Not content to merely team up with Swae Lee to contribute the song "Sunflower" to the movie's soundtrack, rapper and face tattoo enthusiast Post Malone also has a blink-and-you-missed-it role in the film, itself. Here's when you can catch him.
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Filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller have a very strange aquatic calling card, and even though they didn't actually direct Sony Pictures' award-winning 2018 animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, they still managed to sneak their squeaky little totem into the final version of the film.
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In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Doctor Octopus is played by Bad Moms star Kathryn Hahn. How did the filmmakers think to change up the role? During a Twitter Q&A, two of the film's co-directors shed light on the inspired decision, and how they'd originally envisioned the character.
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After years of trying to perfect a live-action Spider-Man movie, the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse swung into theaters in 2018 and blew everyone away. The creatives behind the film were likely thrilled to read that praise, because achieving the movie's visual aesthetic was no easy feat.
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Those who have seen Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse recall that some aspects of its style weren't mixed in with the computer-animated graphics the entire time. And there's a reason for that: It was a rule that the movie's creative team made themselves follow.
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If things had gone as the film's team had originally hoped they would, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse would have featured a few more Spider-Men — namely the three actors who have played Peter Parker in live-action films before. Here's why the cameo didn't happen.
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When fans finally got their eyes on the Netflix's Extraction, they were blown away by the film's white-knuckle intensity. During a special Extraction livestream event, Extraction star Chris Hemsworth revealed exactly which stunt was the hardest for him to shoot.
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There's a lot to get excited about in Netflix's Extraction. But one thing that fans have been talking about with an added dose of vivacity is a particular sequence in the film: the 12-minute extended scene that's filmed and edited to look like it was shot in one continuous take.
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The screenwriter of Netflix's action-thriller Extraction, Marvel Cinematic Universe filmmaker Joe Russo, revealed during a livestream event for the movie that he wrote the opening scene much differently than what's shown on screen.
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Netflix's Extraction is many things, but above all, it marks Sam Hargrave's feature directorial debut. During a livestream event for Extraction hosted by IGN, Hargrave touched on what makes Extraction so special, and why he knew it was the project he just had to direct.
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In a move that could throw the release of Fast and Furious 9 into a tailspin, AMC Theatres says its plans to release any Universal-backed films are coming to a screeching halt after the studio announced its record-breaking success with Trolls World Tour.
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It's been a seriously long wait, but director James Cameron is finally ready to share the first tiny behind-the-scenes peek at the forthcoming Avatar 2. This week, the franchise's official Twitter account has shared an image from the set of the long-anticipated sequel.
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Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman is lined up to make a return to Wakanda in the upcoming sequel film. However, that film hasn't entered pre-production, and yet, Boseman was recently photographed making use of what appears to be a martial arts staff. Is he training for another movie?
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A Bollywood legend who made the successful transition to Hollywood stardom has passed. Veteran actor Irrfan Khan, whose credits include The Namesake, Life of Pi, Jurassic World, and The Amazing Spider-Man has died from a rare form of cancer that he battled since 2018. He was 53.
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Who knew eight little words could spark hours of discussion — plus countless gasps across the globe? Avengers: Endgame achieved that staggering effort-to-result ratio when Chris Evans' Steve Rogers uttered an uncharacteristically crass line that means a lot more than you might think.
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Ah, what might have been. Although it's nearly impossible to imagine anyone else in the role, Scarlett Johansson revealed in a recent interview with Parade magazine that she wasn't the first choice to fill the part of Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. Black Widow, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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During the Avengers: Endgame quarantine watch party, one of the film's co-writers reveled the truth about Chris Pratt's dance as Star-Lord during that popular sequence from the superhero flick.
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Universal's decision to release a highly-anticipated Trolls sequel direct to VOD while theaters remain closed turned the animated feature into a surprisingly significant test case. Why is the studio so jazzed about its performance? The answer is all in the economics of streaming media.
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Endgame's first big twist comes early, with the surviving Avengers finding no solace in their vengeance against Thanos, prompting a five-year skip to see how they deal with the fallout. The question is, how did screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely decide on that timeline?
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The writers of Avengers: Endgame had their hands full piecing together several technically and emotionally tricky team-ups and goodbyes, but creating the blueprint to take down Thanos (Josh Brolin) through time travel may have proven to be the most complex part of crafting Endgame's plot.
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Thanks to the Russo Brother's Avengers: Endgame livestream event, fans got to see how the cast keeps things fun during filming. As part of the effort, the brothers posted a short behind-the-scenes clip that showed a lighter side of long-time MCU colleagues Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans.
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The Russo brothers took to Twitter to make their way through the three-hour Avengers: Endgame, posting behind-the-scenes tidbits and pieces of trivia about making the film along the way. One of them, featuring Evans playing around on set in his serious old man makeup, is pretty delightful.
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During a live-tweet event for Avengers: Endgame, the film's co-writer Christopher Markus revealed how he and his fellow scribe Stephen McFeely decided which of the heroes would use the Infinity Stones in order to fully defeat Thanos (Josh Brolin) and his troops at the end of the movie.
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It's not every day that an actor walks off the set after portraying a cinematic icon for the final time — and thanks to Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo, Marvel fans can share in one of those moments. The directors shared a clip of Robert Downey Jr.'s last day on the set of Endgame.
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The directors of Avengers: Endgame have a soft spot for one of the film's most sentimental moments. After appearing on Instagram Live to stream the first hour of Endgame, Joe and Anthony Russo took to Twitter, where they revealed their favorite shot in the entire three-hour-long movie.
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One of the more interesting things that Avengers: Endgame didn't have time to truly explore was the "Hulk snap." Fortunately, during a live-stream-and-tweet event for Endgame, one of the film's co-writers, Christopher Markus, finally revealed what Hulk's Soul Stone vision would have been.
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Brimming with emotional callbacks and exchanges intended to wrap the arcs of the franchise's leading characters, Avengers: Endgame also managed to be filled with a seemingly uncountable number of on-screen throwdowns. However, there was one epic fight scene that didn't make it into the movie.
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