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Glenn Danzig Explains How He Ended Up Writing Songs for 1987's Less Than Zero [Exclusive]

Glenn Danzig Explains How He Ended Up Writing Songs for 1987's Less Than Zero [Exclusive]
Glenn Danzig is best known as the singer and bandleader for the seminal horror punks The Misfits, his eponymously monikered hard rock band, Danzig, and his hit song "Mother." But a deeper look into his discography reveals a connection to Hollywood, one that pre-dates the '90s rumor that he was offered the role of Wolverine in X-Men; his music's inclusion in an episode of The X-Files and The Hangover movies; and his eventual debut as a writer/director with last year's gory anthology, Verotika. Released in 1987, the song "You and Me (Less Than Zero)" on the Less Than Zero soundtrack is credited to "Glenn Danzig and the Power and Fury Orchestra." And alongside tracks by LL Cool J, The Bangles, and Slayer, lurked another Danzig contribution, as well: "Life Fades Away," co-written with late '50s icon Roy Orbison, who performed vocals and guitar.

In this recently unearthed interview,
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Watch Gord Downie’s Animated Video for ‘River Don’t Care’

Watch Gord Downie’s Animated Video for ‘River Don’t Care’
Shortly after the release of late Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie’s posthumous album Away Is Mine, the video for “River Don’t Care” has dropped.

Created by Toronto artist Alex McLeod, the video features a vivid hotel room slowly overgrown with fauna and coral life, in a style described in the release as The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou meets Schitt’s Creek. “I don’t care about nature/Nature don’t care about it,” Downie sings. “I throw all I had at it/Ineffable shit, the pain, the blood and spit.
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Watch Wes Anderson Movies: Where Each Film Is Streaming

Watch Wes Anderson Movies: Where Each Film Is Streaming
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Wes Anderson’s first live-action film in six years “The French Dispatch,” was originally scheduled for release in July 2020 and was expected to premiere at the since-cancelled Cannes Film Festival before it was pushed to later in 2020 and then went undated altogether. Now that it’s expected sometime in the second quarter of 2021, though with no specific date attached, there’s no better way to pass the long wait than by brushing up on Anderson’s filmography.

From Anderson’s 1996 debut, “Bottle Rocket,” to his most recent outing, the animated “Isle of Dogs,” there are nine films to revisit before Anderson’s tenth feature hits screens. IndieWire executive editor Eric Kohn ranked each of the director’s films here, and you can find out where to watch them all below.
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Rome Film Festival Sets Physical Edition in October With Footballer Francesco Totti Pic, Cannes Titles

Rome Film Festival Sets Physical Edition in October With Footballer Francesco Totti Pic, Cannes Titles
The Rome Film Festival has announced plans to hold a physical edition from Oct. 15-25, featuring several titles from the Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection, alongside a roster of other pics including David Bowie origin pic “Stardust” and local crowdpleaser “Mi Chiamo Francesco Totti” (“My Name is Francesco Totti”), a doc about the A.S. Roma soccer team’s iconic former captain.

Produced by Fremantle’s Italian units Lorenzo Mieli’s The Apartment and Mario Gianani’s Wildside and other partners including Vision Distribution, Rai Cinema and Amazon Prime Video, “Totti” is described in promotional materials as an intimate tale, told in first person, about both Totti the athlete and the man, a native Roman who spent his entire 24-year career with A.S. Roma before retiring in 2017. Vision is handling international sales.

“Totti” is directed by Alex Infascelli who previously made a well-received doc titled “S is for Stanley,
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The Twilight Zone Season 2 Episode 6 Review: 8

The Twilight Zone Season 2 Episode 6 Review: 8
This Twilight Zone review contains spoilers.

The Twilight Zone Season 2 Episode 6

Science fiction that happens underwater almost always become horrifically scary, really fast. Off the top of my head, the only sci-fi premises that aren’t automatically horrifying are the ‘90s show seaQuest, or my three-year-old daughter’s favorite TV Show, Octonauts. Everything else that happens underwater has the potential to be packed with the stuff of nightmares. James Cameron’s The Abyss isn’t called The Lovely Abyss. Great underwater fiction comes with scary sea monsters, at least nine times out of ten.

The sixth episode of season 2 of the new Jordan Peele Twilight Zone is what would happen if the sea monster story was merged with the original Ridley Scott-directed Alien. In other words, you’re terrified, but also kind of rooting for the monster on some level. What makes this episode so interesting, is you think
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5 Reasons Why The Grand Budapest Hotel Is Wes Anderson’s Best Film (& 5 Reasons It's The Royal Tenenbaums)

5 Reasons Why The Grand Budapest Hotel Is Wes Anderson’s Best Film (& 5 Reasons It's The Royal Tenenbaums)
Wes Anderson has one of the most distinct filmmaking visions in Hollywood today. Breaking out in 1996 with Bottle Rocket, he quickly established himself as an auteur and developed his distinct style. His later releases: Rushmore, The Darjeeling Limited, and The Life Aquatic, proved he had a knack for comedy, directing, writing, and vivid set design.

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Although all his films are individually distinct and impressive, The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Royal Tenenbaums are generally considered his best films. The former was nominated for an Oscar, but the latter brought Anderson fully into his own as a filmmaker. Here are five reasons why The Grand Budapest Hotel is Wes Anderson's greatest film, and five why the title belongs to The Royal Tenenbaums.
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Top 10 Worst Bill Murray Films, According To IMDb

Top 10 Worst Bill Murray Films, According To IMDb
Bill Murray's career is remarkably consistent. He's doesn't have a truly terrible film to his name and has proven to be one of the most versatile and reliable actors in Hollywood.  Most of his best work came in comedies such as Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day, but he has also taken leading roles in dramas such as Lost in Translation.

Related: The 10 Best Dan Aykroyd Movies, Ranked (According to IMDb)

In recent years, Murray has earned a spot in Wes Anderson's Rolodex of actors; he's appeared in every Anderson film since his starring turn in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zizzou. Murray isn't batting 1.000, however, and has made a few mediocre movies. Here are 10 low points in his otherwise stellar career.
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‘Siberia’ Exclusive Trailer: Willem Dafoe Wanders a Fever Dream in Abel Ferrara’s Trippy Berlin Premiere

‘Siberia’ Exclusive Trailer: Willem Dafoe Wanders a Fever Dream in Abel Ferrara’s Trippy Berlin Premiere
Dream team Abel Ferrara and Willem Dafoe, who most recently collaborated on “Tommaso” and “Pasolini,” have done it again with the upcoming Berlinale premiere, “Siberia.” IndieWire shares the stunning first trailer for the film, which is currently seeking U.S. distribution, below. The film premieres at the Berlin Film Festival on February 24.

Throughout, star Dafoe (who recently won an Indie Spirit award for his supporting turn in “The Lighthouse”) wanders the nightmares and dreamscapes of the mind. “You’ve destroyed my life,” a woman laughingly tells him, launching Dafoe, whose character is called Clint, on a dark night of the soul across haunting set pieces. The film boasts cinematography from Stefano Falivene, who worked on Wes Anderson’s “The Life Aquatic” and also shot Ferrara’s “Pasolini.”

Here’s the official synopsis of the film, courtesy of the Berlin Film Festival. In short, we’re firmly in Ferrara country here,
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Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’ Debuts First Trailer

Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’ Debuts First Trailer
Searchlight Pictures dropped the first trailer for Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” on Wednesday.

The dramedy follows a group of journalists at an American newspaper bureau set in a fictional 20th century French city. The star-studded cast includes Timothee Chalamet, Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Lea Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Owen Wilson, Lyna Khoudri, Mathieu Amalric, Stephen Park and Bill Murray. Anderson co-wrote the screenplay with Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Hugo Guinness.

The upcoming film will be Anderson’s 10th directorial effort and his fourth working with Searchlight Pictures, with his previous projects for the studios including “The Darjeeling Limited,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Isle of Dogs.” Now that Disney owns Fox, “The French Dispatch” will be his second Disney film after “The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou” back in 2004.

Anderson has been nominated for seven Academy Awards for five of his films, including best picture
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‘Loki’ Disney Plus Series Casts Owen Wilson

‘Loki’ Disney Plus Series Casts Owen Wilson
Owen Wilson has joined the upcoming “Loki” series at Disney Plus, Variety has confirmed with sources.

The exact details of Wilson’s role are being kept under wraps. Tom Hiddleston will star in the series, reprising his role from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Variety exclusively reported in November that Sophia Di Martino is also attached to star.

Wilson is no stranger to Disney, having voiced Lightning McQueen, the main character in the Pixar “Cars” film franchise. He is also known for his collaborations with filmmaker Wes Anderson, with Wilson starring in Anderson’s films such as “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “The Darjeeling Limited,” and “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.” He and Anderson were also nominated for the Academy Award for best original screenplay for “The Royal Tenenbaums.” Wilson’s other film roles include “Zoolander,” “Wedding Crashers,” and “Midnight in Paris.”

He is repped by UTA and Hirsch Wallerstein.

Reps for
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Lionsgate Inks Disney Vet Kristin Burr & Her Burr! Productions To Multi-Year Pact

  • 29 January 2020
  • by Anthony D'Alessandro
  • Deadline
Lionsgate has signed producer Kristin Burr and her company, Burr! Productions to an overall multi-year film production deal.

She is the latest filmmaker to partner with the studio, following Lionsgate’s deals with Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver and their production company Point Grey Pictures, filmmaker Chad Stahelski, director Jonathan Levine, and producer Stephen “Doctor” Love.

A Disney exec of 20 years, Burr’s producing credits include Disney’s Christopher Robin and Paramount/Walden Media’s Dora and the Lost City of Gold.

The deal was announced today by Nathan Kahane, President of the Motion Picture Group, who said, “Kristin will be a key pillar for us as we step up our activity in the live-action family space. She develops films in this arena that elevate the genre and are distinctive, fresh and authentic. She is one of the most talented producers working today and will be a tremendous
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Wes Anderson’s Timothée Chalamet Starrer ‘The French Dispatch’ Gets Summer Release

Wes Anderson’s Timothée Chalamet Starrer ‘The French Dispatch’ Gets Summer Release
Wes Anderson will officially return to the big screen on July 24, 2020. Searchlight, which picked up worldwide distribution rights to the filmmaker’s next film last September, announced the official release date today. The journalism-centric drama is Anderson’s 10th directorial effort. A brand new log line for the film describes it as “a collection of stories from the final issue of an American magazine published in a fictional 20th century French city.” A previous synopsis described it as a “love letter to journalists.”

The film’s cast includes Benicio Del Toro, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody, Timothée Chalamet, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Mathieu Amalric, Lyna Khoudri, Stephen Park, Owen Wilson, Lois Smith, and Bill Murray.”

The July release hints at a potential Cannes Film Festival debut for the star-studded film. While not his regular festival choice, Anderson is no stranger to Cannes. His delightful boy scout comedy “Moonrise Kingdom
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Wes Anderson’s 'The French Dispatch' to get July Us release

Beloved auteur brings together starry ensemble of collaborators old and new.

Searchlight Pictures solved the mystery of Berlinale regular Wes Anderson’s omission from the competition line-up on Wednesday when the studio announced The French Dispatch will open in limited release in the Us on July 24.

The timing of the launch puts the Us auteur’s new feature way outside Berlin’s catchment area and now has observers wondering whether it could be ready in time for Cannes instead. That festival is scheduled to run from May 12-23.

France-based Anderson’s first film to shoot in the country takes place
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Wes Anderson’s ‘French Dispatch’ Budget Rivals ‘Grand Budapest,’ Film Will Not Be Four Hours Long

Wes Anderson’s ‘French Dispatch’ Budget Rivals ‘Grand Budapest,’ Film Will Not Be Four Hours Long
A new Wes Anderson movie is arriving in theaters later this year titled “The French Dispatch,” but it will not be a four-hour epic as advertised this week on IMDb, which listed the film’s runtime at four hours and one minute. IMDb also stated the movie was made up of two parts, with part one being 1 hour and 57 minutes and part two being 2 hours and 4 minutes. Fox Searchlight says the IMDb information is incorrect and “The French Dispatch” will have a theatrical runtime closer to Anderson’s other live-action films (think just under two hours).

As for the budget, Variety reports “The French Dispatch” cost $25 million, which puts it at the same cost of Anderson’s “Grand Budapest Hotel.” The $25 million budget makes it one of Anderson’s priciest live-action films, although it’s nowhere near the $50 million spent on “The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou.” Variety also reports
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Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch Runtime Revealed

Update: Fox Searchlight has confirmed with us that the official runtime for The French Dispatch is one hour and 48 minutes and IMDb published an error. See the original story below.

We’re now in the year of a new Wes Anderson film, and it may arrive in a form that’s a lot longer than we expected. His highly-anticipated, star-studded new project The French Dispatch doesn’t have a confirmed festival debut or even a release date yet, but new rumored runtime details have surfaced which should please those that have been looking forward to his first live-action film in six years. First, an official synopsis:

The French Dispatch is a love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city and brings to life a collection of stories published in The French Dispatch magazine.

Technical details on IMDb have now been
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Horror Highlights: Fright-Rags’ Creepshow Series Apparel, Automation, Rojo, Midday Demons

The Creepshow TV series wrapped up its first season this past Halloween on Shudder, but the anthology series lives on courtesy of Fright-Rags! New, officially licensed apparel including T-shirts and enamel pins for the show are now available. Also in today's Horror Highlights: a trailer and poster Automation trailer and poster and Rojo and Midday Demons release details.

Fright-Rags' Creepshow TV Series Apparel Release Details: "Officially Licensed Creepshow - The Series T-Shirt! Artwork by Justin Osbourn.

Printed on our super soft 4.5oz 100% pre-shrunk ringspun cotton shirts.

Ships in 1-2 business days.

Us customers: Please allow 3-5 days for delivery.

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For more information, visit Fright-Rags' website.

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Automation Trailer and Release Details: "A workplace robot, Auto, transforms into a killing machine when he discovers he will be replaced by a more efficient model.

Garo Setian directed, produced, and edited Automation, and co-wrote alongside
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Bill Murray to Receive Rome Film Fest Lifetime Achievement Award

Bill Murray to Receive Rome Film Fest Lifetime Achievement Award
Bill Murray is set to receive the 2019 Rome Film Fest's lifetime achievement award. Wes Anderson will present the Academy Award-nominated actor and comedian with the honor, as well as host a "Close Encounter" festival discussion with Murray.

Murray has appeared in every Anderson film since the director's sophomore feature Rushmore (1998), creating memorable roles in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and Isle of Dogs (2018). He even cut Anderson an (uncashed) check for $25,000 when production ...
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Seymour Cassel, Frequent John Cassavetes and Wes Anderson Actor, Dies at 84

Seymour Cassel, Frequent John Cassavetes and Wes Anderson Actor, Dies at 84
Actor Seymour Cassel has passed away. He was 84-years old. Cassel died Sunday, April 7th in Los Angeles of complications from Alzheimer's disease, according to his son, Matt.

The actor was best-known for appearing in several John Cassavetes projects over the years and worked with Wes Anderson on Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. Cassel was also known for being a versatile talent that made him an admired character actor in the entertainment industry.

Seymour Cassel got his start in acting after studying with Stella Adler at Carnegie Hall. It was there he saw an ad for "Free Scholarships - John Cassavetes Workshop, Variety Arts Building," which changed his life forever. He went and met up with Cassavetes, spoke to him for an hour, and then went to the set to watch the iconic director work and ended up with a job as a cameraman.
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Seymour Cassel, Actor in Numerous Wes Anderson Films, Dies at 84

Seymour Cassel, Actor in Numerous Wes Anderson Films, Dies at 84
Seymour Cassel, the Academy Award-nominated actor who regularly collaborated with Wes Anderson and John Cassavetes, died Sunday following complications from Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 84, according to multiple media outlets including the Associated Press.

Born in Detroit in 1935, Cassel’s career in film began alongside Cassavetes’ as he took a role as a crew member on the legendary filmmaker’s 1959 debut film “Shadows,” a job which turned into an uncredited onscreen role and then into a credit as associate producer.

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Cassel would go on to appear in six more of Cassavetes’ films, receiving a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his performance as the hippie Chet in the 1968 drama “Faces.” Other films they worked on together included “Minnie and Moskowitz,” “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie” and “Opening Night.”

The 1980s
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Seymour Cassel, Familiar Face in Cassavetes Films, Dies at 84

Seymour Cassel, Familiar Face in Cassavetes Films, Dies at 84
Seymour Cassel, the Oscar-nominated John Cassavetes regular whose wily glint, weathered look and versatile talent made him an admired character actor, has died. He was 84.

Cassel died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from Alzheimer's disease, his son, Matt, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Cassel also was a favorite of Wes Anderson, who cast the irascible actor in Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004).

Cassel first teamed with Cassavetes during the making of the improvisational Shadows (1959). On Cassavetes' directorial debut, he started out as an unpaid crewmember but was given an uncredited onscreen ...
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