‘The Sparks Brothers’ Review: Edgar Wright’s Irresistible Celebration of 50 Years of Art-Pop’s Brightest Sparks

Hollywood has never been opposed to mining old territory for new projects, and today we have news about another one. Apparently, a new version of The Running Man is in development.

English filmmaker Edgar Wright’s been on a tear of late and really holding up the torch for cinema and the theatrical experience. Following his guest spot editing and curating the winter edition of Empire magazine—which culminated with an awesome three-hour podcast with Quentin Tarantino—the “Baby Driver” director has a new gig.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterEdgar Wright has been tapped to direct “The Running Man” for Paramount Pictures, an adaptation of Stephen King’s dystopian horror novel.“The Running Man,” published in 1982, was originally written under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman. The story takes place in the United States in the year 2025, which sees the economy in ruins and violence dramatically escalating.

Also Read: Stephen King, JJ Abrams Are Developing an Anthology Series of 'Tiny Horrors'King’s novel is set in a dystopian United States during the year 2025, in which the nation’s economy is in ruins and violence around the world is at an all-time high.

Edgar Wright is in negotiations to direct a new adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Running Man” for Paramount Pictures, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap.King first published the futuristic novel under his pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is making a deal with Edgar Wright to develop to direct a new adaptation of The Running Man, the futuristic novel by Stephen King that the author first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. This won’t be a remake of the 1987 film that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger; the Baby Driver writer/director will co-write the story with Michael Bacall, and they will be much more faithful to King’s bestselling novel.  Bacall will write the script.

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three-hour special of the Empire podcast, Wright, who co-presented the episode with Quentin Tarantino, revealed that he has a master list of films he hasn’t seen yet.Wright’s list was started based on a list that Scorsese gave to a fan several years ago, detailing his favourite international films, because the fan wanted to get into world cinema.Wright, responsible for films like Shaun Of The Dead, Baby Driver and Scott Pilgrim vs.

As we previously covered, Edgar Wright, Quentin Tarantino, and the folks at Empire magazine hosted a three-hour podcast talk to discuss their love of movies.

The Hollywood actor Timothee Chalamet took part in the iconic Superbowl in a small way! The  25-year-old Dune actor appeared in the Cadillac 2021 Super Bowl commercial which featured the actor as Edward Scissorhands star Winona Ryder reprising her role as Kim from the 1990 Tim Burton movie! While Timothée Chalamet looked exactly like Edward Scissorhands, he essayed the role of Edward’s son Edgar in the commercial alongside Winona Ryder, in the ad for Cadillac LYRIQ.

Timothee Chalamet is playing the son of a classic movie role!

As you’ve probably heard, English filmmaker Edgar Wright—in the hope of backing the entire film industry and film publications—has curated the new issue of Empire magazine. The idea is celebrating movies in every aspect, theatergoing, etc., and Wright has really been leading the charge over in the U.K.

Edgar Wright‘s upcoming Sparks documentary The Sparks Brothers has been given a first proper look in a new two-minute-long clip.The film, which has just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, takes a look at the 50-year career of the Los Angeles-based group, formed by brothers Ron and Russell Mael.The clip was shared by Wright on his Twitter page, the Hot Fuzz director writing: “I’m so excited for those attending to see my three-years-in-the-making doc on legendary band @sparksofficial.

Sparks may be the most interesting band the casual music fan has never heard of. That's certainly the stance taken by director Edgar Wright (Baby Driver, Shaun of the Dead) in his debut documentary chronicling the half-century career of the pop-art (or feel free to add your own label) duo who have dozens of albums to their credit and influenced a seemingly endless number of better-known musicians.

To call a portrait documentary an “affectionate tribute” to its lesser-known subject, is usually redundant. That’s the whole point of adoring acknowledgment docs of this ilk— “shining a brighter spotlight” on [insert criminally undervalued subject here].

Edgar Wright has spent a lot of his time (and other people's) talking about beloved cult pop duo Sparks. "If you talked to any of my friends they’d say that if I’d got onto Sparks they’d be there for the next hour while I was trying to explain to them how amazing Sparks was," he says.

evolution in talking about Sparks’ early music, we’ll see one or two seconds of a butterfly coming out of a cocoon, and if we’re told that their second album was more experimental than their first, here’s a shot of a car driving off a cliff.The obvious questions aren’t addressed in the slightest.

Edgar Wright, the British director behind Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver, is a big fan of Sparks, the enigmatic pop band known for hits such as This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us and When Do I Get To Sing ‘My Way’.

Ever heard of the band Sparks? If you haven’t, you’re not alone. If you have, it’s not unlikely that they’re one of your favorite bands.The pop rock duo formed by brothers Ron and Russell Mael has in their five-decade run gained a cult following of some seriously creative people, from Beck and Weird Al to Mike Myers and Amy Sherman-Palladino.