Five years ago, John Cena and Dwayne Johnson — or, as he was known in his former life, The Rock — faced off in the main event of WrestleMania for the second year in a row. At the heart of their onscreen feud was the Great One’s decision to leave the world of WWE behind for Hollywood, which Cena saw as a betrayal of sorts.
A few scene-stealing turns and leading roles later, Cena now spends more time on movie sets than he does in the ring — and is singing a different tune. “I’m sorry and I was wrong,” he said during an appearance on the Gorilla Position (via Screen Rant). “That’s the best thing I can do.”
“This is a very tough balancing act and when I called out Dwayne, I called him out because of ignorance. I called him out as someone that had tunnel vision in...
A few scene-stealing turns and leading roles later, Cena now spends more time on movie sets than he does in the ring — and is singing a different tune. “I’m sorry and I was wrong,” he said during an appearance on the Gorilla Position (via Screen Rant). “That’s the best thing I can do.”
“This is a very tough balancing act and when I called out Dwayne, I called him out because of ignorance. I called him out as someone that had tunnel vision in...
- 12/22/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Given that late-night is the television daypart delivering more political jabs per minute than any other, it was something of a surprise that a Produced By: New York panel on Saturday, featuring four current executive producers of top shows in the arena, stayed safely away from politics — until the very end. In fact, the most pressing topic in the insider’s look at the ins and outs of daily comedy production was also a surprise to critics who have decried a longtime lack of diversity among staffers on shows. The suggestion by the panelists was that it wasn’t for lack of trying.
“It’s always been important but it’s a lot easier now — it used to be a problem, and you had to get creative because you wouldn’t have candidates,” Mike Shoemaker, producer of Late Night with Seth Meyers and a 30-year-plus fixture in late-night since his time on Saturday Night Live,...
“It’s always been important but it’s a lot easier now — it used to be a problem, and you had to get creative because you wouldn’t have candidates,” Mike Shoemaker, producer of Late Night with Seth Meyers and a 30-year-plus fixture in late-night since his time on Saturday Night Live,...
- 11/11/2018
- by Robert Edelstein
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox has given a put pilot commitment to Let’s Spend the Night Together, a one-hour dramedy inspired by the French series Quadras, from Californication creator Tom Kapinos, Empire director and executive producer Sanaa Hamri, Endemol Shine North America and 20th Century Fox TV, where Hamri is under an overall deal.
Written by Kapinos, inspired by the French series Quadras from Endemol Shine France, Let’s Spend the Night Together is described as a structurally inventive dramedy, in which the entire first season takes place over the course of single night at a wedding. As we get to know the wedding party, we’ll learn surprising reveals about both their present and past. We’ll see that things aren’t always what they seem and explore the complicated bonds of love, friendship and family at different stages of life.
Kapinos executive produces with Hamri, who also directs. Sharon Levy and...
Written by Kapinos, inspired by the French series Quadras from Endemol Shine France, Let’s Spend the Night Together is described as a structurally inventive dramedy, in which the entire first season takes place over the course of single night at a wedding. As we get to know the wedding party, we’ll learn surprising reveals about both their present and past. We’ll see that things aren’t always what they seem and explore the complicated bonds of love, friendship and family at different stages of life.
Kapinos executive produces with Hamri, who also directs. Sharon Levy and...
- 10/31/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Brian De Palma unleashes 101 ferocious Hitchcock references for this great horror opus, all bolstered by Bernard Herrmann’s nerve-jangling music score. Plus a very young Margot Kidder and the impressive Jennifer Salt. It’s a fine revisit of an early Criterion disc, with some highly amusing extras — such as a surprising 1970 talk-show excerpt with Margo Kidder, Janis Joplin and Gloria Swanson.
Sisters
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 89
1973 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 92 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date , 2018 / 39.95
Starring Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley, Dolph Sweet
Cinematography Gregory Sandor
Production Designer Gary Weist
Film Editor Paul Hirsch
Original Music Bernard Herrmann
Writing credits Brian De Palma and Louisa Rose
Produced by Edward R. Pressman
Directed by Brian DePalma
In 1971, New York Filmmaker Brian De Palma was just beginning to become well-known among the hipper cinema literati … like Martin Scorsese and Paul Bartel, he was already a legend in...
Sisters
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 89
1973 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 92 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date , 2018 / 39.95
Starring Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley, Dolph Sweet
Cinematography Gregory Sandor
Production Designer Gary Weist
Film Editor Paul Hirsch
Original Music Bernard Herrmann
Writing credits Brian De Palma and Louisa Rose
Produced by Edward R. Pressman
Directed by Brian DePalma
In 1971, New York Filmmaker Brian De Palma was just beginning to become well-known among the hipper cinema literati … like Martin Scorsese and Paul Bartel, he was already a legend in...
- 10/30/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Most films schools cater to those who aspire to be auteurs or some other form of cinematic visionary. The Georgia Film Academy has a different goal that, while perhaps less lofty, is even more rarely achieved: to find its students gainful employment in the entertainment industry.
“We’ve disrupted higher education,” boasts Jeffrey Stepakoff, the Gfa’s founding executive director. “Imagine going to university professors and saying, ‘If you want to study films, you have the makings here. But if you want to train people to go get a job in a few months, they need to get on a set and know which way a knuckle on a C-stand goes, and nobody in your university knows that.’”
Stepakoff’s own training tilted toward the creative side. An Atlanta native, he arrived in Hollywood in 1988, armed with an Mfa in playwriting from Carnegie Mellon U., to launch a career in showbiz.
“We’ve disrupted higher education,” boasts Jeffrey Stepakoff, the Gfa’s founding executive director. “Imagine going to university professors and saying, ‘If you want to study films, you have the makings here. But if you want to train people to go get a job in a few months, they need to get on a set and know which way a knuckle on a C-stand goes, and nobody in your university knows that.’”
Stepakoff’s own training tilted toward the creative side. An Atlanta native, he arrived in Hollywood in 1988, armed with an Mfa in playwriting from Carnegie Mellon U., to launch a career in showbiz.
- 10/26/2018
- by Todd Longwell
- Variety Film + TV
In a very competitive situation, Fox has nabbed Sisters, a one-hour drama based on the Endemol Shine Australia series, with a put pilot commitment. The project hails from The Path duo of co-executive producer Annie Weisman and executive producer Jason Katims, as well as the original series’ co-creator Imogen Banks, Universal TV, where Katims True Jack and Weisman are under overall deals, and Endemol Shine North America.
Written by Weisman, Sisters is based on the Australian series created by Jonathan Gavin and Banks. It centers on only child Julia Bechly, who finds her life turned upside down when her father is forced to reveal that over the course of his pioneering career as a fertility doctor, he used his own sperm to conceive dozens of children. As she dutifully begins to track down her emerging group of siblings, among a sea of brothers, Julia discovers only two sisters – both of...
Written by Weisman, Sisters is based on the Australian series created by Jonathan Gavin and Banks. It centers on only child Julia Bechly, who finds her life turned upside down when her father is forced to reveal that over the course of his pioneering career as a fertility doctor, he used his own sperm to conceive dozens of children. As she dutifully begins to track down her emerging group of siblings, among a sea of brothers, Julia discovers only two sisters – both of...
- 10/17/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Brian De Palma celebrates his 78th birthday on September 11, 2018. While his films have ranged from the sublime to the atrocious, there’s no denying the impact he’s had on cinema. In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at 20 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.
De Palma began his filmmaking career directing underground features shot on a shoestring, many of which starred a young Robert De Niro. He came into his own with the Hitchcock-inspired thriller “Sisters” (1973), starring Margot Kidder as a pair of killer Siamese twins. The Master of Suspense would serve as a muse to De Palma throughout his career, influencing such films as “Obsession” (1976), “Dressed to Kill” (1980), “Blow Out” (1980) and “Body Double” (1984) both in style and substance.
He enjoyed his first box office success with “Carrie” (1976), an adaptation of Stephen King’s chilling novel about a shy teenager (Sissy Spacek) with telekinesis.
De Palma began his filmmaking career directing underground features shot on a shoestring, many of which starred a young Robert De Niro. He came into his own with the Hitchcock-inspired thriller “Sisters” (1973), starring Margot Kidder as a pair of killer Siamese twins. The Master of Suspense would serve as a muse to De Palma throughout his career, influencing such films as “Obsession” (1976), “Dressed to Kill” (1980), “Blow Out” (1980) and “Body Double” (1984) both in style and substance.
He enjoyed his first box office success with “Carrie” (1976), an adaptation of Stephen King’s chilling novel about a shy teenager (Sissy Spacek) with telekinesis.
- 9/11/2018
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
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