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‘Agatha All Along’ Creator Jac Schaeffer Took Steps to Prevent a Repeat of ‘WandaVision’ Fan Theory Commotion
[The following story engages with Agatha All Along’s marketing campaign and does not contain major spoilers.] Jac Schaeffer’s WandaVision wasn’t supposed to kick off Marvel Studios’ foray into television on Disney+, but that pandemic-related pivot in early 2021 ended up going so well that the showrunner spun off her wildly successful series into the Kathryn […]
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‘Agatha All Along’ EP Mary Livanos on the Ever-Changing Title Gag and Following Up a Chart-Topping Single
2013 indie darling Short Term 12 managed to collect a number of notable talents before their careers reached another level, and Agatha All Along executive producer Mary Livanos happens to have her own Marvel-related connection to it all. Besides names like Rami Malek, LaKeith Stanfield and Kaitlyn Dever, Short Term 12 marked the beginning of […]
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‘Agatha All Along’ Star Joe Locke on His Role’s Secrecy: Spoiling “Would Ruin the Whole Point of the Show”
With a name like Joe Locke, the 20-year-old star of Agatha All Along was practically born to play his top-secret role that’s currently regarded as “Teen.” The marketing for the Kathryn Hahn-led series establishes that Locke’s character is an Agatha Harkness fanboy who breaks Agatha free of the spell that Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) cast on […]
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‘The Killer’s Game’ Star Sofia Boutella Talks Her Action Respite and ‘Rebel Moon’ Character’s Future
Sofia Boutella desperately needed a break from action, and J.J. Perry’s The Killer’s Game provided exactly that. After devoting nearly the entirety of 2022 to her most physically demanding role yet as Kora/Arthelais in Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon franchise, Boutella was relieved that she didn’t have to bear the burden of being the primary action […]
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Dave Bautista Talks ‘The Killer’s Game’ Romance and How ‘Dune: Part Two’ Repurposed ‘Dune’ Footage
It wasn’t the action that piqued Dave Bautista’s interest in The Killer’s Game; it was the chance to play a proper romantic lead for the very first time. Like a lot of actors, Bautista is most intrigued by the roles that frighten him, and so the chance to play lovestruck assassin Joe Flood was something […]
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Jeremy Saulnier Talks Overcoming ‘Rebel Ridge’ Production Hurdles: “I Am Just Basking in the Glow”
For Jeremy Saulnier, all’s well that ends well. After releasing Hold the Dark in late 2018, Saulnier wasted no time putting together his follow-up Netflix film, Rebel Ridge, in late 2019. But then the pandemic had its way with his April 2020 production schedule, delaying the film’s principal photography until the following spring. However, the […]
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JT Mollner Pulls Back the Curtain on ‘Strange Darling’: I Was Never “Trying to Fool the Audience”
[This story contains major spoilers for Strange Darling.] There was a period of time when Strange Darling filmmaker JT Mollner didn’t want to give a detailed interview like this one. He intended for his thoughts on his six-chaptered, nonlinear thriller to correspond with a tight-lipped marketing campaign that sets a deviant predator in motion as […]
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‘Strange Darling’ Star Willa Fitzgerald Breaks Down the Shocking End of Her Acclaimed Thriller
[This story contains major spoilers for Strange Darling.] Willa Fitzgerald’s former Reacher co-star Alan Ritchson once called her the best actor he’s ever worked with, and that was before he’d seen her critically acclaimed performance as The Lady in JT Mollner’s Strange Darling. Fitzgerald’s bold turn is being hailed by many critics and viewers as […]
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How Giovanni Ribisi Ended Up Photographing ‘Strange Darling,’ One of 2024’s Best-Reviewed Films
Your eyes do not deceive you. Giovanni Ribisi — the same Giovanni Ribisi who boasts more than a hundred acting credits since 1985 — photographed and produced J.T. Mollner’s critically acclaimed thriller Strange Darling. The film’s nonlinear narrative is told through six chapters, and it explores the fallout of a calamitous one-night stand involving Kyle Gallner’s serial […]
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Kali Reis Weighs In on ‘True Detective: Night Country’ Ending’s “Haunting Questions”
[This story contains spoilers from True Detective: Night Country.] Kali Reis and the rest of the Night Country brain trust faced a tall order as the new stewards of the True Detective franchise. Reis, alongside showrunner Issa López and two-time Oscar-winning co-star Jodie Foster, opted to chart a new course for HBO’s well-regarded crime anthology […]
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‘The Crow’ Director Rupert Sanders Clears Up the Misconception About His Film’s Ending
Rupert Sanders set out to make this generation’s version of The Crow. His reimagining of James O’Barr’s seminal graphic novel isn’t meant to compete with Alex Proyas’ 1994 adaptation, but the English filmmaker hopes that his take on Eric Draven (Bill Skarsgard) and Shelly Webster’s (FKA Twigs) devastating love story will speak to today’s youth […]
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‘Alien: Romulus’ Director Fede Álvarez on That Surprise Character: “It Was Unfair That the Likeness Was Never Used Again”
[This story contains spoilers for Alien: Romulus.] Alien: Romulus filmmaker Fede Álvarez has another hit on his hands. On top of a global opening weekend of $110 million, the Uruguayan writer-director’s ninth installment in the Alien franchise has critics and audiences in increasingly rare alignment, as Romulus boasts the third-highest marks behind 1979’s Alien and […]
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