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"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" is one of the best things to happen to "Star Wars" since George Lucas tapped Irvin Kershner to direct "The Empire Strikes Back" and Lawrence Kasdan to write it. Coming off the success of the still visually stunning "Clone Wars" micro-series by maestro Genndy Tartakovsky, "The Clone Wars" took all the good ideas and concepts Lucas introduced in the prequel trilogy — yes, there are some great ideas here, even in "Attack of the Clones" — and gave them enough time to properly breathe and develop over time.

The result remains some of the best storytelling in all of "Star Wars." It's a show that gave us one of the best characters in "Star Wars" in the form of Ahsoka Tano, turned the faceless clone army into a group of dozens of fleshed-out and complex characters, and even expanded upon the politics of the Separatists and the titular conflict,...

Nicole Kidman is one of the most recognizable actors in Hollywood today, and she has acted in numerous genres throughout her decades-long career, leading to her most recent success with the erotic thriller Babygirl. Kidman's breakout role was in the 1989 ocean thriller Dead Calm, and she gained even more attention for her roles in movies throughout the 1990s. Kidman has even starred in erotic thrillers before, such as Eyes Wide Shut, proving that she was a perfect casting choice for Babygirl, and Babygirl's positive reviews confirm this.

However, while some of Nicole Kidman's movies have fared very well with audiences and critics, garnering numerous award nominations and wins, some of her other movies have not been so successful. In fact, the recent success of Babygirl has helped Kidman break a negative Rotten Tomatoes streak from 2023 and 2024, which was the worst she had seen in over 10 years. Luckily, Babygirl is able...

Art Evans, the actor who appeared in Die Hard 2, A Soldier’s Story and so many more movies and TV shows beginning in the 1970s, has passed away at the age of 82. The cause of death was diabetes.

Art Evans had well over 100 credits to his name, normally playing smaller roles. One of these key ones was in Die Hard 2, in which he played an air traffic controller who aids in John McClane’s latest fight against terrorists. Another came in 1984 with A Soldier’s Story, co-starring alongside Howard E. Rollins Jr. and Adolph Caesar as an army private. While Caesar would end up receiving the bulk of the attention (receiving Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations), Evans was also making his own mark.

Art Evans got his career started the previous decade — after time studying theater and on the stage — earning his first credit on sitcom Chico and the Man.

Fans of actor Bill Paxton — and we are legion — likely know that he made his directorial debut in 1980, helming the music video for Barnes & Barnes' immortal classic "Fish Heads." The video, made on a very, very low budget, featured Paxton as a buyer and enthusiast of the titular ichthyoid crania, shown throwing them a birthday party and generally enjoying their company. The video also featured a cameo from Dr. Demento, the famed Los Angeles DJ responsible for proliferating hundreds of well-known novelty hits, and for bringing "Weird Al" Yankovic to the world's attention. Paxton was a weird, wonderful man who ran on the fringes. The fact that he became a well-known mainstream star is kind of wild.

Paxton, of course, began appearing in feature films in the late 1970s and early 1980s, starring in notable genre films like "Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker" and "Mortuary." Many likely first noticed him in...

Michael Fassbender's best performances are often overlooked in lesser-known projects like A24's 2016 film. Trespass Against Us showcases Fassbender's emotional range through personal themes like morality and family. Despite Fassbender's involvement, Trespass Against Us received little attention due to its limited release.

Michael Fassbender has starred in an A24 film that more people should recognize. While Fassbender has achieved great through franchises like X-Men and Alien, he has also starred in many other movies that may not have been as popular. However, as Michael Fassbender's new 97% Rotten Tomatoes hit indicates, some of the actor's best performances can be found in his lesser-known projects, like his A24 film from 2016.

Born in Germany before breaking into the American film industry, Michael Fassbender soared to commercial success in the fantasy action movie 300. The role has since given him access to even greater opportunities, including Magneto in the X-Men franchise. With an...

The Frozen Ground starring Nicolas Cage recently made it to Netflix's Global Top 10 with 3.4 million views. The film only received a 61% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, struggling at the box office with a budget of $27.2 million. Despite a lukewarm reception, The Frozen Ground's resurgence on Netflix may be linked to increasing interest in Nicolas Cage.

The Frozen Ground has been given a new chance on Netflix as it reaches the Global Top 10. The Frozen Ground is a 2013 Nicolas Cage thriller wherein the actor plays an Alaska State Trooper who teams up with a young woman who escaped a serial killer in order to capture the murderer. In addition to Cage, the movie features a leading cast including Vanessa Hudgens, John Cusack, Dean Norris, Gia Mantegna, Robert Forgit, Brad William Henke, Michael McGrady, Katherine Lanasa, and Ryan ONan.

Now, The Frozen Ground managed to make it onto the Netflix Global...

Hunter Schafer was taken into police custody while protesting for Palestine with Jewish Voice for Peace on Monday. The demonstration took place outside of President Joe Biden’s Late Night With Seth Meyers appearance in New York City.

“On Monday, February 26, 2024, at approximately 1630 hours, there was a demonstration at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, in the confines of the Midtown North Precinct,” an NYPD spokesperson tells Rolling Stone. “The demonstration concluded at 1800 hours. A total of 30 individuals were taken into custody. Thirty individuals were issued summonses for Trespass.”

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered at the...

Andrzej Bartkowiak got his start in the entertainment industry working as a cinematographer, working on such films as Terms of Endearment, Prizzi’s Honor, Twins, Falling Down, Speed, Species, Dante’s Peak, The Devil’s Advocate, U.S. Marshals, Lethal Weapon 4, Thirteen Days, and Trespass. But back at the turn of the century he also got into directing, working mainly in the action genre: Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, Maximum Impact, Dead Reckoning. His most well-known movie, for better or worse, may be the action horror video game adaptation Doom. Now Deadline has announced that Bartkowiak is treading back into horror territory, as he has signed on to direct the supernatural thriller The Dire Wolf.

Coming our way from Steelyard Pictures, The Dire Wolf has a screenplay written by Ry Cook and is expected to start filming in New Mexico soon, aiming for a 2024 release.

Spoilers for "The Bad Batch" Season 2 Episode 12 - "The Outpost" follow.

Once more, the Bad Batch (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) takes a breather from the continuing narrative and this episode focuses solely on their former member, Crosshair. Crosshair watches on Coruscant as more clones are shipped off into forced retirement and the new Stormtroopers take over. Then, he's assigned to Lieutenant Nolan (Crispin Freeman)to head to a distant outpost to pick up crates of equipment "vital" to the Empire. On the planet Barton-4, they find a snowy wasteland defended by three clones led by one named Mayday. They've been on the planet defending the cargo for more than a year without reinforcements and insurgents have continued attacking them, consistently whittling down their numbers.

When another attack breaks out and the insurgents make off with two crates of important Imperial goods, Nolan assigns Mayday and Crosshair to personally recover them.

Spoilers for "The Bad Batch" season 2 episodes 7 and 8 - "The Clone Conspiracy" and "Truth and Consequences" follow.

The Bad Batch takes a break from the story in "The Clone Conspiracy," the first half of these two episodes as the conspiracy unfolds. Admiral Rampart is on Coruscant garnering support for a new Defense Recruitment Bill that will phase out the clone army and replace it with their conscripted force of Stormtroopers. Standing in his way are a number of Senators, but mainly Riyo Chuchi, a Pantoran from Orto Plutonia. As she looks to better represent the clones and their interests in the legislation, she discovers a conspiracy. A clone named Slip tells her that Kamino wasn't destroyed in a cataclysmic storm as Admiral Rampart claims, but was instead destroyed by him. Knowledge of this would derail Rampart's plans and the legislation, so the clones with knowledge of this are systematically assassinated.

Stranger Things 4 Vol. 1 logged 335.01M hours viewed in its first full week of release to shoot up to #3 on Netflix’s all-time list for English-language series with 621.80m hours viewed in just 10 days. With only Bridgerton Season 2 (656M) and Bridgerton S1 (625M) ahead of it on the list, which measures viewership in a season’s first 28 days on the service, Stranger Things is set to climb to the #1 spot in the next few days.

The sci-fi series also is guaranteed to finish at least second on Netflix’s overall all-time list for English- and non-English programming, with only phenom Squid Game standing in its way with its astonishing 1.65 billion hours viewed.

For the week of May 30-June 5, Stranger Things 4 Volume 1 became the most watched season of English-language TV in a single week on Netflix and hit #1 on the Top 10 lists in 91 countries, a first for an English TV series.

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Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has announced territory sales in Cannes on Blumhouse Productions horror Dashcam.

The company has closed deals with Non Stop for Scandinavia and Baltics, Lanterna De Pedra Filmes for Portugal, Kriscoe Media for Middle East and M C Twist for Japan.

Herwitz said negotiations were underway for numerous other territories and added, “Even though the market has definitely changed since Covid, it is reassuring to see that quality still sells.”

Writer-director Rob Savage’s story centres on a live-streaming, abrasive musician’s night which takes a dangerous turn when...

The “Percy Jackson” Disney+ series has found its leading man. Walker Scobell has been cast in the titular role in the Rick Riordian adaptation “Percy Jackson and the Olmypians.”

Scobell made waves earlier this year when he played the younger version of Ryan Reynolds in the Netflix sci-fi action film “The Adam Project.”

The Disney Branded Television series is produced by 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios, and will start production this summer.

“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” tells the fantastical story of a 12-year-old modern demigod, Percy Jackson, who’s just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. Now, Percy must trek across America to find it and restore order to Olympus.

Per a character description, Percy Jackson is described as a smart and compassionate kid with a sharp sense of humor. He...

Netflix is joining forces with Creative UK, the independent network for the country’s creative industries, on an initiative that will develop and fund debut feature films.

Dubbed ‘Breakout’, the program will support emerging filmmakers, with at least one feature project set to receive a production budget of approximately £1.5M ($2M) as well as a guaranteed berth on Netflix.

Six teams will be given £30,000 of development funding to take part in an intensive training and professional development program, delivered by Creative UK. The program will involve lab events, mentoring, and support and input from Netflix executives.

The streamer said it was looking for creative teams whose work has garnered industry or public attention, but they have not yet made a funded feature, and that diversity is a priority. Projects are being targeted from popular genres such as mystery and crime thrillers, bold and original horror, comedies and rom-com, young adult and family adventure.

Netflix has partnered with Creative U.K. to launch a program for U.K. filmmakers working on their debut feature,

Titled Breakout, the program will fund the films’ development, with the primary criteria being that they are high quality, genre-based and British.

“Breakout will give new U.K. based filmmakers the opportunity to take popular genres audiences love, from sci-fi, to thriller and horror, to comedy and romance, and reinterpret them through a distinctively British lens,” is how the program is being described. It is driven, according to Netflix and Creative U.K., “by the principle that daring, ambitious filmmaking can drive commercial as well as critical success and can emerge from all backgrounds.”

Participants will be made up of six teams, each of which will receive £30,000 worth of development funding in addition to a Creative U.K. training program comprised of mentoring and residential lab events. Netflix executives will also provide support and input.

The programmes aims to work wiith under-represented voices.

Netflix is partnering with non-profit organisation Creative UK, a merger between Creative England and Creative Industries Federation, on the low-budget filmmaking and training initiative Breakout.

Six teams, selected from an open application process, will receive £30,000 in development funding to take part in an intensive training and professional development programme, delivered by Creative UK. Following residential workshops, mentoring, support and input, including from Netflix executives, at least one film will be greenlit with an approximate £1.5m budget and a global launch on Netflix.

Breakout will be open to creative teams whose work has...

A budget of £1.5m for a debut feature is up for grabs.

Netflix is partnering with non-profit organisation Creative UK, a merger between Creative England and Creative Industries Federation, on the low-budget filmmaking and training initiative Breakout.

Six teams, selected from an open application process, will receive £30,000 in development funding to take part in an intensive training and professional development programme, delivered by Creative UK. Following residential workshops, mentoring, support and input, including from Netflix executives, at least one film will be greenlit with an approximate £1.5m budget and a global launch on Netflix.

Breakout will be open to creative...

A budget of £1.5m for a debut feature is up for grabs.

Netflix is partnering with non-profit organisation Creative UK, a merger between Creative England and Creative Industries Federation, on the low-budget filmmaking and training initiative Breakout.

Six teams, selected from an open application process, will receive £30,000 in development funding to take part in an intensive training and professional development programme, delivered by Creative UK. Following residential workshops, mentoring, support and input, including from Netflix executives, at least one film will be greenlit with an approximate £1.5m budget and a global launch on Netflix.

Breakout will be open to creative...

Stars: Scott Adkins, Dolph Lundgren, Ida Lundgren, Scott Hunter, Kim DeLonghi, Jim E. Chandler, Dave Halls, | Written by Andrew Knauer | Directed by Dolph Lundgren

Castle Falls marks Dolph Lundgren’s first film as a director since he shot Icarus in 2010. It’s also his fifth teaming with co-star Scott Adkins. Toss in a plot that sounds slightly reminiscent of Walter Hill’s underrated 1992 film Trespass and you have a film with a lot of potential. The question is, can it live up to them?

Mike Wade is down on his luck. His career as a fighter is over, he can’t even make the cut for a local Mma event and he’s been evicted from his apartment. Now he’s living in his truck and working as a labourer on the demolition of Castle Heights Hospital. And then his luck turns around, he finds several bags full of money hidden in the abandoned building.

Video Version of this Article Photo/Video: Miley Cyrus/Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock People know the talented Miley Cyrus through the different avenues she has taken throughout her life. Some may know her as Hannah Montana from the hit Disney show ‘Hannah Montana,’ her numerous top-charting albums and singles like ‘Wrecking Ball’ or ‘Breakout,’ or from movies like ‘The Last Song.’ Everyone loves Miley Cyrus for the vibrant and carefree attitude that she presents and portrays through her music and her variety of appearances on several television shows and short videos. If there is one thing that always deems true for Miley, it is the fact that she is never afraid to be herself, and she encourages others to do the same through her personal expressions. Related article: Exclusive: 'Dune' Full Commentary, Reactions, Making Of - Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac Related article: 'No Time to Die'...

“Black Widow” star Scarlett Johansson is producing a “Tower of Terror” movie at Disney, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.

“Toy Story 4” director and “Inside Out” writer Josh Cooley is writing the screenplay. Plot details are being kept under wraps.

“Tower of Terror,” a popular elevator-drop ride at Disneyland initially based on Rod Serling’s anthology series “The Twilight Zone,” takes place at the fictional Hollywood Tower Hotel. First opened in 1994, the Tower of Terror ride was revamped in 2017 as a Marvel Studios attraction called “Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!”

The “Tower of Terror” movie, which has been in development since 2015, previously had a treatment by John August that centered on five people in a posh hotel who take an elevator and disappear after it’s hit by lightning. Previously, a 1997 TV movie based on the attraction starred Steve Guttenberg and Kirsten Dunst.

Johansson will...

The Flash appears to be drawing its story about the various “forces” and the humans they’ve inhabited to a conclusion. The next chapter “Family Matters, Part 1” (which airs tonight on The CW) puts the Strength Force known as “Fuerza” back in the spotlight.

Of course, we first met Fuerza in all her rampaging glory much earlier in the season, and her notoriety was complete when she killed poor Abra Kadabra. But since then, amidst Team Flash’s ongoing quest for the other forces that have been unleashed, we’ve learned a little bit more about the host of the Strength Force, Alexa Rivera played by Sara Garcia.

Alexa has been played as a sympathetic character, a former drug addict who has become a health care professional in order to help those in need and help make up for the perceived sins of her past. She blacks out when transforming...

Now that Disneyland is back, the theme park is preparing to open up Avengers Campus to all the Marvel fanatics looks to take a walk through the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Fan will undoubtedly be happy to hop on Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout and Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure, followed by a walk […]

The post All the Avengers Campus Food, Drinks, Treats, and Novelties Assembling at Disneyland in June appeared first on /Film.

Krishna elects Bangla Surf Girls director Elizabeth D. Costa to receive $5,000 cash prize.

Hot Docs has named Lalita Krishna, president of In Sync Media and producer of festival selection Bangla Surf Girls, this year’s recipient of the Don Haig Award.

Now in its 16th year, the Don Haig Award is presented to an “outstanding Canadian independent producer” with a feature-length film in competition at the festival and a record of mentoring emerging Canadian filmmakers.

Krishna will be presented with a $5,000 cash prize, courtesy of the Don Haig Foundation.

“Documentary has given so much meaning to my life that it...

Exclusive: iZombie alum Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald (Scream) and Chris Webster (Most Dangerous Game) have been tapped as series regulars opposite Alan Ritchson in the upcoming Amazon original series Jack Reacher, based on the character from Lee Child’s international bestselling books.

Ritchson stars as the title character in the series, produced by Amazon Studios, Skydance Television and Paramount Television Studios. The first season, written, exec produced and showrun by Nick Santora, is based on the first Jack Reacher novel, The Killing Floor, which is set in Georgia.

Goodwin will star as Chief Detective Oscar Finlay, a Harvard-educated, tweed suit-wearing Northerner who recently relocated to the small town of Margrave to take a job in the Margrave Police Department.

Fitzgerald stars as Roscoe Conklin, who was born and raised in Margrave and is a smart and proud officer in the Margrave Pd. She is resilient and is intimidated by nothing and no one.

Genesis offered fans a 50-second sneak peek of their upcoming reunion tour last week along with an announcement that it will now kick off September 15th at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. It’s the first glimpse the public has had of the band in action since the end of their 2007 Turn It On Again tour, and the first time we’ve seen Phil’s son Nic drumming for the band.

The footage seems to show them playing bits of various songs, though the only music we hear is a live...

Redbox has taken another step forward in the streaming market by launching Free On Demand, a new ad-supported streaming service hosted by the famous video rental company. Featuring titles that are "curated to the tastes of Redbox audiences," the Free On Demand service will deliver hundreds of options every week for people to watch free of charge.

At launch, some of the first titles offered by Redbox's Free On Demand streaming service include Trespass, Lord of War, The Illusionist, Haywire, and Maggie. The company also says that the weekly mix will cover "fan favorites, cult classics, and popular titles" alike.

"Today's audiences are fueling an unprecedented demand for premium quality on-demand content that is free with advertising. We expect to see continued growth in AVOD, making Free On Demand a significant addition to our free streaming platform," Chris Yates, Gm of Redbox On Demand, said in a statement.

Because of...

Redbox has launched Free On Demand, an ad-supported streaming destination promising hundreds of titles arriving weekly that are “curated to the tastes of Redbox audiences.”

Some of the initial titles are films like Trespass, Lord of War, The Illusionist, Haywire and Maggie. Redbox said the mix will cover “fan favorites, cult classics and popular titles.”

As of now, Redbox Free On Demand is currently available on Roku, iOS, Android mobile and TVs, and Vizio, with LG, Xbox, Samsung, and Google Chromecast among the platforms to be added soon.

“Today’s audiences are fueling an unprecedented demand for premium quality on-demand content that is free with advertising. We expect to see continued growth in AVOD, making Free on Demand a significant addition to our free streaming platform,” Chris Yates, Gm of Redbox On Demand, said in a press release.

While most consumers know Chicago-based Redbox for its 41,000 disc-dispensing kiosks, which have...

Rebecca Drysdale has exited as head writer of The Tonight Show.

This comes just over six months after she was named head writer on the NBC late-night show and follows a busy week for the Jimmy Fallon-hosted show, which earlier this week saw showrunner Gavin Purcell leave, replaced by Jamie Granet-Bederman, and Fallon himself extend his contract with the network.

Drysdale, in a private Facebook post first picked up by the Chicago Sun-Times, said that the decision to leave was mutual. “They made it clear that I was not a good fit for the show, and I did not disagree. I wish it had gone differently and I had been able to be what they needed but that is not how it shook out,” she wrote.

Drysdale added that she decided to never to write another sketch about Donald Trump again, saying that she doesn’t believe making fun...

As one of the most enduringly popular characters in any form of media, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that fans across the world celebrate Batman Day every year. Since first appearing in the pages of Detective Comics all the way back in 1939, the Dark Knight has been constantly reinvented and updated for the modern age, but has always remained a relevant and integral fabric of pop culture.

The first Batman Day was held in July 2014 to celebrate the character’s 75th anniversary and coincide with that year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Since then, though, the festivities have been moved to September, and tomorrow marks 2020’s edition. Fittingly, there’s been a lot of huge news surrounding the Caped Crusader recently with Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck both returning to suit up in The Flash, while Matt Reeves dropped the first full-length trailer for The Batman at DC FanDome...

Warner Bros.’ 10th anniversary rerelease of Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” topped the U.K. and Ireland box office with £207,675, according to final numbers released by Comscore.

“Inception” released midweek on Aug. 12 at 313 sites, ahead of Nolan’s keenly anticipated Aug. 26 bow for “Tenet.”

Russell Crowe’s road rage holdover “Unhinged,” released by Altitude Film Distribution, collected £136,347 from 282 locations in its third week, a surge of 16% from the previous week. “Unhinged” has collected a total of £675,916 so far.

Matteo Garrone’s “Pinocchio,” starring Roberto Benigni, distributed by Vertigo U.K. debuted in third position with £108,626 from 272 sites.

Among the other new releases, Breakout’s Dublin film festival winner “Broken Law” opened in sixth place with £52,748 from 35 sites, while another festival favorite Picturehouse Entertainment’s “Babyteeth” bowed in eighth position with £38,977 from 139 locations.

The biggest gainers of the week as more cinemas opened their doors were holdovers, Disney’s “Onward” and Vertigo’s “100% Wolf,...

The African American Film Critics Association (Aafca) has set a virtual edition for their 2nd Annual Aafca TV Honors. The private celebration will take place on August 22.

Hosted by comedian and actress Aida Rodriguez, Aafca will to honor a number of outstanding shows, creators and performers in TV including Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s For Life for Best Drama and HBO’s Insecure for Best Comedy.

Viola Davis (How To Get Away with Murder) and Sterling K. Brown (This is Us) will be honored as Best Actress and Best Actor respectively while Hollywood‘s Jeremy Pope and Laura Harrier will be honored as Breakout Performers.

In addition, Rashida Jones will present Black-ish and #blackAF creator Kenya Barris with the Icon Award for his groundbreaking contributions to television.

A full list of honorees can be read below:

TV Icon – Kenya Barris

Inclusion Award – MacRo Television Studios

Best Actress – Viola Davis, How To Get Away With Murder...

Alex White.

Babyteeth producer Alex White has joined Causeway Films as a development producer.

White will work with company co-founders Samantha Jennings and Kristina Ceyton to advance the company’s slate while it heads into simultaneous production on two feature films: Del Kathryn Barton’s drama Puff and Goran Stolevski’s supernatural You Won’t Be Alone.

Babyteeth is currently in cinemas after its world premiere in competition at Venice last year, where it received rave reviews. The bittersweet comedy directed by Shannon Murphy was White’s debut feature, following on from successful short films such as Trespass and Florence Has Left the Building. The producer spent years working alongside Jan Chapman (who EP’d Babyteeth), and was also the associate producer on Simon Stone’s The Daughter.

Other projects on the Causeway Films slate include Danny and Michael Philippou’s Talk to Me, due to go into production in...

‘Babyteeth’. (Photo: Lisa Tomasetti)

Alex White and Jan Chapman went to see Rita Kalnejais’ hit play Babyteeth at Sydney’s Belvoir St Theatre on the same night back in 2012. By interval, the two had made a beeline to each other: they knew it had to be adapted for screen.

At that stage, White had already been working for Chapman for several years. For some time, The Piano producer had been trying to help her find her first feature – White having produced successful shorts such as Trespass and Florence Has Left the Building.

“Jan was going ‘This is it, this is it’,” White tells If.

Both were drawn to the play’s “raw, visceral, irreverent and heartbreaking” tone and dialogue. The play was set on a revolve, with distinctive scenes and sound design, allowing White to clearly sense how it would feel on screen.

“It was just a very vivid experience...

Joel Schumacher, the colorful director of 23 feature films including Flatliners, Falling Down and perhaps the two most polarizing entries in the Batman franchise, has died at the age of 80 after a year-long battle with cancer, according to Deadline.

Other films on his resume included one of the defining movies of the “Brat Pack” era, St. Elmo’s Fire, along with the John Grisham adaptations A Time to Kill and The Client, the highly influential horror film The Lost Boys and the screen version of the long-running Broadway musical The Phantom of the Opera.

But Schumacher was arguably best known for directing 1995’s Batman Forever and its follow-up, 1997’s Batman and Robin, which veered the series away from the dark, psychologically twisted tone established on Tim Burton’s Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992) and into campier territory closer in spirit to the 1960s TV show.

Schumacher was born in New York City on...

It is with deep sadness that we share the news that filmmaker Joel Schumacher has passed away at the age of 80.

Multiple sources, including Variety, confirm the news that Schumacher has passed away from cancer, which he battled over the past year.

Schumacher began his career in filmmaking as a costume designer and production designer before stepping behind the camera as a director. Over the course of five decades, Schumacher brought his unique visual eye to a truly eclectic set of films, including St. Elmo's Fire, The Lost Boys, Flatliners, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, 8Mm, Phone Booth, The Phantom of the Opera (2004), The Number 23, Blood Creek, and Trespass, to name just a few.

Although his films spanned diverse genres, they all shared the common denominator of being visual showcases that linger long in the memory after their end credits roll.

For horror fans in particular, The Lost Boys...

In some shocking and sad news, it was announced today that prolific director Joel Schumacher – probably most notable for his two DC movies, 1995’s Batman Forever and 1997’s Batman & Robin – has passed away at the age of 80 after a year-long battle with cancer. This news was revealed by his representatives at ID PR.

Schumacher started his career in the fashion industry before crossing over to the movie business to work as a costume designer. His real passion was for filmmaking, though, which he successfully transitioned into after a stint as a screenwriter. His debut directorial effort was 1981’s The Incredible Shrinking Woman, starring Lily Tomlin.

His first major hit was 1985 coming-of-age drama St. Elmo’s Fire. He then followed that up with another smash – 1987’s cult vampire flick The Lost Boys. It’s no surprise, then, that he was Warner Bros.’ top choice to replace Tim Burton as the custodian...

Director Joel Schumacher has sadly passed away. The filmmaker directed tons of classic 80s and 90s movies like the Batman franchise entries, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, The Lost Boys, Flatliners, St. Elmo's Fire and DC Cab. The filmmaker was 80-years-old. Schumacher passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He died in New York City.

Starting in the industry as a costume designer, Joel Schumacher began directing in 70s, getting a couple of TV movies under his belt. But it was in the 80s when he truly began to flourish, as he was behind the camera for several movies that have gone on to become true classics of the decade. The first of these was 1985's St. Elmo's Fire, which starred Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore and Rob Lowe. Schumacher followed that up with arguably his most beloved movie, 1987's vampire flick The Lost Boys. With a cast that includes Corey Feldman,...

Joel Schumacher, the outspoken and shameless American filmmaker whose often flamboyant productions have become cult classics, died Monday morning at the age of 80. He passed away peacefully after a year-long battle with cancer, Schumacher’s representatives confirmed to IndieWire. His last efforts behind the camera were directing two episodes of the Netflix series “House of Cards” in 2013, though he’d since continued to regale with his unfiltered stories of Hollywood lore, most recently in a 2019 profile of the filmmaker in New York Magazine.

Born in New York City, Schumacher studied at Parsons New School for Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology — an education that informed his dazzling visual style as a filmmaker — before moving to Los Angeles to study at UCLA. His earliest credits in Hollywood included as costume designer on “Play It as It Lays” and Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” and “Interiors,” and as screenwriter of cult favorites “Sparkle,...

Joel Schumacher, the outspoken and shameless American filmmaker whose often flamboyant productions have become cult classics, died Monday morning at the age of 80. He passed away peacefully after a year-long battle with cancer, Schumacher’s representatives confirmed to IndieWire. His last efforts behind the camera were directing two episodes of the Netflix series “House of Cards” in 2013, though he’d since continued to regale with his unfiltered stories of Hollywood lore, most recently in a 2019 profile of the filmmaker in New York Magazine.

Born in New York City, Schumacher studied at Parsons New School for Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology — an education that informed his dazzling visual style as a filmmaker — before moving to Los Angeles to study at UCLA. His earliest credits in Hollywood included as costume designer on “Play It as It Lays” and Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” and “Interiors,” and as screenwriter of cult favorites “Sparkle,...

Joel Schumacher, who directed some two dozen films including Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Brat Pack pics St. Elmo’s Fire and The Lost Boys along with Falling Down and John Grisham adaptations The Client and A Time to Kill, died today. He was 80.

His publicists at ID PR said he had a yearlong battle with cancer.

Schumacher was revered as one of Hollywood’s great storytellers. He had enormous charm and wit and could walk onto a tense set and instantly change everyone’s mood. It was magic chemistry.

His credits also include the 1980s pics D.C. Cab and The Incredible Shrinking Woman. He also helmed The Phantom of the Opera, Flatliners, Flawless, 8Mm Phone Booth, Trespass and most recently two 2013 episodes of Netflix’s House of Cards.

Notable Hollywood & Entertainment Industry Deaths In 2020: Photo Gallery

The native New Yorker also wrote the 1976 low-budget comedy Car Wash and the...

The many clones Tatiana Maslany played on Orphan Black banded together to fight Neolution, and this was when it mainly was a belief for people who’d undergone technological enhancements, like tails. The Immortality or Bust trailer follows the man who invented volcano surfing as he rides a transhuman wave to Washington.

On The Six Million Dollar Man, Lee Major’s astronaut Steve Austin was rebuilt into the world’s first bionic man. Government scientists made him “better, stronger and faster” through biotechnical enhancements. The man at the center of Immortality or Bust wants to take that one step further. “Do you want to live forever and become a cyborg,” asks the official website. “In the last Presidential election, one man embarked on an impossible expedition to defeat aging and forever change the human being through science. Running for President as the Transhumanist Party nominee, Zoltan Istvan took his message to bio hacking labs,...

Today would have marked the 65th birthday for the late, great, Bill Paxton. The actor sadly passed away in 2017 following complications from open heart surgery, but despite leaving us far too soon, his career spanned nearly 40 years with performances in some of the biggest movies in history. He also has the rare distinction of being the only person to be killed by a Terminator, Xenomorph and Predator.

His role as “Punk Leader” in The Terminator was a turning point in his career. Yes, he dies within the first 10 minutes of the movie at the hands of a very naked Arnold Schwarzenegger, but that part proved to be a seminal moment for him because it was the first of many times working with director James Cameron.

Cameron definitely saw something in Paxton because the director cast him as Private William Hudson in Aliens two years later. It’s perhaps his most...

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Kent State massacre, in which the Ohio National Guard murdered four student protestors during an anti–Vietnam War demonstration on campus. “For a moment, time stood still,” Devo’s Jerry Casale told Rolling Stone in a chilling recounting of the events of that day. “It was like a Scorsese film, like Raging Bull, where suddenly Jake Lamotta is getting hit in the face and it goes into slow motion. And then it snaps back just like a Hollywood movie, and, bang! Back to real time.

This Star Wars: The Clone Wars article contains spoilers.

At last, the Clone Wars have come to an end. “Victory and Death” is an action-packed episode that not only crosses over with Revenge of the Sith but shows us the rise of the Galactic Empire from a new perspective. As Ahsoka and Rex try to escape Order 66 with their lives, we’re treated to a few easter eggs and callbacks to other parts of the Star Wars saga.

Here’s the stuff we found in the episode:

Darth Vader

The biggest moment of the episode comes in the final scene when the character we’d all been waiting for finally makes his first and only appearance in The Clone Wars. Darth Vader walks into the scene, as menacing as ever, to inspect the wreckage of the Republic cruiser. He finds Ahsoka’s lightsaber and takes it back with him to...

This article contains major Hollywood spoilers. You can find our easter egg guide for the previous episode here.

Don’t you just love a happy ending? Ryan Murphy clearly did with regards to Hollywood, and while we had mixed ideas of our own about that conclusion, there is no denying how gratifying it is to see representation shared with those whom society marginalized for years and centuries. There is a real sugar rush of “what if” good cheer about the series’ version of Oscar night 1948. Here are some of the facts the series changed, and some other shout-outs it enjoyed in its closing moments.

Hollywood Episode 7

-The Meg editor admits he didn’t shtup Gloria Swanson. He only got to third base while she was on the rebound after Joe Kennedy dumped her. This would’ve placed the screening room action around 1928 or ’29—an affair Swanson denied until she finally admitted it in her 1980 autobiography.

Former Runaways frontwoman Cherie Currie will digitally release her long-awaited, star-studded album, Blvds of Splendor, via former Runaways guitarist Joan Jett’s Blackheart Records on April 28th.

The album previously came out as a vinyl-only release for Record Store Day last year, but didn’t get a wide release; the digital version includes three bonus tracks.

Currie first began teasing the album — which features guest appearances by Billy Corgan, Guns N’ Roses’ Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum, Juliette Lewis and Brody Dalle, among others — in 2016. She shelved the project at...

The penultimate episode of Star Wars Resistance wants to inspire the need to fight, but doesn’t dig deep enough.

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This Star Wars Resistance review contains spoilers.

Star Wars Resistance Season 2 Episode 17

There’s a point in “Rebuilding the Resistance” where Tierny calls Tam into her office. She praises Tam in that coy, sly, manipulative way that she’s been doing all season. She then mentions that she wasn’t born into the First Order. It’s an intriguing statement, made more intriguing when she then says she had to “scrape by” for years in the New Republic. “Scrape” does a lot of heavy lifting here. Was she harmed or disillusioned by the New Republic’s “shining beacon” ideology, its false sense of an “American Dream” that left her pinching pennies or worse?

But Tierny never gets into details about her life or upbringing. She just jumps...

After Hurricane Katrina turned New Orleans into a wasteland, visiting film and television productions looked further north for their Louisiana gothic vibes. Over the years, the riverfront city of Shreveport, with a population of some 260,000 (including the adjacent Bossier City), has been a popular location, the backdrop for supernatural thrillers, multiple actioners, comedies and everything Nic Cage. There’s been a lot less such activity in recent years, as the Crescent City got back on its feet […]...

After Hurricane Katrina turned New Orleans into a wasteland, visiting film and television productions looked further north for their Louisiana gothic vibes. Over the years, the riverfront city of Shreveport, with a population of some 260,000 (including the adjacent Bossier City), has been a popular location, the backdrop for supernatural thrillers, multiple actioners, comedies and everything Nic Cage. There’s been a lot less such activity in recent years, as the Crescent City got back on its feet […]...