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‘We had to learn how to be incredible sword fighters’ Lucasfilm The two of you are very physical on this show. What was the training like? You both look very precise and excellent at it. Or was that all just stunt doubles? Chadha-Patel: My stunt double didn’t do anything. Kellyman: We were actually able to do pretty much all of it ourselves. Chadha-Patel: He ran for me once when I hurt my knee, but that was about it....

Sagan and Coppola’s history Warner Bros. In Vulture’s oral history about the making of “Contact,” scientist and writer Ann Druyan — who was married to Carl Sagan at the time of his death and co-wrote the movie’s story with him — recalled what happened right after he died. No sooner had Druyan and her youngest son returned from Sagan’s funeral than they were served with a summons. Druyan explained: “Years earlier, even before I knew Carl, Francis Ford Coppola had come to Ithaca because he wanted to collaborate with Carl on a science-fiction movie....

Alan Rickman Secretly Did His Own Script Editing On Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves Warner Bros. By Joe Roberts/Dec. 17, 2022 7:00 pm EST Before Batman, Bond, and seemingly everything else got the gritty reboot treatment in the early 2000s, Hollywood tried a similar thing with none other than Robin Hood. Unfortunately, 1991’s “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” didn’t quite manage to pull off its attempt at a rebrand of the classic English hero....

Fillion’s view 20th Television The premise of “Firefly” is difficult to sum up succinctly: In the 24th century, the galaxy just fought in a massive Civil War wherein the scrappy Rebels were overcome by the bureaucratic Alliance. Ex-rebel Mal Reynolds (Fillion) makes a living in the post-war world by smuggling contraband on board his scrappy spacecraft. His crew includes his co-captain, a priest, a tough guy, a horny engineer, a sex worker (sex work is highly respected in this world, although Mal regularly pooh-poohs it), and a snarky pilot named Wash (Tudyk)....

I thought it had singed my eyebrows. Warner Bros. Considering Phoebe Cates’ previous known work as the bikini-clad friend and fantasy in Amy Heckerling’s coming-of-age dramedy “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” anyone sharing screen space with the doe-eyed starlet might be intimidated; her beauty has inspired music, after all. But for Galligan, who had to flirt with and eventually plant a smooch on Cates’ Kate, his focus was entirely on keeping his job....

Don’t Worry Darling Cut ‘Most’ Of The Scenes Of This Key Character Warner Bros. By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 26, 2022 5:25 pm EST The hole Olivia Wilde has dug herself into with “Don’t Worry Darling” just keeps getting deeper and deeper. We haven’t discussed a lot of the behind-the-scenes drama of “Don’t Worry Darling” here on /Film because no one needs yet another thinkpiece about whether or not Harry Styles spat on Chris Pine at the Venice film festival or a deep-dive dissection of Florence Pugh’s Instagram tagging practices to determine if there’s “beef” between her and Wilde....

Every Fight Scene In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Ranked Disney By Eric Pierce/Nov. 14, 2022 2:17 pm EST Warning: This article contains major spoilers for the movie “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Every new Marvel Cinematic Universe movie is a cause for excitement, but the thrill was dampened around the release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” one of the most anticipated films of 2022. There is simply no getting around the huge hole left behind after Chadwick Boseman’s tragic death....

Every Rick & Morty Actor Who Appeared In Gravity Falls Adult Swim By Rafael Motamayor/July 26, 2022 5:22 pm EST Arguably the defining cartoon of the 2010s, let’s discuss a show that defies categorization, crossing over many ideas and exploring vastly different genres from horror to sci-fi, with an emotional story about family and centering on a goofy and angry grandfather and a well meaning but easily manipulated grandson that gets in all sorts of troubles, many of them caused by teenage hormones and a crush on an older girl....

Frank Capra Was ‘Scared To Death’ Going Into It’s A Wonderful Life Paramount By Bill Bria/Dec. 8, 2022 10:00 am EST “It’s a Wonderful Life” is well-regarded in popular culture as a holiday classic, and its reputation as such typically conjures up an image of the hard-luck George Bailey (James Stewart) standing in front of a Christmas tree next to his wife (Donna Reed) and holding his daughter in his arms, his eyes filled with grateful, joyous tears....

So, what happens now? Warner Bros. The big question now is what the next steps are. Will Cavill’s Superman appear in other DCEU projects in the lead up to another solo film? Does this mean that Warner Bros. is circling back to the so-called Snyderverse? For now, we have more questions than answers, but it does appear that the studio is all-in on Cavill’s Kal-El. One thing we know for sure is that Dwayne Johnson is planning a showdown between Black Adam and Superman, so that is extremely likely....

How Accurate Is Nope’s History Of The Horse In Motion? Universal Pictures By Christian Gainey/July 20, 2022 5:19 pm EST After the staggering success of “Get Out” and a strong follow-up with “Us,” writer/director Jordan Peele is hoping to continue his winning streak with “Nope.” The first teaser for Peele’s upcoming sci-fi thriller introduced us to a family of Hollywood horse trainers whose legacy goes all the way back to the first motion picture of a galloping horse....

Pandora is in Alpha Centauri 20th Century Studios How big is the sun that Pandora sees, what is the gas giant it orbits, and how fast does Pandora move? Let’s examine. There is a real-life heavenly body called Pandora, incidentally, but it is an icy, potato-shaped moon that orbits Saturn. The Pandora of “Avatar,” according to expanded universe lore, orbits the fictional planet Polyphemus, a gas giant that, in turn, orbits around Alpha Centauri A, a....

Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Improves One Of The Best Parts Of The Movies Warner Bros. By Rafael Motamayor/Sept. 2, 2022 9:00 am EST The “Lord of the Rings” movie trilogy gave us many things. It gave us proof that you could make a high-fantasy movie that felt grounded, epic, and universal without being very corny. It gave us an unadaptable book adaptation that paved the way for other shows and movies like “Game of Thrones,” “Dune,” and “The Sandman....

Michael Madsen Refused To Audition For His Donnie Brasco Role Sony Pictures By Devin Meenan/Nov. 7, 2022 7:49 am EST From 1976 to 1981, FBI agent Joe Pistone infiltrated the Bonnano crime family as “Donnie Brasco.” His time undercover was spun into a 1997 movie, named for Pistone’s alias and starring Johnny Depp. The faces “Donnie” meets while undercover in the New York underworld are played by gangster film veterans. The true star of the movie, Al Pacino as Pistone’s contact Benjamin “Lefty” Ruggerio....

Kept away from the premiere Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Faerch was only 11 during the filming of “Halloween,” and delivered a performance that made Michael simultaneously threatening and deeply sweet. Faerch communicated to audiences that Michael Myers was once a human, albeit one that, thanks to a very specific set of circumstances, became a serial killer. Carpenter’s semi-supernatural treatment of the character is gone from Zombie’s version. In 2007, the world was more interested in analysis, origin stories, and practical explanations for iconic characters....

Peter Jackson Knows The First Hobbit Film Didn’t Nail 48 Frames Per Second New Line Cinema By Witney Seibold/Sept. 8, 2022 2:24 pm EST When Peter Jackson announced he was going to make a trilogy of prequel films to his hit “Lord of the Rings” movies, the world reacted with cautious pessimism. Many of us, after all, were old enough to remember the last time a well-moneyed, high-profile “prequel trilogy” darkened our doorsteps in the early 2000s, and those films — “Star Wars” prequels — proved to be cold, clunky technical exercises full of clumsy plotting and bad dialogue....

Shrinking Trailer: Harrison Ford Is Not Impressed With Jason Segel On Apple TV+ Apple TV+ By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 30, 2022 12:41 pm EST After being mostly a movie star for the bulk of his career, it looks like Harrison Ford is enjoying a serious turn on the small screen. Not only is he joining Taylor Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” spin-off series, “1923,” but he’s also going to be starring opposite Jason Segel on the new Apple TV+ series “Shrinking....

Star Wars: The Acolyte Casts The Good Place Star Manny Jacinto NBC By Sandy Schaefer/Sept. 15, 2022 2:07 pm EST If you count yourself among those who walked away disappointed by the brief screen-time Manny Jacinto got in “Top Gun: Maverick,” you might be happy to know the actor just booked himself a shiny new role on a live-action “Star Wars” TV series. Bortles! Deadline is reporting Jacinto has joined the cast of “The Acolyte,” a show that takes place near the end of the High Republic era (or, for all you slackers out there who have yet to commit the entire “Star Wars” timeline to memory, about 100 years prior to the events of “The Phantom Menace”)....

Steven Spielberg Needed Some Help From Harrison Ford To Get E.T. Written Universal Pictures By Demetra Nikolakakis/Sept. 21, 2022 12:35 pm EST “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” may have earned a reputation as an beloved (and sometimes heartbreaking) classic, but the film wouldn’t have been possible without a good word from Hollywood’s favorite grump. Speaking before a 40th anniversary screening of his alien classic, director Steven Spielberg recalled how he thought screenwriter Melissa Mathison would be a great fit for the film, even though she claimed she was retired (incidentally, she’d go on to write scripts for another few decades)....

DC giveth and DC taketh away DC Comics According to Variety, James Gunn’s new movie “will not replace the previously announced J.J. Abrams-Ta-Nehisi Coates Superman concept (which is still in active development).” At this point, when it comes to anything vaguely related to Warner Bros, I have trust issues. The optimistic read on this news is simple: since Coates’ film focuses on an entirely different version of Superman, then there’s no need to worry about overlap....