Thirty-six years ago, the late artist known as Prince won an Oscar for Best Original Score for
Purple Rain. His musical movie not only crossed genres to make him a household name, but showcased a slew of talented musicians like Morris Day and The Time, Wendy & Lisa, and more. Everyone who stood on stage with Prince was exceptionally gifted. That was by design, as every artist that came through Paisley Park was trained and coached by Prince himself.
The graphic novel
MPLS Sound aims to capture Prince’s transcendent rise and the birth of the “Minneapolis sound” by telling the story of his influence through the fictional funk band Starchild.
The plot of
65 has been kept under wraps. We do know, however, that it’s directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (
A Quiet Place) and stars Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt, who played young Gamora in
Avengers: Infinity War. Production on the film has officially wrapped, according to the directors, who tweeted on Feb. 21: Getting to make a movie is incredible, but forming a film family is even better. We are feeling grateful, exhilarated, and sixty-five years older.
No news yet on when the movie will be released.
Elfman also shared what he did to keep himself busy in the year that was 2020 a music video appropriately titled “Love in the time of Covid.” The song is an angry, frustrated one, and the corresponding music video features a horned monster in a tracksuit eating Fruit Loops and lusting after a green-skinned woman he finds on a dating app (the monster, unfortunately, swiped left several times on a singing Elfman).
Batman (1989) are coming to the world of print with a pair of cinema-inspired comic books from DC, the publisher confirmed today. They won t just be screenplays translated into comic form, but entirely new stories set within the respective cinematic universes.
Rob Venditti (
Hawkman) and Wilfredo Torres (
BANG!) are tackling the Man of Steel (played in the 78 film by Christopher Reeve), while Sam Hamm (the original co-screenwriter of Burton s Gotham-based adventure) and Joe Quinones (
Howard the Duck) take on the Caped Crusader (famously played in the 89 feature by Michael Keaton).
Resolving certain plot threads left dangling by its progenitor,