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Displaying all articles tagged:
Andy Serkis
coming soon my precious
Sept. 2, 2024
Gandalf Joins
The Hunt for Gollum
Sir Ian McKellen is down to clown in Hobbiton.
By
Alejandra Gularte
endings
Aug. 15, 2024
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Ends With a Frustrating Appeasement
The Caesar trilogy preached solidarity among apes. The new film, on the other hand, champions alliances with humans.
By
Roxana Hadadi
chat room
Nov. 10, 2022
Andy Serkis on
Andor
’s Humanity and Kino Loy’s Fate
“He’s really only looking after himself until Cassian arrives, and it reignites who he was.”
By
James Grebey
movie review
Feb. 28, 2022
The Batman
Is Sad, Scary, and Even a Little Sexy
Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson give us an austere, tense serial-killer thriller as much as a superhero action flick.
By
Bilge Ebiri
netflix
Dec. 13, 2020
Rowan Atkinson Fights a Bee in One of 7 New Netflix U.K. Shows
Sam Mendes and Andy Serkis are among the cadre of talent in several newly announced series.
By
Halle Kiefer
star wars wars
Dec. 20, 2019
5 Ways
The Rise of Skywalker
Reverses Course From
The Last Jedi
Well, no one would accuse the
Star Wars
sequel trilogy of being overly mapped out from the start.
By
Alison Willmore
it’s alive!
Aug. 5, 2019
Andy Serkis Will Fuse With the Symbiote and Direct
Venom 2
No, he won’t be doing any of the motion capture.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
lights camera cgi
Dec. 11, 2018
How
Lord of the Rings
’ Gollum Changed the Course of SFX
One of the many hands who worked on Andy Serkis’s groundbreaking mo-cap performance looks back on the process of creating a new breed of CG character.
By
Caroline Conrad
funny suits
Dec. 10, 2018
Andy Serkis on His Most Groundbreaking Motion-Capture Performances
The trailblazing performance-capture actor analyzes four key roles and catalogues the great leaps forward in mo-cap technology over the last 18 years.
By
Chris Lee
netflix
July 27, 2018
Warner Bros. Sells Andy Serkis’s Live-Action
Mowgli
to Netflix
The Andy Serkis–directed adaptation will now premiere next year instead of this fall.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
trailer mix
May 21, 2018
Watch the Trailer for
Mowgli
, Previously Known as
Jungle B
ook: Origins
Coming to Netflix December 7.
By
Jackson McHenry
July 14, 2017
6 Pictures of Caesar From
Planet of the Apes
With a Caesar Haircut
This post features famous computer ape Caesar with the ’90s haircut known as the Caesar. Pretty self-explanatory, really.
By
Jesse David Fox
on set photos
July 12, 2017
Is the
Black Panther
Cast the Sexiest in the Marvel Universe?
Angela Bassett in white locs! Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan staring each other down!
By
Hunter Harris
last night on late night
July 12, 2017
Trump’s Tweets Make More Sense When Andy Serkis Reads Them As Gollum
Suddenly, we understand “covfefe.”
By
Jackson McHenry
oscar futures
July 11, 2017
Could
War for the Planet of the Apes
Finally Win the Series an Effects Oscar?
The series is a special-effects triumph, but has gone zero-for-two on Oscar night so far.
By
Kyle Buchanan
movie review
July 11, 2017
War for the Planet of the Apes
Isn’t the
Apocalypse Now
Remake It Wants to Be
It’s an awesome, dull movie that manages to be both alienating and sappy.
By
David Edelstein
June 29, 2017
Breathe
Trailer: Try Not to Weep As Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy Fall in Love
Directed by Andy Serkis.
By
Hunter Harris
Oct. 18, 2016
Andy Serkis on the Biggest Challenge of Motion-Capture Acting
His answer may surprise you.
By
Lizzy Halberstadt
cannes 2016
May 16, 2016
Cannes: Andy Serkis Says His
Jungle Book
Will Be Scary and ‘Quite Dark’
In a way that’s different than Jon Favreau’s.
By
Jada Yuan
the industry
Apr. 21, 2016
Alfonso Cuaron Helping Andy Serkis’s
Jungle Book
The Warner Bros. version has been pushed back to October 2018.
By
Halle Kiefer
andy serkis
Dec. 13, 2015
Andy Serkis Is Making a Rumpelstiltskin Movie
A
dark
Rumpelstiltskin movie.
By
Jackson McHenry
roll clip!
Nov. 23, 2015
The New
Planet of the Apes
Movie Wants You in It
For real: You could be Caesar’s new BFF.
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
star wars
Nov. 12, 2015
Andy Serkis Talks
Star Wars
Supreme Leader Snoke
“Supreme Leader Snoke is quite an enigmatic character.”
By
Nate Jones
star wars
May 28, 2015
Here’s Who Andy Serkis Is Playing in
Star Wars
You won’t see his face, as usual.
By
Dee Lockett
golden voice
Nov. 30, 2014
That’s Andy Serkis’s Voice You Hear in the
Star Wars: Episode VII
Trailer
Yep, Gollum.
By
E. Alex Jung
casting couch
Aug. 20, 2014
Very Famous People to Lend Their Voices to New
Jungle Book
Movie
Like Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett famous.
By
Jesse David Fox
acting
July 11, 2014
Correction: It’s the Actors Acting Opposite Andy Serkis Who Deserve Oscars
You can’t argue with this photo’s evidence.
By
Jesse David Fox
directors chair
Mar. 21, 2014
Andy Serkis to Direct Live-Action
Jungle Book
Not the Disney one. The other one.
By
Halle Kiefer
trailer mix
Dec. 18, 2013
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Trailer: The Ape Crusader
The sequel to
Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
By
Jesse David Fox
chat room
Dec. 10, 2012
Andy Serkis on
The Hobbit
, the Oscars, and How to Do Your Best Gollum
“The key is to act like you have a furball.”
By
Jennifer Vineyard
Nov. 30, 2012
‘The Colbert Report’ Will Celebrate ‘Hobbit Week’ Next Week
Noted Tolkien nerd Stephen Colbert is celebrating the release of Peter Jackson’s new Hobbit movie with a theme week on The Colbert Report […]
By
Bradford Evans
adaptations
Oct. 22, 2012
Andy Serkis to Direct Motion-Capture-Based
Animal Farm
Adaptation
It will be mostly motion capture, obvs.
By
Jesse David Fox
party chat
Jan. 25, 2012
Tilda Swinton Is Ready to Do That Duet With Andy Serkis
At Patton Oswalt’s suggestion.
By
Bennett Marcus
andy serkis
Jan. 16, 2012
See Andy Serkis Act, Before the CGI
You could literally put Andy Serkis in a monkey costume and we’d still be tearing up by the end of this scene.
By
Eliot Glazer
best of 2011
Dec. 28, 2011
David Edelstein’s Favorite Performances From 2011
And a few of his worsts, as well.
By
David Edelstein
Dec. 20, 2011
Andy Serkis on
Tintin
, the
Apes
Sequel, and His Surprising
Hobbit
Gig
“I got over my embarrassment about wearing a very tight spandex suit when I was wearing it 6,000 feet up a volcano in front of 200 crew members.”
By
Kyle Buchanan
movies
Dec. 2, 2011
Andy Serkis Says
Tintin
Should Be Considered Live-Action
“The category of animation should be under review.”
By
Margaret Lyons
movies
Nov. 3, 2011
Andy Serkis Signs
Apes
Sequel Deal
He’s the first returning player to be locked in.
By
Kyle Buchanan
clickables
July 11, 2011
Watch the Second Video Dispatch From
The Hobbit
Featuring pretty scenery and Andy Serkis taking his post as the second-unit director.
By
Kyle Buchanan
the industry
Apr. 7, 2011
The Hobbit
’s Second Unit Will Be Directed by Gollum
Also known as the actor Andy Serkis.
By
Amos Barshad
the hobbit
Oct. 22, 2010
Peter Jackson Announces
Hobbit
Cast
It’s a nice distraction from that nasty battle he’s having with a New Zealand union.
By
Avi Zenilman
Oct. 5, 2010
John Landis Returns to the Big Screen with Burke and Hare
John Landis, the director of The Blues Brothers, Coming to America and An American Werewolf in London, is back with his first movie in a decade […]
By
Adam Frucci
the industry
June 30, 2010
Industry Roundup: Jude Law, Ashley Greene
Plus: Gore Verbinski negotiating to direct ‘Walter Mitty.’
By
Josh Duboff
the industry
Jan. 22, 2010
Sean Penn and Robert Pattinson to Join the Circus?
Plus: Rob Marshall! Steven Spielberg! Danny Boyle!
By
Adam K. Raymond
the industry
Dec. 17, 2007
Idris Elba and Cuba Gooding Jr. Join the Juice Crew
Plus industry news on Andy Serkis, Alan Jackson, and Emmy Rossum.