The Ghost Protocol filmmaker reflects on the wild Mission: Impossible stunt. <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 & 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. </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. </p>
The legendary animation filmmaker took his latest original idea to another studio.
Academy Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino revealed in a recent interview with Collider’s Adam Chitwood that he and longtime collaborator Brad Bird are indeed still working on a movie musical. The conversation, part of a brand new series of remote interviews called Collider Connected, covered everything from Giacchino’s short film Monster Challenge (which he just uploaded to YouTube for everyone to watch free-of-charge) to his upcoming work on Matt Reeves’ The Batman. When asked for an update about the musical, Giacchino confirmed that it is definitely still happening, but that he and Bird are still in …
This is actually pretty hilarious.
Brad Bird thinks he's part of the reason The Iron Giant underperformed at the box office.
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