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Steve McQueen’s Biggest Challenge On Widows Came Down To The Casting Back in 2018, Steve McQueen took a surprising pivot from his usual arthouse fare with the heist film “Widows.” The film is still one of the director’s more “mainstream” projects, but what really makes it such a standout is not his careful subversion of conventional filmmaking techniques (though that scene that takes place entirely from the outside of a car deserves all the praise) but his four disparate female leads....

Colony Collapse Mike Yarish/Netflix The later seasons of “Arrested Development” fail to match the success of the show’s initial run. An older cast, shifting comedic sensibilities, and (most damningly) the lack of cast cohesion account for the show’s lackluster return. Reportedly, the series had some actors shoot scenes alone and then edited them into the series’ group shots, which sacrificed the key interplay that makes the show work. While its actors remain uniquely talented, “Arrested Development” isn’t “Arrested Development” if everyone isn’t together....

Remind me how The Blair Witch Project ends again? Artisan Entertainment Glad you asked, but sort of wondering how you could possibly forget! After Josh (Joshua Leonard), one of the three college kids who set out to document the Blair Witch in her natural habitat, goes missing in the Black Hills forest of Burkitsville, Maryland, his cohorts Heather (Heather Donahue) and Mike (Michael C. Williams) start to panic looking for him....

The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Everything We Know So Far About Mike Flanagan’s Next Netflix Horror Series Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/Oct. 7, 2022 5:33 pm EST Shirley Jackson, Henry James — now it’s Edgar Allan Poe’s turn to get the Mike Flanagan miniseries treatment. The “Haunting” anthology creator is hard at work on yet another literary adaptation, this time in the form of “The Fall of the House of Usher....

The Orville: New Horizons Actor Anne Winters On The Arc Of Playing A ‘Space Racist’ [Spoiler Interview] Hulu By Ben F. Silverio/Aug. 4, 2022 2:26 pm EST Note: This article contains spoilers for “The Orville: New Horizons.” Longtime fans of “The Orville” likely tuned in to this season’s premiere on Hulu expecting more of the things they’ve come to know and love from the show, like Seth MacFarlane’s trademark humor and practical special effects to create the various aliens that inhabit this universe....

The Rings Of Power Had A Bird Poop Overseer To Help Make Númenor Feel Real [Exclusive] Matt Grace/Prime Video By Valerie Ettenhofer/Nov. 11, 2022 6:12 pm EST As what is likely the most expensive TV show in the history of the medium, it makes sense that “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” would have a vast and varied crew. From visuals to set design to stunts and beyond, the series has all of the departments any other big-budget project might have and then some....

The Studio Didn’t Think Aliens Needed Sigourney Weaver Ian Nathan’s book “Alien Vault: The Definitive Story of the Making of the Film” covers Weaver’s casting. Late to her New York audition because she entered the wrong building, Weaver showed up in “thigh-high hooker boots” and a handful of theater credits to her name (on top of an education at Stanford and then Yale Drama School). She bore little resemblance to Ripley, at that point an inexperienced but steadfast warrant officer....

Wes Craven’s Exodus From One Community Kickstarted His Love For Film Dimension Films By Miyako Pleines/Oct. 23, 2022 5:00 pm EST When you think of horror directors, there’s often the impulse to assume that all of them have nursed a burning passion for the dark and scary since they were little kids reading issues of “Creepy” or “Weird Tales” in their bedrooms. And it is true that there are some directors who got into the horror genre because they wanted to, but there are also those who wound up amongst the screams and the scares just by chance....

Why Nora Ephron Was ‘A Very Significant Figure’ In Natasha Lyonne’s Story Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 20, 2022 10:30 pm EST Even to this day, there are few powerhouse women in the film industry quite like the late Nora Ephron. The prolific filmmaker and playwright was the queen of the rom-com in her time, writing classics such as “When Harry Met Sally…” and directing crowd-pleasing hits like “Sleepless in Seattle,” “Michael,” and “You’ve Got Mail....

Kubrick used voice-over for exposition Warner Bros. Pictures Despite abandoning the first-person perspective, Kubrick still found that voice-over would be a valuable tool in the making of “Barry Lyndon.” Since the story was so dense, the director needed an “economic” way to convey information that was needed to build other, more climactic, plot-points. Kubrick found that the best way to do this was through third-person narration. As he told Michael Ciment:...

Alan Rickman Thought Of Harry Potter’s Set As An Army Camp Warner Bros. By Michael Boyle/Dec. 18, 2022 5:00 am EST As we’ve covered before, Alan Rickman wasn’t always a huge fan of the “Harry Potter” movies he spent over a decade starring in. He didn’t like John Williams’ score, he thought the younger co-stars weren’t always that good at acting, and was often frustrated by the directors’ decisions. It was only because J....

Better Call Saul Season 6 Part 2 Teaser: The Final Episodes Are Almost Here AMC By Chris Evangelista/July 7, 2022 1:09 pm EST “Stranger Things” isn’t the only show to split its most recent season in half. “Better Call Saul” season 6 — the final season of the “Breaking Bad” spin-off — aired its first seven episodes back in late April and early May. Then the series went on a brief break....

Christopher Walken’s Only Concern While Acting Is Keeping Himself Amused DreamWorks Distribution By Christian Gainey/Oct. 25, 2022 5:53 pm EST Christopher Walken’s place in Hollywood is hard to pin down. On one hand, he’s a serious actor who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a traumatized war veteran in “Deer Hunter,” and earned critical praise for his roles in “The Dead Zone,” “True Romance,” and an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in “Catch Me if You Can....

This house has a dragon problem HBO Before I get to the good stuff, I’m not quite done complaining. First off, this show has egregiously dropped the ball when it comes to dragon introductions, A lot of fanfare was made about the fact that “House of the Dragon” has 17 distinct dragons to tout, so forgive me for assuming we’d spend some time getting to know them. Instead, a casual viewer would have very little idea of when a dragon (let alone its rider) is being introduced into the story: the fifth episode sees two Velaryon dragons flying into a wedding, but never zooms in to reveal the riders — Rhaenys and her son, Laenor Velaryon?...

Futurama Head Writer David X. Cohen’s Favorite Episode Isn’t A Happy One By Michael Boyle/Nov. 15, 2022 7:49 pm EST There are a lot of beloved episodes of “Futurama,” but for co-creator David X. Cohen, it’s a season 3 episode that makes the top of his list. “I think of an episode called ‘The Luck of the Fryrish’ as my favorite,” he said during a 2014 interview with Red Carpet News....

Halo trailer As excited as you may be for the rapidly approaching first season of “Halo,” let’s not forget that there’s even more good news in the offing. Before the series even made it to the airwaves, Paramount announced “Halo” has been given the green light for a second season, meaning you can expect more of the cosmic adventures of the Master Chief and the UNSC (United Nations Space Command) as they attempt to fend off the unstoppable might of the vast assortment of Covenant species, waging full-scale war on anyone who gets in their way....

Helena Bonham Carter Knew Playing Margaret On The Crown Would Be Tricky Netflix By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Nov. 9, 2022 8:23 am EST Helena Bonham Carter takes her work very seriously — and her commitment to her performance as Princess Margaret in “The Crown” is proof of it. Before taking over as Margaret from Vanessa Kirby in the third season of Peter Morgan’s lush royal drama, the 56-year-old award-winning actress embarked on a personal endeavor....

How Matthew Vaughn Pitched Stardust To A Young Charlie Cox Paramount Pictures By Jamie Gerber/Aug. 23, 2022 10:43 am EST With several Neil Gaiman tales having made the jump from page to screen, such as “American Gods,” “Coraline,” and most recently “The Sandman,” there is one project that consistently gets overlooked when discussing the author’s work. I’m talking about “Stardust,” which was published both as a comic with incredible illustrations from Charles Vess and as a traditional novel....

When will Black Adam hit digital? Warner Bros. If you missed “Black Adam,” want to see it again, or just aren’t ready to go back out to the theater, the film will be available for Premium Digital Ownership on November 22, 2022 — tomorrow, in case you’re reading this right when it posts. That’s a mere month after the film premiered in theaters. And that also means you can stuff yourself with turkey and mashed potatoes, yell at your relatives, and then go plant yourself on a couch to watch the movie this holiday season....

Ingrid Bergman’s First American Film Taught Her A Lesson She Quickly Unlearned United Artists By Lyvie Scott/July 15, 2022 5:36 pm EST Hollywood is a notoriously vain industry. From the actors’ infamous “good side” to photoshoot touch-ups, a lot of thought goes into making talent look their best. But not every film industry values the process with equal fervor, which can be jarring for actors looking to cross over into American films....