by Phil Pirrello | Jul 1, 2019 | News
Hollywood and Warner Bros.’ years-long attempt to make a live-action Akira movie has once again hit a snag. Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok) is the latest director to tackle the adaptation of the popular 1988 anime and the Atlanta-based production seems to have...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 1, 2019 | Video
Release Date: December 13, 2019 Director Jake Kasdan Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Awkwafina, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Madison Iseman, Colin Hanks, Danny DeVito, Nick Jonas, Alex Wolff Synopsis: In Jumanji: The Next Level, the gang is back but the game has...
by Phil Pirrello | Jul 1, 2019 | News
Neill Blomkamp’s new RoboCop movie will feature the return of something fans haven’t seen in years on the big screen: Robo’s original suit. While responding to fan questions on Twitter, the District 9 director revealed that RoboCop Returns will have...
by Jonathan Barkan | Jul 1, 2019 | Editorial, Horror
For years, horror films were relegated to being released in what are called “dump months”, typically January and February but sometimes also August and September. But, as Bob Dylan so eloquently put it, the times, they are a-changin’. Horror releases are...
by Jon Negroni | Jul 1, 2019 | app
Each week on Atom Insider, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. This week, yet another “living toy” movie entered the top 10, along with a romantic comedy, but neither was a match for Woody and the gang. This Week’s...
by Jon Negroni | Jul 1, 2019 | Box Office, News
Each week on Atom Insider, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. This week, yet another “living toy” movie entered the top 10, along with a romantic comedy, but neither was a match for Woody and the gang. This Week’s...
by Phil Pirrello | Jul 1, 2019 | News
The Little Mermaid is the next animated classic to get the live-action remake treatment, and Disney wants Melissa McCarthy to star. Variety reports that the Oscar-nominated actor is in early talks to play the iconic sea witch, Ursula, in a movie to be directed by Rob...
by Phil Pirrello | Jul 1, 2019 | Box Office, News
The Lion King is going to rule the summer in July. Disney’s much-anticipated live-action (read: all CG) remake of their animated classic is estimated to rake in $150 million-plus on its opening weekend, according to Variety’s early box office tracking. And...
by Phil Pirrello | Jul 1, 2019 | News
Spider-Man: Far From Home features Nick Fury, Maria Hill, and references to Avengers Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Thor, and Iron Man (RIP). But another Avenger almost joined Tom Holland’s Spidey: The new Captain America. “We briefly talked about bringing in...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 1, 2019 | News
Amazing news: In case you haven’t heard, Atom Tickets has now partnered with Eventbrite to offer local event ticketing! Not sure what to do this weekend after Independence Day festivities on the 4th of July? Not to worry – Atom’s got you covered. You...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 1, 2019 | News
Amazing news: In case you haven’t heard, Atom Tickets has now partnered with Eventbrite to offer local event ticketing! Not sure what to do this weekend after Independence Day festivities on the 4th of July? Not to worry – Atom’s got you covered. You...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 1, 2019 | News
Amazing news: In case you haven’t heard, Atom Tickets has now partnered with Eventbrite to offer local event ticketing! Not sure what to do this weekend after Independence Day festivities on the 4th of July? Not to worry – Atom’s got you covered. You...
by Matt Donato | Jun 28, 2019 | Horror, News
Welcome, Atom Insider readers, to Donato’s Dungeon! Isn’t chasing news headlines a grueling and exhausting task? Ever wonder where you can get all the week’s biggest headlines in one easy-to-find place? That’s why I’m here, armed with a chainsaw and machete to slice...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 27, 2019 | News
Who ya gonna call? Ant-Man, obviously. Paul Rudd has joined the cast of Jason Reitman’s upcoming Ghostbusters movie, Variety reported Thursday. Details about who he is playing and what role they will have in the plot of the movie are being kept inside the...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 27, 2019 | app
Spider-Man: Far From Home is the third “Part Two” in the superhero’s 17-year career on the big screen – a feat unto itself. This second installment from Sony and Marvel expands upon what resonated for fans in Spider-Man: Homecoming – the John...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 27, 2019 | Marvel, Review
Spider-Man: Far From Home is the third “Part Two” in the superhero’s 17-year career on the big screen – a feat unto itself. This second installment from Sony and Marvel expands upon what resonated for fans in Spider-Man: Homecoming – the John...
by Kristen Lopez | Jun 26, 2019 | Disney, Editorial
It’s amazing to chart a film character’s progression throughout time, a feat made easier by the wealth of sequels that accompany most movies today. When Toy Story debuted in 1995 it was never foreseen that these characters would continue to grow and stay with us 24...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 26, 2019 | Video
Release Date: November 15, 2019 Director: Bill Condon Cast: Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Russell Tovey, Mark Lewis Jones, Jim Carter, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Phil Dunster, Laurie Davidson, Julian Ferro, Michael Culkin Synopsis: A life-long con man thinks he lands...
by Matt Donato | Jun 25, 2019 | app
Gary Dauberman’s Annabelle Comes Home is, as once lyricized in Halloween infamy, a “graveyard smash.” James Wan’s ongoing Conjurverse, which he still produces, at least doubles its villain roster throughout this one haunted house sequel. “The Ferryman,” “The Black...
by Matt Donato | Jun 25, 2019 | Horror, Review
Gary Dauberman’s Annabelle Comes Home is, as once lyricized in Halloween infamy, a “graveyard smash.” James Wan’s ongoing Conjurverse, which he still produces, at least doubles its villain roster throughout this one haunted house sequel. “The Ferryman,” “The Black...
by Matt Donato | Jun 25, 2019 | Horror, Review
One of the most intriguing aspects of religion-based horror is how perspectives and norms differ between cultures. Mexico’s Belzebuth, for example, blends border crossings and themes of “familia” into what might elsewhere be a more straightforward demonic affliction....
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 25, 2019 | app
After four years since his last mission on the big screen, James Bond is back. The official James Bond 007 Twitter account released a behind-the-scenes, first-look video at the production of Bond 25 as director Cary Fukunaga and star Daniel Craig go to work on the...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 25, 2019 | app
You’d think Avengers: Endgame would be the final chapter in Marvel’s Phase Three of the Cinematic Universe, but you’d be wrong. Spider-Man: Far From Home will end the current phase of the MCU and, according to Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige,...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 25, 2019 | Marvel, News
You’d think Avengers: Endgame would be the final chapter in Marvel’s Phase Three of the Cinematic Universe, but you’d be wrong. Spider-Man: Far From Home will end the current phase of the MCU and, according to Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige,...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 25, 2019 | Movies
After four years since his last mission on the big screen, James Bond is back. The official James Bond 007 Twitter account released a behind-the-scenes, first-look video at the production of Bond 25 as director Cary Fukunaga and star Daniel Craig go to work on the...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 25, 2019 | Movies
The release of Toy Story 4 marks the end of an era for both Pixar and their flagship franchise. The sequel represents the end of the animation giant’s current slate of sequels based on their most established properties as Pixar re-invests themselves toward...
by Alisha Grauso | Jun 25, 2019 | app
Movies are awesome. Free movies are even more awesome. Free movies that you win just for taking a fun selfie with your friends are the most awesome of all. That’s why we’re launching Atom Tickets’ contest for June: Cinema Selfie Sweeps! Participating...
by Jon Negroni | Jun 25, 2019 | app
Avengers: Endgame is out in theaters, and audiences around the world did “whatever it takes” to get the film all the way to $1 billion worldwide in just five days and $2 billion in 12 days. And now, after two months at the box office, Marvel is releasing an extended...
by Alisha Grauso | Jun 25, 2019 | Editorial
Movies are awesome. Free movies are even more awesome. Free movies that you win just for taking a fun selfie with your friends are the most awesome of all. That’s why we’re launching Atom Tickets’ contest for June: Cinema Selfie Sweeps! Participating...
by Jon Negroni | Jun 25, 2019 | Avengers Endgame, Box Office, News
Avengers: Endgame is out in theaters, and audiences around the world did “whatever it takes” to get the film all the way to $1 billion worldwide in just five days and $2 billion in 12 days. And now, after two months at the box office, Marvel is releasing an extended...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 24, 2019 | Movies, News
If there’s anything better than the director of Thor: Ragnarok making a new Flash Gordon movie, we don’t wanna know about it. Taika Waititi is attached to help “crack” an animated Flash Gordon movie for Fox/Disney, Deadline exclusively reported...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 24, 2019 | News
Don’t mess with Nick Fury’s eye patch. That’s the big takeaway from Samuel L. Jackson’s disdain for the error on one of his character’s posters for the upcoming Spider-Man: Far From Home. On Sunday, Jackson posted on Instagram “The...
by Jon Negroni | Jun 24, 2019 | app
Each week on Atom Insider, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. Unless you count April as a summer month, the latest Pixar film managed to win the summer in terms of domestic opening weekend with an out-of-the-box...
by Jon Negroni | Jun 24, 2019 | Box Office, News
Each week on Atom Insider, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. Unless you count April as a summer month, the latest Pixar film managed to win the summer in terms of domestic opening weekend with an out-of-the-box...
by Alisha Grauso | Jun 24, 2019 | Video
Release Date: November 27, 2019 Director: Melina Matsoukas Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Chloë Sevigny, Bokeem Woodbine, Sturgill Simpson, Kenneth Kynt Bryan, Dominic Cancelliere, Colby Boothman, Calvin Williams, Scott Rapp Synopsis: A couple’s first...
by Jon Negroni | Jun 23, 2019 | Disney, Editorial
The Toy Story movies have each arrived at critical points in the ongoing 24-year-plus history of Pixar Animation Studios. The first Toy Story in 1995 quite literally revolutionized animation, and its massive success led to another movie for the studio, A Bug’s...
by Alisha Grauso | Jun 23, 2019 | Disney, News
Now that Toy Story 4 is in theaters, Disney is free to start rolling out its promo campaign for The Lion King in earnest. We’ve seen some character posters and a first teaser trailer, but we have yet to get what we’re all waiting for: the music. But we can...
by Ariel Fisher | Jun 22, 2019 | Editorial, Horror
The Child’s Play franchise has gotten a reboot out in theaters this weekend, but without Charles Lee Ray, which begs the question – why? The franchise has waffled over the years between aiming for straight horror, to taking itself too seriously, to fully...
by Matt Donato | Jun 22, 2019 | Horror, Review
The horrors of Snapchat and Instagram obsessions spiritually materialize in Caryn Waechter’s techno-ghastly Deadcon. Not the first Wi-Fi equipped genre commentary, but comparatively, one of the cleaner examples of “screen life horror.” Titles like Unfriended, The Den...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 22, 2019 | News
The upcoming Red Sonja movie has found a new writer and director. Jill Soloway, best known for their award-winning Amazon series Transparent, will helm the project for Millennium Films, Deadline reported Friday. Soloway will be replacing controversial director Bryan...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 22, 2019 | Movies, News
Since Luke Skywalker sacrificed himself (RIP) at the end of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, fans have taken to intense speculation as to how he will return in J.J. Abrams’ new movie. Now, thanks to Mark Hamill, we know. In an interview with the Associated Press while...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 21, 2019 | Movies
30 years ago, Batman changed everything. Tim Burton’s blockbuster overcame initial fan backlash over Michael Keaton’s casting as the Dark Knight (thank the gods that the internet wasn’t around back then) to become nothing short of a seismic shift for...
by Matt Donato | Jun 21, 2019 | Horror, News
Welcome, Atom Insider readers, to Donato’s Dungeon! Isn’t chasing news headlines a grueling and exhausting task? Ever wonder where you can get all the week’s biggest headlines in one easy-to-find place? That’s why I’m here, armed with a chainsaw and machete to slice...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 20, 2019 | app
Michael Myers will be terrorizing us again in theaters soon. Halloween 2, the sequel to 2018’s hit rebootquel from Blumhouse and director/co-writer David Gordon Green, is set to start shooting after Labor Day this year, Collider reported Thursday. The sequel...
by Alisha Grauso | Jun 20, 2019 | app
Earlier this month, I headed out to Orlando and Walt Disney World for the Toy Story 4 press weekend. The movie is a beautiful, fitting follow-up to Toy Story 3, a movie many found to be perfect and believed should have closed the franchise for good. But it’s...
by Alisha Grauso | Jun 20, 2019 | Disney, Editorial
Earlier this month, I headed out to Orlando and Walt Disney World for the Toy Story 4 press weekend (you can read my review here). The movie is a beautiful, fitting follow-up to Toy Story 3, a movie many found to be perfect and believed should have closed the...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 20, 2019 | Horror, News
Michael Myers will be terrorizing us again in theaters soon. Halloween 2, the sequel to 2018’s hit rebootquel from Blumhouse and director/co-writer David Gordon Green, is set to start shooting after Labor Day this year, Collider reported Thursday. The sequel...
by Alisha Grauso | Jun 20, 2019 | app
Remakes are tricky, particularly of beloved properties. Hew too closely to the original and you run the risk of being derivative and falling flat. But veer too far away from the source material and you risk alienating the fanbase. That’s the line Orion’s...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 20, 2019 | Marvel, News
Marvel has yet to officially confirm or announce that Scarlett Johansson’s upcoming Black Widow movie is happening — or that it is a prequel (it totally is). But Kevin Feige has given us the next best thing. In a recent interview with io9 at the...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 20, 2019 | News
In the weirdest headline you’ll read all week, this is at least three different types of messed up. Ready? Here we go: A crew member was stabbed in the neck on the England set of the The Witches remake, starring Anne Hathaway, Variety reports. The incident...
by Alisha Grauso | Jun 20, 2019 | Horror, Review
Remakes are tricky, particularly of beloved properties. Hew too closely to the original and you run the risk of being derivative and falling flat. But veer too far away from the source material and you risk alienating the fanbase. That’s the line Orion’s...
by Alisha Grauso | Jun 19, 2019 | Disney, Interview
Christina Hendricks might be known for her roles on Mad Men and Firefly, but audiences will next see – or at least hear – her in Toy Story 4, set to hit theaters this weekend. In it, Hendricks voices one of the new characters being introduced to the Pixar...
by Amelia Emberwing | Jun 19, 2019 | Editorial, Horror
The world of horror has blessed us with countless creepies that shouldn’t be creepy over the years. Clowns? Terrifying. Children? No, thank you. Santa? Probably gonna murder you if his elves don’t get to you first. But I don’t feel like we discuss murder dolls with...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 19, 2019 | Horror, News
Years after being ousted from the franchise he helped create for Paramount Pictures, Jason Blum and his Blumhouse Productions are back for more Paranormal Activity. Paramount’s Studio Chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos surprised CineEurope attendees Wednesday by...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 19, 2019 | app
Pixar wasn’t kidding when they said that, after Toy Story 4, they were getting back into the original story business. Disney and Pixar’s previously-unannounced film Soul, from director Pete Docter (Inside Out), will arrive in theaters one year from today...
by Matt Donato | Jun 19, 2019 | app
With Midsommar, Ari Aster has gifted newer generations their The Wicker Man. It’s a warm invitation into subtle Swedish madness decked out in the reassurance of pastel colors. Almost two-and-a-half hours fly by, defying how overdrawn running times are so often the...
by Matt Donato | Jun 19, 2019 | Horror, Review
With Midsommar, Ari Aster has gifted newer generations their The Wicker Man. It’s a warm invitation into subtle Swedish madness decked out in the reassurance of pastel colors. Almost two-and-a-half hours fly by, defying how overdrawn running times are so often the...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 19, 2019 | Disney, Movies
Pixar wasn’t kidding when they said that, after Toy Story 4, they were getting back into the original story business. Disney and Pixar’s previously-unannounced film Soul, from director Pete Docter (Inside Out), will arrive in theaters one year from today...
by Phil Pirrello | Jun 19, 2019 | Avengers Endgame, Box Office, News
Disney and Marvel seem to need your help to take down Avatar. With Avengers: Endgame only $40 million shy ($2.74 billion) of taking the all-time box office record from James Cameron’s Avatar ($2.78B), the blockbuster is returning to theaters June 28 with all-new...
by Carlos Aguilar | Jun 18, 2019 | Editorial
Soul-stirring genius pulsates through every moment of The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Joe Talbot’s Sundance-winning first feature that is as much about a voraciously gentrifying metropolis as it’s about an unfaltering fraternal partnership, a platonic bond...
