With Thanksgiving just behind us, some people probably forgot the crucial rule of the holiday—don’t eat too much or you’ll make yourself sick. Well, that mantra is good in a number of situations.
With Thanksgiving just behind us, some people probably forgot the crucial rule of the holiday—don’t eat too much or you’ll make yourself sick. Well, that mantra is good in a number of situations.
This one has seemingly been in the wind for a while as a rumor or wishlist, but it seems to have panned out regardless. “Baby Driver” filmmaker Edgar Wright is in talks to direct Sydney Sweeney in the long-gestating remake of “Barbarella.” The “Euphoria” star has been attached to the project since 2022, but there’s been little movement on it, other than a desire to make it, until now.
Sherlock co-creator and star Mark Gatiss has said he and the team behind the popular detective drama are still interested in adapting the series for the big screen.
Glen Powell is booked and busy!
Glen Powell, action star? The actor arguably already made a foray into the genre in 2013’s “The Expendables 3” and 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” but this time, he’ll be the leading man and not in a supporting role. The news came out of CinemaCon today that Powell will star in Edgar Wright’s upcoming remake of “The Running Man” at Paramount.
Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Paramount Pictures CEO Brian Robbins got cheeky about the sales talks surrounding his corporate parent Paramount Global. In a presentation to worldwide theater owners at the annual Las Vegas convention CinemaCon, Robbins got right to the point in his opening remarks about what’s next for his team.
One of Hollywood’s busiest rising stars just added another big role to his future dance card. Glen Powell is set to star in Paramount’s The Running Man reboot for Paramount Pictures. Edgar Wright will direct and produce with his producing partner Nira Park and Simon Kinberg.
Edgar Wright has revealed the iconic Shaun Of The Dead vinyl-throwing scene nearly included some David Bowie albums in its list.In a new interview with GQ for the movie’s 20th anniversary, the director opened up about some alternative albums for the film’s memorable vinyl scene.The scene depicts duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost attempting to ward off some zombies by debating which of their beloved Prince records to throw at them: “Purple Rain?” “No” “Sign O’ The Times?” “Definitely not” “The Batman Soundtrack?” “Throw it”.Now, in a conversation with Pegg and Frost, Wright revealed he tried to use Bowie’s albums for the scene instead. “At one point we did David Bowie albums,” Wright told GQ. “I think it was like: “Hunky Dory, no.
Deadline already told you two years ago that 2 was happening with Paul Feig back in the director’s chair and Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick starring, but today Amazon MGM Studios has made it official that the movie is a go and with the original cast members returning, read Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Joshua Satine, Ian Ho, and Kelly McCormack.
The Hollywood Reporter that the actor died on Tuesday, March 19. Joseph confirmed that Walsh died of cardiac arrest.Over the course of his lengthy career – which spanned 55 years – the actor has amassed over 200 credits to his name.
EXCLUSIVE: Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films has hired John Buderwitz to become VP of Film. Having just exited an 8-year stint at Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners, Buderwitz will shepherd feature projects for Aggregate through creative development and production.
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival is right around the corner and that means it’s time to finalize guests and, most importantly, jurors. The festival has a long tradition of honoring its multiple competition slates and over the years has recruited jurors such as Jane Campion, Sarah Polley, Edgar Wright, Jon Hamm, Darren Aronofsky, Quentin Tarantino, Parker Posey, and even RuPaul Charles.
Glen Powell is working with Ryan Murphy once again!
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EXCLUSIVE: Patton Oswalt is forging a second volume of his Minor Threats comic for Dark Horse.
While Edgar Wright has dabbled in action filmmaking before, a little with “Hot Fuzz” and ‘Scott Pilgrim,’ and much more with “Baby Driver,” he has yet to really do something that would be described as blockbuster filmmaking.
Emma Stone has been very busy promoting her new movie!
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Edgar Wright appeared on the latest episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast and went on a reflective rant about the current state of Hollywood and IP (via IndieWire). Without calling out any franchises in particular, the “Scott Pilgrim” and “Baby Driver” director expressed frustration over the lack of breathing room when it comes to Hollywood’s current IP output.
Even though Edgar Wright doesn’t necessarily hit it out of the park with each of his films (honestly, doesn’t anyone really remember 2021’s “Last Night in Soho?”), the films he’s made that people love—people obsess over. Films like “Shaun of the Dead” are still being talked about to this day, nearly 20 years after its release.
Scott Pilgrim creators Bryan Lee O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski have opened up about the possibilities of a second season of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off at Netflix.Speaking to Rolling Stone for a new interview, O’Malley and Grabinksi spoke of their newly released Netflix anime and the chances of a second season. When asked if there’s room for a second season, or if this was a one-and-done season, O’Malley said: “It’s self-contained for now.”“We loved what we did. We put it all in there.
SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses several major plot developments throughout the animated series “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off,” currently streaming on Netflix. On a bright day in late October, the creators of the new Netflix anime series “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off,” Bryan Lee O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski, sit inside a Los Angeles arcade bar, trying to look relaxed. “This is going to be a relief,” Grabinski says. But he doesn’t look quite convinced.
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off offers a revamped spin on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s original graphic novels.Developed by O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski, the animated series brings back the voice cast from Edgar Wright’s 2010 live-action film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, including Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin and Chris Evans.The series itself is a reimagining of the original story, which saw Scott Pilgrim face down seven evil exes in order to be with the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers.At the time of writing (November 2023), Netflix has not renewed the series.
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off has been released – check it out below.Based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novels, the Netflix animated series serves as a revamped version of the original story, which saw Scott Pilgrim face down seven evil exes in order to be with the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers.The show also brings back the cast from Edgar Wright’s 2010 live-action film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, including Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin and Chris Evans.Joseph Trapanese (The Witcher) and chiptune-based pop rock band Anamanaguchi, who composed the soundtrack for the Scott Pilgrim video game, collaborated on the show’s score.Speaking about the soundtrack, Anamanaguchi said: “It was wonderful to work with a team of such talented & imaginative artists.
“Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” wasn’t a box office banger, but the Toronto-set comic book movie eventually got a lot of attention post-release thanks to the popular manga it was based on, a fun soundtrack, and a visually striking throwback tie-in brawler video game.
Netflix dropped the full trailer for Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, the anime series based on the graphic novels created by Bryan Lee O’Malley. The series premieres on the streamer starting November 17. Watch the preview in the video posted above.
Martin Scorsese has encouraged young filmmakers to “reinvent” cinema with technology, emphasising the difference between film experiences and “content”.The director discussed the future of cinema during a Screen Talk with host Edgar Wright on Saturday (October 7) at the BFI’s London Film Festival. The talk encompassed Scorsese’s entire career, from his 1974 breakthrough film Mean Streets to his latest collaboration with Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers Of The Flower Moon.When asked about his views on the film industry today, after having frequently denounced franchise films like Marvel in the past, Scorsese said its up to filmmakers and audiences to decide what the future of cinema will be.“I didn’t want to be the last line of defence,” Scorsese joked. “I honestly think it’s thrown back now on all of you.
Ellise Shafer Martin Scorsese said the entertainment industry is in a “period of reinventing” cinema during his Screen Talk at the BFI London Film Festival on Saturday, urging young filmmakers to use new technology for good as opposed to making “content.” When asked by director Edgar Wright about becoming somewhat of a spokesperson for the current state of cinema, Scorsese laughed and said, “I didn’t want to be the last line of defense.” “I honestly think it’s thrown back now with all of you. And I really mean this: I don’t know where cinema is going to go,” Scorsese continued.
Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall irrupted into a flurry of cheers this afternoon as filmmaker Martin Scorsese strolled on stage to take part in a career Q&A at the London Film Festival.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director It’s a month of big originals and spooky delights on streaming this October. Netflix is offering up two of its big fall titles: The electrifying finance thriller “Fair Play,” which the streamer bought for a whopping $20 million out of the Sundance Film Festival, and the Chris Evans-Emily Blunt two hander “Pain Hustlers,” which world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. But if you’re coming to streamers this month, it’s probably to watch a scary movie as the Halloween movie season takes over.
Naman Ramachandran Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig and Emerald Fennell are among the filmmakers delivering screen talks at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, alongside Andrew Haigh, Lulu Wang and Kitty Green. Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, is a headline gala at the festival. He will be in conversation with filmmaker Edgar Wright about his body of work.
The “Scott Pilgrim” crew is all back together, even in the group chat.
Michael Cera responded to a cast email for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World nine years late, producer Bryan Lee O’Malley has revealed.The original cast of the Edgar Wright‘s hit comedy are reuniting this year for a new anime series set to hit screens in November.In advance of the show, the cast and production team behind the series spoke to EW about the legacy of the 2010 film and how they wanted to reconnect with the film’s principals when making the new series.One thing they did to achieve this was revisit an old email chain between the cast and crew from around the time of the film.“The cast have spoken about this email chain a lot but there’s one detail that I don’t think anyone has mentioned,” O’Malley explained.
Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for its upcoming Scott Pilgrim Takes Off anime series.The trailer was unveiled yesterday (August 16), and comes just a few months ahead of the series’ release, which has now been confirmed for November 17 exclusively via the streaming platform.While the trailer doesn’t give much of the show’s plot away, it features scenes identical to Edgar Wright‘s 2010 live-action film, titled Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
The adventures of Scott Pilgrim are continuing!
UPDATED, 5:45 AM: Netflix has dropped the first-look teaser for Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (official title), its upcoming anime series based on the classic graphic novels and 2010 film starring Michael Cera. Cera reunites with many of the film’s cast including Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza and more who lend their voices to the series, which will premiere November 17. Watch the teaser above.
Sophia Scorziello editor Michael Cera reunites with Sex Bob-Omb — this time in animated form — for Netflix’s upcoming anime “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.” The eight-episode series is helmed by animation studio Science Saru, and follows the cult-favorite story of bass-playing title character Scott Pilgrim and his battle of the bands and the exes. The new Netflix show follows Edgar Wright’s 2010 action rom-com “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,” which was based on the graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O’Malley.
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