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Nikki Glaser’s Wild, Viral Week: I Don’t Know If I’ll Have ‘Moment in My Career Like That Again’
The best week of comedian Nikki Glaser’s career — with her headline-dominating set at the roast of Tom Brady followed by the release of her new stand-up special — was not without unexpected surprises.Watch 'The Daily Show' Team Discuss Election Vibes with Democratic National Convention Attendees -- Exclusive “Plopping down on the couch after that set was maybe the greatest feeling I’ll ever have in my life,” Glaser said to IndieWire about Netflix’s live Brady joke fest. “The amount of relief of nailing that when it’s live, when you’re on your period and you thought it ended, but it just started up...
‘Wise Guy’ Trailer: The Legacy of ‘The Sopranos’ Is Examined 25 Years Later in HBO Documentary
The lore of “The Sopranos” is dissected in buzzy two-part documentary “Wise Guy: David Chase and ‘The Sopranos.'”'The Piano Lesson' Trailer: The Washingtons Bring August Wilson to Netflix The feature, which debuted at Tribeca 2024, is directed by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, who once again partners with HBO after helming “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley” and “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.” Per the official synopsis, the documentary “delves deep into the psyche of renowned ‘Sopranos’ creator and writer, David Chase, to illuminate his life and career while offering a unique window into his unparalleled...
Charles Melton Confirms ‘Beef’ Season 2 Casting, Says Production Is ‘Happening Soon’
Charles Melton is spilling the beans on “Beef” Season 2. Adam Sandler Confirms Benny Safdie Is in 'Happy Gilmore 2' and Says That His Josh Safdie Baseball Film Is 'Hopefully Going to Come Back' While the Golden Globe and Emmy-winning Netflix and A24 limited series has not officially been renewed for a second season, Melton confirmed that he is indeed cast in the next installment. “Beef” starred Ali Wong and Steven Yeun as two L.A. residents whose road rage incident spurs mutual destruction in their respective personal lives. Deadline reported that Season 2 will instead focus on two warring couples, with...
Michael Keaton Doesn’t Want to Be a Coffee Mug, but Beetlejuice Is Now a Used-Car Salesman and a Soda Flavor
Michael Keaton absolutely loves the Beetlejuice character. What he does not love is seeing it everywhere. “Fucking weird,” as he recently told Empire Magazine of the relentless merchandising. He added, of rediscovering the character: “I don’t want to look like all these little things, fuck that — what was the thing that started this?”'Wise Guy' Trailer: The Legacy of 'The Sopranos' Is Examined 25 Years Later in HBO Documentary Well, Warner Bros. Pictures has been promoting the hell out of that thing with “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the highly anticipated sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 film. Tracking to an $80 million opening, it has the potential...
Todd Phillips Laughs Off ‘Absurd’ Critics of ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Budget
Todd Phillips is defending the budget of “Joker: Folie à Deux.”Micheal Keaton Says It's 'Bullsh*t' That 'Birdman' Is Considered His 'Comeback' Role The director, whose first “Joker” film went on to earn $1 billion at the box office in 2019, told Variety that he doesn’t understand why fans have complained about the ballooned budget for his upcoming sequel. The first “Joker” film cost $60 million, and while Phillips confirmed “Folie à Deux” is “much more expensive,” according to Variety, the budget was less than the reported $200 million. Frankly, Phillips said that number was “absurd,” but didn’t get why people cared anyways....
Conan O’Brien Tried to Get Cast as a ‘Male Gigolo’ in ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3
Podcasting, travel shows, and deranged appearances on hot-wing-themed interview shows may not be enough for Conan O’Brien, as recently, the longtime late-night talk show host expressed interest in joining the cast of “The White Lotus.” While speaking with Season 3 cast member Walton Goggins for his podcast, “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,” O’Brien shared that he pitched himself to the show’s creator Mike White after finding out the next season would take place in Thailand.'Monsters' Teaser: Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny Are Victims of the Menendez Murders in Ryan Murphy's Netflix Anthology Series “I was in Bangkok, I don’t remember how...
TIFF 2024 Will Celebrate Rising Actors Jharrel Jerome and Zhao Tao at This Year’s Tribute Awards
This year’s TIFF Tribute Awards are shaping up to be shiny indeed. Today, Toronto International Film Festival CEO Cameron Bailey has announced a pair of additional honorees who will be receiving TIFF Tribute Awards at this year’s festival. They include American award-winning (including recently picking up one of our own IndieWire Honors!) actor and rapper Jharrel Jerome, who will receive the TIFF Tribute Performer Award, and award-winning actor Zhao Tao, who will be presented with the TIFF Special Tribute Award. 'Wise Guy' Trailer: The Legacy of 'The Sopranos' Is Examined 25 Years Later in HBO Documentary Both actors have films at the festival this year: Jerome...
‘Monsters’ Teaser: Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny Are Victims of the Menendez Murders in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix Anthology Series
Javier Bardem is making his Ryan Murphy debut with the highly-anticipated follow-up to “Dahmer — Monster.” Yet this time, Murphy is bringing another harrowing ’90s true crime story to the screen with the Menendez murders.'The Room Next Door' Teaser: Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore Are Writers Reuniting in Pedro Almodóvar's English Feature Debut Bardem stars alongside longtime Murphy collaborator Chloë Sevigny as José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, who were both brutally murdered by their sons Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (Cooper Koch). The duo were convicted in 1996. Their case will be the latest installment of the “Monster” anthology...
As ‘Twisters’ Leads VOD, Studios Are Getting Better at Timing Their Streaming Debuts for #1
For the sixth straight Monday, a new and different film is #1 on VOD at both iTunes and Fandango. “Twisters” (Universal), which grossed almost $10 million in theaters last weekend, is the latest summer hit to reach home viewing.'Wise Guy' Trailer: The Legacy of 'The Sopranos' Is Examined 25 Years Later in HBO Documentary By design or accident, studios have spaced out their releases so every week brings a new top film. (Next week, it will be Disney’s “Inside Out 2.”) Since the VOD debut of “Civil War” back in late May-early June, no film has enjoyed more than a week...
‘The Room Next Door’ Teaser: Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore Are Writers Reuniting in Pedro Almodóvar’s English Feature Debut
Tilda Swinton is reuniting with auteur Pedro Almodóvar for his English-language feature debut. Once Abandoned, Now Beloved: Michael Pressman on His 'Boulevard Nights' Swinton, who starred in Almodóvar’s short film “The Human Voice,” plays a dying journalist who reunites with her old friend (Julianne Moore). The official synopsis reads: Ingrid (Moore) and Martha (Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in...
Disney Drops Weird Disney+ Subscriber Agreement Clause in Wrongful Death Case
The Walt Disney Company is back in the people-pleasing business.Watch 'The Daily Show' Team Discuss Election Vibes with Democratic National Convention Attendees -- Exclusive Disney World-attendee Jeffrey Piccolo sued the company after his wife Kanokporn Tangsuan died following an allergic reaction to food served at Disney Springs restaurant Raglan Road. Piccolo says he and Tangsuan made her allergies known, and were assured her food was “allergen free.” A medical examiner’s report found Tangsuan’s cause of death was “anaphylaxis due to elevated levels of dairy and nut in her system.” Disney does not own and operate Raglan Road — it leases the space...
Once Abandoned, Now Beloved: Michael Pressman on His ‘Boulevard Nights’
When “Boulevard Nights” opened in early 1979, it was one of several major studio films — along with “The Warriors,” The Wanderers,” and “Over the Edge” — to take on gang violence as its primary subject. After the movies inspired a handful of violent incidents at theaters, Paramount doubled down on the marketing of Walter Hill‘s “The Warriors” and turned it into a box office hit; unfortunately for “Boulevard Nights” director Michael Pressman, Warner Bros. went in the opposite direction and pulled their film from the venues where violence had broken out, essentially abandoning the movie. 'Y2K' Trailer: Rachel Zegler...
‘Y2K’ Trailer: Rachel Zegler Barely Survives New Years 1999 in Kyle Mooney’s Apocalyptic Comedy
IndieWire’s 2000s week continues in spirit with the highly-anticipated trailer for Kyle Mooney’s directorial debut “Y2K.” 'The Acolyte' Tried Something New. Its Cancellation Doesn't Bode Well for the Future of 'Star Wars' The high school-set comedy stars Rachel Zegler, Jaeden Martell, and Julian Dennison as a trio of teens who have to survive New Years 1999 as Y2K literally happens. The A24 film was announced in 2023, with Mason Gooding, Alicia Silverstone, Lachlan Watson, The Kid Laroi, Tim Heidecker, Eduardo Franco, Miles Robbins, Fred Hechinger, and Daniel Zolghadri rounding out the cast. “SNL” alum Mooney directs from a script he...
‘The Acolyte’ Tried Something New. Its Cancellation Doesn’t Bode Well for the Future of ‘Star Wars’
[Editor’s note: This article contains spoilers for the season, now series, finale of “The Acolyte.”]All the 'Bridgerton' Books, Ranked Worst to Best There is every indication that, as of San Diego Comic-Con just weeks ago, Lucasfilm was planning on a future for “The Acolyte.” Instead, on August 19, Deadline first reported that the Disney+ “Star Wars” prequel series was canceled. So it’s strange that at Comic-Con on July 26, the annual Stories from a Galaxy Far, Far Away panel showed that Lucasfilm Publishing had invested a great deal in “The Acolyte,” with multiple new tie-in books and comics related to the show....
DOC NYC Unveils 40 Under 40 List of Filmmakers to Watch
IndieWire can exclusively unveil the official 2024 DOC NYC 40 Under 40 list of rising filmmakers.Ayo Edebiri and Colman Domingo Play Dress Up in Neiman Marcus Short Film -- Watch The annual honor celebrates young creatives that are making an impact in the field of documentary, ranging from documentarians to editors and sound designers. This year, the seventh annual season for the list, celebrates emerging documentary talent from filmmakers based in the U.S., Canada, and/or Mexico. The 2024 cohort will be honored during the November festival at a private cocktail reception, with the 15th edition of DOC NYC taking place in...
Meet the Force Behind ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ and Four Oscar Shows
Molly McNearney and Jimmy Kimmel are on a two-month summer vacation. That doesn’t mean they don’t pay attention to the news. But they don’t have to write jokes about it. Two decades in, Jimmy Kimmel is the longest-running late-night host on television. He married “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” executive producer and showrunner McNearney in 2013; they have two young kids, seven and 10. That’s one reason Kimmel, who keeps threatening to quit the daily grind when his contract with ABC expires in two years, insists on time off. He recently announced he wasn’t returning to the Oscars for a fifth go-round...
‘The Acolyte’ Is Canceled After Just One Season
Any “Star Wars” fans who were excited about the new developments introduced in the Season 1 finale of “The Acolyte” should brace for disappointment. The Disney+ series created by Leslye Headland and starring Amandla Stenberg and Manny Jacinto has been canceled after a single season, IndieWire has confirmed. Everything Coming to Netflix in September 2024 The cancellation marks an abrupt ending for a series that was polarizing from the beginning. Headland’s series — which takes place one hundred years before the Prequel Trilogy and follows the mystery behind a series of Jedi murders — faced a predictable level of online outrage...
‘Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft’ Teaser Trailer Marks an Animated Return of the Badass Archaeologist
Netflix dropped the teaser trailer for “Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft,” the animated series (premiering October 10) that reintroduces the badass archaeologist/adventurer from the popular video game franchise. This comes on the heels of Netflix’s anime adaptation of James Cameron’s “Terminator” franchise, “Terminator Zero” (premiering August 29), from Skydance, Japanese animation studio Production I.G, and showrunner Mattson Tomlin.Conan O'Brien Tried to Get Cast as a 'Male Gigolo' in 'The White Lotus' Season 3 Now, not only is Lara Croft animated, but this time it’s personal, and her journey turns existential. Picking up after the 2018 game “Shadow of the Tomb...
Ayo Edebiri and Colman Domingo Play Dress Up in Neiman Marcus Short Film — Watch
Add fashion icon to the long list of accomplishments accrued by Ayo Edebiri and Colman Domingo, as both stars are now front and center for Neiman Marcus’ 2024 fall campaign. TIFF 2024 Will Celebrate Rising Actors Jharrel Jerome and Zhao Tao at This Year's Tribute Awards Starring in an ad directed by visual artist and photographer Tyler Mitchell, Edebiri plays a young woman faced with the predicament of her hat blowing off in the wind. Thankfully this occurs right outside a Neiman Marcus storefront, providing her with an opportunity to not only replace the item, but boost her confidence and sense...
In ‘Alien: Romulus,’ Xenomorphs and Facehuggers Walk Into a Zero-Gravity Elevator…
For “Alien: Romulus,” director Fede Álvarez was able to make the iconic Xenomorphs and Facehuggers even more badass than in Ridley Scott’s masterful “Alien” (1979). And he did so even while adhering as closely as possible to H.R. Giger’s original designs (with minor exceptions for heightened emphasis) since his re-imagining takes place between “Alien” and “Aliens” (1986) on an abandoned research station.Sandra Bullock 'Mothered' Lily Collins During 'The Blind Side': She's a 'Badass' Álvarez also shot as much as he could practically in camera, relying on suits, animatronics, and puppets from Legacy Effects. This was part of the tactile vibe, and...
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