“The first thing we shot [was] my entrance, [Lundgren’s] entrance, and the introductions and then I got really injured during the fight and I had to be flown into intensive care to California from Canada,” Stallone said. “[Lundgren] pulverized me. And I didn’t feel it in the moment but later that night my heart started to swell. My blood pressure went up to 260 and I was going to be talking to angels....
What was clear from our picks, however, was that a number of the best composers working today — from Michael Giacchino to Michael Abels — were on their game in 2022; it was also apparent that this was a year of innovative uses of film music that played a subtle and almost sound design-like role. And by no surprise, so much of that best work came from director-composer collaborations that started early and stretched over many months, sometimes over year, and evolved to find the best way for the music sit in the film....
The series shows her and Prince Charles’ (Josh O’Connor) 1983 diplomatic journey through Australia, making the argument that the trip managed to burnish her royal credential outside the boundaries of the United Kingdom while bringing a sense of momentary peace to a marriage in turmoil. The climactic moment of Episode 6’s Australian excursion is that bustling crowd, butting up against police blockades just to get a glimpse of the new international star as she passes by....
BEN TRAVERS: On Thursday, the Gotham Film and Media Institute announced its annual awards show, the Gotham Awards, would be eliminating the Best Actor and Best Actress categories in favor of gender-neutral groupings that highlight Lead and Supporting performers. In addition, it tweaked the title of its Breakthrough Actor honor to Breakthrough Performer (even though, as we’re reminded every year during the SAG Awards, “actor” is already a gender-neutral term) and added two additional TV categories: Outstanding Performance in a New Series (the Gotham’s first acting honor for television) and Breakthrough Nonfiction Series, both of which will join the pre-existing categories for Long-Form (60-minute episodes) and Short-Form (30 min) Breakthrough Series....
Talking with potential Oscar voters is one thing. Getting the best of Hollywood to show up to the Oscars — much less host the show — is another. Not to mention reclaiming global audiences who keep staying away from broadcast awards shows in droves. Even if the live ABC telecast on March 12, 2023 promises a return to a classy, controversy-free show mounted by experienced television producers with all 23 awards categories presented on prime time, the Oscars just aren’t cool anymore....
Even at #1, a Netflix chart can tell only a small part of the story. A major new English-language new original is the default #1 more often than not. Last week’s #1 film was its contemporary update of Jane Austen’s “Persuasion”; this week it’s #4. Usually Netflix can live with that, but “The Gray Man” is its most expensive feature to date. Even a second week at #1 would be unusual; “Senior Year” with Rebel Wilson is its only original movie to achieve that since March....
Returning to the Glenn Gould Theatre, TIFF’s Industry Conference lineup also announced today will engage and inspire industry delegates from all over the world with a highly curated slate of sessions and inspiring speakers. This year’s festival runs September 8 through 16. Heading up the series lineup is, among others, Lars von Trier with the return of his twisted dark comedy series “The Kingdom,” revolving around a supernatural hospital. Alexander Skarsgård joins the cast of the series this time....
The “Dune” star was slated to lead the Pulitzer Prize finalist play “4,000 Miles,” written by Amy Herzog, back in 2020. However, the play has now been canceled due to scheduling conflicts ahead of its intended premiere at the Old Vic. The postponement of “4,000 Miles” was announced on March 18, 2020, per The Guardian. Immediately the play starring Chalamet and Eileen Atkins was one of the top-selling shows for the Old Vic and was fully rehearsed before the COVID-19 lockdown started....
In a resurfaced podcast episode of “Pod Yourself a Gun” from February 2022 (via Uproxx), actor Robert Iler looked back on Sirico’s commanding presence while filming the HBO series. Iler spoke about how Sirico, who died at age 79 on July 8, took a protective stance toward the then-adolescent actor. Sirico played darkly comedic mob crony Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri; Iler starred as AJ, the son of mafia don Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini)....
As “Tragedy of Macbeth” is both a theatrical and streaming release, the question inevitably arose at the New York Film Festival over what Joel Coen thinks about his movie being seen by audiences at home, and on a smaller screen. (This visually engulfing Shakespeare epic deserves to be seen on the big screen.) “As a filmmaker you want your audience to see your film on the best, biggest screen possible....
Oh, and to kick things off, KISS will be performing. Yes, KISS the band. At a film and television festival. Just go with it. “When we launched Tribeca TV five years ago, we created space within the film festival to recognize the incredible, boundary-pushing work being done by filmmakers in the episodic format as official festival selections,” Cara Cusumano, Festival Director and VP of Programming, said in a statement. “In a year defined by at-home entertainment, we are proud to continue that tradition with an exciting Tribeca TV lineup of new series from today’s top storytellers and unique new voices....
“I’m grateful to the entire team at Sonantic who masterfully restored my voice in a way I’ve never imagined possible,” Val Kilmer said in a statement. “As human beings, the ability to communicate is the core of our existence and the side effects from throat cancer have made it difficult for others to understand me. The chance to narrate my story, in a voice that feels authentic and familiar, is an incredibly special gift....
Motion capture master Andy Serkis steps behind the camera to direct the superhero movie followup to the smash 2018 hit. Critics trashed that comic book tentpole starring Tom Hardy as the notorious Spider-Man villain. It still went on to take in just over $850 million at the global box office. For “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” Tom Hardy is back in the title role, and Michelle Williams is also returning as his love interest, Anne Weying....
Not only is “Top Gun: Maverick” projected to have the best Memorial Day weekend gross in perhaps 25 years (adjusting for inflation) with an estimated $156 million U.S./Canada gross through Monday, with nearly $300 million worldwide — they also dominate this week’s VOD charts, including placing #1 at Netflix. Three Paramount films — “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” ($19.99), “The Lost City” ($5.99), and “Top Gun” ($3.99, also on Netflix) all placed #1 on at least one site....
Mythic adversaries collide for an epic battle in ‘Godzilla vs. King.’ Released in select theaters and on HBO Max on Wednesday, the action-packed film, directed by Adam Wingard, stars Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir, Michael Daugherty, Shun Oguru, and Eiza González. The latest chapter from the Legendary Pictures MonsterVerse features Godzilla and King Kong going head-to-head in a high-powered clash of the Titans, and with moviegoers just starting to trickle back into theaters, ‘Godzilla vs....
It’s game time! After being pushed back a year due to the pandemic, the Summer Olympics have finally arrived and athletes from around the globe have gathered in Tokyo for a shot at the gold. The opening ceremony kicked off on Friday with tennis star Naomi Osaka, lighting the Olympic torch at Tokyo’s National Stadium. John Legend, Leslie Odom Jr., Uma Thurman, and Dwayne Johnson made appearances during the four-hour televised ceremony....
While the Roku Channel original film, premiering at TIFF before streaming November 4, certainly lives up to its “weird”-ness, the real-life Yankovic co-wrote the film alongside director Eric Appel. Radcliffe stars as the musician who dreams of stardom by parodying famed songs. “I’m tired of people thinking I’m some kind of joke,” Radcliffe as Weird Al says in the trailer. “My whole life, all I wanted is to make up new words to a song that already exists....
In other words, the guy has been rehearsing for this moment since “West Side Story” was first adapted for the big screen in 1961. Now that he’s taken his own swing at the Sondheim and Bernstein classic more than half a century later, it’s poignant and perversely thrilling to find that his full-throated riff on one of the greatest musicals ever staged often feels like just another Steven Spielberg movie; a late period Steven Spielberg movie that’s been desaturated within an inch of its life and sealed inside a bubble of digital plastic, but a Steven Spielberg movie all the same....
With live-action depictions of “Cowboy Beebop” and “Avatar: The Last Airbender” in the works, anime content might be more popular than ever. And if you consider yourself a fan of the genre, you might already be familiar with Funimation. The streaming service offers hundreds of titles and over 15,000 hours of anime content to deliver incredible fan experiences across TV, movies, mangas, events, collectibles, and the Funimation App. To give you a little more insight into the service, we put together a short breakdown of what Funimation offers and how much it costs....
While the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been building a more diverse membership partly by adding more international members — yielding the first Korean Best Picture Oscar-winner “Parasite” as well as back-to-back Asian Best Director Oscar-winners, Bong Joon Ho and Chloé Zhao — the TV Academy shuts out of Primetime Emmy consideration most foreign language content. Foreign television production is ineligible for Emmys unless it’s the result of a co-production (both financially and creatively) between U....
