Rob McElhenney Thinks This Is The Key To Keeping It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’s Fresh FX By Travis Yates/Aug. 28, 2022 10:00 pm EST It’s difficult to nail down the recipe for success when it comes to creating a TV show. If it were easy, every show would be a hit. But in the case of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” the key ingredient has a lot to do with its home at the cable channel FX....
How this came to be Lucasfilm In an interview with StarWars.com, “Rogue One” director Gareth Edwards revealed that the film’s inclusion of Tarkin was an absolute necessity. “He was always going to be mentioned, possibly seen, glimpsed, a little moment where you see him revealed somewhere slightly or at least understand that that’s probably him at the end of the corridor … But as we developed the script more and more, it became like, ‘He needs to be a proper character in this film for this to work....
Rust Is Set To Go Back Into Production After Lawsuit Settlement Sony Pictures Classics By Lex Briscuso/Oct. 5, 2022 12:18 pm EST It has been almost one year since cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set of “Rust,” a Western film starring Alec Baldwin. The news shocked the industry, and its subsequent legal dealings have been of interest to many. Now, the late director of photography’s estate has settled with the film’s production in a surprising move that will allow them to restart principal photography in January 2023....
A Little Night Music Graham Morris/Getty Images In his review for the New York Times, critic Vincent Canby asserted that “A Little Night Music,” Harold Prince’s film adaptation of his massively successful Broadway musical, “not only fails to raise the spirits; it also tramples on them.” Canby goes on to say that the film, which features music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, “pursues disaster in the manner of someone, who, with mindless self-confidence, saws off the limb he’s sitting on....
The 15 Best Laura Dern Movies, Ranked The Samuel Goldwyn Company By Barry Levitt/Aug. 7, 2022 12:31 pm EST Some people are born to act, and the wondrous Laura Dern is one of those people. The daughter of Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, Laura entered the world of acting at a young age with bit parts in films like “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “White Lightning” before beginning her acting career in earnest years later....
Night Raiders XYZ Films Executive produced by Taika Waititi, “Night Raiders” tells a moving and brutal mother-daughter story that tackles the intergenerational trauma of Indigenous displacement through a sci-fi lens. In the war-torn world of 2043, children are not safe. Once the government locates a child — thanks to its unending drone surveillance — they are brought into a state-run institution called the Academy. Militant teachers brainwash children to become soldiers, forcing them to leave behind their families’ customs, religion, language, and names....
The Daily Stream: The Live-Action Uzumaki Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen Omega Micott By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 22, 2022 1:00 pm EST The movie: “Uzumaki” Where you can stream it: Prime Video The pitch: Imagine if there was something like a deadly virus that made people become obsessed with spirals, to the point that they will do anything to either become part of a spiral or get as far removed from them as possible....
‘I felt like the horse from Animal Farm’ Universal Pictures The actor further expressed that he thought it was his job to continue working no matter the cost and likened himself to Boxer, a hardworking but naive cart horse from George Orwell’s 1945 novel Animal Farm. “… I felt like the horse from Animal Farm, whose job it was to work and work and work. Orwell wrote a character who was, I think, the proletariat....
The True Story Behind Amadeus (And Why It Changed For The Screen) Orion Pictures/Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment By Lee Adams/Nov. 2, 2022 2:51 pm EST It is one of the most famous stories in music history: The divinely talented Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart falls foul to the murderous schemes of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre court composer driven wild with jealousy by the young maestro’s God-given gifts. This is the tale told by Milos Forman’s Oscar-winning “Amadeus,” probably the most popular movie ever made about classical music and, I’ll bet, where many people have derived their knowledge of Mozart’s life and works....
Akira Toriyama Was Unusually Involved In Dragon Ball Z: Battle Of The Gods Toei Animation By Ernesto Valenzuela/Aug. 4, 2022 2:32 pm EST The “Dragon Ball” series has only grown more and more popular since its debut in 1984. The hit franchise has had as many evolutions as its main protagonist, spanning three different anime and manga series. Following the original “Dragon Ball,” “Dragon Ball Z” turned the series into a full-fledged Shonen, and the massive success of the sequel series led to yet another follow-up, this time titled “Dragon Ball Super....
Amy Winehouse Biopic Back To Black Coming From Fifty Shades Of Gray Director Sam Taylor-Johnson Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images By Valerie Ettenhofer/July 11, 2022 5:38 pm EST Eleven years after her tragic early passing, a biopic about R&B superstar Amy Winehouse is officially in the works. The news comes courtesy of Variety, which also reports that the late singer’s friend, filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, will be directing the film, which is named after Winehouse’s biggest album, “Back to Black....
Black Adam Brings Back A Member Of The Suicide Squad Cast Warner Bros. By Valerie Ettenhofer/July 23, 2022 2:41 pm EST It seems we still haven’t seen the last of Amanda Waller. Viola Davis’ antagonistic intelligence officer, who featured heavily in both recent “Suicide Squad” film adaptations as well as James Gunn’s “Peacemaker” series, is reportedly set to return in “Black Adam.” The news comes via San Diego Comic Con, where /Film is on the ground covering the news about DC’s upcoming projects today....
Brendan Fraser Was Willing To Break A Rib If It Meant Getting His Start In Hollywood Universal Pictures By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Oct. 8, 2022 5:00 pm EST Brendan Fraser is very passionate about acting — just ask his doctors. The actor has sustained over a dozen injuries throughout his career. Getting your first opportunity in such a competitive field is rarely easy, and for Fraser, it was clear from the beginning that the actor was ready to do whatever it took to kickstart his Hollywood career....
Did Elizabeth Taylor’s Cleopatra Casting Almost Bankrupt Fox? By Jeremy Smith/July 13, 2022 4:13 pm EST Prelude to a calamity The scandal of 1962 The affair hardly came out of nowhere. Taylor had been taken with Richard Burton since catching him on Broadway as King Arthur in “Camelot.” The studio considered numerous actors for the role of Marc Antony, but Taylor only had eyes for Burton, so the studio bought out his “Camelot” contract and Taylor got her man....
Every Main Character On Community Ranked Worst To Best NBC By Eric Langberg/Nov. 6, 2022 3:15 pm EST In the second-season “Community” episode “Paradigms of Human Memory,” Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi) develops an obsession with the swiftly-canceled NBC show “The Cape.” Abed is addicted to the series, and insists that his beloved superhero drama be given “six seasons and a movie.” The catchphrase was adopted by fans of “Community,” and repeated on social media each year as the sitcom struggled in the ratings....
When and where to watch Outer Banks season 3 Netflix The first part of this is simple, because like the previous two seasons of “Outer Banks,” season 3 will air on Netflix. When it will drop is a more difficult question to answer. The show was only recently renewed and hasn’t begun filming as of yet. Seasons 1 and 2 were a little more than a year apart, landing on Netflix in April 2020 and July 2021, respectively....
Here’s The Big Difference Between Hughie And Kimiko Wanting Their Powers In The Boys Season 3 Prime Video By Danielle Ryan/July 8, 2022 12:55 pm EST This post contains spoilers for “The Boys” season 3. The power dynamics of the Prime Video series “The Boys” got a major shake-up in season 3, as Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) revealed that his chest-beam could remove a supe’s powers, and Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott) helped give Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) and his Boys a type of temporary Compound V that can give them short-term superpowers....
From paradise to the Oval Office NBC It turns out, Whitford owes his being cast in “The West Wing” to one of those nerds in paradise. At least in part, anyway. The connections he made on the set of that film would end up paying off down the road. Timothy Busfield, actor who played Poindexter in the “Revenge of the Nerds” franchise, would also later star in Aaron Sorkin’s presidential drama....
James Gunn Was Prepared To Recast Kevin Bacon If He Turned Down The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special Marvel Studios/Disney+ By Sandy Schaefer/Nov. 25, 2022 12:55 pm EST What’s the best approach to winning Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? If you’re James Gunn, you simply cast Bacon as himself for your Marvel Cinematic Universe streaming special, “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.” The 44-minute special, which Gunn both wrote and directed, catches up with the biggest a-holes in the galaxy sometime after the events of “Thor: Love and Thunder....
Capturing the voice of The Duke Republic Pictures The Western about a badly wounded gunman who’s nursed back to health by a young Quaker woman struck The Duke as original and morally in line with his beliefs – which, given its anti-violent message, points up what a contradictory man Wayne could be. Edwards immediately became not only Wayne’s most trusted writer but a dear friend. They shared a conservative worldview, and a fondness for booze and cigarettes....
