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Neil Gaiman Leaked ‘Really Stupid’ Sandman Script From Jon Peters (Which Featured Giant Mechanical Spiders) Netflix By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 25, 2022 10:20 pm EST When Neil Gaiman’s “Sandman,” one of the most stirring and enveloping sagas I’ve ever experienced in any medium, at long last found safe harbor at Netflix, I was relieved. Even if the live-action adaptation of arguably the greatest comic book series ever written fell short of my fevered imagination, it would at least be realized on the author’s terms....

Nickelodeon’s First Avatar: The Last Airbender Animated Movie Will Bring The Gaang Back Together Nickelodeon By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 23, 2022 12:54 am EST Long ago, animated TV lived in harmony. Then, everything changed when Hollywood attacked. “Avatar: The Last Airbender” managed to barely escape the smear that was the live-action movie (we do not speak of it), and has only risen to be stronger and more culturally significant than ever before....

One Of Upload’s Most Memorable Moments Was Made Up On The Spot By Jeff Kelly/Nov. 14, 2022 4:04 pm EST The show drew comparisons to another show about the afterlife, “The Good Place,” given the similar premise and comedic vibe. It was a natural comparison, after all, given “Upload” creator Greg Daniels and “The Good Place” creator Michael Schur worked together on both “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation.” But for the most part, that’s where the comparisons end....

Our Biggest Questions After Watching The Boys’ Season 3 Finale Prime Video By Rafael Motamayor/July 9, 2022 2:00 pm EST Another season of “The Boys” has come and gone, delivering more grotesque moments of depravity, incredibly bloody action, and sick humor, all while delivering one of the greatest TV satires in years. It is a testament to the writing team that each season manages to hit a chord with our cultural zeitgeist in new and shocking ways....

Paul Wesley Couldn’t Ask William Shatner For Any Captain Kirk Advice Paramount+ By Ryan Leston/July 29, 2022 10:43 am EST “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” may boldly go where no man has gone before, but actor Paul Wesley wasn’t quite so bold when it came to approaching a certain captain. Wesley plays Captain Kirk — the same Captain Kirk played by original series star William Shatner. But when the 40-year-old actor found himself seated next to the “Star Trek” veteran aboard a recent flight, he found that he simply couldn’t start talking shop....

Utilizing connections Paramount Pictures The son of two accomplished painters, De Niro grew up in Manhattan, raised by his mother, Virginia Admiral, after his parents separated when his father, Robert De Niro Sr., came out as gay. De Niro was interested in acting from a young age, starting acting classes at the Dramatic Workshop when he was as young as ten. According to De Niro in the Interview piece, it was his parents’ support and connections that landed him at such a prestigious acting school at such a young age:...

Rogue One Prepared Tony Gilroy To Follow Obscure Star Wars Rules In Andor Lucasfilm By Sandy Schaefer/Oct. 27, 2022 11:02 am EST “Andor” has quickly featured a number of deadly important milestones for “Star Wars.” Quite so, creator Tony Gilroy’s hard-edged look at the birth of the Rebel Alliance not only marks the first time someone has uttered “s***” in a galaxy far, far away, but it’s also the first “Star Wars” live-action movie or series to confirm that individuals in this universe do, in fact, need to pee....

Salem’s Lot Will Be A Faithful Adaptation Of Stephen King’s Classic Novel, Retain Original Dialogue CBS By Erin Brady/Nov. 3, 2022 8:42 pm EST While it might not have a solid release date quite yet, it sure sounds like the remake of the classic adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot will eventually come to the big screen. At least, we and star Lewis Pullman certainly hope so. After all, Stephen King’s vampire novel deserves to be reintroduced to a new generation....

What Each Star Wars Character’s Lightsaber Fighting Style Really Means Lucasfilm By Liam Gaughan/Aug. 19, 2022 3:25 pm EST Lightsaber combat is an integral part of Star Wars DNA. The franchise is an amalgamation of many different genres, and a “laser sword” combines the futurism of science fiction with the chivalry of medieval knights. Even if it doesn’t feel as exciting today as it was in 1977, Obi-Wan Kenobi’s (Sir Alec Guinness) duel with Darth Vader (David Prowse) in “Star Wars: Episode IV⁠ — A New Hope” established a key aspect of the saga....

Why Rick And Morty Season 6 Doesn’t Deserve Its Low Ratings Adult Swim By Michael Boyle/Nov. 10, 2022 3:00 pm EST Sometimes, I almost miss the days when “Rick and Morty” fans were annoying everyone by running the Pickle Rick meme into the ground, or causing chaos at McDonalds restaurants throughout the country. For the first half of season 6, unless you were actively seeking the fandom out, it was easy not to even notice that the new season was airing at all....

5-25-77 Trailer: Patrick Read Johnson’s Decades-Old Star Wars Comedy Is Finally Being Released MVD Entertainment By BJ Colangelo/July 21, 2022 9:17 pm EST Over 45 years ago, George Lucas debuted a little film known as “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (or just “Star Wars,” back then) and completely changed the cinematic landscape forever. Many have equated seeing “Star Wars” for the first time as the closest thing a movie fan could have to a religious experience, but few have been able to capture what that life-changing moment was really like, until now....

A Clint Eastwood Classic Put Taylor Sheridan On The Path To Yellowstone Paramount By Ernesto Valenzuela/Aug. 28, 2022 6:30 pm EST Taylor Sheridan is a filmmaker and writer who has put the American frontier at the center of nearly all his stories. One of the most prominent examples is “Yellowstone,” a neo-western TV series that centers on the inter-personal relationships of ranchers and those surrounding the borders of their land. The show’s first season received a mixed reception, with subsequent seasons receiving a much more positive reception....

A Little White Lie Cranked Up The Tension During Idris Elba’s The Wire Audition HBO By Anthony Crislip/Sept. 18, 2022 6:00 pm EST When you think of HBO’s classic mid-’00s series “The Wire,” it’s the characters that come to mind first — people like McNulty (Dominic West), D’Angelo (Larry Gilliard, Jr.), Kima (Sonja Sohn), or Stringer Bell (Idris Elba). All of them have their place in the show’s vast tapestry, but their stories never feel manufactured or inauthentic....

A New Look At Creed III Is Hitting IMAX Theaters This Weekend MGM By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 15, 2022 1:08 pm EST Moviegoers who head to IMAX this weekend are in for a treat: per the official IMAX Twitter account, an exclusive first look at “Creed III” will be appearing ahead of IMAX films like “Avatar: The Way of Water,” and … well, let’s be real, is anyone going to IMAX theaters for any film besides the James Cameron epic this weekend?...

Alfred Hitchcock Learned The Hard Way That Directing Cats Wasn’t One Of His Talents Tony Evans/timelapse Library Ltd./Getty Images By Demetra Nikolakakis/Sept. 11, 2022 10:30 pm EST It’s no secret that Alfred Hitchcock was a controlling director. Not only did he famously call actors cattle (and treated them as such, too), Hitchcock also had no qualms about misleading studio executives in order to make “North by Northwest,” a passion project. Simply put, Hitchcock was cunning and skilled enough to get his way — and made it known when he didn’t....

Andor Actors Kyle Soller And Denise Gough On Their ‘Dangerous’ New Characters [Exclusive Interview] Lucasfilm By Ryan Scott/Aug. 25, 2022 4:00 pm EST For a variety of reasons, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” remains one of the most beloved projects set within the sci-fi franchise during the Disney era. Primarily, it is just an exceptionally good “Star Wars” movie. But digging a little deeper, so much of it has to do with exploring that specific time period in the galaxy....

Lucasfilm went to Gilroy years after he submitted his pitch Lucasfilm While guest spotting on Deadline’s Crew Call podcast, Gilroy spoke about how selective he is with the projects he chooses to work on. Whenever he does work on something, he’s putting his all into it. Gilory had submitted a thoroughly detailed outline of what “Andor” could feel and look like years ago, and it was Lucasfilm that reignited his vision for the project:...

‘If nothing can hurt you, you would have no need to defend yourself’ Warner Bros. Was it a big advantage for you the fact that your main star has wrestled, and with Aldis Hodge, someone with martial arts background? Absolutely. Working with those two specifically, you’ve got Dwayne Johnson playing the biggest, strongest, most badass superhero there is and he happens to be the biggest, strongest, most badass human there is on the planet....

David Cronenberg’s Next May Be ‘Maps To The Stars,’ With Viggo Mortensen Joining Robert Pattinson Anita Bugge/Getty Images Last week word filtered out of Cannes that Robert Pattinson could work again with director David Cronenberg. That led to some comments that he might be the new Viggo Mortensen. The filmmaker cast Mortensen in three consecutive films: A History of Violence, Eastern Promises, and (as a late-game replacement) A Dangerous Method. But the younger Pattinson got the nod for Cosmopolis, as he’s far more age-appropriate for the lead role than Viggo....

Death Whistles And Seashells: How Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Composer Found The Sounds Of Namor [Exclusive] Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 3, 2022 12:08 pm EST There’s a pretty good reason (or several) why 2018’s “Black Panther” separated itself from the rest of the pack in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and went on to achieve box office success, acclaim, and even awards attention that few other comic book movies have ever even dreamed of attaining....