For as much as Al Pacino is known for his quiet intensity — especially in the reticent and calculating role of Michael Corleone in "The Godfather" — what comes to mind when we think of the actor are usually his loud outbursts. It's amazing that such vocal power comes from this short king. But Al Pacino doesn't just yell for the sake of being overdramatic, he uses his voice to capture how the high emotions of his characters bubble to the surface, especially in high-stress situations. While some of these screaming scenes verge on self-parody, there's no denying their impact on his legacy. Pacino's volcanic energy is rooted in his love of theatre, where actors are not afraid to go big and loud. As an actor with a passion for Shakespeare, Al Pacino has a deep understanding of how important voice is in a role. He recognizes that dialogue should be treated like music,...
- 5/11/2024
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
Kobi Libii’s debut feature The American Society of Magical Negroes starts on a promising note. Aren, a spindly and awkward artist (an endearing Justice Smith) loiters near a yarn sculpture in a gallery. He seems lost in the sea of roving patrons and bustling waiters. It takes a second for us to realize that Aren created the meditative wool work and is struggling to sell it to the mostly white collectors attending this group show. They find the abstract piece illegible; they repeatedly ask about the material (“Is it … yarn?”) while maintaining a distance. These brief encounters are a clever jab by Libii at a visual art world historically enamored of Black figurative artists.
Minor drama ensues after Aren is mistaken for a server by a patron and unceremoniously fired by his gallerist. Before he can think straight, the dejected artist finds himself touring the gothic halls of The American Society of Magical Negroes,...
Minor drama ensues after Aren is mistaken for a server by a patron and unceremoniously fired by his gallerist. Before he can think straight, the dejected artist finds himself touring the gothic halls of The American Society of Magical Negroes,...
- 3/29/2024
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hollywood A-lister Bradley Cooper hasn’t been as present on screen recently, leaving fans hungry for his next project. However, his latest endeavor did not exactly result in a huge return. He took the reins for “Maestro,” a film about the legendary Leonard Bernstein, not only directing but also stepping into the demanding lead role.
Bradley Cooper || Maestro (2023)
While ambitious, the film sparked mixed reactions due to its lack of candor and use of prosthetics. Despite the buzz, fans are eager for Cooper’s next move. A few have cooked up some dream roles for him, including a rumored high-budget project from his past that never quite materialized.
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Bradley Cooper || Maestro (2023)
While ambitious, the film sparked mixed reactions due to its lack of candor and use of prosthetics. Despite the buzz, fans are eager for Cooper’s next move. A few have cooked up some dream roles for him, including a rumored high-budget project from his past that never quite materialized.
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- 3/9/2024
- by Piyush Yadav
- FandomWire
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two has achieved considerable success on box office. Right now, it holds a solid 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. Its audience score is even better, sitting at 95%.
Dune: Part Two didn’t just attract sci-fi fans, but also general audiences. The big-budget sequel soared to the top of the box office charts. In its first weekend, the film raked in a whopping $82.5 million in North America and $182.5 million globally (via Variety), surpassing expectations.
Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune : Part Two
The director has also confirmed that he’s already working on the script for the third Dune movie. This means that we might hear more concrete details from him soon. However, before moving on to the third sequel, the 56-year-old might consider focusing on three secret films.
Director Villeneuve May Prioritize Three Secret Projects Before Dune 3
Denis Villeneuve on the sets of...
Dune: Part Two didn’t just attract sci-fi fans, but also general audiences. The big-budget sequel soared to the top of the box office charts. In its first weekend, the film raked in a whopping $82.5 million in North America and $182.5 million globally (via Variety), surpassing expectations.
Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune : Part Two
The director has also confirmed that he’s already working on the script for the third Dune movie. This means that we might hear more concrete details from him soon. However, before moving on to the third sequel, the 56-year-old might consider focusing on three secret films.
Director Villeneuve May Prioritize Three Secret Projects Before Dune 3
Denis Villeneuve on the sets of...
- 3/9/2024
- by Shreya Jha
- FandomWire
The late 1990s had an odd fascination with the Devil and the end of days that gave audiences all kinds of crazy films with varied levels of success. Most of these seemed to come out right around 1999, the end of the millennium when people were starting to panic. However, some of these end of days films came out earlier and set the trend. 1997 was an odd year that saw the release of Dante’s Peak, The Devil’s Own, Volcano, the original Open Your Eyes, Seven Years in Tibet, and a bunch more. There was a trend for the end of days, but also a search for religion which then led to the perfect storm of both with The Devil’s Advocate (watch it Here), a bit end of days, a bit of religious mayhem, and a whole lot of cautionary tale.
In 1997, folks were getting ready for the big millennium change, but...
In 1997, folks were getting ready for the big millennium change, but...
- 2/23/2024
- by Emilie Black
- JoBlo.com
There’s no IP more innately suited for adaptation as a pure two-hander than the tale of Adam and Eve, a story in which, initially at least, there are no other characters, excepting the creator of the universe, who quickly gets relegated to a supporting role in the wake of more fleshed-out human leads. Legendary television scenarist Ed. Weinberger has finally done the obvious and turned it into a two-person play in the style of “Love Letters,” read aloud from scripts, like A.R. Gurney’s highly portable, bare-bones model. Weinberger’s take on the world’s favorite creation myth, “The Journals of Adam and Eve,” premiered over the weekend with a very limited run at L.A.’s 110-seat Garry Marshall Theatre, where a total of six audiences saw that it was… good.
How good? That might be a little tricky to exactly figure out, or at least take another...
How good? That might be a little tricky to exactly figure out, or at least take another...
- 1/25/2024
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Khan Noonien Singh's trajectory as a fictional character is the opposite of his in-universe life story. He was once a superhuman tyrant who ruled much of the Earth — after being overthrown, he fled to space aboard the SS Botany Bay. Upon reawakening, he was bested twice by James T. Kirk and died failing to avenge himself. For audiences though, Khan went from a villain of the week (in the "Star Trek" episode "Space Seed") to the greatest of all "Trek" villains thanks to his reappearance in the film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."
Before "The Wrath of Khan," however, "Star Trek" was in trouble. "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" underwhelmed, Paramount was hesitant about a sequel, and Leonard Nimoy had to be convinced to return as Spock. That's why the film famously ends with his character dying — except, during shooting, Nimoy changed his mind about exiting. Thus, when...
Before "The Wrath of Khan," however, "Star Trek" was in trouble. "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" underwhelmed, Paramount was hesitant about a sequel, and Leonard Nimoy had to be convinced to return as Spock. That's why the film famously ends with his character dying — except, during shooting, Nimoy changed his mind about exiting. Thus, when...
- 1/20/2024
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
How did I find monsters? My father.
It was around Halloween 1956, the same week of Elvis Presley’s second appearance on Ed Sullivan.
My parents often let me stay up and watch late movies. Adventure stuff mainly: Tarzan, tiger hunters, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry. Earlier that year, the first monster I met was King Kong, when my father introduced me to him late one night.
One evening a couple of weeks later, my father said, “I have something special for you tonight.” It was James Whale’s 1931 Frankenstein.
My mother wasn’t happy.
It was around Halloween 1956, the same week of Elvis Presley’s second appearance on Ed Sullivan.
My parents often let me stay up and watch late movies. Adventure stuff mainly: Tarzan, tiger hunters, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry. Earlier that year, the first monster I met was King Kong, when my father introduced me to him late one night.
One evening a couple of weeks later, my father said, “I have something special for you tonight.” It was James Whale’s 1931 Frankenstein.
My mother wasn’t happy.
- 10/31/2023
- by Mikal Gilmore
- Rollingstone.com
Run for your lives! Close the vault! Horde the Slurm! 01010000 01100001 01101110 01101001 01100011 00100001! The thing just won't stay dead!
Matt Groening's and David X. Cohen's animated series "Futurama," which initially debuted in 1999, is returning yet again, this time on Hulu. This will be the third time "Futurama" will have been brought back from an early (?) demise. The show's initial run lasted for four seasons on Fox, starting with its pre-millennium pilot and continuing on through to August 2003. It was reasonably popular but wasn't gaining the same sort of ubiquitous cultural traction as Groening's previous show, "The Simpsons," a program now entering its 654th season.
"Futurama" thrived on home video and gained a large audience through reruns on Cartoon Network. Thanks to its growth, Comedy Central revived the series -- for the first time -- in 2008. The 2008 revival, however, was meant to be limited, as Comedy Central agreed to produce only four...
Matt Groening's and David X. Cohen's animated series "Futurama," which initially debuted in 1999, is returning yet again, this time on Hulu. This will be the third time "Futurama" will have been brought back from an early (?) demise. The show's initial run lasted for four seasons on Fox, starting with its pre-millennium pilot and continuing on through to August 2003. It was reasonably popular but wasn't gaining the same sort of ubiquitous cultural traction as Groening's previous show, "The Simpsons," a program now entering its 654th season.
"Futurama" thrived on home video and gained a large audience through reruns on Cartoon Network. Thanks to its growth, Comedy Central revived the series -- for the first time -- in 2008. The 2008 revival, however, was meant to be limited, as Comedy Central agreed to produce only four...
- 5/21/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Much like Philip Pullman's original novel trilogy, "His Dark Materials" started off playing things close to the vest, so far as it concerns Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) and his endgame. Come season 3, however, the show is done hiding Asriel's true mission and its actual plot behind vaguely religious metaphors. Lyra's bad dad is on a mission to literally slay God in a retelling of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" that features angels, weapons capable of cutting the very fabric of reality, and, most importantly of all, talking polar bears.
Initially, the plan was to bring viewers up to speed on Asriel's doings since the season 1 finale — you know, that whole thing where he sacrificed Lyra's poor friend Roger to create a bridge to another world — with an episode centered on the character in season 2. This one-off outing was penned by head writer Jack Thorne and would've included brand-new...
Initially, the plan was to bring viewers up to speed on Asriel's doings since the season 1 finale — you know, that whole thing where he sacrificed Lyra's poor friend Roger to create a bridge to another world — with an episode centered on the character in season 2. This one-off outing was penned by head writer Jack Thorne and would've included brand-new...
- 12/6/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
"His Dark Materials" has finally come into its own. It took a few stumbles and big swings, but the fantasy series has reached the heights that it was reaching for throughout its first and second seasons — and it only took a little divine intervention.
"His Dark Materials" was always a show that looked before it leapt — perhaps a fitting trait considering its notoriously brash heroine, Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen). It was eager to leave behind the YA trappings of "The Golden Compass" with its first season, to the detriment of the show's pacing and its own protagonist's character arc, with a vast scope and crowded ensemble threatening to overshadow poor Lyra. It was eager to establish itself as an adult fantasy show in the wake of the end of "Game of Thrones," to the detriment of the story's own inimitable qualities. And it was eager to give more screentime to its biggest star James McAvoy,...
"His Dark Materials" was always a show that looked before it leapt — perhaps a fitting trait considering its notoriously brash heroine, Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen). It was eager to leave behind the YA trappings of "The Golden Compass" with its first season, to the detriment of the show's pacing and its own protagonist's character arc, with a vast scope and crowded ensemble threatening to overshadow poor Lyra. It was eager to establish itself as an adult fantasy show in the wake of the end of "Game of Thrones," to the detriment of the story's own inimitable qualities. And it was eager to give more screentime to its biggest star James McAvoy,...
- 11/28/2022
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
After a murderous and revelatory season 2 finale, "His Dark Materials" enters its endgame by preparing for an all-out war. The series, based on the trilogy of novels of the same name by Philip Pullman (that were heavily inspired by John Milton's epic "Paradise Lost"), is ending with its upcoming third season, but the show is making sure to end on a high note.
Expanding on the previous teaser by focusing on the war ahead and the trials and tribulations Lyra is about to endure, the trailer shows Dafne Keen's Lyra heading to the land of the dead to find something that can save the world. More importantly, however, it seems she could be reunited with her long-dead best friend Roger. This may also explain the apparent return of Lin-Manuel Miranda's aeronaut cowboy Lee Scoresby who had met his tragic demise at the end of last season — until now,...
Expanding on the previous teaser by focusing on the war ahead and the trials and tribulations Lyra is about to endure, the trailer shows Dafne Keen's Lyra heading to the land of the dead to find something that can save the world. More importantly, however, it seems she could be reunited with her long-dead best friend Roger. This may also explain the apparent return of Lin-Manuel Miranda's aeronaut cowboy Lee Scoresby who had met his tragic demise at the end of last season — until now,...
- 11/1/2022
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Going into its third season, the HBO series "His Dark Materials" has angels, witches, and oppressive religious systems to contend with. But most intimidating of all, it has the monumental task of adapting the most ambitious and lavish book of the series, "The Amber Spyglass."
"His Dark Materials" season 2 last ended on Lyra Silvertongue (casting off her original last name due to her really messed-up father) and her spiritually-linked daemon Pan (voiced by Kit Connor) being captured and knocked out unconscious by her equally messed-up mother, Mrs. Coulter (Ruth Wilson). William (Amir Wilson), a boy from a world with no daemons (closer to our world), tragically loses his long-missing father (Andrew Scott) to a Magistrate soldier. But Will has now fully accepted his destiny as the Subtle Knife's bearer, wielding the ability to cut through into different dimensions. But this season's great threat is the ruling Magistrate (not subtly based...
"His Dark Materials" season 2 last ended on Lyra Silvertongue (casting off her original last name due to her really messed-up father) and her spiritually-linked daemon Pan (voiced by Kit Connor) being captured and knocked out unconscious by her equally messed-up mother, Mrs. Coulter (Ruth Wilson). William (Amir Wilson), a boy from a world with no daemons (closer to our world), tragically loses his long-missing father (Andrew Scott) to a Magistrate soldier. But Will has now fully accepted his destiny as the Subtle Knife's bearer, wielding the ability to cut through into different dimensions. But this season's great threat is the ruling Magistrate (not subtly based...
- 10/7/2022
- by Caroline Cao
- Slash Film
"There are forces out there, Lyra, that you can't begin to understand."
So says everyone's favorite bad mother, Marisa Coulter (Ruth Wilson), at the start of the long-awaited trailer for "His Dark Materials" season 3. The promo makes good on that promise, too, showing the series' heroes Lyra (Dafne Keen) and Will (Amir Wilson) getting caught up in the middle of a war between Lyra's equally bad dad Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) and all the powers at the Authority's disposal. Also, there are angels, some familiar witches, and Lin-Manuel Miranda as Lee Scoresby (!), who's (sorta?) back from the dead after his tragic demise at the end of season 2.
All this and more awaits us in season 3, which adapts the third and final entry in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" novel trilogy "The Amber Spyglass," aka the weirdest chapter in Pullman's subversive re-imagining of John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost.
So says everyone's favorite bad mother, Marisa Coulter (Ruth Wilson), at the start of the long-awaited trailer for "His Dark Materials" season 3. The promo makes good on that promise, too, showing the series' heroes Lyra (Dafne Keen) and Will (Amir Wilson) getting caught up in the middle of a war between Lyra's equally bad dad Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) and all the powers at the Authority's disposal. Also, there are angels, some familiar witches, and Lin-Manuel Miranda as Lee Scoresby (!), who's (sorta?) back from the dead after his tragic demise at the end of season 2.
All this and more awaits us in season 3, which adapts the third and final entry in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" novel trilogy "The Amber Spyglass," aka the weirdest chapter in Pullman's subversive re-imagining of John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost.
- 10/7/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Creating the perfect adaptation of Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy might be an impossible task, but HBO’s new fantasy series comes closer to nailing the execution than any attempt to date. And that’s saying something, given the disastrous if well-intentioned 2007 film which grasped the scope, but not the emotion, of the philosophically-inspired series of young adult novels.
Taking place in a world not so unlike our own, “His Dark Materials” centers around preteen orphan Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen) who, after being abandoned as a baby at Jordan College in Oxford, now spends her days defying authority and getting into scrapes, like so many irrepressible heroines destined for greater things.
While Lyra’s world is similar to ours, there are key differences, including a mysterious religious body – the Magisterium – serving as the ruling class and the inclusion of individual animal companions, or daemons, which are intimately linked...
Taking place in a world not so unlike our own, “His Dark Materials” centers around preteen orphan Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen) who, after being abandoned as a baby at Jordan College in Oxford, now spends her days defying authority and getting into scrapes, like so many irrepressible heroines destined for greater things.
While Lyra’s world is similar to ours, there are key differences, including a mysterious religious body – the Magisterium – serving as the ruling class and the inclusion of individual animal companions, or daemons, which are intimately linked...
- 11/4/2019
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
As Amitabh Bachchan fans across the globe celebrate his 77th birthday on October 11, it is time to remember his first acting guru Frank Thakurdas. Films buffs might not have seen Bachchan as an actor had Delhi Universitys Kirori Mal College drama teacher Frank Thakurdas did not ask the shy and almost reticent Amitabh Bachchan to take part in the activities of College drama society.
That meeting with Thakurdas had changed the life of Bachchan, then a BSc student of Km College. He studied in Km College from the year 1959 to 1962.
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A workaholic Punjabi Christian Frank Thakurdas was wearing several hats at Km College. Apart from being an accomplished English teacher, he was the bedrock of college drama society. " I still remember vividly that one day Professor Thakurdas told me I should take part in plays produced by the drama society of the college without further delay,...
That meeting with Thakurdas had changed the life of Bachchan, then a BSc student of Km College. He studied in Km College from the year 1959 to 1962.
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A workaholic Punjabi Christian Frank Thakurdas was wearing several hats at Km College. Apart from being an accomplished English teacher, he was the bedrock of college drama society. " I still remember vividly that one day Professor Thakurdas told me I should take part in plays produced by the drama society of the college without further delay,...
- 10/10/2019
- GlamSham
Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart — why not Snoop Dogg and Nick Cave? The rapper has covered the theme song for BBC’s gangster drama “Peaky Blinders.” Originally performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, “Red Right Hand,” opens each episode of the series, and has been covered by a lineup of music legends, from Iggy Pop and Jarvis Cocker to Pj Harvey, as well as Arctic Monkeys and Laura Marling. Watch Snoop’s take on the song below.
The video mixes footage from the series, starring Cillian Murphy, with snippets of Snoop Dogg in his element. The opinionated “Peaky Blinders” fanbase, however, isn’t entirely happy about Snoop’s take. Other fans are pretty into this version, which brings a breath of freshness to the early-20th-century-set period series.
Eerie and propulsive, the song “Red Right Hand” first appeared on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ 1994 album “Let Love In,...
The video mixes footage from the series, starring Cillian Murphy, with snippets of Snoop Dogg in his element. The opinionated “Peaky Blinders” fanbase, however, isn’t entirely happy about Snoop’s take. Other fans are pretty into this version, which brings a breath of freshness to the early-20th-century-set period series.
Eerie and propulsive, the song “Red Right Hand” first appeared on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ 1994 album “Let Love In,...
- 9/28/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Kayti Burt Jul 19, 2019
Jane Tranter, the woman responsible for bringing His Dark Materials to HBO, pushes back against the idea that the story is anti-religion.
The cast and creators of the His Dark Materials series were at San Diego Comic-Con tonight to give insight into the HBO and BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman's classic children's book series known as The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass here in the United States.
One of the more interesting moments in their conversation came when producer Jane Tranter pushed back against the idea that the book series is anti-religion, a claim that has followed the novels since they were first published beginning in 1995. The book series was number 8 on the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books list for 2000-2009.
Later, the claims led to the 2007 feature film adaptation from New Line Cinema to gut aspects of religious criticism from the story.
Jane Tranter, the woman responsible for bringing His Dark Materials to HBO, pushes back against the idea that the story is anti-religion.
The cast and creators of the His Dark Materials series were at San Diego Comic-Con tonight to give insight into the HBO and BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman's classic children's book series known as The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass here in the United States.
One of the more interesting moments in their conversation came when producer Jane Tranter pushed back against the idea that the book series is anti-religion, a claim that has followed the novels since they were first published beginning in 1995. The book series was number 8 on the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books list for 2000-2009.
Later, the claims led to the 2007 feature film adaptation from New Line Cinema to gut aspects of religious criticism from the story.
- 7/19/2019
- Den of Geek
Kayti Burt Jun 21, 2019
Josh Hartnett and Bridget Regan will star in the Paramount Network and Spectrum series.
Paramount Network and Spectrum Originals have put together a cast for Paradise Lost (formerly known as Heaven of Hell), an upcoming drama set to "air" on the Charter Communications cable platform before hitting the Paramount Network.
According to Deadline, the 10-episode drama will star Bridget Regan and Josh Hartnett in the Southern Gothic drama that follows a psychiatrist (Regan) who moves with her family from California to the small Mississippi town her husband (Hartnett) is from. Hartnett recently starred in Penny Dreadful, while Regan is known for her work on Jane the Virgin, Agent Carter, and (#neverforget) Legend of the Seeker.
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In the latest news, the Paradise Lost TV series has added a quintet of recurring cast members, reports Deadline.
Elaine Hendrix – pictured immediately above – will play Devoe Shifflet.
Josh Hartnett and Bridget Regan will star in the Paramount Network and Spectrum series.
Paramount Network and Spectrum Originals have put together a cast for Paradise Lost (formerly known as Heaven of Hell), an upcoming drama set to "air" on the Charter Communications cable platform before hitting the Paramount Network.
According to Deadline, the 10-episode drama will star Bridget Regan and Josh Hartnett in the Southern Gothic drama that follows a psychiatrist (Regan) who moves with her family from California to the small Mississippi town her husband (Hartnett) is from. Hartnett recently starred in Penny Dreadful, while Regan is known for her work on Jane the Virgin, Agent Carter, and (#neverforget) Legend of the Seeker.
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In the latest news, the Paradise Lost TV series has added a quintet of recurring cast members, reports Deadline.
Elaine Hendrix – pictured immediately above – will play Devoe Shifflet.
- 6/12/2019
- Den of Geek
To paraphrase a quote from “Animal House,” strong, handsome and charismatic is no way to go through “Survivor.” Joe Anglim, one of four returning players competing on Season 38, seems to have a charmed life — perhaps even super powers — except for when it comes to actually winning “Survivor.” In his previous appearances on two back-to-back seasons, 2014’s Survivor: “World’s Apart” and 2015’s “Survivor: Cambodia,” whatever tribe he is on will use his prowess at challenges and innate knowledge of camp life until the merge. Then they kick him to the curb and say,”Sayonara!”
It is hard to feel bad for someone who seems to glide his way through life, especially when playing “Survivor.” The first day at the Kama camp, he seemed to make fire appear just out of thin air even before a flint was provided. Since that time, his tribe has lost only one of eight challenges...
It is hard to feel bad for someone who seems to glide his way through life, especially when playing “Survivor.” The first day at the Kama camp, he seemed to make fire appear just out of thin air even before a flint was provided. Since that time, his tribe has lost only one of eight challenges...
- 3/21/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
In February, Errol Morris was sitting on the opposite side of an ordinary banquet table from Steve Bannon when he experienced "probably one of my favorite moments in filmmaking."
The Oscar-winning documentarian behind The Fog of War was invoking John Milton's Paradise Lost and telling the former White House chief strategist that the epic poem's protagonist, Lucifer (aka Satan), is sort of Bannon-esque.
That drew a hearty chuckle from Bannon, the subject of Morris' latest doc, American Dharma, a film shrouded in mystery that will make its world premiere Sept. 4 at the Venice Film Festival.
"It'...
The Oscar-winning documentarian behind The Fog of War was invoking John Milton's Paradise Lost and telling the former White House chief strategist that the epic poem's protagonist, Lucifer (aka Satan), is sort of Bannon-esque.
That drew a hearty chuckle from Bannon, the subject of Morris' latest doc, American Dharma, a film shrouded in mystery that will make its world premiere Sept. 4 at the Venice Film Festival.
"It'...
- 8/23/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A Jeopardy! contestant lost $3,200 after he said "gangster" instead of "gangsta." During Monday's episode, contestant Nick Spicher chose a $1,600 clue in the Music and Literature: Before and After category, which required contestants to connect two titles that shared a common word. "A song by Coolio from 'Dangerous Minds' goes back in time to become a 1667 John Milton classic," host Alex Trebek said, reading the clue aloud. "What is Gangster's Paradise Lost?" Spicher said, linking the rapper's 1995 hit "Gangsta's Paradise" with the poet's poem "Paradise Lost." Trebek deemed the answer correct and awarded the...
- 1/3/2018
- E! Online
Let Nick's mistake be a lesson to us all. In 2018, you gotta keep it gangsta at all times. Never Gangster #Jeopardy pic.twitter.com/NMO7QsAfyI - Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi (@roywoodjr) January 2, 2018 A man named Nick got hit with a savage blow on Jeopardy! when he lost thousands of dollars for saying "gangster" instead of "gangsta" in an answer about a Coolio song. The hilarious clip showing the moment from the episode is going viral on Twitter, and more than 2 million people have watched Nick's total go from $12,000 to $8,800 when host Alex Trebek explains the retraction after Nick's answer was initially counted correct. The clue in the Music and Literature Before and After Category was, "A song by Coolio from Dangerous Minds goes back in time to become a 1667 John Milton classic." The contestant responds with the play on words, "What is Gangster's Paradise Lost?" After the contestant got credit for the answer,...
- 1/3/2018
- by Erin Cullum
- Popsugar.com
As a recent Jeopardy! contestant walked through the valley of the shadow of death/he looked down at his total and realized there was near nothing left.
Nick Spicher’s adherence to grammar over rap lyrics cost him more than $3,000 on Monday’s episode of the game show, in which he responded to the Double Jeopardy-round clue “A song by Coolio from Dangerous Minds goes back in time to become a 1667 John Milton classic” with the answer, “What is Gangster’s Paradise Lost?”
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Though host Alex Trebek initially awarded Spicher $1,600 for the question,...
Nick Spicher’s adherence to grammar over rap lyrics cost him more than $3,000 on Monday’s episode of the game show, in which he responded to the Double Jeopardy-round clue “A song by Coolio from Dangerous Minds goes back in time to become a 1667 John Milton classic” with the answer, “What is Gangster’s Paradise Lost?”
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Though host Alex Trebek initially awarded Spicher $1,600 for the question,...
- 1/2/2018
- TVLine.com
You might know the correct response to a clue on “Jeopardy!”, but pronounce it wrong, and it could cost you. Just ask poor Nick Spicher, who was on the famed quiz show last night. On a $1,600 clue in Double Jeopardy, Alex Trebek asked the contestants to name a song from rapper Coolio’s “Dangerous Minds” soundtrack album that also shared a word with John Milton’s famous 1667 novel. The correct response is the song “Gangsta’s Paradise,” which Spicher correctly identified. Also Read: 'Jeopardy!' Winner Austin Rogers on Online Trolls: 'I Take the Haterade With a Grain of Salt' However,...
- 1/2/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
[[tmz:video id="0_fdv9d6og"]] A 'Jeopardy' contestant learned the hard way that Alex Trebek and co. are sticklers when it comes to pronunciation ... especially between "gangster" and "gangsta." Nick Spicher appeared on the trivia show Monday night, where he was asked to provide the question to a clue that included Coolio's song "Gangsta's Paradise" and author John Milton's book "Paradise Lost." His answer -- "Gangster's Paradise Lost" -- was almost correct ... except he said -ster instead of -sta.
- 1/2/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
John Milton's Paradise Lost - a revisionist take on the fall of Satan from Heaven - is one of those seminal, iconic works that Hollywood has been desperate to turn into a film, but just can never crack it. The closest they came was in 2012, when Alex Proyas (The Crow) tried to make an epic version with Bradley Cooper as the aforementioned Satan. When this fell through, Proyas took on Egyptian gods... Read More...
- 6/15/2017
- by Damion Damaske
- JoBlo.com
Martin Freeman (Sherlock, The Hobbit) has jumped on board as a producer for an epic new series based on John Milton’s epic 17th-century poem, Paradise Lost. Freeman is currently an executive producer, but according to Variety, he may also have a role in the series.
The series is described as being like a "Biblical Game of Thrones, transporting the reader into an internecine world of political intrigue and incredible violence. At stake? The future of mankind."
The poem concerns the biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose stated in Book I, is to "justify the ways of God to men".
Series producer Laurence Bowen had this to say in a statement:
“There’s never been a better time for big, original, bold drama series, and Martin and I...
The series is described as being like a "Biblical Game of Thrones, transporting the reader into an internecine world of political intrigue and incredible violence. At stake? The future of mankind."
The poem concerns the biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose stated in Book I, is to "justify the ways of God to men".
Series producer Laurence Bowen had this to say in a statement:
“There’s never been a better time for big, original, bold drama series, and Martin and I...
- 6/14/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
As any fan of HBO’s smash hit series can tell you, the battle for the Iron Throne is nearing its end. Yes, Game of Thrones is gearing up to premiere its penultimate season in July and there’s not long left now until it reaches its conclusion. While spinoffs are being planned, there will probably never be anything quite like David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ tremendous show for a very long time. That doesn’t mean that other projects won’t try to emulate its success though, and already a couple of new series are firing up in hopes of becoming the next big fantasy hit.
One such effort is Paradise Lost, which is being described as a “biblical Game of Thrones.” An adaptation of John Milton’s epic poem “first published in 1667 and detailing the biblical story of the Fall of Man,” Sherlock‘s Martin Freeman is on...
One such effort is Paradise Lost, which is being described as a “biblical Game of Thrones.” An adaptation of John Milton’s epic poem “first published in 1667 and detailing the biblical story of the Fall of Man,” Sherlock‘s Martin Freeman is on...
- 6/14/2017
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
A new adaptation of one of the most iconic works in literature, John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost, is on its way; and it’s taking a rather interesting approach. According to Screen Daily Dancing Ledge Productions is developing the property… Continue Reading →
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- 6/13/2017
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive: Dancing Ledge Productions developing “biblical Game Of Thrones”.
Fremantle-backed indie Dancing Ledge Productions and Sherlock and The Hobbit star Martin Freeman are in early development on what could become the first ever drama series adaptation of one of the most iconic works in literature: John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost.
Freeman and Dancing Ledge CEO Laurence Bowen are currently discussing the project with writers and broadcasters in the UK and Us.
Freeman has a development deal with the fledgling UK film and TV outfit and is on board the project as an executive producer. His participation as an actor has yet to be decided.
The company has signed up Harry Potter, Gravity and Guardians Of The Galaxy post-house Framestore to produce the VFX.
The Eichmann Show producer Bowen told Screen: “Paradise Lost is like a biblical Games of Thrones transporting the reader into an internecine world of political intrigue and incredible violence. At stake? The...
Fremantle-backed indie Dancing Ledge Productions and Sherlock and The Hobbit star Martin Freeman are in early development on what could become the first ever drama series adaptation of one of the most iconic works in literature: John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost.
Freeman and Dancing Ledge CEO Laurence Bowen are currently discussing the project with writers and broadcasters in the UK and Us.
Freeman has a development deal with the fledgling UK film and TV outfit and is on board the project as an executive producer. His participation as an actor has yet to be decided.
The company has signed up Harry Potter, Gravity and Guardians Of The Galaxy post-house Framestore to produce the VFX.
The Eichmann Show producer Bowen told Screen: “Paradise Lost is like a biblical Games of Thrones transporting the reader into an internecine world of political intrigue and incredible violence. At stake? The...
- 6/13/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Ryan Lambie May 17, 2017
So Alien: Covenant. What was that all about then? Spoiler alert, as we delve into some of its lingering questions...
Nb: This article contains copious Prometheus and Alien: Covenant spoilers.
If you've seen Alien: Covenant, then you'll know by now that it's a very different beast from its predecessor, Prometheus. Where the last Alien prequel was as stately as an ocean-going liner, Covenant moves about like an out-of-control racing car. Once all the atmosphere-building's out of the way and the latest ship full of explorers lands on the ironically-named planet, Paradise, things go wrong with breathtaking speed.
In essence, it's the story of humans - led by the resourceful Daniels (Katherine Waterstone) - versus the crazed synthetic scientist David (Michael Fassbender, with his accents) and an army of ghoulish monsters. There's copious blood, teeth and ooze, and more than a few lingering questions to address.
So with one final warning for spoilers,...
So Alien: Covenant. What was that all about then? Spoiler alert, as we delve into some of its lingering questions...
Nb: This article contains copious Prometheus and Alien: Covenant spoilers.
If you've seen Alien: Covenant, then you'll know by now that it's a very different beast from its predecessor, Prometheus. Where the last Alien prequel was as stately as an ocean-going liner, Covenant moves about like an out-of-control racing car. Once all the atmosphere-building's out of the way and the latest ship full of explorers lands on the ironically-named planet, Paradise, things go wrong with breathtaking speed.
In essence, it's the story of humans - led by the resourceful Daniels (Katherine Waterstone) - versus the crazed synthetic scientist David (Michael Fassbender, with his accents) and an army of ghoulish monsters. There's copious blood, teeth and ooze, and more than a few lingering questions to address.
So with one final warning for spoilers,...
- 5/3/2017
- Den of Geek
Ryan Lambie May 15, 2017
With inevitable spoilers, we look at how future sequels could follow on from Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant...
Nb: This is your final warning for major, major spoilers for Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
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Prometheus was billed as a prequel to Alien, but it was also a huge departure from that 1979 classic. Where Alien was a streamlined space horror - a ship, a monster, a small and rapidly diminishing crew - Prometheus opened up the franchise's vistas. What was dark and interior became bright and largely exterior; the story of one monster became the story of humanity's origins. In the place of pure astral terror, Prometheus aimed to ask Big Questions: where the Alien came from, where we came from, our species' innate need for religion, meaning and purpose.
How curious,...
With inevitable spoilers, we look at how future sequels could follow on from Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant...
Nb: This is your final warning for major, major spoilers for Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
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Prometheus was billed as a prequel to Alien, but it was also a huge departure from that 1979 classic. Where Alien was a streamlined space horror - a ship, a monster, a small and rapidly diminishing crew - Prometheus opened up the franchise's vistas. What was dark and interior became bright and largely exterior; the story of one monster became the story of humanity's origins. In the place of pure astral terror, Prometheus aimed to ask Big Questions: where the Alien came from, where we came from, our species' innate need for religion, meaning and purpose.
How curious,...
- 5/3/2017
- Den of Geek
Ryan Lambie Apr 26, 2017
To mark Alien Day, we look back at 2012's Prometheus, and wonder what lies ahead for the franchise in Alien: Covenant...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for Prometheus and speculation about Alien: Covenant.
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Talk about melodramatic. Having stepped out of a Saturday afternoon IMAX screening of Prometheus in June 2012, your humble writer fell into a steep pit of gloom. A picture of a torn cinema ticket with the caption, “My broken heart” (or something to that effect) was posted on Twitter. A pub was visited; consolatory beers were imbibed.
A film that seemed to have so much promise going in - Ridley Scott’s form in the sci-fi genre, those fan-baiting trailers, complete with the hooting space owls from the old Alien promos - had largely evaporated by the time the end credits rolled. Prometheus...
To mark Alien Day, we look back at 2012's Prometheus, and wonder what lies ahead for the franchise in Alien: Covenant...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for Prometheus and speculation about Alien: Covenant.
See related Why Alien: Isolation proves the Alien deserves another movie
Talk about melodramatic. Having stepped out of a Saturday afternoon IMAX screening of Prometheus in June 2012, your humble writer fell into a steep pit of gloom. A picture of a torn cinema ticket with the caption, “My broken heart” (or something to that effect) was posted on Twitter. A pub was visited; consolatory beers were imbibed.
A film that seemed to have so much promise going in - Ridley Scott’s form in the sci-fi genre, those fan-baiting trailers, complete with the hooting space owls from the old Alien promos - had largely evaporated by the time the end credits rolled. Prometheus...
- 4/25/2017
- Den of Geek
The Alien franchise has always seemed to have a Biblical feel to it. It’s always tampered with the ideas of creation, life, and the horrors it brings along with it. This theme was amplified in Prometheus, with the archaeologists on board the titular ship. Their main mission revolves around discovering and finding the motivations behind the Engineers.
Even the on-board android in that film, David, has a bit of a human complex, who seems embittered by the idea that humans created him because they could. The theme of creation, motivation, and idea of your creation getting out of hand and becoming an unstoppable monster is one that has permeated the series since the beginning. So when Ridley Scott first announced that the new Alien film would be called Alien: Paradise Lost, it seemed like it fit.
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For those unfamiliar,...
Even the on-board android in that film, David, has a bit of a human complex, who seems embittered by the idea that humans created him because they could. The theme of creation, motivation, and idea of your creation getting out of hand and becoming an unstoppable monster is one that has permeated the series since the beginning. So when Ridley Scott first announced that the new Alien film would be called Alien: Paradise Lost, it seemed like it fit.
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For those unfamiliar,...
- 3/23/2017
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
Kirsten Howard Feb 17, 2017
Keanu Reeves, as much as any actor of his generation, has left a legacy to be proud of. We take a look back at his career.
Much like his character in the John Wick films, Keanu Reeves is a man with very little to lose.
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Often maligned for his lack of range as an actor, or dismissed as merely a vaguely goofy action star, every misstep that Reeves has taken throughout his career has come from an enviable ability to consistently take risks. Despite every effort to pigeonhole him, Keanu Reeves just won’t be told what he can and can’t do.
Born in Beirut to a showgirl and a geologist, Reeves is also a rabid...
Keanu Reeves, as much as any actor of his generation, has left a legacy to be proud of. We take a look back at his career.
Much like his character in the John Wick films, Keanu Reeves is a man with very little to lose.
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Often maligned for his lack of range as an actor, or dismissed as merely a vaguely goofy action star, every misstep that Reeves has taken throughout his career has come from an enviable ability to consistently take risks. Despite every effort to pigeonhole him, Keanu Reeves just won’t be told what he can and can’t do.
Born in Beirut to a showgirl and a geologist, Reeves is also a rabid...
- 2/8/2017
- Den of Geek
Ryan Lambie Nov 4, 2016
What was Prometheus all about? What can we expect from Alien: Covenant? Ryan looks at the series' inspirations to build up a theory...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for Prometheus, and possible spoiler-filled conjecture for Alien: Covenant.
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On one level, Prometheus was everything you might have expected from an Alien movie: a space slasher film where a bunch of explorers are pursued and physically invaded by something slippery from beyond the stars. Yet Ridley Scott's Alien prequel also seemed to have lots more on its mind: aliens fiddling with the building blocks of life, meditations on what lies beyond the curtain of death, and copious dollops of silky black goo.
Prometheus toyed with weighty themes, yet left plenty of specifics frustratingly obscure. What happened on the planetoid Lv-223 that led all those Engineers to die in a heap?...
What was Prometheus all about? What can we expect from Alien: Covenant? Ryan looks at the series' inspirations to build up a theory...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for Prometheus, and possible spoiler-filled conjecture for Alien: Covenant.
See related Joseph Kosinski on Tron 3 and The Black Hole remake
On one level, Prometheus was everything you might have expected from an Alien movie: a space slasher film where a bunch of explorers are pursued and physically invaded by something slippery from beyond the stars. Yet Ridley Scott's Alien prequel also seemed to have lots more on its mind: aliens fiddling with the building blocks of life, meditations on what lies beyond the curtain of death, and copious dollops of silky black goo.
Prometheus toyed with weighty themes, yet left plenty of specifics frustratingly obscure. What happened on the planetoid Lv-223 that led all those Engineers to die in a heap?...
- 11/3/2016
- Den of Geek
Matthew Byrd Oct 18, 2018
Diablo contains fictional evils so great, they could only be inspired by the real world.
While some of us speed through the Diablo franchise riding a storm of mouse clicks conjured to defeat our enemies and get to the sweet loot, there is a more patient breed of player who chooses to explore the reasons behind the game's chaos. They analyze every tome and moment of seemingly inane babbling. In doing so, they have come to know that the Diablo games are rich in story and mythology. At the heart of that mythology are the Great Evils.
Diablo's Great Evils are the beings responsible for every dark cloud that hangs over the games' grim landscapes. Some characters worship them, but nearly all fear them. You'll come to fear them as well once you are staring down their monstrous forms in some cramped room loaded with minions...
Diablo contains fictional evils so great, they could only be inspired by the real world.
While some of us speed through the Diablo franchise riding a storm of mouse clicks conjured to defeat our enemies and get to the sweet loot, there is a more patient breed of player who chooses to explore the reasons behind the game's chaos. They analyze every tome and moment of seemingly inane babbling. In doing so, they have come to know that the Diablo games are rich in story and mythology. At the heart of that mythology are the Great Evils.
Diablo's Great Evils are the beings responsible for every dark cloud that hangs over the games' grim landscapes. Some characters worship them, but nearly all fear them. You'll come to fear them as well once you are staring down their monstrous forms in some cramped room loaded with minions...
- 11/2/2016
- Den of Geek
With less than three weeks to go until Gotham begins its third season, vital details continue to pour in. The latest comes in the form of the premiere episode’s synopsis that also divulges its foreboding title: “Mad City: Better to Reign in Hell…”
Aside from sharing that name with a great song by Cradle of Filth, fans of classic literature will recognize it from John Milton’s Paradise Lost, with the full quote being, “Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.” Seeing as how villains will continue to run roughshod over the city until a certain Caped Crusader lays claim to the night, that title seems consistent with recent news regarding the upcoming season’s tone.
Something interesting to note in the synopsis is the absence of Maggie Geha as the aged up Poison Ivy. Clare Foley is the only one listed to be playing that character,...
Aside from sharing that name with a great song by Cradle of Filth, fans of classic literature will recognize it from John Milton’s Paradise Lost, with the full quote being, “Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.” Seeing as how villains will continue to run roughshod over the city until a certain Caped Crusader lays claim to the night, that title seems consistent with recent news regarding the upcoming season’s tone.
Something interesting to note in the synopsis is the absence of Maggie Geha as the aged up Poison Ivy. Clare Foley is the only one listed to be playing that character,...
- 9/1/2016
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Today’s article is about movie villains who happen to be very funny. However, the guys in today’s article were meant to be taken seriously. Sometimes a character or the performance itself is so over-the-top that it’s unintentionally comical, and everything the character says or does results in unwanted uproarious laughter. Take a look at seven movie villains that were meant to be dramatic but were instead unintentionally hilarious: John Milton – The Devil’s Advocate Right around the time Pacino won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Scent of a Woman, he must have decided that screaming
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Seven Unintentionally Hilarious Movie Villains...
- 2/23/2016
- by Madison
- TVovermind.com
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As the Prometheus sequel gets another title, we try to answer the questions it raises. So Alien: Covenant - what’s that all about?
When the final credits rolled on Ridley Scott’s Prometheus in 2012, the cloying sensation was not of wondrous, terrifying stories still to be told, but of writers having just painted themselves into a corner.
We watched as Noomi Rapace’s wide-eyed space archaeologist Elizabeth Shaw blasted off in a commandeered alien ship, her stated aim being to find the home planet of the Engineers. Her only companion on the journey was a severed head belonging to David (Michael Fassbender), a character she enjoyed a fractious relationship with, to say the least.
The galactic adventures of an archaeologist and her pet severed head doesn’t, at least to our ears, sound like the most exciting premise for a sequel. And even Prometheus’ fan-baiting final shot,...
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As the Prometheus sequel gets another title, we try to answer the questions it raises. So Alien: Covenant - what’s that all about?
When the final credits rolled on Ridley Scott’s Prometheus in 2012, the cloying sensation was not of wondrous, terrifying stories still to be told, but of writers having just painted themselves into a corner.
We watched as Noomi Rapace’s wide-eyed space archaeologist Elizabeth Shaw blasted off in a commandeered alien ship, her stated aim being to find the home planet of the Engineers. Her only companion on the journey was a severed head belonging to David (Michael Fassbender), a character she enjoyed a fractious relationship with, to say the least.
The galactic adventures of an archaeologist and her pet severed head doesn’t, at least to our ears, sound like the most exciting premise for a sequel. And even Prometheus’ fan-baiting final shot,...
- 11/17/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
After taking a brief detour to Mars with Matt Damon, Ridley Scott is ready to return to his “Alien” prequel series and take us all back (er, forward) to a time when extraterrestrials started wreaking havoc on spacecraft and bursting out of peoples’ chests and stuff. ... The director has revealed that the original, John Milton-inspired title has now been scratched for a more legal-eagle-ish moniker: “Alien: Covenant.” As reported by Indie Wire, Scott revealed the far less poetic name during a chat about “The Martian” in which he discussed his choice to hop on board the Hermes and “science the sh-t” ...
- 11/17/2015
- by thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
Warning: If you haven't seen "Prometheus," there are some plot spoilers below... The official title for Ridley Scott's second "Alien" prequel has finally been revealed, and it is...not "Alien: Paradise Lost," as the director previously claimed. Instead, prepare yourself for... In addition to the title announcement, the film's official release date (October 6, 2017) and synopsis have been revealed -- the latter of which raises questions about the fate of Noomi Rapace's Elizabeth Shaw, who survived the first installment but is nowhere to be found in the plot description: Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in Alien with Alien: Covenant, the second chapter in a prequel trilogy that began with Prometheus — and connects directly to Scott’s 1979 seminal work of science fiction. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise,...
- 11/16/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
More than five years after the flick first hit theaters, the "Prometheus" sequel is officially a go, and has a new name (yes, another one), a release date, a logo (seen above), and an official synopsis.
Fox revealed the big news this week, announcing that the flick would now be called "Alien: Covenant," and would have a direct link to director Ridley Scott's 1979 "Alien" film. While that second part is nothing new -- Scott said as much earlier this year -- the new name is a bit odd, since Scott had also previously said that the film would be called "Alien: Paradise Lost," in an homage to the poem by John Milton.
Whatever the cause for the change, it's good news for fans either way. Here's the synopsis that Fox unveiled:
Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in Alien with Alien: Covenant, the second chapter...
Fox revealed the big news this week, announcing that the flick would now be called "Alien: Covenant," and would have a direct link to director Ridley Scott's 1979 "Alien" film. While that second part is nothing new -- Scott said as much earlier this year -- the new name is a bit odd, since Scott had also previously said that the film would be called "Alien: Paradise Lost," in an homage to the poem by John Milton.
Whatever the cause for the change, it's good news for fans either way. Here's the synopsis that Fox unveiled:
Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in Alien with Alien: Covenant, the second chapter...
- 11/16/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
Update: 20th Century Fox has officially announced Ridley Scott's return to the universe he created in Alien with Alien: Covenant, the second chapter in a prequel trilogy that began with Prometheus -- and connects directly to Scott’s 1979 seminal work of science fiction. They have also released the official title treatment for the film.
Alien: Covenant hits theaters everywhere October 6th, 2017!
Here is the official synopsis:
Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in Alien with Alien: Covenant, the second chapter in a prequel trilogy that began with Prometheus -- and connects directly to Scott’s 1979 seminal work of science fiction. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world -- whose sole inhabitant is the "synthetic" David (Michael Fassbender...
Alien: Covenant hits theaters everywhere October 6th, 2017!
Here is the official synopsis:
Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in Alien with Alien: Covenant, the second chapter in a prequel trilogy that began with Prometheus -- and connects directly to Scott’s 1979 seminal work of science fiction. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world -- whose sole inhabitant is the "synthetic" David (Michael Fassbender...
- 11/16/2015
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
Not long ago Ridley Scott announced that Prometheus 2 would be called Alien: Paradise Lost. Well, it seems that title didn’t sit well with the director, so he has changed it again! Alien: Paradise Lost is now called Alien: Covenant.
Scott did a Q&A session at the AFI Film Festival recently, and while talking about how he got involved with The Martian, he explained:
"I was going to be doing what will be called Alien: Covenant, which starts shooting next February, and we were struggling then with the screenplay there and then there was a phone call, somebody saying, ‘Listen, we’ve got this thing which is completely written called [The] Martian,' and I said, 'Huh.’ And I sped read it in an hour and by mid-afternoon, I talked to Fox and said, ‘I need to talk to Drew [Goddard]…"
There’s a theme with all these...
Scott did a Q&A session at the AFI Film Festival recently, and while talking about how he got involved with The Martian, he explained:
"I was going to be doing what will be called Alien: Covenant, which starts shooting next February, and we were struggling then with the screenplay there and then there was a phone call, somebody saying, ‘Listen, we’ve got this thing which is completely written called [The] Martian,' and I said, 'Huh.’ And I sped read it in an hour and by mid-afternoon, I talked to Fox and said, ‘I need to talk to Drew [Goddard]…"
There’s a theme with all these...
- 11/16/2015
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
While promoting "The Martian," director Ridley Scott has been answering questions about "Prometheus." During an interview with HeyUGuys, he revealed that the sequel will be called "Alien: Paradise Lost." That's an obvious reference to John Milton's poem. And according to Scott, "Paradise" is what he calls the planet of the Engineers, which will include lots of terrifying creatures like the Engineers/Alien hybrid (The Deacon) that was seen at the end of "Prometheus." Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace are set to reprise their roles. The plan is to begin filming early next year.
- 9/26/2015
- WorstPreviews.com
Exclusive: Ridley Scott has confirmed to us that he's to direct all three Prometheus sequels currently planned...
While Ridley Scott's on the promotional trail for his new film The Martian (which is great, and well worth seeing), the director's been surprisingly forthcoming about his plans for further Prometheus movies. Only yesterday, we heard that the first sequel to his pre-Alien movies, tentatively called Prometheus 2, is now titled Alien: Paradise Lost.
Before that, it was revealed that there are plans for no fewer than three sequels to Prometheus, all eventually building to where 1979's Alien took off. The lingering question, particularly with Scott's consistently busy schedule, is who will direct them?
The answer? All of them.
When we asked whether he was directing Alien: Paradise Lost, he replied with an unequivocal "Yes."
"I'm starting at the beginning of March," he said. So what about the two...
While Ridley Scott's on the promotional trail for his new film The Martian (which is great, and well worth seeing), the director's been surprisingly forthcoming about his plans for further Prometheus movies. Only yesterday, we heard that the first sequel to his pre-Alien movies, tentatively called Prometheus 2, is now titled Alien: Paradise Lost.
Before that, it was revealed that there are plans for no fewer than three sequels to Prometheus, all eventually building to where 1979's Alien took off. The lingering question, particularly with Scott's consistently busy schedule, is who will direct them?
The answer? All of them.
When we asked whether he was directing Alien: Paradise Lost, he replied with an unequivocal "Yes."
"I'm starting at the beginning of March," he said. So what about the two...
- 9/25/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
In an interview for The Martian this week, Ridley Scott dropped more information about the forthcoming Prometheus sequel and how much it would tie into the Alien franchise. As it turns out, much like a facehugger, the Alien franchise has already lept onto the Prometheus franchise and taken over its insides: Instead of being called Prometheus 2, the sequel will now be titled Alien: Paradise Lost. According to Scott, the film will explore "why and how and when the beast was invented." (There will be "similarities" to John Milton's famous poem, Scott promised, but "that's where it stops.") This is the exact opposite of what Scott said earlier this week, when he told a German site that the Prometheus series wouldn't connect with Alien until the third or fourth film. So either that was a mistranslation, or Ridley Scott is making up new information about Prometheus 2 every...
- 9/25/2015
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
Ridley Scott has been dropping lots of details about his follow-up to "Alien" prequel "Prometheus" in recent months, and now, the director has shared the flick's new name.
In an interview with Hey U Guys, Scott said that rather than go with the traditional "Prometheus 2," the flick's title would instead draw inspiration from a famous epic poem, and be called "Alien: Paradise Lost." In addition to providing more of a direct link to the "Alien" franchise -- which Scott has said in the past that the "Prometheus" flicks will eventually do -- that title also gives filmgoers a bit of a taste of Scott's inspiration for the film's plot.
In case you're a bit rusty on high school English, here's Hey U Guys explaining John Milton's poem:
Building on the literary heritage of the previous film the allusion to John Milton is certain to have implications for the film's plot.
In an interview with Hey U Guys, Scott said that rather than go with the traditional "Prometheus 2," the flick's title would instead draw inspiration from a famous epic poem, and be called "Alien: Paradise Lost." In addition to providing more of a direct link to the "Alien" franchise -- which Scott has said in the past that the "Prometheus" flicks will eventually do -- that title also gives filmgoers a bit of a taste of Scott's inspiration for the film's plot.
In case you're a bit rusty on high school English, here's Hey U Guys explaining John Milton's poem:
Building on the literary heritage of the previous film the allusion to John Milton is certain to have implications for the film's plot.
- 9/25/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
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