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The Dropout Actor Alan Ruck On The Joys Of Making ‘A Complete Ass’ Of Himself Onscreen [Interview] Hulu By Shania Russell/March 10, 2022 11:20 am EST Self-described “geezer” Alan Ruck made his “The Dropout” debut in an episode aptly titled “Old White Men,” focusing on the execs pulled into Theranos by a desire to further their wealth and keep up with young biotech superstar Elizabeth Holmes. The series, which hails from “New Girl” creator Elizabeth Meriwether, delves into the story behind the billion-dollar company that claimed it would revolutionize the medical world forever — only to fail to deliver on its many promises....

The Man Who Would Be King(sman) 20th Century Studios This idea of “The Man Who Would Be Kingsman” is one that lingered in Vaughn’s mind. It was further informed by an earlier scene in the franchise between Taron Egerton’s character, Eggsy, and Colin Firth’s character, Harry Hart. Vaughn explained: “It just stayed in my head. I was like, ‘Oh God, now I’m getting this itch. I’m going to have to scratch it,’ and then I remembered the scene between Eggsy and Harry, and Eggsy explained why the Kingsman was founded, when it was founded....

The Morning Watch: VFX Artists React To The Star Wars Prequels, Creating Bleeding Prosthetics In Movies & More Lucasfilm By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 20, 2021 8:17 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

The True Story Behind The Amityville Murders To Be Explored In Epix Docuseries MGM By Joshua Meyer/Feb. 6, 2022 10:59 am EST Jay Anson’s 1977 book “The Amityville Horror” has yielded over 30 theatrical and direct-to-video films since it was first published, starting with the original 1979 feature starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder, and Rod Steiger. That’s not even counting “The Conjuring” movie series, which centers on fictionalized versions of Ed and Lorraine Warren, the real-life paranormal investigators and married couple who gained recognition through their involvement in the Amityville case (as seen at the beginning of “The Conjuring 2”)....

Top Gun: Maverick’s Bashir Salahuddin And Charles Parnell Tell Us What They Learned From Tom Cruise [Interview] Paramount Pictures By Jenna Busch/May 24, 2022 2:00 pm EST “Top Gun: Maverick” is set to hit theaters this Friday, and the film is already getting some amazing buzz. I’m certainly buzzing, because if the first film made me want to be a fighter pilot, this sequel made me want to do it twice as much....

Witness Me! Furiosa Has Begun Production, Shot On Glorious 35mm Warner Bros By Jeremy Smith/June 1, 2022 5:48 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Once more unto the wasteland, my friends. Per Chris Hemsworth’s Twitter account, George Miller is officially back in the post-apocalyptic groove. “Furiosa,” a prequel spin-off to the magnificent “Mad Max: Fury Road,” has begun principal photography in the filmed format of kings aka 35mm!...

Alison Brie And John Cena Join Action Comedy Freelance From Taken Director Pierre Morel Netflix By BJ Colangelo/Jan. 17, 2022 9:16 am EST Two absolute champions of hilarity and wrestling (PLEASE NETFLIX, GIVE US MORE “GLOW”) are joining forces for a new action-comedy from the man who wrote “Taken.” John Cena and Alison Brie are set to star in “Freelance,” a film about an ex-special forces operator who takes a job providing security for a journalist who is set to interview a dictator....

Cobra Kai Season 5 Trailer: It’s Time To Cut Off The Cobra’s Head Netflix By Danielle Ryan/May 6, 2022 11:46 am EST The fourth season of the wildly popular Netflix series “Cobra Kai” ended on a bit of a down note. The big showdown between Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) and Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) ended in a draw, the good guys lost, Daniel closed his dojo, and baddy Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) seemed poised to have Cobra Kai-style karate take over Southern California....

Doctor Strange Kicks Off The Summer Box Office With A Bigger Than Expected Bang Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/May 9, 2022 12:24 pm EST While summer doesn’t officially start until the end of June, for all intents and purposes, the first weekend of May is often seen as the beginning of the summer movie season. And it kicked off with a big, magical bang this past weekend as “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” finally hit theaters....

Ewan McGregor got creative to get a take just right Lucasfilm During this year’s Star Wars Celebration, the cast of “Attack of the Clones” gathered together for a 20th anniversary panel, sharing all sorts of stories from the film’s production all those years ago. At one point, McGregor and Logan were reminiscing about the scene where Obi-Wan meets Jango and Boba on Camino where the clone army is being built. As McGregor tells it, Lucas was having some trouble getting the correct reaction out of Logan....

J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Is Partnering With The Black List To Help Underrepresented Writers Bad Robot By Sandy Schaefer/Feb. 24, 2022 1:31 pm EST Who’s ready for some good news? J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, which the filmmaker co-founded and oversees with his fellow co-Chief Executive Officer Katie McGrath, is teaming up with The Black List for a new initiative meant to help writers from historically under-represented communities. This venture will provide said writers with access to the Black List website, as well as the kind of industry feedback that wouldn’t otherwise be readily available to them....

Jerry & Marge Go Large Review: Bryan Cranston And Annette Bening Break The Lottery In A Goofy True-Story Scam [Tribeca] Paramount+ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 17, 2022 12:00 pm EST The scammer is having a moment right now in Hollywood. We’ve seen everything from Tinder swindlers, to wannabe socialites, to would-be entrepreneurs — and in each instance, the scammer gets what’s coming to them while the audience can briefly entertain the thought of being them before condemning them....

One Of Empire Records’ Most Important Roles Nearly Went To Someone Else Warner Bros By Ben F. Silverio/Dec. 30, 2021 12:23 pm EST While it isn’t Rex Manning Day just yet (that’s on April 8), we still mustn’t dwell. No, not today. We can’t because we still get to talk about “Empire Records” today! Over 25 years later, people still can’t get enough of Allan Moyle’s 1995 coming of age film about a local record store and the wild cast of characters that walk through its doors....

Patrick Stewart Wasn’t The First Choice For Captain Picard Star Trek: TNG Paramount By Jenna Busch/April 9, 2022 11:56 am EST It is hard to imagine anyone but Patrick Stewart playing the role of Jean-Luc Picard on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Through the entire run of the series, he was the clear-thinking, soothing head of the starship Enterprise crew, and the absolute moral center of the entire franchise. “Star Trek: The Next Generation” could have looked very different, though....

Reacher Star Alan Ritchson On Prepping For All Those Fight Scenes, His Favorite One-Liner, And More [Interview] Prime Video By Vanessa Armstrong/Feb. 1, 2022 11:04 am EST “Reacher” is getting a small screen adaptation, and the eponymous main character that’s at the center of author Lee Child’s popular book series is being played by “Titans” alum Alan Ritchson, who’s markedly different than the Reacher played by Tom Cruise in the film adaptation....

Ghosts Have Dirty Minds I love a good funny ghost story, and we’ve got some comedy heavy-hitters here between Cox and Greg Kinnear (“As Good As It Gets,” “The Kennedys”). Of course, we all know Courteney Cox from “Friends,” but where she really shined (yeah, I said it) in my eyes was “Cougar Town.” I am compelled to watch that whenever I see it on somewhere. It’s like a comedy magnet....

Sony’s Kraven The Hunter Adds Alessandro Nivola As New Villain HBO Max By Anya Stanley/March 4, 2022 6:27 pm EST Sony is learning again and again that superhero movies are the ticket. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” set records left and right, becoming a “cultural phenomenon” for 2021. Surprise rom-com “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” is still the talk of the water cooler, and made more than $500 million globally. Dr. Morbius would have more to add to the conversation, once he can get to the theater....

Spider-Man May Not Hold The Crown For Long 20th Century Studios For now, at least, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios get to enjoy having their latest collaboration sitting above the mighty James Cameron, but that may not last forever. Let us not forget that “Avatar 2” is finally set to hit theaters in December — a full 13 years after the original first debuted. It is all but certain that Disney will do a wider re-release in North America (and likely around the world) of the first movie to allow new audiences to become familiar with the “Avatar” world again before the sequel arrives....

Stranger Things 4 Funko Pops Are Here, And Stranger Than Ever Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/May 3, 2022 9:09 am EST Back in the day, our bad high school haircuts were only ever immortalized in the pages of school yearbooks. Now, the bowl cuts and bangs of “Stranger Things 4” will live on forever, too — in the form of Funko Pops! The new series of Pop! figurines revealed by Entertainment Weekly are great for collectors, sure, but they also may reveal key details about the season to come....

The Flight Attendant Director Silver Tree Will Helm Fatal Attraction Series Paramount Pictures By Kaylee Dugan/May 17, 2022 10:14 pm EST “Fatal Attraction” is having some sort of resurgence right now. Is it because we’re all craving a weird, sexy thriller? That’s got to be a yes because every time is the right time for a weird, sexy thriller, but what’s the real catalyst? If I’m being honest with myself, I’m probably just marveling at the coincidence that the New York Times podcast “Still Processing” just released an episode about “Fatal Attraction,” but that’s enough of synchronicity for me....