When Ron and Russell Mael, the two brothers who make up the cult band Sparks, were young, their father would take them to the movies every Saturday. He was a commercial and fine artist who didn’t bother timing these weekly excursions to any showing’s start time, and whatever film they were seeing was usually already playing by the time the family took their seats. Similarly, no matter where you start Edgar Wright’s documentary The Sparks Brothers, it’s like coming into a movie after it’s begun. This is brilliant, but you can’t exactly credit the director. It’s the subject.
According to the documentary, Sparks was the “best British group to ever come out of America.” You can look them up on Wikipedia and learn nothing. Everyone thinks they’re identical twins, but they weren’t even born in the same sunny California town. Sparks...
According to the documentary, Sparks was the “best British group to ever come out of America.” You can look them up on Wikipedia and learn nothing. Everyone thinks they’re identical twins, but they weren’t even born in the same sunny California town. Sparks...
- 6/15/2021
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Strange things happen in the town of Mercer, Ohio, but the sense of wonder is quite subdued among the residents, many of whom work at the Center for Experimental Physics. The particle accelerator in the underground facility unlocks the secrets of the universe, but it also causes fantastical anomalies in the surface world. However, Tales from the Loop isn’t strictly about the weird happenings themselves; rather, the show explores the emotional impact that results from a slight shift in reality as we know it, and although the slow pace may not be for everyone, the anthology aspect of the series ensures that each episode will have its own dramatic appeal.
Tales from the Loop centers mostly, but not exclusively, around the Willard family headed by the Loop founder Russ. In the three episodes provided to journalists for review, we see a strained relationship between the patriarch and his son...
Tales from the Loop centers mostly, but not exclusively, around the Willard family headed by the Loop founder Russ. In the three episodes provided to journalists for review, we see a strained relationship between the patriarch and his son...
- 3/27/2020
- by Michael Ahr
- Den of Geek
This article contains spoilers for Altered Carbon: Resleeved.
At first glance, Altered Carbon: Resleeved would appear to have a fairly pat ending. The villain is dead, and everyone goes their own way. It’s an uncharacteristically hopeful conclusion for this normally dark cyberpunk story, aside from the fact that Hideki Tanaseda, the latest Meth to compel services from Takeshi Kovacs, is not quite finished with the last Envoy. But even that leaves open the possibility for more animated action in this universe, whether it’s with the same secondary characters or not.
Read more Movies Altered Carbon: Resleeved Review By Michael Ahr TV Altered Carbon Season 2: Simone Missick on Trepp’s Big Debut By Matthew Schuchman
Holly seems to think the band will get back together at some point. In perhaps the most significant twist in the final moments, the hotel AI Ogai refers to the young tattoo artist as Margot,...
At first glance, Altered Carbon: Resleeved would appear to have a fairly pat ending. The villain is dead, and everyone goes their own way. It’s an uncharacteristically hopeful conclusion for this normally dark cyberpunk story, aside from the fact that Hideki Tanaseda, the latest Meth to compel services from Takeshi Kovacs, is not quite finished with the last Envoy. But even that leaves open the possibility for more animated action in this universe, whether it’s with the same secondary characters or not.
Read more Movies Altered Carbon: Resleeved Review By Michael Ahr TV Altered Carbon Season 2: Simone Missick on Trepp’s Big Debut By Matthew Schuchman
Holly seems to think the band will get back together at some point. In perhaps the most significant twist in the final moments, the hotel AI Ogai refers to the young tattoo artist as Margot,...
- 3/20/2020
- by Michael Ahr
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Feb 27, 2020
Simon Missick discusses the importance of getting Trepp right and why Altered Carbon season 2 is really a love story to humanity.
The following contains major spoilers for Altered Carbon season 2.
There will always be casualties when adapting any novel to the screen. Settings can change, plot points dropped, and some important characters may even get left behind. When it comes to episodic television though, there are plenty of opportunities to bring back lost favorites into the fold. Such is the case with Altered Carbon. After sitting out the show's first season, bounty hunter Trepp makes her glorious debut in Altered Carbon season 2.
While she is still a bounty hunter sent to collect Takeshi Kovacs, Trepp enters season two with no connection to any of the characters from the first outing. Bringing this fierce powerhouse to life is Simone Missick, who many Marvel fans will know from her...
Simon Missick discusses the importance of getting Trepp right and why Altered Carbon season 2 is really a love story to humanity.
The following contains major spoilers for Altered Carbon season 2.
There will always be casualties when adapting any novel to the screen. Settings can change, plot points dropped, and some important characters may even get left behind. When it comes to episodic television though, there are plenty of opportunities to bring back lost favorites into the fold. Such is the case with Altered Carbon. After sitting out the show's first season, bounty hunter Trepp makes her glorious debut in Altered Carbon season 2.
While she is still a bounty hunter sent to collect Takeshi Kovacs, Trepp enters season two with no connection to any of the characters from the first outing. Bringing this fierce powerhouse to life is Simone Missick, who many Marvel fans will know from her...
- 2/28/2020
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Feb 27, 2020
In Altered Carbon season 2, Anthony Mackie picks up where Joel Kinnaman and several others left off.
The following contains spoilers for Altered Carbon season 2.
Though it has been popularized on television by the mighty Doctor Who, the premise of keeping a character alive through new actors has not been utilized by enough productions. The world of Altered Carbon is the perfect setting to take on this task of continuing a story, with several faces attached to one soul. The character of Takeshi Kovacs already had three faces in the first season alone, and with season two there comes a fourth. Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/Falcon from the Marvel Cinematic Universe) steps into the sleeve of this former mercenary, turned rebel fighter, turned detective.
With a wealth of thematic plot lines to lift from Richard K. Morgan novels on which the show is based, season 2 finds itself moving...
In Altered Carbon season 2, Anthony Mackie picks up where Joel Kinnaman and several others left off.
The following contains spoilers for Altered Carbon season 2.
Though it has been popularized on television by the mighty Doctor Who, the premise of keeping a character alive through new actors has not been utilized by enough productions. The world of Altered Carbon is the perfect setting to take on this task of continuing a story, with several faces attached to one soul. The character of Takeshi Kovacs already had three faces in the first season alone, and with season two there comes a fourth. Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/Falcon from the Marvel Cinematic Universe) steps into the sleeve of this former mercenary, turned rebel fighter, turned detective.
With a wealth of thematic plot lines to lift from Richard K. Morgan novels on which the show is based, season 2 finds itself moving...
- 2/27/2020
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Mike Cecchini Jan 23, 2020
Star Henry Golding promises that the new GI Joe: Snake Eyes movie will be heavy on physical stunts and light on CGI.
From Dry Eye in Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen to Snake Eyes in Paramount's upcoming Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins movie, Henry Golding is keeping busy. The young actor rocketed to stardom in 2018's Crazy Rich Asians, is currently on the big screen in The Gentlemen, and will take on the challenging role of one of the most beloved action heroes of a generation when he plays the title role in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins. Golding will don the black ninja gear of the most famous member of the G.I. Joe team and trade blows with other toy icons like Storm Shadow (Warrior's Andrew Koji) and Scarlett. Oh, and one of the most badass screen fighters of recent years will be there,...
Star Henry Golding promises that the new GI Joe: Snake Eyes movie will be heavy on physical stunts and light on CGI.
From Dry Eye in Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen to Snake Eyes in Paramount's upcoming Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins movie, Henry Golding is keeping busy. The young actor rocketed to stardom in 2018's Crazy Rich Asians, is currently on the big screen in The Gentlemen, and will take on the challenging role of one of the most beloved action heroes of a generation when he plays the title role in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins. Golding will don the black ninja gear of the most famous member of the G.I. Joe team and trade blows with other toy icons like Storm Shadow (Warrior's Andrew Koji) and Scarlett. Oh, and one of the most badass screen fighters of recent years will be there,...
- 1/23/2020
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Jan 23, 2020
Henry Golding talks growing up on Guy Ritchie movies and then living it in The Gentlemen.
Henry Golding is on a surefire fast track to super stardom. The one-time TV personality entered a new stage of his career when he went from travel show host to leading man with his role in the world wide phenomenon, Crazy Rich Asians. While his subsequent roles have seen him playing different character types, his turn as the young, cocky Dry Eye in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen allows Golding to take on a very different persona.
We had the chance to speak with the rising star and discuss what it’s like to take on a role in a Guy Ritchie crime caper after being a fan of the filmmaker from a young age, and just how the experience measured up to his expectations.
This portion of your career has really exploded,...
Henry Golding talks growing up on Guy Ritchie movies and then living it in The Gentlemen.
Henry Golding is on a surefire fast track to super stardom. The one-time TV personality entered a new stage of his career when he went from travel show host to leading man with his role in the world wide phenomenon, Crazy Rich Asians. While his subsequent roles have seen him playing different character types, his turn as the young, cocky Dry Eye in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen allows Golding to take on a very different persona.
We had the chance to speak with the rising star and discuss what it’s like to take on a role in a Guy Ritchie crime caper after being a fan of the filmmaker from a young age, and just how the experience measured up to his expectations.
This portion of your career has really exploded,...
- 1/23/2020
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Dec 6, 2019
We speak with director Tom Harper about The Aeronauts and a time when hot air balloons in the sky were an escape into the unknown.
Pop quiz: what is the first thing that enters your mind when you think about mankind's first venture into the skies? The smart money is on you thinking about the Wright Brothers. Maybe there is a long shot on a few of you sickos went straight to the Hindenburg. Before all of them though, we first started exploring the skies in balloons.
In his new film The Aeronauts, writer-director Tom Harper brings to light the early perils and wonder of what it was like to float up into the unknown, when one could only imagine seeing anything above the clouds. Along with his co-writer, Jack Thorne, and stars Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne, Harper set out to bring along his audience into...
We speak with director Tom Harper about The Aeronauts and a time when hot air balloons in the sky were an escape into the unknown.
Pop quiz: what is the first thing that enters your mind when you think about mankind's first venture into the skies? The smart money is on you thinking about the Wright Brothers. Maybe there is a long shot on a few of you sickos went straight to the Hindenburg. Before all of them though, we first started exploring the skies in balloons.
In his new film The Aeronauts, writer-director Tom Harper brings to light the early perils and wonder of what it was like to float up into the unknown, when one could only imagine seeing anything above the clouds. Along with his co-writer, Jack Thorne, and stars Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne, Harper set out to bring along his audience into...
- 12/6/2019
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Oct 24, 2019
After the film was taken away, Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon say The Current War Director's Cut is the movie they set out on.
It seems unfair that a film should be branded by the scandal it played no role in, yet was still left sitting on the shelf for two years as a result. But that is exactly the case with The Current War. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s new film about the titanic struggle at the turn of the 20th century over who “owns” the lightbulb, and the varying types of electric currents therein. The movie stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison and Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse, the two men who battled to bring electrical lighting across the United States... and who ensnared the genius of Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult) along the way.
The film was originally under the banner of The Weinstein Company, and before...
After the film was taken away, Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon say The Current War Director's Cut is the movie they set out on.
It seems unfair that a film should be branded by the scandal it played no role in, yet was still left sitting on the shelf for two years as a result. But that is exactly the case with The Current War. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s new film about the titanic struggle at the turn of the 20th century over who “owns” the lightbulb, and the varying types of electric currents therein. The movie stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison and Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse, the two men who battled to bring electrical lighting across the United States... and who ensnared the genius of Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult) along the way.
The film was originally under the banner of The Weinstein Company, and before...
- 10/24/2019
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Oct 11, 2019
We chat with Song Kang-ho about his relationship with director Bong Joon-ho, and how exciting awards talk for Parasite has been.
It’s October and the awards season is heating up. Big marquee films are bombarding theaters, and all the top run films are dividing audiences left and right. Yet as audiences debate the merits of clowns and space odysseys alike, there is one film that exceeds all expectations and has thrilled everyone who’s seen it: Bong Joon-ho’s brilliantly fascinating Parasite.
A true ensemble piece that is both a laugh riot and intriguing mirror to modern society’s class system, Parasite is anchored with flawlessly enchanting performances, chief among them is Song Kang-ho. One of the greatest South Korean actors in the business, Song returns to work work with Bong, who he’s previously made three movies together with. Whether it was the early entry...
We chat with Song Kang-ho about his relationship with director Bong Joon-ho, and how exciting awards talk for Parasite has been.
It’s October and the awards season is heating up. Big marquee films are bombarding theaters, and all the top run films are dividing audiences left and right. Yet as audiences debate the merits of clowns and space odysseys alike, there is one film that exceeds all expectations and has thrilled everyone who’s seen it: Bong Joon-ho’s brilliantly fascinating Parasite.
A true ensemble piece that is both a laugh riot and intriguing mirror to modern society’s class system, Parasite is anchored with flawlessly enchanting performances, chief among them is Song Kang-ho. One of the greatest South Korean actors in the business, Song returns to work work with Bong, who he’s previously made three movies together with. Whether it was the early entry...
- 10/11/2019
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Oct 10, 2019
Lupita Nyong'o's Little Monsters is a bubbly zombie comedy. We chat with director Abe Forsythe to discuss the life lessons he imbued in it.
Given the current, maddening state of things, it is easy to think things are never going to return to “normal.” That the world’s problems are too big. But if you fear you’re giving into such misanthropy, please consider checking out Little Monsters. For here is a movie convinced that no matter how big things may seem, there’s always a chance to fix it all, including with a song.
One of the big hits at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, Little Monsters follows the story of Dave (Alexander England); a man whose life doesn’t seem to add up to much, especially after his long-time girlfriend breaks things off, once and for all. In an attempt to garner favor with his nephew Felix’s kindergarten teacher,...
Lupita Nyong'o's Little Monsters is a bubbly zombie comedy. We chat with director Abe Forsythe to discuss the life lessons he imbued in it.
Given the current, maddening state of things, it is easy to think things are never going to return to “normal.” That the world’s problems are too big. But if you fear you’re giving into such misanthropy, please consider checking out Little Monsters. For here is a movie convinced that no matter how big things may seem, there’s always a chance to fix it all, including with a song.
One of the big hits at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, Little Monsters follows the story of Dave (Alexander England); a man whose life doesn’t seem to add up to much, especially after his long-time girlfriend breaks things off, once and for all. In an attempt to garner favor with his nephew Felix’s kindergarten teacher,...
- 10/10/2019
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Oct 5, 2019
Talent for next year's The Grudge movie, including Sam Raimi, confirm it's R-rated and not a reboot...plus a few Evil Dead details!
For many, it may feel like only yesterday that the Japanese horror craze had a foothold in the business of frightening audiences with raven-haired evil forces. Shockingly though, we are closing in on 20 years since the heyday of the original Japanese films and subsequent American remakes of The Ring and The Grudge. Now Sam Raimi (of The Evil Dead and classic Spider-Man movies) is back again with his Ghost House Pictures production company to produce an all-new The Grudge that will kick 2020 off in style. With Director Nicolas Pesce and stars Andrea Risebourough, Lin Shaye, and Glow's Betty Gilpin by his side, Raimi bought the first taste of this new R-rated Grudge revival to New York Comic Con.
The first big takeaway is that we shouldn't be mistaken,...
Talent for next year's The Grudge movie, including Sam Raimi, confirm it's R-rated and not a reboot...plus a few Evil Dead details!
For many, it may feel like only yesterday that the Japanese horror craze had a foothold in the business of frightening audiences with raven-haired evil forces. Shockingly though, we are closing in on 20 years since the heyday of the original Japanese films and subsequent American remakes of The Ring and The Grudge. Now Sam Raimi (of The Evil Dead and classic Spider-Man movies) is back again with his Ghost House Pictures production company to produce an all-new The Grudge that will kick 2020 off in style. With Director Nicolas Pesce and stars Andrea Risebourough, Lin Shaye, and Glow's Betty Gilpin by his side, Raimi bought the first taste of this new R-rated Grudge revival to New York Comic Con.
The first big takeaway is that we shouldn't be mistaken,...
- 10/5/2019
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Aug 28, 2019
The filmmakers behind Ready or Not talk to us about their bloody vision for the unconventional slasher movie.
When you read the credits for the new horror/comedy Ready or Not, the directing credits will read "Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet." However, they, along with executive producer Chad Villella, make up the filmmaking collective Radio Silence, friends who have been working together since the mid-noughties.
After working on a slew of massively popular online videos and interactive adventures, Radio Silence was hired to direct the final segment of the horror anthology V/H/S. The filmmakers directed the features Devil’s Due and Southbound.
With Ready or Not, Radio Silence has brought its brand of storytelling to a wider audience who may not be ready for the wild ride the filmmakers have created out of Guy Busick and Ryan Murphy’s script. We had some time to talk to...
The filmmakers behind Ready or Not talk to us about their bloody vision for the unconventional slasher movie.
When you read the credits for the new horror/comedy Ready or Not, the directing credits will read "Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet." However, they, along with executive producer Chad Villella, make up the filmmaking collective Radio Silence, friends who have been working together since the mid-noughties.
After working on a slew of massively popular online videos and interactive adventures, Radio Silence was hired to direct the final segment of the horror anthology V/H/S. The filmmakers directed the features Devil’s Due and Southbound.
With Ready or Not, Radio Silence has brought its brand of storytelling to a wider audience who may not be ready for the wild ride the filmmakers have created out of Guy Busick and Ryan Murphy’s script. We had some time to talk to...
- 8/28/2019
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Aug 28, 2019
We chat with the star of the gruesome hide-and-seek thriller Ready or Not about pulling off a genre gem.
Samara Weaving is everywhere these days. Weaving is making a name for herself with smaller parts on TV shows like Smilf and Ash V. Evil Dead (the latter which saw one of her production photos in a beaten and bloodied state used as a hoax), film roles in acclaimed films like Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and the lead as a Satanist cult member the Netflix exclusive The Babysitter.
Now with her starring turn in the new comedy/horror thriller Ready or Not, Weaving may really break out into the mainstream.
Physical similarities to Margot Robbie aside (which has been a big talking point in recent days since the red carpet events for Ready or Not), much like Robbie herself, Weaving is showing audiences around the world her...
We chat with the star of the gruesome hide-and-seek thriller Ready or Not about pulling off a genre gem.
Samara Weaving is everywhere these days. Weaving is making a name for herself with smaller parts on TV shows like Smilf and Ash V. Evil Dead (the latter which saw one of her production photos in a beaten and bloodied state used as a hoax), film roles in acclaimed films like Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and the lead as a Satanist cult member the Netflix exclusive The Babysitter.
Now with her starring turn in the new comedy/horror thriller Ready or Not, Weaving may really break out into the mainstream.
Physical similarities to Margot Robbie aside (which has been a big talking point in recent days since the red carpet events for Ready or Not), much like Robbie herself, Weaving is showing audiences around the world her...
- 8/28/2019
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman May 17, 2019
Lily Collins dived into the life of Edith Tolkien, a young woman of artistic sensibilities who inspired J.R.R. Tolkien's writings.
When you think about The Lord of the Rings, or any of the novels and stories associated with it, you think of one person; J.R.R. Tolkien. The author of The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and the other countless stories of Middle-earth, it’s easy to imagine Tolkien putting pen to paper, or spending time with the Inklings, a group of young writers who included Tolkien and C.S. Lewis (author of The Chronicles of Narnia), but one person you might not have heard of, is the love of Tolkien’s life, his wife Edith.
Portrayed by Lily Collins in the new biopic, Tolkien, audiences get the chance to see the woman who not only stole the heart of J.R.R. Tolkien but also helped nurture...
Lily Collins dived into the life of Edith Tolkien, a young woman of artistic sensibilities who inspired J.R.R. Tolkien's writings.
When you think about The Lord of the Rings, or any of the novels and stories associated with it, you think of one person; J.R.R. Tolkien. The author of The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and the other countless stories of Middle-earth, it’s easy to imagine Tolkien putting pen to paper, or spending time with the Inklings, a group of young writers who included Tolkien and C.S. Lewis (author of The Chronicles of Narnia), but one person you might not have heard of, is the love of Tolkien’s life, his wife Edith.
Portrayed by Lily Collins in the new biopic, Tolkien, audiences get the chance to see the woman who not only stole the heart of J.R.R. Tolkien but also helped nurture...
- 5/17/2019
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman May 14, 2019
Nicholas Hoult explains the appeal of exploring the troubled early life of Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien that so few know.
Maybe you’ve read one of his famous books, maybe you’ve read them all, or maybe you’ve just seen the film’s based on his work... no matter what, it is tough to find anyone out there, who has never heard of J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings was groundbreaking at its time, taking the atmospheres and feelings of classic works such as Beowulf and presenting the stories in a more palpable, world-reaching container. Skip forward 50 years, and the film adaptations of the book became the standard for grand scale filmmaking and special effects epics set in the realm of high fantasy. Yet just a miniscule portion of fans of either his books or the movies they inspired, including The Hobbit trilogy,...
Nicholas Hoult explains the appeal of exploring the troubled early life of Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien that so few know.
Maybe you’ve read one of his famous books, maybe you’ve read them all, or maybe you’ve just seen the film’s based on his work... no matter what, it is tough to find anyone out there, who has never heard of J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings was groundbreaking at its time, taking the atmospheres and feelings of classic works such as Beowulf and presenting the stories in a more palpable, world-reaching container. Skip forward 50 years, and the film adaptations of the book became the standard for grand scale filmmaking and special effects epics set in the realm of high fantasy. Yet just a miniscule portion of fans of either his books or the movies they inspired, including The Hobbit trilogy,...
- 5/14/2019
- Den of Geek
Michael Ahr Matthew Schuchman Apr 12, 2019
Visionary director Terry Gilliam talks with us about his view of filmmaking and what it took to complete The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.
It seems that director Terry Gilliam can't escape the narrative that The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has been a film 30 years in the making, even though his final effort only encompassed the last few years with a modified story and new actors, Jonathan Pryce and Adam Driver. We had the opportunity to speak to the director for The Fourth Wall, our interview podcast, about the evolution of his film and the final version of the long-suffering tale that ultimately ended up on the screen.
In addition to discussing The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Gilliam addresses issues such as the use of special effects, the freedom enjoyed by his peers in streaming television, the omniprescence of Marvel movies, and his...
Visionary director Terry Gilliam talks with us about his view of filmmaking and what it took to complete The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.
It seems that director Terry Gilliam can't escape the narrative that The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has been a film 30 years in the making, even though his final effort only encompassed the last few years with a modified story and new actors, Jonathan Pryce and Adam Driver. We had the opportunity to speak to the director for The Fourth Wall, our interview podcast, about the evolution of his film and the final version of the long-suffering tale that ultimately ended up on the screen.
In addition to discussing The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Gilliam addresses issues such as the use of special effects, the freedom enjoyed by his peers in streaming television, the omniprescence of Marvel movies, and his...
- 4/12/2019
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Apr 10, 2019
We spoke to Terry Gilliam about the decades-long process of bringing his The Man Who Killed Don Quixote to the screen.
I became a film fanatic at the early age of 10. No, it wasn’t after watching Star Wars for the first time or from gorging on Back to the Future. It was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest that drew me in. However, what really changed my entire world were the works of Terry Gilliam. Whether it was the stylized brilliance of “The Crimson Permanent Assurance” (the short film that plays before Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life) or the whimsical journey of Time Bandits, I started to realize that deep and meaningful stories didn’t need to be told strictly through dark and dour dramas. And then I saw Brazil, and nothing else mattered anymore. I don’t have to run down the rest...
We spoke to Terry Gilliam about the decades-long process of bringing his The Man Who Killed Don Quixote to the screen.
I became a film fanatic at the early age of 10. No, it wasn’t after watching Star Wars for the first time or from gorging on Back to the Future. It was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest that drew me in. However, what really changed my entire world were the works of Terry Gilliam. Whether it was the stylized brilliance of “The Crimson Permanent Assurance” (the short film that plays before Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life) or the whimsical journey of Time Bandits, I started to realize that deep and meaningful stories didn’t need to be told strictly through dark and dour dramas. And then I saw Brazil, and nothing else mattered anymore. I don’t have to run down the rest...
- 4/9/2019
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Mar 28, 2019
We talked to the cast of Amazon Prime's Hanna, an adaptation of the 2011 movie, about bringing a new version of the story to life.
Prequels, sequels, and complete re-imaginings. More and more, the stories of the silver screen are finding new life on the small one. Generally (and thankfully), however, it is rare for a TV adaptation of a popular film, movie, or previous TV show to be a straight remake.
In the case of Amazon Prime’s Hanna, a remake is exactly what you get... at first. The first two episodes of this eight-episode first season take the viewer on a very familiar journey. Past that, however, the show offers new twists, turns, and changes that allow the story grow and expand into new avenues of exploration.
Starring Esme Creed-Miles as the titular Hanna, with Joel Kinnaman taking over the role as Erik Heller and Mireille Enos...
We talked to the cast of Amazon Prime's Hanna, an adaptation of the 2011 movie, about bringing a new version of the story to life.
Prequels, sequels, and complete re-imaginings. More and more, the stories of the silver screen are finding new life on the small one. Generally (and thankfully), however, it is rare for a TV adaptation of a popular film, movie, or previous TV show to be a straight remake.
In the case of Amazon Prime’s Hanna, a remake is exactly what you get... at first. The first two episodes of this eight-episode first season take the viewer on a very familiar journey. Past that, however, the show offers new twists, turns, and changes that allow the story grow and expand into new avenues of exploration.
Starring Esme Creed-Miles as the titular Hanna, with Joel Kinnaman taking over the role as Erik Heller and Mireille Enos...
- 3/28/2019
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Mar 25, 2019
Hotel Mumbai stars Dev Patel and Armie Hammer discuss the real-life tragedy that inspired the film... and maybe a little Batman.
On the song “A House is not a Motel,” from their 1967 masterpiece, Forever Changes, Arthur Lee woefully croons; “The news today, will be the movies for tomorrow.” Not only is this a painful truth, but it’s always the harrowing, tragic stories that have reasons to be made. I’m sitting and writing this just days after the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand and think to myself; at what point does that film come out? And the problem with dramatic films based on such events is that while they show you some horror or injustice, they still aim to give you those super heroic moments or that “Happy Ending.” But Hotel Mumbai is not that movie. With his latest effort, filmmaker Anthony Maras brings an...
Hotel Mumbai stars Dev Patel and Armie Hammer discuss the real-life tragedy that inspired the film... and maybe a little Batman.
On the song “A House is not a Motel,” from their 1967 masterpiece, Forever Changes, Arthur Lee woefully croons; “The news today, will be the movies for tomorrow.” Not only is this a painful truth, but it’s always the harrowing, tragic stories that have reasons to be made. I’m sitting and writing this just days after the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand and think to myself; at what point does that film come out? And the problem with dramatic films based on such events is that while they show you some horror or injustice, they still aim to give you those super heroic moments or that “Happy Ending.” But Hotel Mumbai is not that movie. With his latest effort, filmmaker Anthony Maras brings an...
- 3/25/2019
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Feb 15, 2019
Florence Pugh and Lena Headey explain getting in the ring as a family unit and hitting WWE training in Fighting with My Family.
To many, the world of wrestling is completely alien. They know it exists, but only hear details in short burst from those who have encountered it. To others, wrestling is their life blood. A real-time soap opera playing out in the square circle between the heroes and villains of such organizations as the WWE. Among the loyal followers are Fighting with My Family’s real-life The Knights, a family of amatuer wreslters in Norwich, England; under the guise of patriarchs Ricky and Julia. Their children, have been in the ring since the second they could learn the moves, and their biggest dream has always been to get to the WWE themselves.
Fighting with My Family is a true life story of WWE superstar Paige,...
Florence Pugh and Lena Headey explain getting in the ring as a family unit and hitting WWE training in Fighting with My Family.
To many, the world of wrestling is completely alien. They know it exists, but only hear details in short burst from those who have encountered it. To others, wrestling is their life blood. A real-time soap opera playing out in the square circle between the heroes and villains of such organizations as the WWE. Among the loyal followers are Fighting with My Family’s real-life The Knights, a family of amatuer wreslters in Norwich, England; under the guise of patriarchs Ricky and Julia. Their children, have been in the ring since the second they could learn the moves, and their biggest dream has always been to get to the WWE themselves.
Fighting with My Family is a true life story of WWE superstar Paige,...
- 2/14/2019
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Feb 8, 2019
We chat with Matthew Broderick about his new film To Dust and how the dark comedy tackles the great mystery of what comes next.
Ashes to ashes, dust to... well, you know the rest. Have you ever thought about the words though? As we pass on from this world, our bodies lowered into the ground—unless you’ve chosen to be cremated, in which case, those words seem all the more pertinent—do you wonder if we actually, become dust? While literally turning to dust may not be what many people expect to be the actual outcome for our mortal bodies, what does actually happen? That is the question Shmuel has after his wife passes away from a battle with cancer. As an Orthodox Hasidic Jew, these are questions his religion has no real answer for. His search for answers lead him to Albert (the incomparable Matthew...
We chat with Matthew Broderick about his new film To Dust and how the dark comedy tackles the great mystery of what comes next.
Ashes to ashes, dust to... well, you know the rest. Have you ever thought about the words though? As we pass on from this world, our bodies lowered into the ground—unless you’ve chosen to be cremated, in which case, those words seem all the more pertinent—do you wonder if we actually, become dust? While literally turning to dust may not be what many people expect to be the actual outcome for our mortal bodies, what does actually happen? That is the question Shmuel has after his wife passes away from a battle with cancer. As an Orthodox Hasidic Jew, these are questions his religion has no real answer for. His search for answers lead him to Albert (the incomparable Matthew...
- 2/8/2019
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Feb 8, 2019
Liam Neeson and the Cold Pursuit filmmakers talk the dangers of seeking vengeance in Cold Pursuit and how "it can lead you into trouble."
Americanized remakes of foreign films and television series are not a new concept in any stretch of the imagination. Long before Liam Neeson in Cold Pursuit, Christopher Nolan was shooting his version of Insomnia with Al Pacino and Robin Williams. However, what constitutes the designation of “American” in a remake if the new version’s director is the same man who made the original? It has happened before; Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer remade his instant 1988 classic Spoorloos (The Vanishing) for the American market in 1993, and of course Takasji Shimizu brought his vision overseas with a remake of his original Ju-On (The Grudge). Now Hans Petter Moland is bringing the new version of his hit dark comedy thriller Kraftidioten (In Order of Disappearance) to...
Liam Neeson and the Cold Pursuit filmmakers talk the dangers of seeking vengeance in Cold Pursuit and how "it can lead you into trouble."
Americanized remakes of foreign films and television series are not a new concept in any stretch of the imagination. Long before Liam Neeson in Cold Pursuit, Christopher Nolan was shooting his version of Insomnia with Al Pacino and Robin Williams. However, what constitutes the designation of “American” in a remake if the new version’s director is the same man who made the original? It has happened before; Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer remade his instant 1988 classic Spoorloos (The Vanishing) for the American market in 1993, and of course Takasji Shimizu brought his vision overseas with a remake of his original Ju-On (The Grudge). Now Hans Petter Moland is bringing the new version of his hit dark comedy thriller Kraftidioten (In Order of Disappearance) to...
- 2/8/2019
- Den of Geek
David Crow Matthew Schuchman Nov 27, 2018
Creed II and Rocky IV star Dolph Lundgren almost aces our First Five quiz.
It is every actor’s dream to work steadily enough to have careers that span decades. Yet when you achieve that goal, especially one of such notorious distinction as Dolph Lundgren, being able to remember everything you got your start on can be difficult. Nevertheless, the man who would be Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, and now Creed II, remembers his history pretty damn well.
While talking with Den of Geek, Lundgren was posed our First Five quiz--name your first five credits on IMDb--and remarkably he got four of them with ease. Then again when four are such iconic staples of 1980s action movies as A View to a Kill, Rocky IV, and Masters of the Universe, that’s not too surprising. What is an amusing twist is Lundgren’s...
Creed II and Rocky IV star Dolph Lundgren almost aces our First Five quiz.
It is every actor’s dream to work steadily enough to have careers that span decades. Yet when you achieve that goal, especially one of such notorious distinction as Dolph Lundgren, being able to remember everything you got your start on can be difficult. Nevertheless, the man who would be Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, and now Creed II, remembers his history pretty damn well.
While talking with Den of Geek, Lundgren was posed our First Five quiz--name your first five credits on IMDb--and remarkably he got four of them with ease. Then again when four are such iconic staples of 1980s action movies as A View to a Kill, Rocky IV, and Masters of the Universe, that’s not too surprising. What is an amusing twist is Lundgren’s...
- 11/26/2018
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman David Crow Nov 20, 2018
Tessa Thompson tells us about getting back in the ring with Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone on Creed II... and Chris Hemsworth.
Tessa Thompson enjoys getting back in the ring with fellow actors and filmmakers she’s previously worked with. And for good reason, it’s a chance to push each other and see how you have grown as an artist. This of course applies to Creed II, her follow-up to the Rocky reboot that gives her the chance to work with Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone in new ways, but it also applies to simply reteaming with Thor: Ragnarok co-star Chris Hemsworth for next year’s Men in Black spinoff. She told us as much while considering the prospect of switching in sword and sorcery for black ties and nerualyzers.
“For me, it’s so cool,” Thompson says of acting against Hemsworth again.
Tessa Thompson tells us about getting back in the ring with Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone on Creed II... and Chris Hemsworth.
Tessa Thompson enjoys getting back in the ring with fellow actors and filmmakers she’s previously worked with. And for good reason, it’s a chance to push each other and see how you have grown as an artist. This of course applies to Creed II, her follow-up to the Rocky reboot that gives her the chance to work with Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone in new ways, but it also applies to simply reteaming with Thor: Ragnarok co-star Chris Hemsworth for next year’s Men in Black spinoff. She told us as much while considering the prospect of switching in sword and sorcery for black ties and nerualyzers.
“For me, it’s so cool,” Thompson says of acting against Hemsworth again.
- 11/19/2018
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Nov 19, 2018
Dolph Lundgren was ready to fight Sly Stallone for a Creed 2 script he loved.
Thirty-three years ago, Dolph Lundgren’s Ivan Drago stepped into the ring with Apollo Creed and then Rocky Balboa in Rocky IV. He was a Frankenstein Monster of Soviet ingenuity (and doping). Now Lundgren is reprising the role in Creed II, this time with more depth.
For Lundgren to sign on, it was important to him that audiences saw a different side of Ivan Drago this time around.
“I really didn't want to do it at first,” Lundgren reluctantly admitted to Den of Geek. “ thought I was going to be used as some kind of pawn, some kind of stereotypical Russian bad guy again. But I wasn't ready for that. Then when I read the script, I realized that not just was it good, it was fantastic, the whole storyline.”
The new film...
Dolph Lundgren was ready to fight Sly Stallone for a Creed 2 script he loved.
Thirty-three years ago, Dolph Lundgren’s Ivan Drago stepped into the ring with Apollo Creed and then Rocky Balboa in Rocky IV. He was a Frankenstein Monster of Soviet ingenuity (and doping). Now Lundgren is reprising the role in Creed II, this time with more depth.
For Lundgren to sign on, it was important to him that audiences saw a different side of Ivan Drago this time around.
“I really didn't want to do it at first,” Lundgren reluctantly admitted to Den of Geek. “ thought I was going to be used as some kind of pawn, some kind of stereotypical Russian bad guy again. But I wasn't ready for that. Then when I read the script, I realized that not just was it good, it was fantastic, the whole storyline.”
The new film...
- 11/19/2018
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Nov 19, 2018
We spoke with up and coming director Steven Caple Jr. about taking over an iconic franchise.
More so than other franchises, the Rocky universe has been a rare club of directors. Either John Avildsen or Sylvester Stallone has directed every Rocky installment, and Ryan Coogler helmed Creed, using it as a launchpad before achieving massive success with Black Panther. Taking over for Coolger is Steven Caple Jr., who's ready to make it his own.
Caple is only 30 years old but received critical acclaim for his first feature The Land, a film he wrote and directed about teenagers hoping to escape poverty in Cleveland through their dreams of becoming professional skateboarders. With Creed II, Caple takes on a script written by Stallone and Juel Taylor. While Rocky IV showed the Italian Stallion going into the cold of Siberia, Creed II takes Adonis Adonis into the American Southwest, bringing...
We spoke with up and coming director Steven Caple Jr. about taking over an iconic franchise.
More so than other franchises, the Rocky universe has been a rare club of directors. Either John Avildsen or Sylvester Stallone has directed every Rocky installment, and Ryan Coogler helmed Creed, using it as a launchpad before achieving massive success with Black Panther. Taking over for Coolger is Steven Caple Jr., who's ready to make it his own.
Caple is only 30 years old but received critical acclaim for his first feature The Land, a film he wrote and directed about teenagers hoping to escape poverty in Cleveland through their dreams of becoming professional skateboarders. With Creed II, Caple takes on a script written by Stallone and Juel Taylor. While Rocky IV showed the Italian Stallion going into the cold of Siberia, Creed II takes Adonis Adonis into the American Southwest, bringing...
- 11/16/2018
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Nov 12, 2018
Willem Dafoe explains how he walks in Vincent van Gogh's shoes in At Eternity's Gate... as well as why he enjoyed making Aquaman.
Willem Dafoe, one of the most recognizable and celebrated character actors in modern cinema, has played real-life historic figures before, but perhaps none with as much legend and mythology around him as Vincent van Gogh. For in the new Julian Schnabel film, At Eternity’s Gate, Dafoe gives a very humane and impressionistic look at the painter alleged for more than a century after his death to have committed suicide following decades of struggle and isolation on the edge of society. But like everything else in the movie, Dafoe’s performance challenges what you think you know about the man.
It’s a remarkably minimalist turn in the career of an actor known for his eclectic mixing of genres, and auteurs with tentpoles.
Willem Dafoe explains how he walks in Vincent van Gogh's shoes in At Eternity's Gate... as well as why he enjoyed making Aquaman.
Willem Dafoe, one of the most recognizable and celebrated character actors in modern cinema, has played real-life historic figures before, but perhaps none with as much legend and mythology around him as Vincent van Gogh. For in the new Julian Schnabel film, At Eternity’s Gate, Dafoe gives a very humane and impressionistic look at the painter alleged for more than a century after his death to have committed suicide following decades of struggle and isolation on the edge of society. But like everything else in the movie, Dafoe’s performance challenges what you think you know about the man.
It’s a remarkably minimalist turn in the career of an actor known for his eclectic mixing of genres, and auteurs with tentpoles.
- 11/9/2018
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Nov 9, 2018
We sit down with veteran character actor Stephen Lang to discuss Mortal Engines, embodying cyborgs... and Don't Breathe 2.
Though he’s been a staple of stage and screen for some time now, Stephen Lang’s name generally brings an image of certain roles to people’s minds. That of the grizzled, no-nonsense Col. Miles Quaritch from James Cameron’s Avatar (who it seems will be the main antagonist for all of the upcoming sequels as well); or as “The Blind Man,” from the recent horror hit, Don’t Breathe. But the real Lang cut his teeth in the business as a staple of the stage, appearing as Happy in the 1980s revival of Death of a Salesman, and he was the first person to portray Col. Nathan Jessup in the original stage productions of A Few Good Men, a role that was made infamous from its film adaptation with Jack Nicholson.
We sit down with veteran character actor Stephen Lang to discuss Mortal Engines, embodying cyborgs... and Don't Breathe 2.
Though he’s been a staple of stage and screen for some time now, Stephen Lang’s name generally brings an image of certain roles to people’s minds. That of the grizzled, no-nonsense Col. Miles Quaritch from James Cameron’s Avatar (who it seems will be the main antagonist for all of the upcoming sequels as well); or as “The Blind Man,” from the recent horror hit, Don’t Breathe. But the real Lang cut his teeth in the business as a staple of the stage, appearing as Happy in the 1980s revival of Death of a Salesman, and he was the first person to portray Col. Nathan Jessup in the original stage productions of A Few Good Men, a role that was made infamous from its film adaptation with Jack Nicholson.
- 11/9/2018
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Nov 9, 2018
Pilou Asbaek and Julius Avery told us about creating fictional and historical monsters for Overlord.
The only thing worse than an undead, unkillable zombie is an actual Nazi, and Overlord, the new Jj Abrams-produced horror movie from director Julius Avery has no shortage of either. Avery told us about his own personal connection to World War II, while the film's main villain, the mad Dr. Wafner (played by Pilous Asbaek) explained what it took to get into the mindset of a historical monster and a supernatural one at the same time.
Den of Geek: What I'm pleasantly surprised with the film is that it's much more of a World War II movie, with just a twinge of the monster in there, which I love. Was that really the balance you were going for from the get go?
Julius Avery: A lot of war elements and then there's...
Pilou Asbaek and Julius Avery told us about creating fictional and historical monsters for Overlord.
The only thing worse than an undead, unkillable zombie is an actual Nazi, and Overlord, the new Jj Abrams-produced horror movie from director Julius Avery has no shortage of either. Avery told us about his own personal connection to World War II, while the film's main villain, the mad Dr. Wafner (played by Pilous Asbaek) explained what it took to get into the mindset of a historical monster and a supernatural one at the same time.
Den of Geek: What I'm pleasantly surprised with the film is that it's much more of a World War II movie, with just a twinge of the monster in there, which I love. Was that really the balance you were going for from the get go?
Julius Avery: A lot of war elements and then there's...
- 11/9/2018
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Nov 9, 2018
Overlord stars Jovan Adepo and Mathilde Ollivier told us how they got into character for Overlord.
Overlord is a pleasant surprise. Throwing zombies into World War II is the kind of thing that video games have been doing well for years, but to see it work so well on the big screen, in a movie produced by Jj Abrams no less, is a real post-Halloween treat.
The movie is buoyed by its talented young cast (who we've spoken to in groups in the leadup to the film's release), but the story really centers on Jovan Adepo's Boyce and Mathilde Ollivier's Chloe, two unlikely heroes in the face of an even more unlikely adventure. Here's what they told us about Overlord's fun blend of genres.
Den of Geek: I was pleasantly surprised to find this to be more of a World War II movie with just a little...
Overlord stars Jovan Adepo and Mathilde Ollivier told us how they got into character for Overlord.
Overlord is a pleasant surprise. Throwing zombies into World War II is the kind of thing that video games have been doing well for years, but to see it work so well on the big screen, in a movie produced by Jj Abrams no less, is a real post-Halloween treat.
The movie is buoyed by its talented young cast (who we've spoken to in groups in the leadup to the film's release), but the story really centers on Jovan Adepo's Boyce and Mathilde Ollivier's Chloe, two unlikely heroes in the face of an even more unlikely adventure. Here's what they told us about Overlord's fun blend of genres.
Den of Geek: I was pleasantly surprised to find this to be more of a World War II movie with just a little...
- 11/9/2018
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Nov 7, 2018
We sit down with Wyatt Russell, John Magaro, and Iain De Caestecker to discuss Nazi mad scientists in J.J. Abrams' Overlord.
Quentin Tarantino once said that filmmakers keep returning to World War II as a setting because that conflict had “the best dressed villains in history.” Obviously a bit glib, the comment still gets to a root fascination with the Nazis: a historic enemy of the United States and, really, all of humanity in an era remembered as the “the last good war.” But with evermore WWII movies released each decade, increasingly storytellers look to put new spins on the material, from the historic to the B-genre … including in this week’s Overlord, a deliciously gonzo mashup of war film grit and science fiction spectacle.
Set during the D-Day landing, a group of wayward U.S. Army Airborne infantry find themselves scattered to the winds over Normandy…...
We sit down with Wyatt Russell, John Magaro, and Iain De Caestecker to discuss Nazi mad scientists in J.J. Abrams' Overlord.
Quentin Tarantino once said that filmmakers keep returning to World War II as a setting because that conflict had “the best dressed villains in history.” Obviously a bit glib, the comment still gets to a root fascination with the Nazis: a historic enemy of the United States and, really, all of humanity in an era remembered as the “the last good war.” But with evermore WWII movies released each decade, increasingly storytellers look to put new spins on the material, from the historic to the B-genre … including in this week’s Overlord, a deliciously gonzo mashup of war film grit and science fiction spectacle.
Set during the D-Day landing, a group of wayward U.S. Army Airborne infantry find themselves scattered to the winds over Normandy…...
- 11/7/2018
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Oct 26, 2018
Rowan Atkinson talks to us about returning to one of his iconic roles in Johnny English Strikes Again.
Probably still most popular to audiences worldwide as Mr. Bean, Johnny English Strikes Again’s Rowan Atkinson has been making people laugh for quite some time now. Starting as a stage performer who dazzled with some spectacular one-man shows during his career and hitting the TV early on with the sketch show, Not the Nine O’Clock News, Atkinson truly struck gold with the historical sitcom, Black Adder. The show which ran for four series, including many specials, was a marvel that many thought would not work. That character creation, followed by Mr. Bean, solidified Atkinson in the zeitgeist of world comedy. As my friend will tell it, “He’s the Chaplin of this generation.”
Now, Atkinson is back for the third installment of his James Bond-esque spy comedy,...
Rowan Atkinson talks to us about returning to one of his iconic roles in Johnny English Strikes Again.
Probably still most popular to audiences worldwide as Mr. Bean, Johnny English Strikes Again’s Rowan Atkinson has been making people laugh for quite some time now. Starting as a stage performer who dazzled with some spectacular one-man shows during his career and hitting the TV early on with the sketch show, Not the Nine O’Clock News, Atkinson truly struck gold with the historical sitcom, Black Adder. The show which ran for four series, including many specials, was a marvel that many thought would not work. That character creation, followed by Mr. Bean, solidified Atkinson in the zeitgeist of world comedy. As my friend will tell it, “He’s the Chaplin of this generation.”
Now, Atkinson is back for the third installment of his James Bond-esque spy comedy,...
- 10/26/2018
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Oct 20, 2018
Gareth Evans' new horror movie is streaming on Netflix, and he tells us about what went into the making of Apostle.
Gareth Evans hit the film industry like a freight train. No one saw The Raid coming, and it forever changed the landscape of action films to come. Even if you have not seen the film or its sequel, which was also helmed by Evans, you have seen the effects of its impact in other films from the latter entries in the Fast and Furious franchise to John Wick.
For his first feature length film since The Raid 2, Evans switched gears a little and made a mystery/horror film for Netflix, Apostle. The film follows Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) as he attempts to rescue his sister from the clutches of megalomaniac Prophet Malcolm (Michael Sheen), who is holding her for ransom, in hopes of helping...
Gareth Evans' new horror movie is streaming on Netflix, and he tells us about what went into the making of Apostle.
Gareth Evans hit the film industry like a freight train. No one saw The Raid coming, and it forever changed the landscape of action films to come. Even if you have not seen the film or its sequel, which was also helmed by Evans, you have seen the effects of its impact in other films from the latter entries in the Fast and Furious franchise to John Wick.
For his first feature length film since The Raid 2, Evans switched gears a little and made a mystery/horror film for Netflix, Apostle. The film follows Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) as he attempts to rescue his sister from the clutches of megalomaniac Prophet Malcolm (Michael Sheen), who is holding her for ransom, in hopes of helping...
- 10/20/2018
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman Nov 23, 2018
We chat with the filmmakers behind Ralph Breaks the Internet about how to best break online culture into a focused animated story.
Movies based on video games, or steeped in the world of video games, have always faced an uphill battle on the big screen. It’s pretty sad that the first live action Mortal Kombat film is still considered by many to be the best direct video game film in existence. Then came Wreck- It Ralph and things changed. An ode to older arcade games, Wreck-It Ralph ended up bringing in a cavalcade of characters from all over the video game map, and it worked!
Of course, the most important aspect of making any film work is for it to have a solid story with a clear viewpoint. The gaming aspect is just the icing on the cake. Hence why the creative team behind the Disney sequel,...
We chat with the filmmakers behind Ralph Breaks the Internet about how to best break online culture into a focused animated story.
Movies based on video games, or steeped in the world of video games, have always faced an uphill battle on the big screen. It’s pretty sad that the first live action Mortal Kombat film is still considered by many to be the best direct video game film in existence. Then came Wreck- It Ralph and things changed. An ode to older arcade games, Wreck-It Ralph ended up bringing in a cavalcade of characters from all over the video game map, and it worked!
Of course, the most important aspect of making any film work is for it to have a solid story with a clear viewpoint. The gaming aspect is just the icing on the cake. Hence why the creative team behind the Disney sequel,...
- 10/18/2018
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman David Crow Oct 17, 2018
The stars of Mortal Engines discuss bringing their characters to life in the new steampunk movie from Peter Jackson.
With any sort of cinematic adaptation, there must be a give and a take with casting, which is almost inevitably always followed by some sort of grumbling from fans of the novel. Peter Jackson faced it on Lord of the Rings when he made Frodo and Sam roughly the same age (Frodo is hardly so boyish in J.R.R. Tolkien’s prose), and his latest production, Mortal Engines, continued the creative tradition by aging up the characters from the Philip Reeve book in order for the franchise to organically expand.
We caught up with the leads of Mortal Engines at New York Comic Con this month to discuss those changes, as well as how one inhabits a world in which London has become a glorified rock atop...
The stars of Mortal Engines discuss bringing their characters to life in the new steampunk movie from Peter Jackson.
With any sort of cinematic adaptation, there must be a give and a take with casting, which is almost inevitably always followed by some sort of grumbling from fans of the novel. Peter Jackson faced it on Lord of the Rings when he made Frodo and Sam roughly the same age (Frodo is hardly so boyish in J.R.R. Tolkien’s prose), and his latest production, Mortal Engines, continued the creative tradition by aging up the characters from the Philip Reeve book in order for the franchise to organically expand.
We caught up with the leads of Mortal Engines at New York Comic Con this month to discuss those changes, as well as how one inhabits a world in which London has become a glorified rock atop...
- 10/17/2018
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman David Crow Oct 17, 2018
The stars of Mortal Engines discuss bringing their characters to life in the new steampunk movie from Peter Jackson.
With any sort of cinematic adaptation, there must be a give and a take with casting, which is almost inevitably always followed by some sort of grumbling from fans of the novel. Peter Jackson faced it on Lord of the Rings when he made Frodo and Sam roughly the same age (Frodo is hardly so boyish in J.R.R. Tolkien’s prose), and his latest production, Mortal Engines, continued the creative tradition by aging up the characters from the Philip Reeve book in order for the franchise to organically expand.
We caught up with the leads of Mortal Engines at New York Comic Con this month to discuss those changes, as well as how one inhabits a world in which London has become a glorified rock atop...
The stars of Mortal Engines discuss bringing their characters to life in the new steampunk movie from Peter Jackson.
With any sort of cinematic adaptation, there must be a give and a take with casting, which is almost inevitably always followed by some sort of grumbling from fans of the novel. Peter Jackson faced it on Lord of the Rings when he made Frodo and Sam roughly the same age (Frodo is hardly so boyish in J.R.R. Tolkien’s prose), and his latest production, Mortal Engines, continued the creative tradition by aging up the characters from the Philip Reeve book in order for the franchise to organically expand.
We caught up with the leads of Mortal Engines at New York Comic Con this month to discuss those changes, as well as how one inhabits a world in which London has become a glorified rock atop...
- 10/17/2018
- Den of Geek
Matthew Schuchman David Crow Oct 11, 2018
Christian Rivers, Peter Jackson, and Philippa Boyens talk adapting Mortal Engines, and how it differs from Lord of the Rings.
Mortal Engines, Peter Jackson’s adaptation of the Philip Reeve book series has been a long time coming. Having picked up the rights for the Mortal Engines series since before he even planned to simply produce a Hobbit movie or two, Jackson has been eying the project for a long time, alongside his writing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. In the end, Christian Rivers is taking over the directorial reins—having been a second-unit director on The Hobbit trilogy and a visual effects supervisor on The Lord of the Rings trilogy—but Jackson stayed on to write the picture.
When we were able to catch up with Jackson and Boyens at New York Comic Con, the writers/producers were kind enough to share their...
Christian Rivers, Peter Jackson, and Philippa Boyens talk adapting Mortal Engines, and how it differs from Lord of the Rings.
Mortal Engines, Peter Jackson’s adaptation of the Philip Reeve book series has been a long time coming. Having picked up the rights for the Mortal Engines series since before he even planned to simply produce a Hobbit movie or two, Jackson has been eying the project for a long time, alongside his writing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. In the end, Christian Rivers is taking over the directorial reins—having been a second-unit director on The Hobbit trilogy and a visual effects supervisor on The Lord of the Rings trilogy—but Jackson stayed on to write the picture.
When we were able to catch up with Jackson and Boyens at New York Comic Con, the writers/producers were kind enough to share their...
- 10/10/2018
- Den of Geek
Alec Bojalad Matthew Schuchman Sep 21, 2018
Netflix's Maniac feels both familiar and utterly unique. Director and showrunner Cary Fukunaga confirms that's by design.
The comparisons between Netflix's trippy new mind drama, Maniac, and the works of prolific screenwriter Charlie Kaufman are inescapable.
Like Kaufman's 2004 romance classic Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Maniac features plenty of scenes within the architecture of the human brain and even deals with a man and woman whose consciousnesses just can't seem to be separated. In an interview with Den of Geek, Maniac director/showrunner and future Bond director Cary Fukunaga confirmed that these Kaufman influences were very much intentional.
Interestingly it's not Eternal Sunshine that Fukunaga brings up but another Kaufman film (and the first he directed), Synecdoche, New York.
"Synecdoche, New York is what we would have preferred to have as a budget and a timeline of the show to explore until everyone grew old,...
Netflix's Maniac feels both familiar and utterly unique. Director and showrunner Cary Fukunaga confirms that's by design.
The comparisons between Netflix's trippy new mind drama, Maniac, and the works of prolific screenwriter Charlie Kaufman are inescapable.
Like Kaufman's 2004 romance classic Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Maniac features plenty of scenes within the architecture of the human brain and even deals with a man and woman whose consciousnesses just can't seem to be separated. In an interview with Den of Geek, Maniac director/showrunner and future Bond director Cary Fukunaga confirmed that these Kaufman influences were very much intentional.
Interestingly it's not Eternal Sunshine that Fukunaga brings up but another Kaufman film (and the first he directed), Synecdoche, New York.
"Synecdoche, New York is what we would have preferred to have as a budget and a timeline of the show to explore until everyone grew old,...
- 9/21/2018
- Den of Geek
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