While Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created Spider-Man while working for Marvel Comics, and Marvel holds the rights to Spidey in the world of publishing, Sony actually controls the rights to make Spider-Man movies. (You can blame Marvel’s bad decade in the 1990s for that; they were so hard up for cash at the time … Read more
When did you come into this story? Did you read the story in the New Yorker, or did they reach out to you? How did it all happen? I was approached by both ProPublica, Amazon, and JuVee production, Viola Davis’ company, and they wanted me to executive produce the film. And they know I had many … Read more
On December 16, 2017, town fixture Paddy Moriarity and his dog went missing. They haven’t been seen since. As director Thomas Tancred investigates what exactly happened to Paddy, a cadre of characters seemingly ripped from a Coen brothers movie spill their devilishly messy rivalries and grudges in “Last Stop Larrimah.” Told in five chapters, the … Read more
Netflix’s Obliterated trailer finds elite soldiers trying to save Las Vags from a nuclear attack while under the influence. People say, “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” but what if what’s happening is a five-kiloton nuclear bomb and the team sent to disarm it is hungover to all hell? Welcome to Netflix‘s Obliterated trailer, featuring a … Read more
Mark Wahlberg may be nearing the end of his acting career. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the Boogie Nights star hinted that his retirement from acting may be coming sooner rather than later. “Well, I’m certainly working harder now than ever,” Wahlberg said. “Certain businesses, you kind of build them, pass them … Read more
The word that best described the “Stop Making Sense” event came from the Talking Heads themselves in a live Q&A: “Love.” There’s the love between the musicians on stage in the best concert film ever made. There’s the love between the filmmaker Jonathan Demme and the brilliant way he captured lightning in a bottle. There’s … Read more
The recent uptick in audience members throwing items — and themselves — onstage at concerts is a major concern for performers. Cell phones, friendship bracelets, sex toys…No, these aren’t top answers on family feud for, Name something you keep on you at all times – they’re just a small selection of items thrown on stage … Read more
The WGA writers’ strike continues to affect many film and TV shows currently in production. Tony Gilroy, the creator of and producer for the Star Wars series Andorfor example, he stopped going to the set of the second season of the show since the strike began last week. In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, … Read more
Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch has officially signed on for the leading role in Studiocanal’s upcoming series adaptation of How to Stop Time, based on Matt Haig’s genre-bending thriller novel of the same name. This marks Cumberbatch’s first major TV project in four years, after starring in the HBO TV film Brexit: The Uncivil War. “When … Read more