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Why Ethan Peck Shaved His Actual Eyebrows To Play Spock On Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Paramount By Witney Seibold/June 16, 2022 2:18 pm EST In an interview with the Archive of American Television, the late Leonard Nimoy told the story of how he and executives at CBS first conceived of the make-up for the character of Spock on “Star Trek” back in 1966. Being an alien, Spock was to have pointed ears — that was decided early on — and his skin was meant to be red....

Why Filming Phantom Thread Was A Nightmare For Daniel Day-Lewis Focus Features By Miyako Pleines/April 4, 2022 2:29 pm EST I recently noticed Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread” listed under the romance category on Netflix, and I mean, okay, I guess! But really, when I reflect on this fashionably exquisite film, I’m not really thinking about the apparent love story, so much as I’m thinking about the poisonous mushroom hellscape that is the lives of the two main characters....

Simply no adverse reaction at all United Archives/Getty Images In the 1950s, Hollywood’s restrictive “Hays Code” was still in effect. The code imposed rules for the onscreen depiction of, among other things, violence and sexuality. In 1959, United Artists released “Some Like It Hot” to rave reviews. Complete with cross-dressing, gangsters, and innuendo (Monroe’s quip about “the fuzzy end of the lollipop” among the most memorable), the movie flew in direct defiance of the code’s conservative attitude towards sex and gender....

Why Star Trek: The Next Generation Seemed Doomed To Fail Paramount By Joshua Meyer/March 29, 2022 9:16 am EST “Star Trek: The Next Generation” is one of the greatest television shows of all time. But it wasn’t considered a surefire success, despite the fact that it was reviving an established property with a built-in fanbase, the way so many movie and TV franchises have attempted to do in the 21st century....

5 Marvel Characters We’d Love To See Simon Pegg Play Paramount Pictures By Witney Seibold/Dec. 17, 2021 11:49 am EST You may know Simon Pegg as Scotty from “Star Trek.” You may also know him and Benji from the “Mission: Impossible” movies. Or you saw “Spaced,” or “Shaun of the Dead.” Or perhaps you’re just a big fan of the 2006 heist film “Big Nothing.” However you might have first encountered him, it’s likely you know Simon Pegg, as he has been quietly traversing some of the highest-profile feature films out there, sometimes hiding in background roles (he was hidden under alien make-up in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” appeared in two Steven Spielberg movies, did a few “Ice Age” flicks, and played John Lennon in “The Sparks Brothers”)....

A Quiet Place Part III Will Sneak Into Theaters In 2025 Paramount By Valerie Ettenhofer/Feb. 15, 2022 5:46 pm EST Picture this: the year is 2025 and you’re back in movie theaters, listening to strangers crunch on popcorn and awkwardly clear their throats because the movie on screen is dead silent. Normally, you’d be annoyed, but in this case it’s fine because you’re probably just grateful theaters still exist in 2025....

Better Call Saul Final Season Teaser: The Cousins Are Coming To Do Bad Things, But When Exactly, We Can’t Say AMC By Valerie Ettenhofer/Feb. 7, 2022 3:07 pm EST This year’s TV release schedule just got a whole lot more exciting. The final season of “Better Call Saul” is officially on the horizon, with a new promo reminding us to mark our calendars. This super-brief first footage is ominous and excellent, despite the fact that the promo doesn’t actually give us a date for the season six premiere....

The hierarchy of power in the DC universe is changing Warner Bros. Dwayne Johnson was present and at center stage at the presentation to talk about “Black Adam” (as well as this summer’s “DC League of Super-Pets”). The wrestler-turned-actor discussed how this is a passion project for him. Which makes sense, given that he’s been attacked to this role for more than a decade. As Johnson has said for some time now, he reiterated that “the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change,” and teased that we’ll see why....

Black Widow VFX Team Talks Creating Grounded Action, Practical Skydiving, And Handling Multiple Marvel Movies [Interview] Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/Jan. 24, 2022 2:27 pm EST You know the saying, “It takes a village”? Usually, that’s in reference to raising a child, but it absolutely holds true for the visual effects (VFX) crew behind Marvel juggernauts like “Black Widow.” In this case, their “baby” is the movie itself and the “village” is made up of hundreds upon hundreds of hardworking artists who masterfully create all the breathtaking visuals — both obvious and invisible — that fans tend to take for granted....

Cool Stuff: Hold Onto Your Butts And Check Out This LEGO Jurassic Park T-Rex Set Universal Pictures By Jenna Busch/Feb. 16, 2022 9:37 pm EST So you say you want to build your own little version of the terrifying Tyrannosaurus Rex breakout scene from “Jurassic Park”? Well, my friends, LEGO, uh … finds a way. Today we have the LEGO “Jurassic Park” T. rex Breakout set, which is set number 76956, over at Target....

Everything You Need To Remember To Watch The Boys Season 3 Prime Video By Jeremy Mathai/May 19, 2022 5:33 pm EST After almost 2 years, “The Boys” are finally back, and yeah, they’re definitely looking for trouble. Our favorite group of anti-“Supes” outlaws (and their far more dangerous and completely unhinged super-powered counterparts known as the Seven) have just the fix for anyone who might be suffering from a debilitating case of superhero fatigue these days....

Halo TV Series Sets Premiere Viewership Record For Paramount+ Paramount+ By Joshua Meyer/March 26, 2022 11:52 am EST The series premiere of “Halo” has posted some big viewership numbers for Paramount+, setting a new record as the streamer’s most-watched premiere globally in its first 24 hours of release. This information comes from Paramount (via Deadline), which did not provide exact numbers for the premiere except to say that it had bested the previous record held by “1883,” the “Yellowstone” prequel starring Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw, and Faith Hill....

How A Would-Be Cameo Became One Of Robin William’s Most Memorable Roles Magnolia Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/March 28, 2022 11:59 am EST The legacy of Robin Williams is the gift that keeps on giving. He was undeniably one of our greatest comedic performers with such classics as “Aladdin,” “The Birdcage,” and “Mrs. Doubtfire,” but perhaps one of his most memorable performances came in the form of director Bobcat Goldthwait’s dark comedy “World’s Greatest Dad....

Think about the future: the original ending gets dropped Warner Bros. While Hamm’s draft of the screenplay helped get the film made, his unavailability thanks to a Writers’ Guild of America strike led to Skaaren being hired to rewrite. Although Skaaren was a veteran script doctor who’d previously worked on Burton’s “Beetlejuice,” he found “Batman” a particularly difficult gig given the debates over the movie’s tone, not to mention other production problems like the recasting of Vicki Vale from Sean Young to Kim Basinger after the first month of shooting....

Meanwhile, on Laconia… Prime Video Before we get into the war between the Free Navy and pretty much everyone else, let’s start as the episode does in Laconia. Here, we see young Cara (Emma Ho) running through the woods with a dying bird-like creature. She makes it home, narrowly missing getting hit by some foreshadowing and a military jeep, but the bird dies, accidently poisoned from the food she gave it....

Missing that old feeling Marvel Studios For all its critical and box office success, Marvel Studios is notorious for flattening the voices of its directors in order to better fit their individual styles with the in-house look and tone of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — a homogenizing effect that Taika Waititi had to be extra wary of while directing “Thor: Ragnarok” and its sequel, “Thor: Love and Thunder.” On the plus side, his success in that arena has opened up new doors to him, allowing him to go off and work on smaller, more personal films (“Jojo Rabbit,” “Next Goal Wins”) and TV shows (“Our Flag Means Death,” “Reservation Dogs”) in-between landing high-profile gigs like directing a “Star Wars” movie....

Meg 2: The Trench Rounds Out Its Cast With Plenty More Delicious Humans Sony Pictures Releasing By Sandy Schaefer/Feb. 24, 2022 11:43 am EST The real world is a pretty dang scary place at the moment, enough so that a movie where the biggest thing its heroes need to worry about is a giant, prehistoric, human-munching shark sounds downright relaxing. Yes, “The Meg 2: The Trench” is now in production in the U....

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 7 Trailer: A True Tournament Of Champions Paramount+ By Debopriyaa Dutta/April 23, 2022 12:43 pm EST Condragulations queens — the trailer for “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 7” has dropped, and things couldn’t be more infused with “charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent.” During the season 14 finale of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” audiences got a glimpse of the upcoming “All Stars” competition, which sees eight previous Drag Race queens returning for another chance to snatch the crown....

Selena Gomez, Steven Martin, And Martin Short Were Asked To Host The Oscars, But Scheduling Got In The Way Hulu By Shania Russell/Feb. 15, 2022 1:35 pm EST In the wake of last year’s Oscars ceremony hitting an all-time low for viewership, the Academy is on the hunt for some cultural relevance. While one misguided method has sent them to Twitter with a polling plan that definitely won’t go terribly wrong, another strategy sees the broadcast reintroducing the concept of a host....

The Pros and Cons of More Squid Game Netflix Speaking with KBS in Korea (via Comic Book), Hwang explained that his discussions with Netflix are not just ongoing, they have expanded to include a possible “Squid Game” season 3: “I’m in talks with Netflix over season 2 as well as season 3. We will come to a conclusion [some] time soon.” As such, Hwang finds himself in the position of having created a show that, sorta-cliffhanger ending aside, works perfectly well as a limited series, yet could go on to have three seasons or more....