Many episodes of The Office started with a cold open. This tactic jumped right into the middle of a story that had nothing to do with the episode’s narrative but stood alone as a mini arc. Many of the cold opens from The Office are fan favorites, including the one from the season 6 premiere “Gossip” where Michael (Steve Carell), Andy (Ed Helms), and Dwight (Rainn Wilson) do parkour. Behind the scenes, Toby Flenderson actor Paul Lieberstein is the reason that scene became as funny as it did — find out why.
Steve Carell as Michael Scott | Peacock/NBC Paul Lieberstein’s directing changed ‘The Office’ parkour scene
According to Lieberstein, who wrote and directed the episode, the parkour scene wasn’t choreographed. He did tell the actors that the goal was to “just mess up the room as much as possible.”
However, after an underwhelming first take, Lieberstein made a change.
Steve Carell as Michael Scott | Peacock/NBC Paul Lieberstein’s directing changed ‘The Office’ parkour scene
According to Lieberstein, who wrote and directed the episode, the parkour scene wasn’t choreographed. He did tell the actors that the goal was to “just mess up the room as much as possible.”
However, after an underwhelming first take, Lieberstein made a change.
- 1/29/2023
- by Lauren Anderson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio was running for the highest office in New York City, he promised to build on Mayor Bloomberg’s legacy of supporting the continued growth of film and television production in the city by helping the film industry spread into the outer boroughs. With cleanup of the Gowanus Canal threatening to close Brooklyn-based Eastern Effects’ main facility – including their main sound stage and productions office that have served as the home of FX’s “The Americans” – many in the New York film industry showed up at City Hall on Wednesday to call on the mayor to deliver on those promises.
“Last Thursday the Epa made it official, our studio, which we’ve spent invested years of our lives and millions of loaned dollars, will be demolished for a temporary staging site for Gowanus Canal cleanup. We are here today to call on the city to step in and save us,...
“Last Thursday the Epa made it official, our studio, which we’ve spent invested years of our lives and millions of loaned dollars, will be demolished for a temporary staging site for Gowanus Canal cleanup. We are here today to call on the city to step in and save us,...
- 6/17/2016
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
From rock operas to Wes Craven to Dazzler, here's some Marvel movies that never quite made it...
Recently, we looked at the DC movies that never got the greenlight. We saw hordes of Superman movies which didn’t make it to screen, along with Batman film ideas and whole hosts of other DC heroes whose movies plummeted out of production (You can read that piece here).
On the other side of the superhero cinema fence, we have the seemingly all-encompassing, game-changing Marvel Cinematic Universe at the height of its powers, the X-Men franchise in rude health and the still-fresh memory of Spider-Man’s hasty reboot. You could be forgiven for thinking that not as many Marvel movies have struggled to get made as their DC counterparts.
However, having delved once more into the ancient scrolls of cinema history (still better known as extensive Googling), we can confirm there’s plenty...
Recently, we looked at the DC movies that never got the greenlight. We saw hordes of Superman movies which didn’t make it to screen, along with Batman film ideas and whole hosts of other DC heroes whose movies plummeted out of production (You can read that piece here).
On the other side of the superhero cinema fence, we have the seemingly all-encompassing, game-changing Marvel Cinematic Universe at the height of its powers, the X-Men franchise in rude health and the still-fresh memory of Spider-Man’s hasty reboot. You could be forgiven for thinking that not as many Marvel movies have struggled to get made as their DC counterparts.
However, having delved once more into the ancient scrolls of cinema history (still better known as extensive Googling), we can confirm there’s plenty...
- 9/4/2014
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
Honoring the best in social media, the 2014 Shorty Awards nominees were announced on Monday (February 24).
On April 7th, winners will be celebrated at the New York Times Center in a live-streamed ceremony at ShortyAwards.com.
Among the nominees are Lena Dunham, Jimmy Fallon, Chloe Moretz, One Direction, Justin Bieber, and Demi Lovato.
Honored for their web-based projects were Amy Poehler's "Smart Girls at the Party" Tumblr and Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" web series. Check out the nominees below.
#Actor
Aaron Paul, @aaronpaul_8
Joshua Malina, @JoshMalina
Orlando Jones, @TheOrlandoJones
Arthur Aguiar, @Aguiarthur
Shahrukh Khan, @iamsrk
Misha Collins, @mishacollins
Dylan O'Brien, @dylanobrien
#Actress
Felicia Day, @feliciaday
Lena Dunham, @lenadunham
Retta, @unfoRETTAble
Lua Blanco, @Lua_Blanco
Sophia Abrahão, @sophiaabrahao
Chloë Grace Moretz, @ChloeGMoretz
Miranda Cosgrove, @MirandaCosgrove
#Band
Fifth Harmony, @FifthHarmony
One Direction, @onedirection
Big Time Rush, @bigtimerush
The Script, @thescript
Tokio Hotel, @tokiohotel
5 Seconds of Summer, @5Sos
EMBLEM3, @EmblemThree
#Celebrity
Aaron Paul,...
On April 7th, winners will be celebrated at the New York Times Center in a live-streamed ceremony at ShortyAwards.com.
Among the nominees are Lena Dunham, Jimmy Fallon, Chloe Moretz, One Direction, Justin Bieber, and Demi Lovato.
Honored for their web-based projects were Amy Poehler's "Smart Girls at the Party" Tumblr and Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" web series. Check out the nominees below.
#Actor
Aaron Paul, @aaronpaul_8
Joshua Malina, @JoshMalina
Orlando Jones, @TheOrlandoJones
Arthur Aguiar, @Aguiarthur
Shahrukh Khan, @iamsrk
Misha Collins, @mishacollins
Dylan O'Brien, @dylanobrien
#Actress
Felicia Day, @feliciaday
Lena Dunham, @lenadunham
Retta, @unfoRETTAble
Lua Blanco, @Lua_Blanco
Sophia Abrahão, @sophiaabrahao
Chloë Grace Moretz, @ChloeGMoretz
Miranda Cosgrove, @MirandaCosgrove
#Band
Fifth Harmony, @FifthHarmony
One Direction, @onedirection
Big Time Rush, @bigtimerush
The Script, @thescript
Tokio Hotel, @tokiohotel
5 Seconds of Summer, @5Sos
EMBLEM3, @EmblemThree
#Celebrity
Aaron Paul,...
- 2/25/2014
- GossipCenter
Usher made history on July 4, becoming the first person to ever help curate the music playlist for the Macy's 4th Of July Fireworks celebration over New York's Hudson River.
"Me curating, it's far more than me just showing up and allowing my name to be on a bill. I wanted to represent America. I wanted people to understand something more about me artistically," Usher told The New York Daily News in an interview before the fireworks show. "It's not just me being a dancer on a stage, but being able to recognize other incredible people and what they've done. To highlight incredible things we've overcome as people in America. Making an investment and being able to empathize and understand and give credence to some of the things we’ve had to overcome. And that right there is what I think creates a legendary artist, a legendary person, a legendary show.
"Me curating, it's far more than me just showing up and allowing my name to be on a bill. I wanted to represent America. I wanted people to understand something more about me artistically," Usher told The New York Daily News in an interview before the fireworks show. "It's not just me being a dancer on a stage, but being able to recognize other incredible people and what they've done. To highlight incredible things we've overcome as people in America. Making an investment and being able to empathize and understand and give credence to some of the things we’ve had to overcome. And that right there is what I think creates a legendary artist, a legendary person, a legendary show.
- 7/5/2013
- by Christopher Rosen
- Huffington Post
"The Amazing Spider-Man" has been taking the box office by storm. Since opening on July 3, the film has made $75.5 million domestically, and could eventually compete with the Sam Raimi trilogy for top Spidey franchise. However, while the Tobey Maguire-starring "Spider-Man" films are praised by both critics and audiences, they were not the first attempt to get the friendly neighborhood superhero onto the big screen. Over the last three decades, there have been several versions of "Spider-Man" that almost came to be: from a corny B-movie to an R-rated epic from James Cameron. Moviefone takes a look back at the "Spider-Man" moves that almost happened. A "Spider-Man" Monster Movie, directed by Tobe Hooper ("Texas Chainsaw Massacre") The first studio to acquire the rights to "Spider-Man" was Cannon Films (the people behind '80s fare like "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo," "Masters of the Universe" and "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
- 7/5/2012
- by Eric Larnick
- Moviefone
I can't remember a time I went to the Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) press launch and looked over the list of films and saw so many I was interested in seeing. The claim to fame for over the years is to call it the largest and most-highly attended festival in the United States. This is a fact I've often taken issue with as I don't equate quantity with quality. Granted, there has been a large number of quality features to play the fest over the years, including Golden Space Needle (Best Film) winners such as Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), My Life as a Dog (1987), Trainspotting (1996), Run Lola Run (1999), Whale Rider (2003) and even recent Best Director winner, Michel Hazanavicius's Oss 117: Nest of Spies in 2006. That said, looking over this year's crop of films I see a lot of films I will be doing my absolute best to see.
- 4/27/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
An array of remote camera rigs, a real-time color film processing system and Pixar Animation Studio's subdivision surface development team are among the 17 winners of the annual Scientific and Technical Academy Awards. The winners, announced Tuesday, will receive recognition from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Sci-Tech Oscars on Feb. 18 at the Beverly Hilton. Academy Awards for Scientific and Technical achievements for 2005 include a Technical Achievement Award (Academy Certificate) to Gary Thieltges for the design and development of the remotely operated, lightweight camera head known as the Sparrow Head; Frank Fletcher and Dave Sherwin for the introduction and continuing development of the Power Pod modular camera head system; Alvah Miller, Michael Sorensen and J. Walt Adamczyk for the design and development of the Aerohead motion control camera head and the J-Viz Pre-Visualization system; and Scott Leva for the design and development of the Precision Stunt Airbag for motion picture stunt falls.
- 1/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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