A brief rundown of FNAF’s development problems Steel Wool Studios While it’s exciting that work finally seems to be getting off the ground, it took a very long time for us to get here. Development on an adaptation began all the way back in 2015, with Warner Bros. and director Gil Kenan attached. However, for one reason or another, development on that first version slowed to a crawl, getting so bad that Warner Bros....
Daniel Radcliffe’s Love For One Of Weird Al’s Heroes Made Him An Easy Casting Choice Roku By Michael Boyle/Nov. 9, 2022 12:46 pm EST There were a lot of reasons to pick Daniel Radcliffe as the star in the parody Weird Al biopic, now available on Roku. For one thing, Radcliffe sorta kinda looks like Al, if you squint. More important, however, was Radcliffe’s general attitude and his taste in music....
David Warner, Veteran British Actor Who Starred In The Omen And Tron, Has Died At 80 Paramount Pictures By Lex Briscuso/July 25, 2022 11:18 am EST David Warner, veteran English actor and star of films like “The Omen” and “Tron,” has sadly died at age 80. According to the BBC, the performer passed away due to “a cancer-related illness” and the news was confirmed to the outlet by his family “with an overwhelmingly heavy heart....
Goodnight Mommy Trailer: A New, And Probably Less Scary, Version Of A Great Horror Story Prime Video By Lex Briscuso/Aug. 24, 2022 12:25 pm EST Here we go again, but not in the way you might be expecting. The 2014 horror hit “Goodnight Mommy,” is getting an American reboot and we now have the film’s first trailer. The sneak peek for the Prime Video original showcases Naomi Watts in the title matriarchal role....
House Of The Dragon Trailer: The Final Trailer Brings Fire And Blood HBO By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 18, 2022 12:51 pm EST Three and a half years ago, our watch had ended … but now it’s time for another one to begin. I hope you savored these last few years of peace (well, relatively speaking, given that the internet is rarely ever at “peace”) ever since “Game of Thrones” came to a grand conclusion, closing the book on one of the most popular and all-consuming pop culture phenomenon ever to grace the small screen....
A different kind of soundtrack Deutsche Grammophon The “TÁR” concept album is said to complement the film “by inviting listeners to experience what Field refers to as ’the messiness’ of the work involved in preparing classical music for performance, via a combination of audio glimpses from real-life recording sessions, sequences from fictional rehearsals, music listened to by the film’s characters, and completed versions of the music on which we see Lydia working....
James Cameron Promises Avatar: The Way Of Water’s Three-Hour Runtime Serves A Purpose 20th Century Studios By Andrew Housman/Nov. 9, 2022 2:33 pm EST James Cameron’s “Avatar” is finally getting a sequel, and it only took 13 years. “Avatar: The Way of Water” will be released in theaters around the world next month, and the story follows suit by taking place more than a decade after its predecessor. According to Cameron, the movie is a whopping 190 minutes, and it will be focused on developing characters and fleshing out their family dynamics that will be the emotional centerpiece of “The Way of Water....
Kirk Douglas Never Had The Intention Of Becoming A Movie Star Universal Pictures By Witney Seibold/Sept. 20, 2022 4:58 pm EST There is a difference between a famous actor and a “movie star.” Actors study their craft, hone their skills in imitating human emotions, and endeavor to inhabit their roles as effectively and convincingly as possible. Movie stars — while they may be good actors — are noted more for an attractive, dazzling “it” quality....
Lea Thompson Could Have Starred In Pretty Woman, But She Made One Huge Mistake Universal Pictures By Travis Yates/Aug. 30, 2022 6:43 pm EST The 1990 romantic comedy “Pretty Woman” helped launch Julia Roberts’ career into the stratosphere. Starring opposite Richard Gere, Roberts played Vivian Ward, a streetwalker with a heart of gold who wins the affection of her cold-hearted client. The role earned Roberts a Best Actress Oscar nomination and turned her into an overnight Hollywood sensation....
One Piece Sets Sail on Netflix Netflix Steven Maeda serves as the showrunner of Netflix’s “One Piece,” and he’s writing it with Matt Owens with whom he’s also executive producing alongside Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements. Maeda and Owens issued a joint statement with the casting announcement, saying: “We are so excited to set sail with this amazing and talented cast! Finding the right people to pull off the looks, emotions, and actions of the iconic Straw Hats was a long and challenging (and fun!...
Making The World’s End A Sci-Fi Film Wasn’t Always Edgar Wright’s Plan Focus Features By Jeff Kelly/Dec. 15, 2022 2:23 pm EST There are few people working in movies who are as adept at both satirizing and paying loving tribute to various genres of cinema as Edgar Wright. Going back to his time working on the BBC series “Spaced” alongside his longtime collaborator Simon Pegg, it’s obvious that Wright has a deep affection for the movies and genres at which he’s poking a bit of fun....
Should we expect more MCU monster stories? Marvel Giacchino also reveals that “Werewolf by Night” wasn’t necessarily planned as a special. He says there was never any mandate about the program’s length, but it sounds like some brainstorming eventually led to the one-off special format. “It was always just like, well, what do you think if we did this? Or what would this be? How about this?,” Giacchino shares. “And [Marvel President Kevin Feige] said, one day to me, he goes, ‘Why don’t we make it a special?...
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 Continues The Show’s Long Game – And Suggests A More Serious Future Paramount By Danielle Ryan/Sept. 22, 2022 6:00 pm EST This article contains spoilers for “Star Trek: Lower Decks” season 3, episode five. “Star Trek: Lower Decks” has done something that almost seems impossible, mixing an animated workplace comedy with the most important themes and lessons of the “Star Trek” franchise. While the series approaches many things with the flippant attitude necessary for a comedy, it also handles the Starfleet of it all with a lot of love and nuance....
Tales From The Box Office: 15 Years Ago, The Simpsons Movie Embiggened A Cromulent Franchise 20th Century Studios By Ryan Scott/July 30, 2022 10:00 am EST “The Simpsons” has been going strong for just about as long as I’ve been alive, with Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge, and the rest of the citizens of Springfield initially making their way to the air in December 1989. While the show has not felt nearly as relevant as it once was in the pop culture landscape for quite some time, the fact remains that its 34th season is set to air later this year and, well over 700 episodes in and counting, there is no end in sight....
The Banshees Of Inisherin Star Kerry Condon Stands Out While Blending In [Exclusive Interview] Searchlight Pictures By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 21, 2022 3:16 pm EST Irish actor Kerry Condon has done a little bit of everything, but it might be her scene-stealing role in Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” that finally makes her a household name. Condon’s career kicked off at the age of 18 when she starred in the McDonagh play “The Lieutenant of Inishmore....
The Gorn Gave Star Trek: Strange New Worlds A Tricky Problem To Solve Paramount By Witney Seibold/July 22, 2022 5:01 pm EST One of the more indelible images from “Star Trek” is that of the Gorn, the angry reptilian alien captain that appeared in the second season episode “Arena” (January 19, 1967). In that episode Kirk (William Shatner), forced by a judgmental godlike Metron (Carole Shelyn), awkwardly fought the Gorn captain (voice of Ted Cassidy) in a fashion approaching the somnambulistic....
The Important Lesson Robert Redford Taught Meryl Streep On Out Of Africa Universal By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 22, 2022 4:18 pm EST Meryl Streep was at the peak of the first phase of her career in 1985. She was a mere eight years removed from her big-screen debut in Fred Zinnemann’s “Julia,” yet she had already racked up five Academy Award nominations and two wins (Best Supporting Actress for “The Deer Hunter” and Best Actress for “Sophie’s Choice”)....
Murphy’s Law Universal Pictures The irony, of course, is that Sommers was already in the middle of promoting his finished sequel, “The Mummy Returns,” by the time he made that comment. Still, he had given real thought to scrapping the whole thing, having struggled enough to figure out the alchemy of his first “Mummy” movie during post-production. Fraser commented on this to EW, stating: “The original script was a bit reckless....
What’s With All The Filler Episodes? Funimation Long-running anime series like “Dragon Ball Z” are often beholden to their source material. When it comes to big, popular shonen properties, the anime adaptation tends to air while the manga is still in publication: this is where problems can arise. With both arriving on a weekly basis, a single 22 minute anime episode has the potential to cover much more ground than its 15-page counterpart, allowing the anime to catch up to its source material as the gap between the versions slowly close....
The Story Of Heat All Started With That Famous Final Scene Warner Bros. By Devin Meenan/July 8, 2022 5:53 pm EST My favorite final shot of any film is Michael Mann’s “Heat.” Three hours of a cops and robbers game across Los Angeles between Detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) and thief Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) culminates in a lone shoot-out on the outskirts of the LAX airport. In the end, Hanna lethally gets his man, but it’s a tragedy....
