Rafael Motamayor, Author at The Playlist

Alma Har’el Defends Natalie Portman Against The Backlash That She Doesn’t Work With Female Directors

February 15, 2020 4:53 pm

After Natalie Portman wore an outfit to the Oscars that featured the names of female filmmakers embroidered on the trim, the Oscar-winning actress received backlash for only starring in two feature films direc...

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‘Masters Of The Universe: Revelation’ Announces Star-Studded Voice Cast That Reunites Batman And Joker From ‘Batman: The Animated Series’

Rafael Motamayor

February 15, 2020 4:13 pm

News, Television

It seems Kevin Smith has harnessed the power of Grayskull to hire a stellar cast for his animated series “Masters of the Universe: Revelation” which includes Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lena Headey, Jason Mewes, J...

‘The Batman’ Will Reportedly Explore The Dark Knight’s Second Year At Work

Rafael Motamayor

February 15, 2020 3:04 pm

News

Details of Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” keep on coming as production continues and we get closer to the release date of the DC film. After giving fans a peek at Robert Pattinson’s Batsuit via a camera test video,...

‘The Iron Mask’ Trailer Promises Epic Fight Between Jackie Chan And Arnold Schwarzenegger

Rafael Motamayor

February 15, 2020 1:46 pm

News, Trailers

There is a long list of epic fights in fiction, from Luke versus Vader, Rocky versus Apollo, Ip Man versus those 10 black belt dudes. Now, the trailer for the upcoming fantasy film “The Iron Mask” promises a s...

Watch Philip Seymour Hoffman In The Unaired Showtime Pilot For ‘Happyish’ Directed By John Cameron Mitchell

Rafael Motamayor

February 15, 2020 12:51 pm

News, Television

There’s a long history of TV shows changing drastically in the transition from pilot to full season. Directors change, scripts are revised, actors are replaced. But while most of these pilots never become publ...

‘Killing Eve’ Sends In The Clowns In Season 3 Photos As BBC America Announces April Return

Rafael Motamayor

February 15, 2020 12:17 pm

News, Television

BBC America and AMC finally revealed the first images from Season 3 of “Killing Eve,” reminding you that the spy drama is coming back on April 26 after that shocking season 2 finale. Only you’d be surprised to...

Taika Waititi Teaming Up With Jude Law For Hollywood Satire Show ‘The Auteur’ At Showtime

Rafael Motamayor

February 15, 2020 10:50 am

News, Television

Update: We have a more detail description of what the show may be about. Everyone’s always interested in knowing what filmmakers choose as their follow-up to Oscar-winning projects, but few ask what filmmak...

Scott Cooper To Direct Margaret Qualley In An Adaptation of ‘A Head Full of Ghosts’

Rafael Motamayor

February 15, 2020 10:16 am

News

It seems like Osgood Perkins is no longer attached to direct the adaptation of Paul Tremblay’s novel “A Head Full of Ghosts,” but Scott Cooper is in to re-write and direct the horror film starring Margaret Qua...

‘Only’ Trailer: Freida Pinto And Leslie Odom Jr. Star In New Sci-Fi Thriller About A Mysterious Plague

Rafael Motamayor

February 15, 2020 9:27 am

News, Trailers

While we wait for the FX adaptation of “Y: The Last Man” to maybe, finally see the light of day, there’s a new film coming out soon that takes a similar premise, and asks us how far we’d be willing to go to pr...

‘Parasite’ Wins Best Picture, Makes History And Also Making Everything Alright For Once [Oscars 2020]

Rafael Motamayor

February 9, 2020 11:26 pm

Awards, News

Though not as heated as previous years, the Oscars seemed as full of speculation and debate on the race to tonight’s ceremony. Would the Academy go with the controversial but successful comic-book movie “Joker...

Spirit Awards 2020: ‘The Farewell’ Wins Best Feature [Full Winners List]

Gregory Ellwood and Rafael Motamayor

February 8, 2020 4:53 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, News

The 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards were handed out in a ceremony Saturday afternoon in Santa Monica, Ca. Hosted for the second year in a row by Aubrey Plaza, who began the night with a hilarious yet poig...

Cynthia Erivo Becomes The Queen Of Soul In First Teaser For ‘Genius: Aretha’

Rafael Motamayor

February 8, 2020 4:35 pm

News, Television, Trailers

After earning an Oscar nomination for playing Harriet Tubman, and right in time for the awards ceremony tomorrow night, we’re now getting our first look at Cynthia Erivo playing none other than Aretha Franklin...

Darius Khondji Joins Pablo Larraín’s Apple TV Series ‘Faces’ Starring Julianne Moore & Clive Owen

Rafael Motamayor

February 8, 2020 3:33 pm

News

Darius Khondji is going back to TV. Fresh off the success of “Uncut Gems,” the superstar cinematographer is following up his director of photography gig on the “Too Old to Die Young" mini-series, with a TV sho...

‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Taps ‘Loki’ Show Creator To Rewrite Script

Rafael Motamayor

February 8, 2020 1:53 pm

News

The sequel to Marvel Studio’s “Doctor Strange,” just found itself a new writer. Michael Waldron, who created Marvel’s “Loki” series for Disney+ will pen the script for “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madn...

Long-Delayed ‘Chaos Walking’ Film Finally Gets A January 2021 Release Date

Rafael Motamayor

February 8, 2020 1:11 pm

News

It’s been a long time coming, but Lionsgate has finally announced that Doug Liman’s “Chaos Walking” starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley will be released on January 22, 2021. READ MORE: Doug Liman’s $100 M...

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