The Social Network writer Aaron Sorkin is sharing his plans for a sequel to the David Fincher film!
The 2010 biopic about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg starred Jesse Eisenberg in the lead role. Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, and Rooney Mara were also part of the cast.
Aaron recently revealed that he is working on a sequel to The Social Network.
Keep reading to find out more…
“Look, yeah, I’ll be writing about this” he said during an appearance on The Town podcast. “I blame Facebook for January 6.”
When asked to elaborate on his statement, Aaron replied, “You’re going to need to buy a movie ticket.”
He then addressed whether the project will be a movie.
“I’m trying. Facebook has been, among other things, tuning its algorithm to promote the most divisive material possible. Because that is what will increase engagement. That is what will get you to — what...
The 2010 biopic about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg starred Jesse Eisenberg in the lead role. Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, and Rooney Mara were also part of the cast.
Aaron recently revealed that he is working on a sequel to The Social Network.
Keep reading to find out more…
“Look, yeah, I’ll be writing about this” he said during an appearance on The Town podcast. “I blame Facebook for January 6.”
When asked to elaborate on his statement, Aaron replied, “You’re going to need to buy a movie ticket.”
He then addressed whether the project will be a movie.
“I’m trying. Facebook has been, among other things, tuning its algorithm to promote the most divisive material possible. Because that is what will increase engagement. That is what will get you to — what...
- 4/27/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Martin Scorsese’s long-suffering biopic about Frank Sinatra has yet to go through some more circles of hell for the definite approval by the legendary singer’s family, but the chances that the movie is happening after all are quite high — at least the director is determined to bring the project to life.
The film already has an impressive duo of Hollywood’ favorites in the leading roles, but this is exactly the reason why Scorsese’s epic movie has all risks to give some really weird vibe after the 2021’s box office hit.
The production is still far from being started, but Scorsese was quick to find his seemingly perfect duo — Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence are already confirmed to portray Frank Sinatra and his wife Ava Gardner respectively.
Both actors are not strangers to each other as they once shared the screen in Adam McKay’s 2021 apocalyptic black comedy...
The film already has an impressive duo of Hollywood’ favorites in the leading roles, but this is exactly the reason why Scorsese’s epic movie has all risks to give some really weird vibe after the 2021’s box office hit.
The production is still far from being started, but Scorsese was quick to find his seemingly perfect duo — Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence are already confirmed to portray Frank Sinatra and his wife Ava Gardner respectively.
Both actors are not strangers to each other as they once shared the screen in Adam McKay’s 2021 apocalyptic black comedy...
- 4/26/2024
- by benjamin-patel@startefacts.com (Benjamin Patel)
- STartefacts.com
After a year-long delay brought about by the 2023 Hollywood strikes, Nicole Kidman is finally set to receive the prestigious AFI Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. The Oscar winner is the 49th overall recipient of this special honor, with the last one being Julie Andrews in 2022. Kidman’s ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2024 in Hollywood, with Meryl Streep tasked to present.
Kidman is a five-time nominee at the Academy Awards, winning for Best Actress in the 2003 film “The Hours.” Her other nominations were for “Moulin Rouge!,” “Rabbit Hole,” “Lion” and “Being the Ricardos.” (She has also two Emmys on her mantel for producing and starring in “Big Little Lies.”) What do You think is her best movie performance of all time? Vote in our poll right here and then defend your choice down in the comments section:
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Starting in the early 1970s,...
Kidman is a five-time nominee at the Academy Awards, winning for Best Actress in the 2003 film “The Hours.” Her other nominations were for “Moulin Rouge!,” “Rabbit Hole,” “Lion” and “Being the Ricardos.” (She has also two Emmys on her mantel for producing and starring in “Big Little Lies.”) What do You think is her best movie performance of all time? Vote in our poll right here and then defend your choice down in the comments section:
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Starting in the early 1970s,...
- 4/26/2024
- by Marcus James Dixon and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Warner Bros. and HBO have acquired rights to “The Commandant’s Shadow,” a documentary based on the real life Höss family from “The Zone of Interest.” The film comes to theaters May 29 through a partnership with Fathom Events.
According to an official logline, “The Commandant’s Shadow”, “follows Hans Jürgen Höss, the 87-year-old son of Rudolf Höss, as he faces his father’s terrible legacy for the first time. His father was the Camp Commandant of Auschwitz and masterminded the murder of over a million Jews; the life of Höss and his family was recently fictionalized in the Academy Award-winning ‘The Zone of Interest.’ Now, ‘The Commandant’s Shadow’ tells the story of the real people who lived on site at Höss’s death camp.”
“We are always looking for opportunities to partner with our friends at Fathom, and ‘The Commandant’s Shadow’ is especially worthy of this kind of event-ized theatrical release.” said Jeff Goldstein,...
According to an official logline, “The Commandant’s Shadow”, “follows Hans Jürgen Höss, the 87-year-old son of Rudolf Höss, as he faces his father’s terrible legacy for the first time. His father was the Camp Commandant of Auschwitz and masterminded the murder of over a million Jews; the life of Höss and his family was recently fictionalized in the Academy Award-winning ‘The Zone of Interest.’ Now, ‘The Commandant’s Shadow’ tells the story of the real people who lived on site at Höss’s death camp.”
“We are always looking for opportunities to partner with our friends at Fathom, and ‘The Commandant’s Shadow’ is especially worthy of this kind of event-ized theatrical release.” said Jeff Goldstein,...
- 4/26/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay, Lexi Carson and Jack Dunn
- Variety Film + TV
Martin Scorsese is certainly no match for his Hollywood counterparts like Francis Ford Coppola, 85, Ridley Scott, 86, or Clint Eastwood, 93, but at 81, he is also an incredibly prolific filmmaker, directing and producing projects almost every year.
And it seems that Mr. Scorsese has recently become even more active, as 2024 alone will see the back-to-back production of his two personal films. In other words, the representative of the New Wave of the 70s and now a legend of 21st century Hollywood does not intend to retire.
Speaking of the two upcoming films, it is a biopic about Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, which will be played by DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, as well as another adaptation of the book written by Japanese Christian writer Shūsaku Endō.
Yes, Scorsese previously adapted one of Endō's novels, Silence, which delighted critics, sparked debate about the subject matter, and became an absolute box office bomb. However,...
And it seems that Mr. Scorsese has recently become even more active, as 2024 alone will see the back-to-back production of his two personal films. In other words, the representative of the New Wave of the 70s and now a legend of 21st century Hollywood does not intend to retire.
Speaking of the two upcoming films, it is a biopic about Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, which will be played by DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, as well as another adaptation of the book written by Japanese Christian writer Shūsaku Endō.
Yes, Scorsese previously adapted one of Endō's novels, Silence, which delighted critics, sparked debate about the subject matter, and became an absolute box office bomb. However,...
- 4/26/2024
- by louise.everitt@startefacts.com (Louise Everitt)
- STartefacts.com
Luca Guadagnino’s tennis relationship drama “Challengers” (Amazon MGM) opens Friday amidst chatter that it represents the rarest of films — a wide-release American sex sizzler, an erotically charged story with young actors with sexual impulses central to its plot.
The marketing forebears for “Challengers” are akin to movies that we’ve not seen in a long time like “Carnal Knowledge,” “Body Heat,” “Don’t Look Now,” and “Fatal Attraction.” These films, where sex can be sweaty and dangerous, were elevated by big stars who dared to play off their images. Other examples include Kevin Costner (“No Way Out”), Debra Winger (“An Officer and a Gentleman”), Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver (“The Year of Living Dangerously”), Jane Fonda (“Klute”), and Warren Beatty.
In the “Challengers” press tour, Zendaya (also a producer here) — with six of her previous seven live-action theatrical releases having domestic grosses of $100 million or more — took pains to dispel...
The marketing forebears for “Challengers” are akin to movies that we’ve not seen in a long time like “Carnal Knowledge,” “Body Heat,” “Don’t Look Now,” and “Fatal Attraction.” These films, where sex can be sweaty and dangerous, were elevated by big stars who dared to play off their images. Other examples include Kevin Costner (“No Way Out”), Debra Winger (“An Officer and a Gentleman”), Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver (“The Year of Living Dangerously”), Jane Fonda (“Klute”), and Warren Beatty.
In the “Challengers” press tour, Zendaya (also a producer here) — with six of her previous seven live-action theatrical releases having domestic grosses of $100 million or more — took pains to dispel...
- 4/25/2024
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) and Bowen Yang (SNL) have been tapped to star in a reimagining of Ang Lee’s classic romance The Wedding Banquet from filmmaker Andrew Ahn (Fire Island), Deadline can confirm.
The original film’s co-writer and producer James Schamus will join Joe Pirro in producing for Symbolic Exchange, alongside Anita Gou and Caroline Clark for Kindred Spirit. Jordan Hart will co-produce, with Andrew Karpen, Shivani Rawat, Kent Sanderson, Julie Goldstein, Sam Intili and Daniel Bekerman exec producing. Kelly Marie Tran, Yuh-jung Youn and Joan Chen will also star in the remake scripted by Ahn and Schamus.
Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures have co-acquired North American rights and have slated the film for release in theaters next year. Production kicks off in Vancouver next month.
Marking Lee’s sophomore feature, The Wedding Banquet follows Wai-Tung, a gay Taiwanese-American, who agrees to marry Wei-Wei, an...
The original film’s co-writer and producer James Schamus will join Joe Pirro in producing for Symbolic Exchange, alongside Anita Gou and Caroline Clark for Kindred Spirit. Jordan Hart will co-produce, with Andrew Karpen, Shivani Rawat, Kent Sanderson, Julie Goldstein, Sam Intili and Daniel Bekerman exec producing. Kelly Marie Tran, Yuh-jung Youn and Joan Chen will also star in the remake scripted by Ahn and Schamus.
Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures have co-acquired North American rights and have slated the film for release in theaters next year. Production kicks off in Vancouver next month.
Marking Lee’s sophomore feature, The Wedding Banquet follows Wai-Tung, a gay Taiwanese-American, who agrees to marry Wei-Wei, an...
- 4/25/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
SNL star Bowen Yang’s latest extracurricular will find him working alongside an Oscar nominee and an Oscar winner.
Variety reports that Yang will star in a remake of The Wedding Banquet, the 1993 Ang Lee-directed romcom.
Yang will share the screen with Lily Gladstone, who is fresh off a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. Youh-jung Youn — who won an Oscar for her supporting role in 2021’s Minari — will also star, as will Kelly Marie Tran and Joan Chen.
The film will be directed and co-written by Andrew Ahn. Focus Features founder James Schamus, who co-wrote the original film with Lee, will again serve as co-writer. Yang previously worked with Ahn on the 2022 film Fire Island.
The film is slated to begin shooting in Vancouver in late May, which aligns with the end of the season at SNL, where...
Variety reports that Yang will star in a remake of The Wedding Banquet, the 1993 Ang Lee-directed romcom.
Yang will share the screen with Lily Gladstone, who is fresh off a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. Youh-jung Youn — who won an Oscar for her supporting role in 2021’s Minari — will also star, as will Kelly Marie Tran and Joan Chen.
The film will be directed and co-written by Andrew Ahn. Focus Features founder James Schamus, who co-wrote the original film with Lee, will again serve as co-writer. Yang previously worked with Ahn on the 2022 film Fire Island.
The film is slated to begin shooting in Vancouver in late May, which aligns with the end of the season at SNL, where...
- 4/25/2024
- by Nick Riccardo
- LateNighter
Boardwalk Empire is one of the most important shows of the first half of the 2010s, unfairly forgotten by both critics and viewers by the end of the decade.
It would be hard to call Boardwalk Empire underrated; it was once adored and appreciated. Big studios just don't do shows like this anymore: historical dramas are now relegated to the miniseries format.
In an era of fantasy and endless nostalgia for the eighties and nineties, the multi-season historical drama looks like both a unique achievement and an echo of the past.
Boardwalk Empire Had the Perfect Cast And Crew
Boardwalk Empire in the early 2010s could only be released on HBO. Only the network that changed everyone's attitude toward television in the 2000s could invite the most important director of our time and so many talented actors for its new project.
The executive producer of Boardwalk Empire was Martin Scorsese himself.
It would be hard to call Boardwalk Empire underrated; it was once adored and appreciated. Big studios just don't do shows like this anymore: historical dramas are now relegated to the miniseries format.
In an era of fantasy and endless nostalgia for the eighties and nineties, the multi-season historical drama looks like both a unique achievement and an echo of the past.
Boardwalk Empire Had the Perfect Cast And Crew
Boardwalk Empire in the early 2010s could only be released on HBO. Only the network that changed everyone's attitude toward television in the 2000s could invite the most important director of our time and so many talented actors for its new project.
The executive producer of Boardwalk Empire was Martin Scorsese himself.
- 4/25/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
The red carpet will soon roll out for the 77th Festival de Cannes. The international film festival, playing out May 14-25, has a distinct American voice this year. “Barbie” filmmaker Greta Gerwig is the first U.S. female director name jury president. Many veteran American helmers are heading to the French Rivera resort town. George Lucas, who turns 80 on May 14, will receive an honorary Palme d’Or. Francis Ford Coppola’s much-anticipated “Megalopolis” is screening in competition, as is Paul Schrader’s “Oh Canada.” Kevin Costner’s new Western “Horizon, An American Saga” will premiere out of competition and Oliver Stone’s “Lula” is part of the special screening showcase.
Fifty years ago, Coppola was the toast of the 27th Cannes Film Festival. His brilliant psychological thriller “The Conversation” starring Gene Hackman won the Palme D’Or and well as a Special Mention from the Ecumenical Jury. The film would earn three Oscar nominations: picture,...
Fifty years ago, Coppola was the toast of the 27th Cannes Film Festival. His brilliant psychological thriller “The Conversation” starring Gene Hackman won the Palme D’Or and well as a Special Mention from the Ecumenical Jury. The film would earn three Oscar nominations: picture,...
- 4/25/2024
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
It’s only a few weeks before Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga hits theaters, and fans are definitely excited to see Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor-Joy share the screen. Many have been waiting for the prequel and all the more for the anticipated battle between young Furiosa and Warlord Dementus.
Anya Taylor-Joy in Furiosa
Hemsworth shared that he had a very unique way of transforming into his unhinged character in the post-apocalyptic world of Furiosa. To achieve this, he had to do something he had never done in his entire acting career.
Chris Hemsworth On His Preparation For Furiosa Villain Role
Speaking with Total Film via Games Radar, actor Chris Hemsworth revealed the one tip director George Miller gave him to seamlessly get into his character.
“George suggested to me to journal as the character, which I hadn’t done before. It was 2am one night. I was awake, and...
Anya Taylor-Joy in Furiosa
Hemsworth shared that he had a very unique way of transforming into his unhinged character in the post-apocalyptic world of Furiosa. To achieve this, he had to do something he had never done in his entire acting career.
Chris Hemsworth On His Preparation For Furiosa Villain Role
Speaking with Total Film via Games Radar, actor Chris Hemsworth revealed the one tip director George Miller gave him to seamlessly get into his character.
“George suggested to me to journal as the character, which I hadn’t done before. It was 2am one night. I was awake, and...
- 4/25/2024
- by Ariane Cruz
- FandomWire
Joker became a topic of discussion as soon as it hit theaters in 2019. And it's not just that Todd Phillips' movie has an ambiguous morality, completely different from typical comic book movies. The director made the audience doubt the reality of what was happening on the screen, allowing everyone to decide which events really happened and which only existed in the main character’s imagination.
The film was initially positioned as an independent work, in no way connected with comic books and especially with the DC cinematic universe. Joker refers more to the early films of Martin Scorsese, often citing Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy.
And even the makeup of the main character does not resemble the classic image of the Joker, but the famous killer clown Pogo, aka John Gacy. This reference is confirmed by the name of the Pogo club where Arthur performs.
However, the action...
The film was initially positioned as an independent work, in no way connected with comic books and especially with the DC cinematic universe. Joker refers more to the early films of Martin Scorsese, often citing Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy.
And even the makeup of the main character does not resemble the classic image of the Joker, but the famous killer clown Pogo, aka John Gacy. This reference is confirmed by the name of the Pogo club where Arthur performs.
However, the action...
- 4/25/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
Acclaimed writer John Logan will adapt Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy’s “Blood Meridian” novel into a feature film for director John Hillcoat.
Hillcoat is also producing along with Keith Redmon for New Regency. Cormac McCarthy’s son, John Francis McCarthy, will serve as executive producer, while Cormac, who died in June 2023, will receive a posthumous executive producer credit.
“It’s incredibly exciting to have John Logan on board,” John Francis said. “Very reassuring in the seemingly long list of good news concerning what was originally such an intimidating undertaking.”
The project was originally set up with director James Franco and star Russell Crowe in 2016, but fell apart over rights to the book.
Based on historical conflicts along the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, “Blood Meridian” follows the journey of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old from Tennessee, as he navigates the brutal and harrowing landscape of this new era.
Logan, a three-time Oscar nominee,...
Hillcoat is also producing along with Keith Redmon for New Regency. Cormac McCarthy’s son, John Francis McCarthy, will serve as executive producer, while Cormac, who died in June 2023, will receive a posthumous executive producer credit.
“It’s incredibly exciting to have John Logan on board,” John Francis said. “Very reassuring in the seemingly long list of good news concerning what was originally such an intimidating undertaking.”
The project was originally set up with director James Franco and star Russell Crowe in 2016, but fell apart over rights to the book.
Based on historical conflicts along the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, “Blood Meridian” follows the journey of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old from Tennessee, as he navigates the brutal and harrowing landscape of this new era.
Logan, a three-time Oscar nominee,...
- 4/24/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Remaking a 2002 Hong Kong hit and setting the story in Irish-Catholic Boston, Martin Scorsese seemed to be out of his element with The Departed—if not, that is, for the fact that the film marked a return to the director’s bread-and-butter mean streets, and that his source material, Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak’s Infernal Affairs, was itself heavily influenced by his iconic gangster films. Something of a genre homecoming after recent detours into the arenas of the historical epic (Gangs of New York) and the period biopic (The Aviator), The Departed again found him trawling a gritty, brutal urban underbelly where racial epithets spit from roughnecks’ mouths, class divisions are as sharp as a switchblade, and allegiances to others and one’s self are always tenuous at best.
The Rolling Stones’s “Gimme Shelter” plays over a blistering opening sequence edited by Thelma Schoonmaker with gunshot-punctuated...
The Rolling Stones’s “Gimme Shelter” plays over a blistering opening sequence edited by Thelma Schoonmaker with gunshot-punctuated...
- 4/24/2024
- by Nick Schager
- Slant Magazine
One part of the Megalopolis distribution puzzle could be close to falling into place in France.
The country’s Le Point magazine reported on Tuesday that Paris-based distributor Le Pacte had acquired French rights for Francis Ford Coppola’s $120M self-financed epic ahead of its world premiere in Competition at Cannes.
Contacted by Deadline, Le Pacte CEO Jean Labadie played down the reports but did not deny talks, saying: “We don’t have the film yet. Nothing is signed.”
Deadline has also reached out to Coppola and his reps.
Speculation around French release plans for Megalopolis had been brewing ever since its Cannes Competition slot was announced by Delegate General Thierry Frémaux at the festival’s press conference on April 11.
Under Cannes regulations, films selected for Competition must release theatrically in France and cannot debut first on a streamer in the country.
This stipulation is thorny because France’s strict...
The country’s Le Point magazine reported on Tuesday that Paris-based distributor Le Pacte had acquired French rights for Francis Ford Coppola’s $120M self-financed epic ahead of its world premiere in Competition at Cannes.
Contacted by Deadline, Le Pacte CEO Jean Labadie played down the reports but did not deny talks, saying: “We don’t have the film yet. Nothing is signed.”
Deadline has also reached out to Coppola and his reps.
Speculation around French release plans for Megalopolis had been brewing ever since its Cannes Competition slot was announced by Delegate General Thierry Frémaux at the festival’s press conference on April 11.
Under Cannes regulations, films selected for Competition must release theatrically in France and cannot debut first on a streamer in the country.
This stipulation is thorny because France’s strict...
- 4/23/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
John Flynn’s Rolling Thunder is a lean, mean revenge thriller that could have only been made in the 1970s. It’s 1973, to be exact, and Major Charles Rane (William Devane) has recently returned to San Antonio after several years in a Viet Cong prison camp. Greeted with a hero’s welcome, Rane has little use for his neighbors’ praise, which he appears to regard (correctly) as an almost poignantly inadequate expression of collective survivor’s guilt.
Rane, along with his friend and fellow veteran Johnny Vohden (Tommy Lee Jones), inhabits the film with a calm pragmatism that might be disconcerting for viewers accustomed to cinema’s more overheated depictions of soldiers coming home. The men don’t appear to resent the friends and family who’re blessedly ignorant of the atrocities they experienced abroad, but the soldiers no longer possess the facilities necessary to uphold basic social conventions such...
Rane, along with his friend and fellow veteran Johnny Vohden (Tommy Lee Jones), inhabits the film with a calm pragmatism that might be disconcerting for viewers accustomed to cinema’s more overheated depictions of soldiers coming home. The men don’t appear to resent the friends and family who’re blessedly ignorant of the atrocities they experienced abroad, but the soldiers no longer possess the facilities necessary to uphold basic social conventions such...
- 4/23/2024
- by Chuck Bowen
- Slant Magazine
In the run-up to its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Francis Ford Coppola’s 135-minute epic “Megalopolis” is on track to sell to a French distributor, Le Pacte.
The indie company, presided over by veteran French distributor Jean Labadie, is currently negotiating a deal. It seems like an odd match for such a pricey movie considering Le Pacte’s fairly modest size. Although the company has had recent hits, including Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” and Maiwenn’s “Jeanne du Barry,” it may not be able to splurge on P&a. Coppola’s lawyer Barry Hirsch, who also served as a producer, has been courting studios and streamers to secure a splashy deal with a P&a commitment amounting to more than half of the film’s $120 budget, according to industry insiders. The pending deal with Le Pacte suggests that the film, which Coppola self-financed, might...
The indie company, presided over by veteran French distributor Jean Labadie, is currently negotiating a deal. It seems like an odd match for such a pricey movie considering Le Pacte’s fairly modest size. Although the company has had recent hits, including Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” and Maiwenn’s “Jeanne du Barry,” it may not be able to splurge on P&a. Coppola’s lawyer Barry Hirsch, who also served as a producer, has been courting studios and streamers to secure a splashy deal with a P&a commitment amounting to more than half of the film’s $120 budget, according to industry insiders. The pending deal with Le Pacte suggests that the film, which Coppola self-financed, might...
- 4/23/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
When the team at Watcher Entertainment announced that they would be leaving YouTube in order to post content exclusively on their own subscription-only page, they clearly thought that fans would be excited about the move.
They were very, very wrong.
The backlash against the digital media studio -- which was founded in 2020 by a trio of former Buzzfeed employees -- was swift and immediate.
Usually, an uproar from a company's customer base is the sort of thing that's met with a boilerplate apology and little else.
But in this case, the outcry on Reddit and on the group's previous YouTube posts wound up having a significant impact.
Earlier this week, Watcher's three founders -- Steven Lim, Ryan Bergara, and Shane Madej -- made a video in which they reacted to the strong backlash against their unexpected business decision.
“We messed up,” CEO Lim said in the clip.
“We’ve been...
They were very, very wrong.
The backlash against the digital media studio -- which was founded in 2020 by a trio of former Buzzfeed employees -- was swift and immediate.
Usually, an uproar from a company's customer base is the sort of thing that's met with a boilerplate apology and little else.
But in this case, the outcry on Reddit and on the group's previous YouTube posts wound up having a significant impact.
Earlier this week, Watcher's three founders -- Steven Lim, Ryan Bergara, and Shane Madej -- made a video in which they reacted to the strong backlash against their unexpected business decision.
“We messed up,” CEO Lim said in the clip.
“We’ve been...
- 4/23/2024
- by Tyler Johnson
- TVfanatic
“Why is it that only those who have never fought in a battle are so eager to be in one?” Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) asks at one point in FX’s Shōgun. It’s a question that resonates not only with the show’s characters but may strike at the heart of our long-standing fascination with samurai.
Its resonance is all the more profound because Shōgun is loosely — very loosely — based on real events from the end of Japan’s Warring States period that pushed the nation into a new era. Taking historical events and crafting drama from them is something the show has in common with many Chanbara or samurai films. The riveting and often bloody history has provided fodder for countless films, including Hiroshi Inagaki’s Samurai trilogy, Sekigahara, Samurai Assassin, and The 47 Ronin.
However, these narrative films can obscure the complex history behind the events. Fortunately,...
Its resonance is all the more profound because Shōgun is loosely — very loosely — based on real events from the end of Japan’s Warring States period that pushed the nation into a new era. Taking historical events and crafting drama from them is something the show has in common with many Chanbara or samurai films. The riveting and often bloody history has provided fodder for countless films, including Hiroshi Inagaki’s Samurai trilogy, Sekigahara, Samurai Assassin, and The 47 Ronin.
However, these narrative films can obscure the complex history behind the events. Fortunately,...
- 4/23/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Jerry Seinfeld and Martin Scorsese have at least one thing in common: They both are lamenting just how much the film industry has changed within the hierarchy of media.
Seinfeld, who makes his directorial debut with Netflix’s Pop-Tarts origin story “Unfrosted,” told GQ that fellow filmmakers have “no idea” that the “movie business is over.” Or, well, at least not what it once was.
“It was totally new to me,” Seinfeld said of directing the feature which he also co-wrote, produced, and starred in. “I thought I had done some cool stuff, but it was nothing like the way these people work. They’re so dead serious! They don’t have any idea that the movie business is over. They have no idea.”
Seinfeld continued, “Film doesn’t occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives. When a movie came out,...
Seinfeld, who makes his directorial debut with Netflix’s Pop-Tarts origin story “Unfrosted,” told GQ that fellow filmmakers have “no idea” that the “movie business is over.” Or, well, at least not what it once was.
“It was totally new to me,” Seinfeld said of directing the feature which he also co-wrote, produced, and starred in. “I thought I had done some cool stuff, but it was nothing like the way these people work. They’re so dead serious! They don’t have any idea that the movie business is over. They have no idea.”
Seinfeld continued, “Film doesn’t occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives. When a movie came out,...
- 4/23/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The Titanic star gained much recognition as a thriller actor back in 2006, with his The Departed and Blood Diamond receiving much praise from the critics, who emphasized DiCaprio's fitting in the genre. However, there is a 2010 movie which consolidated the actor’s belonging to thrillers, showing how convincing he is at revealing the twists.
Adapted from Dennis Lehane’s 2003 novel, this thriller’s plot revolves around a Deputy U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio), who explores the disappearance of a patient from a psychiatric facility on an isolated island. It’s already enough for the movie to be of great interest to the audience, as such a setting promises quite a chilling roller coaster.
DiCaprio's fans have already recognized the synopsis of Shutter Island. However, the movie’s beginning is only playing with us and is preparing for the final twist, which still blows fans’ minds. It’s most curious...
Adapted from Dennis Lehane’s 2003 novel, this thriller’s plot revolves around a Deputy U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio), who explores the disappearance of a patient from a psychiatric facility on an isolated island. It’s already enough for the movie to be of great interest to the audience, as such a setting promises quite a chilling roller coaster.
DiCaprio's fans have already recognized the synopsis of Shutter Island. However, the movie’s beginning is only playing with us and is preparing for the final twist, which still blows fans’ minds. It’s most curious...
- 4/23/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Ava Raxa)
- STartefacts.com
This year’s edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is set to present a retrospective on Franz Kafka and his influence on cinema, dubbed The Wish To Be A Red Indian: Kafka and Cinema. It will examine how the influential Czech writer has impacted filmmakers from Orson Welles, Martin Scorsese, Ousmane Sembene, Jan Nemec and Steven Soderbergh.
This June will mark the centenary of the final moments of Kafka, who passed away at a sanatorium in the Austrian town of Kierling. Kviff, which kicks off on June 28, will launch this strand in honor of the writer featuring films such as Soderberg’s noir mystery Kafka, Welles’ The Trial, Scorsese’s After Hours as well as Roman Polanski’s The Tenant among others.
The festival will also be honoring casting director Francine Maisler, who has worked with directors such as Denis Villeneuve, Terrence Malick and Alejandro González Iñárritu and whose credits include The Revenant,...
This June will mark the centenary of the final moments of Kafka, who passed away at a sanatorium in the Austrian town of Kierling. Kviff, which kicks off on June 28, will launch this strand in honor of the writer featuring films such as Soderberg’s noir mystery Kafka, Welles’ The Trial, Scorsese’s After Hours as well as Roman Polanski’s The Tenant among others.
The festival will also be honoring casting director Francine Maisler, who has worked with directors such as Denis Villeneuve, Terrence Malick and Alejandro González Iñárritu and whose credits include The Revenant,...
- 4/23/2024
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has announced its first wave of program details for its upcoming 58th edition, which is set to take place from June 28 through July 6, 2024. The Czech festival, widely considered to be the most prestigious film festival in Eastern Europe, is set to honor one of the nation’s most famous writers with a new retrospective titled “Franz Kafka and the Cinema.”
The series is set to feature screenings of a wide range of films inspired by the Czech novelist, who famously wove themes of alienation and existential angst into cryptic novels that often flirted with surrealism. Some films, like Orson Welles’ “The Trial” are direct adaptations of Kafka’s writings; but the series also includes movies about Kafka’s life, and films like Martin Scorsese’s “After Hours” that were influenced by Kafka’s ideas.
“For decades, Kafka’s oeuvre has functioned as a continuing provocation to filmmakers,...
The series is set to feature screenings of a wide range of films inspired by the Czech novelist, who famously wove themes of alienation and existential angst into cryptic novels that often flirted with surrealism. Some films, like Orson Welles’ “The Trial” are direct adaptations of Kafka’s writings; but the series also includes movies about Kafka’s life, and films like Martin Scorsese’s “After Hours” that were influenced by Kafka’s ideas.
“For decades, Kafka’s oeuvre has functioned as a continuing provocation to filmmakers,...
- 4/23/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
The Karlovy Vary Film Festival and Variety have teamed up to honor Francine Maisler, one of the world’s most respected casting directors, whose recent credits include “Dune: Part Two,” “The Bikeriders,” “Challengers,” “Civil War” and “Joker: Folie à Deux.”
Maisler has worked on more than 70 feature films and is a recipient of 15 Artios Awards from the Casting Society of America, including for “Marriage Story” in 2020 and “Don’t Look Up” in 2021. As well as working with director Denis Villeneuve on “Dune: Part Two,” “Dune,” “Arrival” and “Sicario,” her other films include Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life” and “Knight of Cups,” and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “The Revenant” and “Birdman.” In 2022, she won a Primetime Emmy Award for her work on HBO’s “Succession.”
As part of its homage, Karlovy Vary will hold a special screening of one of the films which Maisler worked on. Maisler will also give a public master class,...
Maisler has worked on more than 70 feature films and is a recipient of 15 Artios Awards from the Casting Society of America, including for “Marriage Story” in 2020 and “Don’t Look Up” in 2021. As well as working with director Denis Villeneuve on “Dune: Part Two,” “Dune,” “Arrival” and “Sicario,” her other films include Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life” and “Knight of Cups,” and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “The Revenant” and “Birdman.” In 2022, she won a Primetime Emmy Award for her work on HBO’s “Succession.”
As part of its homage, Karlovy Vary will hold a special screening of one of the films which Maisler worked on. Maisler will also give a public master class,...
- 4/23/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Karlovy Vary Festival will pay tribute to one of the Czech Republic’s most famous sons with a retrospective of film adaptations of the work of Franz Kafka from some of the greatest names in cinema. To mark the centenary of Kafka’s death, the festival will screen a series of films directly adapted from, or inspired by, the literary master of angst.
The retrospective will include such classics as Orson Welles’s The Trial (1962), Martin Scorsese’s Kafkaesque New York dramedy After Hours (1985) and Federico Fellini’s Intervista; Steven Soderbergh’s Kafka (1991) and its 2021 re-edit Mr. Kneff — both starring Jeremy Irons as a set-upon insurance man and writer — alongside lesser-known adaptations, including Jan Němec’s Metamorphosis, a German TV movie version of Kafka’s famous short story. Other highlights include Ousmane Sembene’s Senegalese feature The Money Order (1968) and Kôji Yamamura’s animated short Franz Kafka’s a Country Doctor (2007).
“For decades,...
The retrospective will include such classics as Orson Welles’s The Trial (1962), Martin Scorsese’s Kafkaesque New York dramedy After Hours (1985) and Federico Fellini’s Intervista; Steven Soderbergh’s Kafka (1991) and its 2021 re-edit Mr. Kneff — both starring Jeremy Irons as a set-upon insurance man and writer — alongside lesser-known adaptations, including Jan Němec’s Metamorphosis, a German TV movie version of Kafka’s famous short story. Other highlights include Ousmane Sembene’s Senegalese feature The Money Order (1968) and Kôji Yamamura’s animated short Franz Kafka’s a Country Doctor (2007).
“For decades,...
- 4/23/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Throughout his extensive career spanning decades, Leonardo DiCaprio has embodied a diverse array of characters, ranging from romantic leads to extreme personas like Hugh Glass in The Revenant. However, there remains one that surprised the actor the most, particularly with his obsessive tendencies.
Leonardo DiCaprio in the Aviator | Miramax
The role was Howard Hughes in the 2004 biographical drama The Aviator. While the actor shared that he was able to relate to the character to a certain degree, Hughes’ level of obsession surpassed anything he could have envisioned.
Leonardo DiCaprio Was Surprised With Howard Hughes’ Obsessive Tendencies
Martin Scorsese’s 2004 film features Leonardo DiCaprio in the role of Howard Hughes, a pioneering aviator, filmmaker, and industrialist, depicting his rise to fame, struggles with mental health, and passion for aviation along with exploring his personal relationships.
Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes | Warner Bros.
The Oscar-winning actor has described Hughes as the “most...
Leonardo DiCaprio in the Aviator | Miramax
The role was Howard Hughes in the 2004 biographical drama The Aviator. While the actor shared that he was able to relate to the character to a certain degree, Hughes’ level of obsession surpassed anything he could have envisioned.
Leonardo DiCaprio Was Surprised With Howard Hughes’ Obsessive Tendencies
Martin Scorsese’s 2004 film features Leonardo DiCaprio in the role of Howard Hughes, a pioneering aviator, filmmaker, and industrialist, depicting his rise to fame, struggles with mental health, and passion for aviation along with exploring his personal relationships.
Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes | Warner Bros.
The Oscar-winning actor has described Hughes as the “most...
- 4/22/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
Leonardo DiCaprio has starred in a variety of movies, from romance dramas like Titanic to sci-fi thrillers such as Inception. This has made his movie characters as diverse as his features. But there was one character DiCaprio played that he found especially difficult to separate from.
Leonardo DiCaprio once shared what it was like playing this historical figure Leonardo DiCaprio | Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
In 2004, audiences saw DiCaprio team up with filmmaker Martin Scorsese once again for the project The Aviator. DiCaprio famously played inventor and businessman Howard Hughes in the biopic, focusing on the man’s younger years. DiCaprio first conceived the project after receiving a book covering Hughes’ life.
“As an actor, you’re constantly searching for that great character. And, being a history buff and learning about people in our past and amazing things that they’ve done, I came across a book about Howard Hughes, and he was set up as,...
Leonardo DiCaprio once shared what it was like playing this historical figure Leonardo DiCaprio | Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
In 2004, audiences saw DiCaprio team up with filmmaker Martin Scorsese once again for the project The Aviator. DiCaprio famously played inventor and businessman Howard Hughes in the biopic, focusing on the man’s younger years. DiCaprio first conceived the project after receiving a book covering Hughes’ life.
“As an actor, you’re constantly searching for that great character. And, being a history buff and learning about people in our past and amazing things that they’ve done, I came across a book about Howard Hughes, and he was set up as,...
- 4/21/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Barron Trump, 18, is about to embark on a new chapter in his life—attending college. Barron could attend Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania like his father, former President Donald Trump, or go abroad to his mother, Melania Trump‘s home country, Slovenia.
Instead, New York University seems to be Barron’s first choice school. NYU is only a few miles from his family’s building, Trump Tower. Previously, Barron’s parents said they were looking at U. Penn as one of the schools Barron could attend.
With a switch in the family’s college history, it is still unclear how Trump will react, considering the former president holds Ivy League universities in high regard.
“Barron’s very tall—about six-eight. And he’s a good kid. He’s a good-looking kid. He’s a great student, very good student,” Trump said about his son in September 2023.
Still, according...
Instead, New York University seems to be Barron’s first choice school. NYU is only a few miles from his family’s building, Trump Tower. Previously, Barron’s parents said they were looking at U. Penn as one of the schools Barron could attend.
With a switch in the family’s college history, it is still unclear how Trump will react, considering the former president holds Ivy League universities in high regard.
“Barron’s very tall—about six-eight. And he’s a good kid. He’s a good-looking kid. He’s a great student, very good student,” Trump said about his son in September 2023.
Still, according...
- 4/21/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
While Steven Spielberg might hail superhero movies as Oscar-worthy, the likes of Martin Scorsese and Anthony Hopkins have gone on to criticize Marvel and DC flicks and even deemed them not cinema-worthy. Although each actor has a right to have their own opinions regarding different genres of cinema, fans have disliked how big names in Hollywood have time and again belittled superhero flicks and the actors who work in them.
Anthony Hopkins did not like acting in the MCU (Image: Thor)
Over the years, fans have waged war against such opinions, and comic book actors have defended such movies. And now, even Walton Goggins has joined them after Ray Winstone recently called out the excessive use of green screens in superhero flicks.
Walton Goggins Defends Marvel’s Use of Green Screens Walton Goggins as Sonny Burch in Ant-Man and the Wasp
It is no secret that superhero flicks, especially Marvel movies,...
Anthony Hopkins did not like acting in the MCU (Image: Thor)
Over the years, fans have waged war against such opinions, and comic book actors have defended such movies. And now, even Walton Goggins has joined them after Ray Winstone recently called out the excessive use of green screens in superhero flicks.
Walton Goggins Defends Marvel’s Use of Green Screens Walton Goggins as Sonny Burch in Ant-Man and the Wasp
It is no secret that superhero flicks, especially Marvel movies,...
- 4/21/2024
- by Maria Sultan
- FandomWire
Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are two of the biggest titans of cinema. DiCaprio is known for his charisma and flawless acting while Scorsese’s gritty realism is unmatched by anyone else. Magic has happened whenever these two worlds have collided in movies like “The Departed” & “The Wolf of Wall Street”.
A still from Killers of the Flower Moon
Now, the pair are set to reunite for a project that’s sure to generate a buzz – a biopic about the legendary singer Frank Sinatra. However, with any highly anticipated film, there are always those who express doubt. But DiCaprio’s supporters are firing back, ready to defend the actor’s ability to embody the spirit of Ol’ Blue Eyes.
Some Fans Believe Leonardo DiCaprio Is The Only Actor Who Can Pull Off The Role of Frank Sinatra A still from Wolf of Wall Street
Leonardo DiCaprio‘s casting as Frank...
A still from Killers of the Flower Moon
Now, the pair are set to reunite for a project that’s sure to generate a buzz – a biopic about the legendary singer Frank Sinatra. However, with any highly anticipated film, there are always those who express doubt. But DiCaprio’s supporters are firing back, ready to defend the actor’s ability to embody the spirit of Ol’ Blue Eyes.
Some Fans Believe Leonardo DiCaprio Is The Only Actor Who Can Pull Off The Role of Frank Sinatra A still from Wolf of Wall Street
Leonardo DiCaprio‘s casting as Frank...
- 4/21/2024
- by Piyush Yadav
- FandomWire
Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese have collaborated on a number of projects together as actor and director. Beginning their partnership with Gangs of New York, the duo went on to work on films such as The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Street, and the recent Killers of the Flower Moon. The duo are also rumored to collaborate again on a Frank Sinatra biopic.
While the two have worked together on many projects, they have also developed projects that have never seen the light of day. One of those was apparently a biographical drama on Alexander, The Great. The two never got to make it, but the duo may have no regrets about it as Colin Farrell’s version of the film ended up almost costing the actor his career.
Leonardo DiCaprio And Martin Scorsese Almost Developed A Movie On Alexander Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator
Leonardo...
While the two have worked together on many projects, they have also developed projects that have never seen the light of day. One of those was apparently a biographical drama on Alexander, The Great. The two never got to make it, but the duo may have no regrets about it as Colin Farrell’s version of the film ended up almost costing the actor his career.
Leonardo DiCaprio And Martin Scorsese Almost Developed A Movie On Alexander Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator
Leonardo...
- 4/21/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Today Show host Hoda Kotb is living the life of luxury, despite being the series’ resident financial prowess. Over the years the Today Show icon has made a name for herself in the budgeting and financial niches on the series, but in real life it looks like Hda Kotb should take a word of her own advice. Does Hoda have a spending problem? Sources say Yes, keep reading for all the details.
Hoda Kotb’s – Dark Spending Secret
The almost 60 year old talk show host takes her seat on the Today panel every morning and dishes out live advice and shares her thoughts on current events.
Hoda Kotb has even participated in the series’ budget-busting specials, which is always ironic because they’re all millionaires. what do they really know about middle class America stretching a dozen of eggs for a family of four?
According to a new report, Hoda...
Hoda Kotb’s – Dark Spending Secret
The almost 60 year old talk show host takes her seat on the Today panel every morning and dishes out live advice and shares her thoughts on current events.
Hoda Kotb has even participated in the series’ budget-busting specials, which is always ironic because they’re all millionaires. what do they really know about middle class America stretching a dozen of eggs for a family of four?
According to a new report, Hoda...
- 4/20/2024
- by Amanda Austin
- Celebrating The Soaps
Simu Liu, who is the perfect embodiment of his Barbie character, Ken, recently turned thirty-five on April 19. The extremely vocal Swiftie was given the gift of a lifetime as his birthday coincided with the release of Taylor Swift’s newest album, The Tortured Poets Department. Needless to say, Simu Liu was over the moon.
Simu Liu as Ken in Barbie (2023)
On the occasion of his birthday, Simu Liu took to X to pen down a short heartfelt message talking about his thirty-five-year-long journey. Admitting that he has made mistakes in the past, Simu Liu thanked his fans and supporters for being able to look beyond all that and understand the person he is today.
Simu Liu Thanks His Supporters
Simu Liu in Kim’s Convenience
The fans of the film industry seem to be divided when it comes to the topic of Simu Liu. While some absolutely adore him and his hilarious personality,...
Simu Liu as Ken in Barbie (2023)
On the occasion of his birthday, Simu Liu took to X to pen down a short heartfelt message talking about his thirty-five-year-long journey. Admitting that he has made mistakes in the past, Simu Liu thanked his fans and supporters for being able to look beyond all that and understand the person he is today.
Simu Liu Thanks His Supporters
Simu Liu in Kim’s Convenience
The fans of the film industry seem to be divided when it comes to the topic of Simu Liu. While some absolutely adore him and his hilarious personality,...
- 4/20/2024
- by Mishkaat Khan
- FandomWire
Taylor Swift debuted her “Fortnight” music video on YouTube Friday evening, along with lyric videos for both that song and the rest of her new surprise double-album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” The video features “Dead Poets Society” actors Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles in cameos, whom she joked about in social media posts where she shared the creative inspiration behind the striking, largely black-and-white clip.
“I’m still laughing from getting to work with the coolest guys on earth, Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles,” Swift wrote — perhaps also chuckling at her own self-referential cameos. She then added an explicit nod to the clear inspiration for her new album’s title: “(tortured poets, meet your colleagues from down the hall, the dead poets).”
The music video has a complex narrative, ranging from Swift being experimented on by Charles and Hawke in a Frankenstein-esque laboratory to Swift sitting across from Post Malone...
“I’m still laughing from getting to work with the coolest guys on earth, Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles,” Swift wrote — perhaps also chuckling at her own self-referential cameos. She then added an explicit nod to the clear inspiration for her new album’s title: “(tortured poets, meet your colleagues from down the hall, the dead poets).”
The music video has a complex narrative, ranging from Swift being experimented on by Charles and Hawke in a Frankenstein-esque laboratory to Swift sitting across from Post Malone...
- 4/20/2024
- by Mike Roe
- The Wrap
Leonardo DiCaprio turned down perhaps almost as many films as he ended up starring in. There was one feature he was seriously mulling over doing that he decided to pass on for another project.
But if DiCaprio signed on, the movie might’ve been different than the disaster that took a toll on Colin Farrell.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese wanted to do a movie on Alexander the Great Colin Farrell | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
DiCaprio confided that he and his frequent cinematic partner Scorsese had very similar minds when it came to filmmaking. So, when the opportunity came to do a project based on Alexander the Great, they were both interested. But the famous conqueror wasn’t the only historical figure DiCaprio and Scorsese had their eyes on. The pair also planned to develop their Aviator movie about Howard Hughes.
“Alexander The Great was also, like I said before, it...
But if DiCaprio signed on, the movie might’ve been different than the disaster that took a toll on Colin Farrell.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese wanted to do a movie on Alexander the Great Colin Farrell | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
DiCaprio confided that he and his frequent cinematic partner Scorsese had very similar minds when it came to filmmaking. So, when the opportunity came to do a project based on Alexander the Great, they were both interested. But the famous conqueror wasn’t the only historical figure DiCaprio and Scorsese had their eyes on. The pair also planned to develop their Aviator movie about Howard Hughes.
“Alexander The Great was also, like I said before, it...
- 4/20/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Taylor Swift drops just keep coming.
At midnight, Swift released her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department” — and then announced two hours later that it’s a surprise double album, leaving casual fans and Swifites alike to spend the day decoding who the songs are about. (How many Friday afternoon Slack messages were devoted to parsing if a song was about Swift exes Joe Alwyn or Matty Healy?) And then came the album’s first music video for single “Fortnite,” co-written by and featuring Post Malone.
In addition to “Dead Poets Society” (note that neither title uses an apostrophe) alums Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles, the music video boasts another big name: Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (“Killers of the Flower Moon”).
This isn’t the first time Prieto has collaborated with Swift. The cinematographer previously worked on the 2020 music videos for Swift’s songs “The Man,” “Cardigan,” and “Willow.
At midnight, Swift released her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department” — and then announced two hours later that it’s a surprise double album, leaving casual fans and Swifites alike to spend the day decoding who the songs are about. (How many Friday afternoon Slack messages were devoted to parsing if a song was about Swift exes Joe Alwyn or Matty Healy?) And then came the album’s first music video for single “Fortnite,” co-written by and featuring Post Malone.
In addition to “Dead Poets Society” (note that neither title uses an apostrophe) alums Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles, the music video boasts another big name: Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (“Killers of the Flower Moon”).
This isn’t the first time Prieto has collaborated with Swift. The cinematographer previously worked on the 2020 music videos for Swift’s songs “The Man,” “Cardigan,” and “Willow.
- 4/20/2024
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
Al Pacino is the Oscar-winning actor who has starred in dozens of classics throughout his nearly 50 year career, from his star-making breakthrough in “The Godfather” (1972) to his late-career triumph in “The Irishman” (2019). Tour through our photo gallery of Pacino’s 25 greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Though an acting legend, it took Pacino 20 years and eight nominations to finally cash in his Oscar I.O.U. for “Scent of a Woman”. Prior to that he competed for “The Godfather”, “Serpico”, “The Godfather, Part II”, “Dog Day Afternoon”, “… And Justice for All”, “Dick Tracy” and “Glengarry Glen Ross”, but he didn’t win any of those bids.
Surprisingly, his 1992 noms for “Scent of a Woman” and “Glengarry Glen Ross” were followed by a long Academy drought, despite additional critically acclaimed performances in “Heat” (1995), “Donnie Brasco” (1997), “The Insider” (1999) and “Insomnia” (2002). During that time, he became a TV favorite with Emmy-winning turns in...
Though an acting legend, it took Pacino 20 years and eight nominations to finally cash in his Oscar I.O.U. for “Scent of a Woman”. Prior to that he competed for “The Godfather”, “Serpico”, “The Godfather, Part II”, “Dog Day Afternoon”, “… And Justice for All”, “Dick Tracy” and “Glengarry Glen Ross”, but he didn’t win any of those bids.
Surprisingly, his 1992 noms for “Scent of a Woman” and “Glengarry Glen Ross” were followed by a long Academy drought, despite additional critically acclaimed performances in “Heat” (1995), “Donnie Brasco” (1997), “The Insider” (1999) and “Insomnia” (2002). During that time, he became a TV favorite with Emmy-winning turns in...
- 4/20/2024
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Parodying one’s self on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” is a celebrity rite of passage, with everyone from Martin Scorsese and Bruce Springsteen to Salman Rushdie and Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman stopping by Larry David’s HBO sitcom to celebrate their own neuroses over the past quarter century. But now that the show has finally wrapped after a 12-season run, the cast can admit that some cameos tower above the competition in the pantheon of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” history.
During a panel discussion about the show’s 12th season moderated by Judd Apatow at PaleyFest LA 2024, longtime series regular J.B. Smoove reflected on his favorite celebrity appearances on the show. He singled out Michael J. Fox’s two episodes in Seasons 8 and 9 (which aired six years apart due to the show’s hiatus), as a high point in the series.
“Oh man, I think, I think one of the greatest people...
During a panel discussion about the show’s 12th season moderated by Judd Apatow at PaleyFest LA 2024, longtime series regular J.B. Smoove reflected on his favorite celebrity appearances on the show. He singled out Michael J. Fox’s two episodes in Seasons 8 and 9 (which aired six years apart due to the show’s hiatus), as a high point in the series.
“Oh man, I think, I think one of the greatest people...
- 4/19/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Greg Daniels and Michael Koman could return to The Office universe, with Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus) as cast members of the proposed spinoff. Gleeson and Inpacciatore would be part of an ensemble for the project, which Deadline says is close to entering production. Plot details about The Office spinoff remain a mystery.
We know only a little about the project beyond its setting in The Office universe. Daniels wants fans to know it’s not a reboot, even though it takes place in the same arena as the Steve Carell-led mockumentary series focusing on the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company employees. Daniels says the new show could feature a camera crew doing a documentary about a subject outside the day-to-day lives of office workers surviving the daily grind and their toxic boss.
Domhnall Gleeson launched his acting career in 2001 as a character named Byrne in an episode of Rebel Heart.
We know only a little about the project beyond its setting in The Office universe. Daniels wants fans to know it’s not a reboot, even though it takes place in the same arena as the Steve Carell-led mockumentary series focusing on the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company employees. Daniels says the new show could feature a camera crew doing a documentary about a subject outside the day-to-day lives of office workers surviving the daily grind and their toxic boss.
Domhnall Gleeson launched his acting career in 2001 as a character named Byrne in an episode of Rebel Heart.
- 4/19/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
The iconic screenwriter of Taxi Driver, Paul Schrader, once said, “Every time I thought that I might die, I would get a new idea.” Now, although the 81-year-old auteur, Martin Scorsese is very far from the final event, the legendary director and Leonardo DiCaprio collaborator has quipped once or twice his fear of not having much time left to do all of the things he wants to do. Perhaps that very thought has led to Scorsese picking up his pace on two projects of astounding weight and value – Jesus Christ and Frank Sinatra.
Martin Scorsese [Photo: Harald Krichel, 74th Berlin International Film Festival, via Wikimedia Commons]The upcoming biopics – one adapted from a novel and the other from life – will be filmed back to back under Scorsese’s watchful eye. And even though criticism is a foregone conclusion in both of these projects, that thought has hardly put a pause on the director’s boundless enthusiasm and joy for...
Martin Scorsese [Photo: Harald Krichel, 74th Berlin International Film Festival, via Wikimedia Commons]The upcoming biopics – one adapted from a novel and the other from life – will be filmed back to back under Scorsese’s watchful eye. And even though criticism is a foregone conclusion in both of these projects, that thought has hardly put a pause on the director’s boundless enthusiasm and joy for...
- 4/19/2024
- by Diya Majumdar
- FandomWire
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have worked on different projects a staggering six times and the director reportedly hopes to extend that number.
And not just with Leonardo DiCaprio, he means to also bring back Jennifer Lawrence for another round of adventures, but this time, there’ll be a lot of singing.
Leonardo DiCaprio – Eyed For the Role of Frank Sinatra In Martin Scorsese’s Planned Biopic
Martin Scorsese, 81, is reportedly planning to make a Frank Sinatra biopic after he completes his independently financed upcoming film Jesus, per Variety.
A source apparently reached out to Variety to reveal that DiCaprio, 49, would play the iconic singer-songwriter in the movie, with Jennifer Lawrence being eyed for the role of Sinatra’s second wife Ava Gardner. DiCaprio and Lawrence, 33, both played lead roles in 2021’s “Don’t Look Up.”
Reba McEntire Betrayed By Old Friend View Story
The project, however, has not been approved as Sinatra’s daughter Tina,...
And not just with Leonardo DiCaprio, he means to also bring back Jennifer Lawrence for another round of adventures, but this time, there’ll be a lot of singing.
Leonardo DiCaprio – Eyed For the Role of Frank Sinatra In Martin Scorsese’s Planned Biopic
Martin Scorsese, 81, is reportedly planning to make a Frank Sinatra biopic after he completes his independently financed upcoming film Jesus, per Variety.
A source apparently reached out to Variety to reveal that DiCaprio, 49, would play the iconic singer-songwriter in the movie, with Jennifer Lawrence being eyed for the role of Sinatra’s second wife Ava Gardner. DiCaprio and Lawrence, 33, both played lead roles in 2021’s “Don’t Look Up.”
Reba McEntire Betrayed By Old Friend View Story
The project, however, has not been approved as Sinatra’s daughter Tina,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Nmesoma Okechukwu
- Celebrating The Soaps
BAFTA has confirmed the date for next year’s film awards ceremony, which will be held Sunday, February 16, 2025.
The date means the BAFTAs will come exactly two weeks before the 2025 Oscars, set for March 2.
Once again, the British awards will take place smack in the middle of the Berlin Film Festival, which runs Feb. 13-23, meaning many Brit executives will be booking flights back from the German capital on the first festival weekend.
BAFTA has not confirmed where the 2025 awards will take place. This year’s event was held three weeks before the Oscars at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
By holding on to their pre-Oscar slot, the BAFTAs hope to maintain their position in awards season as the most important international ceremony and as a prime Academy Award predictor. The 77th BAFTA Awards correctly foreshadowed the Oppenheimer Oscar sweep as well as snubs for Martin Scorsese’s The...
The date means the BAFTAs will come exactly two weeks before the 2025 Oscars, set for March 2.
Once again, the British awards will take place smack in the middle of the Berlin Film Festival, which runs Feb. 13-23, meaning many Brit executives will be booking flights back from the German capital on the first festival weekend.
BAFTA has not confirmed where the 2025 awards will take place. This year’s event was held three weeks before the Oscars at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
By holding on to their pre-Oscar slot, the BAFTAs hope to maintain their position in awards season as the most important international ceremony and as a prime Academy Award predictor. The 77th BAFTA Awards correctly foreshadowed the Oppenheimer Oscar sweep as well as snubs for Martin Scorsese’s The...
- 4/19/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
El director planea llevar la vida del famoso cantante a la gran pantalla con un elenco de lujo.
Según Variety, el aclamado director Martin Scorsese realizará una película sobre el legendario cantante Frank Sinatra con Leonardo DiCaprio como Sinatra y Jennifer Lawrence como su segunda esposa, la actriz Ava Gardner. Scorsese y DiCaprio son colaboradores muy frecuentes. DiCaprio ha aparecido en seis largometrajes y un cortometraje realizados por Scorsese desde 2002. Por el contrario, ésta sería la primera colaboración entre el director y la actriz.
La intención de Scorsese es rodar el proyecto después de su película sobre Jesús. Sin embargo, podría tener problemas, ya que la hija del legendario cantante, Tina Sinatra, controla el patrimonio de su padre y aún no ha dado su visto bueno a la película.
Aun así, la película está despertando el interés de grandes estudios y streamers. A Apple, que financió “Killers of the Flower Moon” por 215 millones de dólares,...
Según Variety, el aclamado director Martin Scorsese realizará una película sobre el legendario cantante Frank Sinatra con Leonardo DiCaprio como Sinatra y Jennifer Lawrence como su segunda esposa, la actriz Ava Gardner. Scorsese y DiCaprio son colaboradores muy frecuentes. DiCaprio ha aparecido en seis largometrajes y un cortometraje realizados por Scorsese desde 2002. Por el contrario, ésta sería la primera colaboración entre el director y la actriz.
La intención de Scorsese es rodar el proyecto después de su película sobre Jesús. Sin embargo, podría tener problemas, ya que la hija del legendario cantante, Tina Sinatra, controla el patrimonio de su padre y aún no ha dado su visto bueno a la película.
Aun así, la película está despertando el interés de grandes estudios y streamers. A Apple, que financió “Killers of the Flower Moon” por 215 millones de dólares,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
El proyecto, que también cuenta con Miles Teller, se rodará a finales de este año.
La próxima película del aclamado director Martin Scorsese será sobre Jesús, y estará basada en el libro de Shūsaku Endō de 1973.
Según Variety, a Scorsese le gustaría reunirse con Andrew Garfield (“Hasta el Último Hombre”) para este proyecto, aunque no está claro si el actor de 40 años está siendo considerado para el papel titular o para interpretar a uno de los discípulos. Esta sería la segunda colaboración entre el actor y el director tras la película de 2016, “Silencio”. Por otro lado, Miles Teller (“Whiplash”) también estaría en conversaciones para unirse al reparto de la película.
Se espera que la producción comience a finales de este año y que el rodaje tenga lugar en Israel, Italia y Egipto, aunque rodar en Israel podría ser demasiado complicado en la situación actual.
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La próxima película del aclamado director Martin Scorsese será sobre Jesús, y estará basada en el libro de Shūsaku Endō de 1973.
Según Variety, a Scorsese le gustaría reunirse con Andrew Garfield (“Hasta el Último Hombre”) para este proyecto, aunque no está claro si el actor de 40 años está siendo considerado para el papel titular o para interpretar a uno de los discípulos. Esta sería la segunda colaboración entre el actor y el director tras la película de 2016, “Silencio”. Por otro lado, Miles Teller (“Whiplash”) también estaría en conversaciones para unirse al reparto de la película.
Se espera que la producción comience a finales de este año y que el rodaje tenga lugar en Israel, Italia y Egipto, aunque rodar en Israel podría ser demasiado complicado en la situación actual.
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- 4/19/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
According to Zack Snyder, one of the most significant Dceu storylines seems to have originated from none other than Oscar-winning star Leonardo DiCaprio. The 49-year-old actor was once considered for the role of Lex Luthor, Superman’s greatest enemy. In an exclusive interview with Josh Horowitz for the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the director disclosed that he had a meeting with the Titanic star to discuss the role in his 2016 superhero flick, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
However, Jesse Eisenberg ultimately won the role. Snyder also recalled that DiCaprio came up with the plan to pit Henry Cavill’s Superman against the Justice League. Sadly, the Dceu timeline came to an end in 2023 (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom), capping ten years of superhero films that started with Snyder’s Man of Steel (2013).
Leonardo DiCaprio in a still from Inception
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Unexpected Contribution to Henry Cavill’s Superman...
However, Jesse Eisenberg ultimately won the role. Snyder also recalled that DiCaprio came up with the plan to pit Henry Cavill’s Superman against the Justice League. Sadly, the Dceu timeline came to an end in 2023 (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom), capping ten years of superhero films that started with Snyder’s Man of Steel (2013).
Leonardo DiCaprio in a still from Inception
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Unexpected Contribution to Henry Cavill’s Superman...
- 4/19/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
Seth MacFarlane of “Family Guy” and “Ted” fame is partnering through his Seth MacFarlane Foundation with filmmaker Martin Scorsese to fund The Film Foundation’s (led by Scorsese) first-ever restoration of a curated selection of a dozen historically significant animated shorts from the 1920s through the 1940s. The announcement was made today. Among the lot are nine short animated films from the legendary team of brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, who created Betty Boop and Koko the Clown among many other memorable characters.
The films were selected and restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and The Film Foundation, in collaboration with Paramount Studio Archives. They were funded by MacFarlane and completed using unique original pre-print elements and/or print sources, mostly nitrate.
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The films were selected and restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and The Film Foundation, in collaboration with Paramount Studio Archives. They were funded by MacFarlane and completed using unique original pre-print elements and/or print sources, mostly nitrate.
See‘Ted’ prequel series from Seth MacFarlane and Peacock drops official trailer in advance of January 11 premiere
“I’m so grateful to Seth MacFarlane for his...
- 4/18/2024
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Kevin Costner is set to take on four different responsibilities this summer, as a director, co-writer, producer, and a leading star in his two-part theatrical franchise, Horizon: An American Saga. With the plot of the film series surrounding the American West during the Civil War period, Costner is once again set to appear in a Western drama.
Kevin Costner in Yellowstone
While the actor holds high hopes for his Horizon saga, there might be one star who would be less than impressed with Kevin Costner’s upcoming Western film series. It’s none other than Lily Gladstone, who previously offered her harsh criticism for Yellowstone, ahead of starring in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.
Kevin Costner’s Horizon Saga Holds High Stake at the Box Office
Turning into one of the biggest stars in the modern era of Westerns, Kevin Costner is repeatedly leading all kinds of Western projects,...
Kevin Costner in Yellowstone
While the actor holds high hopes for his Horizon saga, there might be one star who would be less than impressed with Kevin Costner’s upcoming Western film series. It’s none other than Lily Gladstone, who previously offered her harsh criticism for Yellowstone, ahead of starring in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.
Kevin Costner’s Horizon Saga Holds High Stake at the Box Office
Turning into one of the biggest stars in the modern era of Westerns, Kevin Costner is repeatedly leading all kinds of Western projects,...
- 4/18/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos says “there’s no appetite to make fewer films” at the streamer under the new film chief Dan Lin, disputing a recent New York Times article that said Netflix would move forward valuing quality over quantity and audience engagement over auteurs.
Sarandos on Thursday’s Netflix Q1 earnings call responded to a piece this week in the New York Times that said “the aim is to make Netflix’s movies better, cheaper and less frequent.”
“That was not a quote from Dan, and I would say that nor did we participate in that article. There is no appetite to make fewer films,” Sarandos responded. “But there is an unlimited appetite to make better films always, even though we have made and are making great films, we want to make them better of course.”
Lin joined Netflix at the start of April to replace Scott Stuber, who...
Sarandos on Thursday’s Netflix Q1 earnings call responded to a piece this week in the New York Times that said “the aim is to make Netflix’s movies better, cheaper and less frequent.”
“That was not a quote from Dan, and I would say that nor did we participate in that article. There is no appetite to make fewer films,” Sarandos responded. “But there is an unlimited appetite to make better films always, even though we have made and are making great films, we want to make them better of course.”
Lin joined Netflix at the start of April to replace Scott Stuber, who...
- 4/18/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Nicole Kidman’s friends and collaborators will be in the building when she is honored at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala.
AFI shared that Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Naomi Watts and Reese Witherspoon are set as presenters for the gala, scheduled to take place at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on April 27.
Fellow AFI Life Achievement Award winner Streep worked with Kidman on HBO’s Big Little Lies, as did Witherspoon. Both Kidman and Witherspoon served as executive producers of the Emmy Award-winning hit series. Watts is a longtime friend of Kidman, dating back to their early acting careers. They both starred in the 1991 feature Flirting. Freeman and Kidman collaborated on the Paramount series Lioness for Taylor Sheridan.
“Nicole Kidman embodies the glamour and romance of Hollywood past — a true screen icon — but she is also a risk taker — and so each performance is something new and something profound,...
AFI shared that Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Naomi Watts and Reese Witherspoon are set as presenters for the gala, scheduled to take place at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on April 27.
Fellow AFI Life Achievement Award winner Streep worked with Kidman on HBO’s Big Little Lies, as did Witherspoon. Both Kidman and Witherspoon served as executive producers of the Emmy Award-winning hit series. Watts is a longtime friend of Kidman, dating back to their early acting careers. They both starred in the 1991 feature Flirting. Freeman and Kidman collaborated on the Paramount series Lioness for Taylor Sheridan.
“Nicole Kidman embodies the glamour and romance of Hollywood past — a true screen icon — but she is also a risk taker — and so each performance is something new and something profound,...
- 4/18/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Martin Scorsese fans might have experienced a bit of deja vu after Variety exclusively reported that a Frank Sinatra biopic is one of two films the Oscar-winning director is planning to shoot back to back. The other is a movie about Jesus, the director’s second after 1988’s “The Last Temptation of Christ.” But it’s the Sinatra biopic that has long been a white whale of sorts for Scorsese.
Per Variety’s report, Scorsese’s Sinatra movie is eyeing his longtime muse Leonardo DiCaprio to star as the crooner — and the actor’s “Don’t Look Up” co-star Jennifer Lawrence to play his second wife, the famous Hollywood actress Ava Gardner (who factored into Scorsese’s “The Aviator” and was played by Kate Beckinsale). Sony is reportedly the frontrunner to nab the project, which Scorsese once tried and failed to get off the ground several years ago.
Back during his...
Per Variety’s report, Scorsese’s Sinatra movie is eyeing his longtime muse Leonardo DiCaprio to star as the crooner — and the actor’s “Don’t Look Up” co-star Jennifer Lawrence to play his second wife, the famous Hollywood actress Ava Gardner (who factored into Scorsese’s “The Aviator” and was played by Kate Beckinsale). Sony is reportedly the frontrunner to nab the project, which Scorsese once tried and failed to get off the ground several years ago.
Back during his...
- 4/18/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
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