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The Real-Life Inspiration Behind This Peaky Blinders Character Wasn’t As Obvious As The Show’s Creator Assumed Netflix By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 8, 2022 8:51 am EST In the sixth and final season of “Peaky Blinders,” Boston gang leader Jack Nelson is spoken of before he’s ever seen. It’s not until the end of the second episode that he shows up onscreen inside a cathedral, where series protagonist Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) goes to meet him....

What We Want To See In Mike Flanagan’s Dark Tower Adaptation Sony Pictures By Michael Boyle/Dec. 8, 2022 3:00 pm EST It’s a good day for “Dark Tower” fans. Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy, the director and producer who are responsible for Stephen King adaptations like “Doctor Sleep” and “Gerald’s Game,” have just announced that they’ve got an adaptation of “The Dark Tower” in the works. Fans who remember that 2017 movie might be skeptical, but don’t worry: that was made by a different team, and this time Flanagan and Macy will be adapting the series through TV, not film....

The approach strategy Paramount Exhortation #1: The instinct, of course, is to start at the beginning. With “Star Trek,” this is not a good strategy. For one, the original “Star Trek” in 1966 is quite a different animal — tonally and aesthetically — from the Trek of 2022. Secondly, with the exceptions of “Star Trek: The Animated Series” and “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” none of the Trek shows started strong, often requiring at least a season or two to find their feet, establish characters fully, and start writing more interesting stories....

A Rebel with two faces Lucasfilm After Luthen sends Cassian off on his own, episode 4 of “Andor” splits the narrative to showcase two sides to the burgeoning Rebel Alliance. The first three episodes of the series put Luthen on display as he truly is: a stoic and cutthroat believer in change and revolution. Episode 4 of the series shows us the face Luthen puts on, literally and metaphorically, to get the rebellion where it needs to go....

Andy Serkis Is Co-Producing A TV Series Adaptation Of The Wicker Man British Lion Films By Erin Brady/Oct. 12, 2022 4:03 pm EST Get ready to praise the Wicker Man again, because the terrifying 1973 film is coming to television. A series adaptation is currently being pitched to broadcasters across the United Kingdom, according to Deadline. Actor and director Andy Serkis will help bring the show to life as a producer alongside Jonathan Cavendish through their Imaginarium production company....

Chainsaw Man Episode 2 Hilariously Introduces The Rest Of The Team, As Well As The Nut Devil Crunchyroll By Rafael Motamayor/Oct. 18, 2022 5:08 pm EST In its second episode, “Chainsaw Man” introduces all the remaining components for a winning shonen anime: an elite organization fighting violent forces, a team of supporting characters our hero will work with, and a goal our hero wants to accomplish. Except, of course, all of these are twisted through the “Chainsaw Man” lens....

Coma Review: An Elliptical Exercise In Lockdown Limbo [NYFF] Indie Sales Company By Caroline Cao/Oct. 14, 2022 1:00 pm EST If you’re a pessimist living in whatever national or global context that failed you or tested your patience, then a film like Bertrand Bonello’s “Coma” might be a mirror to that existential exhaustion. Unless you’re one of those who, understandably, balk at the recent genre of films concerning itself with the COVID-19 pandemic....

‘Ruin me Jewish Elvis, Ruin me!’ Everyone knows about the teenage girls who fainted at the sight of Elvis’ rubber legs, but what about the elderly ladies who want to explode when they see his bejeweled blue spandex? The “Jewish Elvis” skit sees a bunch of grannies at The Oasis retirement home lusting over Sherman’s take on The King, a performer who is much more of a standup comedian than a singer....

A return to television NBC Samberg had appeared as a guest star on “Parks and Recreation” once, during its second season. He’d played an extremely loud-talking and incompetent animal control guy. He fit in perfectly in the goofy world of Pawnee, and surely his performance in that role helped Goor and Schur decide to approach him. According to a 2013 piece by TV Guide, Samberg discussed his feelings upon being approached by the two producers....

How Sidney Lumet Used His One Room Setting In 12 Angry Men To His Advantage United Artists By J. Gabriel Ware/Aug. 26, 2022 6:55 pm EST Besides his work on the 1978 Diana Ross and Michael Jackson-starring cult classic “The Wiz,” I know the late, great director Sidney Lumet for his legal/courtroom dramas such tas “The Verdict” and “Find Me Guilty.” I was first introduced to such works in college when a criminal justice professor showed my class Lumet’s first feature film, “12 Angry Men....

The cult family Paramount When asked about the stresses of stepping into such a well-known pop culture role, Wesley responded with excitement. Who, after all, wouldn’t want the opportunity to play Captain Kirk? Wesley may not look a lot like a young William Shatner, but he does have that certain focused authority that Shatner brought to the role. Give that this was “alternate timeline” Kirk, Wesley likely also felt a certain leeway in straying from many of Shatner’s mannerisms or line delivery....

How Ti West’s X Pulled Off Shooting Scenes With Two Mia Goths A24 By Andrew Korpan/Sept. 13, 2022 2:14 pm EST Name a bigger surprise success story in 2022 in the horror genre than Ti West’s “X” — it won’t be easy. This A24 slasher was released way back in March and was a critical and box office success. “X” currently holds a 94% approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and grossed $14 million on a budget of just $1 million, according to Box Office Mojo....

Sci-Fi Movies You Never Realized Were In The Same Universe Universal Pictures By Liam Gaughan/Aug. 18, 2022 4:11 pm EST You’d be forgiven if you feel overwhelmed by the plethora of shared universes. Did you see the first “Doctor Strange”? If you’re interested in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” you’ll need to watch two “Avengers” movies, “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” and all of “WandaVision” to understand what’s going on....

Superhero Bits: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Featurette, She-Hulk Season Finale Trailer & More Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/Oct. 11, 2022 4:39 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

The 13 Best Clones In Star Wars, Ranked Disney By Caroline Cao/Dec. 4, 2022 4:28 pm EST There’s no “The Clone Wars” without the clone soldiers of the “Star Wars” franchise. In George Lucas’s 2005 “Revenge of the Sith,” the Republic clone soldiers play a major role in (mostly) eradicating the Jedi, their commanders, under the machinations of Darth Sidious. They once existed to answer the question, “Why are there barely any Jedi in Luke Skywalker’s time?...

The Original Laurie Strode Saga: 1978 Aquarius Releasing Set in the autumn of 1978, John Carpenter’s “Halloween” tells the spooky tale of The Boogeyman, embodied by Michael Myers (primarily played by Nick Castle) through his murderous rampage in Haddonfield, Illinois. Babysitter Laurie Strode comes across its path in a real wrong place/wrong time scenario. Her friends Lynda, Annie, and Bob are picked off, and Laurie is left alone to confront the literal embodiment of evil....

The Recruit Trailer: Noah Centineo Has Officially Entered His Action Star Era Netflix By Shania Russell/Nov. 16, 2022 4:48 pm EST The internet’s love affair with Noah Centineo began somewhere between “The Fosters” and “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before,” both of which followed lovestruck teenage boys navigating classic high school drama. But ever since that Netflix trilogy came to a close, Centineo has been changing up his image to leave those schoolboy days behind....

Tom Cruise And Christopher McQuarrie Are Working On A ‘Gnarlier’ New Project After Mission: Impossible 8 Paramount Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 4, 2022 3:51 pm EST Let the good times keep rolling. It’s no coincidence that the noticeable jump in quality in the “Mission: Impossible” movies (no, guys, I love John Woo as much as the next person but “Mission: Impossible 2” still isn’t good!) happens to intersect perfectly with filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie’s involvement in the franchise....

We’ve Already Seen How Mon Mothma’s Humanitarian Efforts In Andor Can Help The Rebellion In Star Wars Rebels Lucasfilm By Bryan Young/Oct. 19, 2022 11:53 am EST There will be spoilers for “Andor” Episode VII – “Announcement.” In the latest episode of “Andor,” Senator Mon Mothma struggles to find allies in the completely hostile environment of Coruscant. She has eyes on her at all time and must find ways to help the Rebellion without seeming too obvious....

Why Does The Actor Who Plays Marlene In HBO’s The Last Of Us Look Familiar? HBO By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Sept. 26, 2022 5:38 pm EST The first trailer for HBO’s “The Last of Us” series was released today as a self-indulgent celebration of “The Last of Us Day,” which commemorates the day the in-universe Cordyceps fungal infection took over the world. Grim? Maybe, but for fans of the game, there’s plenty of exciting surprises and details in the trailer to savor on until the show releases next year....