Cheetah will finally be getting the live-action treatment in Wonder Woman 1984, but Patty Jenkins revealed how crafting her for the big screen was actually "harrowing."
One of the standout episodes from the most recent (and penultimate) season of Better Call Saul was an installment called “Bagman.” Written by Gordon Smith and directed by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, Season 5 Episode 8 found Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) playing bagman for crime lord Lalo (Tony Dalton), only to be ambushed by men with guns. Luckily, Mike (Jonathan Banks) was there to keep Jimmy from being killed, but both of their vehicles were trashed in the process, leaving the two stranded in the desert for an extended period of time. The episode was not only cinematic and …
Steven Spielberg made a 9/11 movie without calling it a 9/11 movie. Released in the summer of 2005, War of the Worlds was overshadowed by its tent-pole release date and the personal drama surrounding star Tom Cruise (this was around the time of the couch thing on Oprah). The film was still a hit grossing $603 million worldwide, but it was also a film that was at turns deeply disturbing and further toyed with the audience in its controversial third act when Ray Ferrier (Cruise) and his daughter Rachel (Dakota Fanning) run into the unstable Harlan Ogilvy (…
We're officially one month away from The Walking Dead Season 10 returning to AMC. If it feels like ages since we were last hanging out with Daryl, Michonne, Eugene, and these rest of the Walking Dead survivors, you're not wrong. The Walking Dead has been on hiatus since late November! Lucky for us, a series of new clips teasing the return of Season 10 give us a sneak peek at what we can expect. Naturally, longtime survivor and fan favorite Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) has his own clip. We get to preview a familiar scene: Daryl, crouched behind …
When Ben Affleck directs films based on true stories, he gives us Best Picture-winners like Argo. Now, he's getting back behind the camera to bring us another drama based on an underreported on facet of history. Deadline reports that Affleck will be directing King Leopold’s Ghost, a story concerned with colonialism, African history, human rights violations, and the inspiring lengths people can go to when they fight for what's right. The film, based on a nonfiction book of the same title by Adam Hochschild, will concern the horrid legacy of Belgium’s King Leopold II in …
Funan, the upcoming GKIDS release from co-writer/director Denis Do in his feature directorial debut, tells a deeply personal tale from Do’s own family history. The story follows a Cambodian family who finds their idyllic lives turned upside down by the emergence of the Khmer Rouge in the mid-1970s. What follows is a harrowing tale of survival and sacrifice, and a portrayal of man’s inhumanity to man. And it's all pulled from experiences that Do's own family members and their friends suffered through, as he reveals in our exclusive new video featurette. In this …
Sean Bean is a prolific actor who has an impressive resume. However, is numerous characters all seem to meet the same fate; they usually don't survive the film. Not only that, but, when they die, the deaths are harrowing to the point of satire. This isn't a list of all the deaths that Sean Bean has faced, just the most shockingly bloody. The beheading that so memorably ended Season 2 of Game of Thrones is nothing compared to this. Spoiler alert for those not aware of how often and horribly Sean Bean dies in his roles.
In a revealing essay in The New Yorker, Emilia Clarke shares her personal story in battling against two life-threatening brain aneurysms after filming the first season of the HBO juggernaut series Game of Thrones. She begins the piece by saying "Just when all my childhood dreams seemed to have come true, I nearly lost my mind and then my life. I’ve never told this story publicly, but now it’s time." In the piece, Clarke explains how the character of Daenerys Targaryen was first described to her, and the audition process that saw her do an impromptu robot …
If you aren't familiar with the true story of Gypsy Blanchard and her mother Dee Dee, buckle up for a wild ride. Hulu's new limited series, The Act, focuses on the twisted true story, with Patricia Arquette playing Dee Dee, and Joey King playing her daughter who seems to be suffering from a host of mysterious illnesses. Forced into a wheelchair and infantilized to make her seem younger, Gypsy is best friends with her mother on whom she depends entirely. But as she starts growing up, she has questions about whether or not she's really sick, and … The post ‘The Act’ Trailer Reveals Hulu’s Harrowing True Crime Anthology Series appeared first on Collider.