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We have so many questions Aviron Pictures Naturally, this leaves us with a great many questions. First and foremost, who is this filmmaker that Lee is hinting at? Bertino directed the original and Johannes Roberts (“47 Meters Down”) helmed the sequel. The producer is indicating that a new filmmaker will be taking the reins, possibly for all three of these sequels. Beyond that, one has to imagine there is a plan for these three films, maybe even something akin to what was done with the “Fear Street” trilogy that premiered on Netflix last year....

Westworld’s Plot Is Confusing — Here’s What You Need To Remember HBO By Sandy Schaefer/July 11, 2022 5:49 pm EST I recently joked to a friend that the creative process behind “Westworld” at this stage is just showrunners Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan constantly trying to out-galaxy-brain the rest of the world. (Then again, it’s not not that.) No longer content to be a mystery-box series, each batch of episodes since season 1 has been a confounding mystery box built upon another mystery box....

You can’t recapture magic Prime Studios The folks over at CNN asked Davis about the series, which she is not attached to appear in but to which she gave her full blessing. She explained that the change in characters helped win her over. “I heard about it maybe a couple of years ago and I’m very excited about it,” she said. “I can’t wait and I’m doing some event with them soon....

Why The Wire Had To End After Season 5 HBO Watching “The Wire” today, it’s easy to forget how much of a game-changer it was in a sea of episodic television with tidy resolutions. Created by David Simon and pitched ostensibly as a “cop show” about wiretapping, the Baltimore-based HBO crime drama was a forerunner for what we now call “prestige tv” — the sort of thoughtful literary storytelling that requires viewers to put their phones down and pay attention to a cumulative, carefully constructed narrative....

Avenue 5 Season 2 Trailer: In Space, No One Can Hear You Groan HBO By Jenna Busch/Sept. 14, 2022 9:01 pm EST HBO has released a new trailer for the second season of its original series, “Avenue 5.” The show was created by two-time Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci (“Veep,” “The Death of Stalin”) and stars Hugh Laurie (“House”) and Josh Gad (“Beauty and the Beast”). If you haven’t watched it yet, it’s the story set about 40 years in the future aboard an interstellar spaceship....

Getting the gang back together Netflix Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio famously portrayed masked-crime-fighter-by-night, Catholic-guilt-wracked-lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock and soulful mobster Wilson Fisk (respectively) across all three seasons of Marvel’s original “Daredevil” series on Netflix. Cox also showed up as Daredevil in “The Defenders,” a crossover mini-series uniting the superheroes from Marvel’s various Netflix series, including “Jessica Jones,” “Luke Cage,” and “Iron Fist.” Netflix would go on to cancel those shows, along with the “Daredevil” spinoff “The Punisher,” in rapid succession starting in 2018, in anticipation of Disney launching its in-house streaming service complete with Marvel series of its own....

Mephisto and … Madisynn? Marvel Studios Once upon a time, MCU fans were convinced that the famous comic book villain Mephisto, essentially an extra-dimensional demon who presides over his unique version of “hell,” would show up in “WandaVision” — all despite a serious lack of actual evidence in its favor. But as if to prove that the Powers That Be truly do work in mysterious ways, last night’s episode of “She-Hulk” might have just provided our biggest tease of this character’s existence in the MCU....

Reggie Fabelman (Julia Butters) Universal Pictures Growing up is scary. Sammy Fabelman resists change, frustrated by his family’s constant moving and his mother’s emotional affair with a family friend. He’s a moody teenager, constantly lashing out at others. “The Fabelmans” is his story, but it’s also a portrait of the whole family, including his younger sister Reggie (Julia Butters). There are two even younger Fabelman girls, but Reggie gets the most to do....

Every Season Of Luther Ranked Worst To Best BBC By Rachel Ho/Dec. 16, 2022 8:01 pm EST “Luther” is a TV rarity. A show beloved by fans the world over, it never overstays its welcome, and shows up just when you need it. Created and written by Neil Cross, “Luther” follows Detective Chief Inspector John Luther, an officer consumed with the weight of the crimes he investigates. Across the series, Luther and the other members of his unit, including Detective Sergeant Justin Ripley (Warren Brown), Detective Superintendent Martin Schenk (Dermot Crowley), and DS Benny Silver (Michael Smiley), take to the gritty streets of London and go up against the worst the city has to offer....

Everything You Need To Remember Before The Final Episodes Of Better Call Saul AMC By Jeremy Mathai/July 11, 2022 3:00 pm EST For countless television fans, the phrase “Better Call Saul” has been an indelible part of our pop culture vernacular ever since the flamboyant, unscrupulous, criminal lawyer played by Bob Odenkirk first appeared on our TV sets (and in several tacky in-universe advertisements) back in the second season of “Breaking Bad....

Why immersive sets matter HBO Due to its early budget limits, the sets for the Red Keep in “Game of Thrones” weren’t built to accommodate this type of filmmaking. As such, interior scenes had to be assembled in a far more piecemeal fashion, with characters shown talking in one area of the castle before the scene cuts to them continuing their discussion or talking to other people elsewhere. It was the writing and acting that really made these exchanges come to life, less so the camera work....

Invader Zim shows fans a ‘phantasmagorical and hellish’ world Nickelodeon One of the more obvious ways the show stood out among other Nickelodeon cartoons of the time was the way it followed a villainous protagonist, and it was clearly inspired by horror. Vasquez, who had already made a career out of horror-inspired comic books like “Johnny the Homicidal Maniac” (you can guess what it’s about), excelled at playing with the small separation between horror and comedy....

How The West Wing’s Famous Walk-And-Talk Scenes Came To Be NBC By Marcos Melendez/Nov. 27, 2022 11:59 pm EST Hailing from Aaron Sorkin, “The West Wing” is the epitome of the ideal, fictional White House. Every imitation pales in comparison, not for lack of trying. The political drama features an all-star cast spearheaded by Martin Sheen as President Josiah Bartlet, and scripts that sing thanks to the rapid-fire dialogue. The witty, likable characters that make up the administration might be a bit too far-fetched in today’s world, but “The West Wing” is a prime example of some worthy escapism....

Humphrey Bogart Would Have Rather ‘Dug Ditches’ Than Taken His Career To TV Paramount By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 4, 2022 2:11 pm EST Humphrey Bogart was not one to mince words. He was a plain-spoken man who excelled at playing plain-spoken characters. When he deigned to opine on a particular subject, you could be absolutely certain that you were getting Bogie’s unvarnished take. So when the mega-star of “The Maltese Falcon,” “Casablanca” and “The Big Sleep” unloaded on the upstart medium that was television in the 1950s, rest assured he meant every withering word....

‘A whole new take on that universe’ StudioCanal Few know how much can change in a little over a decade better than John Boyega. The actor went from a complete unknown to the face of “Star Wars” upon being cast in 2015’s “The Force Awakens,” enduring vicious bigotry from a toxic fanbase and inspiring countless activists with his courageous speech during a Black Lives Matter protest in the years since. But for those who’ve been following along since the beginning, it all started for the actor with his incredible lead turn in “Attack the Block....

So what happens in The Woodsman again? Newmarket Films Walter (Kevin Bacon) is a child molester who has just been released after serving 12 years for his crimes. He heads home to Philadelphia where his friends and family have all turned their backs on him. Trying to find a place to live, he finds that most landlords don’t want an ex-convict as a tenant; the one that is prepared to let it slide leases him an apartment across the road from an elementary school....

‘That was mind-blowing’ Marvel Studios In a recent interview /Film conducted with “Ms. Marvel” directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, the filmmakers revealed that they weren’t behind the mid-credits tease for “The Marvels.” Fallah admitted to us: “Well, we didn’t shoot that [laughs]. Nia DaCosta is directing “The Marvels,” she shot that scene without knowing that it would be a post-credit scene. And we discovered [it was added to the finale] when we were color grading....

Careers revived Miramax Films According to Tarantino on the podcast, he encountered that unnamed financier on a plane and was asked if he wished he had cast bigger stars in the film instead of Grier and Forster. At first, Tarantino seemed a bit offended by the question: “And I go, ‘Well, we made $30 million dollars with a movie starring Pam Grier and Robert Forster. I thought that was actually pretty fing good....

Severance Has Been In The Making For A Very Long Time [Comic-Con] Apple TV+ By BJ Colangelo/July 21, 2022 10:13 pm EST Good things come to those who wait, but for “Severance” creator Dan Erickson, his wait resulted in greatness. The addictive and harrowing science-fiction workplace thriller has been one of the most talked-about shows of 2022, nabbing 14 Emmy nominations including Outstanding Drama Series and acting nods for Adam Scott, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, and Patricia Arquette....

Star Trek: Picard Season 3: Release Date, Cast, And More For The Show’s Final Season Paramount+ By Ben F. Silverio/Sept. 11, 2022 12:46 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) This year’s Star Trek Day offered plenty of new teases for what’s to come in the beloved franchise created by Gene Roddenberry....