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There were quite a few big movies opening at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2018 this year, but one of the bigger ones is Blockers It's a sex comedy in the vein of American Pie, only with a pretty big change: the point of view In this movie we're watching a bunch of teen girls deal with[...]

Freeform's Cloak and Dagger showrunner Joe Pokaski gives an elevator pitch for the series and talks about how important it was to find the right Tyrone and Tandy.

Ready Player One premiered at South by Southwest (SXSW) earlier this month, and there was a Q&A following the screening However, there were some spoilers in this Q&A, so we decided to wait until the movie was out to post it Once again, this is a spoiler warning for this Q&A, because they do touch[...]

If there was a place for Marvel to debut the first episode of the their new Freeform show Cloak and Dagger, then South by Southwest (SXSW) was probably not it While the film festival is getting much more mainstream, it's still not the place you think this kind of TV is going to show up[...]

Prince-Bythewood spoke to Bleeding Cool on the red carpet for the Cloak and Dagger premiere at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2018, and we asked her what drew her to this project. I've been looking to get into the sandbox; I love Marvel I love the characters that they have I got a call about Cloak and Dagger[...]

Marvel TV Boss and executive producer Jeph Loeb talked to Bleeding Cool on the red carpet of the Cloak and Dagger premiere at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2018 about what they're trying to do with this new series. It gives you a unique opportunity to not just talk about what it's like to suddenly find yourself with powers[...]

Sami and van Beek sat down with Bleeding Cool at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2018, and we asked them how they got over any writer's block while working on the film. Van Beek: Yeah I think that have a lot of moments like that, especially in the writing. Sami: One of the great things about co-writing is[...]

Sami and van Beek talked to Bleeding Cool at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2018 about how they came up with the idea of two women running a company where they help break up couples and how it's ripe for comedy. Van Beek: It was like, 2013, and I was just thinking about the level of dread[...]

One of the best things to come out of South by Southwest (SXSW) this year was seeing not just one but two raunchy comedies with female perspectives, told by female writers and directors It shouldn't be a novelty considering that women are half the population and also like to laugh, but this is a point[...]

Starring Frances O'Connor, Megan Charpentier, Jackson Robert Scott and Jack Mulhern, the Hill-written/Muschietti-directed pilot is now being pitched to other streaming services and networks. Word of Hulu taking a pass on the project first came during an interview Cultured Vultures conducted with actor Samantha Mathis (The Strain, Under the Dome) ahead of the 2018 SXSW Film Festival premiere[...]

Last night at SXSW, the company presented their 2018 Gaming Awards, with few surprising results In fact, if you've seen practically anyone else's end-of-year list of the best video games in these categories, none of these winners would shock you The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and Cuphead led most of the[...]

Some awesome news dropped today at SXSW during the Sonic The Hedgehog panel as Sega heads revealed there will be a new game released this summer called Sonic Mania Plus Just to get the necessary bits out of the way, yes, this is the original Sonic Mania that was released last year but with a[...]

[ Editor's note: This Ready Player One activation walkthrough is brought to us by Bleeding Cool correspondent Brandon Wainerdi from SXSW.] Capitalizing on the hype machine that surrounded Sunday's premiere of Steven Spielberg's latest film, Ready Player One also rented out an enormous building in the heart of South by Southwest (SXSW) to build even further excitement. Fans were literally[...]

[Editor's Note: This Last Jedi-centric piece comes to us from Bleeding Cool correspondent Brandon Wainerdi from SXSW 2018.] I am currently writing this in a Starbucks in Georgetown, Texas. Only 30 miles outside of Austin, the pressure kept building in my head as I sped back home, so much so that I had to finally pull off the[...]

Review from SXSW 2018: The Director and the Jedi is an interesting, joyous, and sometimes heartbreaking look at the making of one of the biggest movies of all time.

The longer you look, the clearer the illusion becomes. Check 'em out: The Copper Key poster The Jade Key poster The Crystal Key poster These are an extremely limited print run of 4,000 and are only available to guests at the Ready Player One VR experience set up at South by Southwest (SXSW), where the film had its world premiere last night. Early[...]

It's carried by Apple and was renewed for a second season last month. In the most recent installment, which is the season 2 kickoff episode, HBO's Westworld stars Evan Rachel Wood and James Marsden stopped by during South By Southwest (SXSW) to record. Saddle up! Filming for Season 2 of #CarpoolKaraoke on @applemusic kicks off today at #SXSW with @WestworldHBO's @evanrachelwood[...]

Yeah so I personally am more than a little excited for Ready Player One, as you may have gathered from the numerous pieces I've done covering the ramp up to tonight's premiere at South By Southwest (SXSW), and world opening on March 29th. Parzival gets the first key, the copper key from Anorak. It made sense for Warner[...]

That seems to be the angle of Marvel TV: taking the lesser known characters and giving them a chance to shine. Marvel decided that it was time for people to see the pilot of this new show at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas The two leads (Aubrey Joseph and Olivia Holt) were there, along[...]

Review from SXSW 2018: Blockers is a wonderfully fun and fresh take on the teen sex comedy from an angle so rarely explored in media.

Review from SXSW 2018: Galveston is tough to watch at times, but with the compelling performances, slow burn pacing, and gut punch ending, it really delivers in the end.

There are a lot of things that draw an actor to a particular project -- and for actor Blake Jenner in American Animals, it was a sharp tone change that happens halfway through the movie.

There are quite a few things that make American Animals a fun little movie to watch but one of them is the sharp right turn it makes about halfway through

In an exclusive interview on the carpet at South by Southwest, American Animals director and writer Bart Layton explains why he decided to include footage of the real culprits the upcoming film is based on.

Brandon Wainerdi went to the DC Press Breakfast this morning at SXSW for Bleeding Cool Yeah, he has "nerd" in his surname, but he could drop you as soon as he looks at you He got to meet everyone, do everything, and wear the underpants outside his trousers Take it away, Brandon… Brian Michael Bendis Jim Lee[...]

The famous Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons Superman story is called 'For The Man Who Has Everything', a story about a birthday gift plant to Superman putting him in a coma, giving him the illusion of another life — one in which Krypton had survived and his Kryptonian parents had lived, and he had grown up on Krypton. It's an[...]

These were given away today at the DC Comics event at SXSW, attended by Bleeding Cool's Brandon Wainerdi Yes, he has the word "nerd" in his name — but he could drop you as soon as he looks at you. As Superman gets his red trunks back in the comics with Action Comics #1000, so attendees were[...]

We knew it was a distinct possibility, but this morning it was confirmed that Warner Brothers' upcoming film adaptation of Ernie Cline's Ready Player One will have its official world premiere during South by Southwest (SXSW). Part of the Ready Player One premiere events scheduled for Sunday at SXSW Director of Film at SXSW Janet Pierson sent out an[...]

A continuation of the incredible series that began in 2013, Phantom City Creative and Mondo have teamed up again for a retrospective show at South by Southwest. Tonight is the Austin, TX opening of the gallery, which highlights some of the best moments of the Bruce Timm classic Batman: The Animated Series.

Brandon Wainerdi went to Westworld for Bleeding Cool… or had he been there all along? He writes: After going to South by Southwest (SXSW) for the past five years, it is very tough for an activation to impress me This year, however, HBO pulled out all the stops, taking their much-hyped San Diego-Comic Con Westworld experience[...]