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When it was first announced that a TV series adaptation ofMichael Wolff’s best-selling bookFire and Fury: Inside the Trump White Housewas happening, most assumedJay Roachwould be the one to direct it. Well, now it’s official.THRreports that theGame ChangeandRecountfilmmaker has signed on to direct theFire and FuryTV series, continuing his career of helming fictional adaptations of recent real-life politics. Indeed, while Roach first came to prominence as a comedy director helming films likeAustin PowersandMeet the Parents, he made a sharp left turn with 2008’s HBO movieRecount, which chronicled the recount and subsequent Supreme Court battle in the wake of the 2004 Presidential Election....

Freaknik was a massive street party that drew hundreds of thousands of people to the city of Atlanta in the ’80s and ’90s. Many credit this party for putting Atlanta on the map culturally. Years later,Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell,Jermaine Dupri,21 Savage, and many others have partnered up to produce a documentary that captures the vibrancy and uplifting feel of this notorious festival.Freaknik: The Wild Party Never Toldshows theorigins of Freaknik and how this HBCU-focused event brought joy to the community and continues to uphold an unforgettable legacy....

I’ve known producerSean McKittrickfor many years. And while I tried and tried to get him to do an interview to talk about producing films likeDonnie Darko,Southland Tales,World’s Greatest Dad,Bad Words, or a number of other movies, he always resisted, preferring to let the work speak for itself. However, as one of the main people responsible forJordan Peele’sfantastic movieGet Outbeing made, he finally agreed to sit down with me to talk aboutGet Outand what else his company QC Entertainment is working on....

In trueJulie Taymorfashion, she delivers something wholly unique and unexpected inThe Glorias, a film thatchroniclesGloria Steinem’s journey, including the pivotal role she played in the rise of the women’s rights movement in the 1960s. Not only did Taymor cast four different actors to play Steinem in the film at different ages -Julianne Moore,Alicia Vikander,Lulu WilsonandRyan Kiera Armstrong- but she also has all four of them interact and discuss their experiences using something Taymor dubs the “bus out of time....

If you’re a fan ofJames GunnandThe Suicide Squadand curious how the film was made, you’re going to be very happy. That’s because shortly before the film was released in theaters and HBO Max, I landed an extended interview with the busy writer-director during which he talked in-depth about the making of the film and revealed several things you might not know. During the conversation, Gunn revealed how he got Warner Bros....

AfterJohn Wick: Chapter 4blew fans away in 2023 by earning more than $440 million at the worldwide box office and receiving strong reviews from both critics and audiences, everyone is still on the edge of their seat to learn what could be coming next from theJohn Wickfranchise.Ana de Armas’Ballerinais confirmed to be coming next year andeven received its first trailer, but it very well may be the last time we seeKeanu Reevessuit up as the legendary assassin....

The Joker has pulled off no shortage of gags,boners, and heists since he first popped up inBatman #1in April of 1940, but the Clown Prince of Crime has officially netted his biggest score yet. A box office report fromForbesnotes thatTodd Phillips’JokerstarringJoaquin Phoenixwill reach a global total of $957 million by the end of November 8, making it the most profitable comic book movie of all time on a reported budget of $62....

America is complicated. At best, at worst, at both simultaneously. It’s a country of pain, discrimination, hatred. But also of triumph, acceptance, love. All swirling around at once.Little America, by many minor miracles of half-hour television storytelling, manages to encapsulate all of these complexities and more. It’s a series of simple, human stories that will move you in many ways, all while writing a devastatingly vulnerable love letter to America, warts and all....

Natalia Beristáin’sNoiseon Netflix is a harrowing Mexican drama that follows the attempts of a mother, Julia (Julieta Egurrola), to find her daughter, Gerturis, who has been missing for nine months. On her journey to find her daughter, Julia realizes that the trauma she has been experiencing is not her alone as many people across Mexico have been experiencing the same as a result of the country’s high femicide rates. Femicide refers to the killing of females as a consequence of their gender, although the definition may vary depending on the cultural context....

While directorDavid Gordon Green’snewHalloweenfilmhas been drawing praise for keeping with the spirit ofJohn Carpenter’s original film, the direct sequel almost went one step too far. Green and co-writerDanny McBridehatched the idea to make a newHalloweenmovie set 40 years after the events of the first movie, serving as a direct sequel to the legendary horror film. They hit upon the notion to jettison any and everything that has been done or depicted in every singleHalloweensequel, including the Carpenter-pennedHalloween IIwhich introduced the revelation that Michael Myers was actually Laurie Strode’s brother....

WithNews of the Worldnow playing in select theaters and arriving on PVOD in mid-January, I recently spoke with directorPaul Greengrassabout making his Western withTom Hanks. If you haven’tseen the trailers,News of the Worldis based on the novel byPaulette Jilesand is set a few years after the end of the Civil War in Texas. The film is about Captain Jefferson Kyle Kid (Hanks), a veteran who goes from town-to-town reading stories from newspapers....

The family films that have had a lot of success adapting classic kids’ books haven’t been the ones that try to be hip and cool. If you look at movies likeFantastic Mr. FoxorPaddington, you see films that aren’t afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeve. ButWill Gluck’sPeter Rabbitsurgically removes almost all of the charm of Beatrix Potter’s classic character and repurposes him into a rebel leading his siblings to raid Mr....

Dwayne Johnsonand writer-directorRawson Marshall Thurberhave collaborated just once before on the big screen with the action-comedyCentral Intelligence, but one thing is clear about The Rock’s path to success: Once you’re in his circle of confidants, you’re in for good. So while Johnson and Marshall Thurber landed a big payday for the international espionage actionerRed Notice, due out in 2020, their first all-out action flickSkyscraperhits theaters in just about a week....