‘Mank’ Production Team on Creating a Feast for the Eyes and Ears for the Netflix Period Film

Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't expect his daughter Katherine's life to turn out this way. Katherine Schwarzenegger tied the knot with star Chris Pratt in 2019 and the couple welcomed their daughter, Lyla, in August. During a recent  virtual reunion with the cast of , the 73-year-old actor opened up about how the film helped him when raising young children. «This movie really helped me become a better parent myself with my kids,» he shared.

Marvel star Chris Pratt has finally addressed that controversial internet moment in October which saw him dubbed the 'Worst Chris' in a Twitter poll. When a seemingly light-hearted poll started by writer Amy Berg asked which famous Chris should go – Pratt, Hemsworth, Evans or Pine – Pratt's name was mentioned so many times that he began trending on Twitter.

Bridgerton, a period drama that's features a hot-looking cast and plenty of intrigue. There's also Mank, the much-anticipated new film from David Fincher that takes place in 1940s Hollywood and stars Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried.

Anyone with a Netflix account already knows that the platform has a monopoly on serial killer-themed entertainment. Two pieces on Ted Bundy, “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile” and “Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes,” made waves last year.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorTrent Reznor and Atticus Ross are no strangers when it comes to collaborating with David Fincher. The Nine Inch Nails musicians have worked on the scores for “Gone Girl” and “The Social Network,” so it seemed fitting Fincher would seek out Reznor and Ross to collaborate on his latest project.“Mank,” now streaming on Netflix, tells the story of Herman J.

David Fincher’s “Mank” tells the story of “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) through a painstaking re-creation of Hollywood in the 1930s and early ’40s.

Ariana Grande has announced the release of a new concert film on Netflix. 

When it comes to films about screenwriters, the challenge seems to be creating a movie that is not only itself an entertaining, self-contained experience but also one that illuminates the creative process that led to other notable work. This week on Be Reel, we look primarily at the new David Fincher film, “Mank” (2020) about Herman J.

had been married since 1920 (which means had she really been 33 in 1940, when the film largely takes place, she would have been 13 when she got married.) “We don’t feel invisible,” Nunn tweeted. “You erase us.”Herman J.

NEW YORK -- The first time Gary Oldman and David Fincher met was in London 1990, when Fincher was looking to cast him in “Alien 3.”“And he had the sense to say no,” Fincher recalls.In the 30 years since then, they have never been far out of orbit from one another. They consider one another friends.

When costume designer Trish Summerville first started working on David Fincher’s new Netflix film Mank, “even people in my crew and friends were like, ‘This would probably make things so much easier.” That’s because the film is shot in black and white. In fact, though, the opposite was true.

You are likely to feel whisked away to the Golden Age of Hollywood while watching “Mank,” David Fincher’s historical character study about legendary studio screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) and his painstaking process of writing Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.” Still, Fincher’s Hollywood epic won’t necessarily register as tritely nostalgic or melancholic about the past in a way showbiz movies often do.

Clayton Davis Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are joining the original song Oscar race with a stealth entry. David Fincher’s “Mank” hits Netflix on Friday, featuring “(If Only You Could) Save Me,” a song written by the film’s composers and performed by Adryon de León that will be submitted for the upcoming Academy Awards, and other guild and award shows.With this new entry, Reznor and Ross could land up to three Oscar nominations this year.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen it came to designing the costumes of David Fincher’s “Mank,” both costume designer Trish Summerville and production designer Donald Graham Burt used the noir and monochromatic filters on their iPhones to see how color would convert for Fincher’s black and white film.The film, which tells the story of Herman J.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— Film history fans will get a meal out of David Fincher’s “Mank,” about “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz who is masterfully played by Gary Oldman.

Even before we saw one beautiful frame of black and white footage, David Fincher’s “Mank” was already getting incredible hype and buzz as a sure-thing awards contender and one of the most anticipated films of 2020. And if you believe the reviews, it would seem as if people were guessing correctly, as “Mank” is possibly the biggest favorite to land heaps of awards this season.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticFor all the piles of research and miles of column inches that have been devoted to it, the controversy over the creative authorship of “Citizen Kane” — a kerfuffle that’s now 50 years old, and one that’s been given new heat by the release of David Fincher’s “Mank” — would seem to revolve around a relatively simple question: Who wrote “Citizen Kane”? Was it Herman J.

Netflix always adds tons of new titles to the streaming service every month and we have the full list of movies and TV shows debuting in December 2020.