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While the ‘80s were full of movies that depicted hope for the future, others played into the fears of what could be coming ahead. Films such as Wargames and The Terminator examined the dangers of advancing technology and the threat they pose to average citizens. Similarly, John Badham’s 1983 action-thriller Blue Thunder was a metaphor for the American police state.

The Odyssey cast continues to expand. Joining leads Matt Damon and Tom Holland in the upcoming Christopher Nolan movie are Jesse Garcia and Will Yun Lee.

Deadline was the first to report their casting in the movie. Both Garcia and Lee's roles remain under wraps. They join an all-star ensemble that includes Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Benny Safdie, and Charlize Theron, as well as Himesh Patel, Elliot Page, Bill Irwin, and Samantha Morton. Production on The Odyssey is expected to start in February 2025, with filming taking place in the United Kingdom, Morocco, and throughout the Aeolian Islands in Sicily, Italy. The movie will reportedly have an estimated production budget of $250 million, making it Nolan's third feature to carry a budget exceeding $200 million after Tenet ($200M) and The Dark Knight Rises ($250M).

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Director Christopher Nolan’s “mythic action epic”, based on The Odyssey, is reportedly due to go into production in January – and will wrap in March.

The rumours over the film director Christopher Nolan would make after Oppenheimer turned out to be quite spectacularly wide of the mark. It’ll be a vampire horror, the whispers suggested. No, it’ll be a tech thriller along the lines of 1980s helicopter film (and short-lived TV series) Blue Thunder, another report burbled.

Instead, it’s been revealed that Nolan is adapting Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, with Universal Pictures announcing in a social media post that it’ll be “a mythic action epic shot across the world.”

The film is currently scheduled for a summer 2026 release, which means Nolan and his collaborators will have to move fairly quickly to meet that deadline. It makes sense, then, that the film is said to...

Christopher Nolan is adapting classic Greek poem The Odyssey by Homer for his next film, it’s been confirmed.

We’re catching up on a few stories following the festive break, so let’s start here.

Nobody can accuse Christopher Nolan of being complacent. After beginning his career with films like the low-budget Following, the mind bending Memento and thriller Insomnia, Nolan created arguably one of the greatest superhero trilogies of all time with Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.

Since then, Nolan has been ever more ambitious in his cinematic storytelling, from the epic beach scenes of Dunkirk to the innovative narrative of Tenet and the craftsmanship behind the build up of tension before the explosion in Oppenheimer.

His next film is somewhat surprising, and certainly not an easy text to adapt. According to Deadline, Nolan is turning Homer’s epic 8th century Greek poem The Odyssey into a film.

Image Source: Sony Pictures Ah, the glorious ’80s—a time of big hair, neon dreams, and action movies so thrilling they practically leapt off the screen. Sure, everyone raves about Die Hard, Terminator, and Aliens, but there’s another gem soaring just under the radar. Meet Blue Thunder, the 1983 action-packed movie that brought helicopters to the forefront of cinematic coolness! This underrated classic stars none other than the late legendary Roy Scheider (Jaws), the magnetic Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange), and the hilariously lovable Daniel Stern (Home Alone). Directed by John Badham (Saturday Night Fever and WarGames), Blue Thunder is a high-octane combination of razor-sharp storytelling and breathtaking aerial stunts. Picture this: 1980s Los Angeles shimmering under golden sunsets, with a police chopper like no other cutting through the skies. Vietnam vet police officer Frank Murphy (Scheider) gets assigned to test a cutting-edge helicopter equipped with high-tech surveillance tools to aid law enforcement.

Christopher Nolan's next movie is officially The Odyssey, and the reveal is nothing close to the rumored movie plots, which is for the best. Ever since Nolan wrapped up work on Oppenheimer and won multiple Oscars - including Best Picture and Best Director, there was great curiosity about what he'd do next. Anticipation only got bigger once the cast list started to come together, with Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong'o, and Robert Pattinson set to appear.

It's now been confirmed that Christopher Nolan's next movie is The Odyssey, an adaptation of Homer's epic Greek poem. After tackling true stories, original sci-fi, and comic books for so long, Nolan's pivot to adapt Homer's poem was unexpected. There was never any doubt that whatever he did next would be big, and Nolan's typical secrecy left the internet buzzing with various rumors about what he wanted to do next.

We recently got word that Christopher Nolan was working on a new film for Universal Pictures, with Matt Damon set to play the lead. The cast has since grown to include a wealth of A-list talent, but plot details had been kept under wraps - until now.

Numerous rumors and theories have been doing the rounds, with the mysterious project said to be everything from a futuristic action thriller inspired by '80s helicopter flick Blue Thunder, to a period vampire thriller. However, insiders maintained that nobody came close to nailing Nolan’s real idea, and they were absolutely right.

Universal has now officially announced that Nolan will helm an adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey.

"Christopher Nolan’s next film The Odyssey is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for...

For months, there has been rampant speculation over Christopher Nolan's follow-up to "Oppenheimer," the three-hour epic that earned him the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director. The cast has been gradually coming together: Matt Damon, Zendaya, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Anne Hathaway and Charlize Theron. Could it be a vampire flick? For a time, there was a hilarious rumor that Nolan was planning a remake of the John Badham police helicopter action flick "Blue Thunder" — because apparently that's how you spend clout after winning two Oscars and making a $977 million-grossing R-rated masterpiece.

For those who were hoping Matt Damon and Tom Holland would rekindle the crackling chemistry generated by Roy Scheider and Daniel Stern in "Blue Thunder," I have very bad news for you. For everyone else, if you were hoping for Nolan to push the envelope in terms of scope and technology, you're going...

Christopher Nolan has already assembled a very impressive cast for his mysterious new movie, and reports indicate that he has one more main role to fill. Now, we're hearing that The Dark Knight trilogy director is keen to work with Robert Downey Jr. again following the actor's Academy Award-winning performance in Oppenheimer.

Unfortunately, Downey Jr.'s MCU commitments may prevent him from joining the production.

According to scooper Daniel Richtman, Nolan might find it difficult to lock Rdj down because "he's very much the main character in Avengers: Doomsday like Thanos was in Infinity War."

This isn't the first time we've heard that Downey Jr.'s take on Doctor Doom will be a major player in the next Avengers movie, but it sounds like he really could end up being the main focus, as Richtman adds that he is expected to appear in "almost every scene."

Nolan's untitled movie stars Matt Damon,...

Following the recent news that The Batman star Robert Pattinson has joined the cast of Christopher Nolan's next feature, THR is reporting that the mysterious project has added yet another A-lister in the form of Charlize Theron.

The Old Guard and Mad Max: Fury Road star also joins Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o and Zendaya. Nolan wrote the script and is directing the project, which has set a release date of July 17, 2026.

Theron made her MCU debut as Clea in the post-credits scene of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. She is expected to reprise the role, but nothing has been confirmed.

Though plot and character details remain under wraps, it's believed that Damon, Holland, Hathaway and Pattinson make up the core leads, with Theron, Nyong’o and Zendaya in supporting roles.

As for the premise, we have heard numerous rumors and theories, from a...

Since it was announced last month that Christopher Nolan has set a new movie at Universal for Summer 2026, the cast list — not to mention our anticipation for the movie — has been getting bigger and buzzier by the day. But with the latest addition to the call sheet for Nolan's next movie, things have ratcheted up another gear and taken a turn for the Furiosa. Oh yes, per Deadline's reporting, Mad Max: Fury Road and Atomic Blonde star — and all-round Hollywood icon — Charlize Theron has just signed on for her first team-up with the Oppenheimer Oscar winning filmmaker.

With the addition of Theron to the cast, we're now up to a magnificent seven names attached to help guide Nolan's upcoming 13th feature. Among the other stars are past Nolan collaborators Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, and Robert Pattinson, as well as new entrants to the British auteur's rogues gallery Tom Holland, Zendaya,...

Robert Pattinson is the latest name to join Christopher Nolan’s next big project at Universal Pictures.

Pattinson joins the buzz-worthy cast of Lupita Nyong’o Zendaya and Anne Hathaway who were recently announced as having jumped on board. The trio join the previously cast Tom Holland and Matt Damon on the call-sheet.

It is thought that Damon, Holland, Hathaway, and now Pattinson are the core leads of the feature. Nyong’o and Zendaya are said to have supporting roles.

With no information forthcoming on a hint of a plot, ideas that have been flying around include a period vampire tale to a reimagining of ‘The Prisoner’ to a ‘Blue Thunder’-inspired LA helicopter cops story

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Nolan will pen the story and will produce with Emma Thomas under their Syncopy banner. The project is set for a theatrical and...

Christopher Nolan really is assembling a top-notch cast for his next project, with The Batman star Robert Pattinson the latest A-lister to join the ensemble.

Pattinson, who worked with Nolan on the divisive 2020 sci-fi thriller Tenet, joins Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o and Zendaya. Nolan wrote the script and is directing the project, which has set a release date of July 17, 2026.

Though plot and character details remain under wraps, it's believed that Damon, Holland, Hathaway and now Pattinson make up the core leads of the feature, with Nyong’o and Zendaya in supporting roles.

As for the premise, we have heard numerous rumors and theories, from a futuristic action thriller inspired by '80s helicopter flick Blue Thunder, to a period vampire thriller - though THR notes that "insiders maintain that nothing has come close to nailing Nolan’s real idea."

With a few notable exceptions, Nolan...

It's a day ending in 'y', so you know what that means — another acting heavyweight has boarded the next Christopher Nolan movie! Since the Oscar winning Oppenheimer director set his latest project at Universal just last month, a flurry of exciting names have been added to the call sheet of what's already shaping up to be quite the blockbuster event for summer 2026. First there was Matt Damon, then everyone's favourite friendly neighbourhood Tom Holland signed up for a lead role — and just last week, Zendaya and Anne Hathaway entered the fray, too. Now, per THR's reporting, it looks like A Quiet Place: Day One star Lupita Nyong'o has just become the newest addition to the movie's increasingly starry ensemble.

Technically, we had an idea Nyong'o may have been lining up a part in Nolan's 13th film, as Deadline had included her name in social media posts following Hathaway and Zendaya's casting before hastily retracting.

A Quiet Place: Day One star Lupita Nyong’o has reportedly joined an impressive ensemble cast for Christopher Nolan’s mysterious next project.

Not long ago we enjoyed a sustained blitz of rumours focused on the genre of Christopher Nolan’s next project. The British director’s follow-up to last year’s hugely-acclaimed Oppenheimer has been announced, but the nature of the film is being kept under wraps even by Nolan’s secretive standards. According to the latest report we heard, all of the ‘leaks’ so far have been wide of the mark.

We may not know what Nolan’s next film will be, but we are getting a steady drip-feed of information regarding who will be involved. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the latest addition to the film’s growing cast is Lupita Nyong’o, the star of this year’s A Quiet Place: Day One. While the actor is...

Christopher Nolan’s 2026 movie brings Anne Hathaway and Zendaya on board, joining Tom Holland and Matt Damon.

Christopher Nolan’s 2026 movie is set to go before cameras early next year, and as it stands, we still have no idea what to expect. Well, that’s not exactly right. We have plenty of ideas, thanks to the ceaseless turning of the rumour mill, but we have no confirmed details apart from casting. However, the list of names involved with Nolan’s next film continues to grow, with a fresh announcement (via Deadline) revealing that Anne Hathaway and Zendaya will be joining the already-announced Matt Damon and Tom Holland.

That’s quite an ensemble already, and should it follow in the usual mould of Nolan projects, more big names will surely follow.

Like Damon, Hathaway is a returning player for Nolan, having collaborated with him previously on Interstellar and The Dark Knight Rises.

Following the explosive success of his recent biopic, Oppenheimer, we recently learned that The Dark Knight trilogy director Christopher Nolan will stay at Universal for his next project, which has set a July 17, 2026 release date.

Matt Damon - who previously worked with Nolan on Oppenheimer and Interstellar - is set to pay the co-lead role alongside Tom Holland, and the mysterious movie has now added another pair of A-listers.

Deadline reports that Anne Hathaway and Zendaya have joined the cast in undisclosed roles.

Understandably, Zendaya's involvement is getting the most attention, since she'll be reuniting with her Spidey co-star and real-life boyfriend.

Plot details are still under wraps, but there are rumors that the movie will be a futuristic action thriller inspired by '80s helicopter flick, Blue Thunder.

With a few notable exceptions, Nolan does tend to favor sci-fi based fare, but he did recently express interest in putting...

Casting announcements for a new Christopher Nolan movie are like the years in Smash Mouth's 'All Star' — they start coming and they don't stop coming. And having seemingly outdone himself with the stacked ensemble of his Best Picture winner Oppenheimer last year, the British filmmaker is already looking to increase the star power wattage with his latest effort. After already setting Tom Holland and Matt Damon to lead his as-yet-untitled new Universal movie in recent weeks, today Deadline are reporting that Nolan has just added two more heavyweights to his next movie's call sheet — Zendaya and Anne Hathaway.

Who exactly Zendaya and Hathaway will play in the movie — or Holland, or Damon for that matter — remains, like the film itself's plot, a mystery at this point. Not that that's stopped folk having a stab at guessing what Nolan's cooking up anyway, though. It's hardly been a month since we first...

Spider-Man 4 won't be the only movie coming out in 2026 to feature Zendaya and Tom Holland. Both actors will also be part of Christopher Nolan's untitled mystery movie from Universal.

Per Deadline, Zendaya and Anne Hathaway are the latest actors to join Nolan's next movie. They join previously announced cast members Holland and Matt Damon. Plot details remain under wraps, although sources note that any loglines or descriptions of the movie that have been previously published are incorrect, meaning that a Nolan-helmed vampire movie or Blue Thunder remake are not happening. Filming is set to begin in early 2025.

More to come...

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Written and directed by Michael Crichton, the sci-fi thriller Runaway had its thunder stolen by another killer robot movie in 1984: The Terminator.

It’s a wonder what author and filmmaker Michael Crichton must have thought when Orion Pictures released its moderately low-budget sci-fi thriller The Terminator in cinemas in October 1984. Not just because of its parallels between Crichton’s 1973 film Westworld – right down to Yul Brynner’s implacable, gun-toting robot cowboy, which Arnold Schwarzenegger later admitted had influenced his performance. Rather, because young upstart filmmaker James Cameron completely stole Crichton’s thunder.

Less than two months later, in December 1984, Crichton’s own killer robot movie emerged in cinemas. Called Runaway, it cost a little more to make than The Terminator (Cameron’s debut cost about $6.4m; Crichton’s film cost $8m). But unlike the former, Runaway was a box office disappointment. The Terminator made almost $80m in cinemas alone,...

Christopher Nolan's new movie doesn't yet have an official plot synopsis, but two fan-made posters now imagine what Tom Holland and Matt Damon's characters might look like based on current rumors. After Tenet in 2020, Nolan made the acclaimed Oppenheimer in 2023, which won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. The filmmaker is now gearing up for his next outing with Damon and Holland expected to star, and unconfirmed reports have suggested the story could be anything from an aerial cop action movie inspired by Blue Thunder (1983) to a 1920s vampire film.

Two new poster designs shared by MMatt on X, formerly Twitter, now imagine Holland and Damon in Nolan's next movie. The first poster imagines the Blue Thunder idea, featuring Holland and Damon in full pilot gear with a futuristic helicopter on a pad behind them as lighting strikes in a blue sky behind them. The second...

Jeri Taylor, the Emmy-nominated producer, writer, director and showrunner who spent more than a decade working on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager, which she co-created, has died. She was 86.

Taylor died Wednesday night of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Davis, California, her son Andrew Enberg told The Hollywood Reporter.

“My mother succeeded in a male-dominated industry,” her son said, “but she did it without being super aggressive. She did it with compassion and kindness. She was like a den mother to everyone.”

Before embarking on her Star Trek voyage, the Indiana native wrote and produced episodes of such popular network crime fare as Quincy, M.E., Magnum, P.I., Jake and the Fatman and In the Heat of the Night. She was adept at writing about “character, of people and relationships and feelings,” she once noted.

Taylor began writing for the syndicated Next Generation...

¿De qué se tratará esta nueva película? Nada claro, pero los rumores no paran.

De acuerdo con Deadline y The Hollywood Reporter, Matt Damon y Tom Holland protagonizarán la próxima película de Christopher Nolan para Universal Pictures, que llegará a los cines el 17 de julio de 2026.

Se trata del segundo proyecto del cineasta con Universal después de Oppenheimer, película que le valió el Oscar a la Mejor Película y al Mejor Director, entre otros galardones, tras su ruptura con Warner Bros, el que fue su estudio durante muchos años.

El argumento de la película se mantiene en secreto, pero los rumores (cómo no) no cesan. A cada cual más diferente. Gizmodo dice que la nueva película de Nolan será una de vampiros ambientada en la década de 1920. Según Variety , podría tratarse de una película de espías. The Hollywood Reporter oyó rumores sobre una historia de padre e hijo, pero luego...

After the success of Oppenheimer and the cultural significance of films like Interstellar, Inception, and The Dark Knight trilogy, Christopher Nolan has become one of the most sought-after directors in Hollywood. His passion for filmmaking and attention to detail are just a few of the many reasons why people adore his work as much as they do. With this in mind, it is not surprising that the filmmaker’s next film is highly anticipated in every regard.

Matt Damon and Cillian Murphy in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer | Credits: Universal Pictures

However, there have been many rumors about the plot of the project. Fans are not sure about what story the film is going to follow, and the different kinds of speculations are not helping the confusion.

Is Christopher Nolan In His Old-School Era?

It was recently confirmed that Tom Holland will be a part of Christopher Nolan’s next film...

With Venom: The Last Dance wrapping up one live-action Spider-Verse trilogy, Sony’s not wasting anytime in greenlighting the next Spider-Man movie starring Tom Holland. Indeed, Sony just set an Untitled Spider-Man Movie for a July 24, 2026 release date. They’re also confirming that Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton, who was originally set to direct the MCU’s now-scrapped Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, will be taking the helm as director. He takes over from Jon Watts, who directed the last three Spider-Man movies with Tom Holland.

However, there’s a bit of a wrinkle. The fourth Spider-Man movie is set to come out in theaters only one week after Christopher Nolan’s next film, in which Tom Holland is set to appear opposite Matt Damon. This strikes an odd note, as it would be strange to have two massive Tom Holland movies open within a week of each other, especially...

Christopher Nolan is being linked with umpteen different films at the moment – perhaps it’s best if we rule some of them out.

Speculation has been rife in the last few weeks as to just what Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan’s next film is going to be. Universal Pictures is distributing the film, and it has a 2026 release. But what on earth is it?

Is it a vampire movie? Is it a sort-of remake of Blue Thunder? Could it be an espionage film? With each day comes a different rumour, and with that in mind, we’ve decided to do something useful. Instead of speculating as to what Nolan’s new movie is, we’ve managed to 100% rule out some projects that he won’t be taking on.

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Micheal Caine stars as The Star, a sleeper agent long masquerading as a Hollywood elder statesmen. When an AI-gone-wrong uses his...

As a rumour emerges that Christopher Nolan might be making a vampire horror next, we look at some unsettling moments from his earlier work.

The success of Oppenheimer was so unexpectedly huge that, if Christopher Nolan were to walk into a studio with a script about the making of decorative wall plates, executives would sign a cheque without asking too many questions.

Instead, one rumour rolling around is that Nolan has some sort of genre film in the works – according to the singularly intense YouTuber Grace Randolph, Nolan’s next project is in a similar “genre space” to movies coming out “in the next couple of months.” When a viewer on Randolph’s live stream asked whether it was some sort of horror film, Randolph replied, “That’s a good guess.”

Since then, Gizmodo/io9's Germain Lussier has seemingly backed up that story, and added a little more to...

In light of the Christopher Nolan rumours, we take a look back at 1983’s Blue Thunder – a high-tech thriller that deserved more attention on its release.

It’s hard to pinpoint why the vehicular TV and film boom of the 1980s happened. Was it a coincidence that the likes of Knight Rider (1982), Firefox (also 1982), Blue Thunder (1983), Airwolf (1984) and Street Hawk (1985) all came out within a few years of each other?

Whatever the explanation, there was a brief period where vehicles got top billing, whether they were experimental planes (Firefox) helicopters, an ‘all-terrain attack motorcycle’ (Street Hawk) or Knight Rider.

Blue Thunder – the original 1983 film, not the short-lived TV spin-off which emerged the following year – is arguably the best of the lot. An action thriller directed by John Badham, it was one of the most exciting movies of its type released in the early 1980s – and yet, for some reason, several...

The 1983 helicopter action film Blue Thunder is said to be the inspiration for Christopher Nolan’s next film – at least according to the latest rumour circulating.

Speculation regarding Christopher Nolan’s next project is really starting to ramp up with rumours emerging, being debunked and then replaced, almost as quickly as we can cover them. It’s been a week since it was officially confirmed that the British filmmaker would be following up the incredible critical and commercial success of last year’s Oppenheimer by once again partnering with Universal. We also got a release date for the next Nolan project: 17th July, 2026.

With Nolan projects being what they are, a typical veil of secrecy surrounds the movie but fear not, the ever-dependent rumour mill has ground into action and in the seven days or so that have followed, we’ve had series of reports offer differing threads of speculation...

The Story: Frank Murphy (Roy Scheider), a helicopter pilot working for the LAPD, is selected to test pilot an experimental government helicopter called “Blue Thunder.” Highly sophisticated, and heavily armed, Murphy discovers the helicopter is being designed for urban use by a group within the government, headed by his old Vietnam nemesis, F.E Cochrane (Malcolm McDowell). Thought to be insane by his LAPD bosses thanks to his troubled history of war-related Ptsd, Murphy steals ”Blue Thunder” in an attempt to reveal the murderous conspiracy behind its creation, culminating in a series of spectacular dogfights in skies above downtown Los Angeles.

The Players: Director: John Badham. Writers: Dan O’Bannon, Don Jakoby. Starring: Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, & Warren Oates. Score by Arthur B. Rubinstein.

The History: During the early eighties, the comic book-style techno-thriller was in-vogue. Usually, these thrillers revolved around lone-wolf cops or military men given...

Quick Links Blue Thunder Is Perfectly Out-of-Date Roy Scheider Gave a Classic Performance as Frank Murphy John Badham Was Ahead of His Time with Blue Thunder's Themes

Ah, the '80s. It was a time when disbelief was much more easily suspended in movie theaters across America. That led to the Roy Scheider vehicle, Blue Thunder, making an impressive $42 million in 1983, doubling its budget thanks to a helicopter-based action plot that presaged Top Gun by combining a fighter pilot film with new helicopter and computer technology being developed in the early '80s. It was a weird, in-between time when many neo-noir films like 8 Million Ways to Die and To Live and Die in LA were romanticizing the ex-military LAPD officers who dominated Hollywood-adjacent crime films of the rugged '80s. Directors like Hal Ashby and William Friedkin and Blue Thunder director John Badham were trying out a style...

Before Dana Carvey made it big on Saturday Night Live — even before he co-starred with Mickey Rooney in the sitcom flop One of the Boys or as a helicopter cop in Blue Thunder — he filmed a pilot for a situation comedy that co-starred ultimate showbiz nepo baby Desi Arnaz Jr. The son of America’s favorite comedy couple, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, never duplicated his parents’ success despite his mother’s best efforts.

The pilot was called Whacked Out, Carvey told fellow SNL alum Chris Kattan on his Idiotically Speaking podcast. What was the sitcom about? That’s hard to say. One of the show’s writers blogged about his experience filming the pilot but neglected to mention his creation’s premise or plot, fixating on how starstruck he was in the presence of Ball.

In Carvey’s conversation with Kattan, the plot of Whacked Out was also of little concern.

Galaxie 500 have announced a new archival compilation, Uncollected Noise New York ’88-’90. The double album is due out September 20th via Silver Current Records, but to hold fans over, the indie rock act also shared two previously unreleased songs, “Shout You Down” and “I Wanna Live.” Listen to them both below.

Uncollected Noise New York ’88-’90 marks the first release of vaulted material for Galaxie 500 in nearly three decades. Featuring B-sides, outtakes, and non-album material, the compilation also boasts eight never-before-heard cuts.

“There is a sweetness in hearing the progression of us finding our own sound, our own collective voice. The Proustian power of music,” bassist Naomi Yang said in a statement. “Listening to these early recordings I can hear myself figuring out how I wanted to play bass — finding my way up the neck to where the notes would cut through, where there could be a counter-melody to the singing.

Beloved dream-pop trio Galaxie 500 have announced a new collection featuring unheard recordings from the band’s heyday.

Uncollected Noise New York ’88-’90, the group’s first post-breakup release of archival material in over 30 years, features two dozen recordings Galaxie 500 made at the studio Noise New York during those titular years, some of which have been released via B-sides and previous box sets. However, eight tracks in the new collection are entirely unreleased.

“Opening up these tape boxes was like looking into an old journal or datebook. I had forgotten most of this happened at all,...

Be still, our sweating wallets: Lego has announced a 1,497-piece Jaws Lego set, which includes everything you need to recreate the film’s third act.

To celebrate the open Amityville beaches on this, the 4th July, Lego has announced a 1,497-piece Jaws set. It is, as you’ve probably gathered, based on Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic, and contains everything you need to recreate its third act. In other words, you’ll be able to build the Orca boat and the three heroes that set off in it – so you’ll get minifigs based on Chief Brody (Roy Scheider), Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and Quint (Robert Shaw).

Most importantly, you’ll be able to build a Great White shark (which you can call Bruce if you like), and there are even a few yellow barrels among the accessories included with the set. Released in August (on the 3rd for Lego Insiders members...

Cue the famous John Williams score, because it’s time to not go into the water. Instead, it’s time to head to a fine table to build with bricks.

Lego has unveiled a new set based on Jaws, the Steven Spielberg blockbuster that changed summer moviegoing and made countless people afraid to go into the ocean.

The 1,497-piece set comes with three minifigures — Martin Brody, Matt Hooper and Sam Quint, the characters played by Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw, respectively. The three shark hunters are aboard the Orca boat, which has a detailed cabin and a removable roof. Among the accessories are a revolver, compass, fishing rod, harpoon, spear and, of course, the yellow barrels (see the images below). Also included is the infamous shark, which is not in one piece but must be built.

The set can be displayed as a cool diorama on a brick-built seawater base,...

The 80s and 90s were a great time for character actors. Guys like Gene Hackman, Brian Dennehy, Christopher Walken, John Lithgow, Morgan Freeman and many others occupied this really interesting place where they could lead their own movies and be just as comfortable playing supporting roles – whether large or small – in bigger films without worrying about things legit movie stars have to, such as bankability. Of that era, one of the biggest character actors was no doubt the fast-talking James Woods. In the eighties, his star rose thanks to movies like Videodrome, Salvador, True Believer and many others. While he never became a legit box office superstar, he was in that niche place where he could lead his own movies, such as the underrated Best Seller, while also playing plum supporting roles in movies like Chaplin, The Specialist and Casino. He was noted as one of the town’s biggest scene-stealers,...

You can’t teach someone to be an artist; as Steven Soderbergh once noted, if you could “we’d all be Stanley Kubrick.” Yet you can teach the craft necessary for artists to express themselves, and in the case of many of the books that follow, you can provide the inspiration necessary to unlock an artist’s best and most exciting ideas. Here are 13 must-read volumes for any aspiring director, books that examine the job from a variety of technical, artistic, and logistical angles. Some are more nuts-and-bolts manuals on how to use the camera, others — the ones written by working directors like Bethany Rooney, Mary Lou Belli, and Ken Kwapis — survival guides for anyone who wants to sustain a career in the industry. Taken together, they provide a comprehensive look at what it takes to direct and arm filmmakers with the tools they need to succeed.

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The 1980s was a seminal period in the development of what we now define as the action movie. This was the decade that cemented the statuses of both Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger as the muscle-bound box office behemoths eating the competition for breakfast. Having emerged off the back of critically acclaimed efforts like Rocky and The Terminator, the years that followed saw the pair hone their greased-up on-screen personas to fine effect.

It wasn’t all about the muscles though. The 1980s also ushered in the era of the everyman action star with Bruce Willis in Die Hard and Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop opting for brains over brawn and reaping the benefits in multiplexes far and wide as a result. While Hollywood basked in the glory of a new generation of leading men, in the Far East, Jackie Chan was taking action movie physicality to a whole...

Many great 80s action movies, like Cobra and Blue Thunder, never received the sequels they deserved despite initial success and popularity. The success of franchises like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon led other movies to attempt to capture the same magic, but not all were successful in securing follow-ups. Surprisingly, movies like Red Dawn and Tango & Cash, which had provocative world-building and solid box office performances, never got the sequels that fans hoped for, leaving untapped potential.

The 1980s produced some of the most iconic action movies of all time, but only a lucky few spawned the franchises that are still associated with this era. For the rest, one classic movie was not enough to secure a succession of sequels – or sometimes even a single follow-up – despite popular acclaim from fans. As a result, there are a surprising number of great 80s action movies that are yet to build on their legacy,...

Elizabeth Hoffman, best known for starring in NBC‘s Sisters in the ’90s (pictured above), died at the age of 97. The veteran actress passed away on August 21 in her home in Malibu, according to her son Chris (via The Hollywood Reporter). Hoffman was born on February 8, 1926, and started out in theater before her first onscreen role came via Little House of the Prairie; she appeared in three episodes of the series from 1980 to 1981. She also appeared in the film Fear No Evil in 1981. In the years following her episodes of Little House on the Prairie, Hoffman appeared on shows such as The Greatest American Hero, The Winds of War, The A-Team, Blue Thunder, and Hunter. Her other TV roles included L.A. Law, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Matlock, and thirtysomething, leading up to the aforementioned NBC series. Hoffman played Eleanor Roosevelt in two miniseries, The Winds of War in 1983 and War and Remembrance,...

NFL legend Dick Butkus has sadly died.

The former linebacker for the Chicago Bears passed away at his home in Malibu on Thursday (October 5), the Chicago Tribune reports. He was 80 years old.

According to his family, Dick passed overnight, peacefully in his sleep.

He is best known for playing for the Chicago Bears for eight seasons, from 1965-1973, before turning to a career as a sports commentator and actor.

Dick has had roles in movies like The Longest Yard, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Cracking Up, Superdome and more, with TV show appearances on MacGyver, Hang Time, Blue Thunder and even Murder, She Wrote.

In 1963, he married his high school sweetheart Helen Essenberg, and the two had three children, Ricky, Matt, and Nikki.

Our thoughts and condolences go out to Dick Butkus‘ family and friends during this time.

Dick Butkus, the legendary Hall of Fame NFL linebacker and character actor, has died at age 80.

Butkus was a linebacker for the Chicago Bears from 1965 to 1973 and was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 1979.

“The Butkus family confirms that football and entertainment legend Dick Butkus died peacefully in his sleep overnight at home in Malibu, California,” the family’s statement shared to X read. They asked for “prayers and support” for Butkus’ wife, Helen.

He was remembered on social media by Bears chairman George H. McCaskey as “the ultimate Bear” and “one of the greatest players in NFL history.”

The statement shared to the team’s X account read, “He was Chicago’s son. He exuded what our city is about… toughness, smarts, instincts, passion and leadership.” McCaskey went on to say, “Dick had a gruff manner, and maybe that kept some people from approaching him, but he actually had a soft touch,...

Dick Butkus, the ferocious Chicago Bears middle linebacker who brought his reputation as an NFL barbarian to Hollywood for Miller Lite commercials, sitcoms and films, has died. He was 80.

A member of the Screen Actors Guild for more than four decades, Butkus died peacefully in his sleep overnight at his home in Malibu, his family announced Thursday.

From 1987-89, Butkus had a recurring role as cafe owner Ed Klawicki on My Two Dads, an NBC sitcom about two single men (Paul Reiser, Greg Evigan) raising a teenage daughter (Staci Keanan).

Butkus joined the NBC Saturday morning series Hang Time in 1998 as old-school Deering High Tornados basketball coach Mike Katowinski, taking over for former NBA star Reggie Theus, and he worked on that show for its final three seasons.

Earlier, Butkus was a regular on two short-lived, light-hearted network dramas: ABC’s Blue Thunder, which featured Dana Carvey and a gadget-filled helicopter,...

Dick Butkus, a Hall of Famer who was among the greatest, most respected and most feared players in NFL history and also had a long acting career in TV, film and commercials, died overnight in his sleep at his Malibu home. He was 80.

His family confirmed the news on social media.

After back-to-back All-America seasons at the University of Illinois, Butkus was picked No. 3 overall by his hometown Chicago Bears in 1965. A fearsome force on the field and rather gentle giant off of it, he spent his entire injury-shortened nine-season career with the club, redefining the linebacker position in the process.

Dick Butkus circa 1965

Active from 1965-73, Butkus was named to the NFL’s All-Decade Team for both the 1960s and ’70s and was selected for the All-Time NFL Team in 2000. A six-time All-nfl selection and two-time Defensive Player of the Year, he played in eight consecutive Pro Bowls and...

Dick Butkus, one of the most celebrated linebackers in NFL history who played eight seasons for the Chicago Bears before turning to a career as an actor and sports commentator, died Thursday in Malibu. He was 80 years old.

The Butkus family released a statement through the Chicago Bears organization, confirming his death.

“The Butkus family confirms that football and entertainment legend Dick Butkus died peacefully in his sleep overnight at home in Malibu, California. The Butkus family is gathering with Dick’s wife Helen. They appreciate your prayers and support,” the statement reads.

A Chicago native, Butkus was drafted by his hometown team in 1965 after a breakthrough college football career that saw him lead the University of Illinois to a Rose Bowl victory in 1963. During his time with the Bears, Butkus twice won defensive player of the year, appeared in eight Pro Bowls and was named to first-team All-Pro five times.

Have you ever wondered why in the 2023 version of "The Haunted Mansion," Owen Wilson is shown eating a big bag of Burger King and telling Lakeith Stanfield that the fast food chain's fried snacks are literal messages from heaven? Or why while Rambo is being told about his off-the-books, super-secret, clandestine mission to rescue POWs from Vietnam in "Rambo: First Blood Part II," the scene gets interrupted by his superior officer purchasing a Coca-Cola from the Coca-Cola vending machine that he inexplicably has in his office?

The answer is a little thing called product placement, in which various companies selling various products frequently exchange money with motion picture and/or television studios to display their products prominently on-screen. That's probably why in "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," when Reed Richards presents the famous flying FantastiCar from the comic books that he built all by himself in his private lab,...

In 1991, the original crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise signed off – literally – with Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country earning critical acclaim and the biggest box office for the franchise since The Wrath of Khan. With Star Trek – The Next Generation ending its successful seven-season run, the time was right to give the new crew the reigns to their big-screen franchise. But, all involved were wary of making what would be seen as just an extended episode. Thus the bold move was made to work in none other than James T. Kirk, who – gasp – would die in the movie’s climax, passing the torch to Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard. That’s right; it’s time to tackle Star Trek Generations!

To shepherd the Next Generation’s move to the big screen, Paramount Pictures decided to give the reigns to the feature film over to Next Generation producer Rick Berman,...

The Story: Nine years after the disappearance of astronaut Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea), Discovery One mission overseer, Heywood Floyd (Roy Scheider) is given the opportunity to take part in a joint U.S-u.S.S.R mission to see what went wrong. There’s only one problem – the two countries are on the cusp of nuclear war, and tension between the American and Soviet teams looks to unmoor an already impossible mission.

The Players: Starring: Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren, John Lithgow, Bob Balaban and Keir Dullea. Music by David Shire. Written and directed by Peter Hyams.

The History: Crafting a sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey sounds like a fool’s errand. Being that it’s one of the most acclaimed films ever made, in order to be judged any kind of success the sequel would have to be some kind of masterpiece. In 1984, director Peter Hyams,...

With its list of new releases for May 2023, Hulu is relying on an acclaimed original and a whole lotta FX.

The acclaimed original in question in The Great season 3. Premiering on May 12, this historical black comedy with continue the story of Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) and her pal Peter III (Nicholas Hoult). The other Hulu original series of note this month is The Clearing on May 24. Based on the best-selling crime novel In the Clearing this story will follow a story inspired by the real life events behind Australian cult “The Family.”

For its other TV options in May, Hulu is turning to its cable partner FX. Class of ’09, an FBI thriller starring Kate Mara and Brian Tyree Henry, premieres on May 10. That will be followed by The Secrets of Hillsong, a docuseries investigating the controversial church on May 20.

Hulu’s list of original movies this month is...