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Finding its voice Hulu “It was a show that was attempting to tell serious sci-fi stories while cracking jokes at the same time, and … that’s not really something that is sustainable,” Seth MacFarlane told Decider. “I think in a movie it is. I think you can do that for an hour and a half.” The reason the first season of the show got so many mixed reviews seemed to be a direct result of the show’s struggle of balancing the humor and the drama....

George Lucas And Steven Spielberg Played Tug Of War With A Key Star Wars Crew Member Lucasfilm By Jenna Busch/Sept. 20, 2022 5:08 pm EST Visual effects have come a long way since the first “Star Wars” trilogy premiered in the late 1970s and early 1980s. 1983’s “Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi” broke ground in terms of effects, just as its two predecessors had. One of the people responsible for this was Industrial Light & Magic’s Dennis Muren....

The way things were MGM What Campbell did with “GoldenEye” was deftly bring a new Bond into a new operational ethos, arguing that echoes of the Cold War will remain; The story involves about Soviet satellites, computer hackers, and a bitter ex-MI6 agent played by Sean Bean). In ably traversing the new political landscape, 007 proved that he will always have a use in a world of deranged would-be supervillains. He is not only uniquely qualified to face the ripples caused by the fall of the Soviet Union, but his particular skillset is still well-matched for megalomaniacal doomsday fetishists....

A Time for Killing Columbia Pictures According to Brad Duke’s book, Harrison Ford wasn’t much interested in acting when he was attending university at Ripon College in Wisconsin. Indeed, Ford was a philosophy major. Despite his confidence on camera and forthright attitude in interviews, he claims to have been a shy individual and wanted to take acting classes to combat it. Ford loved acting so much, he decided to make it his calling and moved to Los Angeles to look for gigs....

How Batman: The Animated Series Managed To Stay Faithful To Its Comic Book Counterpart DC Comics By Devin Meenan/Nov. 28, 2022 2:30 pm EST “Batman: The Animated Series” perfectly captured the essence of its comic source material, from the costumed characters of Gotham City to the personality of the metropolis itself. However, it only occasionally adapted comic storylines. Compared to the contemporaneous “X-Men” cartoon which slavishly recreated comic arcs, the “Batman” creative team was more comfortable putting their own spin on things....

A real-life scary story Lionsgate Initially published over a 10-year period starting in 1981, the “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” books retell spooky tales from a variety of sources, including folklore collections and first-hand interviews. Speaking at a teaser trailer launch event for the film adaptation in March 2019 (via Variety), Guillermo del Toro revealed that he first stumbled upon the books when he was growing up. “I basically was roaming through a bookstore, in San Antonio, Texas,” he said....

How Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Aspired To Be Like One Of Weird Al’s Songs [Exclusive] The Roku Channel By Mike Shutt/Nov. 4, 2022 1:00 pm EST How Weird Al Yankovic approaches parody is markedly different than how many other artists use pre-existing material for comedy. Rarely is his aim to mock the song he is reinventing, which is how most people approach parody. Sure, occasionally the two are linked, such as making fun of Kurt Cobain’s mumbly vocals with “Smells Like Nirvana,” but the lyrical content of his songs almost never has anything to do with the original pieces of music....

It Prequel Series Welcome To Derry Has Found Its Showrunners Warner Bros. By Erin Brady/Nov. 9, 2022 12:58 pm EST We could be floating back to the little town of Derry, Maine sooner than anticipated. That’s because the prequel series to Stephen King and Andy Muschietti’s “It” duology, “Welcome to Derry,” has hired its showrunners, according to Variety. Jason Fuchs and Brad Caleb Kane have been tapped as the co-showrunners of the series, with the trade confirming that the show has been given a series commitment by HBO Max....

New She-Hulk Trailer Teases The Rest Of The Season, Gives Us A New Look At Charlie Cox’s Daredevil Disney+ By Ben F. Silverio/Sept. 9, 2022 2:13 pm EST If you’re willing to look past the spoilers for “The Sopranos,” there’s a lot of exciting things coming up in the remaining episodes of “She-Hulk: Attorney At Law.” For example, it looks like the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen will be paying the Jade Giantess a visit as Jennifer Walters comes face-to-face with fellow superhero/lawyer Matt Murdock....

Watch your head One of the best parts of the Flying Wing fistfight is that it features a certain type of action hero, one you really have to search for in American action-adventure movies these days. For most of the fight, Jones is doing what the fast and the furious abhor: he is obviously losing. This academic just got finished fighting a grown man wielding a wrench, and now he has to go toe-to-toe with a walking bicep, who is literally looking for a fight....

Rick And Morty’s Chris Parnell And Sarah Chalke On The Evolution Of Jerry And Beth, Voice Acting Challenges & More [Interview] Adult Swim By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 22, 2022 11:00 am EST “Rick and Morty” is returning for its sixth season on September 4, 2022. The Adult Swim animated series has turned into a multiverse-sprawling laugh riot, becoming such a pillar of pop culture that fans created a bit of chaos by demanding that McDonald’s bring back a certain condiment (twice)....

Sight And Sound Releases Its Updated List Of The Greatest Movies Of All Time Janus Films By Erin Brady/Dec. 1, 2022 3:13 pm EST Every decade, the British Film Institute’s Sight & Sound Magazine has asked film critics and directors to vote for what they believed were the greatest films of all time. The last time that the poll was held back in 2012, Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” was given the prestigious title....

Number one on the call sheet Paramount Pictures In Ryan Scott’s /Film interview with Sosie Bacon, the actress discussed the challenge of going from “number three or four on the call sheet” in her previous film and television projects to now starring in “Smile.” I’ll confess that I did not even realize she was Sedgwick and Bacon’s daughter until this movie. I had seen some of her work as a supporting player in HBO’s “Mare of Easttown,” for instance, but I just chalked her face up to that of another recognizable character actor, like you see all the time on TV....

Tales From The Box Office: How Kevin Smith’s Clerks Became The Little Movie That Could Miramax By Ryan Scott/Sept. 17, 2022 9:04 am EST Independent movies have been a thing for just about as long as movies have been a popular form of entertainment. But there was a point in the ’90s when major studios realized that indie movies could also be good business, and Miramax was at the cutting edge of that movement, acquiring a string of films out of the festival circuit and turning them into hits....

Ted Lasso Season 3 Casts Freaks And Geeks Actress Becky Ann Baker As Ted’s Mom HBO By Shania Russell/Oct. 26, 2022 8:43 am EST With his signature smile and jolly attitude, Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) once said: “I love meeting people’s moms. It’s like reading an instruction manual as to why they’re nuts.” Be careful what you wish for Ted, because the time has come for AFC Richmond and the entire viewing audience to read your instruction manual and learn all your childhood secrets....

The E.T. Animatronic Sold At Auction For Over $2.5 Million Universal Pictures By Miyako Pleines/Dec. 19, 2022 5:23 pm EST When Steven Spielberg’s film, “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” first hit theaters in the summer of 1982, everyone’s hearts were warmed by the charming friendship between a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas) and an alien looking for a way home. The heart of the audience’s love for the film was E.T. himself....

The Idea For Coherence Ironically Came From A Craving For ‘Simplicity’ Oscilloscope Laboratories By Joshua Meyer/Dec. 2, 2022 7:48 am EST Though “Coherence” sounds like the title of a movie about achieving clarity or unity of some sort, viewers of James Ward Byrkit’s 2013 directorial debut may have found the film’s increasingly complex sci-fi plot anything but clear. The title refers to the concept of quantum decoherence, which is mentioned in the movie as the main character, Em (Emily Baldoni), reads from a book on physics....

The Menu Crew Got ‘Absolutely Obsessed’ Perfecting The Technical Cooking Sequences Searchlight Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/Nov. 11, 2022 5:34 pm EST At first glance, “The Menu” appears to be about a group of rich folk digesting a series of delectable dishes that you’ll never be able to afford. But once they’re gathered at the secluded Hawthorne establishment, they’re at the mercy of Chef Slowik and his army of cooks, who have an eventful evening planned for them....

The Rings Of Power Finale Writer Cried While Writing That Harfoot Goodbye Scene [Exclusive] Prime Video By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 17, 2022 5:16 pm EST Writers — they’re just like us! If you thought we fans were the only ones getting all caught up in our feelings while watching these larger-than-life stories on such an unimaginably wide canvas, think again. “The Lord of the Rings” has always boasted a sincere streak that tugs right at the heartstrings of its fans, revealing author J....

The Rings Of Power Finale Writer Gennifer Hutchison On Sauron’s Reveal, Shipping, And More [Exclusive Interview] Prime Video By Jenna Busch/Oct. 17, 2022 4:00 pm EST (Warning: Major spoilers ahead for the “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” season 1 finale.) “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” season 1 has ended, and much has been revealed. After weeks of speculation, we know the identity of Sauron....