The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistancepremiering on Netflix in August: See the exclusive images

EW can exclusively reveal that the much-anticipatedThe Dark Crystal: Age of Resistancewill launch on Netflix Aug. 30. The Gelflings are voiced byTaron Egerton,Anya Taylor-Joy, and Nathalie Emmanuel. Its so so complicated to build a puppet, hire puppeteers, all that stuff. Kevin Baker/Netflix We chose the long, hardest road and were very thankful [we did]. It looks absolutely stunning. Exclusively see images fromThe Dark Crystal: Age of Resistancebelow. Kevin Baker/Netflix Kevin Baker/Netflix...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 77 words · Mark Shaffer

The Dark Knightcelebrates 10th anniversary with return to IMAX theaters

The Dark Knightis rising. Nolan famously shot several of the films iconic sequences with what at the time was groundbreaking IMAX technology. In fact,The Dark Knightwas first major feature film to use IMAX 70mm film. Credit: Everett Collection It was also nominated for eight Oscars, winning two:best supporting actor for Ledgerand best sound editing. (Ledger is the only person to receive the award posthumously). Tickets for the opening day go on sale this Friday, with showtimes only announced for Aug....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 92 words · Rebecca Krause

The Dark Knightturns 10: EW critics revisit Christopher Nolan's Batman phenomenon

The summer of 2008 broke history, and rebuilt it. America suffered through a bitter presidential election on the road to a globewrecking financial crisis. In theaters, cinematic generations were rising and falling. Credit: Everett Collection Last week:The wonder ofHellboy II: The Golden Army. DARREN:I like how small Christian Bale looks inThe Dark Knight. It’s a plot thing, actually: His first big decision is to trim down. Alfred and Lucius are played by Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, who are taller than Bale....

May 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1103 words · Eric Webb

The Dark Web comes to DC in Benjamin Percy'sNightwingcomics

How will one of the least tech-savvy superheroes deal with cybercrime? Writer Benjamin Percys run onGreen Arrowwas one of the major highlights of DCs recentRebirthinitiative. Now Percy is gearing up for something slightly different. Credit: DC Entertainment Back in August, [DC co-publisher] Dan DiDio gave me a call. Theres no greater weapon right now than information and vulnerable data. We all know about identity theft, this is secret identity theft....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · William Serrano

The Darkest Legacy: See the cover for Alexandra Bracken's new spinoff novel

If youve been missing the world of Alexandra BrackensThe Darkest Mindsseries, youre in luck. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: When did you decide to return to theDarkestworld? Ultimately, I felt very never say never about coming back, but wasnt about to make any promises. Credit: Captured Moments by Rita & Company It was always going to have to be the exact right story. It felt like a natural way to continue the story without it being the original trilogy 2....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Jessica Castaneda

The Darkest Mindsfilmmaker welcomes comparisons to political resistance movements

Kids separated from their families and placed in detention camps. Teenagers rising up to push back against an overbearing system. Whenever controversies from real life intersect with moviemaking, many directors brush off the coincidence. Credit: Daniel McFadden/Fox But Nelson embraces the similarities. The Darkest Mindsis a resistance story. Survivors find they can manipulate electricity and levitate objects, or harness the power of fire. VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images What we really tried to do in this movie is to encourage that sort of uplift, she adds....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Travis Nelson

The Darkest Mindsis an uninspired slog of dystopian YA tropes: EW review

The doctor has a chart. The movie is a McMansion built on a sand foundation. bounty hunters (although why they cant just call them bounty hunters is beyond me). Credit: Daniel McFadden/Fox On the other hand, we know Liam is our romantic hero, because he is the tallest. There is no resolution for any of the story lines haphazardly dangling like electrical wires. The central villain is not defeated, main plot points are not untangled....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Courtney Moore

The Darkest Mindstrailer: Amandla Stenberg literally has the power to fight back

Why does [the plague] take out kids? What is this thing? How do you cure it? 20th Century Fox directorJennifer Yuh Nelson told EW. How do you fight it? Do youwantto fight it? They dont know how to find a place in the world. How to find a self-acceptance? Ruby is classified as orange by the government, meaning she can control peoples minds. She breaks free from her internment camp and goes on the run with a band of other enhanced individuals....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 137 words · James Davis

The Darkest Starauthor Jennifer L. Armentrout unveils cover and excerpt for new series

Are you ready to return to the Lux? Read on below, and pre-order the book ahead of its Oct. 30 releasehere. Like, legit hide-my-body-in-a-deep-dark-grave kind of kill me. Credit: Franggy Yanez And my mom totally had the means to do so. Shoving the lipstick wand back into its tube, I watched fat raindrops bomb the windshield. My heart threw itself against my ribs as if it were determined to punch its way out....

May 1, 2025 · 8 min · 1632 words · Brittney Kelley

The Defiant Onesdirector Allen Hughes reflects on making the HBO film

It took a while to get that cloud off of me. Youre not processing it because your head is just crazy. Struggling to watch his own creative works isnt anything new for Hughes, either. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images I cant watch it. I cant show people. Something about the documentaries is that its personal, but theres a disconnect where I can watch it. Its not a problem because its about other people....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 716 words · Michael Miller

The depressing dogma of Kanye West'sYe

Shirley Ann Lee traveled the country singing gospel songs, her soul-piercing bellow preaching the word of God. His vulnerability here is admirable, even if the production feels like a discardedLife of PabloB-side. While the songwriting improves on the intimate “Wouldn’t Leave,” the topics are just as dour. Credit: Def Jam Records “It was just too sensitive,” he said. " I was like, I’ma just chill right now.'" Illustration by Pablo Thecuadro for EW

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 73 words · Dillon Lawrence

The Deuceco-creator responds to James Franco allegations

Personally I can only speak knowledgeably toThe Deuce. Ive checked with all my fellow producers and other personnel. We have no complainant or complaint or any awareness of any incident of concern involving Mr. Franco. Nor has HBO been approached with any complaint. In our experience, he was entirely professional as an actor, director, and producer. In a story published byThe Los Angeles Timeson Thursday morning, they and three other women elaborated further....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Matthew Calderon

The Deucefinale recap: 'My Name Is Ruby'

The powerful first season comes to a harrowing end My Name Is Ruby is about dignity. My Name Is Ruby is, in other words, a fitting season finale forThe Deuce. Frankies brother, Vincent, is not so ignorant. Credit: Paul Schiraldi/HBO Vince realizes hes in too deep. He storms out of the newly leased building. When he returns to the Hi-Hat, however, he appears similarly lost at sea. Vince suddenly appears 10 years older, his hands seemingly on the verge of covering his ears....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 867 words · Christine Wood