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Making Fred Astaire ‘cool’ again Sony Pictures Releasing Patrick, for those not aware, carries out his marvelous song-and-dance routine atop the concrete bleachers of his high school’s outdoor sports field. “I was sent pictures of the location, and through those, I came up with the idea of how Heath would move. He was my Fred Astaire!” Pomerhn Derricks told HuffPost. Ledger’s Astaire-style moves include a slide to the side and a long-pass grapevine, both of which Pomerhn Derricks knew would require a “fearless” actor of his skill to pull off without fretting about it looking too “old-school....

Ben Affleck Is In Talks To Direct A Feature For DC Warner Bros By Eric Vespe/Dec. 14, 2022 9:54 pm EST The topsy-turvy world of DC got a major jolt today as a ton of late-night news broke about the pending new DC slate proposed by recently hired head honchos James Gunn and Peter Safran. First, we heard that Gunn is writing the new “Superman” movie and confirmed that Henry Cavill is not returning, which maybe came as a blow to die-hard DCEU fans, but every indicator so far is that Gunn and Safran have been tasked with completely rebooting the whole DC approach....

Chris Farley’s Dramatic Ambitions For Black Sheep Came At The Expense Of David Spade Paramount Pictures By Witney Seibold/Nov. 3, 2022 12:14 pm EST Penelope Spheeris’ 1996 comedy film “Black Sheep” was the second film to feature David Spade and Chris Farley playing opposite each other as a traditional comedy duo. Their first was Peter Segal’s 1995 film “Tommy Boy.” The two had also previously appeared in Steve Barron’s alien comedy “Coneheads,” although they had no scenes together....

Criminal Minds: Evolution: Release Date, Cast, And More On The Paramount+ Revival CBS By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Sept. 23, 2022 10:28 am EST Very few procedural crime dramas have stood the test of time — the CBS series “Criminal Minds” concluded its incredible 15-season run in 2020 and has already received a revival order from the streamer Paramount+. Like showrunner-producer-writer Erica Messer said during the Television Critics Tour (via Deadline), the team behind “Criminal Minds” never wanted the show to end, and now they’re coming back....

Disney’s Strange World Would Make An Ideal Double Feature With A Goofy Movie Walt Disney Pictures By Ben F. Silverio/Nov. 26, 2022 12:00 pm EST Walt Disney Animation has a long history of presenting stories about adventures. The House of Mouse has taken its audience on adventures into the woods, under the sea, almost there, just around the riverbend, and into the unknown. Thanks to Pete Docter and Bob Peterson’s “Up,” Disney fans have been saying, “Adventure is out there!...

Don’t Stop Believin’: The Best Music Moments In The Sopranos HBO By Caroline Madden/Aug. 29, 2022 2:00 pm EST “The Sopranos” is known for its diverse soundtrack that series creator David Chase, producer Martin Bruestle, and music editor Kathryn Dayak (and occasionally Steven Van Zandt, E Street Band member and Silvio Dante actor) carefully selected. Pre-recorded music is often chosen after completing the production and editing of an episode, but occasionally sequences are filmed to match the songs picked beforehand....

A timely premise Netflix Strikes are far from a thing of the past, as the film industry was reminded when members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) threatened to strike last year over industry-wide allegations of mistreatment. Of course, the filmmaking is not the only industry to be at the center of potential or ongoing strikes. Here in the United States, workers have been at a crossroads with railroad companies for several weeks regarding low pay and long hours, with one union recently rejecting a strike-averting deal (via The Associated Press)....

Gamera: Rebirth: Everything We Know So Far About The New Kaiju Movie Coming To Netflix Netflix By Cameron Roy Hall/Nov. 30, 2022 10:23 pm EST Kaiju never go out of style. From Godzilla to King Kong to Clifford the Big Red Dog, giant monster media is always close at hand to remind us all how we’re only one bad experiment away from losing our top spot on the food chain. With that charming notion in mind, the latest entry into the creature catalog will be an adaptation of a familiar, scaly face....

Before Scully ABC In the ’70s and ’80s, popular cop and crime shows often featured male stars rescuing damsels in distress. Even “Twin Peaks” and “Kojak,” two shows that directly influenced “The X-Files” followed this traditional setup, but Anderson’s character didn’t follow this trend. Instead, the series featured an empowered and intelligent woman who didn’t follow traditional gender norms. So much of Scully goes against accepted norms of the ’70s and ’80s....

Here’s How Jamie Clayton Updated The Pinhead Character In The New Hellraiser Hulu By Debopriyaa Dutta/Oct. 4, 2022 10:37 am EST Doug Bradley’s portrayal of Pinhead in all eight “Hellraiser” films easily goes down as a stunning, irreplaceable rendition of the Hell Priest from Clive Barker’s work. Bradley started off by playing Pinhead as a terrifying, stoic Cenobite embodying the “demon to some, angel to others” sensibility perfectly, and went on to infuse the character with more human qualities as the films progressed....

His Dark Materials Season 3 Will Differ From The Books In One Important Way HBO By Sandy Schaefer/Oct. 7, 2022 1:06 pm EST HBO’s “His Dark Materials” TV show was mostly faithful to Philip Pullman’s original novel trilogy in its first two seasons, focusing on Lyra (Dafne Keen) and Will (Amir Wilson) as the two young heroes from, quite literally, different worlds, as they began to uncover the truth about their respective fates as the prophesied child and the wielder of The Subtle Knife....

Once Lost, Now Found Discotek The company Discotek Media announced they were finally bringing “Project A-ko” to Blu-ray back in September of 2020, and fans were shocked. The idea of the film coming to Blu-ray was out of the realm of possibility, but Discotek’s plan to use the Domesday Duplicator and AstroRes technologies was a revolutionary change. Justin Sevakis, CEO of MediaOCD, Discotek’s Production Contractor claimed that the Domesday Duplicator was capable of capturing and digitizing the RF signals from multiple laserdisc sources, which allows high quality transfers from laserdiscs, despite previous attempts not looking as sharp as they could....

How The Justice Society Of America Is Assembled In Black Adam Warner Bros. Pictures By Marcos Melendez/Sept. 8, 2022 8:15 pm EST The ultimate passion project for Dwayne Johnson, “Black Adam” is more than just introducing a change in the hierarchy of the DC Universe. It features the big-screen debut of the Justice Society of America (JSA), the very first superhero team from DC Comics canon. Fan-favorite character Hawkman (Aldis Hodge) leads the JSA — comprised of Doctor Fate, Cyclone, and Atom Smasher — against the titular anti-hero....

How Tobe Hooper Crafted The Terrifying Soundscape Of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Bryanston Distributing Company By Adam Wescott/Oct. 27, 2022 2:23 pm EST “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” is a shocking movie. Women are impaled on meat hooks. Men are chopped to pieces. Furniture crafted from animal bones and human limbs lurk in the corners. Yet there is surprisingly little gore to be found. The deaths are mostly bloodless. Flesh wounds appear on screen in only a handful of scenes....

Hunters Season 2 Teaser Offers A First Look At Udo Kier As Hitler Prime Video By Joshua Meyer/Dec. 8, 2022 9:50 pm EST The first teaser for Prime Video’s “Hunters” season 2 is here, and if ever there were a time for a series about Nazi hunters in America to make a return, this is that time. Unfortunately for “Hunters” fans, the show’s second season will be its last. But it’s going out with a bang, pitting Jewish protagonist Jonah Heidelbaum (Logan Lerman) and his fellow vigilantes against the evilest Nazi of them all: Adolph Hitler, played by Udo Kier....

Ironheart Footage Description: Meet Riri Williams, Girl Genius [D23] Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/Sept. 10, 2022 3:10 pm EST Disney’s D23 Expo is happening this weekend for the first time in three years and the Mouse House made sure to bring the goods. During the massive studio presentation today, Marvel Studios laid out much of what’s to come in Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and beyond. That includes a first look at the long-awaited “Ironheart” series for Disney+, which will bring Riri Williams to the fold for a solo adventure....

James Cameron Wasn’t Very Concerned With Explaining How Avatar’s World Would Work By Witney Seibold/Aug. 2, 2022 4:39 pm EST One might be able to blame the ascendency of geek discourse for this, but many conversations about sci-fi and fantasy properties have begun to skew incredibly literal. This may only be based on anecdotal evidence, but a recent conversation (on social media, natch) about the upcoming film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” calls into question Shuri’s ability to best Namor in hand-to-hand combat....

Who’s telling the story? HBO On “Talking Sopranos,” Imperioli asked Bracco if the therapy scenes were shot as a master shot with camera running on both her and Gandolfini, or if they shot one actor first then redid the scene with the camera on the other. Bracco confirms it was the latter, adding “We would always shoot [Gandolfini] first, because he was the storyteller.” This approach makes sense. The meat of the therapy scenes usually comes from Tony, and not just because he’s the main character of the series....

Magic Mike’s Last Dance Gets A Theatrical Release, Will Unzip In 2023 Warner Bros. By Danielle Ryan/Sept. 16, 2022 3:08 pm EST “Star Wars.” “The Godfather.” “Magic Mike.” Soon, the sweet stripper series will join the greatest theatrical trilogies of all time when “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” debuts in 2023. Fans of Steven Soderbergh’s raunchy romp “Magic Mike” and its absolutely brilliant 2015 sequel, “Magic Mike XXL” will be pleased to learn that “Last Dance” is no longer set to be an HBO Max exclusive, but will instead make a nationwide theatrical debut this coming winter....

Michael Giacchino’s Filmmaking Origins Go All The Way Back To An Old Universal Studios Theme Park Attraction Disney By Witney Seibold/Nov. 4, 2022 4:12 pm EST There is an adorable moment in Anthony Giacchino’s “Director by Night” — a 54-minute documentary on the amateur-turned-professional directing career of his brother Michael — where the Giacchinos’ mother Josephine is asked to read a list of her famous son’s composing credits. Looking over a paragraph penned by Anthony, Josephine reads that Michael has composed music for films like “The Batman” and “The MCU Spider-Man Trilogy....