Scott Cooper, the director of the bleak western Hostiles and the upcoming horror film Antlers, is making his television debut with Angels & Demons, a true crime limited series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning article by Thomas French. As reported by Deadline, the show - which is wholly unrelated to the Dan Brown novel and its 2009 film adaptation - will be written and directed by Cooper, although at this early stage it’s unclear where the show will finally end up. [caption id="attachment_934727" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Relativity Media[/caption] French’s article was published in the …

If you're a fan of in-depth discussions about movies and moviemaking between two passionate filmmakers, you definitely want to check out this Comic-Con@Home panel that Collider got to host. “Guillermo del Toro and Scott Cooper Talk Antlers and Filmmaking” is an in-depth discussion between del Toro — the Oscar-winning writer/director behind films like The Shape of Water and Pacific Rim — and Scott Cooper, a director known for pulling no punches with films like Hostiles and Crazy Heart. [caption id="attachment_909032" align="alignright" width="350"] Image via Searchlight Pictures[/caption] Cooper directed and co-wrote …

I’ve got a few questions for you. Are you a fan of either Guillermo del Toro and Scott Cooper? Are you looking forward to their Searchlight Pictures movie Antlers? Would you like to hear the two of them talk about how they made the movie, designed the Wendigo-inspired monster, and the craft of filmmaking? If you answered yes to these questions, I’m about to make you very happy. At this year’s Comic-Con@Home, Collider is hosting a really cool panel titled “Guillermo del Toro and Scott Cooper Talk Antlers and Filmmaking” and if you’re …

Director Scott Cooper has tackled gritty crime dramas, Western adventures, and even a romantic musical drama in his ten years at the helm; Antlers will mark his first all-out horror film. And as the first trailer for the film shows, it might not be his last. The creepy "horror in the hills" vibe is strong here thanks to Cooper's cinematically trained eye and Nick Antosca's thoroughly creepified source material, though having Guillermo del Toro on the film's production team likely has a little something to do with the aesthetic, too. Cooper directs from a screenplay by …

If you want to be an entertainment reporter, here's some free advice. Always scroll to the bottom of any Deadline story written by the site's co-editor-in-chief Mike Fleming Jr., because he often includes little nuggets of information that are too early to merit their own headline. Sure enough, Mike 'pulled a Fleming' this morning in a story about new hires and promotions at power producer John Lesher's production company, Le Grisbi, which was very clearly involved in the release. Now, if you read all the way to the bottom, Deadline says that Lesher is …