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‘When I started reading those scripts, I could not put them down’ Apple TV+ There’s a twist that happens close to the end of the season where we find out that Ms. Casey is actually a severed version of Mark’s wife, who Mark thinks died in a car crash. When did you know that backstory for Ms. Casey? I’m pretty sure I didn’t know until after I was cast. I had a meeting with [executive producer and director Ben Stiller] on Skype....

Superhero Bits: Thor: Love And Thunder Poster, Josh Brolin On Almost Becoming Batman & More Marvel Comics By Ryan Scott/April 18, 2022 5:25 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

The 15 Best Video Game Adaptations Of Movies, Ranked Gun Media By David Court/Feb. 21, 2022 11:50 am EST A movie license does, at times, appear to be a lazy excuse for game developers to change the graphics on an existing title (typically a platform game), knock together some levels that loosely resemble some of the scenes from the film, and release it to poor unsuspecting punters who will buy it solely for the name on the box....

The Adam Project Gives Netflix Its Third-Biggest Original Movie Launch Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/March 16, 2022 11:12 am EST The recent Ryan Reynolds Netflix Originals movie, “The Adam Project,” has become the streaming platform’s third-biggest original movie launch, as per a report by The Hollywood Reporter. The time travel film clocked in 92.4 million watched hours for the week ending March 13, 2022, which includes both one-time watches and rewatches by subscribers on Netflix....

The Cast Of Bob’s Burgers Interact Just Like Their Characters, And It’s The Absolute Best [Interview] 20th Century Studios By BJ Colangelo/May 25, 2022 1:00 pm EST H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Kristen Schaal, and Larry Murphy have been providing the voices of Bob Belcher, Linda Belcher, Tina Belcher, Gene Belcher, Louise Belcher, and Teddy on the animated series “Bob’s Burgers” for over a decade. It’s clear that over the last 11 years, their personalities and relationship dynamics have slowly morphed to resemble what we see on screen, and so much of their characters’ personalities come from their own brilliant, comedic instincts....

The Daily Stream: A New Movie Star Meets An Old School Musical In Funny Face Paramount By Mike Shutt/May 11, 2022 4:00 pm 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: “Funny Face” Where You Can Stream It: Prime Video, Hoopla, Pluto TV The Pitch: Photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire) looks to shake up a session he is shooting for a fashion magazine run by Maggie Prescott (Kay Thompson), wanting to find a way to make his model look like she has more than a thought in her head....

The Daily Stream: Jackie, A Portrait Of Grief And Grace By Jenna Busch/April 3, 2022 6:26 pm 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: “Jackie” Where You Can Stream It: Tubi The Pitch: Imagine losing someone in the most violent way. Someone you love. Someone you’re having relationship issues with....

The Grey Man Images Reveal Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, And Ana De Armas In The Netflix Spy Thriller From The Russo Brothers Netflix By Jeremy Mathai/April 26, 2022 12:05 pm EST Don’t call it a comeback, but you can definitely call it a reunion — or multiple reunions, for that matter. After officially being announced back in 2020, we’re now getting our first look at “The Gray Man,” the newest Netflix blockbuster set to arrive at some point later this year....

The Hidden Faces That Plague Florence Pugh’s Dani In Midsommar A24 By Caroline Madden/March 22, 2022 11:37 am EST Ari Aster is a modern master of horror and one of the things that he does best is include intricate details that are difficult to grasp on first watch. Often he hides this creepy minutia by playing with shadow and light. I’ll never forget the first time I saw “Hereditary” and gasped when I finally noticed Toni Collette clinging to the ceiling; that chilling image still haunts me....

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 4 Trailer “Every single show, I’m going to say exactly what’s on my mind,” Midge informs an aptly horrified Susie. The last thing any manager wants is a furious client hellbent on burning bridges, but after being kicked off of Shy Baldwin’s tour, Midge is embracing her inner Lenny Bruce. She’s tired of being the “bigger man” — or, to quote the enraged comic herself, “I’m a woman, so f*** that....

The Reason Disney Was Sued Over Toy Story 3’s Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear Pixar By BJ Colangelo/March 10, 2022 2:30 pm EST Few Disney franchises are as beloved as “Toy Story,” starting with the feature film that helped launch Pixar into Hollywood history and forever changed the world of cinematic animation. In 2010, the “Toy Story” franchise looked to be coming to an end (spoiler alert: it didn’t) with the release of “Toy Story 3....

The Takedown Trailer: Omar Sy Is Back For Another French Crime-Caper On Netflix Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/April 14, 2022 12:13 pm EST Do you miss having Omar Sy’s suave criminal Assane Diop on your TV screen? Fear not! The French actor will reprise his world-famous role as the self-styled “Gentleman Thief” in the upcoming “Lupin” Part 3, which is now in production and was recently the target of a real-life heist itself....

The Unusual Way Sam Raimi Landed Spider-Man Sony By Debopriyaa Dutta/April 28, 2022 2:46 pm EST Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” trilogy changed superhero movies forever, as the concept of a major movie with comic book origins was not a sure thing in the early 2000s. And Raimi, at the time, may have felt like an odd choice for the character — he was best known as the creator of the “Evil Dead” franchise, as well as films like “A Simple Plan,” “The Gift,” and “For the Love of the Game....

Who Is Voicing Darth Vader In Obi-Wan Kenobi? It’s Complicated Lucasfilm By Lyvie Scott/June 1, 2022 2:29 pm EST Slight spoilers ahead for “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” The “Obi-Wan Kenobi” series rightfully got “Star Wars” fans talking with the news that Hayden Christensen — who’d previously played Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the prequel films — would be reprising the character in the new Disney+ series. It’d been nearly 20 years since the actor had stepped into the character’s menacing black boots, and though it’s been amazing to see Christensen getting another chance with a character that many “fans” have openly ridiculed, it was hard to ignore the other Vader in the room....

Why Martin Scorsese Nearly Walked Away From Hollywood Paramount Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 20, 2021 11:26 am EST Martin Scorsese set off a perfect storm of online Discourse with his infamous comments about superhero films in 2019. The funniest part of the whole thing, even when it happened, was that anybody was that shocked to learn the director of “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull” wasn’t the world’s biggest “Thor: The Dark World” fan....

Why Quinta Brunson’s Abbott Elementary Is Must-Watch TV ABC By BJ Colangelo/Feb. 1, 2022 10:33 am EST With only five episodes available so far, ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” from Quinta Brunson is already making a hell of a case for 2022’s “most likely to succeed.” Debuting in the last week of 2021, “Abbott Elementary” started out with a modest viewership rating of 0.6 and roughly 2.79 million viewers, but after 35 days of viewing across ABC’s linear and digital platforms, “Abbott Elementary” skyrocketed by 300% for a whopping 2....

The Warriors (1979) Paramount Pictures There’s always a danger war will break out when New York City street gangs come together outside their home turf, but when Cyrus (Roger Hill) — leader of the Gramercy Riffs, the most powerful gang in NYC — calls delegates of all the cities’ gangs to Van Cortlandt Park for a midnight summit, the Warriors of Coney Island know they risk losing more by not showing up....

Alien: Covenant Took Ridley Scott Back To His Practical Roots 20th Century Studios By Sandy Schaefer/June 30, 2022 5:54 pm EST Is Ridley Scott’s 2017 movie “Alien: Covenant” a bold step forward for the “Alien” franchise? Or an ill-advised attempt to course-correct after the polarizing “Prometheus”? I would argue it’s both. Scott was well-aware that many fans were put off by the lack of “Alien” connections in his 2012 prequel, including the absence of a full-blown Xenomorph....

Asking For It Trailer: The Battle Of The Sexes Gets A Body Count Redwire Pictures By Danielle Ryan/Jan. 31, 2022 7:49 pm EST The battle of the sexes it about to get a lot bloodier in “Asking for It,” the feature debut of writer/director Eamon O’Rourke. The film follows a group of vigilante women who call themselves the Cherry Bombers and seek revenge on rapists, abusers, and the corrupt systems that empower them....

Attack On Titan Final Season Assembles Its Avengers In An Emotional, Surprisingly Funny ‘Pride’ Studio MAPPA By Rafael Motamayor/March 1, 2022 12:00 am EST With only four episodes left to go, “Attack on Titan” spends this week’s episode positioning its chess pieces and resolving some lingering conflicts before putting everyone on their final warpath. In the meanwhile, the series takes one last chance at lighthearted comedy while reminiscing about where we started and how we got here....