‘Here’s the kind of thing I would have done’ — Murray shapes Scrooged into a classic Paramount One of the reasons Murray gave such consideration to “Scrooged” was due to his taking a break from starring in movies for long enough that he wanted his comeback film to be of higher quality than normal. The “Scrooged” idea was first pitched to Murray in the mid-80s, but it didn’t capture his interest during his self-imposed break....
Braveheart Ending Explained: History Goes Hollywood Paramount By Witney Seibold/March 9, 2022 11:07 am EST The only surviving manuscript of Blind Harry’s epic poem “The Wallace” was found bound together with a copy of John Barbour’s “The Bruce,” both of them having been written down by the same author (one John Ramsay) in 1488 and 1489 respectively. Scholars put the composition of “The Wallace” sometime in the 1470s, and is sometimes cited as the very first book published in Scotland....
How JJ Abrams Feels About His Infamous Use Of Lens Flare Paramount Pictures By Witney Seibold/Feb. 10, 2022 2:58 pm EST As Timbuk 3 once astutely observed, the future’s so bright, we gotta wear shades. TV-impresario-turned-hit-filmmaker J.J. Abrams once had a bad filmmaking habit, and one that audiences were well aware of. Abrams, against the advice of his cinematographers, was very fond of deliberately including lens flare in his feature films, specifically “Star Trek” (2009) and “Star Trek Into Darkness” (2013)....
How Mike Newell Managed To Break A Rib While Directing Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire Warner Bros. By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Jan. 2, 2022 12:50 pm EST The Wizarding World isn’t exactly a safe place — it is teeming with dark wizards, unforgivable curses, and dangerous, magical beasts (even if you don’t know where to find them). It turns out, filming the adaptation wasn’t always safe either and occasionally led to an accident or two....
The true villain of the franchise? That bowl cut Universal Speaking of his upcoming villainous turn in “Fast & Furious 10” to ET, Momoa revealed that the character is “ornery. He’s misunderstood.” Now, a misunderstood “F&F” villain is nothing new, since — let’s be honest — most of them have joined the pantheon of former villains that end up friends of the Torettos and attend the family BBQ. What is interesting is that Momoa seems to accidentally reveal the return of a major villain....
Love, Death And Robots Director Alberto Mielgo Talks About His Stunning New Short, Jibaro [Interview] Netflix By Danielle Ryan/May 20, 2022 1:00 pm EST Artist, animator, and director Alberto Mielgo just wants people to take animation seriously. Mielgo has won Emmys for his short “The Witness” from the first season of “Love, Death + Robots,” and just this year won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short for his film “The Windshield Wiper....
Michael Paul Chan Joins Hello Tomorrow! At Apple TV+ TNT By Jenna Busch/March 10, 2022 9:49 am EST The upcoming Apple TV+ series “Hello Tomorrow!” has a new cast member. Michael Paul Chan (“Major Crimes”) has joined the half-hour dramedy series, according to Deadline. He’ll play Walt, “a gifted but surly rocket mechanic with a deep and secret connection to Jack’s (Billy Crudup) past.” Crudup is set to star as well as executive produce the series set in a retro-future world, where Crudup’s Jack is a salesman who is trying to get people to visit the moon....
Spider-Man: No Way Home To Get Early Digital Release — On Tuesday! Sony By Danielle Ryan/March 13, 2022 9:03 pm EST Pirates have pulled their own bit of Doctor Strange-style magic, mystically manipulating the folks at Sony to shift the release of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” in light of a high-quality version of the film leaking online. Fans who want to check out the Spider-Man sequel sooner instead of later from the comfort of their own homes will soon be able to do so, while still supporting the film industry and not breaking the law....
Sadly, the Concept of Squid Game is More Believable Now Netflix Hwang (“The Fortress”) realized over time that as the wealth gap widened and climate change added a layer of dire mortality to modern life, the concept of “Squid Game” — in which desperate citizens lost in the system gamble their lives for money — seemed less and less fantastical. Once cryptocurrency appeared and people’s lives potentially changed in days, it made more sense that these game contestants would be willing enough to play....
Steven And Marc Butt Heads (Literally) In Moon Knight Episode 2 Marvel/Disney+ By Vanessa Armstrong/April 6, 2022 4:00 am EST You can’t help but feel bad for Steven — he’s lost his job and his sense of his place in the world. To make matters worse, the personality he shares brain space with is, in his opinion, kind of a jerk who kills wantonly for the Egyptian god of the moon....
The 15 Best Erotic Thrillers Ranked Paramount Pictures By Joe Lipsett/March 2, 2022 1:51 pm EST Erotic thrillers are a tricky beast, running the gamut from trashy delights to straightforward dramas about infidelity to neo-noirs with femme fatales and the dumb marks who fall for them. These are films that explore the dangers of seeking a sexual thrill to break up the monotony of suburban life. Fascinatingly enough, there is an undeniable element of queer sexuality (and queer fear) underlying many of these popular texts....
The Batman Box Office Numbers Point To DC’s (Potentially) Promising Future Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/March 7, 2022 1:20 pm EST We just had one of the most significant weekends at the box office we’ve had in several months — and not coincidentally, the gap was measured between the two biggest superheroes on the planet. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” was released in December and has been shattering records while propping up movie theaters ever since....
The Daily Stream: Irma Vep Perfectly Deglamorizes The Filmmaking Process Zeitgeist Films By Mike Shutt/June 2, 2022 3:00 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: “Irma Vep” Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max, Criterion Channel The Pitch: Hong Kong legend Maggie Cheung, playing a version of herself, has been hired as the lead in a remake of the classic silent serial “Les Vampires” by a fledgling French filmmaker named René Vidal (Jean-Pierre Léaud)....
The Daily Stream: Wishful Drinking Gives Us Carrie Fisher’s Life Lessons HBO By Danielle Ryan/Dec. 27, 2021 7:16 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 Special: “Wishful Drinking” Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: Five years ago today, a light went out in the world....
TV, Interrupted: Clerks The Animated Series Deserved At Least 37 More Episodes (In A Row) ABC By Ben F. Silverio/April 18, 2022 5:00 pm EST (Welcome to TV, Interrupted, a series where the /Film team remembers, eulogizes, and makes a case for the revival of TV shows we loved that were canceled far too soon.) In the modern era of television, animated sitcoms are nothing new. “The Simpsons” is one of the longest-running shows in television history and it inspired a number of similar shows like “Family Guy,” “South Park,” and “King of the Hill....
Watch A New Lightyear Clip And Get Tickets Right Now Pixar Animation By Shania Russell/June 7, 2022 3:25 pm EST “To infinity and beyond” is more than just a memorable catchphrase that made a cotton-stuffed cowboy lose his mind — it’s also a very literal description of Buzz Lightyear’s journey into space. Buzz is set to really go the distance in “Lightyear,” a movie within a movie that tells the in-universe origins of the famous space captain who inspired Andy’s love....
What The Conjuring 2’s Crooked Man Originally Looked Like Warner Bros. By Anya Stanley/June 1, 2022 3:29 pm EST The Crooked Man of James Wan’s “The Conjuring 2” stands, crookedly, among the pantheon of jarring horror characters that carry themselves so unnervingly that viewers believe them to solely be the work of CGI. Among that creepy cadre is Mama from Andrés Muschietti’s 2013 horror film of the same name, and the trio of wife-ghosts in Guillermo del Toro’s “Crimson Peak” — all played by the towering Javier Botet (partially responsible for one of the scariest found footage scares)....
Who’s Who In The Offer: A Guide To The Making-Of The Godfather Series Paramount By Danielle Ryan/Feb. 4, 2022 6:06 pm EST “The Offer,” the new streaming series about the making of “The Godfather” coming to Paramount+, has one seriously stacked cast. Dozens of highly talented performers will be bringing the 1970s back to life, portraying historical figures ranging from famed actor Marlon Brando to mob boss Joe Colombo. The 10-episode limited series will follow Albert S....
Breaking down NBC Universal “[Fey] then stayed in the room for the end of the rewrite and for the ‘ceremony’ of checking the final scene number on the whiteboard. It was the first real instance of ’this is the last time we’ll do this,’ and though we weren’t done until 1:30 a.m., I was a little sad when the night was over.” According to Ceraulo, staff started breaking down during the last table read and others were on the verge of tears....
More current events, less laughs NBCUniversal Television One of the crucial pieces of “30 Rock” that helped it stay so fresh was its placement of an “SNL”-style sketch show at its center. Before the show premiered there was once even plans to shoot entire episodes of “TGS with Tracy Jordan,” which starred Jordan (Tracy Morgan) and Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski), and then air them online. But at one time “30 Rock” was going to rely more on current events than live sketch comedy or guest stars....
