We're sensing a trend here... <p><strong>The Background</strong>: Sarah El-Mahmoud has been with CinemaBlend since 2018, starting as a freelancer shortly after graduating from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in Journalism. In college, she was the Managing Editor of the award-winning college paper, The Daily Titan where she specialized in writing/editing long-form features, profiles and arts &amp; entertainment coverage, including her first run-in with movie reporting, with a phone interview with Guillermo del Toro for Best Picture winner, The Shape of Water.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What She's Into</strong>: Sarah is CinemaBlend's resident YA enthusiast, often bringing her lifetime love of books and the stories behind their often contentious adaptations to the site. Deeply into when music and movies intersect, from knowing the hype musical tracks of Mamma Mia!, beautiful scores of Michael Giacchino and yes, the absolute banger Twilight soundtrack way too well. She is also passionate about highlighting and interviewing voices within the industry to help open the door for Hollywood to better represent the world through movies and television. Horror, she really loves horror movies. The world of animation as well... OK don't make her pick one genre.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What She's Excited About Right Now</strong>: The continued resurgence of horror and musicals. The next Hunger Games movie, Mike Flanagan's upcoming shows, the Wicked movies and the final Spider-Verse animated film.&nbsp;</p>
Four years after taking a buch of apocalypse trucks into the desert and blowing them up for real, Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller is finally gearing up to get back behind the camera. Talking to Deadline, the filmmaker revealed his epic romance Three Thousand Years of Longing, starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton, goes into production in March 2020. Unfortunately, Miller is leaving the gasoline at home this time, calling his next movie "the anti-Mad Max." [caption id="attachment_777128" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Warner Bros. Pictures[/caption] “One thing I can tell you; it’s …