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How Karl Urban Fell In Love With Filmmaking Prime Video By Devin Meenan/July 28, 2022 9:43 pm EST For the past three decades, Karl Urban has been a regular face in genre productions. He first came to international attention for “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys” and “Xena: Warrior Princess” — across these shows, he played four different roles, including Julius Caesar and Cupid. He’s since enjoyed a steady film career, either as supporting characters or heavies; he’s just a bit too sinister to be a leading man....

John Cho’s Star Trek Audition Could Have Been His Career’s Last Paramount By Witney Seibold/Aug. 2, 2022 3:11 pm EST The final episode of “Star Trek: Enterprise” aired on May 13, 2005, effectively drawing the curtain on the franchise for the foreseeable future. It seemed that “Star Trek” was going to gracefully drift off into the heavens, a pop culture tentpole left comfortably in the past. Thanks to complicated studio politicking, however, Viacom, the company that owned “Star Trek” split in two in 2006, leaving “Star Trek” divided in half....

Watch the trailer for Werewolf by Night “Werewolf by Night” is one of the more intriguing Marvel projects on the horizon because, as a holiday special, it serves a function the studio largely hasn’t tried to fill before. Will it simply be a fun one-off, or will it introduce characters who will be integral to Phase 5 of the studio’s seemingly endless superhero saga? The supernatural character would pair well with Marvel’s upcoming “Blade” remake, for example....

Quentin Tarantino Knew His Over-The-Top Style Wouldn’t Work For Jackie Brown Miramax By Lyvie Scott/Aug. 25, 2022 4:58 pm EST Of all the filmmakers of the modern era, few have such a recognizable style as Quentin Tarantino. Of course, QT is known to switch things up from time to time, based on the period he wants to emulate in his films. But whether he’s paying homage to the martial arts films of the Shaw Brothers, or delivering his own spin on the spaghetti Westerns of the ’60s, Tarantino rarely strays from his heightened, highly-stylized look....

The film adaptation that never was Sony Still, the opportunity to contemplate what Tarantino’s last movie would look like is fun to talk about, just as it’s enjoyable for Tarantino to ponder and endlessly tease his fans about the subject. Will the pop culture auteur direct a horror movie? A “Star Trek” movie? Or perhaps a reunion with Timothy Olyphant to lens a sequel series to “Justified?” One thing Tarantino did confirm during the discussion with Mitchell is that he had been tempted to adapt Elmore Leonard’s 1985 noir novel “Stick” after transforming the pulp author’s “Rum Punch” into “Jackie Brown....

Quentin Tarantino Sees Once Upon A Time In Hollywood As His Version Of Roma Sony By Ernesto Valenzuela/Dec. 10, 2022 9:00 pm EST “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” is a unique entry in writer and director Quentin Tarantino’s filmography. That’s certainly saying something, as every film of his up to this point is exceptionally distinctive in one way or another. Still, there are certainly violent and structural quirks visible in each film, and it’s arguably “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” that strays furthest from what’s expected of a Tarantino picture....

She-Hulk’s Post-Credits Scene With Madisynn And Wong Was A Moment Of Unscripted Magic Disney+ By Ben F. Silverio/Sept. 13, 2022 9:30 am EST The Marvel Cinematic Universe has bestowed upon us a number of beloved pairings. There’s Steve Rogers/Peggy Carter, Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, and Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson. Of course, there are others that don’t include Captain America too. For instance, thanks to “She-Hulk: Attorney At Law,” we can add Wong and Madisynn King to the list of Marvel’s fan-favorite duos....

Steven Spielberg Forgot He Cut David Harbour From War Of The Worlds Universal Pictures By Jeremy Smith/Dec. 6, 2022 9:02 pm EST David Harbour might not have been a well-known actor in 2005, but his career had been arcing upward since 1999 thanks to several critically acclaimed performances on- and off-Broadway. At 6'3", he had a sturdy, formidable presence. He could use that imposing frame to his advantage or play against it to sympathetic or pathetic effect....

Spielberg dismounts Orion According to Nick de Semlyen’s immensely enjoyable “Wild and Crazy Guys,” Martin wanted to craft a relentlessly silly Western that goofed on the ’30s and ’40s Singing Cowboy films of Gene Autry. He viewed it as a “Mexican-Western fiesta musical with a million gags.” Martin had become a comedy superstar thanks in large part to his hosting gigs on “SNL,” and was a hot Hollywood commodity thanks to 1979’s “The Jerk....

The Daily Stream: Things Is DIY Horror Madness You Need To See To Believe Exosphere Motion Pictures By Erin Brady/Oct. 11, 2022 5:52 pm EST The Movie: “Things” Where You Can Stream It: Shudder, Tubi The Pitch: What do you do when you visit a cabin in the woods? If you are the friends at the center of 1989’s “Things,” then you sit around and drink beer. Maybe you walk around the house a little bit only to find that a bunch of giant ant creatures are secretly roaming around....

The Great British Baking Show Season 10: Release Date, Cast And More For The Return Of Your Favorite Comfort Watch Netflix By Jenna Busch/Sept. 6, 2022 3:59 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) On your marks, get set, bake! If you’ve been missing the comforts of “The Great British Baking Show” (or “The Great British Bake Off” if you’re a stickler for the UK title), you have a reason to get out those celebratory sprinkles....

The Rings Of Power Shows The Origins Of One Of The Most Important Elements In The Lord Of The Rings Prime Video By Debopriyaa Dutta/Sept. 16, 2022 2:00 pm EST Warning: Major spoilers ahead for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” One of the most beautiful things about J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world is the way in which even the smallest aspects of the story have major repercussions on the fate of Middle-earth....

What is Yellowjackets season 2 about? Showtime For all the haunting mysteries left hanging in the air by season 1 (be it the ultimate fate of teen Shauna’s as-yet-unborn baby or whether something supernatural is really going on in the forest), “Yellowjackets” has proven to have more on its mind than your average mystery-box TV series/“Lost” wannabe so far. The show’s creatives have promised that will continue to be the case in season 2, as the theme of trauma and, more specifically, how people react differently to traumatic events moves further into the spotlight....

Efron played young Simon Tam 20th Television Simon and River’s background remains shrouded in mystery for the first part of the series’ single-season run, but their early years are finally revealed via flashback in episode five. The episode opens on a now-familiar face — is that Zac Efron?! The pint-sized young actor appears in the episode’s intro, playing Simon as a teenager. An unknown actor when the series aired in 2002, Efron has just a few lines in this scene: He attempts to do homework on an electronic tablet-like device, only to be interrupted by his sister River’s (Skylar Roberge) inventive games....

Avatar: The Way Of Water Is James Cameron’s Plea To Protect Our Oceans 20th Century Studios By Walter Roberts/Dec. 17, 2022 2:47 pm EST “I’ve had this romance with the ocean my entire life. That has involved spending thousands of hours underwater in shallow settings and hundreds of hours underwater in deep settings.” With “The Way of Water,” Cameron’s message is not hidden. “The reason that I went down the path of making a series of films in the same universe is because I thought that what I needed to say artistically — to communicate with people — I could do within that framework....

Bette Davis Was Convinced Her Offer For All About Eve Was Nothing More Than A Prank 20th Century Studios By Shae Sennett/Sept. 16, 2022 3:46 pm EST The producer and actress suffered a major rift in 1941 when Davis was appointed as the president of the Academy. The powerful board members included her longtime boss at Fox, Zanuck, who advocated for her election. When Davis tried to implement changes, the board — Zanuck included — was extremely resistant....

Better Call Saul And Breaking Bad Star Giancarlo Esposito Wants To Play Gus Fring Again AMC By Matt Rainis/Sept. 9, 2022 11:48 am EST With “Better Call Saul” having come to an immaculately landed end in August, some fans of the “Breaking Bad” universe are already clamoring for a return to the seedy underbelly of the Albuquerque underground crime scene. Others feel that the ending of “Better Call Saul” was a fitting close to the story of the world of “Breaking Bad....

Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey In Talks To Star As Fiyero In The Wicked Movies Netflix By Shania Russell/Sept. 21, 2022 2:18 pm EST From one yearning love story to the next — “Bridgerton” star Jonathan Bailey is considering a break from the Ton to head into the fantastical world of Oz. Per Variety, Bailey is in talks to join the cast of Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked” adaptation. The actor is being considered for the role of Fiyero, which would put him smack dab in the middle of a love triangle with Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba and Ariana Grande’s Glinda....

Coraline Director Henry Selick Has An Absolutely Fascinating Connection To Absolutely Fabulous BBC Worldwide By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 1, 2022 10:06 am EST Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley are living comedic legends, as the drinking, drug-abusing, shallow stars of the British sitcom “Absolutely Fabulous.” The British Film Institute ranked “AbFab” as number 17 of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of all time, and the beloved series saw a reunion nearly 25 years after the show first aired with “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie” in 2016....

Every Main Character In Reservoir Dogs Ranked Worst To Best Miramax Films By Eric Pierce/Dec. 5, 2022 3:22 pm EST Writer-director Quentin Tarantino’s feature-length debut, “Reservoir Dogs,” follows a group of criminals who try to identify the rat within their ranks after their attempted heist goes horribly wrong, and then gets much worse. Following its premiere at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival, “Reservoir Dogs” earned widespread critical praise, paving the way for Tarantino to reach even loftier heights with “Pulp Fiction....