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Ryan Murphy’s Original Script For Glee Had Justin Timberlake As A Meth Addict, We Couldn’t Make This Up Disney+ By Miyako Pleines/Oct. 31, 2022 4:42 pm EST If you’re a certified Gleek, then you know that Will Schuster (a.k.a. Mr. Schue) is William McKinley High School’s Spanish teacher turned extremely passionate choir director on “Glee,” Fox’s mega-hit about an underdog show choir and their rise to success. Mr. Schue (Matthew Morrison) enthusiastically leads the glee club through six seasons of ups and downs, but he may just be one of the creepiest characters to ever grace a television screen....

Cloverfield Paramount Pictures Remember the hype leading up to 2008’s “Cloverfield?” With viral movie marketing in its infancy, producer J.J. Abrams and director Matt Reeves relished in teasing what they were cooking up with their modern monster movie by peppering the internet with Easter eggs. The result was a pre-release fever that saw fans eager to discover what their creature was (and more importantly, looked like) long before the movie premiered....

She-Hulk Season 1’s Best Changes From The Comics Disney Platform Distribution By Cass Clarke/Oct. 17, 2022 2:49 pm EST After smashing her way into our hearts, “She-Hulk” ended season 1 with a loving homage to comic writer John Byrne’s fourth-wall-breaking approach to Jennifer Walters. Series writer Jessica Gao opted to close the Disney+ show’s debut season with Jennifer’s self-aware commentary, discussing how the Marvel Cinematic Universe tends to end its storylines with explosive fights that weaken the narrative....

Slumberland Clip: Jason Momoa Is The Horned Man Of Your Dreams Netflix By Sarah Musnicky/Sept. 24, 2022 2:36 pm EST Get ready to enter the World of Dreams. During Netflix’s TUDUM fan event, which is a smorgasbord of updates for all the things the streamer has on its docket, Jason Momoa introduced a sneak peak clip of the upcoming film “Slumberland.” Based on the the acclaimed comic strip “Little Nemo In Slumberland” by Winsor McCay, Momoa portrays the eccentric outlaw Flip....

The Daily Stream: Tangled And Its Princess With A Frying Pan Disney By Jenna Busch/July 14, 2022 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Tangled” Where You Can Stream It: Disney+ The Pitch: In the early 19th century, fairytale collectors the Brothers Grimm recorded and published a version of the German folk story “Rapunzel,” about a princess trapped in a tower by an evil witch....

The Fall Guy release date and where to watch it FilmDistrict Universal Pictures has scheduled “The Fall Guy” to open exclusively in theaters on March 1, 2024, ahead of its arrival on the home media market. It’s one of a handful of live-action films already slated to bow that month, with “A Quiet Place: Day One” and the untitled “Godzilla vs. Kong” sequel set to reach the big screen over the two weeks after....

The Gorge: Everything We Know About Scott Derrickson’s New Movie Starring Miles Teller And Anya Taylor-Joy Focus Features By Sandy Schaefer/Oct. 11, 2022 5:22 pm EST “Follow your passion” seems to be Scott Derrickson’s guiding philosophy as a director, and so far it’s served him pretty well. The key, it appears, is his ability to bounce back from disappointment (be it commercial or artistic in nature, if not both) by channeling his energy into something he really believes in....

The Red Shoes Ending Explained: A Fatal Choice Between Life And Art General Film Distributors/Eagle-Lion Films By Lee Adams/Dec. 18, 2022 11:41 am EST There is nothing quite like the shades of red in a Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger movie. The color absolutely radiates from the screen in their Technicolor masterpieces, fully immersing us in the passions of the characters. You have the rouge on Kim Hunter’s heart-shaped lips in “A Matter of Life and Death,” like a premonition of a love so pure and strong it can bring David Niven’s dashing airman back from the afterlife....

True Detective Made Interstellar A Tough Role For Matthew McConaughey HBO By Michael Boyle/Nov. 3, 2022 10:34 am EST One of the more surprising actors of the 2010s was Matthew McConaughey, who for the most part wasn’t considered a particularly serious actor until Season 1 of “True Detective” came out in January 2014. There he played Rust Cohle, a deeply cynical, troubled guy who repeatedly creeps out and annoys his partner....

10 Slasher Movies To Watch If You Loved Halloween Ends Universal Pictures By Ben Begley/Oct. 19, 2022 2:37 pm EST Warning: The below article contains spoilers for “Halloween Ends.” “Halloween Ends” is finally here. Fans are already taking to their keyboards to debate their conflicting takes on what feels like the most divisive film entry in the franchise since “Halloween III: Season of the Witch.” The film takes some big swings and plays with genre expectations, sidelining Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney) to focus on his apprentice-copycat killer, Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell)....

Happy Together (1997) Golden Harvest Company There have been few films about gay love in the past three decades as defining and influential as Wong Kar-wai’s “Happy Together,” which broke any number of glass ceilings when it cast a spell over film festival audiences worldwide 20 years before “Call Me by Your Name.” Considerably messier as a romance, it nonetheless takes a similar view of love as a force of nature, crashing against water bodies and man-made structures alike....

A Few White Lies From His Mother Helped Foster Steven Spielberg’s Filmmaking Talents Universal Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/Dec. 22, 2022 3:29 pm EST It must have been wild for Steven Spielberg to go from making home movies with his best friends to becoming one of the biggest names the industry has ever seen. So much of how movies are made, especially in the realm of blockbusters, can be attributed to his work, most notably on a little shark picture (“Jaws”) that has traumatized folks to stay out of the water for generations....

Andor’s Kyle Soller Explains What Happened To Syril Karn’s Dad [Exclusive] Lucasfilm By Drew Tinnin/Nov. 3, 2022 3:04 pm EST Through nine episodes of “Andor” on Disney+, some fairly toxic relationships have popped up, none more so than the mother-and-son dynamic between Syril Karn and his domineering mother, Eedy Karn. Sure, the fixed marriage between Senator Mon Mothma to her husband and consort Perrin Fertha is fraught with problems. But at least they can bond over how miserable they are together while networking at cocktail parties on Coruscant....

Antonio Banderas Risked His Life For A Slapdash Desperado Stunt Columbia Pictures By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 18, 2022 7:00 pm EST Many a Robert Rodriguez flick has featured Antonio Banderas or some such actor walking away from an explosion without looking back. Banderas first teamed with Rodriguez on the 1995 Western actioner “Desperado,” which also introduced the world to Salma Hayek and formed the second installment in Rodriguez’s “Mexico Trilogy” after his feature-length directorial debut, “El Mariachi....

Vibing on the heartache of Jane Craig Universal There isn’t a better performance in any of Brooks’ movies than Holly Hunter’s portrayal of Jane Craig in “Broadcast News.” The talented network news producer is on an upward career trajectory, but profoundly unlucky when it comes to dating. Though she preaches the integrity of substantive television news reporting, she passes up her sharp, like-minded co-worker Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks) in favor of the air-headed anchorman Tom Grunick (William Hurt)....

Bullet Train Composer Dominic Lewis Wanted The Score To Have A ‘Concept Album Mentality’ [Interview] Sony By Jack Giroux/Aug. 8, 2022 2:41 pm EST With an array of colorful characters and set pieces, Dominic Lewis rarely had to hit the breaks when it came to composing the score for “Bullet Train,” allowing him the ability to explore a variety of creative impulses. As he told us, a few ideas might’ve gone too far (such as a fantastic-sounding spin on the “Thomas the Tank Engine” theme song), but he’s reeling from the creative freedom he had scoring director David Leitch’s film....

Christian Bale Entertained Thor: Love & Thunder’s Young Cast With Gorr’s Black Goop Marvel Studios By Jenna Busch/July 13, 2022 4:01 pm EST Spoilers for “Thor: Love and Thunder” ahead. You know the old Hollywood saying: never work with dogs or children. However, Christian Bale, who plays the villain Gorr the God Butcher in “Thor: Love and Thunder” seems to have had a great time with the kids of New Asgard in the film, who loved him right back....

The lifespan of a Predator 20th Century Studios As mentioned, the actual scenario for such grudge matches is largely irrelevant — who cares why Iron Man and Captain America are fighting? Make them fight for any reason — setting the stage can still be a fun part of the exercise. “Predator” is set in 1987, and “Prey” is set in 1719, so one must imagine that the species either has access to time travel devices — a little too far-fetched for our purposes today — or that Predators are incredibly long-lived....

When and where to watch Dead Boy Detectives HBO Max HBO Max first ordered the eight-episode series back in April, so it’ll be a while until we have an anticipated release date. With casting announcements continuing to roll out, it’s safe to assume that the series is set to begin shooting soon (if it hasn’t begun already). Warner Bros. is pretty consistent on turnaround time on their series, so compared to the “Dead Boy Detectives” parent show, “Doom Patrol,” we’re likely looking at either a late summer or early fall release in 2023....

Do The Right Thing Had A Massive Influence On Edward Norton’s Aspirations Universal Pictures By Devin Meenan/Dec. 3, 2022 7:00 pm EST Edward Norton is a brilliant actor — and he knows it. He cares about the projects he takes on and he’s controlling about how they’re made. The final cut of “American History X” was even one that he edited, much to director Tony Kaye’s dismay. Norton has thus developed a reputation as an actor who’s difficult to work with....