Although he’s continuing to stay tight-lipped about the actual plot of his directorial follow-up to recent Oscar-winner Get Out—outside of noting that his new film, Us, is about relationships, and will be a “social horror thriller” in a familiar vein—Jordan Peele continues to assemble a pretty stellar cast for…
Sure, the most recent Bourne movie was a dip in quality, and some other recent spy-game offerings, like Red Sparrow, weren’t as fun as we wanted them to be. But maybe there’s a simple solution staring us in the face: Get Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o, Marion Cotillard, and Penelope Cruz to be your kickass spies.
Ever since the surprise success (and excellence) of last year’s Get Out transformed him from “well-liked sketch comedian” into “bold new film-making talent,” we’ve been eagerly waiting to hear what Jordan Peele’s got cooking up for horror-loving moviegoers next. And while he’s dropped a few hints about some projects…
John Woo has spent much of the past decade making movies back home in Hong Kong—he’s got a new one, Manhunt, that debuted overseas last fall and is due on Netflix in May—but now Deadline reports that the legendary action director has signed a deal to return to Hollywood for a remake of his 1989 bullets-and-doves…
In the weeks since its release, Black Panther has set or broken all kinds of records. Ryan Coogler’s epic superhero film is still perched atop the box office, raking in $600 million domestic and more than $1 billion worldwide. So not only is it poised to bust up The Avengers’ record, but by spending five consecutive…
Black Panther continues to run roughshod over all other films at the box office—Forbes thinks it could clear the $1 billion mark this weekend. Critical and audience reception has been overwhelmingly positive, and people have already started writing sequels and spin-offs across social media. That exuberant clamor for a…
During tonight’s Academy Awards ceremony, Lupita Nyong’o and Kumail Nanjiani presented the award for Best Production Design, but before that they took a moment to honor immigrants. Nyong’o noted that she’s from Kenya, getting a huge cheer from the audience (“Kenya’s in the house,” added Nanjiani), and Nanjiani—or…
Comic book shop-style debates about whether the Amazons or the Dora Milaje would win in a fight are fun, but how about the story of some real-life African “Amazons”? That’s the premise behind The Woman King, a new project being developed over at TriStar Pictures. Viola Davis and Lupita Nyong’o have been tapped to star…
According to Deadline, Lupita Nyong’o is going from Black Panther to Born A Crime, the movie adaptation of Daily Show host Trevor Noah’s autobiography of the same name. Nyong’o will star as Noah’s mother, Patricia, who was apparently “an important figure to her son in his formative years.” That’s a little vague and…
Michael B. Jordan and Lupita Nyong’o are the extremely good-looking stars of the extremely good and successful Black Panther. The film and its stars are enjoying a cultural moment like few in recent memory, a rare commingling of political and cultural importance met with near-universal adoration from audiences and…
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o joins the growing list of celebrity children’s lit authors, as The New York Times reports the Star Wars: The Last Jedi actress has a kids book due out in 2019.
Damn it, people, can we please stop doing things that force Lupita Nyong’o to write impassioned, beautiful defenses of her own personhood? It’s not that essays like Nyong’o’s reflections on her encounters with Harvey Weinstein over the years aren’t touching, fascinating reads, but it would be nice to cut the woman a…
Yesterday, The New York Times ran what was then (but is no longer now) the latest in a long series of accusations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior against Harvey Weinstein, a detailed, thoughtful account of Weinstein’s actions from actress and Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o. Nyong’o’s op-ed laid out, in…
Every day, it climbs a little higher: The list of women coming forward with stories of sexual harassment and assault, in Hollywood in general, and those dozens of incidents allegedly committed by producer Harvey Weinstein in specific. Today’s account of Weinstein’s alleged crimes and abuses comes in the form of a…
Marvel pulls back the curtain on some of the mystery surrounding Wakanda, the fictional nation and home to Black Panther, in this new trailer. The first preview effectively teased the conflict between T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) and Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), as well as gave us glimpses at the magnificent…
Elizabeth Banks has teamed up with Sony to reboot Charlie’s Angels, the campy TV series about beautiful and kick-ass detectives that spawned a film series which then led to another TV show. Hoping that the fourth time will be the charm—since that Minka Kelly-starring show failed to really take off—the film is already…
Ever since Chadwick Boseman first bared his claws in Captain America: Civil War, we’ve been dying to see and learn more about T’Challa (not to mention the Dora Milaje). The first Black Panther trailer was a good start, as it featured Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong‘o in bodyguard mode, and the poster (pictured above)…
Music streaming service Tidal has revealed the meaning behind a series of mysterious “4:44” posters that have been cropping up in New York and online this week: a new film project of some sort, starring Oscar winners Mahershala Ali and Lupita N’yongo, that the company helped create. The streaming service released a…
Here’s some surprising news for 2017: It turns out that good things actually can happen, but only if everybody involved is really cool and talented. Today’s good thing is that Netflix has actually picked up some kind of con artist movie starring Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o, with Selma’s Ava DuVernay directing and …
As Star Wars Celebration gets underway, you can expect a steady drip of information about the franchise over the next couple of days. Overnight, Disney made an announcement—not, alas, about a Last Jedi trailer—but about a new series of animated shorts, collectively called Star Wars Forces Of Destiny. Each film will…
