Can robots have a coming of age story? Well, Optimus Prime, Megatron and their assembled mechanical factions are alien robots known as Transformers, so, you know, anything is possible. And indeed, Transformers One takes us back to a time before sides had been taken in the war between the Autobots and Decepticons, when Optimus was known as Orion Pax, and Megatron went by the slightly less imposing moniker of D-16.
The animated adventure, directed by Toy Story 4's Josh Cooley, harkens back to the 1986 Transformers: The Movie, but is set even further back in time, when Cybertron holds secrets and threats – compelling Orion, D-16, B-127 (Aka Bumblebee) and their friend Elita-1 to become what they're supposed to be. They're about to go through a – pun entirely intended – transformational experience.
With the first trailer now online, Empire spoke to Cooley about taking on the challenge of directing a new Transformers story,...
The animated adventure, directed by Toy Story 4's Josh Cooley, harkens back to the 1986 Transformers: The Movie, but is set even further back in time, when Cybertron holds secrets and threats – compelling Orion, D-16, B-127 (Aka Bumblebee) and their friend Elita-1 to become what they're supposed to be. They're about to go through a – pun entirely intended – transformational experience.
With the first trailer now online, Empire spoke to Cooley about taking on the challenge of directing a new Transformers story,...
- 4/18/2024
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
In 1929 and at the first Academy Awards, two movies walked away with the top prizes: William Wellman’s Wings won for Outstanding Picture while F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise scooped up the Oscar for Unique and Artistic Picture. Both movies were ostensibly about love triangles, but the former was a romantic action picture while the latter was an Expressionist film rich in symbolism and allegory.
That was the first and only time that two separate awards were given for what eventually became known as the Oscar for Best Picture. The Unique and Artistic Picture prize went away while Outstanding Picture remained–only it was now open to both populist hits like Wings and, for lack of a better word, artsier fare like Sunrise. And so it stayed for nearly 90 years, as the Oscars grew from a 15-minute ceremony at a private dinner to a massive TV spectacle viewed worldwide by as...
That was the first and only time that two separate awards were given for what eventually became known as the Oscar for Best Picture. The Unique and Artistic Picture prize went away while Outstanding Picture remained–only it was now open to both populist hits like Wings and, for lack of a better word, artsier fare like Sunrise. And so it stayed for nearly 90 years, as the Oscars grew from a 15-minute ceremony at a private dinner to a massive TV spectacle viewed worldwide by as...
- 3/11/2023
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
When director Harold Ramis and producing partner Trevor Albert stumbled upon the screenplay for Groundhog Day, no one knew it would become a film that viewers would (voluntarily) watch over and over.
Having followed National Lampoon’s Vacation with 1986’s underperforming Club Paradise, Ramis wanted his next project to aim outside the box. CAA’s Richard Lovett tipped him off to Danny Rubin’s spec script for a philosophical comedy about jaded TV weatherman Phil Connors, who gets snowbound covering the Groundhog Day festival in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania; he soon finds himself unable to stop reliving the titular holiday.
“I don’t remember much about what I was doing 30 years ago — or three years ago — but I remember sitting down and reading that script, and by the time I got to page 20, yelling to Harold, ‘I think I have a script you’re gonna want to read,'” Albert tells The Hollywood Reporter.
Having followed National Lampoon’s Vacation with 1986’s underperforming Club Paradise, Ramis wanted his next project to aim outside the box. CAA’s Richard Lovett tipped him off to Danny Rubin’s spec script for a philosophical comedy about jaded TV weatherman Phil Connors, who gets snowbound covering the Groundhog Day festival in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania; he soon finds himself unable to stop reliving the titular holiday.
“I don’t remember much about what I was doing 30 years ago — or three years ago — but I remember sitting down and reading that script, and by the time I got to page 20, yelling to Harold, ‘I think I have a script you’re gonna want to read,'” Albert tells The Hollywood Reporter.
- 2/1/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every day of the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is writer/director Justin M. Seaman’s 1980s retro slasher The Barn, and you can watch the movie over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.
Released in 2016, The Barn tells the following story:
Its Halloween 1989, best friends Sam and Josh are trying to enjoy what’s left of their final Devil’s Night before graduating high school. But trouble arises when the two pals and a group of friends take a detour on their way to a rock concert, finding an old abandoned barn and awakening the evil inside. Now it’s up to Sam...
Released in 2016, The Barn tells the following story:
Its Halloween 1989, best friends Sam and Josh are trying to enjoy what’s left of their final Devil’s Night before graduating high school. But trouble arises when the two pals and a group of friends take a detour on their way to a rock concert, finding an old abandoned barn and awakening the evil inside. Now it’s up to Sam...
- 11/28/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
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Joan Hotchkis, who appeared as Oscar Madison’s girlfriend on ABC’s The Odd Couple and in films including Breezy and Ode to Billie Joe before becoming a playwright, screenwriter and feminist performance artist, has died. She was 95.
Hotchkis died Sept. 27 of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles, her daughter, Paula Chambers, announced.
A member of The Actors Studio, Hotchkis played the wife of William Windom’s James Thurber-like cartoonist on the high-concept NBC comedy My World and Welcome to It in 1969-70 and the lascivious Lydia on the five-days-a-week syndicated sitcom The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts in 1980.
In 1974, Hotchkis wrote her first play, Legacy, about a day when an upper-class housewife suffers a mental and emotional breakdown. She starred in the one-woman drama, directed by noted Method acting teacher Eric Morris, at Actors Studio West in Los Angeles.
Hotchkis...
Joan Hotchkis, who appeared as Oscar Madison’s girlfriend on ABC’s The Odd Couple and in films including Breezy and Ode to Billie Joe before becoming a playwright, screenwriter and feminist performance artist, has died. She was 95.
Hotchkis died Sept. 27 of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles, her daughter, Paula Chambers, announced.
A member of The Actors Studio, Hotchkis played the wife of William Windom’s James Thurber-like cartoonist on the high-concept NBC comedy My World and Welcome to It in 1969-70 and the lascivious Lydia on the five-days-a-week syndicated sitcom The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts in 1980.
In 1974, Hotchkis wrote her first play, Legacy, about a day when an upper-class housewife suffers a mental and emotional breakdown. She starred in the one-woman drama, directed by noted Method acting teacher Eric Morris, at Actors Studio West in Los Angeles.
Hotchkis...
- 10/4/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Continuing a tradition that began in 1985, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday named four individuals and one writing team as the final winners for the 2022 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.
Jennifer Archer from Springwater, Ontario, and Timothy Ware-Hill of Orange, NJ, took two of the spots. The other three went to winners from Southern California including Sam Boyer, J.M. Levine, and the team of Callie Bloem and Christopher Ewing. Each individual and the writing team will receive a 35,000 prize and mentorship opportunities from an AMPAS member for their fellowship year.
A live read of selected scenes from all five of the winning scripts will be performed November 9 during the formal awards ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
The Nicholl Fellowships was established in 1985 through the support of Gee Nicholl in memory of her husband Don Nicholl.
A total of 5,526 scripts from 85 countries were submitted for this year’s competition.
Jennifer Archer from Springwater, Ontario, and Timothy Ware-Hill of Orange, NJ, took two of the spots. The other three went to winners from Southern California including Sam Boyer, J.M. Levine, and the team of Callie Bloem and Christopher Ewing. Each individual and the writing team will receive a 35,000 prize and mentorship opportunities from an AMPAS member for their fellowship year.
A live read of selected scenes from all five of the winning scripts will be performed November 9 during the formal awards ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
The Nicholl Fellowships was established in 1985 through the support of Gee Nicholl in memory of her husband Don Nicholl.
A total of 5,526 scripts from 85 countries were submitted for this year’s competition.
- 9/29/2022
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy has announced this year’s Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winners, including four individuals and one writing team. Each individual and writing team will receive a 35,000 prize and mentorship from an Academy member throughout the recipient’s fellowship year.
In addition to the winners being featured at the 2022 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards, an ensemble of actors will read selected scenes from the winning screenplays live at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Nov. 9.
This year’s amateur screenwriters competition received a total of 5,526 scripts from 85 countries. After several rounds that were judged by industry professionals and Academy members, 11 individual screenwriters were selected as finalists, with their scripts read and judged by the Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee before voting on this year’s winners. The 2022 finalists include Michael Boyle (“8 Habits of Highly Murderous People”), Darcy P. Brislin (“We Sing”), Jake Disch (“The Supremes”), Julian Hooper (“Madame”) and S.
In addition to the winners being featured at the 2022 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards, an ensemble of actors will read selected scenes from the winning screenplays live at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Nov. 9.
This year’s amateur screenwriters competition received a total of 5,526 scripts from 85 countries. After several rounds that were judged by industry professionals and Academy members, 11 individual screenwriters were selected as finalists, with their scripts read and judged by the Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee before voting on this year’s winners. The 2022 finalists include Michael Boyle (“8 Habits of Highly Murderous People”), Darcy P. Brislin (“We Sing”), Jake Disch (“The Supremes”), Julian Hooper (“Madame”) and S.
- 9/29/2022
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science announced on Thursday that four individuals and one writing team have been selected as winners of the 2022 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.
The prize includes 35,000 for each individual and writing team, as well as mentorship from an Academy member throughout their fellowship year.
On Nov. 9 at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, an ensemble of actors will read selected scenes from the winning scripts.
Also Read:
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The 2022 winners are:
Jennifer Archer (Springwater, Ontario, Canada), “Into the Deep Blue”
Nick Bennet is rebuilding his life after the death of his mom, a DUI, and mandatory grief counseling. Together with Fiona, his fiery best friend from therapy, they navigate the waters of grief and their growing feelings.
Callie Bloem and Christopher Ewing (Los Angeles), “Tape 22”
A music journalist reeling from the...
The prize includes 35,000 for each individual and writing team, as well as mentorship from an Academy member throughout their fellowship year.
On Nov. 9 at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, an ensemble of actors will read selected scenes from the winning scripts.
Also Read:
All 17 Egot Winners, From Audrey Hepburn to Jennifer Hudson (Photos)
The 2022 winners are:
Jennifer Archer (Springwater, Ontario, Canada), “Into the Deep Blue”
Nick Bennet is rebuilding his life after the death of his mom, a DUI, and mandatory grief counseling. Together with Fiona, his fiery best friend from therapy, they navigate the waters of grief and their growing feelings.
Callie Bloem and Christopher Ewing (Los Angeles), “Tape 22”
A music journalist reeling from the...
- 9/29/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Director Robert Benton and Paul Newman come through with an extremely pleasing small town story. Snowy North Bath New York would seem a pit of failures big and small, until we begin to appreciate its social web of ‘support relationships’ that fill in for broken family connections. Newman’s injured laborer can’t get a fair shake, but he begins to realize the importance of his neighbors and his grandson. The comic conflicts are wholly believable, with Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Philip Seymour Hoffman on board: this one is Mellow and Mature (and a little racy) without succumbing to Hallmark TV drama sentimentality.
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Nobody’s Fool
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Starring: Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Dylan Walsh, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gene Saks, Josef Sommer, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Catherine Dent, Margo Martindale,...
- 8/27/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Producer Janet Yang has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy’s Board of Governors announced on Tuesday.
She was elected at a virtual meeting of the 54-member board, which was selecting a successor to casting director David Rubin. While presidents can serve four consecutive one-year terms, Rubin had to leave the board because of term limits after serving three terms.
Yang is a member of the Academy’s Producers Branch and for the past year had served as a vice president of the board and chair of the Membership Committee.
Yang is a producer of “The Joy Luck Club,” “The People vs. Larry Flynt” and the recent Oscar-nominated animated feature “Over the Moon.” Born in New York City, she will be the Academy’s first president of Asian descent, and the fourth woman after Bette Davis (who resigned after two months in...
She was elected at a virtual meeting of the 54-member board, which was selecting a successor to casting director David Rubin. While presidents can serve four consecutive one-year terms, Rubin had to leave the board because of term limits after serving three terms.
Yang is a member of the Academy’s Producers Branch and for the past year had served as a vice president of the board and chair of the Membership Committee.
Yang is a producer of “The Joy Luck Club,” “The People vs. Larry Flynt” and the recent Oscar-nominated animated feature “Over the Moon.” Born in New York City, she will be the Academy’s first president of Asian descent, and the fourth woman after Bette Davis (who resigned after two months in...
- 8/2/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Here’s a wish for Tuesday:
Sometime during the day, governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will meet to elect new officers, including a president to replace termed-out David Rubin. I wish they would choose a Great Communicator for the top job.
The film Academy already has a Great Operator running its staff in the person of recently appointed Bill Kramer. Less than a month on the job, Kramer has already restructured management (a new 14-member ‘masthead’ on the Oscars.org Web site integrates Academy and Museum officers), re-ordered priorities (appointment of an executive vice-president for revenue and business development points toward fiscal rigor), and laid track for a possible repositioning of the Oscar ceremony.
There’s every reason to believe that Kramer, who is articulate and not shy, could also serve as principal spokesman for the Academy in his role as chief executive.
But the members, around 10,000 of them at this point, deserve to have an elected president, one of their own, serving as their collective voice—to be their Communicator.
It’s a function that has become considerably diminished in the last decade, as a series of presidents—Rubin, John Bailey, Cheryl Boone-Isaacs—retreated from the more freewheeling public posture of previous top officers—Hawk Koch, Tom Sherak, Sidney Ganis.
Partly, it was a matter of professional background. Rubin, a casting director, and Bailey, a cinematographer, were clearly rooted in a Hollywood tradition that has restricted most communication to the public relations pros. Neither talked much publicly, and when they did speak, it was carefully, and often in tandem with Kramer’s predecessor, Dawn Hudson.
Similarly, Boone-Isaacs, though a marketing and PR professional, was fairly tight-lipped. An old-school executive, she seemed to believe that Hollywood’s business was Hollywood’s business, and mostly none of yours—a contrast with the prior three presidents, who were notably outgoing.
But Tuesday brings an inflection point. The next president, to be elected by and from among a 54-member governing board, will be in the hot spot eight months from now when the Academy finally implements an elaborate, long-promised system of racial, gender and disability standards and quotas governing Best Picture contenders.
The Identity Oscars are going to take a lot of explaining, both to contenders and to the public at large.
Already, questions are bubbling up in the expanded Faq section of the Representation and Inclusion Standards Entry platform, on which Oscar contenders are required to enter data about their performers, filmmakers, crew, distributors and content.
Yes, says the platform, it is necessary for all of the hundreds of Oscar-submitted pictures to create a Raise entry, even if they don’t want to be considered for Best Picture, “as we cannot distinguish a Best Picture entry at the point of submission.”
No, the platform says, you cannot review your own submission until you have entered information for all of the many standards.
Of course, the bigger questions will arise when the Academy inevitably discloses its list of films that qualify under the inclusion standards—leaving the unqualified, if any, to explain their exclusion. Are they racist? Are they sexist? Are they simply films born in a national culture that is less multi-ethnic or diversity-conscious than our own?
And if no films are disqualified, why are we doing this at all?
According to the current whisper, front-runners in the Academy’s closed-door presidential race are Janet Yang and DeVon Franklin, both of whom were appointed as governors-at-large—representing no specific branch–under the board’s diversity initiative.
In truth, their provenance matters less than their powers of persuasion. As the next president, Yang, or Franklin, or anyone else will at last have to sell this new system as best for the Academy and for the industry it serves.
Sometime during the day, governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will meet to elect new officers, including a president to replace termed-out David Rubin. I wish they would choose a Great Communicator for the top job.
The film Academy already has a Great Operator running its staff in the person of recently appointed Bill Kramer. Less than a month on the job, Kramer has already restructured management (a new 14-member ‘masthead’ on the Oscars.org Web site integrates Academy and Museum officers), re-ordered priorities (appointment of an executive vice-president for revenue and business development points toward fiscal rigor), and laid track for a possible repositioning of the Oscar ceremony.
There’s every reason to believe that Kramer, who is articulate and not shy, could also serve as principal spokesman for the Academy in his role as chief executive.
But the members, around 10,000 of them at this point, deserve to have an elected president, one of their own, serving as their collective voice—to be their Communicator.
It’s a function that has become considerably diminished in the last decade, as a series of presidents—Rubin, John Bailey, Cheryl Boone-Isaacs—retreated from the more freewheeling public posture of previous top officers—Hawk Koch, Tom Sherak, Sidney Ganis.
Partly, it was a matter of professional background. Rubin, a casting director, and Bailey, a cinematographer, were clearly rooted in a Hollywood tradition that has restricted most communication to the public relations pros. Neither talked much publicly, and when they did speak, it was carefully, and often in tandem with Kramer’s predecessor, Dawn Hudson.
Similarly, Boone-Isaacs, though a marketing and PR professional, was fairly tight-lipped. An old-school executive, she seemed to believe that Hollywood’s business was Hollywood’s business, and mostly none of yours—a contrast with the prior three presidents, who were notably outgoing.
But Tuesday brings an inflection point. The next president, to be elected by and from among a 54-member governing board, will be in the hot spot eight months from now when the Academy finally implements an elaborate, long-promised system of racial, gender and disability standards and quotas governing Best Picture contenders.
The Identity Oscars are going to take a lot of explaining, both to contenders and to the public at large.
Already, questions are bubbling up in the expanded Faq section of the Representation and Inclusion Standards Entry platform, on which Oscar contenders are required to enter data about their performers, filmmakers, crew, distributors and content.
Yes, says the platform, it is necessary for all of the hundreds of Oscar-submitted pictures to create a Raise entry, even if they don’t want to be considered for Best Picture, “as we cannot distinguish a Best Picture entry at the point of submission.”
No, the platform says, you cannot review your own submission until you have entered information for all of the many standards.
Of course, the bigger questions will arise when the Academy inevitably discloses its list of films that qualify under the inclusion standards—leaving the unqualified, if any, to explain their exclusion. Are they racist? Are they sexist? Are they simply films born in a national culture that is less multi-ethnic or diversity-conscious than our own?
And if no films are disqualified, why are we doing this at all?
According to the current whisper, front-runners in the Academy’s closed-door presidential race are Janet Yang and DeVon Franklin, both of whom were appointed as governors-at-large—representing no specific branch–under the board’s diversity initiative.
In truth, their provenance matters less than their powers of persuasion. As the next president, Yang, or Franklin, or anyone else will at last have to sell this new system as best for the Academy and for the industry it serves.
- 8/1/2022
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
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The glamour of Old Hollywood is timeless, but the holiday season is a great time to purchase one of these classic film-themed gifts. In addition to curating broadcast lineups of the greatest films of all time (from one of the largest film libraries in the world), Turner Classic Movies has also curated a wide variety of gifts for the classic film fan in your life — or yourself, if that’s you. And if you subscribe to Hulu Live or Sling TV, you can stream all the TCM movies your heart desires. If you’re not subscribed, Hulu Live costs just $64.99 a month after a free seven-day trial. That means you can officially cut...
The glamour of Old Hollywood is timeless, but the holiday season is a great time to purchase one of these classic film-themed gifts. In addition to curating broadcast lineups of the greatest films of all time (from one of the largest film libraries in the world), Turner Classic Movies has also curated a wide variety of gifts for the classic film fan in your life — or yourself, if that’s you. And if you subscribe to Hulu Live or Sling TV, you can stream all the TCM movies your heart desires. If you’re not subscribed, Hulu Live costs just $64.99 a month after a free seven-day trial. That means you can officially cut...
- 11/2/2021
- by Jean Bentley and Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
When Disney announced that Game of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were writing a series of new Star Wars films, there was much rejoicing. After all, GoT is the benchmark for quality fantasy, providing years of top-tier entertainment that’s politically complex, full of fascinating and charismatic characters and with extremely satisfying plotting. If they could turn their talents to a galaxy far far away, we might be in for something truly special. Then the final season began airing and it’s safe to say that it hasn’t exactly provided what fans wanted.
I won’t spoil things here, but they consider that the show’s treatment of some important characters has ruined them, with many loudly yelling online that they feel that the eight years they’ve invested in the series have been totally wasted. And now, with Game of Thrones apparently turning out to be an all-time great anticlimax,...
I won’t spoil things here, but they consider that the show’s treatment of some important characters has ruined them, with many loudly yelling online that they feel that the eight years they’ve invested in the series have been totally wasted. And now, with Game of Thrones apparently turning out to be an all-time great anticlimax,...
- 5/15/2019
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Three-time Oscar nominee “Baby Driver” received the dubious honor of an “Honest Trailers” parody. Tuesday’s four-minute montage teases writer-director Edgar Wright for laboring 22 years on what became his highest-grossing film ($227 million worldwide), and calls out his namesake hero (Ansel Elgort) for criminal oversights and “white-boy dancing.”
Narrator Jon Bailey is less playful when reminding viewers that action and music-infused plot also features “the creepy, bank-robbing ringleader Doc, who’s even more creepy because he’s played by a pre-scandal Kevin Spacey … who’s even more creepy because he carries around a little box of kids’ toys,” and professes to his decades-younger getaway driver, “You are my lucky charm.”
Spacey has been accused of sexual misconduct against 30-plus men and boys since late October, news that caused Ridley Scott to swap Spacey for Christopher Plummer in “All the Money in the World.” Plummer’s face is superimposed onto Spacey’s...
Narrator Jon Bailey is less playful when reminding viewers that action and music-infused plot also features “the creepy, bank-robbing ringleader Doc, who’s even more creepy because he’s played by a pre-scandal Kevin Spacey … who’s even more creepy because he carries around a little box of kids’ toys,” and professes to his decades-younger getaway driver, “You are my lucky charm.”
Spacey has been accused of sexual misconduct against 30-plus men and boys since late October, news that caused Ridley Scott to swap Spacey for Christopher Plummer in “All the Money in the World.” Plummer’s face is superimposed onto Spacey’s...
- 4/17/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
The Telluride Film Festival is about a lot more than Oscars. Co-directors Tom Luddy and Julie Huntsinger certainly set out to program the year’s likeliest Oscar contenders, including Joe Wright’s Gary Oldman vehicle “Darkest Hour,” Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird,” starring Saoirse Ronan, Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” starring Sally Hawkins, and “Battle of the Sexes,” starring a luminous Emma Stone as real-life hero Billie Jean King.
But Telluride was also a crucible for conversations about the state of the motion picture industry throughout the weekend, as Netflix and Amazon threw parties and checked out several high-profile movies without distribution — including Francis Ford Coppola’s musically-enhanced “The Cotton Club Encore” — that banked on the festival boosting their critical and audience cred before top buyers.
Here’s what we learned over the Labor Day weekend:
1. Christian Bale is fat.
The subject of two well-deserved weekend tributes...
But Telluride was also a crucible for conversations about the state of the motion picture industry throughout the weekend, as Netflix and Amazon threw parties and checked out several high-profile movies without distribution — including Francis Ford Coppola’s musically-enhanced “The Cotton Club Encore” — that banked on the festival boosting their critical and audience cred before top buyers.
Here’s what we learned over the Labor Day weekend:
1. Christian Bale is fat.
The subject of two well-deserved weekend tributes...
- 9/4/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Telluride Film Festival is about a lot more than Oscars. Co-directors Tom Luddy and Julie Huntsinger certainly set out to program the year’s likeliest Oscar contenders, including Joe Wright’s Gary Oldman vehicle “Darkest Hour,” Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird,” starring Saoirse Ronan, Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” starring Sally Hawkins, and “Battle of the Sexes,” starring a luminous Emma Stone as real-life hero Billie Jean King.
But Telluride was also a crucible for conversations about the state of the motion picture industry throughout the weekend, as Netflix and Amazon threw parties and checked out several high-profile movies without distribution — including Francis Ford Coppola’s musically-enhanced “The Cotton Club Encore” — that banked on the festival boosting their critical and audience cred before top buyers.
Here’s what we learned over the Labor Day weekend:
1. Christian Bale is fat.
The subject of two well-deserved weekend tributes...
But Telluride was also a crucible for conversations about the state of the motion picture industry throughout the weekend, as Netflix and Amazon threw parties and checked out several high-profile movies without distribution — including Francis Ford Coppola’s musically-enhanced “The Cotton Club Encore” — that banked on the festival boosting their critical and audience cred before top buyers.
Here’s what we learned over the Labor Day weekend:
1. Christian Bale is fat.
The subject of two well-deserved weekend tributes...
- 9/4/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Christopher Nolan and the Oscars have a love-hate relationship. He’s been nominated for only three Oscars, two for Original Screenplay: “Memento” in 2000 and big-scale epic “Inception” in 2010. That year, he was also nominated as a producer of “Inception,” which followed the surprising omission of “The Dark Knight” for Best Picture contention in 2009. That pushed the Academy to change its rules to allow more Best Picture slots, which might encourage more people around the world to watch the Oscars.
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Nolan’s films have mostly cleaned up in the technical realm. Cinematographer Wally Pfister was nominated for “Batman Begins,” “The Prestige,” and “Inception,” which landed eight nominations and four wins (for Pfister, sound editing and mixing, and VFX) . The Academy voters punished sequel “The Dark Knight Rises” with no nominations at all. And...
Read More‘Dunkirk’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Monumental War Epic Is The Best Film He’s Ever Made
Nolan’s films have mostly cleaned up in the technical realm. Cinematographer Wally Pfister was nominated for “Batman Begins,” “The Prestige,” and “Inception,” which landed eight nominations and four wins (for Pfister, sound editing and mixing, and VFX) . The Academy voters punished sequel “The Dark Knight Rises” with no nominations at all. And...
- 7/18/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
After getting its Blu-Ray release last week, “Rogue One” is finally getting an Honest Trailer after hundreds upon hundreds of YouTube comments pleaded for Screen Junkies to turn their satirical eye toward a movie whose title they can’t seem to spell. “Seriously, guys, you need to learn how to spell ‘Rogue’,” Honest Trailers star Jon Bailey says. Also Read: Carrie Fisher Will Appear in 'Star Wars: Episode IX,' Brother Says After getting the mandatory prequel jokes out of the way, the video digs into the movie it calls “the most money anyone’s ever spent to fill a plot hole,...
- 4/11/2017
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Since we announced our epic contest and awards for Vine (complete with a promo video from the Epic Voice Guy himself, Jon Bailey) a laundry list of over 400 talented creators with recognizable names have entered the fray. That list includes King Bach, Brittany Furlan, Jake Paul, Logan Paul, Lele Pons, Rudy Mancuso, the National Basketball Association, Thomas Sanders, Turner Sports, Justin Bieber, Anwar Jibawi, Brandon Bowen, Brandon Calvillo, ChloeLMAO, David Dobrik, The Gabbie Show, Jérôme Jarre, Ry Doon, and many more. And it's not too late to add your name to it, too.
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- 3/24/2017
- by Tubefilter Staff
- Tubefilter.com
A week ago we announced our epic contest and awards for the six-second looping video app that left the world too soon. Now, we're ready for you to rewatch your favorite one-tenth-of-a-minute pieces of entertainment ephemera and cast your vote for the Best Vines Ever!
Over 400 of the most epic former Vine creators have signed up for the contest - including King Bach, Brittany Furlan, Jake Paul, Logan Paul, Lele Pons, Rudy Mancuso, the National Basketball Association, Thomas Sanders, Turner Sports, Justin Bieber, Anwar Jibawi, Brandon Bowen, Brandon Calvillo, ChloeLMAO, David Dobrik, The Gabbie Show, Jérôme Jarre, Ry Doon, and many, many more - and all of their collective 150,000 Vines are in the running to take home awards from the Best Vines EVERn befitting their creative ingenuity.
And to show you just how epic this Best Vines Ever contest and awards is going to be, we got the Epic Voice...
Over 400 of the most epic former Vine creators have signed up for the contest - including King Bach, Brittany Furlan, Jake Paul, Logan Paul, Lele Pons, Rudy Mancuso, the National Basketball Association, Thomas Sanders, Turner Sports, Justin Bieber, Anwar Jibawi, Brandon Bowen, Brandon Calvillo, ChloeLMAO, David Dobrik, The Gabbie Show, Jérôme Jarre, Ry Doon, and many, many more - and all of their collective 150,000 Vines are in the running to take home awards from the Best Vines EVERn befitting their creative ingenuity.
And to show you just how epic this Best Vines Ever contest and awards is going to be, we got the Epic Voice...
- 3/21/2017
- by Tubefilter Staff
- Tubefilter.com
Before “Wayne’s World,” “Dumb & Dumber” and “Dude, Where’s My Car?” there was “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” a sci-fi comedy about two seemingly dumb teens who struggle to prepare a historical presentation with the help of a time machine.
Now, the 1989 film starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter is getting the long-overdue Honest treatment.
Read More: Keanu Reeves Narrates Short Film About The Importance of Film Preservation
“They hang out together, rock out together and say the exact same words together,” says Honest Trailers narrator Jon Bailey about buddies Ted ‘Theodore’ Logan and Bill S. Preston, Esq., who basically do and say everything as a pair.
The Peter Hewitt–directed movie is described as the “one film [that] brings something original about the two-dumb-guys-being-dumb genre: time travel.”
The trailer also puts emphasis on the way the film portrays the gay panic of the time and its use of anti-gay slurs,...
Now, the 1989 film starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter is getting the long-overdue Honest treatment.
Read More: Keanu Reeves Narrates Short Film About The Importance of Film Preservation
“They hang out together, rock out together and say the exact same words together,” says Honest Trailers narrator Jon Bailey about buddies Ted ‘Theodore’ Logan and Bill S. Preston, Esq., who basically do and say everything as a pair.
The Peter Hewitt–directed movie is described as the “one film [that] brings something original about the two-dumb-guys-being-dumb genre: time travel.”
The trailer also puts emphasis on the way the film portrays the gay panic of the time and its use of anti-gay slurs,...
- 1/5/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
It’s strange it didn’t happen sooner: Honest Trailers has finally come out with its sardonic, blistering take on David Ayer’s beleaguered Suicide Squad, the star-studded movie that was supposed to right DC’s ship and definitely did not. Honest Trailers creator Andy Signore and his writer have plenty of fun pointing out all of Suicide Squad’s faults and failings. Before even turning his attention to the movie itself, gravelly voiced narrator Jon Bailey has a few choice words for the panicky, bumbling studio executives at Warner Bros., who insisted on desperate recuts and reshoots before this film ever reached audiences. And Ayer made things no better when he publicly lashed out at rival Marvel. These folks constituted their very own suicide squad of sorts. And that “Worst Heroes Ever” tagline seemed to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
As for the movie itself, Honest Trailers points out that...
As for the movie itself, Honest Trailers points out that...
- 12/7/2016
- by Joe Blevins
- avclub.com
The fourth season of the popular BBC series “Sherlock,” about the continuing adventures of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his trusty assistant Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman), is set to premiere in January. But before that, Screen Junkies has released another Honest Trailer about the series that pokes fun at Cumberbatch’s portrayal, the series’ reliance on “Law & Order” rules and other visual and narrative tropes. Watch it below.
Read More: ‘Sherlock’ Season 4 Trailer: Benedict Cumberbatch’s Demons Are Waiting
“The world’s most famous detective returns to the screen, for like the 200th time,” drones the humorous voiceover performed by Jon Bailey. “But this show is more than a rehash of public domain stories from the 1890’s. Now, they blog!”
The voiceover goes on to comment on how Sherlock calls himself a “high-functioning sociopath,” which basically means he gets away with being...
Read More: ‘Sherlock’ Season 4 Trailer: Benedict Cumberbatch’s Demons Are Waiting
“The world’s most famous detective returns to the screen, for like the 200th time,” drones the humorous voiceover performed by Jon Bailey. “But this show is more than a rehash of public domain stories from the 1890’s. Now, they blog!”
The voiceover goes on to comment on how Sherlock calls himself a “high-functioning sociopath,” which basically means he gets away with being...
- 11/1/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
In case you haven’t heard, Honest Trailers managed to snag itself an Emmy nomination in one of the award show’s new short-form categories. Don’t think for a second, though, that the recognition earned by the Defy Media-produced web series will go to its head. Instead of offering congratulatory pats on the back to its fellow nominees, Honest Trailers has chosen to lampoon 15 of them in a single episode.
The Emmy edition of Honest Trailers pokes fun at all seven nominated shows in both the Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series categories, as well as the limited series nominee The People v. O.J. Simpson, because, as Honest Trailers narrator Jon Bailey remarks, “it was awesome.” The FX drama, however, is not the only show to receive uncharacteristic praise from the Honest Trailers gang. Instead of broadly mocking the Emmy nominees, the web series’ writers choose to poke fun wherever possible.
The Emmy edition of Honest Trailers pokes fun at all seven nominated shows in both the Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series categories, as well as the limited series nominee The People v. O.J. Simpson, because, as Honest Trailers narrator Jon Bailey remarks, “it was awesome.” The FX drama, however, is not the only show to receive uncharacteristic praise from the Honest Trailers gang. Instead of broadly mocking the Emmy nominees, the web series’ writers choose to poke fun wherever possible.
- 8/9/2016
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
The popular YouTube series “Honest Trailers” parodies films and TV shows through cheeky trailers. Since 2012, the series has covered everything from “The Dark Knight” to “The Wolf of Wall Street” to “Deadpool,” which featured Ryan Reynolds himself to help narrate the trailer. Now, the series has been nominated for Best Short Form Variety Series, and to honor that fact, narrator Jon Bailey and the rest of the “Honest Trailers” team have taken on the 2016 Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Watch it below.
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Bailey first takes on the drama list, which includes acclaimed series like “The Americans” (or “Ruskie Business”), “Mr. Robot” (affectionately re-titled “Byte Club”), and “House of Cards” (“Wolf of DC”). He pokes fun at “Better Call Saul’s” more measured premise compared to “Breaking Bad” (“Now, strap in for...
Read More: ‘Batman v Superman’ Honest Trailer Pokes Fun At The Film That Didn’t Bring ‘Justice’ to Either Hero
Bailey first takes on the drama list, which includes acclaimed series like “The Americans” (or “Ruskie Business”), “Mr. Robot” (affectionately re-titled “Byte Club”), and “House of Cards” (“Wolf of DC”). He pokes fun at “Better Call Saul’s” more measured premise compared to “Breaking Bad” (“Now, strap in for...
- 8/9/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Transformers: Combiner Wars is perfect for the generation who grew up with the cartoons back in the 1980s.
In this more adult-oriented cartoon series, Transformers: Combiner Wars spins a new tale for the familiar Transformers in the future as they try to resolve the Combiners. The animated style matches the 1980s cartoons.
The first episode was released on Verizon go90 this week in the United States. It will be released on Sohu in China and Vimeo and YouTube for the rest of the world.
Here’s the synopsis:
Taking place 40 years after the great war on Earth, the eight-episode digital series introduces all-new characters that, combined with characters fans have known for decades, will tell the Transformers storytelling in an exciting new way.
The Autobots and Decepticons have disbanded and returned to Cybertron. With the days of Optimus Prime and Megatron over, Cybertron is now ruled by a triumvirate. However,...
In this more adult-oriented cartoon series, Transformers: Combiner Wars spins a new tale for the familiar Transformers in the future as they try to resolve the Combiners. The animated style matches the 1980s cartoons.
The first episode was released on Verizon go90 this week in the United States. It will be released on Sohu in China and Vimeo and YouTube for the rest of the world.
Here’s the synopsis:
Taking place 40 years after the great war on Earth, the eight-episode digital series introduces all-new characters that, combined with characters fans have known for decades, will tell the Transformers storytelling in an exciting new way.
The Autobots and Decepticons have disbanded and returned to Cybertron. With the days of Optimus Prime and Megatron over, Cybertron is now ruled by a triumvirate. However,...
- 8/3/2016
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
The robots in disguise are back on their home planet, and a new series is detailing their latest adventures. Digital media company Machinima and toy maker Hasbro are behind Transformers: Combiner Wars, a new series that is now available on Verizon’s Go90 video service.
Combiner Wars takes place 40 years after the events of Transformers’ best-known film and TV iterations. While previous installments within the franchise have taken place on Earth, the new series heads to Cybertron, the home world of the titular machines. The Autobots and Decepticons have been reduced to memories of the past, but as the series begins, a new threat arises: They are the titular combiners, they are the result of several transformers coming together in united forms, and they pose a threat to machine-kind.
Longtime Transformers fans will be the primary audience for Combiner Wars, but Machinima and Hasbro are also looking to sell the...
Combiner Wars takes place 40 years after the events of Transformers’ best-known film and TV iterations. While previous installments within the franchise have taken place on Earth, the new series heads to Cybertron, the home world of the titular machines. The Autobots and Decepticons have been reduced to memories of the past, but as the series begins, a new threat arises: They are the titular combiners, they are the result of several transformers coming together in united forms, and they pose a threat to machine-kind.
Longtime Transformers fans will be the primary audience for Combiner Wars, but Machinima and Hasbro are also looking to sell the...
- 8/2/2016
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
A week after its release date was first announced, Laid in America’s trailer has now been revealed. Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has offered a preview of the film, which is led by YouTube stars Caspar Lee and KSIOlajidebt, on its YouTube channel.
When I discussed Laid in America last week, I noted the similarities between its plot and that of American Pie, the 1999 teen film that has endured as a coming-of-age classic. The trailer backs up that hypothesis. It offers up the same sorts of raunchy sex jokes, suggestive situations, and zippy rock soundtrack that have been used in teen comedy trailers for decades (and, we can only assume, will continue to be used for decades more). This particular preview gets some bonus points for employing Honest Trailers epic voice Jon Bailey, who turns in some particularly light-hearted narration.
Based on the jokes on display in its trailer, Laid...
When I discussed Laid in America last week, I noted the similarities between its plot and that of American Pie, the 1999 teen film that has endured as a coming-of-age classic. The trailer backs up that hypothesis. It offers up the same sorts of raunchy sex jokes, suggestive situations, and zippy rock soundtrack that have been used in teen comedy trailers for decades (and, we can only assume, will continue to be used for decades more). This particular preview gets some bonus points for employing Honest Trailers epic voice Jon Bailey, who turns in some particularly light-hearted narration.
Based on the jokes on display in its trailer, Laid...
- 8/1/2016
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Following its panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Machinima and Hasbro have unveiled the full trailer for the upcoming digital series "Transformers: Combiner Wars" which premieres August 2nd on go90.
Set four decades after the great war on Earth, the Autobots and Decepticons have disbanded and returned to Cybertron. With the days of Optimus Prime and Megatron over, Cybertron is now ruled by a triumvirate. However, an ancient technology has enabled a new threat, the power for multiple Transformers to combine into one massive, dangerous form: Combiners.
Eric Calderon ("Afro Samurai") serves as executive producer with George Krstic ("Star Wars: The Clone Wars") as Head Writer and Fj Desanto as a series writer. Also today, the voice cast for the series has been announced:
Anna Akana ("Hello, My Name is Doris") as Victorion.
Jon Bailey ("EpicVoiceGuy") as Opt imus Prime.
Charlie Guzman ("DashieGames") as Menasor.
Ricky Hayberg (Host of Machinima's "Etc") as Computron.
Set four decades after the great war on Earth, the Autobots and Decepticons have disbanded and returned to Cybertron. With the days of Optimus Prime and Megatron over, Cybertron is now ruled by a triumvirate. However, an ancient technology has enabled a new threat, the power for multiple Transformers to combine into one massive, dangerous form: Combiners.
Eric Calderon ("Afro Samurai") serves as executive producer with George Krstic ("Star Wars: The Clone Wars") as Head Writer and Fj Desanto as a series writer. Also today, the voice cast for the series has been announced:
Anna Akana ("Hello, My Name is Doris") as Victorion.
Jon Bailey ("EpicVoiceGuy") as Opt imus Prime.
Charlie Guzman ("DashieGames") as Menasor.
Ricky Hayberg (Host of Machinima's "Etc") as Computron.
- 7/21/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Machinima and Hasbro have released an exciting new trailer their great-looking new animated web series Transformers: Combiner Wars. This sucker was made for the hardcore fans of the original series of the '80s, and it looks like it's going to deliver something that fans are going to love.
We've already seen four prelude episodes for the series that you can check out here featuring the characters Optimus Prime, Victorion, Starscream, and Windblade. Those were cool and all, but this trailer for the actual series is so much more exciting!
Taking place 40 years after the great war on Earth, the eight episode digital series introduces new lore and all-new characters that, combined with the characters fans have known for decades, will bring the Transformers storytelling in a new direction. The Autobots and Decepticons have disbanded and returned to Cybertron. With the days of Optimus Prime and Megatron over, Cybertron is now ruled by a triumvirate.
We've already seen four prelude episodes for the series that you can check out here featuring the characters Optimus Prime, Victorion, Starscream, and Windblade. Those were cool and all, but this trailer for the actual series is so much more exciting!
Taking place 40 years after the great war on Earth, the eight episode digital series introduces new lore and all-new characters that, combined with the characters fans have known for decades, will bring the Transformers storytelling in a new direction. The Autobots and Decepticons have disbanded and returned to Cybertron. With the days of Optimus Prime and Megatron over, Cybertron is now ruled by a triumvirate.
- 7/21/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
While diverse roles for women in film have made some progress in the last few years, certain female character tropes are seen again and again. A new trailer for fake movie “Underwritten Female Characters” puts a spin on some of the most worn out female roles, spoofing everything from the Bechdel Test to the treatment of Asian and black women in movies.
Read More: ‘Manic Pixie Dream Girl’ Is Officially Part of the English Language Now
Lola, a beret-wearing, free spirited redhead, is dumped by her boyfriend at a coffee shop in favor of “a pretty brunette who’s also a lawyer.” As she dejectedly leaves, she is grabbed by a group of women called the Ufc, or “Underwritten Female Characters.”
It turns out that Lola, who is the “Manic Pixie Dream Girl,” fits perfectly into their squad. “They call me Sassy. I’m the comic relief and overly supportive best friend!
Read More: ‘Manic Pixie Dream Girl’ Is Officially Part of the English Language Now
Lola, a beret-wearing, free spirited redhead, is dumped by her boyfriend at a coffee shop in favor of “a pretty brunette who’s also a lawyer.” As she dejectedly leaves, she is grabbed by a group of women called the Ufc, or “Underwritten Female Characters.”
It turns out that Lola, who is the “Manic Pixie Dream Girl,” fits perfectly into their squad. “They call me Sassy. I’m the comic relief and overly supportive best friend!
- 6/30/2016
- by Kate Halliwell
- Indiewire
Thanks to its sharp wit and its relevant criticism of popular films, Honest Trailers has made a big impact in the film world. Directors like James Gunn and The Russo Brothers have acknowledged the web series’ existence and respected it by trying to make their movies “Honest Trailer-proof.”
Now, another member of the film industry has shared his love of Honest Trailers. The web series just released its Deadpool episode, and the superhero flick’s star, Ryan Reynolds, guest stars.
In the video, Honest Trailer epic voice Jon Bailey picks apart Deadpool’s flaws and inconsistencies with his usual litany of humorous takes, while Reynolds, in Deadpool’s voice, offers foul-mouthed counterpoints and some light-hearted criticism of his own. In fittingly “meta” fashion, Reynolds also tosses in some references to popular web series like Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and The Fine Bros’ React franchise.
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Now, another member of the film industry has shared his love of Honest Trailers. The web series just released its Deadpool episode, and the superhero flick’s star, Ryan Reynolds, guest stars.
In the video, Honest Trailer epic voice Jon Bailey picks apart Deadpool’s flaws and inconsistencies with his usual litany of humorous takes, while Reynolds, in Deadpool’s voice, offers foul-mouthed counterpoints and some light-hearted criticism of his own. In fittingly “meta” fashion, Reynolds also tosses in some references to popular web series like Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and The Fine Bros’ React franchise.
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- 5/10/2016
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Two channels that have attracted millions of subscribers by lampooning the faulty logic within popular movies have joined forces for a new web series. ScreenJunkies and How It Should Have Ended are the creative forces behind After Credits, a show that imagines post-credit scenes for movies that otherwise lack them.
After Credits may feature a different premise than Honest Trailers, How It Should Have Ended, and the other programs produced by its creators, but its end goal is the same: It is a delivery method for jokes about plot holes, confusing twists, and other instances of bad screenwriting. Both Hishe and ScreenJunkies have contributed some of their personal hallmarks to After Credits. The series is animated in the style of the former web series, and it features a cameo from the latter company’s epic voice guy, Jon Bailey.
The first episode of After Credits takes on Interstellar, a film...
After Credits may feature a different premise than Honest Trailers, How It Should Have Ended, and the other programs produced by its creators, but its end goal is the same: It is a delivery method for jokes about plot holes, confusing twists, and other instances of bad screenwriting. Both Hishe and ScreenJunkies have contributed some of their personal hallmarks to After Credits. The series is animated in the style of the former web series, and it features a cameo from the latter company’s epic voice guy, Jon Bailey.
The first episode of After Credits takes on Interstellar, a film...
- 4/6/2016
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
A new trailer has arrived for Harbinger Down ahead of the film's release tomorrow. Also in this round-up: a new teaser trailer for Cherry Tree, The Barn Indiegogo campaign, and DVD release details for horror-thriller Run, Hide, Die.
Harbinger Down: "A group of grad students have booked passage on the fishing trawler Harbinger to study the effects of global warming on a pod of Orcas in the Bering Sea. When the ship’s crew dredges up a recently thawed piece of old Soviet space wreckage, things get downright deadly. It seems that the Russians experimented with tardigrades, tiny resilient animals able to withstand the extremes of space radiation. The creatures survived, but not without a mutation. Now the crew is exposed to aggressively mutating organisms. And after being locked in ice for three decades, the creatures aren’t about to give up the warmth of human companionship.
Starring: Lance Henriksen,...
Harbinger Down: "A group of grad students have booked passage on the fishing trawler Harbinger to study the effects of global warming on a pod of Orcas in the Bering Sea. When the ship’s crew dredges up a recently thawed piece of old Soviet space wreckage, things get downright deadly. It seems that the Russians experimented with tardigrades, tiny resilient animals able to withstand the extremes of space radiation. The creatures survived, but not without a mutation. Now the crew is exposed to aggressively mutating organisms. And after being locked in ice for three decades, the creatures aren’t about to give up the warmth of human companionship.
Starring: Lance Henriksen,...
- 8/6/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
This week marks the beginning of the Digital Content Newfronts, during which online video executives will descend upon New York to pitch upcoming programming to advertisers. These presentations will include plenty of pertinent announcements, some of which have already arrived, but the Newfronts will also contain plenty of buzzword-fueled nonsense. The latter half of that equation is the subject of a new video from Defy Media’s Honest Trailers series, which applied its signature treatment to the Newfronts.
Defy Media is one of the presenters at the Newfronts, but that didn’t stop the media company from putting the advertising event on blast. In the Honest Trailers video, “epic voice” Jon Bailey describes the typical Newfronts pitch as a “ really dry Ted talk,” compares the event’s creative output to rolling tumbleweeds, and defines the Newfronts as “a less glamorous, slightly desperate answer to something we’re not quite sure...
Defy Media is one of the presenters at the Newfronts, but that didn’t stop the media company from putting the advertising event on blast. In the Honest Trailers video, “epic voice” Jon Bailey describes the typical Newfronts pitch as a “ really dry Ted talk,” compares the event’s creative output to rolling tumbleweeds, and defines the Newfronts as “a less glamorous, slightly desperate answer to something we’re not quite sure...
- 4/28/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
April Fools Day is a big time of year in YouTube's prank community, and for the second year in a row, the company that works with many of the most popular practical jokers on the Internet is using the unofficial holiday as a chance to do good. Break has brought back its popular Prank It Fwd series for a second straight April Fools Day full of "positive pranks."
In each Prank It Fwd video, Break and its band of pranksters team up provide a heartwarming surprise for someone in need. In one of the new episodes, Break teams up with sponsor Barefoot Wine to provide a movie theater wedding for a cancer patient and her fiancée. Several partners from the Defy Media network join the fun: Greg Benson hosts, and Honest Trailers voice Jon Bailey lends his pipes to the fake movie trailer that serves as the episode's defining prank.
In each Prank It Fwd video, Break and its band of pranksters team up provide a heartwarming surprise for someone in need. In one of the new episodes, Break teams up with sponsor Barefoot Wine to provide a movie theater wedding for a cancer patient and her fiancée. Several partners from the Defy Media network join the fun: Greg Benson hosts, and Honest Trailers voice Jon Bailey lends his pipes to the fake movie trailer that serves as the episode's defining prank.
- 3/31/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Before there was Gotham, there was before-er Gotham. And before that? And even Before-er-er one. Almost as if humans must grow up instead of being spit wholly formed into society, like a modern day Athena. The Warp Zone and special guest Jon Bailey — better known as the voice of Honest Trailers — invite you do spiral down the prequel hole. Back to the beginning of the beginning of the origin.
- 11/13/2014
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
Defy Media is on a roll. Shortly after its AWEme channel surpassed one million subscribers, its film-oriented Screen Junkies channel reached that mark as well. Just as AWEme can attribute most of its success to Man at Arms, most of the traffic on Screen Junkies is driven by a single series, Honest Trailers. We returned Defy Media Director of Programming Andy Signore to our YouTube Millionaires spotlight to talk about the Screen Junkies oeuvre. Tubefilter: How does it feel to see Screen Junkies pass one million subscribers? Andy Signore: It feels great! We have so much fun making theses shows, so to know that the audience is connecting to it all and having enough fun with us to keep coming back and subscribe is amazing. I really have to thank some of our amazing team: Editor/Director Dan Murrell, Writer Spencer Gilbert, our host Hal Rudnick and our amazing epic voice Jon Bailey.
- 12/5/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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