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How 24 Inspired Charlie Brooker’s Zombie Mini Series Dead Set E4 By Kaylee Dugan/May 18, 2022 11:07 am EST In a delightful and yet strange turn of events, you have Kiefer Sutherland and his boy Jack Bauer to thank for the trashy, gory, and all around fun UK miniseries “Dead Set.” I know, I know, there are no zombies in “24” and there are no Bauers (or terrorists) in “Dead Set,” but in an article written by the series creator and writer Charlie Brooker for The Gaurdian, the man behind the world’s first zombie reality TV crossover laid out the entire connection....

How Does Time Travel Actually Work In Lost? ABC By Valerie Ettenhofer/Jan. 24, 2022 12:07 pm EST You know the joke: “Lost” isn’t just the title of the show, it’s how you feel after you watch it. Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse made TV history with “Lost,” creating an epic and mysterious story the whole world seemed to be invested in. But fans and casual viewers are still bound to come away with a few questions, even after finishing all six seasons....

Jim Carrey Wasn’t ‘Famous Enough’ For A Role In Toy Story Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar By Lee Adams/June 20, 2022 8:33 am EST Some people went a little nuts on the web when it was announced that Chris Evans would replace Tim Allen as the voice of everyone’s favorite space ranger in “Lightyear.” Some delved into conspiracy theories about Disney canceling the “Galaxy Quest” star due to his politics (subsequently debunked), while Patricia Heaton of “Everyone Loves Raymond” fame ranted that the casting choice “castrated” the beloved “Toy Story” character (get a grip)....

Dinosaurs Are for the Big Screen Universal Pictures In an age where “Star Wars” scored a massive hit with “The Mandalorian” and a MonsterVerse TV show is happening at Apple TV+, the idea of a “Jurassic World” TV show doesn’t seem all that absurd. Especially since Universal Pictures has already produced a couple of big-budget shorts in the series: “Battle At Big Rock” and the “Dominion” prologue. One might have looked at those as proof that the franchise could make the jump....

Kaley Cuoco Actually Had Nothing To Do With Her Sister’s Flight Attendant Casting HBO Max By Jamie Gerber/April 20, 2022 4:04 pm EST “The Flight Attendant” season 2 will finally arrive tomorrow! Season 1 hit HBO Max back in November of 2020, making for a rather delightful quarantine stream. The series follows Cassie Bowden (Kaley Cuoco), a flight attendant who suddenly finds herself embroiled in a murder investigation for which she is basically the prime suspect....

Life & Beth release date and where you can watch it Hulu If you read the first paragraph instead of skimming it (kudos to you), you already know that “Life & Beth” will be coming straight to Hulu, so I recommend you spiritually and emotionally get yourself ready for a subpar UI experience. The series will be available to stream on March 18, 2022 (which is right around the corner), and the show will debut with all 10 episodes, so you can binge-watch to your heart’s content....

Love, Death + Robots Season 3 Trailer 2: It’s Time To Awaken From This Illusion Netflix By Danielle Ryan/May 19, 2022 5:52 pm EST The Emmy award-winning animated anthology series “Love, Death + Robots” is back for a third installment of, well, love, death, and robots! This season will see the series’ first sequel episode, with a short dedicated to the “Three Robots” that stole everyone’s heart in season 1. It also sees the return of acclaimed director Alberto Mielgo, whose short “The Witness” in season 1 earned the series three of its Emmy awards, and the animation directorial debut of David Fincher, which isn’t anything to sneeze at....

Marvel’s Ironheart Series Finds Directors, Black Panther’s Ryan Coogler Will Executive Produce Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/April 11, 2022 2:47 pm EST Kevin Feige’s efforts to tell the stories of a whole new generation of characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are coming further into focus. Today, THR revealed that the upcoming Disney+ series “Ironheart” has found two new directors and one major familiar face as an executive producer. First, let’s introduce ourselves to the newcomers....

Milana Vayntrub Finally Gets To Be Squirrel Girl In A New Marvel Podcast IFC Films By Debopriyaa Dutta/April 18, 2022 1:20 pm EST Marvel is officially launching a scripted “Squirrel Girl” podcast, with Milana Vayntrub (“Other Space,” “This Is Us”) assuming the titular role. Vayntrub was initially cast as Squirrel Girl in a live-action TV series called “New Warriors” that was ordered straight to series at Freeform in 2017, but the show unfortunately was axed before it even debuted....

A story that stands on its own Marvel In our full interview with Curtis (which will run soon), he shared that the team was able to just focus on Moon Knight and his journey, and it led to a better series overall: “It wasn’t a relief as much as it was an opportunity narratively, because we talked about the decades of comics that have been published, and all those decades of story, you realized it didn’t need to tie into any other aspects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to tell Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Moon Knight’s story....

‘We do struggle to have conversations about our dark chapters’ IFC Films When you first received the script, you took a deep breath and asked, “How and why?” What answers did you arrive at? I don’t think I came out of the end of the film understanding exactly why and how it happened. I think it was always a reach back into a pretty dark chapter in Australian history and trying to, I guess, track and see how someone who was dangerous was able to do what they were able to do back then....

Obi-Wan Kenobi Featurette: Ewan McGregor Reflects On Stepping Into The Famous Star Wars Role Lucasfilm By Ryan Scott/May 18, 2022 2:47 pm EST With the release of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” just around the corner, Disney and Lucasfilm are giving “Star Wars” fans a little something to help hold them over in the form of a new featurette which takes a behind the scenes look at the Disney+ series. Specifically, Ewan McGregor, who returns once again as the famed Jedi, reflects back on the earliest days of his journey in this role and what it’s like circling back to it after all these years....

‘The mind has enough to chew over’ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer “Rescue Dawn” was not a relaxing, comfortable shoot, by design, and Bale didn’t need to distract himself on set: “When you’re sitting in the [Thai] jungle surrounded by snakes and armed guards, the mind has enough to chew over.” When asked if he was hesitant about shooting with Herzog in the jungles — a reasonable question, given the notoriety of the production of Herzog’s 1983 film “Fitzcarraldo” — Bale says he was not afraid of the jungles, nor of Herzog’s grumpiness....

Ridley Scott Arranged A Star Wars Reunion To Get The Last Duel’s Stunts Just Right 20th Century Studios By Sandy Schaefer/April 29, 2022 3:21 pm EST When 20th Century Studios announced “The Last Duel” in 2019, there was reason for pause. Set in 14th-century France, the film centers on the real-life trial by combat between knight Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) and squire Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) after the former’s wife, Marguerite de Carrouges (Jodie Comer), accuses Jacques of raping her....

“Hi, I’m From Michigan” A24 Pattinson has previously shared details about his anxiety at the prospect of giving auditions and the uncertainty that surrounds the entire process. The GQ interview delves deeper into Pattinson’s method (there definitely is a method to his madness) during his auditions, in which he would often cover up his natural British accent with an American one. The reason he did this was that auditioners would often express concern when he would be auditioning for an American role, prompting him to come back later, pretending to be an American....

Scream For Your Lives! In Praise Of The Communal Nature Of Horror Columbia Pictures By Witney Seibold/May 16, 2022 2:00 pm EST The 1958 film “Macabre” was, in actuality, William Castle’s 40th film as a director, but it might be the first that could be considered “a William Castle picture.” Prior to “Macabre,” Castle was a studio workman, churning out multiple low-budget genre films every year, including Westerns (he made four of the eight films in the popular “Whistler” film series), gangster flicks, and medieval adventures....

Spider-Man: No Way Home Box Office Saves Theaters, Smothers The Competition Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/Dec. 20, 2021 12:22 pm EST A little picture starring a young upstart actor named Tom Holland arrived in theaters over the weekend, and it’s called “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” It features a popular costumed superhero you may or may not have heard of. As it turns out, this fella is quite popular all around the world, and that led to one of the biggest box office rollouts in the history of cinema....

The Book Of Boba Fett Just Added A Fantastic Character Actor To The Star Wars Franchise 20th Century Studios By Danielle Ryan/Jan. 12, 2022 5:23 pm EST Maybe Boba took his stapler… The “Star Wars” television shows have cast loads of great character and voice actors, including Matt Berry, Phil LaMarr, Amy Sedaris, Richard Ayoade, and more. Now “The Book of Boba Fett” has added another incredible character to the galaxy far, far away: Stephen Root!...

The Daily Stream: Experience The Glory Of Hard Ticket To Hawaii Malibu Bay Films By Witney Seibold/April 8, 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: “Hard Ticket to Hawaii” Where You Can Stream It: Tubi The Pitch: “Hard Ticket to Hawaii” may be nothing less than the best B-movie ever made....

Gone to the dogs Universal Pictures In 2011, “The Thing” producer Stuart Cohen began a Blogspot account titled “The Original Fan.” For the next two years, he would post blogs about the movie’s production from nearly all aspects — posts about Ennio Morricone’s score, camera problems, and the movie’s iconic practical effects are among those you can read on “The Original Fan.” With this in mind, it should come as no surprise that Cohen spilled some secrets about the film’s editing process....