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Edgar Wright Asked To Direct Episode Of ‘The Walking Dead’ There was a big stir at the end ofThe Walking Dead’s first season, with reports circulating that series creatorFrank Darabonthad fired his entire writing staff. That report was laterrevealed to be false, much to the chagrin of viewers who felt the show was in desperate need of a writing and directing overhaul — myself included. Was that pessimistic attitude selling Darabont’s abilities as a showrunner short?...

Frank Darabont Says Indiana Jones 4 Was A Tremendous Disappointment Frank Darabont has written (and directed) some of the best movies of all time:The Shawshank RedemptionandThe Green Mile. He’s currently in post production on his latest Stephen King adaptationThe Mist. The writer has started to speak out about the disasterious experience that was Indiana Jones 4. His comments are sure to angerStar Warsdirector George Lucas. Darabont, who also worked onThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, says that his time working onIndiana Jones 4"topped the list" of his worst writing experiences of all time....

James Bond Gets Sultry And Tender In Sam Smith’s ‘Spectre’ Theme Music Video Just last week, thefinal trailer for James Bond next’s mission,Spectre, arrived with a lot of action. It arrived not long after the film’s new theme song, “Writing’s on the Wall” bySam Smith, debuted online. And now the film and the theme song meet in theSpectretheme music video. While there are a lot of shots of Sam Smith singing while looking very sad and introspective, there’s some new footage fromSpectrein the video as well, including some shots of James Bond (Daniel Craig) getting frisky withMonica Bellucciand also sharing a tender moment withLéa Seydoux....

Johnny Depp’s Notorious B.I.G. Movie ‘City Of Lies’ Being Shopped To Other Studios We recently wrote about howCity of Lies, a movie starringJohnny DeppandForest Whitakerthat takes place in the aftermath of rapper Biggie Smalls' murder, waspulled from the release calendar. At the time, reports implied that the primary reason for the movie being yanked was a lawsuit filed against Depp by the film’s location manager, but it appears there were more problems brewing beneath the surface....

Joss Whedon, Ron Moore And More On What Makes A Good TV Showrunner [Exclusive Excerpt] Years ago, no one knew who ran a TV show. These days, showrunners are celebrities. The men and women who helm your favorite TV shows are just like film directors, but for movies that are 10 times as long, if not much longer. Running a show is an almost unfathomable task and a new book explores what that actually entails....

Keri Russell To Tangle With Politicians Again In Netflix Drama Series The Diplomat Back when I first watched the hit FX series “The Americans,” which originally aired for six stellar seasons from 2013 to 2018, I wasn’t sure anyone was actually paying attention to me when I wouldn’t shut up about how I could watch Keri Russell trying to balance a character’s bold political ambitions with keeping a marriage afloat for as long the actor ever wanted to do roles like that....

Lorraine Warren, Paranormal Investigator And Inspiration Behind ‘The Conjuring’ Series, Has Died Real-life ghost hunterLorraine Warren,who, with her late husband Ed, inspiredThe Conjuringseries, has died at 92. The Warrens made a name for themselves investigating several famous hauntings, most notably the Amityville Horror case. In 2013, Vera Farmiga portrayed Lorraine in James Wan’s hit horror filmThe Conjuring, which would go on to inspire both sequels and an entire cinematic universe. While the veracity of Lorraine’s psychic abilities are dubious at best, her intentions were likely pure, and her legacy will continue to live on – much like the ghost stories she helped popularize....

Louis Leterrier In Talks To Direct Y: The Last Man? We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Latino Reviewis reporting a rumor thatLouis Leterrier, director ofThe Incredible HulkandClash of the Titans, is circling a big screen adaptation ofBrian K Vaughan’sY: The Last Man. If you haven’t yet read the series, pick upthe paperback(orthe new hardcover) of the first volume, as I very highly recommend it. You may recall that Eagle Eye/Disturbia directorDJ Carusowas orginally trying to get the film into production with actorShia LaBeouf....

Mark Millar Says ‘Kick-Ass 2’ Will Start With 30 Minutes Of Hit-Girl Kick-Ass 2directorJeff Wadlowhad really better hope those talks with starChloë Grace Moretzgo well. In volume 2 of the comic book series byMark Millarthat inspired the movie, Moretz’s Hit-Girl character is somewhat sidelined because (this is a possible spoiler) she ultimately gives up her superhero persona.But Wadlow said over the weekend that he planned to make Hit-Girl, aka Mindy Macready, “a major, major part of the film,” and now we know exactly how major that is....

Matt Damon, Peter Stormare, And Sanjeev Bhaskar Join Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Zero Theorem’ Matt Damondid a movie withTerry Gilliamonce, and sadly, it… was not very good. At all. But despite all the evident problems withThe Brothers Grimm, there is no bad blood between actor and director. In fact, Damon is now set to go back to work with Gilliam. And even if it’s just for a couple days, for a small role in Gilliam’s new filmThe Zero Theorem, it’s a pretty great thing....

Mike Tyson And A CG Bruce Lee Will Appear In ‘Ip Man 3’ The first twoIp Manfilms are quite good, but the third, which is just starting to go into production, is already starting to sound like it features some odd decisions. Not only willMike Tysonshow up in a significant role inIp Man 3, but the producers of the film are resorting to visual effects to revive one of the title character’s most famous students....

New Live-Action ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Movie On The Way Apparently Hollywood has milked every single Seventies and Eighties property they can and now they’re on to the Nineties. Lionsgate has just announced they’ll be rebooting theMighty Morphin Power Rangersfor the big screen. Read the full press release about the newPower Rangersmovie below. Lionsgate announced the newPower Rangersmovie ontheir Twitterfeed. For those who may not know, the Power Rangers was a popular television show that blended American actors with Japanese action scenes....

Paul Schrader Doesn’t Hate The Netflix Model Like Steven Spielberg, But He Thinks He Has A Solution To The Issue Steven Spielberg has been making headlines recently with his disdain for Netflix and what he sees as their disrespect for the theatrical experience. But his opinion isn’t shared by everyone in the business.Paul Schrader, the writer and director ofFirst Reformed(and many other films), understands that there’s nothing wrong with the changing landscape of movie watching....