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Sandra Bullock ‘Mothered’ Lily Collins During ‘The Blind Side’: She’s a ‘Badass’
Sandra Bullock may have taken home the Best Actress Oscar for 2009’s “The Blind Side,” but she actually won co-star Lily Collins’ heart. Jake Gyllenhaal Was Almost Cast in 'Ex Machina' but His 'Needs' Were Too Much: 'It Was Never Going to Work' The “Emily in Paris” star told Sky News that Bullock made a lasting impression on set for the sports story based on NFL player Michael Oher’s life story growing up with the Tuohy family. Collins made her feature debut with the film. “My first film, I was mothered by Sandra Bullock,” Collins said, “and she really took me...
Blumhouse Is Getting Into Bakeoff TV with Horror-Themed ‘Killer Cakes’
Literal “Scream” king Matthew Lillard is joining forces once again with Blumhouse for an unexpectedly terrifying — and potentially delicious — two-part series, Amazon Prime Video’s “Killer Cakes.”Watch 'The Daily Show' Team Discuss Election Vibes with Democratic National Convention Attendees -- Exclusive The one-of-a-kind baking competition is hosted by Lillard, who starred in Blumhouse’s “Five Nights at Freddy’s.” For “Killer Cakes,” Lillard, who will also executive produce the miniseries, is joined a pair of judges: “Halloween” actress Danielle Harris and experimental food artist and cookbook author Nikk Alcaraz. The series centers on bakers attempting to win “some of the most frightening...
Jake Gyllenhaal Was Almost Cast in ‘Ex Machina’ but His ‘Needs’ Were Too Much: ‘It Was Never Going to Work’
Jake Gyllenhaal was the ex-actor set to star in Alex Garland’s feature debut “Ex Machina.” Millie Bobby Brown Is Adapting Her Own Debut Novel Into a Netflix Movie Garland’s longtime producer Andrew Macdonald confirmed during the 2024 Edinburgh Film Festival (via Deadline) that Gyllenhaal was in talks to take on the lead role in the 2014 drama. Oscar Isaac was instead later cast as the elusive billionaire character. “The sales companies wanted us to cast Jake Gyllenhaal because he was bankable and they could sell foreign territories,” Macdonald said during a Q&A at the festival. “That would have changed the whole film.”...
Millie Bobby Brown Is Adapting Her Own Debut Novel Into a Netflix Movie
Eleven is developing an adaptation of her own “Nineteen Steps.”TIFF 2024 Will Celebrate Rising Actors Jharrel Jerome and Zhao Tao at This Year's Tribute Awards “Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown is turning her debut novel into a Netflix feature film. Deadline first reported the news. Brown will produce the movie under her PCMA banner and aims to star. “The Theory of Everything” writer Anthony McCarten will adapt the novel into a screenplay. Jonathan Eirich will produce for Rideback and Nick Reynolds will executive produce. When reached, Netflix declined comment to IndieWire. “Nineteen Steps” is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller; the...
Kirsten Dunst Surprises Cinespia’s Slumber Party Screenings of ‘Bring It On’ and ‘The Virgin Suicides’
Give us a D! Give us a U! Give us an N! Give us an S! Give us a T! What’s that spell? DUNST! DUNST! DUNST! Los Angeles was out in force this past Saturday night to celebrate the Academy Award nominated actress Kirsten Dunst and two of her films celebrating 25th anniversaries next year. Every year, Cinespia hosts a slumber party at their Hollywood Forever Cemetery summer screening series and this year’s pairing had the crowd jumping, flipping, and cheering with joy and ennui. Sponsored by Amazon MGM Studios, Cinespia was proud to present the 2000 films “Bring It...
Emmys Voter’s Guide: Who Should Win in Every Primetime Drama Category?
It’s happening. Or, better put, it’s about to happen. It’s not over just yet — not officially — but after FX successfully shifted “Shōgun” from the Limited Series categories to Drama, all indications point toward a big night for the international epic at this year’s (second) Primetime Emmy Awards. Maybe even a record-setting night. After all, before the move, the Drama contenders weren’t exactly peak TV. Maybe they were Peak TV contenders, in that they were the result of too much television overwhelming voters with big, expensive options and distracting them from lesser-known, higher-quality programming, but they weren’t peak TV...
Rupert Sanders on Making a ‘Crow’ as Romantic as It Is Violent
Director Rupert Sanders’ new adaptation of James Barr’s graphic novel “The Crow” is, like the 1994 adaptation starring Brandon Lee, a story about a musician (Bill Skarsgård) who is resurrected from the dead and seeks vengeance against the people who murdered him and the love of his life (FKA twigs). Yet the new film differentiates itself from both the graphic novel and the earlier movie in the emphasis it places on the romance — while there’s no shortage of violent revenge, it’s in counterpoint to a tender love story which both balances the action and invests it with greater intensity.TIFF...
Chappell Roan Thinks ‘Actors Are F**king Crazy’ and Would Rather ‘Get Arrested’ Than Be in Movies
That’s Chappell as in CHAPEL, not CHAPELLE. Get it right. While it may be a “Brat”-summer for most, there’s no denying the unrelenting energy 26 year-old singer-songwriter Chappell Roan has thrust upon society with hit songs like “HOT TO GO!” and “Pink Pony Club.” It is truly her world and we’re just dancing along, but in a recent chat with “Saturday Night Live” player and “Las Culturistas” host Bowen Yang for Interview Magazine, Roan admits that, despite the doors her newfound fame is opening, she is solely focused on her music career at the moment.Bahrām Beyzaie's Surreal 'The Stranger and...
Larry David Turned Every Audition Into a ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Episode
Over the course of her career, casting director Allison Jones has cast a staggering array of iconic comedies, from feature films like “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Bridesmaids” to television series like “Freaks and Geeks,” “The Office,” and “Parks and Recreation.” Yet Jones says that HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” for which she is currently nominated for an Emmy, is the only project whose approach to the audition process feels truly conducive to comedy.Hey, Netflix: Stop Drawing Out Binge TV “It’s the only comedy audition situation that is actually natural for the actors,” Jones told IndieWire. “Standing in a room with a reader...
Hey, Netflix: Stop Drawing Out Binge TV
Some people would rather binge a 10-hour TV show than pick a two-hour movie — but with new shows, that may not be a popular option for long. “Emily in Paris” dropped a five-episode Season 4, Part 1 August 15, the latest Netflix show to painstakingly draw out a new installment just to keep viewers on the hook, and milk the clock while counting down to the next season. It happened with “Bridgerton” (Part 1 in May and Part 2 in June); it happened two years ago with “Stranger Things” (Season 4 premiered in May and July of that year,...
A24’s ‘Friday the 13th’ Prequel Series Now Has an ‘It’ Connection with New Showrunner Brad Caleb Kane
Brad Caleb Kane, welcome to Camp Crystal Lake. Meet the Force Behind 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' and Four Oscar Shows The “It: Welcome to Derry” co-showrunner is now taking over A24’s “Friday the 13th” prequel series for Peacock. Kane was announced as the new showrunner after Bryan Fuller parted ways with the project. Kane will serve as the series creator, writer, and executive producer, along with original 1980 “Friday the 13th” screenwriter Victor Miller. Other EPs are Miller’s copyright attorney Marc Toberoff, as well as a pair of Robert Barsamians: Robert M. Barsamian, and Robert P. Barsamian. “From the moment I watched Jason Voorhees squeeze...
Bahrām Beyzaie’s Surreal ‘The Stranger and the Fog’ Is Restored in 4K for 50th Anniversary — Watch Trailer
Bahrām Beyzaie’s iconic feature “The Stranger and the Fog” is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a 4K restoration. 'Wise Guy' Trailer: The Legacy of 'The Sopranos' Is Examined 25 Years Later in HBO Documentary The Iranian New Wave filmmaker released his sophomore film, also titled “Gharibeh va Meh,” in 1974. Set around the northern coast of Iran, “The Stranger and the Fog” begins with a boat drifting onto the shore of a small village. The official synopsis reads: “The beautiful Rana (Parvaneh Massoumi) hopes the stray vessel has brought back her husband, who disappeared a year ago out on the sea. But the only...
Micheal Keaton ‘Didn’t Care’ That ‘Batgirl’ Was Scrapped: It Was a ‘Nice Check’
Micheal Keaton was too torn up over Warner Bros. Discovery’s infamous — and wildly unpopular — decision to basically delete its nearly-finished “Batgirl” film.Ayo Edebiri and Colman Domingo Play Dress Up in Neiman Marcus Short Film -- Watch The DC film, which had been intended for HBO Max, was shelved by WBD in August 2022 for tax-break purposes. Keaton first reprised his role of Batman for the $90-million movie, which was co-directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah and starred Leslie Grace as the titular superhero. We’ll never see that return to the cowl and cape, but we got plenty of Keaton-back-as-Batman in 2023’s...
‘Blink Twice’ Star Naomi Ackie Wants You to Feel Her Performance for Yourself — Get Ready for a Rollercoaster
Acting is decidedly not therapy for rising star Naomi Ackie, but that doesn’t mean her work doesn’t hit big emotional wallops. Really, she just wants to share them with you. “Purging out my emotions and performance are two separate things,” she told IndieWire over Zoom while discussing her new film “Blink Twice.” “To make this sound very, very unromantic, acting is my job, and I really love the craft of it. A really special part of acting to me is to be able to make an audience feel, and for you not to be affected and not to use it...
Michaela Coel’s Got a New HBO Drama
Michaela Coel is returning to HBO (by way of the BBC) with her new drama series “First Day on Earth.” She’ll again star in and write the series, and will executive produce alongside “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong, Phil Clarke, and Roberto Troni for Various Artists Limited (VAL), in association with A24.Meet the Force Behind 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' and Four Oscar Shows A24 is the newcomer here; Coel, HBO, the BBC, and VAL did “I May Destroy You” together. “First Day on Earth” is a 10-episode series following British novelist Henri (Coel). She’s stuck — work has dried up and her relationship is...
Ethan Hawke, Richard Gere, Sigourney Weaver Headline Venice Talks Lineup
The Venice Film Festival is just over two weeks away, bringing starry talent back to the Lido in water taxis after a year off for many due to the strikes in 2023. The Biennale has unveiled its Conversations and Masterclasses lineup, with a richer program and in a new and larger (250 seats) location at the Match Point Arena, set up at the Tennis Club Venezia on the Lido.'Skincare' Knows That, in the Right Light, Nothing Is Weirder Than 2013 Hollywood Four Masterclasses will be held by directors and performers, including the actress Sigourney Weaver (recipient of the Golden Lion for...
‘Skincare’ Knows That, in the Right Light, Nothing Is Weirder Than 2013 Hollywood
“Skincare,” the sly thriller starring Elizabeth Banks now in theaters, begins with an eerily stressful makeup routine performed by Banks’ celebrity aesthetician character, Hope. From there, the movie acquires what cinematographer Christopher Ripley called an “unhinged momentum.”Sandra Bullock 'Mothered' Lily Collins During 'The Blind Side': She's a 'Badass' That translated to the actual filming, as well, which took all of 18 days in Hollywood. Not bad for a film that’s set in 2013, which required a surprising amount of retro equipment to pull off. “[Director Austin Peters] and I both were very interested in that time period, a period in flux with...
Martin Scorsese Pays Tribute to the ‘Extraordinary’ Gena Rowlands
In a tangential sense, no filmmaker working from 1960 onward would have gotten anywhere without the influence of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands. But in a very real sense, Martin Scorsese has said he would have likely left film entirely had it not been for the support Cassavetes and Rowlands showed toward him early on in his career. Following the death of Rowlands last week, Scorsese released a statement paying tribute to her.Jake Gyllenhaal Was Almost Cast in 'Ex Machina' but His 'Needs' Were Too Much: 'It Was Never Going to Work' “Up there onscreen, there was no one else quite...
Jane Campion Thinks Box Office Success of ‘Barbie’ Has Helped Female Filmmakers Be ‘Trusted with Money’
This past week, filmmaker Jane Campion was honored at Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland with the Palme d’Onore Manor, awarded to the most outstanding personalities in cinema. As reported on by Deadline, while there, she acknowledged the shift she believes has taken place since “Barbie” smashed box office records, becoming the first female-directed film to gross over a billion dollars.Kirsten Dunst Surprises Cinespia's Slumber Party Screenings of 'Bring It On' and 'The Virgin Suicides' “That’s fantastic,” she said. “For once, we have a film that’s not about Marvel characters, but a humorous and very creative take on the Barbie and Mattel...
David Jonsson Says His ‘Alien: Romulus’ Character Is ‘Unique’ in the Franchise’s History of Synthetics
David Jonsson is having his glow-up moment. After turning on the charm in last year’s rom-com “Rye Lane” and scaling the walls of the London financial world in the first two seasons of HBO’s “Industry,” Jonsson is exploding into the public conscious with his first studio film role in Fede Alvarez‘s “Alien: Romulus.” As an early synthetic named Andy, Jonsson enters a long line of android characters throughout the “Alien” franchise, but in a recent interview with GQ UK, said his stands out from the rest.Bahrām Beyzaie's Surreal 'The Stranger and the Fog' Is Restored in 4K for 50th Anniversary...
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