Fallout is undeniably a post-apocalyptic franchise with a heavy lean towards science fiction. However, the best description for this tough old world is the ‘Weird West:’ a literary goulash of sole survivors, urban legends, horror, science fiction, and the outright supernatural. It’s the latter element that’s most controversial to fans who may prefer the grimdark future trappings of a Brotherhood of Steel working on independently establishing their Warhammer future. Yet, those supernatural qualities are persistent throughout the series in fascinating ways.
The original Interplay Fallout entries kept most of their weirdest oddities non-canonical by making them rare, luck-based encounters. Things like King Arthur by way of Monty Python and a British blue telephone box aren’t actually part of the Fallout world. A crashed alien ship with a blaster and a picture of Elvis was just a cute joke… until Bethesda made the Zetans canon years later. But even in the original Fallout,...
The original Interplay Fallout entries kept most of their weirdest oddities non-canonical by making them rare, luck-based encounters. Things like King Arthur by way of Monty Python and a British blue telephone box aren’t actually part of the Fallout world. A crashed alien ship with a blaster and a picture of Elvis was just a cute joke… until Bethesda made the Zetans canon years later. But even in the original Fallout,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
Warning: this Inside No. 9 review contains plot spoilers.
Nine characters! And we knew them all in what, under three minutes? That has to be some kind of screenwriting record. You can watch hours and hours of other shows and come away barely on nodding terms with the lead roles. Here, inside a few lines of dialogue, it was easy to imagine the “Boo to a Goose” ensemble – Gerry, Edith, Elena, Wilma, Cleo, Harold, Raymond, Finn and Mossy – walking off the screen and into their lives.
Well, until that final reveal it was easy to imagine. After that, things turned excitingly unfamiliar.
What began as a morality play about prejudice and compassion twisted into a dystopian sci-fi based on that most Inside No. 9 of Inside No. 9 things – a pun. What if, asks the episode, the “replacement service” sent to the trapped passengers on a Liverpool underground train wasn’t replacing the train,...
Nine characters! And we knew them all in what, under three minutes? That has to be some kind of screenwriting record. You can watch hours and hours of other shows and come away barely on nodding terms with the lead roles. Here, inside a few lines of dialogue, it was easy to imagine the “Boo to a Goose” ensemble – Gerry, Edith, Elena, Wilma, Cleo, Harold, Raymond, Finn and Mossy – walking off the screen and into their lives.
Well, until that final reveal it was easy to imagine. After that, things turned excitingly unfamiliar.
What began as a morality play about prejudice and compassion twisted into a dystopian sci-fi based on that most Inside No. 9 of Inside No. 9 things – a pun. What if, asks the episode, the “replacement service” sent to the trapped passengers on a Liverpool underground train wasn’t replacing the train,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Dianna Agron and her boyfriend Harold Ancart are flaunting some cute Pda!
The Glee alum and the 44-year-old artist were spotted sharing a sweet kiss while strolling the streets together over the weekend in New York City.
Dianna and Harold held hands while walking down the block and then shared a kiss on a street corner.
The sighting came just days before Dianna‘s birthday. She just turned 38 on Tuesday (April 30) and she has lots to celebrate these days!
Dianna just wrapped a successful concert run at the Cafe Carlyle in NYC.
“Thank you to everyone who came to see us during this last Carlyle residency. It was another round of joy and I still feel it. The nightly energy from each audience, an equal part of the show, is a thrill to discover and be met with, so wonderfully alive. It is always inspiring to have the beautiful leadership...
The Glee alum and the 44-year-old artist were spotted sharing a sweet kiss while strolling the streets together over the weekend in New York City.
Dianna and Harold held hands while walking down the block and then shared a kiss on a street corner.
The sighting came just days before Dianna‘s birthday. She just turned 38 on Tuesday (April 30) and she has lots to celebrate these days!
Dianna just wrapped a successful concert run at the Cafe Carlyle in NYC.
“Thank you to everyone who came to see us during this last Carlyle residency. It was another round of joy and I still feel it. The nightly energy from each audience, an equal part of the show, is a thrill to discover and be met with, so wonderfully alive. It is always inspiring to have the beautiful leadership...
- 5/1/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Dianna Agron and her boyfriend Harold Ancart enjoyed a cozy day together in New York City!
On Saturday (April 27), the 37-year-old Glee actress and the Belgian painter stepped out in Tribeca.
Looking chic in a long trench coat, Dianna held hands with Harold. She accessorized with a pair of sunglasses and carried a black bag.
Keep reading to find out more…
She and Harold looked like they were having a good time and were all smiles.
This is a rare outing for the duo. We got some new photos of them earlier this month. Last time that we saw them together was all the way back in December.
Dianna and Harold went official with their relationship in 2022, but there are reports that they might have been an item for even longer.
Did you know that Dianna has dated some other famous stars before finding Harold?
Scroll through all of the...
On Saturday (April 27), the 37-year-old Glee actress and the Belgian painter stepped out in Tribeca.
Looking chic in a long trench coat, Dianna held hands with Harold. She accessorized with a pair of sunglasses and carried a black bag.
Keep reading to find out more…
She and Harold looked like they were having a good time and were all smiles.
This is a rare outing for the duo. We got some new photos of them earlier this month. Last time that we saw them together was all the way back in December.
Dianna and Harold went official with their relationship in 2022, but there are reports that they might have been an item for even longer.
Did you know that Dianna has dated some other famous stars before finding Harold?
Scroll through all of the...
- 4/28/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Prepare to embark on a captivating journey into the heart of Earth itself with the latest episode of “The Blue Lizard Effect” titled “Earth.” Set to air at 10:00 Am on Saturday, May 4, 2024, on Travel Channel, this episode promises to be a mesmerizing exploration of nature’s wonders.
Join host Jason as he delves into the rich tapestry of Aruba, connecting the ancient past with the vibrant present. Alongside Harold, Dimitry, and Trudy, Jason discovers the profound beauty of living creatively, finding inspiration in ceramics, history, and the depths of his own dreams.
Through breathtaking scenery and engaging encounters, “Earth” offers viewers a unique perspective on the interconnectedness of life and the boundless potential found within the natural world. Don’t miss this opportunity to be inspired and uplifted as “The Blue Lizard Effect” takes you on an unforgettable adventure into the depths of Earth’s mysteries.
Release Date & Time:...
Join host Jason as he delves into the rich tapestry of Aruba, connecting the ancient past with the vibrant present. Alongside Harold, Dimitry, and Trudy, Jason discovers the profound beauty of living creatively, finding inspiration in ceramics, history, and the depths of his own dreams.
Through breathtaking scenery and engaging encounters, “Earth” offers viewers a unique perspective on the interconnectedness of life and the boundless potential found within the natural world. Don’t miss this opportunity to be inspired and uplifted as “The Blue Lizard Effect” takes you on an unforgettable adventure into the depths of Earth’s mysteries.
Release Date & Time:...
- 4/27/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Do you remember the very first moment when you realized a movie could be far more than just a brief, amiable diversion from the temporal slog of life as an extant human? That first moment you realized film could be art capable of providing a fully nourishing spiritual experience? That perhaps even made you want to become a filmmaker in order to provide that experience to someone else? Just as important: Do you recall the most recent movie that gave you that same feeling or fit of inspiration? Well, in this week’s Survey Says that’s just what we asked: What’s the first movie you saw that you considered a masterpiece… and the most recent?
Thirty-plus years of Film Independent Artist Development, of course, means access to the accumulated wisdom Film Independent Fellows. So with our latest query in hand, we took a trip down memory road to...
Thirty-plus years of Film Independent Artist Development, of course, means access to the accumulated wisdom Film Independent Fellows. So with our latest query in hand, we took a trip down memory road to...
- 4/22/2024
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent News & More
Clockwise from top left: The Big Lebowski (Universal), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Warner Bros.), Half Baked (Universal/Screenshot/YouTube), Heavy Metal (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)Graphic: AVClub
Congratulations, you’re high (in a state where it’s legal)! Depending on your mood and level of baked, you may find yourself...
Congratulations, you’re high (in a state where it’s legal)! Depending on your mood and level of baked, you may find yourself...
- 4/20/2024
- by Stacie Hougland
- avclub.com
Disney is moving forward with another movie based on a beloved theme park attraction. This time it’s Space Mountain. The film will join the likes of Pirates of the Caribbean, Jungle Cruise and The Haunted Mansion as Disney seeks to expand its theme park attractions into movies and licensed products.
While the movie has been in development limbo for quite some time, it’s being resuscitated by the showrunners of Netflix’s short-lived live-action Cowboy Bebop series which… was a thing.
Per The Hollywood Reporter…
Action scribes Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec are going to Disneyland.
The prolific team behind Amazon’s high-profile spy series Citadel and showrunners on Netflix’s adaptation of Cowboy Bebop, have been tapped to write Disney’s live-action adaptation of Space Mountain.
Jonathan Eirich from Rideback, the banner that is behind Netflix’s hit live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series, is producing the feature,...
While the movie has been in development limbo for quite some time, it’s being resuscitated by the showrunners of Netflix’s short-lived live-action Cowboy Bebop series which… was a thing.
Per The Hollywood Reporter…
Action scribes Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec are going to Disneyland.
The prolific team behind Amazon’s high-profile spy series Citadel and showrunners on Netflix’s adaptation of Cowboy Bebop, have been tapped to write Disney’s live-action adaptation of Space Mountain.
Jonathan Eirich from Rideback, the banner that is behind Netflix’s hit live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series, is producing the feature,...
- 4/19/2024
- by PNP Newsroom
- Pirates & Princesses
In case you’ve forgotten (I certainly did), Disney has been developing a Space Mountain movie based on the popular theme park attraction. It’s been a while since we last heard about the project, but THR reports that the studio has tapped Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec to pen the script.
Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec are best known for writing Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but from what I understand, the Space Mountain ride doesn’t really have any memorable scenes or characters like those found in Pirates of the Caribbean, so the project could really go in any direction.
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The Space Mountain movie was first announced close to four years ago, with Joby Harold (Obi-Wan Kenobi) set to write and produce.
Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec are best known for writing Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but from what I understand, the Space Mountain ride doesn’t really have any memorable scenes or characters like those found in Pirates of the Caribbean, so the project could really go in any direction.
Related The CW picks up the Transylvania pilot
The Space Mountain movie was first announced close to four years ago, with Joby Harold (Obi-Wan Kenobi) set to write and produce.
- 4/19/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Disney is once again trying to make a "Space Mountain" movie happen. This is one of the company's most cherished theme park rides as a staple of both Disneyland and Disney World for decades. Now, a pair of new writers have been brought on board to try and crack the code with this long-gestating adaptation. Whether or not they will be the ones to get it across the finish line is another question entirely.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec have been tapped to write the latest iteration of "Space Mountain" for Disney. Plot details are being kept under wraps for the time being. Applebaum and Nemec are known for their work on Amazon's wildly expensive series "Citadel," as well as Netflix's live-action "Cowboy Bebop" series, which was canceled after just one season. Jonathan Eirich is on board to produce the film alongside Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell,...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec have been tapped to write the latest iteration of "Space Mountain" for Disney. Plot details are being kept under wraps for the time being. Applebaum and Nemec are known for their work on Amazon's wildly expensive series "Citadel," as well as Netflix's live-action "Cowboy Bebop" series, which was canceled after just one season. Jonathan Eirich is on board to produce the film alongside Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec (Citadel) have been tapped to script a live-action Space Mountain movie for Disney, Deadline can confirm.
While details as to the plot of the film are under wraps, it’s based on the theme park attraction first introduced to Disneyland on January 15, 1975. Jonathan Eirich will produce for Rideback, alongside Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell for Safehouse, with Rideback’s Ryan Halprin is exec producing. Harold also completed a previous draft of the script.
One of Disney’s most iconic and beloved attractions, Space Mountain marked a significant milestone as the world’s first indoor, fully enclosed roller coaster. Designed by Imagineer John Hench and built by Wed Enterprises, now known as Walt Disney Imagineering, its concept originated in the 1960s during the space race era, with Walt Disney himself expressing interest in creating a space-themed attraction. After its successful launch in Disneyland, Space Mountain quickly...
While details as to the plot of the film are under wraps, it’s based on the theme park attraction first introduced to Disneyland on January 15, 1975. Jonathan Eirich will produce for Rideback, alongside Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell for Safehouse, with Rideback’s Ryan Halprin is exec producing. Harold also completed a previous draft of the script.
One of Disney’s most iconic and beloved attractions, Space Mountain marked a significant milestone as the world’s first indoor, fully enclosed roller coaster. Designed by Imagineer John Hench and built by Wed Enterprises, now known as Walt Disney Imagineering, its concept originated in the 1960s during the space race era, with Walt Disney himself expressing interest in creating a space-themed attraction. After its successful launch in Disneyland, Space Mountain quickly...
- 4/19/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Action scribes Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec are going to Disneyland.
The prolific team behind Amazon’s high-profile spy series Citadel and showrunners on Netflix’s adaptation of Cowboy Bebop have been tapped to write Disney’s live-action adaptation of Space Mountain.
Jonathan Eirich from Rideback, the banner that is behind Netflix’s hit live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series, is producing the feature, which has been in development for several years, along with Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell of Safehouse Pictures. Harold was the project’s previous writer. Rideback’s Ryan Halprin is exec producing.
Space Mountain is the venerable space-themed indoor roller coaster that was first introduced in Florida’s Walt Disney World Resort in 1975, followed by an installation in California’s Disneyland in 1977. It became a fixture in the Tomorrowland section as other parks opened up and is now in five of the six parks around the world.
The prolific team behind Amazon’s high-profile spy series Citadel and showrunners on Netflix’s adaptation of Cowboy Bebop have been tapped to write Disney’s live-action adaptation of Space Mountain.
Jonathan Eirich from Rideback, the banner that is behind Netflix’s hit live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series, is producing the feature, which has been in development for several years, along with Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell of Safehouse Pictures. Harold was the project’s previous writer. Rideback’s Ryan Halprin is exec producing.
Space Mountain is the venerable space-themed indoor roller coaster that was first introduced in Florida’s Walt Disney World Resort in 1975, followed by an installation in California’s Disneyland in 1977. It became a fixture in the Tomorrowland section as other parks opened up and is now in five of the six parks around the world.
- 4/19/2024
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nathan Zellner and David Zellner’s Sasquatch Sunset is stomping into circa 850 theaters this weekend after debuting in 9 with a solid opening for a film many could find weird. A tribe of Sasquatch, possibly the last of their kind, live and love in the woods of northern California, where it was shot.
“We are taking Bigfoot to America. We have high hopes that the broader market will embrace the movie,” says Kyle Davies of distributor Bleecker Street, calling it “a very different” kind of movie and “a bit of an unknown.”
“It’s a wildcard.”
Marketing was mainly through social activations. “I wouldn’t call it traditional marketing. It doesn’t really fit in that box,” Davies adds. The Sasquatch standees in theaters are fun. And Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar is displaying a baby Sasquatch sitting in a glass case with umbilical cord and placenta.
This is “a polarizing film.
“We are taking Bigfoot to America. We have high hopes that the broader market will embrace the movie,” says Kyle Davies of distributor Bleecker Street, calling it “a very different” kind of movie and “a bit of an unknown.”
“It’s a wildcard.”
Marketing was mainly through social activations. “I wouldn’t call it traditional marketing. It doesn’t really fit in that box,” Davies adds. The Sasquatch standees in theaters are fun. And Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar is displaying a baby Sasquatch sitting in a glass case with umbilical cord and placenta.
This is “a polarizing film.
- 4/19/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
British royal family news divulges that Meghan Markle has a brand-new corporate identity, ‘American Riviera Orchard.’
She and her husband Prince Harry fled from the monarchy in 2020 and this is the latest hot air project to be floated from their Montecito Word Salad Farm.
The little outfit has nothing to see here, literally no merch on the shelves. The venture may be making Harold a tad uncomfortable. A royal expert explains why.
Royal Family News – American Riviera Oh My
Tom Quinn told the Mirror “Harry thinks the new brand is a great idea because it’s Meghan’s idea – he’s still so loved up that she can do no wrong in his eyes.
We have to remember that he grew up in a family that would’ve looked down on this kind of commercial enterprise, so there is a part of Harry that’s uncomfortable which is why we...
She and her husband Prince Harry fled from the monarchy in 2020 and this is the latest hot air project to be floated from their Montecito Word Salad Farm.
The little outfit has nothing to see here, literally no merch on the shelves. The venture may be making Harold a tad uncomfortable. A royal expert explains why.
Royal Family News – American Riviera Oh My
Tom Quinn told the Mirror “Harry thinks the new brand is a great idea because it’s Meghan’s idea – he’s still so loved up that she can do no wrong in his eyes.
We have to remember that he grew up in a family that would’ve looked down on this kind of commercial enterprise, so there is a part of Harry that’s uncomfortable which is why we...
- 4/18/2024
- by Tanya Clark
- Celebrating The Soaps
“Villains Incorporated” is a new live-action comedy feature, directed by Jeremy Warner, starring Mallory Everton, Colin Mochrie and Jason Grey, releasing April 19, 2024 in theaters:
“…after the death of their boss, ‘Beatrix’, ‘Cain’ and ‘Harold’ are left destitute living in an abandoned grocery store.
“But Beatrix is determined that they will fight on their own and take over the world by any means necessary…”
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“…after the death of their boss, ‘Beatrix’, ‘Cain’ and ‘Harold’ are left destitute living in an abandoned grocery store.
“But Beatrix is determined that they will fight on their own and take over the world by any means necessary…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 4/15/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
One glance at Harold Halibut’s eye-catching stop-motion aesthetics is enough to sell you on the vibe of this peculiar adventure game. But though it walks and talks with the swagger of Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, the decision from developers Slow Bros. to tell this story in an interactive medium is a deadly one. Harold Halibut dabbles in many things—Kafkaesque scenarios, capitalist critiques, alien philosophies—but the one thing it intentionally eschews are puzzles. And the result is a frictionless walking simulator.
It’s no accident that Harold Halibut begins on Day 18250 A.C. (after crash) with your eponymous character being hauled into the All Water offices by the local constable. Harold is drowning in the rules and regulations of the shipwrecked and submerged Fedora (Federation of Residents in Airspace), and every day is much the same tedious slog as the last. “Only boring people get bored,...
It’s no accident that Harold Halibut begins on Day 18250 A.C. (after crash) with your eponymous character being hauled into the All Water offices by the local constable. Harold is drowning in the rules and regulations of the shipwrecked and submerged Fedora (Federation of Residents in Airspace), and every day is much the same tedious slog as the last. “Only boring people get bored,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Aaron Riccio
- Slant Magazine
There's an assumption, especially nowadays in the post-Judd Apatow filmmaking era, that comedies are great big improv fests. A finished script is nice and all, but when you put a bunch of funny people together, you'd be loath not to let them riff up a storm; give yourself a multitude of options in the edit, and, provided your cast brings their A game, you'll wind up finding the funniest possible version of your movie. It's comedy Cassavetes!
This is, of course, nonsense. While great actors are capable of improving a scene via a sudden bolt of inspiration -- be it dramatic or comedic -- you don't waltz into a production with a bare template in the hopes that your cast will deliver inspired daily punch-ups. You plan the living hell out of your movie because you've got to make days; falling behind schedule means going over budget, and unless...
This is, of course, nonsense. While great actors are capable of improving a scene via a sudden bolt of inspiration -- be it dramatic or comedic -- you don't waltz into a production with a bare template in the hopes that your cast will deliver inspired daily punch-ups. You plan the living hell out of your movie because you've got to make days; falling behind schedule means going over budget, and unless...
- 4/15/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
British royal family news reveals that Prince Harry and Prince William can’t keep avoiding each other for the rest of their natural born lives—can they?
Actually, they have done a great job so far, staying out of the same room for months on end.
But their forced restrictions could be coming to an end with two hugely important save the dates coming up. Read on to discover how William and Harold may be forced to bury the hatchet.
Royal News – William And Harry Finally Bury The Hatchet?
First, the estranged brothers could find themselves face to face at a VIP June wedding. On Friday, June 7 Hugh Grosvenor, The Duke of Westminster, will marry Olivia Henson at Chester Cathedral in England.
It’s been reported that King Charles and Queen Camilla are invited, although it’s unclear if Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and William will be in attendance.
Actually, they have done a great job so far, staying out of the same room for months on end.
But their forced restrictions could be coming to an end with two hugely important save the dates coming up. Read on to discover how William and Harold may be forced to bury the hatchet.
Royal News – William And Harry Finally Bury The Hatchet?
First, the estranged brothers could find themselves face to face at a VIP June wedding. On Friday, June 7 Hugh Grosvenor, The Duke of Westminster, will marry Olivia Henson at Chester Cathedral in England.
It’s been reported that King Charles and Queen Camilla are invited, although it’s unclear if Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and William will be in attendance.
- 4/13/2024
- by Tanya Clark
- Celebrating The Soaps
Dianna Agron and her boyfriend Harold Ancart are stepping out for a romantic walk together!
The 37-year-old Glee alum and the 44-year-old artist were spotted on a rare public outing on Friday (April 12) in New York City.
Dianna and Harold held hands as they strolled the streets of the Big Apple. Dianna wore a maroon baseball cap and a long black jacket for the breezy spring weather.
The couple was last photographed together back in December 2023 when they went out for a very Pda-filled walk in SoHo. See all the pics here!
If you haven’t seen, we ranked the Glee cast according to their popularity! Find out who has the most Instagram followers.
Browse through the gallery to see more photos of Dianna Agron and Harold Ancart in New York…...
The 37-year-old Glee alum and the 44-year-old artist were spotted on a rare public outing on Friday (April 12) in New York City.
Dianna and Harold held hands as they strolled the streets of the Big Apple. Dianna wore a maroon baseball cap and a long black jacket for the breezy spring weather.
The couple was last photographed together back in December 2023 when they went out for a very Pda-filled walk in SoHo. See all the pics here!
If you haven’t seen, we ranked the Glee cast according to their popularity! Find out who has the most Instagram followers.
Browse through the gallery to see more photos of Dianna Agron and Harold Ancart in New York…...
- 4/13/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The stellar video game adaptation that is "Fallout" has finally arrived on Prime Video. The show presents an immersive alternate future that feels akin to the games while weaving a whole new wasteland-based tale. One of the "Fallout" series' great strengths is the depth of its in-game world, which lends itself to telling multiple stories from numerous characters' perspectives. Each game in the series, which kicked off with 1997's top-down RPG "Fallout," tells a different story set in a retrofuturist alternate reality where the world was decimated by nuclear war in 2077. The games have been set across this post-apocalyptic U.S., from Appalachia to Vegas, and feature a different protagonist each time.
The streaming series is canon with the "Fallout" games, and takes a similar approach, debuting characters and a narrative that are completely original creations while depicting the unique wasteland of the games in vivid detail. Jonathan Nolan, who...
The streaming series is canon with the "Fallout" games, and takes a similar approach, debuting characters and a narrative that are completely original creations while depicting the unique wasteland of the games in vivid detail. Jonathan Nolan, who...
- 4/12/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Warner Bros’ is pushing M. Night Shyamalan’s latest genre movie, Trap, from Aug. 2 to Aug. 9.
The news comes ahead of Warner Bros. studio presentation tomorrow, Tuesday, at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Nv.
The movie moves away from Sony’s family pic, Harold and the Purple Crayon, making it the only studio entry on Aug 2, to what is a very crowded frame on Aug. 9.
Among the wide releases already situated on Trap‘s new date is Amazon MGM’s The Fire Inside, Lionsgate’s videogame adaptation, Borderlands, Neon’s horror movie Cuckoo, and Roadside Attractions’ Jean Reno movie, My Penguin Friend.
Trap stars Josh Hartnett. Pic’s blurb: A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event.
Typically when there’s a pile-up like this, it means Warner Bros. is in the know that another film will move off of Aug.
The news comes ahead of Warner Bros. studio presentation tomorrow, Tuesday, at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Nv.
The movie moves away from Sony’s family pic, Harold and the Purple Crayon, making it the only studio entry on Aug 2, to what is a very crowded frame on Aug. 9.
Among the wide releases already situated on Trap‘s new date is Amazon MGM’s The Fire Inside, Lionsgate’s videogame adaptation, Borderlands, Neon’s horror movie Cuckoo, and Roadside Attractions’ Jean Reno movie, My Penguin Friend.
Trap stars Josh Hartnett. Pic’s blurb: A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event.
Typically when there’s a pile-up like this, it means Warner Bros. is in the know that another film will move off of Aug.
- 4/8/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
You might remember Harold and the Purple Crayon as a beloved children’s book series, but now Harold is all grown up for a live-action feature film.
The books followed a four-year-old boy named Harold who was able to create his own world with his magical crayon. Zachary Levi is playing Harold as a grown man in Sony’s new movie!
Inside of his book, adventurous Harold (Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life—and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible. When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all of Harold and his friends’ creativity to save both the real world and his own.
The books followed a four-year-old boy named Harold who was able to create his own world with his magical crayon. Zachary Levi is playing Harold as a grown man in Sony’s new movie!
Inside of his book, adventurous Harold (Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life—and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible. When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all of Harold and his friends’ creativity to save both the real world and his own.
- 3/20/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Sony Pictures has revealed the official trailer for Harold and the Purple Crayon, which is scheduled to open in theaters on August 2, 2024.
This film is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association for mild action and thematic elements.
Inside his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it.
After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life—and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible.
When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all of Harold and his friends’ creativity to save both the real world and his own.
Harold and the Purple Crayon is the first film adaptation of the beloved children’s classic that has captivated young readers for decades.
This film is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association for mild action and thematic elements.
Inside his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it.
After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life—and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible.
When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all of Harold and his friends’ creativity to save both the real world and his own.
Harold and the Purple Crayon is the first film adaptation of the beloved children’s classic that has captivated young readers for decades.
- 3/20/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Famous television producer Dick Wolf, creator of the iconic Law & Order, has a new show on Netflix called Homicide: New York. It’s about real crimes happening in New York City. The show follows cops and detectives as they try to solve these crimes and bring the community justice. One really interesting episode is called Midtown Slasher. It’s about a guy named Howard Pilmar, who was a big shot in business. Everyone loved him, but then something terrible happened—he got killed! Now, people are wondering why anyone would want to hurt someone as nice and well-respected as Howard. Was it for money, or did they have some other reason? This episode will get you all worked up and keep you on the edge of your seat with its shocking revelations. So, get ready to be hooked!
Spoilers Ahead
Who Was Howard Pilmar?
Howard Pilmar was a beloved son,...
Spoilers Ahead
Who Was Howard Pilmar?
Howard Pilmar was a beloved son,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Sutanuka Banerjee
- Film Fugitives
Zachary Levi brings a beloved children’s book character to life in the trailer for animated/live-action hybrid movie Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Carlos Saldanha’s adaptation of Crockett Johnson’s classic shows a fresh version of Harold, who is now a grown-up. In the trailer, Harold (Levi) accidentally wreaks havoc when he finds himself stepping out of the page into the human realm. With the ability to create anything with his purple crayon, Harold opens a world of possibilities, from creating terrifying flying tarantulas to producing an airplane on the fly.
Luckily, Harold isn’t navigating real life alone, as he gets help from his new friends, Moose (Lil Rel Howery) and Mel (Benjamin Bottani). Harold also gets guidance from an enigmatic figure named Gary (Jemaine Clement).
“Do you know what brought you to life?,” Gary asks Harold. “It’s what your crayon is made of. The most mysterious,...
Carlos Saldanha’s adaptation of Crockett Johnson’s classic shows a fresh version of Harold, who is now a grown-up. In the trailer, Harold (Levi) accidentally wreaks havoc when he finds himself stepping out of the page into the human realm. With the ability to create anything with his purple crayon, Harold opens a world of possibilities, from creating terrifying flying tarantulas to producing an airplane on the fly.
Luckily, Harold isn’t navigating real life alone, as he gets help from his new friends, Moose (Lil Rel Howery) and Mel (Benjamin Bottani). Harold also gets guidance from an enigmatic figure named Gary (Jemaine Clement).
“Do you know what brought you to life?,” Gary asks Harold. “It’s what your crayon is made of. The most mysterious,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The limits of imagination run wild in Sony Pictures’ trailer for Harold and the Purple Crayon, starring Zachary Levi as the keeper of a magical crayon able to bring any drawing to life! Based on the beloved children’s book written and illustrated by Crockett Johnson, the family-friendly adventure finds Levi starring as a grown-up Harold who rediscovers the power to manifest objects like a preschool Green Lantern.
Johnson’s classic novel, Harold and the Purple Crayon, is about a curious four-year-old boy with a magic purple crayon that has the power to make anything he draws become real. Hollywood has been attempting to bring the story to the big screen for decades, and it seems time has finally arrived. The new film, directed by Carlos Saldanha, presents a new spin on the story, with Zachary Levi playing a grown-up Harold who escapes from the book into the real world alongside two of his friends,...
Johnson’s classic novel, Harold and the Purple Crayon, is about a curious four-year-old boy with a magic purple crayon that has the power to make anything he draws become real. Hollywood has been attempting to bring the story to the big screen for decades, and it seems time has finally arrived. The new film, directed by Carlos Saldanha, presents a new spin on the story, with Zachary Levi playing a grown-up Harold who escapes from the book into the real world alongside two of his friends,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Sony Pictures has launched a new trailer for the live-action hybrid family adventure/comedy ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon.’
Inside his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life—and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible. When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all of Harold and his friends’ creativity to save both the real world and his own. Harold And The Purple Crayon is the first film adaptation of the beloved children’s classic that has captivated young readers for decades.
Directed by Carlos Saldanha, the movie stars Zachary Levi, Lil Rel Howery, Benjamin Bottani, Jemaine Clement, and...
Inside his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life—and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible. When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all of Harold and his friends’ creativity to save both the real world and his own. Harold And The Purple Crayon is the first film adaptation of the beloved children’s classic that has captivated young readers for decades.
Directed by Carlos Saldanha, the movie stars Zachary Levi, Lil Rel Howery, Benjamin Bottani, Jemaine Clement, and...
- 3/20/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"With the crayon, anything is possible!" Sony Pictures has revealed the first official trailer for the Harold and the Purple Crayon movie, arriving in theaters in August later this summer. Harold and the Purple Crayon is the first film adaptation of the beloved children’s classic book series by Crockett Johnson that has captivated young readers for decades. "This summer, enter a world where anything you draw comes to life." Inside of his book, adventurous Harold can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book's pages and into the physical world, Harold discovers that he has a lot to learn about real life. Directed by Carlos Saldanha and produced by John Davis, the live-action hybrid family adventure-comedy stars Zachary Levi as Harold, Lil Rel Howery, Benjamin Bottani, Jemaine Clement, Tanya Reynolds, with Alfred Molina and Zooey Deschanel. This reminds...
- 3/20/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The official trailer has been released for Sony’s “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” the children’s book adaptation from director Carlos Saldanha starring Zachary Levi and Zooey Deschanel.
Following the storyline of the 1955 children’s book from author Crockett Johnson, the film chronicles a man named Harold, played by Levi, who can create worlds with the help of his imagination and a purple crayon. In addition to Levi and Deschanel, Lil Rel Howery, Ravi Patel, Camille Guaty, Tanya Reynolds and Pete Gardner round out the film’s cast.
Saldanha’s directing background has largely taken place in the animated space, spearheading prominent children’s films such as “Ice Age,” “Rio” and its sequel “Ferdinand,” “Robots” and more. “Harold and the Purple Crayon” is set to be the director’s first live-action feature.
The property has had a long history of development, with Wild Things Productions attempting to get the...
Following the storyline of the 1955 children’s book from author Crockett Johnson, the film chronicles a man named Harold, played by Levi, who can create worlds with the help of his imagination and a purple crayon. In addition to Levi and Deschanel, Lil Rel Howery, Ravi Patel, Camille Guaty, Tanya Reynolds and Pete Gardner round out the film’s cast.
Saldanha’s directing background has largely taken place in the animated space, spearheading prominent children’s films such as “Ice Age,” “Rio” and its sequel “Ferdinand,” “Robots” and more. “Harold and the Purple Crayon” is set to be the director’s first live-action feature.
The property has had a long history of development, with Wild Things Productions attempting to get the...
- 3/20/2024
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
CBS Studios and the BBC’s period drama series “King & Conqueror” has revealed additional cast members, including “The Crown’s” Luther Ford and “Game of Thrones” actor Joseph Mawle, as it begins production in Iceland.
According to its official plot description, “King & Conqueror” is “the story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years, the roots of which stretch back decades and extend out through a pair of interconnected family dynasties, struggling for power across two countries and a raging sea. Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne, who found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown.”
Additional cast members include Eddie Marsan, Juliet Stevenson, Jean-Marc Barr, Geoff Bell, Elliot Cowan,...
According to its official plot description, “King & Conqueror” is “the story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years, the roots of which stretch back decades and extend out through a pair of interconnected family dynasties, struggling for power across two countries and a raging sea. Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne, who found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown.”
Additional cast members include Eddie Marsan, Juliet Stevenson, Jean-Marc Barr, Geoff Bell, Elliot Cowan,...
- 3/18/2024
- by Ellise Shafer and K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Paul Rudd is back for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and this time, he’s in the drivers seat of the iconic Ecto-1 vehicle.
Following 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the franchise picks up with an ancient artifact unleashing an evil force, and Ghostbusters new and old join forces to save the world from a second ice age. Original stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson — who appeared briefly in Afterlife — return to their classic roles, starring alongside Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace.
“It was so great getting to work with them on this,” Rudd told The Hollywood Reporter at the film’s New York premiere on Thursday of working with the trio. “It’s so surreal honestly. I’ve been watching Ghostbusters my whole life and I’m such a fan of theirs and a fan of the film, to be part of it is a thrill, a total thrill.
Following 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the franchise picks up with an ancient artifact unleashing an evil force, and Ghostbusters new and old join forces to save the world from a second ice age. Original stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson — who appeared briefly in Afterlife — return to their classic roles, starring alongside Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace.
“It was so great getting to work with them on this,” Rudd told The Hollywood Reporter at the film’s New York premiere on Thursday of working with the trio. “It’s so surreal honestly. I’ve been watching Ghostbusters my whole life and I’m such a fan of theirs and a fan of the film, to be part of it is a thrill, a total thrill.
- 3/15/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The upcoming adaptation of Crockett Johnson’s children’s picture book Harold and the Purple Crayon is getting ready for its summer premiere as the producers have released the first two posters for the movie. You can check them out here:
And:
Attempts to adapt Johnson’s children’s classic started back in 1992, but it wasn’t until 2021 that the idea finally became a proper project. The movie is going to be directed by Carlos Saldanha from a script written by David Guion and Michael Handelman, with Sony releasing the movie.
Zachary Levi is set to star as the titular Harold, and he was the first actor to sign on for the project. Unlike the original book, the titular protagonist is going to be portrayed as an adult man, portrayed by Zachary Levi; in the book, Harold is a child. Lil Rel Howery was announced as part of the cast...
And:
Attempts to adapt Johnson’s children’s classic started back in 1992, but it wasn’t until 2021 that the idea finally became a proper project. The movie is going to be directed by Carlos Saldanha from a script written by David Guion and Michael Handelman, with Sony releasing the movie.
Zachary Levi is set to star as the titular Harold, and he was the first actor to sign on for the project. Unlike the original book, the titular protagonist is going to be portrayed as an adult man, portrayed by Zachary Levi; in the book, Harold is a child. Lil Rel Howery was announced as part of the cast...
- 3/14/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
Harold and the Purple Crayon is a beloved children’s book written and illustrated by Crockett Johnson about a curious four-year-old boy with a magic purple crayon that has the power to make anything he draws become real. Hollywood has been attempting to bring the story to the big screen for decades, and it seems that time has finally arrived. Sony Pictures has dropped a pair of posters for the live-action adaptation of Harold and the Purple Crayon, which stars Zachary Levi.
As you might be aware, Zachary Levi is not a four-year-old boy, so the movie is obviously switching up the story somewhat. Sony hasn’t released an official plot synopsis yet, but here’s my prediction: A now grown-up Harold has mostly forgotten about his magical purple crayon, believing it was a product of his young imagination. But when Harold finds himself in debt to the mob, he...
As you might be aware, Zachary Levi is not a four-year-old boy, so the movie is obviously switching up the story somewhat. Sony hasn’t released an official plot synopsis yet, but here’s my prediction: A now grown-up Harold has mostly forgotten about his magical purple crayon, believing it was a product of his young imagination. But when Harold finds himself in debt to the mob, he...
- 3/13/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Emily Beecham and Clémence Poésy have joined James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the cast of the period drama series King and Conqueror, about the Battle of Hastings, from CBS Studios.
The show is based on the 11th-century figures Harold of Wessex, played by Norton (Happy Valley, Bob Marley: One Love) and William of Normandy, or William the Conqueror, portrayed by Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones).
Beecham (1899, Little Joe) will play Edith Swanneck, “the wife of Harold Godwinson who has never quite found her place in Harold’s family,” according to a plot description. “She married Harold for love and protection, but never expected her husband to end up fighting for the English crown.” Poésy (In Bruges, The Tunnel) will play Matilda, the wife of William of Normandy. “Raised in the cutthroat world of the royal court, she has realized that in order to succeed she has to be more devious,...
The show is based on the 11th-century figures Harold of Wessex, played by Norton (Happy Valley, Bob Marley: One Love) and William of Normandy, or William the Conqueror, portrayed by Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones).
Beecham (1899, Little Joe) will play Edith Swanneck, “the wife of Harold Godwinson who has never quite found her place in Harold’s family,” according to a plot description. “She married Harold for love and protection, but never expected her husband to end up fighting for the English crown.” Poésy (In Bruges, The Tunnel) will play Matilda, the wife of William of Normandy. “Raised in the cutthroat world of the royal court, she has realized that in order to succeed she has to be more devious,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Clémence Poésy and Emily Beecham have joined the cast of eleventh century period drama “King & Conqueror.”
Based on Middle Ages figures Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy, the upcoming BBC/CBS Studios series stars “Happy Valley’s” James Norton as Harold and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones”) as William.
Beecham (“1899”) joins as Harold’s wife Edith Swan-neck while Poésy (“In Bruges”) will play William’s wife Matilda.
Edith, who married Harold for love as well as protection, has never fitted into his family but their lives are upended further when he ends up fighting for the English crown. Meanwhile Matilda is devious, ruthless and bloodier than even her male opponents after being raised in the Flemish royal court.
“’King & Conqueror’ is the story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years, the roots of which stretch back decades...
Based on Middle Ages figures Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy, the upcoming BBC/CBS Studios series stars “Happy Valley’s” James Norton as Harold and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones”) as William.
Beecham (“1899”) joins as Harold’s wife Edith Swan-neck while Poésy (“In Bruges”) will play William’s wife Matilda.
Edith, who married Harold for love as well as protection, has never fitted into his family but their lives are upended further when he ends up fighting for the English crown. Meanwhile Matilda is devious, ruthless and bloodier than even her male opponents after being raised in the Flemish royal court.
“’King & Conqueror’ is the story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years, the roots of which stretch back decades...
- 3/5/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
For this month’s installment of “TV Terrors” we revisit Showtime’s “Masters of Horror,” which was created by Mick Garris and aired for two seasons between 2005 and 2007.
It seemed like a horror fan’s wet dream: a horror anthology series with some of the greatest horror filmmakers of all time lensing short format horror films for premium cable. Although horror icons had teamed in the past to bring us series like “Tales from the Darkside” and “Tales from the Crypt,” there wasn’t a modern series that brought them all together to have a chance to tell their stories in the anthology format. “Masters of Horror” seemed like a prime opportunity to re-invent the waning anthology horror format, and while it didn’t quite re-invent the wheel as planned, it brought with it a lot of great content from some bonafide horror icons.
“Masters of Horror” was originally envisioned...
It seemed like a horror fan’s wet dream: a horror anthology series with some of the greatest horror filmmakers of all time lensing short format horror films for premium cable. Although horror icons had teamed in the past to bring us series like “Tales from the Darkside” and “Tales from the Crypt,” there wasn’t a modern series that brought them all together to have a chance to tell their stories in the anthology format. “Masters of Horror” seemed like a prime opportunity to re-invent the waning anthology horror format, and while it didn’t quite re-invent the wheel as planned, it brought with it a lot of great content from some bonafide horror icons.
“Masters of Horror” was originally envisioned...
- 3/1/2024
- by Felix Vasquez Jr
- bloody-disgusting.com
Our feature series Origins provides artists with a space to break down everything that went into their latest release. Today, Carpool takes us through their new single, “No News is Good News.”
Emo-pop revolutionaries Carpool are back with the latest single from their upcoming album, My Life in Subtitles. The new track, “No News Is Good News,” continues their perfect formula of crafting the catchiest pop-punk inspired emo in the scene right now.
The song is explosive, just like the previous two singles from the forthcoming album (“Can We Just Get High” and “Open Container Blues”), but lyrically it is more downtempo and introspective than the rush of buzzing excitement and fast-paced collapse featured on the prior tracks.
The song is propelled forward by driving drums and emo’s signature twinkly guitars, and the dramatic, near-yelling vocals make the song instantly powerful. The titular phrase and theme of the song are catchy and thought-provoking.
Emo-pop revolutionaries Carpool are back with the latest single from their upcoming album, My Life in Subtitles. The new track, “No News Is Good News,” continues their perfect formula of crafting the catchiest pop-punk inspired emo in the scene right now.
The song is explosive, just like the previous two singles from the forthcoming album (“Can We Just Get High” and “Open Container Blues”), but lyrically it is more downtempo and introspective than the rush of buzzing excitement and fast-paced collapse featured on the prior tracks.
The song is propelled forward by driving drums and emo’s signature twinkly guitars, and the dramatic, near-yelling vocals make the song instantly powerful. The titular phrase and theme of the song are catchy and thought-provoking.
- 2/21/2024
- by Venus Rittenberg
- Consequence - Music
Audiences love a Stephen King movie. The work of the best-selling horror novelist has inspired a large number of films, and even the not-so-good ones draw a crowd. King isn't just an author, he's a brand, and when you slap his name on a movie poster, people tend to notice. Most of King's major works have already been adapted to the big and small screen, but he has plenty of short stories left for filmmakers to draw on. One of King's many short stories is "The Lawnmower Man," first published in a 1975 issue of "Cavalier" before being added to his short story collection "Night Shift," released in 1978. In the 1990s, Hollywood came calling and brought "The Lawnmower Man" to the big screen. Sort of. Kind of. Maybe. Well, not really.
Directed by Brett Leonard, with a script penned by Leonard and Gimel Everett, "The Lawnmower Man" is a curious piece...
Directed by Brett Leonard, with a script penned by Leonard and Gimel Everett, "The Lawnmower Man" is a curious piece...
- 2/20/2024
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Amazon MGM Studios has acquired Burn Night, a package from Safehouse Pictures’ Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell and writer Chris Sparling.
The project’s blurb: Seven years of the annual incident known as “Burn Night” have hardened the Lockhart family, but nothing’s prepared them for tonight. Wings blot out the stars, fire rains from the sky, and something monstrous circles above. Trapped in their lakeside community, they hold fast to one another during their desperate fight to survive until sunrise.
The feature project falls under Safehouse Pictures’ first-look film deal with Amazon MGM Studios. Austin Bowman serves as director of development for the production company and brought the project in Amazon MGM.
Harold received his first Primetime Emmy nomination last year in the limited series category for Disney+/Lucasfilm’s Obi-Wan Kenobi on which he wrote and served as EP. Harold wrote two summer event films last year,...
The project’s blurb: Seven years of the annual incident known as “Burn Night” have hardened the Lockhart family, but nothing’s prepared them for tonight. Wings blot out the stars, fire rains from the sky, and something monstrous circles above. Trapped in their lakeside community, they hold fast to one another during their desperate fight to survive until sunrise.
The feature project falls under Safehouse Pictures’ first-look film deal with Amazon MGM Studios. Austin Bowman serves as director of development for the production company and brought the project in Amazon MGM.
Harold received his first Primetime Emmy nomination last year in the limited series category for Disney+/Lucasfilm’s Obi-Wan Kenobi on which he wrote and served as EP. Harold wrote two summer event films last year,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The film and TV production boom in the U.K. came to a grinding halt in 2023 amid the Hollywood writers and actors strikes.
According to the British Film Institute, the total spend on film and high-end TV production last year reached £4.23 billion ($5.37 billion) from 394 productions, down 35 percent from £6.27 billion ($7.72 billion) in 2022 as previously reported.
U.K. production spend is counted in the statistics for the year in which principal photography starts, which means shoots started in 2023 but then paused because of the strikes are fully attributed to 2023.
Or as the BFI noted: “If a production starts but then pauses, the total spend for the production is incorporated into the period’s spend data at that point, even if production restarts and concludes much later.”
Despite the drop in spend in 2023 following two years of records, the BFI highlighted that “this is the fourth-highest combined film and high-end TV spend reported...
According to the British Film Institute, the total spend on film and high-end TV production last year reached £4.23 billion ($5.37 billion) from 394 productions, down 35 percent from £6.27 billion ($7.72 billion) in 2022 as previously reported.
U.K. production spend is counted in the statistics for the year in which principal photography starts, which means shoots started in 2023 but then paused because of the strikes are fully attributed to 2023.
Or as the BFI noted: “If a production starts but then pauses, the total spend for the production is incorporated into the period’s spend data at that point, even if production restarts and concludes much later.”
Despite the drop in spend in 2023 following two years of records, the BFI highlighted that “this is the fourth-highest combined film and high-end TV spend reported...
- 2/1/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Roundabout Theatre Company tonight renamed its Broadway venue – a 104-year-old building that began as the Selwyn and most recently went by the prosaic American Airlines Theatre – to honor its late artistic director Todd Haimes.
The 42nd Street venue officially became the Todd Haimes Theatre in a dedication ceremony tonight. The name change was announced last June, and becomes official just in time to welcome its first tenant: The revival of John Patrick Shanley’s Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt: A Parable, directed by Scott Ellis and starring Tyne Daly and Liev Schreiber, begins previews this Friday ahead of a February 29 opening night.
The venue’s name change was made to honor, in the words of the company, the “extraordinary dedication to the institution [Haimes] called home, and his enormous contributions to Roundabout and the entire theatre community.”
Haimes, the Roundabout’s artistic director and chief executive for nearly 40 years,...
The 42nd Street venue officially became the Todd Haimes Theatre in a dedication ceremony tonight. The name change was announced last June, and becomes official just in time to welcome its first tenant: The revival of John Patrick Shanley’s Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt: A Parable, directed by Scott Ellis and starring Tyne Daly and Liev Schreiber, begins previews this Friday ahead of a February 29 opening night.
The venue’s name change was made to honor, in the words of the company, the “extraordinary dedication to the institution [Haimes] called home, and his enormous contributions to Roundabout and the entire theatre community.”
Haimes, the Roundabout’s artistic director and chief executive for nearly 40 years,...
- 2/1/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Comedies often depend on precision, with jokes popping off like synchronized gunfire, though in Between the Temples, Nathan Silver stretches moments out to revel in texture and give his actors room to breathe. The film, written by Silver and C. Mason Wells, is a marvel of lived-in shagginess, of clashing, cacophonous tones that reveal characters’ inner furies. Between the Temples is funny and even suspenseful in its unpredictability, as you never quite know when and where the punchlines will land. The film revels in the volatile human comedy of which John Cassavetes, an obsessive miner of neurotic minutiae, might approve.
Take a scene in which a grieving widower, Ben (Jason Schwartzman), goes to lunch with his childhood music teacher, Carla (Carol Kane). Silver captures them eating in close-up, as they talk about their wonderful burgers, for much longer than most filmmakers would dare. The scene’s punchline—that Ben, the cantor at his local synagogue,...
Take a scene in which a grieving widower, Ben (Jason Schwartzman), goes to lunch with his childhood music teacher, Carla (Carol Kane). Silver captures them eating in close-up, as they talk about their wonderful burgers, for much longer than most filmmakers would dare. The scene’s punchline—that Ben, the cantor at his local synagogue,...
- 1/28/2024
- by Chuck Bowen
- Slant Magazine
Everyone loves an underdog story. We love them as much as sports movies and precocious kids. The only other thing we love as much as those is profanity. When you combine those together, you have a tricky project that could be masterful, or it could be a disaster. Luckily, no one can drop an f-bomb quite like Snoop Dogg, and he does that in his latest film, The Underdoggs.
In the great tradition of The Bad News Bears, Little Giants, and Hardball, The Underdoggs stars Snoop as a washed-up former NFL wide receiver who has burned all the bridges in his career. With a chance to redeem himself by coaching a group of pee-wee football players in his hometown of Long Beach, Two Js encounters more than he bargained for, as coaching is much more than just standing around basking in your greatness. Two Js must also deal with all...
In the great tradition of The Bad News Bears, Little Giants, and Hardball, The Underdoggs stars Snoop as a washed-up former NFL wide receiver who has burned all the bridges in his career. With a chance to redeem himself by coaching a group of pee-wee football players in his hometown of Long Beach, Two Js encounters more than he bargained for, as coaching is much more than just standing around basking in your greatness. Two Js must also deal with all...
- 1/26/2024
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Plot: A cantor (Jason Schwartzman), grieving his wife’s loss a year earlier, strikes up an unlikely friendship with an elderly bat mitzvah student (Carol Kane).
Review: Between the Temples is a rather quirky, offbeat comedy. The latest from indie director Nathan Silver, it marks his most accessible, mainstream work to date, although the romantic pairing at the movie’s heart is rather unusual. Indeed, the film has heavy shades of Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude, although the romantic pairing of Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane (28-year age difference) isn’t as eye-brow-raising as it was in that film.
Granted, the romantic aspect of the movie is underplayed for the most part, with their romance ultimately being a chaste one. The two leads play two lost souls who find each other at a difficult time in their lives. Schwartzman’s Ben is a cantor who’s been unable to...
Review: Between the Temples is a rather quirky, offbeat comedy. The latest from indie director Nathan Silver, it marks his most accessible, mainstream work to date, although the romantic pairing at the movie’s heart is rather unusual. Indeed, the film has heavy shades of Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude, although the romantic pairing of Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane (28-year age difference) isn’t as eye-brow-raising as it was in that film.
Granted, the romantic aspect of the movie is underplayed for the most part, with their romance ultimately being a chaste one. The two leads play two lost souls who find each other at a difficult time in their lives. Schwartzman’s Ben is a cantor who’s been unable to...
- 1/26/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Malin Åkerman has landed the leading role of Margo Banks in the new Starz drama The Hunting Wives, an 8-episode series based on the novel of the same name by May Cobb. Production is set to begin in Charlotte, North Carolina this spring.
From writer, showrunner and EP Rebecca Cutter (Hightown), The Hunting Wives tells the story of Sophie O’Neil and her family’s move from the East Coast to deep East Texas, where she succumbs to socialite Margo’s irresistible charms – and finds her life consumed by obsession, seduction and murder.
In addition to Cutter and Cobb, executive producers also include Erwin Stoff for 3 Arts Entertainment. The series is produced by Lionsgate Television and 3 Arts Entertainment.
Åkerman’s breakthrough came in 2005 on the HBO series The Comeback with Lisa Kudrow. She had a recurring role on the third season of Entourage, as...
From writer, showrunner and EP Rebecca Cutter (Hightown), The Hunting Wives tells the story of Sophie O’Neil and her family’s move from the East Coast to deep East Texas, where she succumbs to socialite Margo’s irresistible charms – and finds her life consumed by obsession, seduction and murder.
In addition to Cutter and Cobb, executive producers also include Erwin Stoff for 3 Arts Entertainment. The series is produced by Lionsgate Television and 3 Arts Entertainment.
Åkerman’s breakthrough came in 2005 on the HBO series The Comeback with Lisa Kudrow. She had a recurring role on the third season of Entourage, as...
- 1/24/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Norman Jewison, who directed Best Picture Oscar winner In the Heat of the Night and nominees Fiddler on the Roof, A Soldier’s Story, Moonstruck and The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, also producing the latter four, died peacefully Saturday, January 20. He was 97.
Jewison’s film career spanned more than four decades and seven Oscar nominations — three for Best Director and the four for Best Picture. His films received a total of 46 nominations and 12 Academy Awards. In 1999, Jewison was honored with the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Award at the Academy Awards. He also collected three Emmy Awards for his work in television.
A smattering of his other wide-ranging work includes The Hurricane, Agnes of God, Rollerball (1975) and Jesus Christ Superstar, all of which he also produced. As a producer, Jewison had an eye for talent, as well.
Jewison’s film career spanned more than four decades and seven Oscar nominations — three for Best Director and the four for Best Picture. His films received a total of 46 nominations and 12 Academy Awards. In 1999, Jewison was honored with the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Award at the Academy Awards. He also collected three Emmy Awards for his work in television.
A smattering of his other wide-ranging work includes The Hurricane, Agnes of God, Rollerball (1975) and Jesus Christ Superstar, all of which he also produced. As a producer, Jewison had an eye for talent, as well.
- 1/22/2024
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
In a grimy, awkward world that painfully resembles our own, Ben Gottlieb (Jason Schwartzman) isn’t coping very well. His wife passed away and he’s living back at home with his two overbearing mothers in upstate New York, isolated from the energy of the city. He’s a cantor at the local temple, but he can’t sing anymore. While he keeps kosher and remains devout, Ben struggles to feel the same connection to his faith that he once had. Ben isn’t really connecting to anything these days, not even his own body. He’s schlubby, unshaven with blemishes on his face, plodding through life in a depressed daze. It’s like he’s completely given up. In one early scene, he lays out in the middle of the road beckoning for a truck to run him over.
Then he has a chance encounter with his childhood music teacher,...
Then he has a chance encounter with his childhood music teacher,...
- 1/21/2024
- by Jourdain Searles
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There’s a very young, very online contingent of Generation Z that propagates repeated cycles of so-called “age gap discourse”: heated, often condemnatory debate over the rights or wrongs of people dating, or merely socializing, outside their immediate age group. The discussion often takes quaintly prudish forms, permitting no adult age at which such differences cease to matter, but if it circulates most heatedly among the young, it’s been handed down to them via age-old social rules and biases — ones to which Nathan Silver’s delightful “Between the Temples” gives a cheerfully flippant middle finger. Collapsing divides between old age, middle age and adolescence into a universally relatable paean to doing whatever the hell feels right for you in your own weird situation, this scruffy shoestring indie won’t be seen by the internet’s most hawkish age-gap monitors, though it has much to gently teach them.
Premiering in the U.
Premiering in the U.
- 1/20/2024
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Barbie actor and longtime SNL vet Kate McKinnon and Flight of the Conchords maestro Jemaine Clement are joining the mushrooming ensemble of Jared Hess’ Minecraft at Warner Bros.
Domain is co-financing the feature take of the Mojang videogame with Legendary.
McKinnon and Clement join Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, Sebastian Eugene Hansen as well as Jennifer Coolidge — most of whom Deadline told you about first.
The movie is shooting in New Zealand with screenplay credits to be determined on a storyline that’s buried deep in the earth. Producers are Roy Lee, Jon Berg, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Jason Momoa, Torfi Frans Olafsson, Vu Bui and Jill Messick (posthumously). EPs are Todd Hallowell, Kayleen Walters, Brian Mendoza and Jonathan Spaihts.
Also producing with Warners and Legendary are Vertigo, Mojang/Microsoft and Momoa’s On the Roam.
McKinnon won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in...
Domain is co-financing the feature take of the Mojang videogame with Legendary.
McKinnon and Clement join Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, Sebastian Eugene Hansen as well as Jennifer Coolidge — most of whom Deadline told you about first.
The movie is shooting in New Zealand with screenplay credits to be determined on a storyline that’s buried deep in the earth. Producers are Roy Lee, Jon Berg, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Jason Momoa, Torfi Frans Olafsson, Vu Bui and Jill Messick (posthumously). EPs are Todd Hallowell, Kayleen Walters, Brian Mendoza and Jonathan Spaihts.
Also producing with Warners and Legendary are Vertigo, Mojang/Microsoft and Momoa’s On the Roam.
McKinnon won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in...
- 1/18/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
On a recent Screen Talk podcast, producers Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman said they specifically tried to avoid overhyping T-Street’s film “Fair Play” before it sold to Netflix for $20 million and became Sundance 2023’s biggest sale. Elsewhere, Lily Gladstone took time at the IndieWire Honors gala to champion her competition title “Fancy Dance,” which to this day inexplicably hasn’t sold despite all the praise around it in last year’s competition slate.
Turns out, it was “Fancy Dance,” not “Fair Play,” that we included in last year’s Hot Sales Titles gallery. That shows how unpredictable Sundance can be, and why it’s so exciting. Surprise breakout hits pop every year. Movies with big star power don’t get scooped up by a streamer and give the little guys a chance to make a bid. And titles with all the buzz lose a lot of steam once audiences have finally seen them,...
Turns out, it was “Fancy Dance,” not “Fair Play,” that we included in last year’s Hot Sales Titles gallery. That shows how unpredictable Sundance can be, and why it’s so exciting. Surprise breakout hits pop every year. Movies with big star power don’t get scooped up by a streamer and give the little guys a chance to make a bid. And titles with all the buzz lose a lot of steam once audiences have finally seen them,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
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