Zack Snyder expandingArmy of the Deadwith film prequel and anime series

Introducing theArmy of the Deadcinematic universe. Matthias Schweighofer plays a character named Ludwig Dieter, who will be the focus of the prequel movie. Schweighofer will also direct and star in that film, which Snyder will help produce with wife Deborah. Clay Enos/NETFLIX Jay Oliva ofBatman: The Dark Knight Returnswill showrun the anime series and direct two episodes. Snyder will also direct two episodes, as well as join the executive producers team with Deborah....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 81 words · Taylor Maxwell

Zack Snyder on possible DCEU return and whyArmy of the Deadwas his 'most joyful cinematic experience'

The filmmaker’s version of Justice League is now available to watch on HBO Max. “Who knows what the future holds?” the filmmaker tells EW. Zack Snyder directs Ben Affleck on the set of ‘Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice’.Clay Enos/Warner Bros. “I always go, what is more likely?” “That Warner Bros. would ask me to make a sequel toJustice League? I think that the sequel would have been a more likely scenario than what’s just happened....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Richard Reynolds

Zack Snyder reveals a first look at his zombie heist Netflix movieArmy of the Dead

This month, EW is offering exclusive looks at more than two dozen of 2021’s most anticipated movies. Check out more of our previewhere. It’s a helluva three-word pitch: “Zombie heist movie.” Credit: CLAY ENOS/NETFLIX “So you expect pure zombie mayhem, and you get that, 100 percent. But also you get these really amazing characters on a fantastic journey. A zombie heist movie but with heart! CLAY ENOS/NETFLIX The U.S. government has managed to contain the outbreak by building a wall around an overrun Sin City....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 270 words · Ashley Jackson

Zack Snyder talks new zombie heist thrillerArmy of Thievesand 'insane' sci-fi movieRebel Moon

So it’s an interesting path to go that way. It’s just obvious! Matthias, how did you wind up being the director on this?MATTHIAS SCHWEIGHOFER:It’s easy. Matthias Schweighöfer as Dieter in ‘Army of Thieves’.Stanislav Honzik/ Netflix It just seemed like a perfect fit. So film schools should be running courses on how to get a coffee with Zack Snyder. Is what we’re learning? Matthias Schweighöfer as Dieter in ‘Army of Thieves’.Stanislav Honzik/ Netflix...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 371 words · Shannon Austin

Zack Snyder's Justice Leaguedidn't win an Oscar but got the 2022 Oscars Cheer Moment

Cinema is officially saved, people. It was recognized for the sequence in whichEzra Miller’s The Flash runs through the Speed Force. How did we get to this moment? ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’.DC First, we must answer, what exactly is a Cheer Moment? Not one of our favorite scenes from the Netflix hit docuseriesCheer, as it turns out. a Cheer Moment.) It was a very MTV Movie/People’s Choice Awards kind of move....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 82 words · Teresa Whitney

Zack Snyder's Justice Leagueis just as bad and twice as long: Review

It could use some editing. You may recall this sequence from 2017’s theatrical cut. One blonde woman picks his sweater up off the ground. ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’.DC Reader:Shesmells his sweater, a deep sensual inhalation. Then she sings louder. I had to laugh. Clay Enos/Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Comics And porn-y, sure, but this is the guy who oiled up300dudes in speedos and knee-high boots. No such luck.Zack Snyder’s Justice Leagueis just another badJustice League....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 827 words · Kenneth Powers

Zack Snyder's Justice Leaguemight get R-rated theatrical release

Snyder says his four-hour superhero epic may get a theatrical release complete with an F-bomb-dropping Batman. Plus, the director weighs in on the Warner Bros. 2021 slate controversy. “We haven’t heard from the MPAA, but that’s my gut.” Clay Enos/Warner Bros. And Steppenwolf is pretty much just hacking people in half. So [the rating would be due to] violence and profanity, probably both." “So weirdly, it’s the reverse [of the trend]....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 101 words · Phillip Russell

Zakiya Dalila Harris on her blockbuster debutThe Other Black Girl: 'I want readers to hold many ideas of Blackness at the same time'

The former book editor’s genre-bending evisceration of workplace privilege is set to become the debut of the summer. Three years ago, Zakiya Dalila Harris was an assistant editor at Knopf Doubleday Publishing. It follows Nella, a book-publishing assistant who clashes with the only other Black employee in her department. Zakiya Dalila Harris.Credit: Nicole Mondestin Here, Harris, 28, offers up her process and it’s anything but beginner’s luck. We didn’t, but I was curious about the fact that we didn’t have a Black-friend moment....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 235 words · Chris Lin

Zara Larsson on growing up, the perfection of pop music, and new albumPoster Girl

“It’s just a fun song about weed,” explains the 23-year-old pop singer. “They were like, f–k! You smoke so much!' “Whenever I release this baby, it’s out for the world to judge,” says Zara Larsson, of her forthcoming third album.Luc Coiffait I was like, ‘Let’s write a song about it!'” But onPoster Girl, Larsson sings with purpose. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You’ve been working onPoster Girlfor years. What sort of emotional state did this start from for you?...

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 667 words · Kathleen Crawford

Zendaya talks voicing 'iconic' Lola Bunny, being surprised by controversy over newSpace Jamlook

Zendayais ready to jam. “Zendaya’s having a great moment right now,” he says. “She’s taking ownership of her image, her brand, her business. Zendaya, left, and Lola Bunny in ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy.'.Christian Gilles / Newspix via Getty Images; Warner Bros. Pictures She’s really the embodiment of Lola, to tell you the truth. That’s the kind of projection of Lola that we wanted to have.” ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Fun fact: You are only two months older than the originalSpace Jam....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Tanya Hodge

Zero transgender characters in major Hollywood movies for four years running

GLAAD’s latest report card for the major Hollywood studios found an abysmal lack of trans representation. AsMj Rodriguezmade historyfor transgender actors in the television space,GLAADfinds Hollywood still has a long way to go. In fact, this is the fourth year in a row where this has happened. Daniela Vega in 2017’s ‘A Fantastic Woman.'.Sony Pictures Classics By GLAAD’s own estimates, that’s zero trans characters out of almost 400 films since January 2017....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Parker Rojas

Zoe Lister-Jones talks the pressure (and power) of rebootingThe Craft

Zoe Lister-Jones was the weirdo, mister. Now 38, she no longer rocks a shaved head. But she’s still a weirdo. Daryl Wein for EW Only now, she’s the weirdo who’s rebooting theCraftfranchise. The film, which was written and directed by Lister-Jones, is more of a continuation than anything else. “It was a challenge that both terrified me and thrilled me,” Lister-Jones says. There are a lot of Easter eggs in it....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 159 words · Tracy Harris

Zoe Saldaña's former manager advised her to change her name forCenter Stage

“She said it’s what everybody does.” She didn’t take the suggestion as hurtful. They celebrated who I was." Zoe Saldaña in ‘Center Stage’.Columbia Pictures And she said it’s what everybody does." Today, she says, that kind of advice would be considered poor. Saldana now stars inThe Adam ProjectalongsideRyan Reynolds,Mark Ruffalo, andJennifer Garner. She plays Laura, a time-traveling pilot from the year 2050 who’s stuck in the past. The best advice she ever received?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · David Sullivan