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Ending one season too soon HBO Season 4 of “Westworld” saw the return of star-studded veteran cast members Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Harris, Tessa Thompson, Thandiwe Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Luke Hemsworth, James Marsden, Aaron Paul, and Angela Sarafyan, and the addition Aurora Perrineau (“Prodigal Son”) and Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”). With allegedly only one season left to complete the story, it may seem cruel from a fandom perspective to cancel the show, but “Westworld” has historically been one of the most expensive shows for the network....

Why Helen Mirren Was So Comfortable Behind The Wheel In The Fast And The Furious Franchise Universal Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/Sept. 19, 2022 1:54 pm EST Where there’s fun to be had, the “Fast and the Furious” movies will follow. What started as a “Point Break” rip-off, coupled with the B-movie sensibilities of the ’50s hot rod flick, has now blossomed into a ludicrous superhero spy saga spanning 11 films. The secret to their success has always been evolution....

Watch the A Good Person trailer This is the first time Zach Braff has directed a feature film since 2017’s “Going in Style,” though he’s been busy directing TV episodes and short films. Braff recently directed the “Ted Lasso” episode entitled “Biscuits,” which nabbed him both a nomination for a Directors Guild of America Award as well as one for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. Previously, he wrote, directed, and starred in the 2004 film “Garden State,” which was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival....

An RRR Sequel Could Happen, But How Could It Even Top The First Movie DVV Entertainment By Matthew Bilodeau/Nov. 14, 2022 2:00 pm EST Even with all of the incredibles films I’ve seen so far in 2022, few have made me as excited, emotional, and pumped up as “RRR,” which /Film’s Hoai-Tran Bui calls a “maximalist epic.” Director S.S. Rajamouli’s explosive piece of spectacle cinema is a movie with a burning fire in its belly that never subsides throughout its three-hour runtime....

Andor Writer And Executive Producer On Making A Grown-Up Star Wars Show [Exclusive Interview] Lucasfilm By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 9, 2022 2:00 pm EST Ask anyone involved with “Andor” about the main reason behind the show’s creative success and inevitably, the first thing they’ll point to is the vision of creator Tony Gilroy. Brought on board to help bring “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” across the finish line back in 2016, the filmmaker behind “Michael Clayton” and the scripts of the “Bourne” trilogy proved impressive enough to bring back for another go-around on the “Star Wars” carousel with the spin-off series based on Cassian Andor (Diego Luna)....

‘Every audience member is an expert in facial expression’ 20th Century Studios If cinema itself is a magic trick, then this is kind of the magic trick on top of the magic trick. These people aren’t real, but there’s a reality to them that you folks bring. Speaking as someone coming from an acting background, there’s this idea of, “Oh no, these animators are going to come and take our acting away from us....

Daredevil: Born Again Adds The Many Saints Of Newark Star Michael Gandolfini Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 2, 2022 10:38 am EST Michael Gandolfini is about to make the jump from the mafia-ridden streets of New Jersey to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s version of New York City. The actor, most well-known for stepping into the shoes of his late father James Gandolfini to portray a younger version of Tony Soprano in last year’s “The Many Saints of Newark,” is set to board “Daredevil: Born Again....

Something pretty HBO In chapter six of “Life’s Work,” Milch remembers the cancellation of “Deadwood” and how editing season 3’s episodes was bittersweet, since he already knew this was the end. Why “didn’t [he] set fire to anything” over it? He decided that endings aren’t everything: “Probably the biggest lie is the idea that we are entitled to a meaningful and coherent summarizing, a conclusion of something that never concludes.”...

Getting Glued Into A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Suit Wasn’t Fun For The Movie’s Stars New Line Cinema By Miyako Pleines/Nov. 24, 2022 12:00 pm EST If you’re a fan of the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” then you are familiar with The Suits. You know the ones. They made their first appearance in the 1990 film directed by Steve Barron. Created by Jim Henson and his Creature Shop, these giant anthropomorphic turtle costumes have become synonymous with the TMNT brand....

Getting James Gandolfini To Even Audition Was A Struggle For The Sopranos HBO By Lee Adams/July 12, 2022 10:36 am EST 1999 was an interesting year for onscreen gangsters. You had Hugh Grant learning the lingo (“Fuhgeddaboudit”) from James Caan in “Mickey Blue Eyes,” Terence Stamp’s Cockney villain seeking revenge in L.A. in “The Limey,” and Robert De Niro’s stressed-out mobster visiting a terrified psychiatrist in “Analyze This.” They all had their moments, but nothing compared to the huge cultural impact of “The Sopranos,” which jumped off from a very similar scenario to the latter and went on to become one of the greatest TV shows of all time....

We’re in for a big, bold ending … or ’ending?' Unlike many recent major releases, the team behind “Halloween Ends” actually spilled quite a bit of information about the film ahead of the trailer drop, so not everything here is a surprise. Last October, director David Gordon Green revealed that the new movie would jump four years ahead to show what Haddonfield would look like after being rocked by Covid and “peculiar politics....

Here’s The James Bond Scene Every New Bond Candidate Uses To Audition United Artists By Matt Rainis/Oct. 7, 2022 7:05 pm EST The role of British secret agent James Bond has a storied history. Every actor that plays him joins a long line of legends and disappointments, and the pressure is on the performer to meet the standards of the role. There have been many different flavors of Bond, from Roger Moore’s goofy interpretation to the latest Bond, Daniel Craig, who has brought a great degree of seriousness to the role....

Light & Magic Trailer: This Disney+ Series Shows How Industrial Light & Magic Changed Movies Forever Disney+ By Sandy Schaefer/July 7, 2022 12:28 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Growing up as a kid, I loved pouring over the pages of Mark Cotta Vaz and Patricia Rose Duignan’s encyclopedic 1996 book “Industrial Light & Magic: Into the Digital Realm.” So, as you can imagine, I’m very much looking forward to “Light & Magic,” the upcoming Disney+ docuseries that, per its official logline, “chronicles the untold history of world-renowned Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the special visual effects, animation and virtual production division of Lucasfilm....

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Goes On A Date In ‘Reflection In An Icy Eye’ Crunchyroll By Adam Wescott/Oct. 31, 2022 3:00 pm EST Another week, another great episode of “The Witch From Mercury.” This time, Suletta crosses another entry off her list and goes on a date. Not with her fiance Miorine, or with her wannabe fiance Guel, but with the mysterious Elan Ceres. Elan has been getting to know Suletta since the very beginning of the series, whether by visiting her in solitary confinement or by being one of the first to exchange contact information with her....

The man could command a scene NBC George Dzundza is in no way a bad actor, and some of his episodes in “Law & Order” season 1 rank among the best of the series, thanks to their moral ambiguity. Greevey was one of the show’s “good guys,” but he was also often conservative, judgemental, and biased. At times, his job duties conflicted with his religious background, like in “Life-Choice” when he and Logan are investigating the bombing of an abortion clinic (which provides a medical service he is opposed to)....

Peter Sellers Changed The ‘Entire Concept’ Of The Pink Panther’s Jacques Clouseau United Artists By Lee Adams/Dec. 24, 2022 5:00 am EST The “Pink Panther” film series reached its peak silliness in the 1970s and was all the better for it. Come “The Pink Panther Strikes Again,” Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers had dropped the usual business of framing Inspector Clouseau’s bumbling antics with a wider crime caper and just focused on him and his arch-nemesis, former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom)....

Prepping For A Season Of Yellowstone Requires The Cast To Go Full Cowboy Paramount By Drew Tinnin/Oct. 13, 2022 2:02 pm EST After four highly addictive seasons, Taylor Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” has emerged as a fairly authentic depiction of ranch life coupled with some of the most outlandish, overblown action ever seen on the small screen. Led by long time foreman Rip Wheeler (Cole Houser) and reluctant son Kaycee Dutton (Luke Grimes), the day-to-day grind of roping and driving cattle is shown in vivid, convincing detail in the hit series....

Sci-Fi Fan Petitions That Became A Reality Paramount By Liam Gaughan/Sept. 27, 2022 11:45 am EST Science fiction franchises live and die based on the response that they get from fans. The passionate fans of franchises like Marvel, DC, “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Doctor Who,” and “Battlestar Galactica” are known for making their opinions heard. In the era of social media, there is more opportunity than ever before for fans to discuss the franchises that they love....

Horror Continues To Deliver Paramount Pictures Even though 2021 was a big improvement overall at the box office, things have been pretty uneven and difficult to predict. The only two sure things seem to be superhero movies and horror. The nice thing about horror is that it tends to cost much less, meaning these films don’t have to make $1 billion to become a hit. In this case, with the budget estimated to be between $30 and $50 million, if it takes in $100 million worldwide it can probably be considered a hit....

Sergio Leone Knew Exactly What He Wanted From Henry Fonda’s Once Upon A Time In The West Role Paramount By William Bibbiani/Nov. 17, 2022 10:30 am EST The history of cinema is a history of famous mustaches. (Stick with me here, I’m going somewhere with it.) From Charlie Chaplin’s legendary toothbrush to Burt Reynold’s iconic cookie duster, to Groucho Marx’s painted-on whiskers and Borat’s silly soup strainer, you’ll find beloved movie stars wearing fabulous facial hair throughout the entirety of the motion picture art form....