Following his groundbreaking adaptation of Dune, filmmaker Denis Villeneuve is poised to set even higher standards with his upcoming take on Arthur C. Clarke’s revered novel, Rendezvous With Rama. Initially announced in 2021, the filmmaker has shared that its development is underway, as he navigates other projects, including Cleopatra and the Dune threequel, all of which are concurrently in the writing stages.
Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve | Credit: Deadline Hollywood via YouTube
However, the adaptation of Clarke’s iconic science fiction narrative has already marked a significant milestone, as after being pursued by esteemed filmmakers in the industry, an adaptation has finally progressed to the development phase under Villeneuve’s direction.
Rendezvous With Rama Faced a Decade of Developmental Challenges
Rendezvous With Rama revolves around a group of explorers, aboard the spaceship The Endeavor, as they set out to investigate a massive cylindrical alien starship entering the Solar System. Arthur C. Clarke’s novel explores various narratives,...
Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve | Credit: Deadline Hollywood via YouTube
However, the adaptation of Clarke’s iconic science fiction narrative has already marked a significant milestone, as after being pursued by esteemed filmmakers in the industry, an adaptation has finally progressed to the development phase under Villeneuve’s direction.
Rendezvous With Rama Faced a Decade of Developmental Challenges
Rendezvous With Rama revolves around a group of explorers, aboard the spaceship The Endeavor, as they set out to investigate a massive cylindrical alien starship entering the Solar System. Arthur C. Clarke’s novel explores various narratives,...
- 6/2/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
In 2011, HBO embarked on a mega-prospect to adapt George R.R. Martin’s fantasy novels into live-action. A production that started off with grounded ambition soon took flight to become one of the world’s most recognizable and acclaimed series of such genre, at least for most of it. Starring the likes of Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, and Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones went on to rule global charts. However, the process of creating this behemoth did not come easy and did involve certain challenges, forcing changes.
Emilia Clarke in a still from Game of Thrones | HBO
At times, the show drastically moved away from the books and the original intentions of the author. While some changes caused furors and caused a dip in ratings, others proved beneficial and even helped the project fare better. One such instance involved Clarke and her story as a Targaryen descendant and a...
Emilia Clarke in a still from Game of Thrones | HBO
At times, the show drastically moved away from the books and the original intentions of the author. While some changes caused furors and caused a dip in ratings, others proved beneficial and even helped the project fare better. One such instance involved Clarke and her story as a Targaryen descendant and a...
- 6/1/2024
- by Imteshal Karim
- FandomWire
When Emilia Clarke Said That The Avengers Movies Were Silly & Then Joined The MCU With Marvel’s Secret Invasion( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Emilia Clarke is not an unknown name. She became popular as Game of Thrones’ Khaleesi, aka Daenerys Targaryen. She became a household name because of the gory HBO series based on George Rr Martin’s works. She recently joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, aka MCU, with Secret Invasion, but a few years before the Marvel series, the actress made a not-so-likable comment about Marvel movies, such as the Avengers films. Scroll below for more.
Clarke appeared in the leading role in the miniseries Secret Invasion. She plays Gi’ah, daughter of Talos, who works for Gravik [leader of rebel Skrulls], but things change by the end of the series. The show did not get such a good response from the fans. The critics rated it 52% on Tomatometer, and the Audience Score is 46% overall on Rotten Tomatoes.
Emilia Clarke is not an unknown name. She became popular as Game of Thrones’ Khaleesi, aka Daenerys Targaryen. She became a household name because of the gory HBO series based on George Rr Martin’s works. She recently joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, aka MCU, with Secret Invasion, but a few years before the Marvel series, the actress made a not-so-likable comment about Marvel movies, such as the Avengers films. Scroll below for more.
Clarke appeared in the leading role in the miniseries Secret Invasion. She plays Gi’ah, daughter of Talos, who works for Gravik [leader of rebel Skrulls], but things change by the end of the series. The show did not get such a good response from the fans. The critics rated it 52% on Tomatometer, and the Audience Score is 46% overall on Rotten Tomatoes.
- 5/31/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
After directing Thor: The Dark World, filmmaker Alan Taylor moved on to Terminator Genisys. Released in 2015, it's widely considered the worst movie in the sci-fi franchise's storied history. Meant to serve as a reboot, it introduced a new timeline created when Skynet attempted to kill Sarah Connors as a child.
In the movie's big twist, we learned that Skynet had transformed Jason Clarke's John Connor into a Terminator-hybrid. Joining him in the cast were Emilia Clarke as Sarah, Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as a T-800 dubbed "Pops."
Despite being heavily featured in bizarre promo photos, House of the Dragon star Matt Smith made a relatively minor appearance as the advanced T-5000 Terminator who embodies Skynet, and it sounds like shooting his scenes was a bemusing experience for the British actor.
"My rather brief time in that world. It was quite strange, you know, when I [was] filming,...
In the movie's big twist, we learned that Skynet had transformed Jason Clarke's John Connor into a Terminator-hybrid. Joining him in the cast were Emilia Clarke as Sarah, Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as a T-800 dubbed "Pops."
Despite being heavily featured in bizarre promo photos, House of the Dragon star Matt Smith made a relatively minor appearance as the advanced T-5000 Terminator who embodies Skynet, and it sounds like shooting his scenes was a bemusing experience for the British actor.
"My rather brief time in that world. It was quite strange, you know, when I [was] filming,...
- 5/30/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
The official websites and accounts for the previously announced I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons anime series today unveiled a pair of teaser visuals featuring protagonists Leticia and Clarke, along with confirmation of a 2025 broadcast. It was also revealed that the long-betrothed couple will be voiced by Haruka Shiraishi and Jun Fukuyama (King in The Seven Deadly Sins ), respectively. Related: A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring TV Anime Releases New Trailer Featuring Op Theme Based on the light novels by Izumi Sawano and Miru Yumezaki, Shinobu Tagashira directs and provides character designs for the I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons anime at studio Emt Squared, with Tomoko Kanemaki ( Kingdom Hearts manga) alongside as series composer. J-Novel Club publishes an official English version of the series and describes the story: Duchess Leticia Dorman has been betrothed to Crown Prince Clarke since age seven. She was once a rambunctious and free-spirited child,...
- 5/29/2024
- by Liam Dempsey
- Crunchyroll
Film curator June Givanni will be honoured with Bafta’s outstanding British contribution to cinema award at the Bafta film awards on February 18.
Givanni receives the award for her work with the June Givanni PanAfrican Archive (Jgpaca) which has been preserving the history of pan-African and Black British cinema and culture for over 40 years. With over 10,000 artefacts, it is one of the largest independent archives in the UK.
Givanni has also programmed for international festivals, organisations and TV channels including Toronto International Film Festival’s Planet Africa and the African Caribbean Film Unit at the British Film Institute. At the...
Givanni receives the award for her work with the June Givanni PanAfrican Archive (Jgpaca) which has been preserving the history of pan-African and Black British cinema and culture for over 40 years. With over 10,000 artefacts, it is one of the largest independent archives in the UK.
Givanni has also programmed for international festivals, organisations and TV channels including Toronto International Film Festival’s Planet Africa and the African Caribbean Film Unit at the British Film Institute. At the...
- 1/17/2024
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Kimberly Akimbo, the 2023 Tony Award winner for best musical, will be closing on April 28.
The musical, which also took home four other Tony Awards, has been running at the Booth Theatre on Broadway since October 2022, after making its world premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company Off-Broadway in 2021. The entire original cast from the Off-Broadway run, including Tony Award winners Victoria Clark and Bonnie Milligan, has remained with the show throughout its run and will remain for the final performance.
A national tour is scheduled to follow starting in September.
The musical, which features a book by David Lindsay-Abaire and a score by Jeanine Tesori and Lindsay-Abaire, follows Kimberly (played by Clarke), a 16-year-old girl with a rare genetic condition that causes her to age rapidly, as she navigates a complicated family life and tries to fit in amongst her peers. The show was adapted from a 2001 play by Lindsay-Abaire.
In addition to Clarke,...
The musical, which also took home four other Tony Awards, has been running at the Booth Theatre on Broadway since October 2022, after making its world premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company Off-Broadway in 2021. The entire original cast from the Off-Broadway run, including Tony Award winners Victoria Clark and Bonnie Milligan, has remained with the show throughout its run and will remain for the final performance.
A national tour is scheduled to follow starting in September.
The musical, which features a book by David Lindsay-Abaire and a score by Jeanine Tesori and Lindsay-Abaire, follows Kimberly (played by Clarke), a 16-year-old girl with a rare genetic condition that causes her to age rapidly, as she navigates a complicated family life and tries to fit in amongst her peers. The show was adapted from a 2001 play by Lindsay-Abaire.
In addition to Clarke,...
- 1/5/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cillian Murphy is revealing his favorite “Oppenheimer” scene, but that doesn’t mean it was the most fun to film.
Murphy plays the title character of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, known as the father of the atomic bomb, in Christopher Nolan’s epic film. The star-studded ensemble period piece is already on the Oscars shortlist in a slew of categories, with Murphy predicted to land a Best Actor nomination as well.
Talking with IndieWire’s Anne Thompson, Murphy singled out the courtroom interrogation scene as his favorite to film, despite taking place in a “tiny, awful, shitty little bureaucratic space” that made it difficult to film with large IMAX cameras.
“That whole sequence was my favorite to shoot because we shot it right at the end,” Murphy said. “We’d been through it all together. It was this insanely ambitious schedule — we shot it in 57 days, and we’re flying all over the country.
Murphy plays the title character of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, known as the father of the atomic bomb, in Christopher Nolan’s epic film. The star-studded ensemble period piece is already on the Oscars shortlist in a slew of categories, with Murphy predicted to land a Best Actor nomination as well.
Talking with IndieWire’s Anne Thompson, Murphy singled out the courtroom interrogation scene as his favorite to film, despite taking place in a “tiny, awful, shitty little bureaucratic space” that made it difficult to film with large IMAX cameras.
“That whole sequence was my favorite to shoot because we shot it right at the end,” Murphy said. “We’d been through it all together. It was this insanely ambitious schedule — we shot it in 57 days, and we’re flying all over the country.
- 12/21/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Oscar winner Nicole Kidman leads the cast of Prime Video’s Expats, based on Janice Y. K. Lee’s bestselling novel The Expatriates. The limited series’ official trailer introduces the three women at the heart of the story – Kidman as Margaret, Sarayu Blue (Never Have I Ever) as Hilary, and Ji-young Yoo (The Sky is Everywhere) as Mercy.
The six-episode season’s cast also includes Brian Tee (Chicago Med) as Margaret’s husband, Clarke, and Jack Huston (House of Gucci) as Hilary’s husband, David. Amelyn Pardenilla plays Puri, Ruby Ruiz is Essie, Will Orr is Tony, and Bonde Sham plays Charly.
Lulu Wang created the series and serves as writer, director, and executive producer. Additional executive producers include Daniel Melia, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Alice Bell, Theresa Park, Stan Wlodkowski. Bell, Vera Miao, Gursimran Sandhu, and author Lee are involved as writers alongside Wang.
Brian Tee and Nicole Kidman...
The six-episode season’s cast also includes Brian Tee (Chicago Med) as Margaret’s husband, Clarke, and Jack Huston (House of Gucci) as Hilary’s husband, David. Amelyn Pardenilla plays Puri, Ruby Ruiz is Essie, Will Orr is Tony, and Bonde Sham plays Charly.
Lulu Wang created the series and serves as writer, director, and executive producer. Additional executive producers include Daniel Melia, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Alice Bell, Theresa Park, Stan Wlodkowski. Bell, Vera Miao, Gursimran Sandhu, and author Lee are involved as writers alongside Wang.
Brian Tee and Nicole Kidman...
- 12/20/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Director Lulu Wang has teamed up with Nicole Kidman for Amazon Prime drama series Expats. Here’s the trailer:
Writer and director Lulu Wang came to prominence with her highly acclaimed 2019 film The Farewell, which followed the story of a Chinese woman as her family organise a gathering to prepare for the death of her grandmother, without telling the grandmother she’s dying. The film was nominated for a plethora of awards, won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film, and voted one of the ten best films of the year by the American Film Institute.
Wang is now the creative force behind the Hong Kong-set American television series Expats, as she teams with star and executive producer Nicole Kidman and her production company Blossom Films.
The synopsis for Expats reads as follows:
Set against the vibrant and tumultuous tapestry of 2014 Hong Kong, Expats centers on three American women—Margaret...
Writer and director Lulu Wang came to prominence with her highly acclaimed 2019 film The Farewell, which followed the story of a Chinese woman as her family organise a gathering to prepare for the death of her grandmother, without telling the grandmother she’s dying. The film was nominated for a plethora of awards, won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film, and voted one of the ten best films of the year by the American Film Institute.
Wang is now the creative force behind the Hong Kong-set American television series Expats, as she teams with star and executive producer Nicole Kidman and her production company Blossom Films.
The synopsis for Expats reads as follows:
Set against the vibrant and tumultuous tapestry of 2014 Hong Kong, Expats centers on three American women—Margaret...
- 12/20/2023
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
The first trailer for Amazon Prime Video’s Hong Kong-set Expats has dropped, and we get our clearest look at the Lulu Wang-directed drama based on the bestselling novel The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee.
In the clip, we see three American women living in Hong Kong during 2014, a year when the city was riven with street protests as part of the Umbrella Movement. We see Margaret (Nicole Kidman), a wealthy woman haunted by the loss of her child; Mercy (Ji-young Yoo) a young woman who can’t move past a terrible mistake she made; and Hilary (Sarayu Blue) a woman who feels her marriage is falling apart. All three women belong to the affluent, close-knit, privileged expat community in Hong Kong and all suffer in different ways from the claustrophobic and suffocating nature of their existence.
The cast also includes Brian Tee who plays Margaret’s husband...
In the clip, we see three American women living in Hong Kong during 2014, a year when the city was riven with street protests as part of the Umbrella Movement. We see Margaret (Nicole Kidman), a wealthy woman haunted by the loss of her child; Mercy (Ji-young Yoo) a young woman who can’t move past a terrible mistake she made; and Hilary (Sarayu Blue) a woman who feels her marriage is falling apart. All three women belong to the affluent, close-knit, privileged expat community in Hong Kong and all suffer in different ways from the claustrophobic and suffocating nature of their existence.
The cast also includes Brian Tee who plays Margaret’s husband...
- 12/20/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Prime Video has released the trailer for Expats, the six-part limited series directed by Lulu Wang and based on the internationally best-selling novel The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee. The series will premiere with two episodes on January 26, 2024, with new episodes launching weekly until the finale on February 23, 2024. Expats stars Academy Award- and Emmy-winning actor Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, Ji-young Yoo, Brian Tee, and Jack Huston. Kidman and Lulu Wang also serve as executive producers on the series. Set against the vibrant and tumultuous tapestry of 2014 Hong Kong, Expats centers on three American women—Margaret (Nicole Kidman), Hilary (Sarayu Blue), and Mercy (Ji-young Yoo)—whose lives intersect after a sudden family tragedy. The series interrogates privilege and explores what happens when the line between victimhood and culpability becomes blurred. Brian Tee plays Margaret’s husband Clarke and Jack Huston plays Hilary’s husband David.
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- 12/19/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Prime Video has released the trailer for ‘Expats,’ the six-part limited series directed by Lulu Wang and based on the internationally best-selling novel The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee.
Set against the vibrant and tumultuous tapestry of 2014 Hong Kong, Expats centers on three American women—Margaret (Nicole Kidman), Hilary (Sarayu Blue), and Mercy (Ji-young Yoo)—whose lives intersect after a sudden family tragedy. The series interrogates privilege and explores what happens when the line between victimhood and culpability becomes blurred. Brian Tee plays Margaret’s husband Clarke and Jack Huston plays Hilary’s husband David.
The series stars Academy Award- and Emmy-winning actor Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, Ji-young Yoo, Brian Tee, and Jack Huston. Kidman and Lulu Wang also serve as executive producers on the series.
Lulu Wang serves as a creator, director, and writer for Expats. Wang also executive produces the series with Daniele Melia for Local Time.
Set against the vibrant and tumultuous tapestry of 2014 Hong Kong, Expats centers on three American women—Margaret (Nicole Kidman), Hilary (Sarayu Blue), and Mercy (Ji-young Yoo)—whose lives intersect after a sudden family tragedy. The series interrogates privilege and explores what happens when the line between victimhood and culpability becomes blurred. Brian Tee plays Margaret’s husband Clarke and Jack Huston plays Hilary’s husband David.
The series stars Academy Award- and Emmy-winning actor Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, Ji-young Yoo, Brian Tee, and Jack Huston. Kidman and Lulu Wang also serve as executive producers on the series.
Lulu Wang serves as a creator, director, and writer for Expats. Wang also executive produces the series with Daniele Melia for Local Time.
- 12/19/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Grief takes many forms. It gets inside your bones and could change you after siphoning your energy and reducing you to a shadow of your former self. In today’s Expats trailer, Margaret (Nicole Kidman) encounters a level of grief no parent should suffer, and as her emotions pull her into an abyss, loved ones attempt to remove her from the brink of darkness. Expats, the six-part limited series from the brilliant directorial eye of Lulu Wang (The Farewell), comes to Prime Video on February 23, 2024.
“Set against the vibrant and tumultuous tapestry of 2014 Hong Kong, Expats centers on three American women—Margaret (Nicole Kidman), Hilary (Sarayu Blue), and Mercy (Ji-young Yoo)—whose lives intersect after a sudden family tragedy,” reads the official Expats synopsis. “The series interrogates privilege and explores what happens when the line between victimhood and culpability becomes blurred. Brian Tee plays Margaret’s husband Clarke, and Jack Huston...
“Set against the vibrant and tumultuous tapestry of 2014 Hong Kong, Expats centers on three American women—Margaret (Nicole Kidman), Hilary (Sarayu Blue), and Mercy (Ji-young Yoo)—whose lives intersect after a sudden family tragedy,” reads the official Expats synopsis. “The series interrogates privilege and explores what happens when the line between victimhood and culpability becomes blurred. Brian Tee plays Margaret’s husband Clarke, and Jack Huston...
- 12/19/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
After The Farewell, we were intrigued to see what Lulu Wang would do as a follow-up. As it turns out, she had an idea for a TV series, which will be on Prime Video. Expats stars the likes of Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue and Brian Tee. Check out the trailer below:
Set against the vibrant and tumultuous tapestry of 2014 Hong Kong, Expats focuses on three American women – Margaret (Kidman), Hilary (Blue), and Mercy (Ji-young Yoo)—whose lives intersect after a sudden family tragedy. The series interrogates privilege and explores what happens when the line between victimhood and culpability becomes blurred. Tee plays Margaret’s husband Clarke, while Jack Huston plays Hilary’s husband David.
Prime Video will launch the first two episodes on 26 January, with new a new episode weekly until the finale on 23 February.
Set against the vibrant and tumultuous tapestry of 2014 Hong Kong, Expats focuses on three American women – Margaret (Kidman), Hilary (Blue), and Mercy (Ji-young Yoo)—whose lives intersect after a sudden family tragedy. The series interrogates privilege and explores what happens when the line between victimhood and culpability becomes blurred. Tee plays Margaret’s husband Clarke, while Jack Huston plays Hilary’s husband David.
Prime Video will launch the first two episodes on 26 January, with new a new episode weekly until the finale on 23 February.
- 12/19/2023
- by James White
- Empire - TV
Amazon Prime Video has released the trailer for “Expats,” directed by Lulu Wang and starring Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue and Ji-young Yoo. The series will debut on Prime Video on Jan. 26, 2024, with new episodes launching weekly until the Feb. 23 finale.
Based on Janice Y. K. Lee’s 2016 novel “The Expatriates,” the six-episode limited series follows an international community in Hong Kong whose lives are bound together forever following a sudden family tragedy.
Kidman portrays Margaret, a woman who has moved her whole family to Hong Kong. Blue plays career-driven Hilary, whose friendship with Margaret is fractured by fate. Yoo stars as Mercy, a carefree New Yorker just out of college who becomes entangled in the lives of the Hong Kong expat community. Additionally, Jack Huston will portray David, Hilary’s husband, while Brian Tee will play Clarke, Margaret’s husband.
Throughout production, “Expats” has been the subject of much controversy...
Based on Janice Y. K. Lee’s 2016 novel “The Expatriates,” the six-episode limited series follows an international community in Hong Kong whose lives are bound together forever following a sudden family tragedy.
Kidman portrays Margaret, a woman who has moved her whole family to Hong Kong. Blue plays career-driven Hilary, whose friendship with Margaret is fractured by fate. Yoo stars as Mercy, a carefree New Yorker just out of college who becomes entangled in the lives of the Hong Kong expat community. Additionally, Jack Huston will portray David, Hilary’s husband, while Brian Tee will play Clarke, Margaret’s husband.
Throughout production, “Expats” has been the subject of much controversy...
- 12/19/2023
- by Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
"Not a moment goes by where I'm not thinking about what I've done." Prime Video has revealed the first full trailer for the new series Expats, created by the talented filmmaker Lulu Wang (her latest since her hit film The Farewell). Expats is an upcoming American drama streaming television series created by Wang based on the 2016 novel "The Expatriates" by Janice Y. K. Lee that is set to stream on Prime Video starting in January. It follows "the vibrant lives of a close-knit expatriate community: where affluence is celebrated, friendships are intense but knowingly temporary, and personal lives, deaths and marriages are played out publicly—then retold with glee." It's a story about the many lives of expats living in other countries (mainly in Hong Kong) - starring Nicole Kidman as Margaret, Ji-young Yoo as Mercy, Jack Huston as David Starr, Sarayu Blue as Hilary Starr, Brian Tee as Clarke,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A family crisis triggers a whole lot of soul searching in the new trailer for Expats released Tuesday.
The six-part Prime Video miniseries (which releases two episodes on Thursday, Jan. 26, with new episodes launching weekly), is based on the best-selling novel The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee. “Set against the vibrant and tumultuous tapestry of 2014 Hong Kong, Expats centers on three American women — Margaret (Big Little Lies’ Nicole Kidman), Hilary (Never Have I Ever’s Sarayu Blue) and Mercy (The Sky Is Everywhere’s Ji-young Yoo) — whose lives intersect after a sudden family tragedy,” reads the official description. “The...
The six-part Prime Video miniseries (which releases two episodes on Thursday, Jan. 26, with new episodes launching weekly), is based on the best-selling novel The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee. “Set against the vibrant and tumultuous tapestry of 2014 Hong Kong, Expats centers on three American women — Margaret (Big Little Lies’ Nicole Kidman), Hilary (Never Have I Ever’s Sarayu Blue) and Mercy (The Sky Is Everywhere’s Ji-young Yoo) — whose lives intersect after a sudden family tragedy,” reads the official description. “The...
- 12/19/2023
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
MoistCr1tikal, Wendigoon, and Jackson Clarke have joined forces for a cryptid, conpiracy, and cult-themed podcast that swiftly rose to the #2 spot on U.S. podcast charts, beaten out only by longtime most-listened-to show The Joe Rogan Experience.
Each episode of Red Thread will “investigate the peculiar space just beyond reality,” according to the show’s official description.
Red Thread‘s debut ep followed an urban legend: the Goatman, already popularized on YouTube and in memes by skeptic-in-chief Shane Madej during an episode of and Ryan Bergara‘s hit series BuzzFeed Unsolved. Its second chronicles the bizarre final months of Charles Morgan, who lived a seemingly normal life until he vanished March 22, 1977, and reappeared three days later suffering from intense paranoia.
Both episodes are uploaded in video form on YouTube, with the first bringing in nearly 900,000 views, and the second bringing in just under 400,000.
According to the CEO of Mana Talent Group,...
Each episode of Red Thread will “investigate the peculiar space just beyond reality,” according to the show’s official description.
Red Thread‘s debut ep followed an urban legend: the Goatman, already popularized on YouTube and in memes by skeptic-in-chief Shane Madej during an episode of and Ryan Bergara‘s hit series BuzzFeed Unsolved. Its second chronicles the bizarre final months of Charles Morgan, who lived a seemingly normal life until he vanished March 22, 1977, and reappeared three days later suffering from intense paranoia.
Both episodes are uploaded in video form on YouTube, with the first bringing in nearly 900,000 views, and the second bringing in just under 400,000.
According to the CEO of Mana Talent Group,...
- 12/18/2023
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
‘God’s Petting You’ Ending Explained & Movie Summary: Will Charlie And Tattoo Girl End Up In Prison?
Good, fast-paced adult comedies with a little bit of action sprinkled in are rare these days. The 2022 film God’s Petting You, written and directed by Jamie Patterson, feels like it belongs to another time—probably the early 2000s—where it could have been a sleeper hit with its raunchy vibe and the overall rom-com tone it tries to subvert. But in the third decade of the century, it’s missed out on the zeitgeist that could make this film feel relatable. That being said, this film can be enjoyed, and it does have genuine laugh-out-loud moments, but they have to be placed within the context of the film. The film is a bit tone-deaf at points, and some of the characters seem so out of sync with the story that it would have been better if they were edited out completely. But God’s Petting You still remains a watchable experience...
- 12/14/2023
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
Jared Harris, Joseph Fiennes & Sheila Atim Leading A+E/Sky’s ‘Royal Kill List’
Jared Harris, Joseph Fiennes and Sheila Atim are leading an A+E Networks/Sky series about King Charles I from Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story producer 72 Films. Royal Kill List is Sky History’s latest docu-drama following in the footsteps of the likes of Royal Bastards: Rise of The Tudors and The Royal Mob. The three-part series looks back at one of the most seismic events in British royal history. In 1649, for the first and only time, a British monarch was publicly executed, having been tried and convicted of treason by Parliament. This bloody spectacle heralded 10 years of Britain as a republic before, in May 1660, the monarchy was restored with the accession of King Charles II. Told through dramatic reconstruction, Atim for the Royalists, Harris for the Regicides, and Fiennes for King Charles II will play out the Jacobean tragedy,...
Jared Harris, Joseph Fiennes and Sheila Atim are leading an A+E Networks/Sky series about King Charles I from Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story producer 72 Films. Royal Kill List is Sky History’s latest docu-drama following in the footsteps of the likes of Royal Bastards: Rise of The Tudors and The Royal Mob. The three-part series looks back at one of the most seismic events in British royal history. In 1649, for the first and only time, a British monarch was publicly executed, having been tried and convicted of treason by Parliament. This bloody spectacle heralded 10 years of Britain as a republic before, in May 1660, the monarchy was restored with the accession of King Charles II. Told through dramatic reconstruction, Atim for the Royalists, Harris for the Regicides, and Fiennes for King Charles II will play out the Jacobean tragedy,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Thousands of mourners converged on St. Mary of the Rosary Church in Nenagh, Ireland, on Friday to pay their respects to the late Pogues frontman, Shane MacGowan. MacGowan died of complications from pneumonia on Nov. 30.
Those in attendance included Nick Cave, Johnny Depp, Bob Geldof, and Ireland’s President, Michael D. Higgins, according to Sky News. MacGowan’s sister, Siobhan MacGowan, told the congregation that her brother’s veins had run “with Irish blood.”
Cave performed the Pogues song “A Rainy Night in Soho” at the service. His face looked emotional,...
Those in attendance included Nick Cave, Johnny Depp, Bob Geldof, and Ireland’s President, Michael D. Higgins, according to Sky News. MacGowan’s sister, Siobhan MacGowan, told the congregation that her brother’s veins had run “with Irish blood.”
Cave performed the Pogues song “A Rainy Night in Soho” at the service. His face looked emotional,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Deadline is continuing to bolster its formidable international ranks with the hire of respected industry vet Stewart Clarke, recent Creative Director of the Edinburgh TV Festival and former international correspondent at Variety.
Clarke is joining Deadline as SVP, Content, International. Based in London, he will contribute to editorial and work closely with Deadline’s SVP Global Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, Celine Rotterman, and International Features Editor Diana Lodderhose, to help grow Deadline’s international business opportunities.
Clarke, who starts Monday (Dec 11), will report to Deadline’s President Ellie Duque and collaborate with the overseas team, including International Editor, Andreas Wiseman, who oversees international editorial.
“Stewart’s unique background as a seasoned trade reporter and accomplished festival executive makes him a perfect addition to Deadline’s formidable international team,” said Deadline co-editors in chief Nellie Andreeva and Mike Fleming, Jr. “He had been on our wish list for awhile, and we...
Clarke is joining Deadline as SVP, Content, International. Based in London, he will contribute to editorial and work closely with Deadline’s SVP Global Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, Celine Rotterman, and International Features Editor Diana Lodderhose, to help grow Deadline’s international business opportunities.
Clarke, who starts Monday (Dec 11), will report to Deadline’s President Ellie Duque and collaborate with the overseas team, including International Editor, Andreas Wiseman, who oversees international editorial.
“Stewart’s unique background as a seasoned trade reporter and accomplished festival executive makes him a perfect addition to Deadline’s formidable international team,” said Deadline co-editors in chief Nellie Andreeva and Mike Fleming, Jr. “He had been on our wish list for awhile, and we...
- 12/8/2023
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The BBC is returning to its adaptation of Alex Wheatle’s book Crongton Knights after shelving the series amid sexual misconduct allegations against actor and producer Noel Clarke.
Clarke was overseeing an adaptation through his Unstoppable Film & Television outfit, but the project has now transferred to The Long Shadow and Champion producer New Pictures.
New Pictures is adapting the novel for Cbbc, the British broadcaster’s kids channel. Archie Maddocks, a writer and comedian, has penned the scripts. The BBC and New Pictures declined to comment.
Crongton Knights centers on McKay, who has experienced the hardship of his mother’s death and his father working all hours to keep the bailiffs from the door.
Having strayed off his turf on a mission to help out a girl, McKay finds himself facing a friend’s crazy ex-boyfriend, a group of kids on a power trip, and a violent gangster with a vendetta close to home.
Clarke was overseeing an adaptation through his Unstoppable Film & Television outfit, but the project has now transferred to The Long Shadow and Champion producer New Pictures.
New Pictures is adapting the novel for Cbbc, the British broadcaster’s kids channel. Archie Maddocks, a writer and comedian, has penned the scripts. The BBC and New Pictures declined to comment.
Crongton Knights centers on McKay, who has experienced the hardship of his mother’s death and his father working all hours to keep the bailiffs from the door.
Having strayed off his turf on a mission to help out a girl, McKay finds himself facing a friend’s crazy ex-boyfriend, a group of kids on a power trip, and a violent gangster with a vendetta close to home.
- 12/5/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Pogues lead singer Shane MacGowan died of complications from pneumonia, his wife Victoria Mary Clarke revealed to the New York Times. The musician was 65 at the time of his death.
A funeral service for McGowan is set for Friday. The service will be open to the public and reportedly features a procession that will travel to Dublin from the town of Nenagh in MacGowan’s home county of Tipperary in Ireland. According to Rte, the funeral will be held at St. Mary of the Rosary Church and led by JJ Ryan’s Undertakers.
A funeral service for McGowan is set for Friday. The service will be open to the public and reportedly features a procession that will travel to Dublin from the town of Nenagh in MacGowan’s home county of Tipperary in Ireland. According to Rte, the funeral will be held at St. Mary of the Rosary Church and led by JJ Ryan’s Undertakers.
- 12/4/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan died from compilations of viral encephalitis and pneumonia, his wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, has revealed.
The 65-year-old musician had been receiving treatment at a Dublin hospital for the last several months. He was discharged on November 22nd so he could spend his remaining days at home with family and friends. He ultimately passed away on November 30th.
“He wasn’t ready to give up. He wasn’t ready to stop fighting – but his body did it for him,” Clarke told RTÉ Radio 1.
A funeral for MacGowan is set for Friday, December 8th, and is open to the public. The procession will begin in Nenagh and travel to Dublin, where a funeral will be held at St. Mary of the Rosary church. Ireland’s president, Michael Higgins, is expected to attend the funeral. Other reported guests include Bono and the surviving members of the Pogues.
MacGowan’s...
The 65-year-old musician had been receiving treatment at a Dublin hospital for the last several months. He was discharged on November 22nd so he could spend his remaining days at home with family and friends. He ultimately passed away on November 30th.
“He wasn’t ready to give up. He wasn’t ready to stop fighting – but his body did it for him,” Clarke told RTÉ Radio 1.
A funeral for MacGowan is set for Friday, December 8th, and is open to the public. The procession will begin in Nenagh and travel to Dublin, where a funeral will be held at St. Mary of the Rosary church. Ireland’s president, Michael Higgins, is expected to attend the funeral. Other reported guests include Bono and the surviving members of the Pogues.
MacGowan’s...
- 12/4/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to one of his “all-time favorite writers,” the former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, in an Instagram tribute on Friday.
“The passion and deep intensity of his music and lyrics is unmatched by all but the very best in the rock & roll canon,” he wrote. “I was fortunate to spend a little time with Shane and his lovely wife Victoria the last time we were in Dublin. He was very ill, but still beautifully present in his heart and spirit. His music is timeless and eternal. I...
“The passion and deep intensity of his music and lyrics is unmatched by all but the very best in the rock & roll canon,” he wrote. “I was fortunate to spend a little time with Shane and his lovely wife Victoria the last time we were in Dublin. He was very ill, but still beautifully present in his heart and spirit. His music is timeless and eternal. I...
- 12/1/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Aislinn Clarke is set to direct Hellish Nell, the genre thriller for Studiocanal and The Picture Company.
From Black List writer Chris Basler, Hellish Nell is a chilling horror-thriller based on the real-life medium Helen Duncan, the last UK citizen convicted and imprisoned for witchcraft. Based on the book Hellish Nell: Last of Britain’s Witches by Malcolm Gaskill, the movie follows Helen’s harrowing journey as her innate powers change her life and those closest to her.
Aislinn Clarke is the first woman to direct a horror film in her native Ireland. There, she made her debut with The Devil’s Doorway. That film was released by IFC Midnight in 2018 after premiering at Sitges, where Clarke was nominated for the Bingham Ray New Talent Award. She followed with Frewaka, and is in post production on the Irish language horror film produced by DoubleBand Films and Wildcard. She is the...
From Black List writer Chris Basler, Hellish Nell is a chilling horror-thriller based on the real-life medium Helen Duncan, the last UK citizen convicted and imprisoned for witchcraft. Based on the book Hellish Nell: Last of Britain’s Witches by Malcolm Gaskill, the movie follows Helen’s harrowing journey as her innate powers change her life and those closest to her.
Aislinn Clarke is the first woman to direct a horror film in her native Ireland. There, she made her debut with The Devil’s Doorway. That film was released by IFC Midnight in 2018 after premiering at Sitges, where Clarke was nominated for the Bingham Ray New Talent Award. She followed with Frewaka, and is in post production on the Irish language horror film produced by DoubleBand Films and Wildcard. She is the...
- 11/30/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Jack Harlow, Emilia Clarke and Halle Berry Serve as Talent Advisors for Fan Engagement Platform Mith
A new fan engagement platform is set to launch with backing from entertainment industry partners and talent like Jack Harlow, Emilia Clarke and Halle Berry.
It’s called Mith and is designed to give creators “a unified platform allowing unprecedented freedom to control how they create, connect with and distribute to their fans.” Part of that will also include e-commerce amid the rise in social media shopping tied to recommendations and direct product offerings from influencers, artists and content creators.
Mith, set to debut in early 2024, was co-founded by a team of industry veterans from entertainment, including experiential marketing and music executive Michelle Sanchez, former ID-pr vp of digital strategy and partnerships and current Range Media Partners exec Natalie Bruss, Ibm marketing veteran Lillian Marsh, TinyWins co-founder and chief creative officer Matty Ayers, and Range Media Partners CEO Peter Micelli. The team also includes Cort Langworthy, Stephanie Smellie, Martin Kaczynski and Victoria Taylor.
It’s called Mith and is designed to give creators “a unified platform allowing unprecedented freedom to control how they create, connect with and distribute to their fans.” Part of that will also include e-commerce amid the rise in social media shopping tied to recommendations and direct product offerings from influencers, artists and content creators.
Mith, set to debut in early 2024, was co-founded by a team of industry veterans from entertainment, including experiential marketing and music executive Michelle Sanchez, former ID-pr vp of digital strategy and partnerships and current Range Media Partners exec Natalie Bruss, Ibm marketing veteran Lillian Marsh, TinyWins co-founder and chief creative officer Matty Ayers, and Range Media Partners CEO Peter Micelli. The team also includes Cort Langworthy, Stephanie Smellie, Martin Kaczynski and Victoria Taylor.
- 11/30/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Shane MacGowan, the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic punk band The Pogues, who mashed up Irish folk music with raw rock, has died. He was 65.
A statement from MacGowan’s family said he died at 3.30 am U.K. time on November 30 after a long illness.
On social media, MacGowan’s wife Victoria Mary Clarke paid tribute to him: “Shane will always be the light that I hold before me and the measure of my dreams and the love of my life … I am blessed beyond words to have met him and to have loved him and to have been so endlessly and unconditionally loved by him.”
Born on December 25, 1957, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England to Irish immigrant parents, MacGowan tapped into the Irish folk music tradition, combining it with poetic lyrics — inspired by the language of the Bible, literature, and mythology — and the raw and raucous rhythms of...
A statement from MacGowan’s family said he died at 3.30 am U.K. time on November 30 after a long illness.
On social media, MacGowan’s wife Victoria Mary Clarke paid tribute to him: “Shane will always be the light that I hold before me and the measure of my dreams and the love of my life … I am blessed beyond words to have met him and to have loved him and to have been so endlessly and unconditionally loved by him.”
Born on December 25, 1957, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England to Irish immigrant parents, MacGowan tapped into the Irish folk music tradition, combining it with poetic lyrics — inspired by the language of the Bible, literature, and mythology — and the raw and raucous rhythms of...
- 11/30/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Shane MacGowan, the sandpapery-voiced former Pogues frontman who served as the bridge between traditional Irish folk music and punk rock, died on Thursday at the age of 65. MacGowan’s wife, Victoria Clarke, confirmed the musician’s death in a statement. The BBC wrote that MacGowan “died peacefully at 3.30am this morning (30 November) with his wife and and sister by his side.”
“There’s no way to describe the loss that I am feeling and the longing for just one more of his smiles that lit up my world,” Clarke wrote.
“There’s no way to describe the loss that I am feeling and the longing for just one more of his smiles that lit up my world,” Clarke wrote.
- 11/30/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Earlier this year, we heard that the apocalyptic thriller The End We Start From, an adaptation of author Megan Hunter’s 2017 debut novel (you can pick up a copy of Hunter’s novel at This Link), had secured North American distribution through Paramount’s Republic Pictures label. A release date for the film still hasn’t been announced, but today a full trailer has arrived online, and you can check it out in the embed above.
The End We Start From stars Jodie Comer of Killing Eve and Free Guy, Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), Mark Strong (1917), Joel Fry (Yesterday), Gina McKee (My Policeman), Nina Sosanya (His Dark Materials), and Katherine Waterston (Alien: Covenant).
The film was directed by Mahalia Belo (The Long Song), who was working from a screenplay by Alice Birch, a writer and story editor on the HBO series Succession. Birch also served...
The End We Start From stars Jodie Comer of Killing Eve and Free Guy, Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), Mark Strong (1917), Joel Fry (Yesterday), Gina McKee (My Policeman), Nina Sosanya (His Dark Materials), and Katherine Waterston (Alien: Covenant).
The film was directed by Mahalia Belo (The Long Song), who was working from a screenplay by Alice Birch, a writer and story editor on the HBO series Succession. Birch also served...
- 11/29/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Peaky Blinders producer Caryn Mandabach Productions (Cmp) is developing a historical drama series with End of the F***ing World director Jonathan Entwistle.
Civil Blood will be set in 17th century England, following the adventures of a young woman growing up in a time of war. Billed as a “mash-up of coming-of-age story with high-stakes action and world-changing ideas,” the project is written by Cat Clarke and Michael Hirst, and is based on an original idea by the pair with Dario Poloni.
The show is in the latter stages of development, according to Cmp.
Historical TV pioneer Hirst’s past credits include Vikings, Billy the Kid and the Oscar-nominated Elizabeth, while Clarke wrote on Good Omens and Ten Percent. Entwistle developed and directed Channel 4/Netflix hit The End of the F***ing World. He is also directing the new Karate Kid movie and worked on Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This...
Civil Blood will be set in 17th century England, following the adventures of a young woman growing up in a time of war. Billed as a “mash-up of coming-of-age story with high-stakes action and world-changing ideas,” the project is written by Cat Clarke and Michael Hirst, and is based on an original idea by the pair with Dario Poloni.
The show is in the latter stages of development, according to Cmp.
Historical TV pioneer Hirst’s past credits include Vikings, Billy the Kid and the Oscar-nominated Elizabeth, while Clarke wrote on Good Omens and Ten Percent. Entwistle developed and directed Channel 4/Netflix hit The End of the F***ing World. He is also directing the new Karate Kid movie and worked on Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This...
- 11/28/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Screenwriter Eric Roth reveals he’s written a sci-fi script for Denis Villeneuve that is “certainly about eternity.”
We know that Denis Villeneuve has already set his sights on completing his Dune trilogy, so the celebrated director’s attention is most likely focused on grinding the gears of a trilogy-capper irreversibly into motion in the months preceding Dune: Part II's delayed March opening.
However, it seems the filmmaker has been thinking about life beyond Dune, given that the acclaimed screenwriter Eric Roth has revealed that he’s penned a ‘secret’ script for Villeneuve, one that is about “space and time”. Roth was appearing on the A Script Apart podcast when he made the revelation, and while he didn’t give away too much, the project certainly sounded like it belongs in Villeneuve’s cerebral house style, given that he’s already made thought-provoking films such as Arrival and Blade Runner 2049.
We know that Denis Villeneuve has already set his sights on completing his Dune trilogy, so the celebrated director’s attention is most likely focused on grinding the gears of a trilogy-capper irreversibly into motion in the months preceding Dune: Part II's delayed March opening.
However, it seems the filmmaker has been thinking about life beyond Dune, given that the acclaimed screenwriter Eric Roth has revealed that he’s penned a ‘secret’ script for Villeneuve, one that is about “space and time”. Roth was appearing on the A Script Apart podcast when he made the revelation, and while he didn’t give away too much, the project certainly sounded like it belongs in Villeneuve’s cerebral house style, given that he’s already made thought-provoking films such as Arrival and Blade Runner 2049.
- 11/27/2023
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s new book, “Prequel,” delves into the dangerous rise of fascism here in the United States in the Thirties and Forties. Picking up the story from her hit podcast “Ultra,” Maddow explores the forgotten history of what amounted to a fifth column on the home front. The book is essential reading in our perilous political moment. As Maddow recently told “Rolling Stone”: “Trump is saying immigrants are ‘poisoning the blood’ of America. He’s saying my political opponents are ‘vermin.’ He’s saying, I want...
- 11/25/2023
- by Rachel Maddow
- Rollingstone.com
Actor Jason Clarke has earned a reputation as a character actor in Hollywood. A popular face on the big screen, Clarke is also known for mostly playing the antagonists. Although most of his credits have been in film, Clarke has also starred in several TV series. Besides the villainy roles he’s often cast in, the 1.85 m tall actor has an unmissable on-screen presence. Although an Australian actor, Clarke has a flawless American-English accent. As one of the top Australian actors in Hollywood, these are 6 things you didn’t know about Jason Clarke. Jason Clarke’s Initial Career Choice Was To...
- 10/23/2023
- by Onyinye Izundu
- TVovermind.com
Exclusive: New Europe Film Sales has boarded international sales on Northern Irish director Aislinn Clarke’s second feature Fréwaka ahead of the AFM, where it will unveil first footage.
The Irish and English-language production follows Clarke’s 2018 found footage horror The Devil’s Doorway, which was acquired by IFC for the U.S.
Billed as the first ever Irish-language horror, Fréwaka revolves around care worker Shoo, who is haunted by a personal tragedy.
Shoo is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman, who fears both the neighbors and the Na Sídhe – sinister folkloric entities she believes abducted her decades before.
As the pair develop a deep connection, Shoo becomes consumed by the old woman’s paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually confronting the horrors from her own past.
The title originates from the Irish word “fréamhacha”, meaning roots that are entwined underground.
The cast features Clare Monnelly (Moone...
The Irish and English-language production follows Clarke’s 2018 found footage horror The Devil’s Doorway, which was acquired by IFC for the U.S.
Billed as the first ever Irish-language horror, Fréwaka revolves around care worker Shoo, who is haunted by a personal tragedy.
Shoo is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman, who fears both the neighbors and the Na Sídhe – sinister folkloric entities she believes abducted her decades before.
As the pair develop a deep connection, Shoo becomes consumed by the old woman’s paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually confronting the horrors from her own past.
The title originates from the Irish word “fréamhacha”, meaning roots that are entwined underground.
The cast features Clare Monnelly (Moone...
- 10/20/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Competition comes from Paramount’s ‘Paw Patrol’ and ‘Sumotherhood’.
Pop icon Taylor Swift is looking to extend her cultural reach to cinemas this weekend, through the event cinema release of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Opening in 651 UK-Ireland venues through Trafalgar Releasing, the film is a 168-minute recording of three Swift gigs from the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in August 2023, as part of Swift’s ongoing tour playing music from across her career.
It is the latest concert film from UK- and US-based director Sam Wrench, a former competitive slalom skier who has also directed BTS: Permission To Dance...
Pop icon Taylor Swift is looking to extend her cultural reach to cinemas this weekend, through the event cinema release of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Opening in 651 UK-Ireland venues through Trafalgar Releasing, the film is a 168-minute recording of three Swift gigs from the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in August 2023, as part of Swift’s ongoing tour playing music from across her career.
It is the latest concert film from UK- and US-based director Sam Wrench, a former competitive slalom skier who has also directed BTS: Permission To Dance...
- 10/13/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Ken Jennings tries to keep a straight face when reading out contestants’ answers on Jeopardy!, but even he couldn’t hide his shocked reaction at the end of Thursday’s (October 12) episode. The contestant in question was attorney Steve Clarke, a former two-day winner from Season 38, who was taking on former three-day champ Josh Saak and one-day winner Valerie Castelo as part of the currently airing Champions Wildcard tournament. Clarke and Saak went back and forth throughout the episode, with Clarke landing the final Daily Double, giving him a slight lead heading into Final Jeopardy! with $19,100 to Saak’s $16,400. The Final Jeopardy!, which came under the “Word Origins” category, seemed relatively simple on the surface. The clue read: “Though it meant ‘seasickness’ in Latin, this 6-letter word now refers to a more general feeling of sickness.” Jeopardy, Inc Saak and Castelo wrote the correct answer, “Nausea,” with the former adding a further $2,701 to his total.
- 10/13/2023
- TV Insider
What a difference 40 years makes. After opening to pans and a run of only 16 official performances in 1981, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical “Merrily We Roll Along” has been remounted on Broadway for the very first time. Maria Friedman has stepped into the director role once occupied by Sondheim’s frequent collaborator Hal Prince — “Merrily” was their first flop after an impressive string of successful shows in the 70s. The revival opened on Oct. 10 at the Hudson Theatre for a run slated to end in March.
“Merrily” boasts marquee names Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez, and Daniel Radcliffe. The trio play Franklin Shepard, Mary Flynn, and Charley Kringas, respectively, the three creatives at the heart of the musical that’s told in reverse over the course of 20+ years. It begins in a moment of personal and professional disillusionment and estrangement and unspools to a simpler, earlier time when their friendships...
“Merrily” boasts marquee names Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez, and Daniel Radcliffe. The trio play Franklin Shepard, Mary Flynn, and Charley Kringas, respectively, the three creatives at the heart of the musical that’s told in reverse over the course of 20+ years. It begins in a moment of personal and professional disillusionment and estrangement and unspools to a simpler, earlier time when their friendships...
- 10/11/2023
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
It’s a been quite a life-changing few years for Morfydd Clark. After breaking out as a troubled and God-fearing palliative care nurse in A24’s wonderfully unsettling and critically lauded psychological horror Saint Maud, which was finally released in 2021 after several pandemic delays, the fast-rising Welsh actress headed straight to Middle-earth, fronting The Rings of Power’s ensemble cast as the young and fearless Galadriel.
The second season of Amazon’s megabudget J.R.R. Tolkien prequel wrapped earlier this year, but before donning Galadriel’s battle armor for another orc battle, Clark found the time to venture back into creepy genre territories with Starve Acre, getting its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on Thursday.
From Brit director Daniel Kokotajlo — whose hugely well-received 2017 debut Apostasy earned a BAFTA nomination — and based on the book by Andrew Michael Hurly, the gothic horror sees Clarke star alongside Matt Smith as...
The second season of Amazon’s megabudget J.R.R. Tolkien prequel wrapped earlier this year, but before donning Galadriel’s battle armor for another orc battle, Clark found the time to venture back into creepy genre territories with Starve Acre, getting its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on Thursday.
From Brit director Daniel Kokotajlo — whose hugely well-received 2017 debut Apostasy earned a BAFTA nomination — and based on the book by Andrew Michael Hurly, the gothic horror sees Clarke star alongside Matt Smith as...
- 10/11/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Look, despite the title, it's not exactly a mystery that Marvel's "Secret Invasion" all but crashed and burned upon release on Disney+ earlier this year. I would know, since I had to recap those episodes on a weekly basis! By far the most critically-savaged streaming series that the studio has ever released (not to mention a finale that somehow reached even lower lows), even the most diehard fans felt thrown off by a haphazard and aimless plot that meandered its way towards an anticlimactic ending, a head-scratching adaptation of a seminal comic book storyline, and the pervasive feeling that Emilia Clarke and Kingsley Ben-Adir were wasting their talents week in and week out. Oh, and of course, there was also the visual of Clarke's stubby Drax arm that instantly became a meme. It was a lot, folks.
What we didn't realize at the time, however, was just how deeply...
What we didn't realize at the time, however, was just how deeply...
- 10/11/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Troubled musicals, like troubled friendships, can often seem like defeats lying in wait, sponging up every last second of loving care, effort and good intention. So Maria Friedman’s smartly tended production of that most troubled of stage properties, the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth backwards musical Merrily We Roll Along deserves all the applause – and ticket-buying business – it’s getting at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre.
Opening tonight, the musical is drawing rapturous audience responses, no doubt in large part because of the splendid performances by three very appealing stars – Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez.
But even if we could, for the sake of argument, put the talents of this delightful trio singing some of Sondheim’s loveliest songs, aside for a moment, the undeniable charm of this production has to be credited to a sort of relief – the relief of knowing that, for the most part, Friedman...
Opening tonight, the musical is drawing rapturous audience responses, no doubt in large part because of the splendid performances by three very appealing stars – Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez.
But even if we could, for the sake of argument, put the talents of this delightful trio singing some of Sondheim’s loveliest songs, aside for a moment, the undeniable charm of this production has to be credited to a sort of relief – the relief of knowing that, for the most part, Friedman...
- 10/10/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Above: 1973 New York Film Festival poster designed by Niki de Saint Phalle.The 61st edition of the New York Film Festival, which opens tonight, has 32 films in its Main Slate, fifteen films in its Spotlight section, ten films and seven collections of shorts in the Currents sidebar, and eleven revivals. That's over 60 feature films. Fifty years ago, in 1973, the 11th edition of the festival had just eighteen feature films and nineteen shorts. Just like this year’s opener—Todd Haynes’s May December—1973’s opening night film, François Truffaut’s Day for Night, had premiered four months earlier at the Cannes Film Festival. And as with this year’s festival, the 1973 edition opened, fifty years and one day ago exactly, in the shadow of an artists' strike. Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians had been picketing the New York Philharmonic outside Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, where the festival was taking place,...
- 9/29/2023
- MUBI
Upcoming titles handled by Embankment, Protagonist, Goodfellas and Studiocanal to receive a share of production funding.
Screen Australia is to allocate more than Aud$10m ($6.4m) of production funding to a raft of upcoming film and TV projects.
The national screen body will support six features including Sophie Hyde’s An Ideal Woman, starring Emilia Clarke; Dario Russo’s The Fox, starring Jai Courtney and from the producers of horror hit Talk to Me; and Charles Williams’ Inside, starring Guy Pearce. Further films to receive a share of the funding include David Vincent Smith drama He Ain’t Heavy, John Sheedy...
Screen Australia is to allocate more than Aud$10m ($6.4m) of production funding to a raft of upcoming film and TV projects.
The national screen body will support six features including Sophie Hyde’s An Ideal Woman, starring Emilia Clarke; Dario Russo’s The Fox, starring Jai Courtney and from the producers of horror hit Talk to Me; and Charles Williams’ Inside, starring Guy Pearce. Further films to receive a share of the funding include David Vincent Smith drama He Ain’t Heavy, John Sheedy...
- 9/25/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Showtime has released a trailer for The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, the final film from writer/director William Friedkin. The movie, based on Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk, follows a U.S. naval first officer who’s standing trial for orchestrating a mutiny after his captain shows signs of becoming unhinged and jeopardizes the lives of his crew.
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial stars Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Clarke, Jake Lacy, Monica Raymund, Lewis Pullman, Jay Duplass, Tom Riley, and Lance Reddick. Friedkin wrote and directed the film, which was completed before his death on Aug.
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial stars Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Clarke, Jake Lacy, Monica Raymund, Lewis Pullman, Jay Duplass, Tom Riley, and Lance Reddick. Friedkin wrote and directed the film, which was completed before his death on Aug.
- 9/22/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Clarke’s naval lawyer is skating on thin ice as he grills Kiefer Sutherland’s esteemed Lt. Commander Queeg in the trailer for The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, which will make its Paramount+ With Showtime debut on on Friday, Oct. 6, then get a linear airing Sunday, Oct. 8 a 9/8c, on Showtime.
Written and directed by the late William Friedkin and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk, the 109-minute film follows Lt. Steve Maryk (played by The White Lotus‘ Jake Lacy), a U.S. naval first officer who is standing trial for orchestrating a mutiny after his captain,...
Written and directed by the late William Friedkin and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk, the 109-minute film follows Lt. Steve Maryk (played by The White Lotus‘ Jake Lacy), a U.S. naval first officer who is standing trial for orchestrating a mutiny after his captain,...
- 9/21/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Motörhead‘s 1983 album Another Perfect Day is receiving an expanded 40th anniversary reissue including rarities, demos, and a period-specific concert recording. “Climber,” the original demo for the album track “Shine,” can be heard now ahead of the collection’s November 3rd release date.
Another Perfect Day is somewhat of an outlier in the Motörhead canon in that it’s the band’s only album to feature ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian “Robbo” Robertson, who took over for Fast Eddie Clarke in 1982.
With the addition of Robertson, Motörhead took a more “musical” approach — in Lemmy Kilmister’s words — to Another Perfect Day. Rather than relying on flat-out speed and aggression as they had with Clarke, Lemmy and company hunkered down in the studio and crafted some of the most melodic and “produced” material to ever don the Motörhead name.
Robertson’s effects-laden guitar overdubs are the most striking difference between Another Perfect...
Another Perfect Day is somewhat of an outlier in the Motörhead canon in that it’s the band’s only album to feature ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian “Robbo” Robertson, who took over for Fast Eddie Clarke in 1982.
With the addition of Robertson, Motörhead took a more “musical” approach — in Lemmy Kilmister’s words — to Another Perfect Day. Rather than relying on flat-out speed and aggression as they had with Clarke, Lemmy and company hunkered down in the studio and crafted some of the most melodic and “produced” material to ever don the Motörhead name.
Robertson’s effects-laden guitar overdubs are the most striking difference between Another Perfect...
- 9/14/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
The following article contains spoilers for "Game of Thrones."
"Game of Thrones" is one of those shows that is always on the list when you talk about "peak TV." It was the talk of every watercooler group and dominated social media discussions. Most of the actors are household names now, from Emilia Clarke, who just finished a run on "Secret Invasion," to Gwendoline Christie, who has been in the latest "Star Wars" trilogy and the recent hit "Wednesday." Kit Harington, of course, is also one of those household names. He played Jon Snow, Night's Watch member and the apparent bastard son of Sean Bean's Ned Stark (though that wasn't his true heritage). He could have been king, but turned down the crown. He fell in love with the Mother of Dragons, Daenerys (Clarke), found out she was his aunt, and ended up killing her because of her tyranny. His...
"Game of Thrones" is one of those shows that is always on the list when you talk about "peak TV." It was the talk of every watercooler group and dominated social media discussions. Most of the actors are household names now, from Emilia Clarke, who just finished a run on "Secret Invasion," to Gwendoline Christie, who has been in the latest "Star Wars" trilogy and the recent hit "Wednesday." Kit Harington, of course, is also one of those household names. He played Jon Snow, Night's Watch member and the apparent bastard son of Sean Bean's Ned Stark (though that wasn't his true heritage). He could have been king, but turned down the crown. He fell in love with the Mother of Dragons, Daenerys (Clarke), found out she was his aunt, and ended up killing her because of her tyranny. His...
- 8/13/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Have we gotten to the point in the culture where "Game of Thrones" has become underrated? After the lackluster final season and a finale generally perceived to be underwhelming at best, I think there has been an unfortunate siloing away of the series as a whole, where people let the ending color their entire perception of the show. This was a television show we breathlessly anticipated every single week, spent hours upon hours debating with friends about who was going to win the titular game and who was going to die, and now, it feels like a distant memory, even with the prequel series "House of the Dragon" having a pretty successful first season last year.
Someone I think took an unfair hit in the reception of the final season was Emilia Clarke. There was much debate and grousing about what happened with Daenerys Targaryen in the final few episodes...
Someone I think took an unfair hit in the reception of the final season was Emilia Clarke. There was much debate and grousing about what happened with Daenerys Targaryen in the final few episodes...
- 8/5/2023
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
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