Social commentator Fran Lebowitz, known for being an endless source of witty and pointed observations about American life, has accrued a lot of fans over the decades. None bigger than filmmaker Martin Scorsese.
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MTV’s “Happy Sad Confused” podcast.“I just think it seems awful cynical that he would keep coming out against Marvel — and then that is the only thing that would get him press for his movie,” Gunn, 55, told pod host Josh Horowitz.
“He’s creating his movie in the shadow of the Marvel films, and so he uses that to get attention for something he wasn’t getting as much attention as he wanted for it.”He was referring to Scorsese’s 2019 interview with Empire, in which the 78-year-old Hollywood icon
.Social commentator Fran Lebowitz, known for being an endless source of witty and pointed observations about American life, has accrued a lot of fans over the decades. None bigger than filmmaker Martin Scorsese.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for “The Suicide Squad.”Don’t mess with Margot Robbie, because it turns out some of Harley Quinn’s daring moves are the actress’ own.
The Suicide Squad director James Gunn has revealed that Superman was almost included in the film.In a new interview on the Script Apart podcast, Gunn explained that he once thought the titular antihero team should fight Superman as the film’s villain.Revealing how he eventually decided to go with alien conqueror Starro, Gunn said: “[Starro is] a character I love from the comics.
James Gunn had something totally different planned for The Suicide Squad!
After watching James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad,” you really can’t imagine the team fighting any other villain than Starro. The giant, colorful, frankly ridiculous alien starfish fits perfectly with the tone set forth through the first two acts of Gunn’s superhero film.
Warner Bros. might not be jumping up and down about the box office return of “The Suicide Squad,” however, WarnerMedia seemed happy enough to give James Gunn his own spinoff HBO Max series “Peacemaker” and have indicated they want him to make more films for them.
Two-time Oscar nominee John Lithgow is joining the cast of Martin Scorsese’s American Western crime drama film “Killers Of The Flower Moon.” The film has been shooting since May of this year but keeps adding members to its cast.
John Lithgow (“Perry Mason,” “Bombshell”) has joined the cast of Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Apple Original Films announced on Tuesday.Lithgow will play the role of Prosecutor Leaward.
The two-time Oscar nominee and 2x Golden Globe winner will play Prosecutor Leaward in the Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro film Killers of the Flower Moon which Martin Scorsese is directing. This is the first time that John Lithgow has starred in a Scorsese movie.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaJohn Lithgow has joined the cast of Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” playing the role of a prosecutor.
The Suicide Squad’s joint release in cinemas and streaming services, stating that films “last because they’re seen on television”.The Suicide Squad has underperformed at the box office in its opening weekend by grossing $26.5million of its $30million projection in the US.
Suicide Squad character that he couldn’t bring himself to kill off in his latest film.While Gunn kills off several characters in the opening scene of his latest film, The Suicide Squad, he revealed to Variety that there was one character he couldn’t bring himself to kill, even though it was in his original plan to do so.Gunn revealed that he killed off Ratcatcher 2 in the development stage but admitted that he couldn’t do it because the character was too “sweet” to kill.
SPOILER WARNING: Do not read if you have not seen “The Suicide Squad,” currently playing in theaters and streaming on HBO Max.For anyone familiar with James Gunn’s career, his DC comics adaptation “The Suicide Squad” is arguably the most James Gunn movie he’s ever made. Like his Marvel Studios’ films — 2014’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” and 2017’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
Filmmaker James Gunn seems to be making quite the impression over at Warner Bros. and DC Films with his latest DECU installment, “The Suicide Squad,” which has seemingly been hyped-up for what feels like ages and delivered the goods with an exceptional group of reviews alongside positive buzz from fickle DC Comics fans.
David Ayer who? If you’re the folks at Warner Bros. and DC Films, that’s the exact question they want audiences to ask after seeing James Gunn’s latest film, “The Suicide Squad.” Though Ayer did, technically, make a “Suicide Squad” film back in 2016 (though it might not conform to his exact vision), the studio behind that feature is hoping you have selective amnesia and embrace what is happening in Gunn’s reinvention of the misfit supervillain troupe, Task Force X.
Warner Bros. fired up James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad last night, the studio’s first Thursday preview in a long time arguably since pre-pandemic; the DC R-rated ensemble seeing $4.1M off showtimes that began at 7PM; the biggest for a R-rated movie during the pandemic.
Taika Waititi's name was part of the original cast announcement for James Gunn's semi-sequel, semi-reboot, totally-its-own-thing take on. But when the director eventually unveiled who was playing who in the movie, Waititi's role went conspicuously undisclosed.At the time, we predicted perhaps Waititi would voice King Shark (though that was revealed to be none other than Sly Stallone).
"Suicide Squad" director James Gunn called out director Martin Scorsese for previously bashing Marvel and other franchise filmmakers. In addition to the upcoming "Suicide Squad" film based on DC Comics characters, Gunn is perhaps best known for helming the "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise for Marvel.The Guardians have had two installments under their belt and, after a bit of controversy, were secured for a third. While promoting his latest movie on MTV’s "Happy Sad Confused" podcast, Gunn
A lot has already been made of James Gunn’s decision to make “The Suicide Squad.” We already know the opportunity came about because Disney executives fired the filmmaker from “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” and suddenly Gunn’s schedule was wide open, leading to a meeting with Warner Bros.