Vital Thrills recently got a chance to attend a press conference with the cast and crew of Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion, the new series on Disney+. In the show, debuting on June 21, Nick Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls. Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross,…
Vital Thrills recently got a chance to attend the press conference for Disney and Pixar’s Elemental and talked to stars Leah Lewis and Mamoudou Athie, as well as director Peter Sohn, producer Denise Ream, and singer/songwriter Ari Leff (Lauv). Now playing in theaters, Pixar’s Elemental is set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and…
For nearly three decades, writer/director Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums) has been cutting his movies from his own peculiar cloth. His latest sojourn into his uniquely stylized blend of comedy and cartoonish art direction is Asteroid City, a Russian-doll narrative of a group of a disparate eccentrics dropped into a desert…
With the highly-anticipated live-action film swimming into theaters on May 26, Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to The Little Mermaid cast and crew. The beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure, Disney‘s The Little Mermaid stars singer and actress Halle Bailey (grown-ish) as Ariel. The Little Mermaid cast includes…
Vital Thrills recently attended the press conference for the 20th Century Studios film White Men Can’t Jump. The all-new comedy begins streaming exclusively on Hulu May 19, 2023. White Men Can’t Jump is a modern retelling of the iconic 1992 film that celebrates the streetball hustling culture of Los Angeles. Sinqua Walls stars as Kamal, once a promising…
Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 cast and crew about the highly-anticipated May 5 release. This is the final Marvel Studios film (for now) from James Gunn, who has recently taken over the DC Studios alongside producer Peter Safran. Present were stars Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan,…
After his Best Picture winning success with Argo, star/director Ben Affleck is having a go at another unconventional biopic with Air, the story of how Nike revolutionized the footwear industry through its association with future basketball icon Michael Jordan. Amazon Studios provided us with the opportunity to attend a press day featuring Affleck and his…
Disney and Pixar’s upcoming Elemental movie was previewed for the press recently and Vital Thrills got a chance to chat with the filmmakers and see footage early. Opening on June 16, the film centers on Ember (voice of Leah Lewis), a fire elemental in a city of elements, and Wade (voice of Mamoudou Athie), a…
20th Century Studios is set to release the new true-crime thriller Boston Strangler and Vital Thrills recently got a chance to speak to writer/director Matt Ruskin and the cast. The film tells the story of the trailblazing reporters who broke the story of the notorious Boston Strangler murders of the 1960s. Boston Strangler will premiere March 17,…
Jeff Loveness was born to write for Marvel. As a kid, his brother and friends would quiz each other on Marvel trivia on the way to school. Later, he wrote and directed the viral fan film Wes Anderson’s Spider-Man, which caught the eye of Jimmy Kimmel Live! There, he wrote a new Star Wars trilogy…
A new part of Universal Studios Hollywood is now open, and I recently got a chance to pay it a visit. The new attraction is Super Nintendo World, and friends, if you are a fan of the little plumber Mario, Princess Peach, Bowser, and Yoshi, you are going to be out of your mind. Plus,…
With Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania opening in theaters on Thursday, February 16, Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the cast and crew about the anticipated third installment. In Quantumania, which kicks off Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne/The Wasp (Evangeline Lilly) return to…
Vital Thrills recently attended the press day for the upcoming Netflix movie Your Place or Mine, starring Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher. You can check out what we learned about Your Place or Mine below. In February 10 release, Debbie (Reese Witherspoon) and Peter (Ashton Kutcher) have been best friends for 20 years even though they are total opposites. Practical, risk-averse…
After a 13-year wait for the sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water is finally here! Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Avatar cast and crew about the highly-anticipated film. With Avatar: The Way of Water, the cinematic experience reaches new heights as James Cameron transports audiences back to the magnificent world of Pandora…
On December 2, Darby and the Dead will premiere on Hulu and Vital Thrills caught up with the cast and crew to learn more about the supernatural teen comedy. The film will stream on Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ under the Star banner in all other territories. Directed by Silas Howard, Darby and the Dead stars…
With the series debuting on Disney+ November 30, Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Willow cast and writer/executive producer Jon Kasdan. The action-adventure series is based on George Lucas’ fantasy-adventure film Willow, released in theaters in 1988, and comes from Lucasfilm and Imagine Entertainment. The story began when an aspiring sorcerer, played…
With the imminent release of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery in select theaters on November 23 (followed by a Netflix bow on December 23), the streamer allowed us to participate in a massive press conference with actors Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline and writer/director…
Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to writer/director Nikyatu Jusu (Two Sentence Horror Stories) and stars Anna Diop (Titans), Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible franchise) and Sinqua Walls (Teen Wolf) about their work on the new psychological horror film Nanny. An unnerving study of the disparity between a Senegalese domestic worker and the privileged white…
Vital Thrills talked to the Strange World cast and crew about Walt Disney Animation Studios’ new action-packed adventure, which opens in theaters on November 23. From the Strange World cast, we chatted with Jake Gyllenhaal, Gabrielle Union, Dennis Quaid, and Jaboukie Young-White. Director Don Hall, co-director and writer Qui Nguyen, and producer Roy Conli were…
With the highly-anticipated sequel coming to Disney+ on November 18, Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Disenchanted cast and crew. From the Disenchanted cast, we chatted with Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Idina Menzel, Maya Rudolph, Gabriella Baldacchino, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jayma Mays, and Oscar Nunez. Director Adam Shankman, composer and songwriter Alan Menken, and…