Gerard Butler’s Olympus Has Fallen lawsuit settles after the actor and producer alleges producers owed him roughly $10M in profits. While Hollywood continues to negotiate with SAG-AFTRA for agreeable terms to the ongoing strike, Gerard Butler is resolving a dispute with producers of Olympus Has Fallen, the actor’s 2013 blockbuster starring Butler, Aaron Eckhart, and Morgan … Read more
I am not quite sure how a man starts off looking and acting like Timothée Chalamet and then gradually over the course of a decade or two turns into Gene Wilder, but that is apparently what we will learn in Wonka, the new prequel film that presents the early days of that famous chocolatier slash mad torturer of … Read more
Authors David Fantle and Tom Johnson I was glad to see you devote so much attention to director Charles Walters, generally overlooked in favor of Vincente Minnelli and Stanley Donan. What were the special strengths Walters brought to this film? Charles Walter was the consummate company man known for bringing in his films under budget … Read more
Warner Bros. has dropped a brand new Wonka trailer for the highly-anticipated musical prequel starring Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet as the titular chocolatier who dreams of changing the world with his inventions and chocolate. The video offers lots of new footage highlighting its star-studded cast including Hugh Grant, Olivia Colman, and Rowan Atkinson. It also … Read more
Joel McHale hears about Chevy Chase’s comments from Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast and responds in kind. The hits resume. Chevy Chase and Joel McHale haven’t heard any bells during the ongoing scuffle between the Community stars. The two have traded barbs behind the scenes of their acclaimed sitcom, and even as the show concluded in … Read more
The popular movie theater chain AMC has had a very strange last couple of years. To start with, it was pretty close to falling into bankruptcy around the time of the whole GameStop stock market situation. After selecting GameStop as a major stock they felt was undervalued (or susceptible to having its price artificially inflated), … Read more
The project has already earned three national awards, including Gold and Silver Telly Awards and an Award of Distinction from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts in New York. The winners of the Regional Emmy Awards were unveiled during an in-person awards gala on September 30th. Erin Mast, CEO of the Lincoln Presidential Foundation, says … Read more
The upcoming Black Barbie documentary on Netflix has intrigued many fans during the ongoing Barbie fever. But what does it focus on? Is it related to Margot Robbie’s Barbie movie in any way? Here’s all you need to know about it. What is the Black Barbie documentary about? The Black Barbie documentary explores a very … Read more
The true crime podcast Ghost Story will look into the murder (and potential haunting) of Hugh Dancy’s great-grandmother The murder of Hannibal star Hugh Dancy’s great-grandmother is the subject of the true crime podcast Ghost Story, which is set to launch on October 23rd and will be available on Wondery+ and Amazon Music. Dancy takes part in … Read more
There have been a lot of very good wrestling documentaries — Beyond the Mat, Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows, The Resurrection of Jake the Snake, Netflix’s recent series Wrestlers — but fictional wrestling movies have often been much harder to pull off. There’s The Wrestler with Mickey Rourke, certainly, and I do like the 1981 Robert Aldrich comedy …All the Marbles, which is … Read more