“You Promised” had a high bar to clear, especially after last week’s emotionally devastating episode, “Where I Lie.” The finale might feel a bit lackluster for some, especially if you’ve already Googled where the real-life figures ended up. But, as it plays out, “You Promised” lives up to the show’s own promise of tackling the big questions with regards to misogyny, as opposed to telling an A to B story....
Earlier: The year from hell, i.e. 2020, is about to get the mockumentary treatment courtesy of none other than Charlie Brooker, the creator of “Black Mirror.” Leave it to the maker of some of television’s darkest dystopias to conjure a new one, and once again at Netflix, now the home to ongoing seasons of “Black Mirror.” While details about the mockumentary remain hush-hush, Hugh Grant let it slip earlier this year during an interview about “The Undoing” with New York Magazine that he’ll be featured in the project....
But how beautiful that scenic backdrop is. Awash in memories of her late husband and their trips exploring the wild terrain of Iceland, photographer Chloe is welcomed in Japan by her old friend Toshi (Takashi Ueno), whom she appears to have a nervous but well-worn-into affection for. There’s a bit of a will-they-or-won’t-they air hanging around them, though Gray’s muted and mostly meandering screenplay does little to build off that suspense....
“Hi. It’s Bob. Thank you,” he wrote on Twitter. “To my family and friends who have surrounded me this week. And for the outpouring of love from everyone who expressed concern and care for me. It’s overwhelming. But I feel the love and it means so much.” He added, “I had a small heart attack. But I’m going to be ok thanks to Rosa Estrada and the doctors who knew how to fix the blockage without surgery....
The “Ted Lasso” star was about “two-thirds” of the way through filming Season 3 of the Emmy-winning AppleTV+ comedy while also juggling co-creating and executive producing upcoming Harrison Ford-led series “Shrinking.” Yet Goldstein somehow made time to make his MCU debut. “It was literally out of the blue one night, and I was very busy, and it was like, ‘Can you make time for a Zoom?’” Goldstein recalled to The Playlist about the “surreal” experience....
“Any actor who thinks they’re a sex symbol? Cringe,” Bailey told GQ. “The idea that [‘Bridgerton’] is coming out again is a bit of a rug pull. It’s quite scary.” Bailey, as the eldest Bridgerton son, takes center stage in the new season, premiering March 25. This season finds Anthony playing a dangerous game with the hearts of two sisters — Kate (Simone Ashley) and Edwina (Charithra Chandran) — whom Anthony must choose between....
The “Harry Potter” and “Queen’s Gambit” alum recalled working alongside Academy Award winner Bale for the mystery-thriller. Bale plays a former detective who is forced out of retirement to investigate a series of hangings alongside Edgar Allan Poe (Melling). The film is based on the novel by Louis Bayard and helmed by Scott Cooper (“Crazy Heart”), with Bale also producing. “My experience working on it was that we’d turn up, not really talk about the scene, and just start playing it,” Melling told The Independent of working with Bale, citing the fact that he “doesn’t really know” what constitutes Method acting....
“It is notable that both of this year’s most nominated Broadcast entries are part of the creative legacy of Diane Weyermann,” said Cinema Eye Founding Director AJ Schnack. The beloved documentary veteran, who died last week, was an Executive Producer on both “City So Real” and “American Utopia.” While Steve James continues his run as the most nominated filmmaker in Cinema Eye history, with a total of 13 total nominations, Lee joins the Cinema Eye ranks for the first time....
CNN parent company WarnerMedia announced on Thursday that, per Nielsen data, the network averaged 5.221 million viewers in “total day” ratings, which is the 24-hour period that began at 3 a.m. on Wednesday. MSNBC came in second place in total day ratings among the cable news networks with an average of 4.006 million viewers. Fox News came in third place with 2.988 million average viewers. CNN’s primetime coverage of the Wednesday riot also received more viewers than coverage at competing networks: CNN’s evening reports received an average of 8....
The outfit will aim to develop and produce independent film and television projects from emerging filmmakers and creators, as well as writer/director Raiff’s own work. The first project at Small Ideas will be an undisclosed TV series written, directed, and produced by Raiff, with Quittner also producing. “Clem and I are very protective of passion. We want the artists we work with to know we believe in their stories and ideas as much as they do....
The true crime series, produced by Ryan Murphy, was originally tagged in the LGBTQ category on the streamer. The series broke records on Netflix for being the most-watched Week 1 premiere for a new series, beating out even the viral “Squid Game.” Evan Peters stars as real-life serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered 17 men between the years 1978 and 1991, before being arrested and later murdered in prison in 1994....
The “English-language” distinction is important here as “Squid Game” is still the streaming service’s overall champ in both single-week and 28-day tallies. Netflix ranks shows and movies overall by their first 28 days; on that chart, “Dahmer” is already ninth (and damn close to eighth) all-time among English-language series. There is still lots of time left for “Dahmer” to climb up this chart: Netflix’s Top 10 website Week 2 of “Dahmer” was way ahead of Netflix’s No....
“You showed the kiss between two women, you showed the kiss between a woman and a man, then removed the kiss between two men?” Levy wrote on social media. “This is a show about the power of inclusivity. The censorship of gay intimacy is making a harmful statement against that message.” Levy added, “I thought I made this pretty clear but for those who are confused, this is about a channel in India....
“You may not know his name, but once you’ve read ‘The Upper World’ you won’t be able to forget it,” said Tendo Nagenda, Vice President, Netflix Films, in a press statement. “Films can impact and expand the way people see and experience life. ‘The Upper World’ will be one of those films. I’m neither from the place nor ‘time’ depicted in the pages of the debut novel. However, through staggeringly skilled storytelling, I was taken on a mind-and-heart altering adventure through the book’s characters and experiences....
But judging from the Thursday night appearance at SF’s Chase Center, Chappelle isn’t changing his tune despite the fierce reaction from audiences — and if the arena-sized standing ovation was any metric, he has plenty of fans to support him. “Man, I love being canceled,” Chappelle said to the crowd of 19,000. “It is a huge relief. It’s like getting Capone on tax evasion.” (Via Rolling Stone.) The documentary (formerly known as “This Time This Place” but now billed as “Untitled”) focuses on Chappelle’s efforts to host a series of outdoor comedy shows during the pandemic last summer in Ohio with the help of Jon Stewart, Tiffany Haddish, and Chris Rock....
As GQ reports: “When they met to discuss [‘Dune’], Villeneuve told Timothée how happy he was to finally meet the young actor. And Timothée had to remind him that they’d met before, when Timothée read for Villeneuve’s ‘Prisoners.’ ‘Of course!,’ Villeneuve remembered. ‘He did a great audition, but he didn’t physically fit the part. He was probably swearing at me because I didn’t take him.’” At the time “Prisoners” was being cast and produced, Chalamet had not yet broken into movies....
This footage, never before seen in full, was resurrected by producer Filip Jan Rymsza and editor Bob Murawski, who helped bring Welles’ unfinished “The Other Side of the Wind” to meticulously restored life two years ago. The conversation took place in Los Angeles, in November 1970, after Welles flew Hopper out from New Mexico to discuss a cameo in “The Other Side of the Wind,” a wild fictional telling of the behind-the-scenes drama into making a maverick Hollywood movie....
“We are not soldiers,” he said with a laugh. “I can’t imagine being in a room with 800 people, and that be a chill, calm situation. It was messy all the time. There was a beautiful, organized chaos.” Calva is at the center of “Babylon” as Manny, a hired hand who endures a dead-end gig in the service industry before breaking into Hollywood as a film producer in the late 1920s and early 1930s....
“After three months in this new role, it has become clear to me that for a number of reasons it is not the right fit,” Morrell told employees in an email. “After talking this over with Bob [Chapek], I have decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities.” Morrell’s memo concluded, “I wish him, each of you and everyone at Disney the very best.” The former BP executive was brought in in early 2022 to oversee Disney’s communications with government relations and public policy efforts....
We took Rothman at his word and figured. Specifically, we ran the numbers for Universal, the first major studio to announce a consistent policy on theatrical windows and home availability. We looked at its 2021 releases, along with the studio’s 10 top-performing wide releases in 2019, both through their sixth weekends. Here’s what we learned: The results suggest that early PVOD had little impact on Universal’s theatrical grosses. The studio premiered seven wide releases to date this year: “Nobody,” “The Forever Purge,” and “Spirit Untamed” went PVOD after three weeks’ play....
