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‘The Mitchells vs. The Machines’: Phil Lord On How Being a Mitchell Is Like Being A Clippers Fan

February 8, 2022 6:13 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Interviews, News

Oscar nomination morning was heavenly for the creative team behind Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation's "The Mitchells vs The Machines." The celebrated tale of an everyday family taking on a legion of sentien...

‘The Afterparty’ Review: Lord & Miller’s Apple TV+ Series Takes A Laid-Back Approach To Genre-Hopping

Andrew Crump

January 19, 2022 12:44 pm

News, Reviews, Television

We should all be so lucky to have Tiffany Haddish sit us down for an unauthorized police interrogation, and stipulate that our witness statements be delivered in the form of a specific movie genre. What fun! E...

‘Solo’: Thandiwe Newton Says Val Wasn’t Supposed To Die In The ‘Star Wars’ Spinoff & Calls The Death “A Big, Big Mistake”

Christopher Marc

August 26, 2021 10:25 am

News

Lucasfilm's "Solo: A Story Wars Story" was a costly venture for the studio, as they fired the original directors, Chris Miller and Phil Lord, leading to very expensive reshoots led by acclaimed director, Ron H...

‘Cocaine Bear’: Elizabeth Banks’ New Film Adds Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, Ray Liotta & Others

Christopher Marc

July 2, 2021 10:03 am

News

Universal Pictures is working on a feature film "Cocaine Bear," based on a 1985 New York Times article about a 175-pound black bear that got into a duffle bag filled with more than 70 pounds of cocaine that wa...

Phil Lord and Chris MIller 21 Jump Street

Phil Lord & Chris Miller To Direct A Pandemic Film From The Author Of ‘The Big Short’ & ‘Moneyball’

Charles Barfield

May 11, 2021 10:56 am

News

In a relatively short time since they made their directorial debut on the animated kids' film “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” in 2009, Phil Lord and Chris Miller have established themselves as two of the m...

‘The Mitchells Vs. The Machines’: Robots & Family Collide In This Fun Animated Escape [Review]

Brian Farvour

April 27, 2021 11:11 am

News, Reviews

It seems that every few years, there's another filmmaker attempting to offer some form of half-hearted commentary on our society's increased use of the digital devices that seem destined to enslave us all; fro...

Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers & Justin K. Thompson To Direct ‘Into The Spider-Verse’ Sequel

Charles Barfield

April 20, 2021 10:40 am

News

While many comic book fans were excited by the release of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” in 2018, no one could have expected just how universally acclaimed the film would go on to be, eventually securing ...

‘The Mitchells Vs. The Machines’ Trailer: Lord & Miller Present An Animated Film About A Family Stopping The Robot Uprising

Charles Barfield

March 31, 2021 10:24 am

News

Have you ever watched “The Incredibles” and thought about how great it would be if you took away their powers, made them constantly fight with each other, and then have to battle robots to save humanity? Well,...

‘Cocaine Bear’: Elizabeth Banks To Direct A New Film About An Overdosing Bear For Lord & Miller

Charles Barfield

March 10, 2021 10:26 am

News

Back in late-2019, it was being reported that Phil Lord and Chris Miller were producing a feature that was described as a “bear-comedy with heart.” At the time, the filmmakers Radio Silence, who previously wor...

‘LEGO Movie’ Director Kindly Asks That You Don’t Blame Him For The Upcoming Rubik’s Cube Film

Charles Barfield

January 4, 2021 2:29 pm

News

So far, there hasn’t been anything truly terrible in 2021. Obviously, we still have holdovers from the past year including election discussion and the ongoing pandemic, but people seem excited about the possib...

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