New ‘Bumblebee’ Featurette with Director Travis Knight
The most adorable and loved Transformer Bumblebee is now starring in his own film with a great director by his side. Travis Knight, who has worked as a lead animator for the stop-motion animation studio Laika (Coraline and Paranorman) and as a director for films such as Kubo and the Two Strings is the...
ABFF 2018: HBO’s Short Film Competition Review
BGN is highlighting HBO's Short Film Competition shorts presented at the 2018 American Black Film Festival (ABFF). The festival runs June 13th-17th in Miami Beach, Florida. This is the same competition that awarded director Ryan Coogler back in 2011. The following are five short films in competition in which one lucky filmmaker will earn a...
BGN Interview: Director X on directing ‘Superfly’
BGN contributor Jeandra LeBeauf talks with Director X about how he remixed the original film to make his version of Superfly.
Superfly – the film that helped define a genre in its characters, look, sound, and feel – is reimagined with Director X, director of legendary music videos (Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna), introducing it to...
Get ‘Acrimony’ on DIGITAL Today!
Young Melinda is like a panther, she focuses on her prey and then attacks. Interesting enough, her prey is her husband in this film. Ajiona Alexus, the actress who plays young Melinda, discusses how her cat-like prowess works as protection as well. Even more interesting is how the young version of her husband, played by Antonio...
Making Franklin: A Peek Behind the Scenes with Justice Smith
In 10 days, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will make its mark on the summer, and so many of you will know and love the character Franklin played by Justice Smith. He is the tech guru who hates all things--natural. The dirt, the dinos, and the bloody messes that he will find himself in during the...
The Stars of ’13 Reasons Why’ Open Up about Season 2
Yesterday it was announced that the series 13 Reasons Why has been renewed for a third season. The 13-episode season is scheduled to premiere in 2019.
Season 2 picks up 5 months after the events surrounding Hannah’s death in Season 1, but the story has departed from its fateful narrator and now we will hear...
‘Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger’ Hopes To Bust Stereotypes
Freeform’s new show, Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger hopes to bust stereotypes and embrace a more inclusive world on and off the screen with heavy themes and challenging topics. Based on the comics by the same name, Cloak and Dagger follow two teenagers from very different backgrounds, Tyrone (Aubrey Joseph) and Tandy (Olivia Holt), as...
‘Sherlock Gnomes’ Giveaway and Digital Release
Your favorite gnomes are back for Sherlock Gnomes, a caper that leads Gnomeo (James McAvoy, Juliette (Emily Blunt) and the gang on an epic adventure to find out where the rest of the family has gone. They run into the greatest fictional detective Sherlock Gnomes (Johnny Depp) who takes on the case.
The cartoon is lively...
Looks Like Jared Leto’s Joker Is Getting His Own Movie
Say it ain't so!
Arguably one of the worst versions of The Joker to appear on celluloid may be getting the green light from Warner Bros to have a solo film. According to sources at Variety, who broke the news today, Leto is set to star and executive produce an untitled standalone film, paving the...
Viola Davis’ Latest Thriller Deals With Crime, Passion and Corruption
It's true. Viola Davis is starring in a new thriller featuring our favorite elements of the genre of drama — crime, passion, and corruption. This is familiar territory for the Oscar® winning actress who plays the illustrious Annalise Keating on the ABC hit How To Get Away With Murder.
Regency Enterprises and 20th Century Fox have released the...
