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Willow Showrunner Jon Kasdan On Imbuing The Show With A ‘Spirit Of Adventure’ [Exclusive Interview] Lucasfilm By Bryan Young/Nov. 28, 2022 1:00 pm EST Released in 1988, “Willow” was an epic fantasy film from the mind of George Lucas. Directed by Ron Howard and starring Warwick Davis and Val Kilmer, it had an ’80s adventure sensibility while being set firmly in the world of high magic and fantasy. Although it wasn’t particularly beloved by critics at the time, it’s developed a devoted cult following over the years....

The perfect timing of a phone call Warner Bros. Pictures In an episode of Inside the Actors Studio, Clint Eastwood recounted the incredible coincidence that occurred when he called Richard Harris on the phone to talk about him potentially playing English Bob: “I was doing ‘Unforgiven,’ and I wanted Richard Harris to play the character of English Bob in the movie. So, I called him, and I called his house, and the lady answered, and she said, ‘Just a second,’ I said, ‘Tell him Clint Eastwood’s calling....

The Reaver chase nearly cost them everything Universal Pictures In one of the film’s most exciting action sequences, the crew of Serenity is chased by a Reaver ship after one of their heists is interrupted by the intergalactic monsters. When Baldwin was asked in an online virtual panel what his craziest memory was from his “Firefly” journey, he recounted an insane incident during the filming of “Serenity” that involved a crane while shooting this sequence....

Adam Sandler’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine Cameo Raises An Interesting Question About The Show’s Universe NBC By Matthew Bilodeau/Nov. 15, 2022 3:39 pm EST While it may have been difficult to watch “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” get the axe from NBC, a comedy about a group of good people within the NYPD actually trying to do good for their community during a very real influx of injustice made their genuine efforts look all too much like a fantasy....

Adam Sandler’s Co-Stars Are His Main Concern When It Comes To Critics Bashing His Movies Universal Pictures By Matt Rainis/Sept. 22, 2022 5:01 pm EST Most of Adam Sandler’s movies aren’t getting added to the Criterion Collection anytime soon. The former “Saturday Night Live” cast member turned comedy movie star has never had a lot of luck when it comes to critical reception. This has been true ever since his first starring role in 1995 with “Billy Madison,” which was received as a tepid “Dumb and Dumber” rip-off at the time, and has continued throughout his career....

Silver slugs ABC A core component of Pennywise’s identity is his ability to shapeshift into several different forms. In both adaptations and the original novel, Pennywise takes on several identities to terrify the young denizens of Derry, Maine, including a werewolf, a leper, a monstrous bird, and most famously, a dancing clown. Yet, with each new form comes a unique weakness. While in any other tangible form, Pennywise is susceptible to the laws and disadvantages of the form he embodies....

Andor Star Kyle Soller Says Syril Karn Has The Energy Of A Man ‘Chewing On A Wasp’ Lucasfilm By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 26, 2022 8:53 am EST How well do you know your “Andor” cast? The latest “Star Wars” streaming series has drawn comparisons to the work of more than one 19th-century novelist, with /Film’s own Lyvie Scott likening it to “Les Miserables” in space, and “Andor” showrunner Tony Gilroy describing the show’s cast as “a huge, orchestral, Dickensian ensemble....

Creating a sense of ambiguity Marvel Studios /Film’s Ben Pearson talked with Chris White, Weta’s VFX supervisor on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” about how he and his team used the idea of a “blue wall” when creating Talokan. The phrase is a diving term and essentially means, in White’s words, “that there’s so much, what we call ’turbidity,’ or so much stuff in the water that things just kind of appear out of nowhere, and it’s slightly claustrophobic....

Cool Stuff: Marvel’s New Hulkbuster LEGO Set Not Only Busts Hulk But Breaks Building Brick Records Marvel Studios By Valerie Ettenhofer/Oct. 18, 2022 8:18 pm EST The most impressive Marvel LEGO collection released to date is about to smash its way into stores, and it’s probably not from a Marvel Cinematic Universe film you’d expect. The new Hulkbuster set will hit shelves in November, reminding us that even polarizing superhero movies like “Avengers: Age of Ultron” are worth revisiting in LEGO form....

Could Better Call Saul Still Win At The 2023 Emmys? It’s Possible AMC By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 13, 2022 10:24 am EST Six brilliant seasons. Two consistently incredible lead performances. Over 50 total nominations for Primetime and Creative Arts Emmy Awards. And not a single Emmy win. Let’s call it for what it is, folks: This farce is nothing short of chicanery! “Better Call Saul” fans likely formed prayer circles en masse last night in the lead-up to the 2022 Emmys, but once again all such efforts were ultimately in vain as the critically acclaimed and widely well-received prequel to “Breaking Bad” was shut out once again....

Gene Wilder’s Notes To Mel Stuart On Willy Wonka’s Costume Show How Much Thought He Put Into The Role Paramount Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/Dec. 2, 2022 4:40 pm EST There are fewer things more comforting than revisiting a film you watched many times as a kid, and breathing a sigh of relief when it still fills you with that warm sense of magic. “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” is one of those films....

A prolific musical legacy Paramount Newton-John played Sandy, a sweet and charming Australian exchange student who falls for bad boy Danny and sings about their angst-fueled young love in songs like “Summer Nights” and “Hopelessly Devoted To You.” The latter track would go on to earn an Oscar nomination, while Newton-John’s prolific music career off-screen would prove even more successful. As a singer-songwriter, she made no fewer than 26 studio albums, becoming one of the best-selling recording artists in the world....

Happy Halloween! Here’s A First Look At Evil Dead Rise New Line Cinema By Erin Brady/Oct. 31, 2022 12:51 pm EST Happy Halloween, /Film readers! This is one of our favorite holidays, and honestly, we can’t think of any better way to celebrate than with the first look at Lee Cronin’s “Evil Dead Rise,” the fifth installment in Sam Raimi’s gloriously gory franchise. Warner Bros. released the first still from the film on its Twitter account, showcasing a woman that could be in better shape through a bloody peephole....

How A Fast & Furious Cameo Earned Vin Diesel The Rights To Riddick Universal Pictures By Andrew Housman/Aug. 13, 2022 8:59 pm EST Vin Diesel’s surprise appearance at the end of “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” was a bit of a mind-blower at the time. What was initially an unconnected entry in a series about street racing turned out to bridge previously existing characters within a shared universe, predating the “Iron Man” post-credits scene by two years....

James Cameron Shut Down Sigourney Weaver’s Insecurities On The Set Of Avatar: The Way Of Water 20th Century Studios By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Dec. 5, 2022 2:56 pm EST In “Avatar: The Way of Water,” James Cameron is reunited once again with his longtime friend and frequent collaborator, Sigourney Weaver. Though her initial character, Doctor Grace Augustine, didn’t survive the events of the first film, her body and spirit became part of Pandora through a Na’vi ritual....

Lupita Nyong’o Learned A Major Lesson From Her Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Character Marvel Studios By Valerie Ettenhofer/Oct. 28, 2022 9:10 pm EST “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” shows the ripple effects of grief among everyone who knew the late superhero T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman). Of course, it’s no surprise that there were times when the grief on the page of the actors’ scripts matched up with the grief they felt in real life, mourning friend, colleague, and incredible actor Chadwick Boseman after his passing in 2020....

Mad Men Was Almost Finished Before Jon Hamm Got Over His Jitters AMC By Shania Russell/Sept. 4, 2022 4:49 pm EST If you spent any time observing the chaos of the Sterling Cooper offices, then it’s probably hard to look at Jon Hamm and not immediately flashback to his days as the suave ad-man with a laundry list of issues. Over the course of seven seasons, “Mad Men” tangled with the impossible task of unpacking the inner life of Don Draper, who proved to be an alcoholic, a serial womanizer, a terrible father, an even worse husband, an abusive boss … and yet, a sympathetic character....

Meet The Four New Saturday Night Live Season 48 Cast Members NBC By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 15, 2022 7:25 pm EST At the end of the 47th season of “Saturday Night Live” this past spring, the late-night sketch comedy show lost a quartet of comedians who decided to leave the series. Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, and Pete Davidson all bid farewell to the series in the season finale, but the departures didn’t end there....

Mel Brooks And Carl Reiner Had A Special Friendship That Didn’t Need To Extend To Movies Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images By Jeremy Smith/Dec. 3, 2022 3:00 pm EST For four seasons between 1950 and 1954, a collection of trailblazing performers and writers shaped the future of television comedy on NBC’s 90-minute variety series “Your Show of Shows.” The wildly versatile trio of Sid Caesar, Imogen Coco, and Howard Morris, abetted by straight-man supreme Carl Reiner, had America’s living rooms roaring with laughter once a week, and they couldn’t have done it without the brilliant contributions of an all-time writers room that included Mel Tolkin, brothers Neil and Danny Simon, Selma Diamond, and Mel Brooks....

Michael Stuhlbarg’s Various Wigs Were The Best Thing About 2022 Marvel Studios By Erin Brady/Dec. 12, 2022 10:00 am EST Perhaps this is an experience you felt earlier this year. You walk into your local movie theater, eager to watch “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” Maybe it’s because it is Sam Raimi’s first film since that time James Franco pretended to have an ounce of Frank Morgan’s charisma. Maybe it’s because you’re still invested in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in some way, or perhaps you just thought the trailers looked cool....