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How The Bridge On The River Kwai Set A New Standard For Actors’ Pay Columbia Pictures By Jeremy Smith/Nov. 26, 2022 10:00 pm EST In the highly unlikely event that you become a major Hollywood player (if that even means anything anymore), keep this in mind: net points are for saps. Studio accounting is basically rigged to ensure that blockbusters almost never turn a significant profit. This is because lowly creatives like screenwriters and the authors who wrote the material on which the movie is based would have to get paid, which is anathema to executives....

Jodie Whittaker ‘Lost It’ As Soon As Her Doctor Who Regeneration Scene Wrapped BBC By Valerie Ettenhofer/Sept. 27, 2022 2:28 pm EST All good things must come to an end, and all Doctors must regenerate eventually. For Jodie Whittaker, who has embodied the iconic “Doctor Who” character for the past five years, that unavoidable ending is on the horizon. The actor’s final bow in the role will take place this fall, when she says goodbye in the 90-minute special “The Power of the Doctor....

The early days of the Simpsons 20th Television In the first few seasons of “The Simpsons,” the family dynamic was less a decades-long absurdist media experiment and more of a mildly self-aware animated sendup of “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”-style sitcoms. “The Simpsons” was always a deconstructionist effort, but the characters were meant to read as low-class satires of the ordinarily placid suburban bliss typically seen on American television. Homer, for instance, was obsessed with making ends meet and ensuring that his family be read as “normal....

‘I am not from a laboratory and I do not have a shaved head’ Netflix The director gave you free takes here where you could sort of improv. Were there any instances of improv that made it into the final cut? Yes, actually. There’s a scene in Sherlock’s apartment where I say, “Crazy idea. Have you considered a flatmate?” And “crazy idea” was 100 percent improv. But yeah, I definitely implemented some of my improv into it....

Reusing Tried-And-True Villains Was Never An Option For Batman Beyond Warner Bros. By Walter Roberts/Dec. 5, 2022 3:14 pm EST Surely the most daunting challenge in front of DC Studios’ new chiefs, James Gunn and Peter Safran, is reconciling the many different on-screen incarnations of DC characters we’ve gotten over the years. At the same time that fans of director Matt Reeves worry for the future of his already-greenlit sequel to “The Batman,” the Snyderverse continues on through the law of inertia, Warner Bros....

Samurai Champloo Retold A Classic Cowboy Bebop Episode Manglobe By Devin Meenan/Oct. 2, 2022 11:59 pm EST As a certain creative aphorism goes, “good artists borrow, great artists steal.” Who’s the easiest person to steal from? Yourself. When anime director Shinichirō Watanabe was making “Samurai Champloo,” his follow-up to “Cowboy Bebop,” he re-used many of his previous’ series traits. “Cowboy Bebop” and “Samurai Champloo” share a loose story structure of episodic adventures, similar characters (Mugen is a scruffier Spike Spiegel), and overlapping themes about the inevitability of death....

She-Hulk Writer Confirms That’s Charlie Cox’s Daredevil In The Yellow Suit Disney+ By Ben F. Silverio/July 27, 2022 1:44 pm EST When Marvel Studios returned to the hallowed halls of San Diego Comic-Con this year, True Believers were expecting some massive announcements, and they certainly weren’t disappointed as producer Kevin Feige pulled back the curtain on the roadmap for the newly christened Multiverse Saga. Among those announcements was the official confirmation that Charlie Cox would suit up as the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen once again in the 18-episode series “Daredevil: Born Again....

When The More Fun Stuff Version will be released, and where to watch it Sony Pictures Theaters in the United States will be graced once again by “No Way Home” on September 2, 2022. However, the U.S. is not the only country that will receive it, as countries like Australia, Canada, and Hong Kong will also receive the extended cut on that same day. Here’s a full breakdown of the global release dates:...

Steve McQueen Pulled A Saul Goodman-Esque Trick So He Could Star In The Magnificent Seven United Artists By Matt Rainis/Nov. 1, 2022 4:44 pm EST Steve McQueen is unimpeachably one of cinema history’s coolest leading men. An actor known for awesome stunts and hard living, McQueen was seen as coolness personified during his heyday in the ’60s. With roles in “The Great Escape,” “The Cincinnati Kid,” and “The Thomas Crown Affair” under his belt, he was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood....

Go home, Santa, you’re drunk YouTube/Universal Santa loves to drink — and I’m not talking about milk. In the opening scene, Santa cozies up with his umpteenth ice-cold beer. His eyes glisten not with holiday cheer, but rather the boozy elixir warming his tummy. After centuries of wearing the red suit, Santa has turned into a bit of a curmudgeon, and alcohol is the only thing getting him through the Christmas season....

The Daily Stream: Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium Confronts Mortality With Earnest Whimsy 20th Century Studios By Cameron Roy Hall/Dec. 22, 2022 11:00 am EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium” (2007) Where You Can Stream It: Apple TV+ The Pitch: Earnest whimsy is both precious and rare....

The Soundtrack To The First Four Episodes Of Andor Has Been Released, With More To Follow Disney+ By Eric Vespe/Oct. 21, 2022 8:51 pm EST You know, I haven’t really bothered to take a reading of the room when it comes to “Andor.” Do the fans and critics love it? Do they hate it? I have no idea, but I do know that it’s quickly becoming one of my favorite “Star Wars” series....

Jesus Christ, movie star Handmade Films Of course, this wouldn’t have been the first time Jesus Christ has shown up in a major motion picture. The son of God in the Christian religion has led his fair share of biblical epics over the years, and proved himself to be an absolute box office sensation with 2004’s “The Passion of the Christ.” However, the typical biblical movie, especially those starring Jesus himself, tend to be a bit more … devout, projects made by filmmakers with a clear idealogical message they want to send to their audience....

Tremors Planned For One VFX Scene The Crew Just Couldn’t Pull Off Universal By William Bibbiani/Nov. 17, 2022 5:23 pm EST If you stick around in this industry long enough, you’ll learn that no movie, no matter how big or how small, is immune to disaster. And bodies of water are often involved (or at least nearby). The mechanical shark in Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” barely worked. The craft services on “Titanic” got spiked with PCP....

Under The Radar: Next Exit, Slash/Back, And Something In The Dirt Shined In November Magnet Releasing By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 30, 2022 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to Under the Radar, a column where we spotlight specific movies, shows, trends, performances, or scenes that caught our eye and deserved more attention … but otherwise flew under the radar. In this edition: a road trip dramedy takes a turn for the supernatural in “Next Exit,” “Slash/Back” puts an extraterrestrial twist on a cultural coming-of-age tale, and “Something in the Dirt” goes for broke....

What Went Wrong With The Wolfman? How Makeup VFX Legend Rick Baker Was Pushed Aside For CGI Junk Universal By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 12, 2022 2:00 pm EST Rick Baker is a legend. The special makeup effects master is responsible for creating work for “Videodrome,” “Thriller,” “Harry and the Hendersons,” “Coming to America,” “Men in Black,” “The Nutty Professor,” and so much more. His work is iconic (and I don’t use that word lightly) and arguably unparalleled....

Returning to an old role BBC Some apprehension seems healthy, because the long-running show has never done something like this before. When Tennant returned for the 50th anniversary special in 2013, his character was brought into the storyline through time travel, not by the current Doctor’s regeneration. Tennant played a major role in the episode, but the main focus was still on Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor. “There’s a bit of a precedent in this show that all Doctors maybe turn up for a special now and again, but usually in cohort with the current team,” Tennant said....

Why Sabbac Looks Different In Black Adam Than He Does In The Comics Warner Bros. Pictures By Debopriyaa Dutta/Oct. 26, 2022 1:46 pm EST This post contains spoilers for “Black Adam.” DC’s “Black Adam” props up Teth-Adam (Dwayne Johnson) as an unconventional super-powered being who reluctantly winds up in a position to protect the modern world from evil. Despite his undefined stance on heroism, Teth-Adam teams up with the Justice Society to stop the Intergang from acquiring a crown of primordial power connected to the demon champion, Sabbac....

/Film Showdown: Dracula 2000’s Dracula Vs. Seth Gecko Miramax By Danielle Ryan AND Ryan Scott/Aug. 31, 2022 11:16 am EST Imaginary crossovers have long been a great geeky go-to conversation starter, from the very first nerds who ever asked “who would win in a fight, Wolverine or Superman?” In that spirit, we have created the /Film Showdown, pitting two titans of terror from all of horror cinema against one another. Leatherface from “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” has faced off against Pinhead from “Hellraiser,” Pennywise the dancing clown from “It” has gone a round with Freddy Krueger, and now, it’s time for a charismatic vampire hunter and one of cinema’s most loathed vampires to do battle....

Alan Rickman Injured Himself In The First Die Hard Scene He Shot 20th Century Studios By Joe Roberts/Dec. 9, 2022 8:52 pm EST Of all the action movie villains, Alan Rickman’s Hans Gruber remains one of, if not the finest. His suave yet sinister take on the German terrorist in “Die Hard” endures due to Rickman’s clear commitment to the role. The actor, who was at the time transitioning from an esteemed theater career, was obviously determined to portray Gruber convincingly, despite his initial reservations about doing an action movie....