – Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
OPPENHEIMER – Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O’Connell
THE ZONE OF INTEREST – Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn

VISUAL EFFECTS

THE CREATOR – Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould
GODZILLA MINUS ONE – Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 – Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE – Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould
NAPOLEON – Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

AMERICAN FICTION – Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson
BARBIE – Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach
OPPENHEIMER – Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan
POOR THINGS – Screenplay by Tony McNamara
THE ZONE OF INTEREST – Written by Jonathan Glazer

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

ANATOMY OF A FALL – Screenplay – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
THE HOLDOVERS – Written by David Hemingson
MAESTRO – Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer
MAY DECEMBER – Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik
PAST LIVES – Written by Celine Song

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Watch the HIT MAN Trailer, Richard Linklater’s Film Starring Glen Powell

Acclaimed filmmaker Richard Linklater is following up his film Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood with a collaboration between him and Top Gun: Maverick actor Glen Powell, called Hit Man. The upcoming Netflix movie, based loosely on a true story about a regular guy who fakes being a hit man, was also co-written by Powell. You can check out the Hit Man trailer, which drops on the streamer on June 7, below.

Read Hit Man‘s synopsis:

Inspired by an unbelievable true story, a strait-laced professor discovers his hidden talent as a fake hit man. He meets his match in a client who steals his heart and ignites a powder keg of deception, delight, and mixed-up identities.

Aside from Powell, Hit Man also stars Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta, Sanjay Rao, Molly Bernard, and Evan Holtzman. Linklater said about working together with Powell, “[Glen] is a great collaborator. It’s kind of like a sports team. If the best guy on the team is also the hardest-working, you might win. That’s what Glen is. He wants everybody on the team to be great.” On working with Linklater, Powell said, “Rick has had this just incredibly bold career, having played in every sort of space. This movie is the culmination of all these different genres and characters in one movie. It was difficult to pull off, and he made it look effortless.”

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This is not the first time that Richard Linklater and Glen Powell have collaborated. Powell starred in Linklater’s film Everybody Wants Some!! back in 2016. He also was a voice actor in Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood. Maybe we’re seeing the birth of a new director/actor dream team? Move over, Scorsese and DiCaprio.

It appears that Hit Man will have a limited theatrical release before hitting Netflix. That’s becoming standard with higher-profile releases from the streaming giant. Hit Man arrives on Netflix on June 7.

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RICK AND MORTY: THE ANIME Coming In 2024, New Teaser Clip Revealed

Ready for even more of Rick and Morty‘s wild world? Well, you’re in luck because we’re about to see the show in a whole new way. Adult Swim has officially ordered a Rick and Morty anime series. Of course, we’ve seen Rick and Morty anime shorts before, but they’ve been, well, short. This time, Rick and Morty: The Anime will get a full ten episodes, according to Deadline. And now, we have a new look at what’s in store for us in Rick and Morty: The Anime. Adult Swim has released an “Early Look” clip that gives us a tease of the series as well as other clips and trailers. All of these offer us a good glimpse of the animation and a sense of what this Rick and Morty anime will unleash.

Rick and Morty: The Anime First Looks, Clips, and More

Our latest look at Rick and Morty: The Anime is a fairly meditative one. Although there may be a lot of shenanigans in store, there will also be some quiet moments of contemplation. And we’d expect nothing else. Although we live in infinite possibilities, we only get one life that we choose. And how are we spending it? Watching Rick and Morty: The Anime. We regret nothing.

Meanwhile, the description of Rick and Morty: The Anime‘s other latest sneak peek clip shares, “While flying near space distortion, Rick finds himself surrounded by multiple versions of himself from parallel universes.” This one brings a little more action to the table.

Finally, our last teaser trailer for the Rick and Morty anime comes with some insights from director Takashi Sano. Take a look at what he has to say about bringing Rick and Morty into this whole new world.

Although there’s no release date yet, we’re excited to see the progress on the show. Eventually, this Rick and Morty offshoot will air on Adult Swim and Max. As far as where it stands in canon, Rick and Morty: The Anime will remain separate from the main series. But it will, however, “adapt themes and events from the original title.” The teaser trailer doesn’t reveal much more to us than that. The show does not yet have an official synopsis.

‘RICK AND MORTY: THE ANIME’ is in the works at Adult Swim. pic.twitter.com/WEc5v6LXqs

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) May 18, 2022

When Will Rick and Morty: The Anime Release

As mentioned, there is no exact release date for this series yet. However, Adult Swim has confirmed that Rick and Morty: The Anime will arrive in 2024.

Rick and Morty‘s Anime History and Future

As mentioned, Takashi Sano, who directed Tower of God, will also direct this series. Sano led two of the aforementioned Rick and Morty anime shorts already. He directed both “Rick and Morty vs. Genocider” and “Summer Meets God (Rick Meets Evil).”

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We’ve greatly enjoyed both these previous Rick and Morty anime outings. They’ve been touching, confusing, weird, and really excellent additions to the franchise as a whole. Clearly, Adult Swim thought so too.

Sano’s Rick and Morty anime shorts accomplished so much with so little space, we can’t imagine what he’ll do with a full ten episodes. We wonder if each episode will stand alone or if there will be a throughline connecting them all together. It’s too early to tell, but at least we know the series is in safe hands. Not just anyone could adapt Rick and Morty‘s world successfully.

Sano recently shared at SDCC 2023 (via Comicbook.com), “What I’ve tried to accomplish in 10 episodes is to take all of my favorite parts of Rick and Morty…compress them down to extract their essence, and then add a unique Japanese twist. I’d like you to enjoy Rick and Morty‘s adventures as they’re whisked through time and space, tangled up in all sorts of chaos… And after all 10 episodes I think you’ll find yourself in a particular state of mind. And that state, I believe, best reflects the feelings I get watching Rick and Morty. I hope you enjoy the new series. Please, do check it out!”

Adult SwimThis Rick and Morty Outing Will Be Subbed

Rick and Morty: The Anime will also be subbed and not dubbed, like the show’s anime shorts before it.

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As we wait for this new show, we’ll be rewatching the shorts that already exist and pondering the infinite possibilities this upcoming series offers to us. We have a feeling our minds are about to be blown.

Originally published on May 18, 2022.

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