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Nomadland director Chloé Zhao made history on Sunday night. With her Best Director win at the 93rd Academy Awards, Zhao became the first woman of color to win in the category. She’s also only the second woman to ever win the award, with Kathryn Bigelow having become the first—and prior to Sunday, the only—woman to have […]
Bong Joon-ho believes that directors and creators should be more daring in their work when it comes to addressing issues like anti-Asian attacks. According to Deadline, the Parasite director did concede that because he is so far removed from what’s going on in the U.S., he has an outsider’s point of view. “But as someone […]
Fresh off the international box office success of Godzilla vs. Kong, director Adam Wingard has been chosen by Warner Bros. to helm and help pen the script for the film ThunderCats, based off the 1980s animated series, Deadline reports. In an interview with Deadline, Wingard called ThunderCats a “dream project,” reminiscing about how he spent a […]
Paramount Pictures is preparing to roll out another Transformers film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio is currently developing a stand-alone flick based on the Hasbro toy brand. Marco Ramirez, a showrunner and co-creator of The Defenders, has reportedly been tapped to write the script, while Angel Manuel Soto (Charm City Kings) is set to direct. The film is said […]
According to Deadline, Steven Spielberg will cast Seth Rogen in the role of his favorite uncle, which is a role described as “a major” one, in a film that Spielberg’s loosely basing upon his time growing up in Arizona. The film is yet to get a title, but Deadline adds that Rogen joins a cast which will have Michelle […]
Last year, in the wake of it officially being announced that Zack Snyder’s version of Justice League would be released, Suicide Squad director David Ayer suggested outright stated that there was an “Ayer Cut” of his DC movie. As we wrote last May: “In a tweet made in Spanish, Ayer confirmed the existence of such a director’s cut, and said that […]
Michael B. Jordan will be directing the third Creed film. You may have actually already heard this due to a throwaway spoiler from Tessa Thompson in a late 2020 online interview, or a year earlier when it was said by producer Irwin Winkler, but now it’s been made official by MGM. This will represent Jordan’s directorial debut. According to Deadline, the film […]
Elizabeth Banks is headed back to the director’s chair. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress/filmmaker has signed to direct Cocaine Bear—a Universal Pictures thriller inspired by true events that occurred in the 1980s. The outlet reports the movie will be written by Jimmy Warden and will be produced under Lord Miller’s first-look deal with the studio. Specific […]
Lee Daniels was almost given the opportunity to give his take on one of Marvel’s staple characters. During an interview with Collider, Daniels claimed that Hugh Jackman approached him about directing a Wolverine film. Daniels revealed that Jackman wanted him behind the camera because he was impressed by his groundbreaking film, Precious. Yet as many would expect, the combination […]
Never one to shy away from airing his opinions on cinema (and nor should he be) Martin Scorsese has penned an essay for Harper’s Magazine in which he offered up a string of criticisms about streaming services. It wasn’t the entire intent of his piece, which was instead about his admiration for Italian film icon Federico Fellini, but […]
