Saturday Am: How big is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse? With an opening day of $51.7M, it’s the biggest opening day of 2023 to date for a movie. The gross is beating Super Mario Bros.’ Wednesday of $31.7M, and even Disney/Marvel Studio’s opening day for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which was $48.1M.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse‘s first day is the third-best day ever for a Spider-Man movie, ranking behind Spider-Man: No Way Home ($121.9M) and Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 ($59.8M), and bests a slew of other opening days in the Spidey franchise, including Tom Holland titles Spider-Man: Homecoming ($50.7M) and Far From Home ($39.2M), as well as the original 2002 Spider-Man ($39.4M), Spider-Man 2 ($40.4M), and Andrew Garfield’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($35.1M).

Across the Spider-Verse‘s opening day is also the third-highest for an animated film, after Incredibles 2 ($71.2M) and Finding Dory...

Tobias Menzies will join Brad Pitt in Apple’s Formula One racing movie, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Kerry Condon and Damson Idris were earlier announced to appear in the untitled feature from the filmmaking team behind Top Gun: Maverick, with Joseph Kosinski set to direct and produce alongside Jerry Bruckheimer. Ehren Kruger, one of the writers on Maverick, will pen the screenplay.

Menzies, who earned Emmy gold for his role as Prince Philip in Netflix’s The Crown, will star in an undisclosed role, Apple said Friday. Menzies also counts Starz’s Outlander, HBO’s Game of Thrones and AMC’s The Terror among his credits. He’s currently in movie theaters with A24’s You Hurt My Feelings, opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus. He’s repped by WME and Conway Van Gelder Grant in the U.K.

He is set to take the lead role of Edwin Stanton in Apple...

Tom Holland has given an update on the development of his fourth “Spider-Man” movie.

At the premiere of his new Apple TV+ show “The Crowded Room” in New York City on Thursday night, Holland told Variety that though he can’t share too much, he has “been having meetings” about the next chapter in the Marvel franchise. However, those conversations have been put on hold for now due to the ongoing writers strike.

“I can’t talk about that, but I can say that we have been having meetings. We’ve put the meetings on pause in solidarity with the writers,” Holland said. “There’s been multiple conversations had, but at this point it’s very, very early stages.”

Holland echoed what “Spider-Man” producer Amy Pascal told Variety on Wednesday night at the premiere of another movie in the Spidey universe, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”

“Are we going to make another movie?...

To all the fans of Ben Matlock, you are in for a nostalgic treat this fall! Meet Madeline Matlock in a new and reinvented version of the popular 80s TV character. CBS’s Matlock (2023) is a fresh reboot of the eponymous legal mystery drama that was a huge success in the late 80s and early 90s, led by Andy Griffith as the titular protagonist. And now, Academy Award-winner Kathy Bates slips into those proverbial shoes, reviving the fan-favorite character for the new generation. Announced as a part of CBS’s 2023-24 broadcast season, Matlock will be another new female-led legal drama series following Elsbeth, also slated for late 2023. The plot follows the titular attorney, who comes out of retirement and returns to work, charming her through her new job in a prestigious millennial-driven law firm, with her unassuming appearance hiding her brilliant skills.

In most cases, for most actors, typecasting can be a curse, a trap to be avoided. This is understandable, especially for actors who have either been trained on stage or have a natural affinity for character parts and don't wish to keep playing the same type of role over and over again.

Yet typecasting can also be a boon for an actor in many ways. For one thing, it can be a sort of job security, particularly within television or franchise filmmaking, as the "sell" of the actor in a role is more or less already done for them by their successful past work. For another, it allows the actor a sort of safety net, a proven track record that they can fall back on. Thus, they can feel free to take risks, knowing they already have an established screen persona.

Mark Hamill discovered the latter scenario when he auditioned...

The "Guardians of the Galaxy" trilogy has concluded, and though we're going to see more of Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) at least, the Guardians team as we know them have finished their on-screen adventures. Though they've added members like Kraglin (Sean Gunn), Mantis (Pom Klementieff), and Nebula (Karen Gillan) over the films, the original group consisted of Star-Lord, Gamora (Zoe Sandaña), Groot (voice of Vin Diesel), Drax (Dave Bautista), and Rocket (voice of Bradley Cooper). The ragtag team of unlikely heroes could have had other members in their makeup, according to writer/director James Gunn (via ComicBook.com). One of those characters is Bug.

Haven't heard of Bug? Don't worry. While he was a part of the 2008 "Guardians" comic run by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, he wasn't exactly a well-known member. That said, there was a time when Bug was actually in a draft of the script. Let's take a look at Bug,...

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For distributors who wish to add/amend a date on the calendar, please get in touch with Screen here. Screen is also running a calendar for festival and market dates throughout 2023 here.

June

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Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts (Paramount), Strays (Universal), War Pony (Picturehouse), My Imaginary Country (New Wave), Chevalier (Disney), Love Without Walls (Bulldog), Medusa Deluxe (Mubi), Hairspray (Park Circus), WoolfWomen (2Dare2 Productions)

June 13

Il Trovatore (Roh - event cinema)

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Ah, the summer of 2003. "Crazy in Love" was the tune everybody was grooving to. The O.C. premiered on TV in the early days of August 2003. And then there were the movies, which consisted of the usual big-budget sequels and animated kid movies audiences had come to expect from the hottest months of the year. At the time, the general public likely thought the crop of summer 2003 motion pictures was pretty routine. It’s not that there weren’t beloved features that summer, it’s just that the summer as a whole didn’t immediately seem like it’d be going down in history.

The Directors Guild of America said Saturday night that it had reached a tentative three-year labor deal with the Hollywood studios and streamers after a bruising skirmish.

The DGA negotiating committee described the deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers as “a historic new three-year collective bargaining agreement.” It will put the deal to its board on Tuesday.

A separate strike by Writers Guild of America members over the terms of their relationship with studios and streamers remains ongoing.

“We have concluded a truly historic deal,” said Jon Avnet, chair of the DGA’s negotiations committee. “It provides significant improvements for every director, assistant director, unit production manager, associate director and stage manager in our guild. In these negotiations we made advances on wages, streaming residuals, safety, creative rights and diversity, as well as securing essential protections for our members on new key issues like artificial intelligence...

Tina Satter’s verbatim film about the FBI’s interrogation of US intelligence leaker Reality Winner, played by The White Lotus’s Sydney Sweeney, is a stranger-than-fiction reflection of our precarious times

Legal transcripts have long provided rich source material for authentically gripping movies. Last year, the Tribeca festival showcased The Courtroom, a well-received deportation drama featuring “dialogue taken directly from court transcripts”. But it’s not just courtrooms that provide such inspiration. Think back to the “verbatim theatre” of Clio Barnard’s 2010 feature debut The Arbor, in which actors lip-synced recorded interviews about the troubled life of the playwright Andrea Dunbar. In the 2013 TV show Nixon’s the One, Harry Shearer reimagined Tricky Dicky’s secret audio tapes as video recordings, creating an absurdist black comedy from word-for-word Oval Office transcripts. More recently, James Spinney and Peter Middleton’s documentary The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021) added dramatised visuals to archived...

It’s never too late to take home one of the most recognizable and famous awards in film. The Academy Awards have seen countless phenomenal winners and nominees over the past century, as taking home an Oscar is a lifelong dream for many filmmakers and performers. Even though we are still a few years away from the big 100th Academy Awards, let’s take a look at some of the oldest Oscar winners and nominees in the history of the ceremony. These individuals showed how years of experience in their craft have led to immense growth in their skill and artistry, adding the iconic gold statue to their already extensive trophy cases.

Abby Ryder Fortson's Cassie Lang is one of the best parts of Peyton Reed's first two "Ant-Man" films. 2015's "Ant-Man" introduces Cassie as an eight-year-old ball of energy who sees nothing but the best in her father, Paul Rudd's Scott Lang, even when the rest of the world dismisses him as an ex-con. She's also weird in a way that rings believable for a kid, nerding out over the "ugly" bunny doll Scott gifts her on her birthday. 

The next time we see Cassie in 2018's "Ant-Man and the Wasp," she's grown up enough to have some thoughts on her dad's quasi-romantic relationship with his work buddy, Evangeline Lilly's Hope van Dyne, but not so much as to strain credibility. These scenes rely heavily on Rudd and Fortson to work. Fortunately, their strong chemistry is more than enough to fully sell this father-daughter dynamic despite limited screen time.

Few things are more thrilling in cinema than an intense car chase scene. No matter who you are or what your taste in movies is like, we all become hypnotized by cars going fast in a reckless display of motorized violence. It's not just brainless entertainment either. A lot goes into filming a car chase. It's painstakingly choreographed like a fight scene, except with much greater stakes. If a stuntman messes up, someone could lose their lives. When a car chase scene comes together just right, it can result in something unforgettable.

In 2018's "Mission: Impossible—Fallout," the dastardly rogue agent Solomon Lane (Sean Harris) revels in messing with the mind of Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) by making him question the principles and values of his entire life spent working for the Imf (Impossible Mission Force). In particular, Lane points out the Imf's code with regards to accepting missions given to their agents; the operative phrase, as adopted from the original 1966 television series, being "your mission, should you choose to accept it," a wording that implies consent and power of choice.

That choice was unfortunately not afforded to residents of Los Angeles back in 2006, when "Mission: Impossible III" was about to be released in theaters. As some lucky (or unlucky) folks discovered, there was a highly suspicious-looking red plastic box attached with wires to a news rack in Santa Clarita, California, a device that enough people reported so as to attract the attention and action of an L.

Anyone who’s watched TV’s favorite mother-daughter love story Gilmore Girls has to admit that they’ve dreamed about living in Stars Hollow at least once. The fictional blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Connecticut town is home to a whole slew of quirky characters and one picturesque gazebo that made us all envy quaint life within the tight-knit community. However, despite the small-town charm and hilarity that Gilmore Girls showed off in spades, the show is far from perfect. The beloved cult classic is undeniably a product of its time, riddled with thin white people, homophobic comments, and just a general lack of awareness for any perspective other than that of its main characters. When it was announced that the show would be getting a much-anticipated revival in 2016 called Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, it was thrilling to think that we would once again be reunited with the characters we love,...

Growing up in the UK in the '80s and '90s, Channel 4 was an exciting new alternative to the staid safe havens of our other three terrestrial channels. Not only did it offer daring and sometimes controversial content that the BBC and ITV wouldn't touch, it also gave an exotic taster of global sport to our screens. We were introduced to the delights of Mongolian Yak Polo and Irish hurling on "Trans World Sport," while "Gazetta Football Italia" brought us a sexy European version of soccer after the success of the World Cup in 1990.

Then there was coverage of American Football. Channel 4 hooked many British viewers with the sport in the year it went live in 1982. From that moment, NFL grew in popularity as an alternative to our hooligan-blighted national game. By the time I first tuned in to see what all the fuss was about, they were done with explaining the rules.

The concept of the Spider-Verse has taken root in popular fiction, thanks to films like Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and the recent Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. In the vein of Marvel teams such as the Avengers or the X-Men, a group of Spider-Men (and Spider-Women) join forces to fight an interdimensional threat. But it all started with the final two episodes of Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Those two episodes make up the Spider-Wars storyline and are the reason the very concept of the Spider-Verse exists.

The last few years of Pixar have been rather dispiriting. I don't mean this in terms of quality. Far from it. "Soul," "Turning Red," and "Luca" have ranged from good to great, continuing to show a studio brimming with imagination as newer voices come into the mix. When I say they have been dispiriting, I mean it from a business sense, as under the Bob Chapek regime of Disney the company was relegated to a being a content farm for Disney+. Every year, a Pixar movie was an event, and because nothing can become an event on a streaming service, Pixar's specialness has wasted away. Their first film back in theaters was "Lightyear" and it was a financial disaster. They have "Elemental" releasing this June, and the early box office tracking for it isn't promising.

For over 20 years, Pixar dominated the box office. Even as the Hollywood film landscape became...

To some, it is charming and whimsical; to others, the Chucky-esque stuff of nightmares. What can be said for sure though, is that It's a Small World is iconic, and an unforgettable memento of original Disneyland. Whatever your opinion on this sing-song boat ride, where animatronic dolls representing different nations sing about world peace, it may come as a surprise to learn that there have been (multiple) attempts to turn the ride into a movie. Without a discernable plot or storyline, it may not seem like a natural evolution for the attraction. However, it was once hoped to be the saving grace of Disney...

Ismael Cruz Córdova is no stranger to fighting for a role. "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" star fought "ferociously" for his role in the Prime Video series, and was eventually cast as the Silvan Elf Arondir. Córdova saw a lot of himself in the character -- he may have channeled Arondir's warrior spirit during his months-long audition process. "Characters like this, it's like they find you," Córdova told Esquire in September 2022. "I just always knew that this was mine."

Córdova seems to bring that same outlook to each audition: in the rare case he doesn't eventually win a role, it's probably because it wasn't meant for him. Recently, the actor was in the running to play a very different warrior, Adam Warlock, in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3." Though he lost out to Will Poulter — and the rejection definitely stung — Córdova may yet find a place in Marvel's Cinematic Universe.

Between Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man series and the Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios team-up to incorporate Tom Holland’s Peter Parker into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there was, of course, the underdog reboot: The Amazing Spider-Man. In that short-lived film series, Andrew Garfield became the perfect embodiment of Peter Parker. The success of the first film led to a sequel and, somewhere in-between, some premature decisions were made. In June 2013, The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 4 were announced, with release dates for June 2016 and May 2018 respectively.

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for the Barry series finale.After four seasons, Barry has finally come to a close and more than earned the right to the name of its final episode. Entitled “wow,” the single word perfectly encapsulates the gut reaction that’s prompted by the series' shocking end. The majority of the excitement from the finale comes from its unique and meta end as we see the story of Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) twisted through a revisionist biopic called The Mask Collector which reveals his real-life fate of being laid to rest with full honors at Arlington Cemetery.

It's been more than a month now since the thousands-strong membership of the Writers Guild of America has taken to the streets in support of fair pay and treatment for TV and film writers. The list of negotiation points the group is fighting for includes better streaming residuals, an end to financially unsustainable mini-rooms, and concrete limitations on the usage of artificial intelligence tools in scriptwriting. 

It's that final point that has perhaps made the most headlines during the course of the ongoing strike, as the WGA seems to be one of the first major unions in America attempting to curb the rising A.I. takeover that seems to be a threat to real human jobs.

Today in Austin, WGA leaders spoke at Atx TV Festival for a panel called "WGA on Strike." /Film's Ryan Scott was in attendance as former WGA East President and "House of Cards" creator Beau Willimon...

Directed by Michael Morris (Better Call Saul) in his feature directorial debut, To Leslie is an independent drama film that premiered on March 12, 2022, at the South by Southwest film festival. It then received a limited release in movie theaters across America and became available to stream on-demand on October 22, 2022. Receiving universal critical acclaim, particularly for Andrea Riseborough’s performance, it made only $23,304 at the box office.

This post contains spoilers for "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" and "Vol. 3."

Even before Kraglin became a more prominent "Guardians of the Galaxy" character, Sean Gunn was an integral part of the movies. While Bradley Cooper continues to provide the well-known voice of Rocket Raccoon, Gunn has served as the on-set Rocket through motion capture since the first "Guardians" film in 2014. After six movies -- including two "Avengers" crossovers and "Thor: Love and Thunder" -- and one Disney+ holiday special, Gunn has seen it all. In "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3," he gives a dual performance as Kraglin and Rocket, the latter of whom has such a beefed-up role that we've argued he, not Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), is the real lead, and heart of the movie.

When asked what his proudest Marvel Cinematic Universe moment was, Gunn -- who is also the brother of "Guardians" trilogy writer-director James Gunn...

Forrest Gump lived a famously full life. Perhaps a little too full, if you ask Tom Hanks.

Appearing on a panel at The New Yorker Live this week, the actor recalled the extensive travel that was required for the role that won him his second Oscar. As Hanks remembers it, the grueling process of filming the montage of Forrest running across America made it difficult for him to show up for the film’s most important scenes.

“I was so exhausted because we had shot twenty-seven days straight,” Hanks said. “Remember how Forrest ran across the country? Well, there’s only one way to get those scenes, in those days. You had to fly to the goddamn place, put on the costume, run for an hour and a half, then go back, get on the plane, and then fly to, say, New Hampshire, and do it all over again. So I’m exhausted.

The FX Networks series Class of ‘09 (which is available to stream at Hulu) is a limited thriller that follows a class of FBI agents at three points in time, who must figure out where they fit at the Bureau, what kind of agents they are, and who they are to each other. The lives of Tayo Michaels (Brian Tyree Henry), Ashley Poet (Kate Mara), Hour Nazari (Sepideh Moafi) and Daniel Lennix (Brian J. Smith) are intertwined and their relationships are pushed to the limit, as artificial intelligence begins to play a bigger role in the U.S. criminal justice system and they’re forced to search within themselves for what it means to make the world a better place, or if that’s even possible.

Viewers may know actress Sophie Thatcher from her work on the hit Showtime series Yellowjackets where she plays the resilient and no-nonsense Natalie Scatorccio, Juliette Lewis' younger counterpart in the thriller drama series about a soccer team's experience post-plane crash in the wilderness. Or maybe you recognize her from her work in The Book of Boba Fett as supporting character Drash. The fan-favorite Yellowjacket is now stepping into the spotlight in The Boogeyman, a film adaptation of Stephen King's short story of the same name from 1973.

Fans of 2023's live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, starring the inimitable Halle Bailey, might be surprised to learn that it's actually not the first time Disney has adapted the 1989 animated classic. It is, however, the first successful adaptation — their first attempt was much, much stranger. In fact, it's kind of fitting that the only visuals left over from Jim Henson's bizarre live-action Little Mermaid pilot are nigh-unwatchable. Grainy and banded, the footage makes it obvious why Little Mermaid's Island was never picked up by Disney. Full of jarring puppetry (perhaps Sebastian the crab just wasn't meant to be rendered in 3-D) strange original characters, and bad blue-screen effects, the effort was far from the kind of classic films Henson's studio usually produced. On YouTube, the digitized tape stutters and jumps, strangely nostalgic. Like an urban legend, the fuzziness of the visuals recalls a hazy memory, perhaps something more like a dream.

Shooting Stars, from director Chris Robinson and based on the book by LeBron James and Buzz Bissinger, tells the inspiring story of how a young LeBron James (Marquis “Mookie” Cook) and his childhood best friends Lil Dru (Caleb McLaughlin), Willie McGee (Avery “Aj” Wills Jr.) and Sian Cotton (Khalil Everage) turned a love of basketball into a life-changing opportunity for themselves and their families. Becoming the #1 high school team in the country would lead to the launch of James’ career as one of the biggest superstars in the NBA, and a lifelong connection that would turn friends into family.

Since its release on June 3, 1983, John Badham's WarGames has cemented itself as a seminal pop culture relic. Emblematic of a specific time and place regarding computer technology, gaming, and Cold War paranoia, the techno-thriller isn't merely limited to decades of nostalgic appreciation by moviegoers. In an uncommon but fascinating example of a film having a real-world effect on governmental operations, WarGames' legacy extends to its influence on national security policy relating to cyberspace. Shortly after hitting theaters, it cultivated a reputation that transcended mere popcorn entertainment sensibilities, and as a result, influential people and agencies began serious discussions over the plausibility of the film’s doomsday scenario.

The entire media landscape is in a serious transition period right now. Yes, streaming is the future (and that is why the Writer's Guild of America is on strike right now), but that future is probably going to look more like traditional TV than anyone thought a handful of years ago. 

Part of that has to do with ad-supported, video-on-demand services (AVOD) such as Tubi, which have become quite popular in recent years -- particularly for those of us who are tired of paying for any number of subscription-based services such as Netflix. But Tubi, in particular, has oddly benefited from what has been generated by other major services on the market, particularly HBO Max (before it simply became Max).

I was on hand at the Atx Television Festival for a panel called "Fast, AVOD, and the Return to Ad-Supported TV," where Samuel Harowitz, the VP of Content Acquisition and Partnerships at Tubi,...

This post contains spoilers for "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."

When it comes to practicing empathy and understanding diverse experiences, the multiverse is the perfect fictional sandbox in which storytellers can explore. Wisdom dictates that seeing more of the world makes most people more empathetic and understanding of one another, so what happens when characters get out and explore the worlds? The answer is something like "Everything Everywhere All At Once," last year's Best Picture Oscar winner and a film that uses the everything-ness of its title to tell a story that's at once massive and personal. Profound and empathetic, with an awe-inspiringly wide-ranging scope and visuals to match, "Everything Everywhere All At Once" is unlike any other movie.

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's "Spider-Verse" films are a little bit like it, though. Miller said as much in an interview with Empire earlier this year, noting that the films' success...

After the success of ReBoot, the first television show made entirely with CGI, Mainfraim Entertainment partnered with Hasbro to create the second generation of Transformers. The result was Beast Wars, which saw Maximals and Predacons —descendants of the Autobots and Decepticons —battle for control of an alien planet after going back in time and space. Thanks to its brilliant writing and strong characters, it set a baseline that every subsequent Transformers show has built upon.

With Spider-Man: No Way Home, the appearances of Spider-Men past and present caused a stir over which actor brought the most faithful and all-around best interpretation of the web-slinger to the screen: Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, or Tom Holland. Each actor that has taken on the “great responsibility” of playing Peter Parker did so in their own unique way to varying levels of success, between Maguire’s down-to-earth charm, Garfield’s melancholy angst, and Holland’s optimistic naïveté. When it comes to playing the spectacularly amazing Spider-Man himself, however, none of these actors have been able to embody the character’s true style of heroics on the big screen. While the gravity-defying courage that made Spider-Man a comic idol has been limited by the confines of practicality in live-action filmmaking, the realm of animation has yielded the web-head his best venue to demonstrate the kind of kinetic dynamism and even...

This article contains spoilers for "The Little Mermaid."

There are quite a few changes in "The Little Mermaid" live-action version, from the ending to Prince Eric's backstory, and King Triton's characterization. Director Rob Marshall reminded viewers in his interview with SFX that his film "really is a reimagining of 'Little Mermaid' more than a remake. There are things in animated musicals that you just accept that you just wouldn't accept in live-action." One of those things is the "Les Poissons" song. 

In the comical number, Chef Louis chases Sebastian around his kitchen. The original scene relies a lot on the juxtaposition of scale and Sebastian's over-the-top expressions for its humor. Sebastian's tiny body avoids a huge pot of boiling water and flies into the air. His eyes bulge out and he nearly throws up when he realizes that he could be cooked. He even hunches into his shell to try and hide.

Anyone who spent the past week counting down the minutes before they could see “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” should know that they’re not alone. The sequel to the Oscar-winning “Into the Spider-Verse” has all the makings of a runaway box office hit, and many believe it could end up being a cultural phenomenon on the level of 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” One of the live-action Spider-Men certainly has faith in it.

Speaking to the Associated Press while promoting his new Apple TV+ series “The Crowded Room,” Tom Holland expressed his excitement about the animated sequel. He even revealed that the original “Into the Spider-Verse” is his favorite film about the web-slinging hero that made him a superstar.

“I think the first ‘Spider-Verse’ movie is the best Spider-Man movie that’s ever been made,” Holland said. “I’m so proud of everyone involved. [Producer] Amy Pascal is like my mom.

How do you follow something as massively successful as “Yellowjackets” Season 1? It’s a problem that every show dreams of having — and few ever get the chance to worry about. When “Yellowjackets” premiered in late 2021, it instantly captivated America with its rich mythology and thrilling story about the lifelong effects of a girl’s soccer team getting stranded in the woods.

The wait for more episodes was agonizing for fans, and “Yellowjackets” Season 2 quickly became one of the most anticipated events of the spring 2023 TV season. But the cast and crew of the hit Showtime series quickly learned that staying at the top of the TV landscape is just as hard as reaching it.

At IndieWire’s Consider This Event in Los Angeles on Saturday, “Yellowjackets” star Christina Ricci, executive producer and director Karyn Kusama, and music supervisor Nora Felder sat down for a panel moderated by IndieWire’s Editor in Chief Dana Harris-Bridson.

The 2022-2023 season was a very good time to be a Netflix subscriber. Returning favorites like “Stranger Things” shattered viewership records for the streaming giant, while new projects like “Wednesday” and “Beef” proved that audiences are ready to embrace the company’s next big hit.

At IndieWire’s Consider This Event in Los Angeles on Saturday, post-production artists from some of Netflix’s biggest shows got together to discuss the craftsmanship that goes into making our favorite television. The panel, moderated by IndieWire’s Jim Hemphill, featured “Stranger Things” re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor Craig Henighan, “Beef” editor Laura Zempel and composer Bobby Krlic, and “Wednesday” composer Danny Elfman, co-composer Chris Bacon, and music supervisor Jen Malone.

In the penultimate season of “Stranger Things,” the Duffer Brothers’ sci-fi blockbuster went darker than ever. Feature length episodes saw the residents of Hawkins plumb the depths of their trauma to face off against Vecna,...

This post contains spoilers for "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."

I don't write much about superhero films. You can probably count my superhero-related pieces on two hands, maybe even one. Despite being the cinematic cultural dominator of the 21st century, every passing year brings me further and further away from the genre. 15 years ago, with the release of "The Dark Knight" and the beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with "Iron Man," I couldn't be more excited to head to the theater opening night. Now when I see a superhero film on the calendar, it's an obligation.

What makes it all the more dispiriting is that I really do like superheroes. Every Wednesday I head over to my local comic book shop and grab my pull list made up mostly of superhero comics. I eagerly anticipate the latest "Nightwing" by Tom Taylor and "Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain" by Tini Howard. In fact,...

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window has a lasting influence that, almost 70 years later, continues to pop up in films and popular culture with surprising regularity. Hitch, like all the greats of cinema, just tends to have that power: His movies live on, both directly and indirectly, as classic works that continue to warrant revisiting, and also as the innumerable films that emulate them to varying degrees.

Guillermo del Toro is notorious for his visually riveting body of work and a cinematic style that fuses the spine-chilling elements of cinema with other genres. A filmmaker known for producing a number of sought-after motion pictures over the past decades, his 2015 romantic horror film titled Crimson Peak has only served to prove that the award-winning director's eye for details and storytelling is unmatched. Starring Mia Wasikowska and Tom Hiddleston in a melodramatic thriller that's both horrifying and romantic, Crimson Peak's original score matches the film's medieval gothic color. And now, everyone can get their hands on the newly released vinyl version of Fernando Velázquez's work, complete with a new album art cover.

With a few mystifying teasers and less than two months until the premiere of the live-action “Barbie” film, audiences still don’t know exactly how the film will unfold. But the production team has started to reveal insight into the film — including how they caused an international pink paint shortage.

In a recent Architectural Digest profile with production designer Sarah Greenwood, set decorator Katie Spencer and director Greta Gerwig, the group explain that they set out “to capture what was so ridiculously fun” about Barbie’s world, but especially that of Architectural Digest’s subject: Barbie’s Dreamhouse.

“I wanted the pinks to be very bright, and everything to be almost too much,” Gerwig stated. She shared that “the ‘kid-ness’ was paramount” — evoking the feeling of never forgetting “what made [her] love Barbie” as a young girl.

“Why walk down stairs when you can slide into your pool? Why trudge up...

Before the James Bond series became one of the most successful ongoing franchises in cinematic history, it was a groundbreaking series of espionage novels that provided a similar intriguing hook to international readers. The British novelist Ian Fleming, who also wrote the children’s classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, wrote twelve novels about the world’s classiest MI6 super spy and inspired the film series. Additionally, he wrote nine short stories that have also inspired various installments in the series. Fleming’s role in shaping Bond was essential, and anything he’s written about the character has some sort of value. That includes Bond’s quick escape into the Big Apple that was the subject of “007 in New York,” the James Bond short story that still deserves an adaptation as the franchise figures out its next direction in the wake of Daniel Craig’s final appearance as the character in No Time To Die.

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for the series finale of SuccessionThere are plenty of things that a turtleneck can do. They keep necks warm and shield others from a sneeze in a pinch. But in this case, when paired with a blazer, a turtleneck can almost get you appointed CEO of Waystar Royco, which, in the world of HBO's Succession, is one of the most powerful media conglomerates in the world.

Over the last week alone, two of the biggest shows on television drew to a close. Succession ended its four-season run on HBO last Sunday and then on Wednesday, AppleTV+'s Ted Lasso wrapped up its third and supposedly final season. Both series ran for a largely overlapping period, making waves as comedy-drama balancing acts, albeit in very different ways. Both shows also share the similarity of being American productions heavily influenced by British writers. Despite their common ground, and their respective ensembles of British and American actors, surprisingly only one actor appears in both series, and as somewhat similar characters too.

This post contains spoilers for "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."

The second and third movies of the Spider-Verse series were originally intended to be titled "Across the Spider-Verse (Part One)" and "Across the Spider-Verse (Part Two)," and from the finished product of "Across the Spider-Verse," you can certainly tell. As brilliant and creative as this movie is, it's very much half of a larger story. Audiences in my theater groaned when that "To be continued..." flashed across the screen, but if we were being honest with ourselves, it was clear throughout the final hour that there was no way everything would be wrapped up by the end of the film. 

This is hardly the first major blockbuster in recent years to pull this trick, to be a "Part One" type of movie without including any "Part One" in its title. The marketing for 2021's "Dune" certainly could've been a little clearer...

Mike Flanagan is one of the most exciting names in horror right now, but his journey to getting there was a bit stop-and-go. He got his first taste of box office success with 2013's "Oculus," the filmmaker's well-received adaptation of his own short movie, "Oculus: Chapter 3 – The Man with the Plan." After that, Flanagan helmed three horror movies in rapid succession. Of the trio, one of them went directly to Netflix (the underrated home invasion thriller "Hush"), while another one of them spent several years floundering in limbo after its U.S. distributor, Relativity Media, declared bankruptcy ("Before I Wake").

The last of these three movies was 2016's "Ouija: Origin of Evil." For those who haven't seen it, "Origin of Evil" is a much better film than its risible subtitle would suggest. It's also vastly superior to 2014's "Ouija," a flash-in-the-pan Universal/Blumhouse hit that grossed more than 20 times its...

In an era where digital marketing helps every major release in the market with numerous trailers, television spots and posters, Hayao Miyazaki is taking a different strategy for his upcoming film, How Do You Live?, According to producer Toshio Suzuki, the studio will only use the poster for the release that is already available as the only item for its promotional campaign. Before the film arrives in Japanese theatres this summer, not a single trailer or different poster will be used to promote the title. The lack of information surrounding the project might cause long-time fans of the filmmaker to feel even more interested in the story about to be told.

The superhero comic books of Marvel and DC use a static timeline, where no characters permanently age. That's what makes "Batman Beyond" so unique; following in the thematic footsteps of "The Dark Knight Returns," the show depicted a Bruce Wayne who'd aged out of the cowl. In his place, he trained teenage Terry McGinnis as the new Dark Knight. The film "Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker" even provided a definite end for "Batman: The Animated Series," showing via flashback the final battle between the original Batman and the Joker; the latter abducts Robin (Tim Drake) and tortures/brainwashes him into "Joker Junior." Tim ultimately snaps and kills the Joker with his own spear gun.

However, the next DC Animated Universe series, "Justice League"/"Justice League Unlimited," went back to the "present"/contemporary era. This left the creators constrained by what they established in "Batman Beyond" — or did it?

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