Eclipse Magazine

1 month ago | eclipsemagazine.com | Michelle Alexandria

Universal Pictures has announced that the live action How to Train Your Dragon will make its worldwide Debut at CinemaCon in April. CinemaCon is an annual conference is put on by NATO – National Association of Theater Owner. The event, held yearly in Las Vegas, showcases the upcoming Summer and Fall Slate of films for Theater Owners. The event is known for having a few surprise debuts, in previous years Fast and Furious, The Flash, Shang Chi, Top Gun and Ghostbusters premiered.

Dec 22, 2024 | eclipsemagazine.com | Michelle Alexandria

James Gunn’s Superman marks the official launch of the new DCU, although technically, I think, Max’s Creature Commandos does that since Gunn has said that animated show is cannon and those characters will eventually appear in Live Action. Since the trailer launched, it has garnered over 250 million views. The most of any DC property. VIDEO

Dec 22, 2024 | eclipsemagazine.com | Michelle Alexandria

It’s my favorite time of the year. CinemaCon 2025 is returning March 31 – April 3rd, 2025. It promises to be a big year with all the studios returning to the big stage for the first time since pre-covid. 2025 feels like it’s going to be the first year the Industry is going to finally be back on track with no interruptions like strikes or threats of any major studio mergers or closings. This year was a post strike year so productions got back on track and next year has the potential to be big.

Mar 8, 2024 | eclipsemagazine.com | Michelle Alexandria

In the long history of prominent movie makeups, one of the most daunting of challenges is the likeness makeup, where an artist on a film is mandated with creating a realistic depiction of a person of note from history. Other makeup challenges such as monster makeups, age makeups on youthful actors, and animalistic makeups are surely formidable; likeness makeups are often further scrutinized by an observant public and require even greater precision than the former types.

Aug 16, 2023 | eclipsemagazine.com | Michelle Alexandria

I don’t care what anyone says, I think Uwe Boll gets an unfair amount of hate. It’s one thing not to like someone’s movies or body of work, it’s quite another to spend so much time attacking someone personally. As though they walked up to you and punched you in the face. Wait, Uwe did box some of his critics once, so nevermind. I recently had a chance to do an email interview with Uwe where we touched a bit on his career, what he thinks of critics and more.