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What Disney’s acquisition of Fox could mean for Marvel’s superheroes

March 11, 2019 at 10:08 a.m.

For years, starting with 2000’s “X-Men” and ramping up with Marvel Studios’ 2012 juggernaut “The Avengers,” comic book do-gooder team-ups have been all the rage on the big screen. Why...

Steven Spielberg (izq.) piensa que los filmes de Netflix que no tienen un estreno suficiente en las salas de cine, no deberían ser considerados para los Oscar. Esto tendría efecto en filmes como 'Roma' de Alfonso Cuarón.

Mientras Steven Spielberg planea cambiar la elegibilidad de los Oscar de Netflix, en Hollywood se forman líneas de batalla

May 13, 2019 at 11:19 a.m.

Bueno, eso no tomó mucho tiempo. Tan pronto como la academia cinematográfica logró pasar por una de las temporadas de premios más tumultuosas en la memoria, comenzó un nuevo drama,...

Carpenter Freddy McDonald, left, and Joe Davis work on placing scenery along the red carpet.

Oscars producers on landing Queen, going host-less and dealing with this year’s ‘curveballs’

February 22, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

Producing the Academy Awards is a hugely challenging job under the best of circumstances — and it’s fair to say that the job this year has come with some, shall...

Hosts Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh speak onstage during the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 06, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California.

The latest motion picture academy drama: Will there be an Oscars host?

January 14, 2019 at 9:59 a.m.

Ladies and gentleman, your host for this year’s Oscars will be … no one. Or maybe someone. Or maybe everyone! Normally at this point, with just six weeks to go...

‘Black Panther,’ ‘A Star Is Born,’ ‘Roma’ included on nine Oscar nominations shortlists

December 18, 2018 at 8:16 a.m.

Providing some degree of clarity in an Oscar season that has thus far been fairly wide open, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the shortlists of potential...

Peter Jackson, left, and Christian Rivers, who collaborated on the new epic film "Mortal Engines."

How Peter Jackson and his protégé Christian Rivers revved up ‘Mortal Engines’ for the big screen

December 15, 2018 at 8:32 a.m.

In 2015, Peter Jackson was feeling burned out — and you could hardly blame him. The New Zealand director had just finished work on the “Hobbit” films, wrapping up production...

What Netflix’s release of ‘Roma’ says about its movie business strategy

December 11, 2018 at 4:45 p.m.

Alfonso Cuarón’s critically acclaimed film “Roma” — an intimate, black-and-white, Spanish-language feature about a middle-class Mexican family and their live-in nanny — seems an unlikely candidate for the role of...

"Wolverine" actor Hugh Jackman, left, talks to legendary comic book creator Stan Lee after an interview at Comic-Con International 2008 in San Diego.

3 ways Stan Lee helped create the modern superhero movie

June 13, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

By the time the Marvel Cinematic Universe experienced its Big Bang with the 2008 smash “Iron Man,” Stan Lee had long since retired from official duties at Marvel, settling into...

Director Paul Greengrass photographed at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 8.

With ’22 July,’ director Paul Greengrass tackles terror attack and political extremism

December 12, 2018 at 4:40 a.m.

It’s safe to say virtually every Norwegian can remember where they were on July 22, 2011. That was the day a lone-wolf far-right terrorist named Anders Behring Breivik set off...

The ‘Mission: Impossible — Fallout’ team reveals the secrets of pulling off that climactic helicopter chase

December 12, 2018 at 7:37 p.m.

Warning: This story contains plot spoilers about “Mission: Impossible — Fallout.” Christopher McQuarrie wasn’t getting much sleep. Every night, like clockwork, the “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” director would wake up...

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