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Even without a plot, we’re on board Netflix Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element are producing the film with Kasia Malipan and Lanthimos, who added, “This is our fifth film with Yorgos and we are delighted to re-unite once again with Searchlight and Film4 on this brilliant script by Yorgos and Efthimis,” the duo continued in their statement with, “Yorgos has drawn an incredible cast and crew and we are dying to get started....

A grittier, grounded place Disney+ /Film reviewer Vanessa Armstrong had high praise for “Andor,” which brings “Star Wars” into new, gritty territory that feels unlike anything the franchise had done before. The show “proves to the powers that be that there are rich stories to tell in the live-action ‘Star Wars’ universe that don’t involve the Jedi or anyone with the last name Skywalker,” she writes in her review. But die-hard “Star Wars” fans will still find something to like in “Andor,” she writes, adding:...

Bill Lawrence Wasn’t Betting On Scrubs Getting A Second Season NBC By Michael Boyle/Oct. 12, 2022 1:39 pm EST As beloved as “Scrubs” is today, nothing about its premise guaranteed success. It’s a sitcom about a setting that’s usually reserved for serious dramas, with no laugh track or multi-camera set-up. Although a sitcom without a laugh track wasn’t unheard of at the time (the very successful “Malcolm in the Middle” aired its debut season the year before), it still wasn’t the norm....

Genevieve O’Reilly On Returning To Star Wars To Flesh Out Mon Mothma In Andor [Exclusive Interview] Lucasfilm By Ryan Scott/Sept. 15, 2022 11:30 am EST If there’s one thing hardcore “Star Wars” fans love, it’s taking to characters with relatively little screen time. There is perhaps no better franchise out there consistently ending up with these kind of results. Just look at Boba Fett, who had but a few minutes of screen time between “Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi,” and yet, he went on to become one of the most beloved characters in the history of the franchise....

Four great filmmakers top Del Toro’s list Focus Features As for Fessenden, who co-wrote the award-winning choose-your-own-deathventure video game “Until Dawn,” founded the indie studio Glass Eye Pix, and has appeared in films like “You’re Next” and “The Dead Don’t Die,” he’s apparently Del Toro’s number one pick for the show’s next round of episodes. “Larry Fessenden is one hundred percent at the very very top of my list,” Del Toro says....

How Barbarian Brilliantly Utilizes Bill Skarsgård’s Role In Stephen King’s It 20th Century Studios By Caroline Madden/Sept. 14, 2022 2:00 pm EST This article contains major spoilers for “Barbarian.” One of the most audacious horror films in recent years, “Barbarian” cleverly uses Bill Skarsgård’s filmography to subvert audience expectations. He plays Keith, a mysterious tenant in an AirBnB that has been double booked. When Tess arrives at the same rental in the middle of the night, she is unsettled by this additional occupant....

A hint of assimilation Compass International Pictures In 1976, before Carpenter started work on “Halloween,” he was considered to adapt “The Thing” for Universal Studios. However, because he was still largely an independent filmmaker, he was eventually passed up for another horror director, the fabulous Tobe Hooper. Hooper had recently shocked audiences with his film, “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” about a depraved family and their homicidal tendencies, so he was the obvious option for this new retelling of “The Thing....

Jordan Peele Calls Daniel Kaluuya His ‘De Niro’ Universal By Jacob Hall/July 7, 2022 11:36 am EST Not every director is a bonafide film nerd, and you can always tell when someone is faking it. Jordan Peele, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind “Get Out,” “Us,” and the upcoming “Nope” is a film nerd. A total movie dork. The kind of guy who casually makes amusing Martin Scorsese references while doing promotional interviews for his upcoming project....

Never Have I Ever Season 4: Everything We Know About The High School Rom-Com’s Final Season Netflix By Shae Sennett/Sept. 27, 2022 4:56 pm EST The third season of “Never Have I Ever” ended on an epic cliffhanger that left fans desperate for news of the next season. With Sherman Oaks High School’s resident will-they-won’t-they couple finally together, there will definitely be lots of drama in store for Devi and her friends....

Princess Mononoke Ending Explained: Death And Rebirth In The Forest Studio Ghibli By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 19, 2022 9:35 am EST Though the title of writer-director Hayao Miyazaki’s “Princess Mononoke” makes it sound like a proper name, it’s really a nickname and translation preserving the loaded word mononoke from the movie’s Japanese title, “Mononoke-hime” (with hime meaning “princess”). Mononoke is an umbrella term that covers a whole plethora of wrathful spirits in Japanese folklore, which makes the title of Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s 1997 animated classic more akin to something like “Princess of the Angry Gods....

Variety is the spice of life Lucasfilm If this hypothetical “Star Wars” show had the tone of “Andor” it could have been an incredibly intense thriller. We know from other tidbits of canon books and comics that the Empire did not go quietly into the night once Death Star II fell and the strength of both “Rogue One” and “Andor” is how they focus on the importance of regular people who can’t crush a starship with their mind or deflect blaster fire with a fancy laser sword....

Sex Education Season 4: Everything We Know So Far Netflix By Jamie Gerber/Aug. 19, 2022 6:45 pm EST It’s been almost a year since we got our last “Sex Education” fix and fans are hungry for more. The British dramedy follows the lives and loves of students at Moordale Secondary School and as the title suggests, it never shies away from all the drama that goes hand in hand with sexual intimacy....

Carpenter turns to horror when Westerns don’t work out Aquarius Releasing Most fans of John Carpenter know of his long-held love for the Western genre, especially the films of John Ford and Howard Hawks. So it’s no surprise that Westerns were what the filmmaker hoped to tackle when he first began his career. However, given the fact that the genre was experiencing a low ebb during the ’70s, Carpenter couldn’t get a Western made....

Star Wars: The Princess And The Scoundrel Invites You To The Wedding (And Honeymoon) Of Han Solo And Princess Leia (c) Lucasfilm By Bryan Young/Aug. 16, 2022 5:00 pm EST This will contain spoilers for “Star Wars: The Princess and the Scoundrel.” Beth Revis is no stranger to “Star Wars,” previously writing the terrific “Rogue One” tie-in novel, “Rebel Rising.” She was tapped to write the wedding of Han Solo and Princess Leia in the new “The Princess and the Scoundrel” and handles the material with grace and charm, a marked improvement over the previous wedding story we’d been given for the characters....

Superhero Bits: Spider-Man Turns 60, Continuing Uncertainty At DC Films & More Marvel Comics By Ryan Scott/Aug. 10, 2022 5:27 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 10 Most Brutal Moments In Idris Elba’s Beast, Ranked Universal Pictures By Ben Begley/Aug. 22, 2022 5:41 pm EST Major spoilers for “Beast” follow. Director Baltasar Kormákur’s “Beast” is Hollywood’s latest attempt to make audiences afraid of the sheer power and ferocity of nature. The film draws influences from classic creature features like “The Ghost in the Darkness,” “Jaws,” and even “Jurassic Park.” Its 90-minute runtime and straight-to-the-point narrative give viewers a lean, action-packed b-movie featuring A-list talent both in front of and behind the camera....

The 14 Best Against Type Performances In Cinematic History Warner Bros. By Joe Garza/Oct. 11, 2022 11:45 am EST In the TV and film industry, “typecasting” refers to when an actor is consistently given the same kinds of roles. Sometimes, all it takes is a single memorable role for an actor to be cast as a similar character on a regular basis. It can often be a source of frustration for actors who want to branch out and demonstrate their versatility by playing a wide range of characters but are stuck with a label that prevents them from doing so....

‘I just hope people talk’ Prime Video Alexandra Billings holds the distinction of being the first openly transgender woman to have played a transgender character on television, but has a storied career on screen and stage. Known for her roles on “Transparent,” “The Conners,” “The Guardians of Justice” and “Wicked,” Billings is also a very vocal trans activist, also appearing in the documentary “Disclosure.” In regard to “The Peripheral,” Billings believes that the show as a “familial foundation” not often shown in other sci-fi shows....

Background Image Comics The story of “The Walking Dead” doesn’t begin on television. It was first told in the pages of comic books, written by Robert Kirkman, drawn in ghostly black and white by Tony Moore (and then Charlie Adlard), and published by Image Comics beginning in 2003. The comic was a hit, and an adaptation was inevitable. Frank Darabont, director of “The Shawshank Redemption,” took interest, even pitching the series to NBC at one point....

Why Stephen McGann Thinks Call The Midwife Has Become So Popular All3Media By Anya Stanley/Aug. 22, 2022 5:23 pm EST Over its 95 episodes, “Call the Midwife” follows the lives of East London midwives working in a convent nursing order. Series creator Heidi Thomas originally adapted the story from the memoirs of Jennifer Worth, whose book sales for “Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s” got a considerable boost when the series aired in 2012....