Ridley Scott is developing a new Alien movie. Scott kicked off the Alien franchise in 1979 with Alien starring Sigourney Weaver. That was followed by James Cameron’s Aliens in 1986 and a number of other sequels, including 1992’s Alien 3 and 1997’s Alien Resurrection. Scott returned to the franchise in 2012 when he made Prometheus, … Read more
There is a script for Marvel’s fourth Spider-Man film and Tom Holland says he has seen it — but at least in his opinion, it still “needs work.” That’s what he told The Rich Roll Podcast in a recent interview promoting, among other things, his new non-alcoholic beer, Bero. But Holland did add that “the writers are … Read more
Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy is in “highly serious work” in the newly shared photos from the set of the highly anticipated Stranger Things Season 5. The behind-the-scenes photos, shared by the director himself, show Levy hanging out with the cast of Stranger Things including Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, and Gaten Matarazzo. The … Read more
The third Guardians movie — Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 — and the third Ant-Man — Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.— actually have a lot in common from a story and character perspective. But one movie was a huge critical and commercial hit, and the other struggled at the box office and failed to connect with audiences, to the … Read more
Production has wrapped on director Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later, and work on the Nia DaCosta-directed sequel has now begun 28 Days Later director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland have finally reunited to make a sequel to their zombie (or, if you prefer, infected people) movie classic. As we reporter earlier this year, this sequel is set up at … Read more
When Varda approached Resnais for help, he asked to see her screenplay. Immediately she delivered one to him at his place on rue des Plantes, a fifteen- minute stroll from rue Daguerre. After reading it, the future director of the classic drama Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) declined politely by letter. “Your research is too close … Read more
George Clooney says he never wants to work with a “miserable f***” like Three Kings director David O Russell ever again. At a certain point in your life — hopefully sooner rather than later — you realize working with (or for) needlessly angry people just isn’t worth it. Life is short. That’s something George Clooney … Read more
Rumors started to circulate that the warts-and-all access needed by the Peyton Manning-produced show was scaring off potential subjects, and those seemed verified when Netflix announced that there would be no “Quarterback” in July 2024, pivoting instead to a different position on the football field, one that’s often been characterized by people who have NO … Read more
Well now we know that The Acolyte’s mysterious Sith Lord turned out to be (SPOILER ALERT) Qimir. Did the reveal work? To most fans watching the show, Qimir was the obvious (and maybe even only) suspect in the cast. But is it bad to be obvious? And how will this reveal impact the remaining three episodes of the … Read more
From my understanding, “The Gaze” began as five hours of footage before one of the series’ editors fashioned an initial one-hour cut. After that, it went through several more edits, switching footage here and there. As you were editing, did you have an unspoken narrative throughline in mind? Yeah, I said we were going to … Read more