Its ungainly final twist and unreal violence sequences dim a film with a brilliant premise and rage that still stings
Twenty-five years ago, the ultimate bro film came out; it is now rereleased for the anniversary. David Fincher’s bone-splintering, soft-tissue-pulping Fight Club is the ultraviolent hipster-fantasy about a depressed white collar nerd befriended by a supercool alpha male and inducted into a secret bare-knuckle combat cult whose purpose is to restore real masculinity. It was adapted by screenwriter Jim Uhls from the uncompromisingly pessimistic novel by Chuck Palahniuk and, after a slow commercial start, became the movie that launched a million gags about all other clubs whose first rule was that you couldn’t talk about them. It is a comic meme which survived into Emma Seligman’s recent comedy Bottoms.
I was unconvinced at the time, even though being unconvinced about this critically adored film was not a...
Twenty-five years ago, the ultimate bro film came out; it is now rereleased for the anniversary. David Fincher’s bone-splintering, soft-tissue-pulping Fight Club is the ultraviolent hipster-fantasy about a depressed white collar nerd befriended by a supercool alpha male and inducted into a secret bare-knuckle combat cult whose purpose is to restore real masculinity. It was adapted by screenwriter Jim Uhls from the uncompromisingly pessimistic novel by Chuck Palahniuk and, after a slow commercial start, became the movie that launched a million gags about all other clubs whose first rule was that you couldn’t talk about them. It is a comic meme which survived into Emma Seligman’s recent comedy Bottoms.
I was unconvinced at the time, even though being unconvinced about this critically adored film was not a...
- 3/13/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
David Fincher’s modern classic Fight Club is returning to UK cinemas – and it looks to be getting a wide re-release in March. More here.
A film that cost 20th Century Fox a lot of money, that didn’t instantly turn a profit, and that apparently infuriated Rupert Murdoch? Ah, Fight Club. Not only an outstanding movie, but an absolute beacon as to why a film should never be judged by its box office take.
Since its initial release in 1999, the film has consistently made Fox money, via its assorted home releases. And it’s on such stature that for its 25th birthday this year, it’s getting a really rather wide cinema re-release.
Pretty soon, too.
Park Circus is putting the movie onto over 100 UK screens from Friday 15th March, just over a month from now. You can expect pre-booking to crop up soon, and hopefully, the release is...
A film that cost 20th Century Fox a lot of money, that didn’t instantly turn a profit, and that apparently infuriated Rupert Murdoch? Ah, Fight Club. Not only an outstanding movie, but an absolute beacon as to why a film should never be judged by its box office take.
Since its initial release in 1999, the film has consistently made Fox money, via its assorted home releases. And it’s on such stature that for its 25th birthday this year, it’s getting a really rather wide cinema re-release.
Pretty soon, too.
Park Circus is putting the movie onto over 100 UK screens from Friday 15th March, just over a month from now. You can expect pre-booking to crop up soon, and hopefully, the release is...
- 2/13/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Brad Pitt Talking About How He Got Into Acting In This Old Video Has Left Fans Drooling Over His Gorgeous Looks ( Photo Credit – Instagram )
William Bradley Pitt, widely known and loved as Brad Pitt, grew up in a modest household in Missouri where people could have never imagined choosing acting as a profession back then. An old video of Brad Pitt has gone viral on social media from his initial days in the industry. Besides captivating us with his boyish charm, he also opened up about how he came to this profession.
He has an incredible filmography and is currently a producer in Hollywood. He started with minor roles and commercials on television and got recognition in 1991 with the movie Thelma & Louise, a film by Ridley Scott. He then did films like Seven, 12 Monkeys, Ocean’s Eleven, Troy, and more, which solidified his position in the industry. One of...
William Bradley Pitt, widely known and loved as Brad Pitt, grew up in a modest household in Missouri where people could have never imagined choosing acting as a profession back then. An old video of Brad Pitt has gone viral on social media from his initial days in the industry. Besides captivating us with his boyish charm, he also opened up about how he came to this profession.
He has an incredible filmography and is currently a producer in Hollywood. He started with minor roles and commercials on television and got recognition in 1991 with the movie Thelma & Louise, a film by Ridley Scott. He then did films like Seven, 12 Monkeys, Ocean’s Eleven, Troy, and more, which solidified his position in the industry. One of...
- 1/8/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
Ready to take a “Night Swim?”
“Night Swim” is the story of a young couple (played by Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon), who move, with their family, into a new house. One of the biggest draws of this new house? The oversized swimming pool in the back yard. (Russell’s character has a degenerative disease; he thinks the pool will help.) Of course, soon after moving in they start to notice that the pool is exhibiting some alarming tendencies. Yes, this pool is haunted.
It’s the perfect movie for people who get unnecessarily freaked out when they wade into the deep end, who wonder what is lurking in the shadowy corner of the pool or who have ever read the Chuck Palahniuk short story “Guts” (don’t look it up – it made people puke). And it’s the perfect subject for a horror movie, uncannily turning an everyday space...
“Night Swim” is the story of a young couple (played by Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon), who move, with their family, into a new house. One of the biggest draws of this new house? The oversized swimming pool in the back yard. (Russell’s character has a degenerative disease; he thinks the pool will help.) Of course, soon after moving in they start to notice that the pool is exhibiting some alarming tendencies. Yes, this pool is haunted.
It’s the perfect movie for people who get unnecessarily freaked out when they wade into the deep end, who wonder what is lurking in the shadowy corner of the pool or who have ever read the Chuck Palahniuk short story “Guts” (don’t look it up – it made people puke). And it’s the perfect subject for a horror movie, uncannily turning an everyday space...
- 1/5/2024
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Depiction doesn’t equal endorsement, director David Fincher helpfully reminded folks in a new interview.
The filmmaker, whose new movie “The Killer” is out now in a limited release before arriving on Netflix next week, was asked in an interview with The Guardian how he felt about his 1999 movie “Fight Club” being embraced by misogynists and those who align with the far right of the political spectrum.
“I’m not responsible for how people interpret things,” Fincher said when the topic of “incels” and the “alt-right” appreciation of his film was broached. “Language evolves. Symbols evolve.”
Pushed by the interviewer about the film becoming a “touchstone” for the far right, Fincher added, “Ok, fine. It’s one of many touchstones in their lexicography,… we didn’t make it for them, but people will see what they’re going to see in a Norman Rockwell painting, or [Picasso’s] Guernica.”
“Fight Club...
The filmmaker, whose new movie “The Killer” is out now in a limited release before arriving on Netflix next week, was asked in an interview with The Guardian how he felt about his 1999 movie “Fight Club” being embraced by misogynists and those who align with the far right of the political spectrum.
“I’m not responsible for how people interpret things,” Fincher said when the topic of “incels” and the “alt-right” appreciation of his film was broached. “Language evolves. Symbols evolve.”
Pushed by the interviewer about the film becoming a “touchstone” for the far right, Fincher added, “Ok, fine. It’s one of many touchstones in their lexicography,… we didn’t make it for them, but people will see what they’re going to see in a Norman Rockwell painting, or [Picasso’s] Guernica.”
“Fight Club...
- 10/31/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
It can sound pretentious, but art really can truly be interpreted in any way by the viewer. In some cases, there are villains in movies that can win over audiences if they’re written well enough or performed well enough. Michael Douglas once expressed his frustration over some people taking to his Wall Street character, Gordon Gecko, even though it was intended that he was the antagonist. Al Pacino’s Scarface is seen by some as sort of a folk, anti-hero as Tony Montana came from the gutter and became a powerful figure with an unbreakable spirit. And now, David Fincher is being asked by The Guardian about his feelings of disenfranchised extremists holding his Fight Club film to high regard with its anti-establishment theme.
According to Variety, the director of the upcoming Michael Fassbender film, The Killer (check out our review), doesn’t feel it’s his duty to...
According to Variety, the director of the upcoming Michael Fassbender film, The Killer (check out our review), doesn’t feel it’s his duty to...
- 10/31/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
From Patrick Bateman to Tyler Durden, Men’s Rights Activists, incels, and other misogynistic men have a tendency to idolize fictional characters that are meant to be cautionary tales. David Fincher — who brought Durden to the big screen with Fight Club — is as baffled by it as you and me.
Starring Edward Norton as the disaffected Narrator and Brad Pitt as Durden, Fight Club — Fincher’s 1999 adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s 1996 novel of the same name — tackled the same middle class ennui as Office Space, but took its characters’ frustrations to much more violent ends. Steve Rose of The Guardian asked Fincher about the film’s negative impact in a new interview, but Fincher was quick to avoid taking any personal responsibility for the rise of incel culture.
“I’m not responsible for how people interpret things,” Fincher said. “Language evolves. Symbols evolve.” Pressed on the number of male supremacists...
Starring Edward Norton as the disaffected Narrator and Brad Pitt as Durden, Fight Club — Fincher’s 1999 adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s 1996 novel of the same name — tackled the same middle class ennui as Office Space, but took its characters’ frustrations to much more violent ends. Steve Rose of The Guardian asked Fincher about the film’s negative impact in a new interview, but Fincher was quick to avoid taking any personal responsibility for the rise of incel culture.
“I’m not responsible for how people interpret things,” Fincher said. “Language evolves. Symbols evolve.” Pressed on the number of male supremacists...
- 10/31/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Film News
David Fincher was recently asked by The Guardian about how his 1999 directorial effort “Fight Club” has become a favorite amongst incels and far-right groups for depicting disenfranchised white men coming together to rally against capitalist society. The director distanced himself from such a topic, telling the publication, “I’m not responsible for how people interpret things…Language evolves. Symbols evolve.”
“Ok, fine,” Fincher replied when the Guardian writer said “Fight Club” has become a touchstone for the far right. “It’s one of many touchstones in their lexicography.” Is the director bothered by that? “We didn’t make it for them, but people will see what they’re going to see in a Norman Rockwell painting, or [Picasso’s] Guernica,” he reasoned, reiterating that he’s not responsible for how people interpret his work.
“It’s impossible for me to imagine that people don’t understand that Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) is a negative influence,...
“Ok, fine,” Fincher replied when the Guardian writer said “Fight Club” has become a touchstone for the far right. “It’s one of many touchstones in their lexicography.” Is the director bothered by that? “We didn’t make it for them, but people will see what they’re going to see in a Norman Rockwell painting, or [Picasso’s] Guernica,” he reasoned, reiterating that he’s not responsible for how people interpret his work.
“It’s impossible for me to imagine that people don’t understand that Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) is a negative influence,...
- 10/30/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Since its release in 1999, “Fight Club” has become a cultural touchstone for a subset of the human population referred to as the manosphere — men who are known as “incels” and are typically steeped in misogyny and Neo-Nazi beliefs. If anyone is surprised by that, it’s the movie’s director David Fincher.
Addressing the extremist audience that has embraced a film he himself hasn’t seen in two decades, Fincher told The Guardian, “We didn’t make it for them, but people will see what they’re going to see in a Norman Rockwell painting, or [Picasso’s] Guernica.”
“I’m not responsible for how people interpret things. Language evolves. Symbols evolve,” Fincher added. Still, he understands that the movie is “one of many touchstones in their lexicography.”
This echoes comments from the author of the “Fight Club” book. In 2018, Chuck Palahniuk told the same outlet that it’s “fascinating...
Addressing the extremist audience that has embraced a film he himself hasn’t seen in two decades, Fincher told The Guardian, “We didn’t make it for them, but people will see what they’re going to see in a Norman Rockwell painting, or [Picasso’s] Guernica.”
“I’m not responsible for how people interpret things. Language evolves. Symbols evolve,” Fincher added. Still, he understands that the movie is “one of many touchstones in their lexicography.”
This echoes comments from the author of the “Fight Club” book. In 2018, Chuck Palahniuk told the same outlet that it’s “fascinating...
- 10/28/2023
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
Across the "Transformers" franchise, from the 1980s animated series to its seven live-action films, the most recognizable and steady presence is Peter Cullen as the voice of Optimus Prime. For the younger generation, however, the voice of Pete Davidson in "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" is probably even more noticeable. The comedian, best known for his stint on "Saturday Night Live" and his raucous dating life, plays the Autobot spy Mirage in the latest robot-smashing epic, adding to the enduring legacy of bad jokes and cheesy dialogue the series has become known for over the years.
Returning to the franchise for the first time since the third film, 2011's "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," Mirage has the ability to project holograms and transform into a Porsche 964 Carrera. Originally voiced by the late actor Francesco Quinn, the addition of Davidson gave director Steven Caple Jr. ("Creed II") the opportunity to craft...
Returning to the franchise for the first time since the third film, 2011's "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," Mirage has the ability to project holograms and transform into a Porsche 964 Carrera. Originally voiced by the late actor Francesco Quinn, the addition of Davidson gave director Steven Caple Jr. ("Creed II") the opportunity to craft...
- 10/10/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
Chuck Palahniuk isn’t a “big fan” of the ‘Fight Club’ ending. The controversial writer’s novel of the same name was made into a film starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton that came out in 1999, with the movie finishing with a huge series of bombs being detonated. Chuck told Variety when asked if there were any parts of the film adaptation he didn’t understand or that left him surprised: “I wasn’t a big fan of the ticking bomb, that counting down clock near the end. “And (screenwriter) Jim Uhls stuck it in because there’s obviously such a trope, and I’ve grown to accept that it is a trope.” Chuck has joked Chinese censorship of the film brought its ending closer to the book. The movie sees Edward Norton’s insurance assessor character kill off his alter ego played by Brad Pitt, but not before his...
- 9/12/2023
- by BANG Showbiz Reporter
- Bang Showbiz
Kjzz, the NPR station based in Phoenix, Arizona, is excited to announce the launch of the 10th season of Word — a podcast about literature.
Over eight episodes, host Tom Maxedon will talk with Chuck Palahniuk, J.A. Jance and NPR's Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, among many others.
The official launch date for the first episode is Sept. 12, 2023, and the last episode drops Dec. 26, 2023.
The show started as a monthly radio broadcast when Maxedon worked at Kprg Public Radio Guam-Saipan 89.3 FM from 2016-17. Growing from that catalyst, Maxedon eventually rebooted the show into a podcast after arriving at Kjzz.
Word features discussion about fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, TV and film with those who produce such. The podcast showcases longform conversations led by Maxedon, who engages with guests in a real way that allows listeners, “to feel like they are in the room,” he said.
Upcoming episodes include conversations about fall reads,...
Over eight episodes, host Tom Maxedon will talk with Chuck Palahniuk, J.A. Jance and NPR's Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, among many others.
The official launch date for the first episode is Sept. 12, 2023, and the last episode drops Dec. 26, 2023.
The show started as a monthly radio broadcast when Maxedon worked at Kprg Public Radio Guam-Saipan 89.3 FM from 2016-17. Growing from that catalyst, Maxedon eventually rebooted the show into a podcast after arriving at Kjzz.
Word features discussion about fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, TV and film with those who produce such. The podcast showcases longform conversations led by Maxedon, who engages with guests in a real way that allows listeners, “to feel like they are in the room,” he said.
Upcoming episodes include conversations about fall reads,...
- 9/12/2023
- Podnews.net
Caution! Major spoilers for the following novels abound!
Chuck Palahniuk is a novelist who aims to unsettle. Priding himself on his disturbing verbs, the transgressive author specializes in detailing the most shocking and abhorrent sides of humanity allowing the reader to systematically strip away their fears and hopefully move towards the light.
From his debut novel Fight Club, Palahniuk has indulged in the violent, the grotesque, and the deranged often dished out with a heavy helping of black humor. His decades-spanning body of work includes 19 novels and short story collections as well as three works of non-fiction and two adult coloring books, each filled with disturbed and dangerous characters.
Palahniuk’s newest novel, Not Forever, But For Now, adds more faces to the fold, chronicling a family of professional killers responsible for some of history’s most heinous crimes. As we prepare to meet Otto, Cecil, and the rest of this unhinged clan,...
Chuck Palahniuk is a novelist who aims to unsettle. Priding himself on his disturbing verbs, the transgressive author specializes in detailing the most shocking and abhorrent sides of humanity allowing the reader to systematically strip away their fears and hopefully move towards the light.
From his debut novel Fight Club, Palahniuk has indulged in the violent, the grotesque, and the deranged often dished out with a heavy helping of black humor. His decades-spanning body of work includes 19 novels and short story collections as well as three works of non-fiction and two adult coloring books, each filled with disturbed and dangerous characters.
Palahniuk’s newest novel, Not Forever, But For Now, adds more faces to the fold, chronicling a family of professional killers responsible for some of history’s most heinous crimes. As we prepare to meet Otto, Cecil, and the rest of this unhinged clan,...
- 9/5/2023
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
Chuck Palahniuk’s latest meditation on the haves and have-nots struggles to take a promising premise beyond surface-level shock value.
“It doesn’t matter so much who does what. The predators must prey. The prey must be predated. They only wish to be preyed upon by someone who will do the job properly.”
Chuck Palahniuk has been a top voice in subversive, satirical storytelling since the late ’90s through generation-defining texts like Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, and Choke. Palahniuk’s ability to get under society’s skin through pitch black parody and commentary on hidden subcultures has sustained a rich career that can be very hit or miss, but is at least always odd and interesting. 2007’s Rant might be Palahniuk’s last great novel, while there’s still plenty to appreciate in his works across the last decade. Not Forever, But For Now is deeply in the pocket and...
“It doesn’t matter so much who does what. The predators must prey. The prey must be predated. They only wish to be preyed upon by someone who will do the job properly.”
Chuck Palahniuk has been a top voice in subversive, satirical storytelling since the late ’90s through generation-defining texts like Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, and Choke. Palahniuk’s ability to get under society’s skin through pitch black parody and commentary on hidden subcultures has sustained a rich career that can be very hit or miss, but is at least always odd and interesting. 2007’s Rant might be Palahniuk’s last great novel, while there’s still plenty to appreciate in his works across the last decade. Not Forever, But For Now is deeply in the pocket and...
- 9/5/2023
- by Daniel Kurland
- bloody-disgusting.com
Love in the Blood: Beau Resurrects Russian Vampire Clan in Eccentric Genre Throwback
Chuck Palahniuk wrote it best, referencing an ‘old saying’ in his 1996 novel Fight Club regarding how ‘you always kill the one you love.’ It’s certainly the sentiment ensnaring a crumbling aristocratic family in Adrien Beau’s delightfully vintage debut The Vourdulak, based on an 1841 novella by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy. These Tolstoyan vampires pre-figure Bram Stoker’s iconic Dracula, taken from a word first utilized by Pushkin of Balkan and Slavic origins with an etymology harnessing a mixture of vampire and lycan lore.…...
Chuck Palahniuk wrote it best, referencing an ‘old saying’ in his 1996 novel Fight Club regarding how ‘you always kill the one you love.’ It’s certainly the sentiment ensnaring a crumbling aristocratic family in Adrien Beau’s delightfully vintage debut The Vourdulak, based on an 1841 novella by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy. These Tolstoyan vampires pre-figure Bram Stoker’s iconic Dracula, taken from a word first utilized by Pushkin of Balkan and Slavic origins with an etymology harnessing a mixture of vampire and lycan lore.…...
- 9/3/2023
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
If you’re a fan of cinema, you’ve likely seen and possibly indulged in the twists and turns of David Fincher’s revolutionary film, Fight Club. The film stars Edward Norton and Brad Pitt as well as Helena Bonham Carter, the late Meat Loaf, and Jared Leto. It’s a film that has speculated on endlessly since its release in 1999. The movie follows an un-named narrator (Norton) as he slowly unravels a deep-rooted secret that will change the way he sees himself, and the world. Fight Club is based on the novel of the same name by controversial author Chuck Palahniuk who has never outright stated the story’s true meaning. The film openly deals with themes of toxic masculinity, grief, mental health, and even identity crisis. It’s a film that is shot intentionally to be rewatched as there are hidden references and easter eggs in almost every frame of the feature.
- 8/21/2023
- by Kier Gomes
- JoBlo.com
Editor’s note: Jesse Andrews is author of the novel Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, which is one of five books pulled from the library shelves of high schools within the purview of Tallahassee, Florida-based Leon County Schools superintendent Rock Hanna, after the Leon County chapter of the conservative group Moms for Liberty petitioned the schools to remove the book because of the frank depiction of sex and gender identity issues. The others include Push, the Sapphire-penned book that inspired the film Precious; Doomed by Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk; Lucky by Alice Sebold; and Dead End by Jason Meyer. Still being scrutinized is an autobiography of tennis great Billie Jean King, because it discusses her sexuality. This has been an ongoing theme precipitated by policies passed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and legislative Republicans. DeSantis is running for president and probably figured to ride his brawl with Disney into the White House,...
- 7/18/2023
- by Jesse Andrews
- Deadline Film + TV
Clockwise from Upper Left: Inception (Warner Bros.), The Usual Suspects (Universal), Arrival (Sony), The Shining (Warner Bros.), The Sixth Sense (Disney)Graphic: AVClub
The typical big-budget blockbuster has a formula that chugs along with a certain familiarity, whether it’s a buddy-cop dramedy, a CGI-overloaded superhero pic or an A-list action thriller.
The typical big-budget blockbuster has a formula that chugs along with a certain familiarity, whether it’s a buddy-cop dramedy, a CGI-overloaded superhero pic or an A-list action thriller.
- 6/13/2023
- by Stacie Hougland
- avclub.com
This article breaks the first and second rules of "Fight Club" and contains spoilers.
The protagonist of David Fincher's 1999 film "Fight Club," based on the 1996 Chuck Palahniuk novel of the same name, is still incredibly relatable. Alternately called "The Narrator" or "Jack," based on his jokes from the perspective of a man named Jack's organs and body parts, he's a sad sack of a man in a dead-end cubicle job with a boss who drives him nuts. Played by Edward Norton with a perpetual frown, he's miserable and tries to buy things to fill the hole in his soul, lying awake at night staring at informercials in the throes of insomnia. Anyone who's ever had a crummy job and felt like their life was going nowhere can sympathize with poor Jack. It's easy to see how he's seduced into a cult by the charismatic and enigmatic Tyler Durden (Brad...
The protagonist of David Fincher's 1999 film "Fight Club," based on the 1996 Chuck Palahniuk novel of the same name, is still incredibly relatable. Alternately called "The Narrator" or "Jack," based on his jokes from the perspective of a man named Jack's organs and body parts, he's a sad sack of a man in a dead-end cubicle job with a boss who drives him nuts. Played by Edward Norton with a perpetual frown, he's miserable and tries to buy things to fill the hole in his soul, lying awake at night staring at informercials in the throes of insomnia. Anyone who's ever had a crummy job and felt like their life was going nowhere can sympathize with poor Jack. It's easy to see how he's seduced into a cult by the charismatic and enigmatic Tyler Durden (Brad...
- 3/3/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
Courtney Love is airing out old grievances involving Fight Club star Brad Pitt.
The actress and Grammy-nominated musician has asserted that she was set for the David Fincher film’s key role of Marla Singer — eventually to be played by Helena Bonham Carter — before Pitt intervened and got her “fired.” Love says that this happened because she “wouldn’t let Brad play” her late husband, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, after he pitched her on the idea.
Love explained that when Pitt first brought up the idea of playing Cobain — who committed suicide, aged 27, in 1994 — she “went nuclear.” And that all these years later, she wishes she’d instead embraced “the shark instinct” — letting Pitt think she’d go along with the idea of him portraying Cobain, until she was able to get through production on Fight Club. Love added that while she was dating Pitt’s Fight Club co-star Edward Norton...
The actress and Grammy-nominated musician has asserted that she was set for the David Fincher film’s key role of Marla Singer — eventually to be played by Helena Bonham Carter — before Pitt intervened and got her “fired.” Love says that this happened because she “wouldn’t let Brad play” her late husband, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, after he pitched her on the idea.
Love explained that when Pitt first brought up the idea of playing Cobain — who committed suicide, aged 27, in 1994 — she “went nuclear.” And that all these years later, she wishes she’d instead embraced “the shark instinct” — letting Pitt think she’d go along with the idea of him portraying Cobain, until she was able to get through production on Fight Club. Love added that while she was dating Pitt’s Fight Club co-star Edward Norton...
- 12/29/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The legend of “Fight Club” now has a new entry, as Courtney Love claims she was fired off of the film when she rejected Brad Pitt’s pitch to make and star in a Kurt Cobain biopic.
Love has long been connected to the role of Marla, eventually played by Helena Bonham Carter in David Fincher’s seminal 1999 Chuck Palahniuk adaptation, but whereas previous reports were that she was merely considered for the role, Love says it was hers. Until it wasn’t.
“I get the role, so the lawyers have called the lawyers – this is my role,” she told Marc Maron on a recent episode of his Wtf podcast. “We’d done all these table reads, I’d gone to work privately with David, and I get this phone call and it’s from Gus Van Sant, and Gus is having lunch with Brad Pitt… He goes, ‘Brad really...
Love has long been connected to the role of Marla, eventually played by Helena Bonham Carter in David Fincher’s seminal 1999 Chuck Palahniuk adaptation, but whereas previous reports were that she was merely considered for the role, Love says it was hers. Until it wasn’t.
“I get the role, so the lawyers have called the lawyers – this is my role,” she told Marc Maron on a recent episode of his Wtf podcast. “We’d done all these table reads, I’d gone to work privately with David, and I get this phone call and it’s from Gus Van Sant, and Gus is having lunch with Brad Pitt… He goes, ‘Brad really...
- 12/29/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
"Fight Club" is a movie people either love or hate. Some viewers are drawn to the nihilistic rants and machismo of Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), while others are turned off by his constant violence and ramblings about the emptiness of consumerism and society. Chuck Palahniuk, who wrote the novel the film is based on, prides himself on eliciting strong, yet polarizing, reactions through his words. In an interview with The Guardian, he admitted, "I'm fascinated by low fiction that generates a physical response: disgusts the reader, makes them hungry or sexually aroused."
The story of an Ikea-obsessed corporate drone running an underground fighting ring that partakes in breaking and entering and terrorism on the side is a decent premise that might catch an audience's attention, but Palahniuk kicks it up a notch with brutal violence, unabashed sexuality, and unapologetic nihilism. Nothing ruffles feathers quite like the blend of blood,...
The story of an Ikea-obsessed corporate drone running an underground fighting ring that partakes in breaking and entering and terrorism on the side is a decent premise that might catch an audience's attention, but Palahniuk kicks it up a notch with brutal violence, unabashed sexuality, and unapologetic nihilism. Nothing ruffles feathers quite like the blend of blood,...
- 11/24/2022
- by Christian Gainey
- Slash Film
What should be a fresh start for a family turns into a living nightmare when they discover their living quarters at an apartment building is already home to centuries-old hauntings in the comic book series Lot 13.
Written by Steve Niles and featuring artwork by Glenn Fabry, Lot 13 was originally published by DC Comics from 2012–2013, and we're thrilled (and chilled) to exclusively announce that Dark Horse Books will be collecting the entire series in trade paperback for the first time!
The Lot 13 trade paperback will be released in comic shops on May 3rd, 2023, followed by a bookstore release on May 16th!
Below, we have the official press release with additional details and a look at the cover art for Lot 13, and to pre-order the Lot 13 trade paperback, visit Amazon and Barnes & Noble!
Press Release: Milwaukie, Ore. — Dark Horse Books presents Lot 13, a terrifying horror story from the minds of Steve...
Written by Steve Niles and featuring artwork by Glenn Fabry, Lot 13 was originally published by DC Comics from 2012–2013, and we're thrilled (and chilled) to exclusively announce that Dark Horse Books will be collecting the entire series in trade paperback for the first time!
The Lot 13 trade paperback will be released in comic shops on May 3rd, 2023, followed by a bookstore release on May 16th!
Below, we have the official press release with additional details and a look at the cover art for Lot 13, and to pre-order the Lot 13 trade paperback, visit Amazon and Barnes & Noble!
Press Release: Milwaukie, Ore. — Dark Horse Books presents Lot 13, a terrifying horror story from the minds of Steve...
- 10/24/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Telluride Horror Show, Colorado’s first and largest horror film festival, returns for its 13th edition October 14-16, 2022. Every year, the festival attracts the latest & best genre films from around the world and attendees from all over the country for an incredible gathering of film fans in the world-famous mountain resort town of Telluride, Colorado.
For three packed days, attendees experience an eclectic mix of horror, suspense, thriller, dark fantasy, sci-fi and dark comedy in Telluride’s unique theaters, with many of the films showing for the first time in the US. This year’s program features a robust international lineup with the latest and best horror films from 15 countries around the world, with numerous directors and cast and crew members in person. Attendees will have a chance to meet Hollywood legend Clint Howard at Friday’s Ice Scream Social, where he’ll be scooping ice cream before the festival...
For three packed days, attendees experience an eclectic mix of horror, suspense, thriller, dark fantasy, sci-fi and dark comedy in Telluride’s unique theaters, with many of the films showing for the first time in the US. This year’s program features a robust international lineup with the latest and best horror films from 15 countries around the world, with numerous directors and cast and crew members in person. Attendees will have a chance to meet Hollywood legend Clint Howard at Friday’s Ice Scream Social, where he’ll be scooping ice cream before the festival...
- 10/12/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
David Fincher’s Fight Club is an important movie to us here at JoBlo. Many of us were born in a time that, just as this film was released, we were coming of age. In fact, the year that it came out – 1999 – was jampacked with formative films including The Matrix, Go, American Beauty, Being John Malkovich, Magnolia, Three Kings and so many more. But Fight Club was special. Based on Chuck Palahniuk’s masterful novel, the movie examined what would now be called “toxic masculinity” way before the term for it even existed, with it about an unnamed narrator (Edward Norton) who makes a friend named Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and the two begin a “Fight Club” which serves at first as an outlet for frustrated men, but soon becomes something much more.
One thing to note is that while some movies of the era are dated, Fight Club not...
One thing to note is that while some movies of the era are dated, Fight Club not...
- 9/22/2022
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Hollywood heartthrob, Brad Pitt, continues to stay true to his matinee idol status. The actor may soon be entering his senior years already, but he still manages to age like fine wine. Leave it to him to continue serving fashionable looks, while still making us feel giddy like teenage girls with every appearance. It’s about time Pitt gives us a Masterclass about growing old gracefully. Here are five swoon-worthy scenes starring the actor: 5. Fight Club The David Fincher classic was an adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. It followed an unnamed man, portrayed
Five Swoon-worthy Scenes Starring Brad Pitt...
Five Swoon-worthy Scenes Starring Brad Pitt...
- 4/6/2022
- by Michelle Siy
- TVovermind.com
"Fight Club" is David Fincher's stylistic, nuanced view on 21st-century masculinity and consumerism. The film is an adaptation of the Chuck Palahniuk novel of the same name. The scathing indictment on modern workplaces and what we're expected to do with our money was borne partly from Palahniuk's own frustration with his lot in life. He wrote the novel while completing the mundane work of writing repair manuals.
After pouring out his frustrations in the form of a pliant narrator and Gen-x antihero Tyler Durden, the story took a long and winding path to become the visual masterpiece we have today. It seemed that the first...
The post Nobody Thought Fight Club Would Make It Out of Pre-Production appeared first on /Film.
After pouring out his frustrations in the form of a pliant narrator and Gen-x antihero Tyler Durden, the story took a long and winding path to become the visual masterpiece we have today. It seemed that the first...
The post Nobody Thought Fight Club Would Make It Out of Pre-Production appeared first on /Film.
- 3/24/2022
- by Travis Yates
- Slash Film
Fremantle has acquired a 25% stake in Henrik Bastin’s Fabel Entertainment, the international development and production outfit behind the upcoming Bosch spinoff, Bosch: Legacy. on Amazon’s IMDb TV ad-supported platform.
The original Prime Video series, which is based on Michael Connelly’s bestselling books, was developed and produced by Bastin and his team at his previous company, Fabrik, and recently concluded production on the seventh and final season. It was Prime Video’s longest-running original and a partnership between LA-based Swedish producer Bastin and the production arm of German broadcaster ProSiebeSat.1.
Fremantle’s stake in Fabel is the company’s latest investment following a series of acquisitions across the past year including acquiring 12 production labels in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark from Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group), scripted Italian production company Lux Vide, Australian-American television production company Eureka Productions (Finding Magic Mike) and UK factual production company...
The original Prime Video series, which is based on Michael Connelly’s bestselling books, was developed and produced by Bastin and his team at his previous company, Fabrik, and recently concluded production on the seventh and final season. It was Prime Video’s longest-running original and a partnership between LA-based Swedish producer Bastin and the production arm of German broadcaster ProSiebeSat.1.
Fremantle’s stake in Fabel is the company’s latest investment following a series of acquisitions across the past year including acquiring 12 production labels in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark from Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group), scripted Italian production company Lux Vide, Australian-American television production company Eureka Productions (Finding Magic Mike) and UK factual production company...
- 3/10/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Fremantle has bought a minority stake in “Bosch” producer Fabel Entertainment.
The Rtl Group-owned production powerhouse has acquired a 25% stake in Henrik Bastin’s Fabel, which was set up last year following the executive’s exit from his former production company, Fabrik Entertainment. (Fabrik was backed by German’s Red Arrow.)
Bastin is best known for the Bosch franchise and has now set up spin-off series “Bosch: Legacy” at IMDb TV via new label Fabel. The company is also in the works on a scripted show based on neurologist Oliver Sacks and an adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s “Invisible Monsters.”
Based on Michael Connelly’s bestselling books, the original “Bosch” series recently concluded production on its seventh and final season. Variety understands the spin-off deal with IMDb TV was secured by Bastin prior to Fremantle coming on board.
The deal is the latest investment for Fremantle following a number...
The Rtl Group-owned production powerhouse has acquired a 25% stake in Henrik Bastin’s Fabel, which was set up last year following the executive’s exit from his former production company, Fabrik Entertainment. (Fabrik was backed by German’s Red Arrow.)
Bastin is best known for the Bosch franchise and has now set up spin-off series “Bosch: Legacy” at IMDb TV via new label Fabel. The company is also in the works on a scripted show based on neurologist Oliver Sacks and an adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s “Invisible Monsters.”
Based on Michael Connelly’s bestselling books, the original “Bosch” series recently concluded production on its seventh and final season. Variety understands the spin-off deal with IMDb TV was secured by Bastin prior to Fremantle coming on board.
The deal is the latest investment for Fremantle following a number...
- 3/10/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
The saga of the censored "Fight Club" ending continues. Director David Fincher has now spoken out about the decision to excise footage from the end of his oft-misinterpreted 1999 film. It happened like a reverse Tyler Durden move, except this act of splicing mayhem was on the Chinese streaming service, Tencent Video, and not in a projection room with cigarette burns appearing over the Brad Pitt character's cannonball shoulder.
If you're just now joining us, the saga began when news broke that Tencent had replaced the usual "Fight Club" ending with a descriptive caption, which, ironically, hewed closer to Chuck Palahniuk's novel. This is something Palahniuk himself noted...
The post David Fincher Breaks Down That Censored Chinese Fight Club Ending appeared first on /Film.
If you're just now joining us, the saga began when news broke that Tencent had replaced the usual "Fight Club" ending with a descriptive caption, which, ironically, hewed closer to Chuck Palahniuk's novel. This is something Palahniuk himself noted...
The post David Fincher Breaks Down That Censored Chinese Fight Club Ending appeared first on /Film.
- 2/15/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Though the original ending of “Fight Club” has been restored on Chinese streamer Tencent Video, director David Fincher is still baffled as to why it was ever changed in the first place.
“A company licensed the film from New Regency to show it in China, with a boilerplate [contract]: ‘You have to understand cuts may be made for censorship purposes,'” the director explained in a recent interview with Empire. “No one said, ‘If we don’t like the ending, can we change it?’ So there’s now a discussion being had as to what ‘trims’ means.”
Fincher added that it wasn’t so much the trims themselves that bothered him, but why they were made. The director argued that Tencent Video shouldn’t have licensed “Fight Club” to begin with.
“If you don’t like this story, why would you license this movie?” he continued. “It makes no sense to me when people go,...
“A company licensed the film from New Regency to show it in China, with a boilerplate [contract]: ‘You have to understand cuts may be made for censorship purposes,'” the director explained in a recent interview with Empire. “No one said, ‘If we don’t like the ending, can we change it?’ So there’s now a discussion being had as to what ‘trims’ means.”
Fincher added that it wasn’t so much the trims themselves that bothered him, but why they were made. The director argued that Tencent Video shouldn’t have licensed “Fight Club” to begin with.
“If you don’t like this story, why would you license this movie?” he continued. “It makes no sense to me when people go,...
- 2/15/2022
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
David Fincher has finally weighed in on China’s “Fight Club” censorship. As reported by Variety last month, Fincher’s “Fight Club” was uploaded to Tencent Video, China’s largest video streamer, with an entirely new ending that was the exact opposite of the director’s finale. Tencent Video then restored Fincher’s original ending earlier this month after significant backlash.
In Fincher’s 1999 “Fight Club” ending, Edward Norton’s narrator character kills off his alter ego Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) before watching the city burst into flames in apparent confirmation that his plan to destroy civilization has worked. The new ending in China cut the film to black before the citywide destruction. A title card then appeared saying authorities stopped the anarchic plan.
Fincher reacted to the censored ending in an interview with Empire magazine, saying, “It’s funny to me that the people who wrote the Band-Aid [ending] in...
In Fincher’s 1999 “Fight Club” ending, Edward Norton’s narrator character kills off his alter ego Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) before watching the city burst into flames in apparent confirmation that his plan to destroy civilization has worked. The new ending in China cut the film to black before the citywide destruction. A title card then appeared saying authorities stopped the anarchic plan.
Fincher reacted to the censored ending in an interview with Empire magazine, saying, “It’s funny to me that the people who wrote the Band-Aid [ending] in...
- 2/14/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
“Fight Club” director David Fincher has just entered the censorship debate.
The 1999 film began streaming last month on Tencent Video in China, albeit with a censored ending featuring Narrator (Edward Norton) not killing his split personality Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and blowing up a city skyline with love interest Marla (Helena Bonham Carter) by his side.
The iconic explosion sequence was removed, and instead a caption appeared onscreen: “Through the clue provided by Tyler, the police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding,” the title card reads. “After the trial, Tyler was sent to lunatic asylum receiving psychological treatment. He was discharged from the hospital in 2012.”
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Tencent Video restored 11 out of the 12 minutes it originally cut from the film’s climax two weeks later.
So, how did this all happen?
“Here’s what we know,” Fincher told...
The 1999 film began streaming last month on Tencent Video in China, albeit with a censored ending featuring Narrator (Edward Norton) not killing his split personality Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and blowing up a city skyline with love interest Marla (Helena Bonham Carter) by his side.
The iconic explosion sequence was removed, and instead a caption appeared onscreen: “Through the clue provided by Tyler, the police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding,” the title card reads. “After the trial, Tyler was sent to lunatic asylum receiving psychological treatment. He was discharged from the hospital in 2012.”
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Tencent Video restored 11 out of the 12 minutes it originally cut from the film’s climax two weeks later.
So, how did this all happen?
“Here’s what we know,” Fincher told...
- 2/14/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Editor’s Note: Spoilers ahead for the ending of David Fincher’s “Fight Club.”
The online backlash to China’s censorship of “Fight Club” successfully restored (most) of the original ending for the film. After reports came out that streaming service Tencent Video had edited the famed ending featuring the Narrator (Edward Norton) killing his split personality Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and blowing up a city skyline with love interest Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), Tencent Video has since released the original ending online.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Tencent has restored 11 out of the 12 minutes it originally cut from the film’s climax. The missing minute includes a nude sex scene between Pitt and Bonham Carter’s characters; however, the iconic explosion sequence remains in full.
Tencent originally cut the finale, with the film fading to black and a caption added stating that in the end, the police thwarted Tyler’s destructive plan.
The online backlash to China’s censorship of “Fight Club” successfully restored (most) of the original ending for the film. After reports came out that streaming service Tencent Video had edited the famed ending featuring the Narrator (Edward Norton) killing his split personality Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and blowing up a city skyline with love interest Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), Tencent Video has since released the original ending online.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Tencent has restored 11 out of the 12 minutes it originally cut from the film’s climax. The missing minute includes a nude sex scene between Pitt and Bonham Carter’s characters; however, the iconic explosion sequence remains in full.
Tencent originally cut the finale, with the film fading to black and a caption added stating that in the end, the police thwarted Tyler’s destructive plan.
- 2/7/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
China’s giant Tencent Video has begun playing David Fincher’s classic “Fight Club” with its original dystopian ending now intact. The move to restore the final scenes comes barely two weeks after it emerged that the ending of the film as it played on Chinese streaming had been changed so that law and order prevail.
There has been no explanation of the reversal, nor who was responsible for the previous amendment to the 1999 film.
Online pressure from fans and a chorus of international media commentary highlighting the Chinese government’s penchant for micro-management, may have secured a rare policy reversal.
In Fincher’s original film Edward Norton’s narrator character kills off his alter ego Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) before watching buildings burst into flame in apparent confirmation that his plan to destroy modern civilization is being executed.
The version that began playing on China’s largest video streamer stopped before the buildings explode.
There has been no explanation of the reversal, nor who was responsible for the previous amendment to the 1999 film.
Online pressure from fans and a chorus of international media commentary highlighting the Chinese government’s penchant for micro-management, may have secured a rare policy reversal.
In Fincher’s original film Edward Norton’s narrator character kills off his alter ego Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) before watching buildings burst into flame in apparent confirmation that his plan to destroy modern civilization is being executed.
The version that began playing on China’s largest video streamer stopped before the buildings explode.
- 2/7/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
We may not be our jobs, but novelist Chuck Palahniuk still finds hilarity in his work.
The “Fight Club” author weighed in on the Chinese government censoring the ending of David Fincher’s 1999 film adaptation.
Instead of the original ending showing Narrator (Edward Norton) blowing up a city skyline, the online release in China cut the explosion and added a caption to assure viewers that the Narrator a.k.a. the real Tyler Durden was apprehended by authorities.
“Through the clue provided by Tyler, the police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding,” the title card reads. “After the trial, Tyler was sent to lunatic asylum receiving psychological treatment. He was discharged from the hospital in 2012.”
Palahniuk told TMZ that the recut ending actually bears more similarity to his original novel’s conclusion.
“The irony is that the way the Chinese...
The “Fight Club” author weighed in on the Chinese government censoring the ending of David Fincher’s 1999 film adaptation.
Instead of the original ending showing Narrator (Edward Norton) blowing up a city skyline, the online release in China cut the explosion and added a caption to assure viewers that the Narrator a.k.a. the real Tyler Durden was apprehended by authorities.
“Through the clue provided by Tyler, the police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding,” the title card reads. “After the trial, Tyler was sent to lunatic asylum receiving psychological treatment. He was discharged from the hospital in 2012.”
Palahniuk told TMZ that the recut ending actually bears more similarity to his original novel’s conclusion.
“The irony is that the way the Chinese...
- 1/28/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
“Fight Club” author Chuck Palahniuk has shared a surprising reaction to this week’s news that China censored the ending of David Fincher’s 1999 movie, which is based on Palahniuk’s 1996 novel of the same name. As reported by Variety, “Fight Club” was uploaded to Tencent Video, China’s largest video streamer, with an entirely new ending that is the exact opposite of Fincher’s finale.
In the 1999 original, Edward Norton’s narrator character kills off his alter ego Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) before watching the city burst into flames in apparent confirmation that his plan to destroy civilization has worked. The new ending in China cuts the film to black before the city erupts in films. An English-language title card appears saying authorities stopped the anarchic plan.
The card reads in full: “The police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding.
In the 1999 original, Edward Norton’s narrator character kills off his alter ego Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) before watching the city burst into flames in apparent confirmation that his plan to destroy civilization has worked. The new ending in China cuts the film to black before the city erupts in films. An English-language title card appears saying authorities stopped the anarchic plan.
The card reads in full: “The police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding.
- 1/27/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Chuck Palahniuk described the plot change, which involves police foiling an anarchist conspiracy, as aligning more closely to his original novel than David Fincher’s film
The author of Fight Club has praised the “happy ending” afforded to David Fincher’s film of his book for a new Chinese cut of the movie.
Chuck Palahniuk described the change, in which the police successfully foil an anarchist plot and the heroes are incarcerated, as “Super wonderful”.
Palahniuk told TMZ: “The irony is that … they’ve aligned the ending almost exactly with the ending of the book, as opposed to Fincher’s ending, which was the more spectacular visual ending. So in a way, the Chinese brought the movie back to the book a little bit.”...
The author of Fight Club has praised the “happy ending” afforded to David Fincher’s film of his book for a new Chinese cut of the movie.
Chuck Palahniuk described the change, in which the police successfully foil an anarchist plot and the heroes are incarcerated, as “Super wonderful”.
Palahniuk told TMZ: “The irony is that … they’ve aligned the ending almost exactly with the ending of the book, as opposed to Fincher’s ending, which was the more spectacular visual ending. So in a way, the Chinese brought the movie back to the book a little bit.”...
- 1/27/2022
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
I know I'm not supposed to, but I'm going to talk about it. "Fight Club," that is — the movie directed by David Fincher that's based on the book by Chuck Palahniuk and beloved by angsty youths everywhere. It's a stellar ride of a movie, and if you've managed to make it this far in life without getting spoiled on the film's major plot twist, you've either been living in complete isolation for the past couple of decades, or you just don't get out much. Either way, I'm here to spoil some of the film's magic for you, clueing you in on some...
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The post The Major Tyler Durden Clue You May Have Missed Early in Fight Club appeared first on /Film.
- 1/12/2022
- by Miyako Pleines
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Dark Horse Comics today unveiled Black Solstice, a new graphic novel written by Oscar winners Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe, which it will publish next December.
The comic illustrated by Aremo Massa picks up following a winter solstice which saw the world transform when every Black person in America gained superpowers—powers that gave an unthinkable amount of hope, but then disappeared the following morning. Now, with only three days before the next winter solstice, the entire nation is holding its breath, waiting to see if the powers will return.
But not everyone’s been just waiting. Kesa, Quentin, and Deja—the Wallace siblings—have been planning the biggest heist in history, something that would change everything for Black people. And they are ready. All they need are those powers to kick in for 24 more hours.
“This journey began on December 21, 2020, when practically every Black person on Twitter started declaring,...
The comic illustrated by Aremo Massa picks up following a winter solstice which saw the world transform when every Black person in America gained superpowers—powers that gave an unthinkable amount of hope, but then disappeared the following morning. Now, with only three days before the next winter solstice, the entire nation is holding its breath, waiting to see if the powers will return.
But not everyone’s been just waiting. Kesa, Quentin, and Deja—the Wallace siblings—have been planning the biggest heist in history, something that would change everything for Black people. And they are ready. All they need are those powers to kick in for 24 more hours.
“This journey began on December 21, 2020, when practically every Black person on Twitter started declaring,...
- 12/21/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Kai Yu Wu, The Flash and Hannibal writer, has teamed up with author and screenwriter Cherie Dimaline to adapt the latter’s horror novel Empire of Wild.
The pair are working with Fabel Entertainment, the company behind IMDb TV’s Bosch spin-off, on the series adaptation.
Dimaline’s novel, which was published in 2019, is grounded in indigenous folklore and follows Joan a year after her husband’s disappearance as she desperately tries to bring him back from the nefarious religious organization and supernatural forces that have claimed him.
Dimaline, who is indigenous, is best known for her YA novel The Marrow Thieves. She is currently writing on FX series Retreat.
Wu is a Taiwanese-American writer who recently created Netflix series The Ghost Bride and wrote on Amazon’s Paper Girls.
It marks Fabel Entertainment’s first move into the horror and fantasy genre. The company launched earlier this year by CEO Henrik Bastin,...
The pair are working with Fabel Entertainment, the company behind IMDb TV’s Bosch spin-off, on the series adaptation.
Dimaline’s novel, which was published in 2019, is grounded in indigenous folklore and follows Joan a year after her husband’s disappearance as she desperately tries to bring him back from the nefarious religious organization and supernatural forces that have claimed him.
Dimaline, who is indigenous, is best known for her YA novel The Marrow Thieves. She is currently writing on FX series Retreat.
Wu is a Taiwanese-American writer who recently created Netflix series The Ghost Bride and wrote on Amazon’s Paper Girls.
It marks Fabel Entertainment’s first move into the horror and fantasy genre. The company launched earlier this year by CEO Henrik Bastin,...
- 7/26/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The founder and program director of the Etheria Film Festival, Heidi Honeycutt, discusses her favorite films from women filmmakers with Josh and Joe.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Destroyer (1988)
Army of the Dead (2021)
The Howling (1981) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine recommendation
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Wonder Woman (2017)
The Dirty Dozen (1967) – Ed Neumeier’s trailer commentary
The Wild Bunch (1969) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Joe Dante’s review
The Women (1939) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
The Opposite Sex (1956) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Women (2008)
Halloween (1978) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary, Alex Kirschenbaum’s series and timeline power rankings, Randy Fuller’s wine recommendation
Valley Girl (1983) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s trailer commentary
Valley Girl (2020)
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Wicker Man (2006)
Mandy (2018)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s trailer commentary
Clueless (1995)
Legally Blonde (2001)
The Craft (1996)
Runaway...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Destroyer (1988)
Army of the Dead (2021)
The Howling (1981) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine recommendation
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Wonder Woman (2017)
The Dirty Dozen (1967) – Ed Neumeier’s trailer commentary
The Wild Bunch (1969) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Joe Dante’s review
The Women (1939) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
The Opposite Sex (1956) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Women (2008)
Halloween (1978) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary, Alex Kirschenbaum’s series and timeline power rankings, Randy Fuller’s wine recommendation
Valley Girl (1983) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s trailer commentary
Valley Girl (2020)
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Wicker Man (2006)
Mandy (2018)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s trailer commentary
Clueless (1995)
Legally Blonde (2001)
The Craft (1996)
Runaway...
- 7/13/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
It's not a job he necessarily wants, but the drug-fueled detective Cal McDonald will still do everything he can to keep the world safe from the sinister forces of nefarious magic. In addition to fighting living nightmares on the paneled pages of Steve Niles' Criminal Macabre comic book series, McDonald's eerie adventures are further fleshed out in the short story prose format of Niles' Criminal Macabre: The Complete Cal McDonald Stories, and we're thrilled to exclusively announce that Dark Horse Comics will release a new edition of the acclaimed prose collection, including two new stories and an introduction by the legendary John Carpenter!
Below, we have the exclusive reveal of the cover art for the new edition of Criminal Macabre: The Complete Cal McDonald Stories, which will be released in paperback on March 2nd, 2022.
In the meantime, you can check out the official press release with additional details below, and...
Below, we have the exclusive reveal of the cover art for the new edition of Criminal Macabre: The Complete Cal McDonald Stories, which will be released in paperback on March 2nd, 2022.
In the meantime, you can check out the official press release with additional details below, and...
- 6/29/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Blending elements of Halloween and Jacob's Ladder within its own creepy and compelling story, writer Magdalene Visaggio and artist Andrea Mutti's new graphic novel Cold Bodies will explore the haunting effects of trauma on the only survivor of the vicious Winter Man massacre, and we're thrilled (and chilled) to exclusively reveal the graphic novel's release details and cover art that's reminiscent of an ’80s horror movie poster.
Dark Horse will release Cold Bodies in comic shops on September 8th and in bookstores on September 21st, just in time for the Halloween season!
Below, we have the cover art and official press release with additional details, and be sure to keep an eye on Dark Horse Comics' website for more information!
Press Release: Milwaukie, Ore., — From Eisner and GLAAD Media Award-nominated writer Magdalene Visaggio and creator of SyFy Channel’s Vagrant Queen, and illustrated by Andrea Mutti comes Cold Bodies, a...
Dark Horse will release Cold Bodies in comic shops on September 8th and in bookstores on September 21st, just in time for the Halloween season!
Below, we have the cover art and official press release with additional details, and be sure to keep an eye on Dark Horse Comics' website for more information!
Press Release: Milwaukie, Ore., — From Eisner and GLAAD Media Award-nominated writer Magdalene Visaggio and creator of SyFy Channel’s Vagrant Queen, and illustrated by Andrea Mutti comes Cold Bodies, a...
- 3/16/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Henrik Bastin, the driving force behind Amazon’s cop drama series Bosch, is launching a new production company after exiting Red Arrow Studios joint venture Fabrik Entertainment.
Fabrik, which produced seven seasons of the Titus Welliver-fronted procedural, the streamer’s longest-running original, was a partnership between LA-based Swedish producer Bastin and the production arm of German broadcaster ProSiebeSat.1.
The new company will retain its development slate, including a series based on neurologist Oliver Sacks at Fox and adaptations of Chuck Palahniuk’s Invisible Monsters and Stephen King’s The Ten O’Clock People, and will continue with Melissa Aouate as President.
Bastin told Deadline that he was excited to move into new genres, including sci-fi, as well as step back into comedy, a genre that Fabrik dabbled in with FX’s The Comedians starring Billy Crystal and Josh Gad and based on Swedish show Ulveson Och Herngren.
“I’m super excited.
Fabrik, which produced seven seasons of the Titus Welliver-fronted procedural, the streamer’s longest-running original, was a partnership between LA-based Swedish producer Bastin and the production arm of German broadcaster ProSiebeSat.1.
The new company will retain its development slate, including a series based on neurologist Oliver Sacks at Fox and adaptations of Chuck Palahniuk’s Invisible Monsters and Stephen King’s The Ten O’Clock People, and will continue with Melissa Aouate as President.
Bastin told Deadline that he was excited to move into new genres, including sci-fi, as well as step back into comedy, a genre that Fabrik dabbled in with FX’s The Comedians starring Billy Crystal and Josh Gad and based on Swedish show Ulveson Och Herngren.
“I’m super excited.
- 2/16/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
"When there's no more room in Development Hell..." For as many intriguing, thought-provoking, and altogether entertaining horror movies we've seen over the decades, there are many more that never saw the light of the big screen. Thankfully, longtime horror journalist and filmmaker Dave Alexander sheds light on the scary good projects that never quite came to life in his new book Untold Horror, and we're excited to exclusively announce that Dark Horse Books will release Untold Horror in hardcover to comic shops on July 28th and in bookstores on August 10th.
Brimming with interviews, scripts, and artwork for some of the horror genre's most shocking unmade movies, Untold Horror spotlights unfinished films that were in the works from George A. Romero, John Landis, Joe Dante, Larry Cohen, Richard Stanley, Vincenzo Natali, and more filmmakers!
Below, we have the official press release with additional details, as well a look at the...
Brimming with interviews, scripts, and artwork for some of the horror genre's most shocking unmade movies, Untold Horror spotlights unfinished films that were in the works from George A. Romero, John Landis, Joe Dante, Larry Cohen, Richard Stanley, Vincenzo Natali, and more filmmakers!
Below, we have the official press release with additional details, as well a look at the...
- 2/15/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Elisa Lam's 2013 death at the Cecil Hotel has been marked by strange coincidences and conspiracy theories. The bizarre elevator video of her and the way that she was found in the hotel water tank only contributed to the mystery of her passing. To add to the enigma, most of the world singularly knew her voice from her Tumblr account nouvelle-nouveau. Netflix's docuseries Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel takes snippets from Lam's personal blog to establish the story around her death. While it no longer features new posts, Lam's Tumblr account is still up, and you can still sift through its archive.
The 21-year-old Canadian student wrote on her blog prolifically, so it became a valuable source for investigators and web sleuths alike. Crime Scene uses the Tumblr account not only to fill out the timeline of Lam's disappearance case, but also to reconstruct her voice and personality.
The 21-year-old Canadian student wrote on her blog prolifically, so it became a valuable source for investigators and web sleuths alike. Crime Scene uses the Tumblr account not only to fill out the timeline of Lam's disappearance case, but also to reconstruct her voice and personality.
- 2/11/2021
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
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With David Fincher’s long-awaited “Mank,” about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz’s quest to finish the screenplay for “Citizen Kane,” finally on Netflix, this weekend’s a great time to revisit the director’s other work.
The music video wunderkind-turned-big-screen auteur has a robust body of work beginning with 1992’s much-maligned “Alien³,” and featuring critical and box office hits like “Se7en,” “Gone Girl,” and “The Social Network.” Most of his 11 films are likely streaming on one of your subscription services, and they’re also available to purchase or rent via Amazon.
You can take a look at David Ehrlich’s ranking of all of Fincher’s films here, and read on to find...
With David Fincher’s long-awaited “Mank,” about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz’s quest to finish the screenplay for “Citizen Kane,” finally on Netflix, this weekend’s a great time to revisit the director’s other work.
The music video wunderkind-turned-big-screen auteur has a robust body of work beginning with 1992’s much-maligned “Alien³,” and featuring critical and box office hits like “Se7en,” “Gone Girl,” and “The Social Network.” Most of his 11 films are likely streaming on one of your subscription services, and they’re also available to purchase or rent via Amazon.
You can take a look at David Ehrlich’s ranking of all of Fincher’s films here, and read on to find...
- 12/5/2020
- by Jean Bentley
- Indiewire
Parenting is the biggest sacrifice one can make, it’s putting your life on hold to fulfill the promise of their children’s tomorrow. The experience gathered from Bigg Boss house is often valuable and the experience gained is one of the nature of wisdom. Chuck Palahniuk rightly said, “First your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.” In the Bigg Boss 14 Extra Masala clip available on Voot, the housemates siting in the dining area recall the sacrifice and unconditional love showered on them by their parents.
The ongoing pandemic has put us all through the wringer, left to handle all our domestic tasks independently, along with the immense workload we’re all saddled with. In an honest discussion with other housemates, Abhinav proudly recalled all the hidden gems of knowledge his father taught him and his brother.
He said, “My father,...
The ongoing pandemic has put us all through the wringer, left to handle all our domestic tasks independently, along with the immense workload we’re all saddled with. In an honest discussion with other housemates, Abhinav proudly recalled all the hidden gems of knowledge his father taught him and his brother.
He said, “My father,...
- 10/29/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
It's time to talk about Fight Club. Not that people have ever really stopped talking about the polarizing, endlessly quotable film since it came out on Oct. 15, 1999. With its critique of consumer capitalism and its corresponding anarchic solutions; the unapologetic hypermasculinity, however satirized it may be; and that "holy s--t!" ending, David Fincher's film—adapted from Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 novel of the same name—was ripe for the controversy-picking. Everyone from reviewers to culture critics to academic scholars have had their way with it, calling it everything from a masterpiece to "socially irresponsible" to "an inadmissible assault on...
- 10/15/2020
- E! Online
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