The Equalizer 3, on course to finish the holiday as the second highest Labor Day domestic box office weekend ever, is a fitting snapshot of the disciplined manner in which Denzel Washington built one of the great careers of his generation. The final installment of his first franchise cost a reported $70 million, modest compared to most third franchise installments, and Washington has always been cognizant of the need to make money for investors of his films.
“I feel like I’ve just been chopping wood,” Washington said years back in describing his approach and the slow road to making $20 million a picture. “I found my wheelhouse in films that cost $50 million, which, if they open at $20 million, will give the studios their money back. Nobody has asked me to put on tights for one of those superhero movies, and I’m not saying I wouldn’t have wanted to make...
“I feel like I’ve just been chopping wood,” Washington said years back in describing his approach and the slow road to making $20 million a picture. “I found my wheelhouse in films that cost $50 million, which, if they open at $20 million, will give the studios their money back. Nobody has asked me to put on tights for one of those superhero movies, and I’m not saying I wouldn’t have wanted to make...
- 9/4/2023
- by Matt Grobar, Mike Fleming Jr and Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Harrison Ford hangs up the whip and fedora with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which hits theaters globally this week. At 80, Ford has proven one of the most durable iconic leading man since emerging from bit parts to a warp speed jump in the ’70s. Below is a photo gallery marking some of the seminal steps that over 50 years turned a carpenter into a legendary leading man. It’s a career built with a craftsman’s care of vehicles that allowed Ford to stretch, while never forgetting his core audience. They don’t build them like this anymore.
- 6/29/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones were holed up in their Los Angeles home last spring, despairing about the pandemic, when they got an idea: What if they channeled their feelings into a story that showcased this surreal moment? The film that emerged was “How It Ends,” a witty comedy that follows a woman (Lister-Jones) and her younger self (Cailee Spaeny) during their last day on Earth before the apocalypse. Premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the film was shot in early summer under strict Covid-19 protocols, and the result is an impressive snapshot of our time — both in terms of narrative relevancy and nimble,...
Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones were holed up in their Los Angeles home last spring, despairing about the pandemic, when they got an idea: What if they channeled their feelings into a story that showcased this surreal moment? The film that emerged was “How It Ends,” a witty comedy that follows a woman (Lister-Jones) and her younger self (Cailee Spaeny) during their last day on Earth before the apocalypse. Premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the film was shot in early summer under strict Covid-19 protocols, and the result is an impressive snapshot of our time — both in terms of narrative relevancy and nimble,...
- 2/5/2021
- by IndieWire Staff
- Indiewire
Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones’ How it Ends takes place on the eve of the Earth’s destruction. Followed by her younger self (Cailee Spaeny), Liza (played by Lister-Jones) tries to make it to a party despite the fact that her car has been stolen. Acting as co-dp (as well as co-editor and co-writer), Wein shares how he got close to the material as a consequence of the pandemic. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What were the factors and attributes that led to your being hired for this job? Wein: I chose to […]
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- 2/2/2021
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones’ How it Ends takes place on the eve of the Earth’s destruction. Followed by her younger self (Cailee Spaeny), Liza (played by Lister-Jones) tries to make it to a party despite the fact that her car has been stolen. Acting as co-dp (as well as co-editor and co-writer), Wein shares how he got close to the material as a consequence of the pandemic. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What were the factors and attributes that led to your being hired for this job? Wein: I chose to […]
The post "I Wanted to Create a Kind of Subtle, Candy-Coated Pop Aesthetic": Dp Daryl Wein on How it Ends first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post "I Wanted to Create a Kind of Subtle, Candy-Coated Pop Aesthetic": Dp Daryl Wein on How it Ends first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 2/2/2021
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
This article contains spoilers for American Gods season 3 episode 4.
American Gods star Yetide Badaki, known to fans of the show as love goddess Bilquis, has an upbringing as unique as any fictional character from Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel.
She lived in England for three years, has lived in American since age 12, and went to college in Canada, but Badaki’s roots are planted in the soil of the country of her birth, Nigeria. Nigeria, Africa’s largest country, serves as the centerpiece of the larger tribal community known as Yorubaland along with Benin, Ghana, and Togo. Yorubaland is home to 55 million people and was one of the largest sources of the enslaved people to the United States of America. It’s also home to spirit world entities which are now about to enter into the American Gods’ canon: The Orisha.
Far from being a relic of the past, the...
American Gods star Yetide Badaki, known to fans of the show as love goddess Bilquis, has an upbringing as unique as any fictional character from Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel.
She lived in England for three years, has lived in American since age 12, and went to college in Canada, but Badaki’s roots are planted in the soil of the country of her birth, Nigeria. Nigeria, Africa’s largest country, serves as the centerpiece of the larger tribal community known as Yorubaland along with Benin, Ghana, and Togo. Yorubaland is home to 55 million people and was one of the largest sources of the enslaved people to the United States of America. It’s also home to spirit world entities which are now about to enter into the American Gods’ canon: The Orisha.
Far from being a relic of the past, the...
- 2/1/2021
- by Ron Hogan
- Den of Geek
How “How It Ends” ends: badly, and not soon enough. How it begins is not much better, and has the added disadvantage of being even further from the end than the end. Everything in the middle is great, though! Just kidding. The middle is likely the worst part. “How It Ends,” directed by husband-and-wife team Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones (“Band Aid“), who also stars, delivers almost precisely the film you might have feared in darker moments, way back at the beginning of this ungodly pandemic, that someone was going to think was a good idea: a wildly self-indulgent, toothcrackingly twee feature-length therapy session for people whose experiences during this period of isolation and alienation, contrary to the popular notion that we’re all going through much the same shit, are clearly so deeply, existentially different from yours that you end up feeling lonelier than ever.
Continue reading ‘How It...
Continue reading ‘How It...
- 1/30/2021
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
Bridgerton on Wednesday became Netflix’s biggest series ever when the streamer unveiled that 82 million households have watched at least a portion of the Regency romance’ eight-episode first season in the first 28 days, a whopping 30% more than the originally projected by Netflix 63 million.
There have been a number of attempts to explain the extraordinary global success of Bridgerton, from the modern storytelling style in the best Shonaland traditions and the use of contemporary music to the talented and appealing multi-racial cast to the show’s perfect timing, offering lavish, escapist fare in the depths of the pandemic.
One of the Netflix executives most closely associated with Bridgerton, VP Original Series Jinny Howe, a longtime — and proud — romance fan, provided her perspective on why the show, already renewed for a second season, became such a phenomenon and the lessons she learned from its success.
In what now looks like a pretty good foresight,...
There have been a number of attempts to explain the extraordinary global success of Bridgerton, from the modern storytelling style in the best Shonaland traditions and the use of contemporary music to the talented and appealing multi-racial cast to the show’s perfect timing, offering lavish, escapist fare in the depths of the pandemic.
One of the Netflix executives most closely associated with Bridgerton, VP Original Series Jinny Howe, a longtime — and proud — romance fan, provided her perspective on why the show, already renewed for a second season, became such a phenomenon and the lessons she learned from its success.
In what now looks like a pretty good foresight,...
- 1/28/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
In the latest TV show ratings, The Goldbergs this Wednesday drew 3.3 million total viewers and a 0.5 demo rating, slipping 13 and 29 percent to mark series lows.
Continuing ABC’s night, American Housewife (2.8 mil/0.4) tied and hit series lows, The Conners (3.4 mil/0.5) dipped to a new demo low, and yet Call Your Mother (2.5 mil/0.4) held steady. Back from a six-week break, For Life (1.5 mil/0.3) hit and tied series lows.
More from TVLineTV Ratings: Goldbergs and S.W.A.T. Eye Lows, For Life Returns DownFor Life: How Aaron's Freedom-Clinching Move Differed From That of His Real-Life CounterpartFor Life Season 2: Aaron Leaves Prison,...
Continuing ABC’s night, American Housewife (2.8 mil/0.4) tied and hit series lows, The Conners (3.4 mil/0.5) dipped to a new demo low, and yet Call Your Mother (2.5 mil/0.4) held steady. Back from a six-week break, For Life (1.5 mil/0.3) hit and tied series lows.
More from TVLineTV Ratings: Goldbergs and S.W.A.T. Eye Lows, For Life Returns DownFor Life: How Aaron's Freedom-Clinching Move Differed From That of His Real-Life CounterpartFor Life Season 2: Aaron Leaves Prison,...
- 1/28/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Even George Clooney is surprised by how timely his new movie, “The Midnight Sky,” has become since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The film, based on the novel by Lily Brooks-Dalton, is set 30 years in the future after an unspecified calamity has threatened to make Earth unlivable and a team of astronauts is returning from a scouting mission at a potentially inhabitable moon of Jupiter.
“Well, there wasn’t a pandemic when we started, right? That’s sort of changing the temperature of what the movie is about,” said Clooney, who both directs and stars in the film as a terminally ill scientist who’s remained behind at an Arctic base that he thinks is deserted until he encounters a young girl, Iris (Caoilinn Springall).
“There’s so much hatred and anger right now in the world,” he said. “When I was pitching Netflix on the way I wanted to tell the story,...
“Well, there wasn’t a pandemic when we started, right? That’s sort of changing the temperature of what the movie is about,” said Clooney, who both directs and stars in the film as a terminally ill scientist who’s remained behind at an Arctic base that he thinks is deserted until he encounters a young girl, Iris (Caoilinn Springall).
“There’s so much hatred and anger right now in the world,” he said. “When I was pitching Netflix on the way I wanted to tell the story,...
- 12/21/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Showtime announced today it is has ordered the half-hour comedy series The Curse, to star Oscar winner Emma Stone, who will also serve as an executive producer on the project under her Fruit Tree banner. The series will be directed by and co-star Nathan Fielder (Nathan for You, How [...]
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- 12/10/2020
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
How To with John Wilson is not going anywhere. HBO has ordered a second season of the comedic docu-series. Six episodes of the series aired between October and November with the final episode of season one airing on Thanksgiving weekend. The TV series follows filmmaker Wilson as he explores and films New York City while offering advice on how to best live in the city that never sleeps.
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- 12/10/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Hayden Panettiere is giving an adorable shout-out to a hero in her own life. The actress posted birthday wishes to Instagram on Wednesday, Dec. 9 for daughter Kaya, who just turned 6. The proud mom included a photo of an elaborate cake in the shape of the numeral six, complete with plenty of French macarons on top. "today, I met the most amazing (not so little anymore) creature," Hayden captioned the post. "Can't believe my baby girl is getting so big! #HappyBirthdayKaya #blessed @klitschko" Please don't judge us for not being able to take our eyes off that gorgeous, How to Train Your Dragon-themed cake. And no offense to Hiccup, but we...
- 12/10/2020
- E! Online
HBO is giving its docuseries “How to with John Wilson” a second season, it was announced Wednesday.
The comedic docuseries was one of the surprise hits of 2020 since its Oct. 23 premiere. Nathan Fielder of “Nathan for You” fame is an executive producer alongside Michael Koman and Clark Reinking.
Here is how HBO describes the show:
In a uniquely hilarious odyssey of self-discovery and cultural observation, Wilson covertly and obsessively films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on relatable topics. The awkward contradictions of modern life are eased by Wilson’s candid, unpolished commentary, with season one’s episodes offering up his distinct take on a range of deceivingly simple topics. Building upon Wilson’s previously released “how to” short films, the episodes take wildly unexpected turns, but are grounded in John’s refreshing honesty.
The six-episode first season saw Wilson film 25-minute “tutorials...
The comedic docuseries was one of the surprise hits of 2020 since its Oct. 23 premiere. Nathan Fielder of “Nathan for You” fame is an executive producer alongside Michael Koman and Clark Reinking.
Here is how HBO describes the show:
In a uniquely hilarious odyssey of self-discovery and cultural observation, Wilson covertly and obsessively films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on relatable topics. The awkward contradictions of modern life are eased by Wilson’s candid, unpolished commentary, with season one’s episodes offering up his distinct take on a range of deceivingly simple topics. Building upon Wilson’s previously released “how to” short films, the episodes take wildly unexpected turns, but are grounded in John’s refreshing honesty.
The six-episode first season saw Wilson film 25-minute “tutorials...
- 12/9/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
New York City wasn’t built for a shutdown. With buildings seemingly stacked on top of each other, the teeming crowds of people weaving between them, and countless nooks and crannies hiding tantalizing secrets for those who stumble upon them, “the city that never sleeps” was given that nickname for millions of reasons. As much as any city can have a pulse, New York has one of the most stubborn heartbeats in the world. So when it ground to a halt in March as the novel coronavirus swept through, it wasn’t just devastating, but downright eerie. New York City, constantly brimming over with life in all its beautiful and grotesque forms, wasn’t built to be put on pause.
HBO’s “How to With John Wilson” captures this heartbreaking dichotomy with breathtaking, evenhanded, and even hilarious accuracy. Over six episodes, the last of which aired Nov. 27, John Wilson’s...
HBO’s “How to With John Wilson” captures this heartbreaking dichotomy with breathtaking, evenhanded, and even hilarious accuracy. Over six episodes, the last of which aired Nov. 27, John Wilson’s...
- 12/2/2020
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
This The Simpsons review contains spoilers.
The Simpsons Season 32 Episode 7
The Simpsons season 32, episode 7 carves the turkey a little thin for a pre-Thanksgiving offering. “Three Dreams Denied” has all the makings of a full and funny meal for the whole family. But a half hour later, you wish there was more stuffing. The ballooning game hunters even miss the flying turkey in the opening gag, which ends with the couch so exasperated she tells the family to sleep on the bed.
Comic Book Guy’s “Comicalusa” experience is a wild ride from the moment the patronizing pilot taunts his passengers with Superman sightings. The owner of Springfield’s only comic book store then sets about doing what he was born to do, paying the mockery forward on every aspect of the things he loves most. Who was the Joker, he asks, before dismissively concluding none of them.
If only someday...
The Simpsons Season 32 Episode 7
The Simpsons season 32, episode 7 carves the turkey a little thin for a pre-Thanksgiving offering. “Three Dreams Denied” has all the makings of a full and funny meal for the whole family. But a half hour later, you wish there was more stuffing. The ballooning game hunters even miss the flying turkey in the opening gag, which ends with the couch so exasperated she tells the family to sleep on the bed.
Comic Book Guy’s “Comicalusa” experience is a wild ride from the moment the patronizing pilot taunts his passengers with Superman sightings. The owner of Springfield’s only comic book store then sets about doing what he was born to do, paying the mockery forward on every aspect of the things he loves most. Who was the Joker, he asks, before dismissively concluding none of them.
If only someday...
- 11/23/2020
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
Mumbai, Nov 20 (Ians) Singer Armaan Malik has released his new English track titled How many, which describes the cycle of events that take place during the course of a relationship.
"How many" is Armaan's third English single after "Control" and "next 2 me".
"‘How many' is about complex relationships where you're constantly fighting, making up, taking the hits yet carrying on. It describes the cycle of events that take place during the course of a relationship," he said.
"One of the hardest decisions is when to call it quits and close a chapter for good. It's really tough when you love somebody to just give up... even after the 100th time, the truth is, as long we love them, we try one more time. The question is how many times are you willing to try?" he explained.
This comes just days after he won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best India Act.
"How many" is Armaan's third English single after "Control" and "next 2 me".
"‘How many' is about complex relationships where you're constantly fighting, making up, taking the hits yet carrying on. It describes the cycle of events that take place during the course of a relationship," he said.
"One of the hardest decisions is when to call it quits and close a chapter for good. It's really tough when you love somebody to just give up... even after the 100th time, the truth is, as long we love them, we try one more time. The question is how many times are you willing to try?" he explained.
This comes just days after he won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best India Act.
- 11/20/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
This Fear the Walking Dead review contains spoilers.
Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Episode 6
What is there to say really about this week’s Fear the Walking Dead? After a strong run of episodes that stumbled with last week’s “Honey,” season 6 completely face plants with “Bury Her Next to Jasper’s Leg.” If I were John Dorie, I’d cut and run back to a lakeside cabin, too. But it didn’t have to be this way.
There are a few things that work in this episode’s favor. Garret Dillahunt is very good, as always. I truly felt John’s pain as he confessed his fears to June (Jenna Elfman). If he wants to cut and run, he must have a damn good reason for risking everything to abandon their friends. That he has their escape all mapped out says how desperately he needs to be free of Ginny.
Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Episode 6
What is there to say really about this week’s Fear the Walking Dead? After a strong run of episodes that stumbled with last week’s “Honey,” season 6 completely face plants with “Bury Her Next to Jasper’s Leg.” If I were John Dorie, I’d cut and run back to a lakeside cabin, too. But it didn’t have to be this way.
There are a few things that work in this episode’s favor. Garret Dillahunt is very good, as always. I truly felt John’s pain as he confessed his fears to June (Jenna Elfman). If he wants to cut and run, he must have a damn good reason for risking everything to abandon their friends. That he has their escape all mapped out says how desperately he needs to be free of Ginny.
- 11/16/2020
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
It’s sad enough that Sharon Waxman’s failing entertainment & media website can’t get any traction. But her desperation knows no bounds. A group of six Hollywood moguls are furious that she took their names without their knowledge or permission, put them on a bogus “Advisory Board” for her website’s undersubscribed conferences, then distributed news of this advisory board to the sponsors she was seeking for these confabs. “Board bait,” is how one executive’s disgusted PR rep scorned what Waxman did. After a tipster sent me the Advisory Board’s list for TheWrap.com latest confab, I contacted each exec’s office and asked if they knew they were on the panel. No one knew. Not Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman/CEO Michael Lynton. Not Warner Bros Television Group President Bruce Rosenblum. Not News Corp Chief Digital Officer Jon Miller. Not Creative Artists Agency Partner Bryan Lourd. Not Relativity Media CEO Ryan Kavanaugh.
- 9/19/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline TV
It’s sad enough that Sharon Waxman’s failing entertainment & media website can’t get any traction. But her desperation knows no bounds. A group of six Hollywood moguls are furious that she took their names without their knowledge or permission, put them on a bogus “Advisory Board” for her website’s undersubscribed conferences, then distributed news of this advisory board to the sponsors she was seeking for these confabs. “Board bait,” is how one executive’s disgusted PR rep scorned what Waxman did. After a tipster sent me the Advisory Board’s list for TheWrap.com latest confab, I contacted each exec’s office and asked if they knew they were on the panel. No one knew. Not Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman/CEO Michael Lynton. Not Warner Bros Television Group President Bruce Rosenblum. Not News Corp Chief Digital Officer Jon Miller. Not Creative Artists Agency Partner Bryan Lourd. Not Relativity Media CEO Ryan Kavanaugh.
- 9/19/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
Fred Dinenage best known for reading the news, hosting How, or even appearing on Coast To Coast has a keen knowledge of Britain's criminal underworld too. Here he explores its murderous past; a century of serial killers, miscarriages of justice, and cases that rewrote the law book. Fred Dinenage, biographer of notorious gangsters the Kray twins, follows one of his keen and passionate interests, Britain's criminal past, in this new production from Crime & Investigation.
- 4/18/2011
- Sky TV
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