Why Bob Odenkirk Didn’t Want To Bulk Up For Nobody Universal Pictures By Jenna Busch/Dec. 9, 2022 2:38 pm EST The action film “Nobody” hit theaters at a time when the pandemic-era box office was only starting to bounce back — which is to say, if you haven’t seen it yet, you should. It tells the story of a man named Hutch, who lives a dull suburban life. Each day he jogs, goes to work, and disappoints his family with his banality....
Why Russell T. Davies Thinks Writing Doctor Who Is The Toughest Job On TV BBC By Michael Boyle/July 18, 2022 7:33 pm EST One of the reasons “Doctor Who” has been able to consistently stay fresh over its 40-plus seasons of TV is the way the staff behind the show constantly changes. Not only is there a new companion and a new Doctor every few years, but the showrunner and the rest of the writers also tend to shuffle in and out, about one or two times a decade....
With Beauty And The Beast, Angela Lansbury Gave Disney Animation Its Most Beautiful Theme Song Disney By Mike Shutt/Oct. 11, 2022 5:09 pm EST For most people my age, I imagine our first encounter with the dearly departed Dame Angela Lansbury was as the voice of the kindly Mrs. Potts in Disney’s 1991 masterpiece “Beauty and the Beast.” Not only do I consider this film to be Disney’s finest animated film, but I feel it to be the greatest animated picture of all time....
‘Orphan’ Prequel ‘Esther’ Coming From ‘The Boy’ Director By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 20, 2020 8:30 am EST Orphan, Jaume Collet-Serra’s stylish horror thriller about an adopted child who turns out to be a murderous adult in disguise, is getting a prequel. William Brent Bell, director of The Boy and the upcoming Brahams: The Boy 2, is set to direct the pic, which is titled Esther. The movie will explore the origin story of the murderous faux-child....
Army of Thieves Release Date and Where You Can Watch It Netflix “Army of Thieves” will hit Netflix just in time for Halloween weekend, on Friday, October 29, 2021. Snyder himself announced the release date and posted a teaser for “Army of Thieves” on his personal Twitter account back in August. What Is Army of Thieves? Netflix “Army of Thieves” is the first spin-off of “Army of the Dead,” and there are others on the way, including a full-on sequel and an anime TV series, “Lost Vegas....
Better Call Saul Didn’t Give Us A Happy Ending, But It Gave Us The Ending We Needed AMC By Erin Brady/Aug. 16, 2022 3:00 pm EST This story contains major spoilers for the end of “Better Call Saul.” After seven long years and several schemes, “Better Call Saul” has come to an end. Unlike its “Breaking Bad” counterpart “Felina,” “Saul Gone” was (mostly) a quiet, contemplative episode that examines the decisions Jimmy/Saul (Bob Odenkirk) made over the course of his career....
Chris Parnell And Sarah Chalke Share Their Biggest Surprises Of Rick And Morty Season 6 [Exclusive] Warner Bros. Television By Shae Sennett/Nov. 15, 2022 2:53 pm EST This article contains spoilers for season 6 of “Rick and Morty.” “Rick and Morty” has no shortage of twists and turns, but some moments have even caught the cast by surprise. Season 6 has been one of the most exciting and unpredictable yet. With the Citadel of Ricks finally thwarted by Evil Morty and the portal gun completely disabled, the Rick and Morty of C-137 are in rare form....
Composer Michael Giacchino Didn’t Know Nirvana’s ‘Something In The Way’ Before The Batman [Exclusive] Warner Bros. By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 14, 2022 1:02 pm EST While it was adorable watching TikToks of Zoomers discovering Nirvana because of “The Batman,” it’s a genuine surprise that composer Michael Giacchino had never heard the band’s haunting classic “Something in the Way.” While the song was never released as a single, it gained a special place in the early ’90s pop culture subconscious when the band performed it on “MTV Unplugged....
Cool Stuff: Reebok And DC Comics Join Forces For A Heroic And Villainous Sneaker Collection Reebok By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 18, 2022 9:00 am EST Reebok has been delivering some stellar sneaker collections inspired a couple of the biggest franchises in the world. There have been both “Jurassic World” and “Jurassic Park” sneaker lines, and “Ghostbusters” has seen a couple different releases as well. This time, Reebok is unleashing a line-up of sneakers inspired by the superheroes and super-villains from the pages of DC Comics....
Cuckoo: Everything We Know So Far About Euphoria Actor Hunter Schafer’s Feature Debut Neon By Erin Brady/July 8, 2022 1:32 pm EST Hunter Schafer has quickly become an actress to watch over the past couple of years. Making her acting debut in HBO’s teen drama “Euphoria,” her performance as Jules was praised for its raw sincerity amid the controversial and headline-making scenes of debauched teenage life. She even got to co-write her own special episode of the series, which helped bridge the gap between the first and second seasons....
Day 3 Of Mattel’s 12 Days Of Fandom At SDCC Is All About Knight Rider And Ghost Rider Hot Wheels ©Universal City Studios LLC ©2022 Mattel By Joshua Meyer/July 13, 2022 9:00 am EST Get ready to pop a wheelie in your flaming motorcycle and/or speak to your talking car in your best David Hasselhoff voice. Ghost Rider and K.I.T.T. from “Knight Rider” are zooming into Day 3 of Mattel’s “12 Days of Fandom” event, which runs from now through the end of San Diego Comic-Con on July 24, 2022....
The return of the king Sony Pictures Animation Speaking to Entertainment Weekly about the release of “Primal” season 2, Tartakovsky talked about his upcoming projects, which include “Fixed.” As Tartakovsky describes it, the film is: “The rated-R 2D animated movie about a dog who finds out he’s gonna get neutered in the morning, and what does he do with his next 24 hours?” Now, that sounds absolutely incredible. According to Tartakovsky, the film is “gonna look really good, and it’s got heart, but then it’s got the super raunch....
Yup, another crisis of succession HBO The lords of Westeros don’t waste any time: the second they get an option that doesn’t involve bending the knee to a woman, they decide to run with it. Aegon still eats porridge with his hands, but the men are already whispering in corners about Viserys naming him heir. Embarrassingly, everyone seems to know this except for the king himself. Rhaenyra is certainly aware — she can sense the tides turning against her and probably has since the day Alicent’s first pregnancy was announced....
How House Of The Dragon Evokes An Original Game Of Thrones Mystery HBO By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 26, 2022 3:00 pm EST Thanks to the latest episode of “House of the Dragon,” we’ve been given a perfect opportunity to look back and remember what “Game of Thrones” was like before it became synonymous with spectacle-filled battle sequences, brutal deaths, near-constant misery, and quite a bit of incest. Okay, admittedly, most of those qualities were baked-in right from the start, but viewers couldn’t be blamed for only remembering the more buzz-worthy moments that would go on to define the series....
An Oscar-winning musician helped out Marvel Studios When asked about getting Rihanna on board, Coogler says he can’t take credit for it, but instead points to the always-excellent composer Ludwig Goransson as a key player when it came to getting in touch with Rihanna. “We’ve got an incredible composer, Ludwig Goransson, who’s also a music producer, who’s got a great reputation,” Coogler said. Goransson won an Oscar for his “Black Panther” score and an Emmy for “The Mandalorian” score, but he’s also worked with musicians like Childish Gambino, crafting the music for “This is America” and the rapper’s earlier works like “Heartbeat” and “Sober....
Joanna Hogg On How Scorsese, Kipling, And Her Mother Influenced The Eternal Daughter [Exclusive Interview] A24 By Vanessa Armstrong/Dec. 2, 2022 6:00 pm EST Joanna Hogg received critical acclaim for her last two movies, the deeply personal “The Souvenir” and “The Souvenir Part II,” which presented a fictionalized version of her experience during film school in the ’80s. In those films, Honor Swinton Byrne played Julie, a fictionalized version of Hogg, while Byrne’s real-life mother, Tilda Swinton, played Julie’s mother, Rosalind....
Joe Russo Says Disney’s Live-Action Hercules Movie Will Be Experimental And TikTok-Influenced Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 2, 2022 5:14 pm EST The Russo Brothers (Joe and Anthony) are two of the most profitable directors in cinema history, with their massively successful contributions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe providing them the freedom to make whatever they want, however they want, no matter how much it costs. The duo were the feature of this week’s cover story with Variety, and have confirmed that their future filmmaking focus is on their independent studio, AGBO, so it’ll be a bit before they think about returning to the MCU....
One Of Lost’s Main Characters Wasn’t Originally Part Of The Show ABC By Michael Boyle/July 21, 2022 5:37 pm EST There are a lot of reasons to love “Lost,” but the characters Sun (Yunjin Kim) and Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) are two of the best. In a show that features a whole other slew of romances and a lot of mysterious characters to keep you hooked, these two were compelling characters from start to finish....
Orphan Black Sequel Series Echoes Taps Krysten Ritter To Star Netflix By Jeremy Mathai/July 28, 2022 3:21 pm EST The “Orphan Black” universe is expanding and it just found its new heir apparent to Tatiana Maslany. Years after the current “She-Hulk” actor first wowed fans with her portrayal of dozens(!) of different clones, all with their distinct personalities and voices and mannerisms, AMC is moving forward with a new sequel series and has cast another formidable and talented actor to lead this new story....
Peter Jackson Wanted Dead Alive To Be A Splatter Film That Non-Horror Fans Could Love Trimark Pictures By Witney Seibold/Oct. 29, 2022 7:30 pm EST Peter Jackson’s 1992 film “Braindead,” released in North America as “Dead Alive,” while certainly an object of intimidation for gore-averse cineastes, remains, at its heart, a comedy film. Jackson has spoken in the past about how “Dead Alive” was not inspired so much by raw, hard-edged gore films like “Cannibal Holocaust,” and more by the whimsical violence of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail....
