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That 90s Show Season 2 Interview: Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith (Kitty and Red) Collider Interviews 2024-06-26 | When That 70s Show aired on Fox in the ‘90s and early 2000s, the buddy sitcom contended with other ensemble series like Boy Meets World, My So-Called Life, and more, but there was something timeless about it. The tight-knit group withstood the test of eight seasons, and in 2023, Netflix brought us all back to Kitty and Red Forman’s house in Point Place, Wisconsin, as if no time had passed at all. That 90s Show was an ambitious reboot, but it managed to bring a fresh look at a new decade, introduced a new core group, and still satisfied fans of the original series' need for familiar faces. Now, with Season 2 available to stream, Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith — Kitty and Red — sit down with Collider’s Steve Weintraub to talk about why this spin-off series has been such a success.That 90s Show follows Leia Forman (Callie Haverda), Eric Forman (Topher Grace) and Donna Pinciotti’s (Laura Prepon) daughter, as she navigates new friendships and potential romantic relationships during a summer at her grandparents’ house. It invites back actors from the original series, including Fez (Wilmer Valderrama), Leo (Tommy Chong) and more, and establishes a new crew with Ashley Aufderheide as Gwen Runck, Mace Coronel as Jay Kelso, Reyn Doi as Ozzie, Sam Morelos as Nikki, and Maxwell Acee Donovan as Nate.During this interview with Rupp and Smith, the dynamic duo who once again open their home in the series to a group of teens, sit down to discuss how the two series compare. They talk about the success of Season 1 and why they believe it resonated with new fans and fans of the original. “It's a different show, but we have something strong to bring with us,” Rupp says, referring to her in-show granddaughter and her friends. It isn’t just the faces that changed, though, and during this conversation, Rupp and Smith discuss the difference between airing weekly on Fox and streaming on Netflix, film versus digital, and the vices you just can’t quite get away with these days.For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Dark Matter’s Jennifer Connelly Believes THIS Was the True Season 1 Ending Collider Interviews 2024-06-26 | Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Dark Matter Season 1In just under three months, that's a wrap on Season 1 of the new Apple TV+ series, Dark Matter. Now that all nine episodes are available to stream, it's time to unpack what we've just seen and start looking at Season 2. In this interview with Oscar-winner Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind), who costars opposite Joel Edgerton's (The Gift) many alternate personas as Daniela Vargas Dessen, we find out who she really believes stepped out of that box the final time.Dark Matter, based on the novel by author and showrunner Blake Crouch, is a sci-fi series that's all about the choices we make — or could have made. In the show, Edgerton's Jason Dessen is forced into an alternate world that sets him on a journey to track down his original life, one in which he always wondered if he'd made the "right" choices. Through desperate trials and errors that involve Alice Braga (Queen of the South), Jimmi Simpson (Westworld), Dayo Okeniyi (See), and Oakes Fegley (The Fabelmans) in the mix, Jason does finally manage to step through a door that reunites him with his original family — or so we're led to believe.What does Connelly think? Collider's Steve Weintraub discusses the possibilities that the Season 1 finale offers up, and the actress shares her own thoughts on which Jason really returned. They discuss what might await the family beyond the box, what potential Season 2 could hold, and why working with Crouch was vital on set. Connelly also talks about Daniela's journey and whether she, herself, would ever enter the box.#darkmatter #jenniferconnelly ##darkmatterendingFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Jon Watts, Louis Leterrier, and Tim Miller Directors on Directing Panel CCXP Mexico City Collider Interviews 2024-06-25 | At this year's debut CCXP Mexico, Collider's Steve Weintraub had the opportunity to take our Directors on Directing panel to Mexico City, where Jon Watts (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Louis Leterrier (Fast X) and Tim Miller (Deadpool) joined us in an extended conversation about the state of the filmmaking industry, their hopes for the future, and upcoming projects. If you haven't had the chance to attend one of our panels, Directors on Directing is an opportunity to catch up on the work of some of your favorite filmmakers and to demystify the role of a director. It's no secret that movie productions are massive undertakings that require the expertise of hundreds of talented people to bring one singular vision to the screen. More often than not, however, there's one name attached to the project, whether it's soaring at the box office or "bombing," and that's names like Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, James Cameron, etc. These panels offer us a rare peek behind the scenes into video village, on the other side of the lens, where, typically, one visionary is corralling and organizing an overwhelming amount of ideas from their crew to best serve the overall picture.CCXP is Brazil's (and also now Mexico's) response to San Diego Comic-Con. It's a huge convention that invites fans to celebrate entertainment across all mediums — comics, movies, television, books, video games, and more — and hosts opportunities to meet the biggest names and experience exclusive sneak peeks and merch. At this year's first-ever CCXP Mexico, Watts, Leterrier, and Miller opened up about past projects, upcoming features, what it's like being a director in Hollywood right now, and so much more. We also received some surprise questions from the directors' colleagues and peers, including Dave Franco (Love Lies Bleeding), Natalia Reyes (Terminator: Dark Fate), Sam Esmail (Leave the World Behind), Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Diego Boneta (Terminator: Dark Fate), David Leitch (The Fall Guy), Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World Dominion), Shane Black (Iron Man 3), and Simon Pegg (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning).Meet the 'Directors on Directing' PanelEach of the three directors selected for CCXP Mexico has directed installments of some of Hollywood's biggest franchises. All three of them, Jon Watts, Louis Leterrier, and Tim Miller, have guided crews through the phases of production, maneuvered striking action sequences, and put their hearts into creating spectacles that would sate the appetites of fans.For Watts, who began his career with short films and music videos for artists like Fatboy Slim and Death Cab for Cutie, his breakout came with Sony's Spider-Man: Homecoming, which introduced Tom Holland's Marvel-adjacent friendly neighborhood hero, and went on to direct the sequels, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. Leterrier's breakout is a little more difficult to pinpoint because he's had a hand in numerous genres, like working with Jason Statham on The Transporter, the second film in the MCU's Phase One, The Incredible Hulk, and most recently, the high-octane, penultimate installment, Fast X. Miller currently has two feature films under his directing belt, coming out of the gate swinging with Deadpool and Terminator: Dark Fate. He's a self-proclaimed fan himself who approaches his work with the utmost respect for his crew and a clear idea of what he's looking for in adaptations of beloved IPs.Even Directors Geek Out About Their Movies"You sometimes have out-of-body experiences..."25-Movies-That-Are-Perfect-From-Start-to-Finish So, what is it actually like stepping on set as the director for big blockbusters? To the average moviegoer, the director is a big pull. If you see Martin Scorsese attached to a movie, a pretty large crowd is likely to follow that feature from headlines to theaters. It's hard not to see creators leaning forward in their director's chair, watching the monitors, and equating them to masters of their craft beyond the magic of moviemaking, but according to Leterrier:"You sometimes have out-of-body experiences when you realize that you’re on the biggest set you’ve ever been on with the greatest movie stars, with every tool and every toy. But in the end, you laser-focus on what you need to get. That never changes. It doesn’t matter if you have visual effects or no effects or if you have one actor or 2,000 extras."#jonwatts #timmiller #louisleterrierFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Why Is Community Still So Popular? Jim Rash Has the Answer Collider Interviews 2024-06-25 | "I have to say, it's both the original people and the people who discovered it during our pandemic time when it came back out again. It’s just the amazing writing and the fact that we were breaking the mold in the sense that the world could become a genre like that, Dan Harmon's mind of loving pop culture and movies, and to be able to have a set and then have the library turn into paintball or lava or whatever it wanted to be. But then, at the core, I think with anything, you find these characters that you gravitate towards. At the end of the day, whether it's Cheers or it's Community, or whatever TV show, it's all about that."#jimrash #community #danharmon For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
New Pirates of the Caribbean Movies Update From Jerry Bruckheimer Collider Interviews 2024-06-24 | We might yet get to take to the seven seas again soon, fellow pirates. In a recent interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub, legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer provided tantalizing updates on the future of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, while promoting his upcoming film Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. With two potential scripts in the works, Bruckheimer expressed optimism about the series' return to the big screen, revealing that Disney remains committed to the swashbuckling saga.Bruckheimer revealed the current state of the franchise's development, noting the simultaneous progression of two scripts. "We are working on it," he said. "Jeff Nathanson is working on a script. We have another one… We have two, and we don't know who's gonna win the horse race at this point. But hopefully in the next month, I'll have a script, and maybe Disney will want to make it." Bruckheimer has also confirmed recently that it's the intention of the team to reboot the franchise and begin telling new stories, which may mean the end of Johnny Depp's time aboard the Black Pearl.The 'Pirates' Franchise Has Had to Navigate Stormy SeasJohnny Depp as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl looking pensiveJohnny Depp as Jack Sparrow looking at Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black PearlGeoffrey Rush as Captain Barbossa Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow and Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean At World's EndKaya Scodelario in Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales close-up.Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) looks through a telescope as Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) looks on in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'Angelica and Blackbeard looking intently in the same direction in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.Following the 2017 release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, speculation about a sixth installment began almost immediately. The film's post-credits scene, featuring the return of iconic characters Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), and Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), left fans eager for more high-seas adventures. Disney seemed to share this enthusiasm, quickly moving forward with plans for a new film.Initially, Joachim Rønning, co-director of the fifth film, was set to return, with Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick brought on board to pen the script. However, creative differences led to their departure, prompting a shift towards what was then described as a "reboot." In late 2019, Disney enlisted Pirates veteran Ted Elliott and The Last of Us co-creator Craig Mazin to draft a new script. By September 2023, Mazin confirmed that Disney had purchased their script, though progress was hampered by the Writers Guild of America strike.Amid these developments, a separate, female-led spin-off starring Margot Robbie was announced in 2020. Christina Hodson, known for her work on Birds of Prey and Bumblebee, was attached to write the screenplay. Despite Robbie's 2022 comments suggesting the project was dead, Bruckheimer later countered, affirming that the spin-off was still in the pipeline, and, last month, Bruckheimer shared encouraging news that could signal a turning tide for the franchise. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, he confirmed Disney's ongoing interest in Robbie's involvement, hinting that the Oscar-nominated actress might still take the helm of her own Pirates film.Stay tuned to Collider for the latest updates on the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.#jerrybruckheimer #piratesofthecaribbean #beverlyhillscop For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Eddie Murphy Talks Shrek 5 and Donkey Spin-Off Movie Collider Interviews 2024-06-24 | We are nearing the twenty-fifth anniversary of when Shrek first graced our screens, and it has been nearly 15 years since the last outing of Shrek, Donkey and Princess Fiona. The good news? It won't be long until you see them again. In an interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub for his upcoming film Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Eddie Murphy revealed some exciting news for fans of the beloved Shrek franchise. Not only is a new Shrek movie currently in production, but Murphy also confirmed that Donkey—one of the franchise’s most beloved characters—will be getting his own standalone film.During the interview, Weintraub touched on the recent successes of animated films like Kung Fu Panda 4 and the latest Puss in Boots movie, both of which have reignited interest in the Shrek series. Kung Fun Panda 4 grossed $545.3 million worldwide following its release this year, taking the total global cume of the franchise to over $2.3 billion, while Puss in Boots: The Last Wish pulled in a barnstorming $485.2 million globally, which was over 5x its reported production budget. Both films, helpfully, were also critically praised.In his response, Murphy revealed, “We started doing Shrek 4 or [Shrek] 5 months ago. I did this, I recorded the first act, and we'll be doing it this year, we’ll finish it up. Shrek is coming out, and Donkey's gonna have his own movie. We're gonna do Donkey as well. So we're gonna do a Shrek, and we're doing a Donkey [movie].” Murphy, who has voiced the lovable and hilarious Donkey since the original Shrek film debuted in 2001, elaborated on the plans for his character's solo film. When asked if he was recording for both projects simultaneously, he clarified: “No, not at the same time. I started recording Shrek, I think it's coming out in 2025, and we're doing a Donkey one next.”#eddiemurphy #shrek #donkey For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
The Exorcism Director Joshua John Miller and Writer M.A. Fortin Interview Collider Interviews 2024-06-23 | Tales of cursed sets aren't in short supply in Hollywood, but it wasn't inexplicably tragic deaths that plagued The Exorcism. According to director Joshua John Miller and co-writer M.A. Fortin, the duo behind The Final Girls script, their set faced a number of challenges — religious trauma, COVID, a fire in Australia, and "crazy stuff happened that just kept happening" — that nearly led its director to give up. What ended up saving the production of this Russell Crowe-led horror, however, is nearly stranger than fiction.While religious horror films are not new (The Exorcism now joins the 2024 roster alongside Immaculate and The First Omen and Late Night With the Devil), Miller and Fortin's take on the genre is a unique perspective from its genesis. For starters, the meta movie-within-a-movie aspect was championed by Scream creator Kevin Williamson, who serves as a producer for the film. On top of that, Miller tells Collider's Steve Weintraub, "My responsibility as a filmmaker is to be an archivist," referring to his love letter to his mother, Susan Bernard (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!), who was "a scream queen herself," with The Final Girls. As it turns out, The Exorcism is also a nod to his father, Jason Miller, an actor best known for portraying Father Karras in The Exorcist.During the Q&A, Miller and Fortin discuss the hurdles they overcame throughout production, from casting to post. They talk about fighting for the lesbian couple at the center of the movie, played by Ryan Simpkins and Chloe Bailey (you'll never guess what kind of backward note they got on that), what it was like pitching the movie to Russell Crowe, his involvement in the casting process, and why Miller nearly gave up on the whole thing. They also reveal how a call from Quentin Tarantino saved The Exorcism and what's up next for them, including a special Marilyn Monroe project.#theexorcism #joshuajohnmiller #mafortinFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
The Bikeriders Is Actually an Unconventional Love Triangle, Confirms Director Jeff Nichols Collider Interviews 2024-06-23 | Writer and director Jeff Nichols (Mud) is back in the saddle, so to speak, with his love letter about a bygone era in The Bikeriders. Inspired by the black-and-white images of photographer Danny Lyon's book, Nichols' film stars Academy Award nominee Austin Butler (Elvis), Tom Hardy (Venom), and Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) in a character-driven look back at the turmoil of the U.S. in the '60s and '70s. At the heart of his story, the filmmaker tells us, is "this idea of a love triangle," but "it wouldn't be a love triangle in the traditional sense."The Bikeriders is told through an interview with Comer's character, Kathy, who recalls her first time meeting the enigmatic Benny (Butler). Their love story is the audience's gateway into the Chicago Vandals, a biker club led by the Marlon Brando-esque Johnny (Hardy), who opens his arms to the outcasts of society, but it isn't the only love story. Though the relationship between the bikers is binding and sometimes familial, Nichols tells us, "It was really important that the relationship between Tom's character and Austin's character wasn't one of being a father figure."During this conversation with Collider's Steve Weintraub, Nichols explains his intentions for his main characters and shares what's most important to him in filmmaking and storytelling. He also discusses why humans are drawn to danger, the risks of filming his ensemble cast on vintage motorcycles, why The Bikeriders isn't in black and white, and why certain scenes proved to be the most "nerve-wracking" of his career.#jeffnichols #thebikeriders #tomhardyFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Norman Reedus Interview The Bikeriders, Daryl Dixon Season 2 and Ballerina, the John Wick Spin-Off Collider Interviews 2024-06-20 | The Walking Dead's breakout star, Norman Reedus, has been in the Hollywood scene since the '90s, but his name is now synonymous with the AMC hit series. In fact, his character's popularity earned him his own spin-off show, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, which he tells us he was in the middle of filming when writer-director Jeff Nichols first offered to send the script for The Bikeriders his way. Reedus took one look at the cast — Tom Hardy, Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Mike Faist, and more — and said, "You have a lot of good-looking guys in this movie. Can I go in the other direction?"Nichols, who wrote The Bikeriders after inspiration struck from photographer Danny Lyon's book, was more than happy to let Reedus take control of his character, Funny Sonny. Reedus is a well-known biker, so a film about a Chicago biker club called the Vandals in 1960s America just feels right for the actor. One thing he didn't want to do, however, was bring along his now-iconic Daryl Dixon look. In fact, Reedus surprised his cast mates on his first day of filming with his new appearance.During this interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub, Reedus talks about why he was so excited to join Nichol's film and subvert his physical expectations onscreen. He talks about the first time he sat down with the filmmaker, their shared love for Lyon's work, and what it was like working with vintage motorcycles on set. Reedus also shares an update for Daryl Dixon Season 2 and discusses what it was like filming Ballerina, the John Wick spin-off feature.#normanreedus #thebikeriders #daryldixon For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Presumed Innocent Interview: O-T Fagbenle and Nana Mensah Collider Interviews 2024-06-19 | The cast of Apple TV+'s new scandalous legal thriller, Presumed Innocent, had no idea what the outcome of their show would be while filming. Creator Richard E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) kept the scripts close to his chest throughout production, allowing cast members like Nana Mensah (The Chair) and O-T Fagbenle (The Handmaid's Tale) the freedom to play in the moment. This, its powerhouse leads Jake Gyllenhaal (Road House), Peter Sarsgaard (The Batman), and Ruth Negga (Good Grief), and its "delightful and broody" tones make this yet another Apple series to add to your must-watch list.Presumed Innocent is based on Scott Turow's 1987 novel, which was later adapted into the Sydney Pollack film starring Harrison Ford. The series, according to our own Emma Kiely, "updates the story for a modern audience," weaving an intricate web of lies and suspicions when lawyer Carolyn Polhemus (Renate Reinsve) is murdered, and chief deputy prosecutor Rusty Sabich (Gyllenhaal) becomes the number one suspect after his illicit affair with the victim comes to light.In the show, Mensah and Fagbenle play colleagues and opponents of Rusty's, respectively. In this interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub, the duo talks about working alongside Gyllenhaal and Sarsgaard, why the latter is such an "extraordinary" scene partner, and how they handled developing their characters without knowing the story's ending. They discuss memorable scenes, working with Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon director Greg Yaitanes, and tons more.#otfagbenle #nanamensah #presumedinnocentFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Tom Hardy Explains Why He Doesnt Always Read the Script for his Movies | The Bikeriders Interview Collider Interviews 2024-06-19 | Tom Hardy is a versatile actor in Hollywood. He's worked on many a high-profile project at this point in his career — The Dark Knight Rises, Sony's Venom trilogy, and, of course, George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road — so, what's his process? How does Hardy, someone who seems to inhabit wildly different characters effortlessly, take on these different personas, like tough guy Johnny in Jeff Nichols' upcoming film, The Bikeriders?In his latest, opposite Oscar-nominee Austin Butler (Elvis), Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), and fellow real-life Harley enthusiast Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon), Hardy plays the perplexing Johnny. The character is a leather-sporting biker who establishes the Chicago Vandals, a bike club, to join the outcasts of 1960s America into a family. As the landscape of the US shifts throughout the Vietnam War, so, too, do the Vandals, evolving into something much more violent.During this interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub, Hardy talks about filming scenes with vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycles, the beautiful shots captured by Nichols and cinematographer Adam Stone (Take Shelter), and the attention it took to maintain control over "antiquarian" machines during a scene. The actor also opens up about his process with each new role over his 20-year-long career and why some people may assume Hardy simply "doesn't care."#tomhardy #thebikeriders #motorcycles For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Austin Butler & Jodie Comer The Bikeriders Interview Collider Interviews 2024-06-18 | Oscar-nominee Austin Butler (Dune: Part Two) and Emmy-winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) are killing it in Hollywood, and neither seems able to ease off the throttle. Together, they lead writer-director Jeff Nichols' latest period piece, The Bikeriders, alongside Tom Hardy (Venom), in a gritty look back at the turmoil of 1960s America. The trio is joined by The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus, Boyd Holbrook (Justified: City Primeval), Mike Faist (Challengers), and, of course, Michael Shannon (Take Shelter).Inspired by the photography of Danny Lyon, The Bikeriders depicts a time when "there was a lot of unease in the world," Comer tells Collider's Steve Weintraub. The '60s were rife with social unrest, and Nichols navigates that through a particular subculture with Johnny's (Hardy) motorcycle club, the Chicago Vandals, where he recruits a devout and "beautiful" Benny (Butler). At the heart of the film is Benny's warring relationship with the Vandals and Kathy (Comer), whose memories during an interview narrate the club's journey from a family of outsiders to a ruthless gang.In this interview, Butler and Comer discuss the "sense of nostalgia" Nichols approaches this time "since passed" with, and why Butler finds common ground with his character, Benny. He talks about crafting this "enigma" of a man with Nichols — blushing in the process — and Comer shares her not-so-method tactics for nailing that Chicago accent. #austinbutler #jodiecomer #thebikeriders For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
House of the Dragon Showrunner Confirms How Long THAT Relationship Has Been Going On Collider Interviews 2024-06-17 | Editor's Note: The following contains major spoilers for Season 2 Episode 1 of House of the Dragon.House of the Dragon is finally back, and after that nail-biting season premiere, there's a lot to look back on. Season 1 ended on a grim note when Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) chased down Lucerys (Elliot Grihault) on his dragon, Vhagar, and subsequently killed Luke in a dragon attack. We know it was a mistake, but it has launched the country into a war. Episode 1 of Season 2 sees the lines now firmly drawn. The Greens, who support Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) for king, are already facing a blockade to King's Landing. Meanwhile, the Blacks, who support Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) for queen, are splintered as Rhaenyra mourns her son and Daemon champs at the bit, waiting for action. By the time Rhaenyra returns, teary-eyed and full of rage, all she says is the words, "I want Aemond Targaryen."This is all the signal Daemon needs to sneak into King's Landing and hire a ratcatcher (Mark Stobbart) and one of his old Goldcloaks (Sam C. Wilson), a member of the City Watch, to assassinate Aemond. Obviously, things don't go as planned. The ratcatcher, historically only remembered by the name "Cheese" (while the Goldcloak is known as "Blood"), finds Helaena (Phia Saban) with her two children. With Aemond missing, Blood and Cheese force Helaena to choose which of her twin children is the male heir, Jaehaerys, and butcher the child in his bed while Helaena runs away with her daughter, Jaehaera. Traumatized, she bolts for her mother's chambers and walks in on Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) in bed with each other.We spoke with House of the Dragon showrunner and co-creator Ryan Condal about Season 2, first discussing the departure of former showrunner Miguel Sapochnik and what effect, if any, that had on the narrative as a whole. For Episode 1, Condal spoke about the illicit relationship between Alicent and Criston, and the longevity of their relationship. We also discussed Rhaenyra's temperament as queen and how much of that is related to trying to emulate her late father (Paddy Considine). Finally, we discussed the decision-making process that goes into picking which characters to adapt, and then Condal teased a little about the fate of Daemon and Rhaenyra's rocky relationship for Season 2. #houseofthedragon #ryancondal #gameofthrones For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Inside Out 2s Director Kelsey Mann Explains Why There Arent More Positive Emotions Collider Interviews 2024-06-16 | When the first Inside Out came out, we were introduced to a whole new world inside of our own brains. Emotions became personified and controlled us through a console while there were different corners of our consciousness for things like imagination and imaginary friends. But with a new movie comes a new era of life. Inside Out 2 takes a look at Riley (Kensington Tallman) right when she hits puberty, ushering in things like body odor, pimples, and a hurricane of new emotions.While the first film was directed by Pete Docter, the sequel stands as director Kelsey Mann's feature directorial debut. While the first Inside Out focused on the five core emotions Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Tony Hale), and Disgust (Liza Lapira). Inside Out 2 brings in four new emotions: Anxiety (Maya Hawke), Envy (Ayo Edibiri), Ennui (Adèle Exarchopoulos), and Embarrassment (Paul Walter Hauser). And when the emotions arrive, it's very much out with the old and in with the new, forcing the original core emotions to fight back for control of Riley during a vital weekend in her life.We spoke director Kelsey Mann and producer Mark Nielsen about the film. We discussed the nuanes and inspiration for Anxiety, especially during one of the tensest scenes of the movie, and Mann explained the transition that Anxiety took from villain to more of an antagonist. The two also discussed the decision to choose an emotion like Ennui. Mann also explained why there aren't more positive emotions, calling the emotions besides Joy more "complicated" than negative. #insideout2 #kelseymann #marknielsenFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
House of the Dragon Season 2 Interview: Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, and Fabien Frankel Collider Interviews 2024-06-16 | With just hours until the House of the Dragon Season 2 premiere, it's nearly time to jump back into the world of Westeros. From incestuous, dragon-riding blondes to courtly politics and war-making, the Game of Thrones' prequel series promises a dramatic sophomore season. After the tragic death of Lucerys (Elliot Grihault) last season, the realm is now plunged into a state of war. Those who support Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) call themselves the Greens, while those who support his older half-sister Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) call themselves the Blacks. Family members who grew up side-by-side are now facing off on the battlefield.While Rhaenyra and Aegon take to their thrones, at their side are the people helping them guide this war. At Aegon II's side is not only his loyal commander of his Kingsguard, Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel), but also his mother, the dowager Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke). While Criston and Alicent might have different ideas from Aegon on how to rule, their influence on the king is clear. On the other side, at Rhaenyra's side is her uncle/husband Daemon (Matt Smith). Daemon is a far more complicated figure; though his loyalties seem to be with Rhaenyra, his fickle and chaotic nature might do more harm than good for the newly minted queen.We spoke with Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith, and Fabien Frankel about the new season and previous season of House of the Dragon. The trio joked about the new season and the time jumps from the first season. Frankel discussed Criston's new relationship with Alicent this season and how it's different from his relationship with Rhaenyra. Cooke spoke about being the Dowager Queen and her shift in power now that Aegon is on the throne. And Smith hints at a deep fracture between Daemon and Rhaenyra this season that will test Daemon's loyalties. #mattsmith #oliviacooke #fabienfrankelFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Firebrand Director Karim Aïnouz on Jude Law Smelling Like Rotting Flesh Every Day on Set Collider Interviews 2024-06-16 | Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz (Mariners of the Mountains) admits that the Tudor England historical drama Firebrand isn't exactly in his typical wheelhouse. He tells Collider's Steve Weintraub that the story of King Henry VIII and his final wife, Katherine Parr, played by Jude Law and Alicia Vikander, was "a big challenge for [him] to imagine how to tell a story that was very far removed from [his] experience." What he perceived at first as a weakness, however, became his strength as he set out to tell not a historical retelling but a character-driven psychological thriller."The movies that I'm interested in making," Aïnouz says, "they're really about characters and the strength of the characters." This was the director's way into the dramatized look at Katherine Parr's survival of her volatile husband. The film aims "to sort of forget the idea of monarchy and go into the intimacy of a couple and to see how that couple is falling apart." Firebrand focuses on the peril a woman in Parr's position would find herself in while navigating a minefield of the King's paranoia.To convey a dying King who once thought himself immortal, Aïnouz discusses the work he and Jude Law did to bring Henry VIII to screen, including keeping rotting odors on set to keep the cast repulsed and to remind them of his condition. He shares his thoughts on why Henry VIII was so tyrannical in his rule, what he learned throughout the making of Firebrand, and also teases upcoming projects.#judelaw #aliciavikander #firebrand For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
House of the Dragons Ewan Mitchell & Phia Saban Know All Your Helaemond Theories Collider Interviews 2024-06-15 | Very soon we will be venturing back into Westeros for House of the Dragon Season 2's premiere. With the new season comes more dragons, more platinum blonde wigs, and more eyebrow-raising family members marrying one another from the Targaryen family. While Game of Thrones gave us a plethora of Westeros houses to declare our loyalty to, the prequel series forces audiences to pick a side this season as the eponymous house splits itself down the middle of a brewing civil war. Those who support Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) call themselves the Greens, while those who support his older half-sister Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) call themselves the Blacks.Though Rhaenyra has taken control of Dragonstone, Aegon II now sits on the Iron Throne. At his side he has his mother, Alicent (Olivia Cooke), his grandfather, Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), the commander of his Kingsguard, Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel), and his brother and sister. Helaena (Phia Saban) is both his younger sister and his wife and queen, which isn't that weird when you remember that the Targaryens encourage marriage between siblings. Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) is his younger brother but also one of the most powerful allies he can have, since he rides the world's largest dragon. However, we know Aemond isn't exactly fully dedicated to his brother and that dragon of his might not be so reliable.We spoke with both Ewan Mitchell and Phia Saban about the new season of House of the Dragon and what Aemond and Helaena's roles are in the war. We discussed the theory that Aemond might be the father of Helaena's children. We also discussed the incident in the Season 1 finale between Aemond and Lucerys (Elliot Grihault) and Vhagar's attack. Mitchell teased Aemond's Season 2 arc and Saban discussed a desire for Helaena to gain more control over her dreams. #ewanmitchell #phiasaban #HouseoftheDragonFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
House of the Dragon Season 2: Tom Glynn-Carney Interview Collider Interviews 2024-06-15 | After a two-year gap, House of the Dragon Season 2 is nearly here, and with it comes a war that pits Targaryen against Targaryen. Season 1 showed us the beginnings of this era of House Targaryen, and we were quickly introduced to King Viserys (Paddy Considine), who names his daughter Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) as his heir before remarrying and having a son named Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) with his second wife. When Viserys dies, the family is torn in half by a misunderstanding that leads Aegon to be crowned instead of Viserys' long-standing heir, Rhaenyra. War soon follows with those who support Aegon II Targaryen calling themselves the Greens, while those who support his older half-sister Rhaenyra Targaryen calling themselves the Blacks.Though Aegon II now finds himself on the Iron Throne in King's Landing, he's hardly prepared for the role of king. After spending years as a spoiled and somewhat morally questionable prince, Aegon was told by his mother, Alicent (Olivia Cooke), that his father proclaimed him as heir to her on his deathbed. Bolstered by the support of the small folk, he now believes himself the rightful king of Westeros. He has the support of the rest of the Greens, which include his mother, his grandfather, Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), his sister/wife Helaena (Phia Saban), his brother Aemond (Ewan Mitchell), and the commander of the Kingsguard, Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel.)We spoke with Tom Glynn-Carney about Aegon's new position as king and the challenges that come with playing such a complicated character. Aegon isn't known to be the best of men, but Glynn-Carney also asserts that he is not completely irredeemable. We talked about his relationship wit his grandfather and mother and their manipulation of him, as well as his role as a father to his young children. Finally, Glynn-Carney teased a scene in Season 2, Episode 2 that promises to be one of his most challenging scenes. #HouseoftheDragon #tomglynncarney #HouseoftheDragonSeason2For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Inside Out 2s Paul Walter Hauser and Lewis Black Flashback to Their Childhoods Collider Interviews 2024-06-15 | The first Inside Out movie tackled the struggles of moving house when you're young, now, the second time around, Inside Out 2, looks at the most chaotic times of a person's life: puberty. Set a few years after the first movie, the Pixar sequel follows Riley (Kensington Tallman) as she is on the cusp of becoming a young adult and heading off to high school. Puberty means new confusing emotions clashing with your personality and struggling with pesky things like body odor and pimples, but all of this also falls on one of the most important weekends of Riley's young life.The first Inside Out focused on the five core emotions Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Tony Hale), and Disgust (Liza Lapira). The sequel introduces four new emotions to Riley's mind with Anxiety (Maya Hawke), Envy (Ayo Edibiri), Ennui (Adèle Exarchopoulos), and Embarrassment (Paul Walter Hauser). When the two sets of emotions clash, it creates a frustrating and difficult weekend for Riley as she has to come to grips with her changing self.We spoke with Paul Walter Hauser and Lewis Black about Inside Out 2. Black returns from the first movie to voice Anger, while Hauser comes in with the new group to play the pink-colored emotion of Embarrassment. Hauser and Black discuss what about the film was relatable to them, both of them talking about their childhood and moments that mirrored Riley's life. The two actors also discussed the benefits of Inside Out and how the two films offer a way for young kids to understand their emotions. #lewisblack #paulwalterhauser #insideout2 For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Jude Law & Alicia Vikander Discuss Firebrand and If Henry VII Was a Serial Killer or Just An A**hole Collider Interviews 2024-06-15 | Firebrand is unlike many period dramas fans have come to expect, though it may appear to be with its stars, Academy Award-nominee Jude Law (Peter Pan & Wendy) and Alicia Vikander (The Green Knight), in Tudor garb, playing the roles of King Henry VIII and the wife who survived, Katherine Parr. The way it was approached by filmmaker Karim Aïnouz (Mariner of the Mountains) is as a heart-pounding thriller that trims down the pageantry to a boiling look at the final four years of this untold relationship. In this interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub, Law and Vikander share their insight and preparation for bringing these two historical lives to screen.Alicia Vikander is Katherine Parr, the volatile King Henry's sixth and final wife. The Queen became known as a gentle spirit who tended to the King's failing health, as well as nurturing his children, but how she survived her dangerous husband is often overlooked. Based on the scripts of Henrietta and Jessica Ashworth (Killing Eve), inspired by Elizabeth Fremantle's novel Queen's Gambit, Aïnouz opts to tell this harrowing narrative as a suspenseful, dark fairy tale that leans heavily into historical fiction in favor of psychological horror.As for the King, Jude Law is nearly unrecognizable as the paranoid, violent Henry VIII, and discusses how he and Vikander "both did a lot of reading, a lot of prep, [and] talking to historians" to give life to what we now only know as history on pages. He also shares his views on Henry VIII, attributing the King's murderous reign as a product of his upbringing. "This sense of answering only to God, that your will is the way of God, is insane," Law muses, "And he used it brutally."#judelaw #aliciavikander #firebrand For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
House of the Dragon Season 2 Interview: Harry Collett & Bethany Antonia Collider Interviews 2024-06-14 | House of the Dragon Season 2's premiere is on our doorstep and with the second season will come more conflict, more family drama, and many more dragons. The Game of Thrones prequel series promises an even more intense second season as we watch the Targaryens split themselves down the middle. Those who support Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) call themselves the Greens, while those who support his older half-sister Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) call themselves the Blacks. While the Greens might have a stronghold of the land in King's Landing and a growing army, the Blacks have the benefit of dragons (though less dragonriders) and a naval fleet. As the Dance of the Dragons takes off, war will tear the family and the realm apart.On Dragonstone, the island where Rhaenyra leads the Blacks, two of Rhaenyra's top dragonriders are also her children. Jacaerys Velaryon (Harry Collett) is her son and heir, and he rides the dragon Vermax. Baela Targaryen (Bethany Antonia) rides the dragon Moondancer, and she is betrothed to Jace and the daughter of Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith), making her also Rhaenyra's step-daughter (among other relations… oy, these Targaryens.) While both Daemon and Rhaenys (Eve Best) ride dragons alongside Rhaeyra, Jace and Baela will be key players in the war to come.We spoke with both Harry Collett and Bethany Antonia about the new season of House of the Dragon. We discussed what their characters' relationships are with their step-parents as well as how the two characters developed during the time jumps. Collett also discussed filming at the legendary Wall in the North and working with Tom Taylor who plays Cregan Stark. Antonia discussed getting to dig deeper into her character and officially getting on a dragon.#houseofthedragon #harrycollett #bethanyantoniaFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Inside Out 2s Tony Hale Wants To Look Inside the Mind of Toy Storys Forky Collider Interviews 2024-06-14 | One of the most chaotic times in the transition from child to adult is those years of puberty. Emotions run high, and body odor, pimples, and hair appear everywhere. It's a messy time. This is the world that we're dropped into in Inside Out 2, which follows up on Riley's (Kensington Tallman) story a few years after the first Inside Out movie. Instead of dealing with moving, the sequel focuses on an important weekend in Riley's young life: a weekend away at a hockey camp. Right on the cusp of starting high school and entering into a new phase of her life, a plethora of new emotions take hold of her brain.Inside Out focused on the five core emotions: Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Tony Hale), and Disgust (Liza Lapira). The sequel film introduces four new and more complicated emotions: Anxiety (Maya Hawke), Envy (Ayo Edibiri), Ennui (Adèle Exarchopoulos), and Embarrassment (Paul Walter Hauser). When the new emotions take the place of the old ones — quite literally bottling them up and stowing them away — Riley's life takes a sharp turn.We spoke with Tony Hale and Liza Lapira about the sequel. Hale and Lapira play Fear and Disgust, respectively, having replaced former actors Bill Hader and Mindy Kaling. We discussed what parts of the sequel spoke to them the most, especially in reminding them of their teenage years. We also discussed how the film changed their approach to emotions and what emotion rules their console the most. Finally, Hale and Lapira discussed which other character of theirs they'd like to see inside the mind of, with Hale wanting to look into Forky from Toy Story 4's mind. Watch the video interview with Hale and Lapira above, or read the full transcript of the interview below.#tonyhale #lizalapira #insideout2 For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Presumed Innocents David E. Kelley on How Different the Show Is From the Movie Collider Interviews 2024-06-14 | Almost every subgenre in television has its master. Political dramas? No one is going to argue it's Aaron Sorkin. Never-ending medical dramas? Oh, that's queen Shonda Rhimes. Agatha Christie murder mystery adaptations? The BBC's Sarah Phelps remains undefeated. For nearly four decades, David E. Kelley has stood tall as the reigning King of legal dramas and thrillers. He's the mind behind seminal legal series such as Ally McBeal, The Practice, and its spin-off Boston Legal. In recent years, he's turned his talents towards miniseries. He's the showrunner behind the colossally successful Big Little Lies, which brought together some of the most powerful actresses in Hollywood in an adaptation of Liane Moriarty's book about trauma, abuse, and murder. He's also adapted Anatomy of a Scandal and The Undoing as miniseries for Netflix and HBO, respectively.In a sense, Apple TV+'s Presumed Innocent combines Kelley's two great interests — book adaptations and legal thrillers. Kelley gives us an eight-episode miniseries based on the bestselling 1987 book by Scott Turow, which many will know from the 1990 movie adaptation starring Harrison Ford. The new series takes the basic plot of the book: chief deputy prosecutor Rusty Sabich (Jake Gyllenhaal) who is accused of the murder of his colleague (Renate Reinsve) whom he was having an affair with right up until she died. The miniseries focuses on Rusty but follows all the other lies in this web. From Rusty's wife (Ruth Negga) who knew of the affair and thought it was over, to Tommy Molto (Peter Sarsgaard), the pathetic lawyer sniffing after Rusty's job, everyone has secrets and everyone has a motive.For the premiere of the first two episodes this week, Collider spoke to Kelley about adapting a bestselling book after a movie already did it so well, what it's like to write a protagonist that you want the audience to be suspect of, and what his reaction is to what Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon have been saying about Big Little Lies Season 3.#davidekelly #presumedinnocent #courtroomdrama For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
House of the Dragon’s Matthew Needham Doesn’t Know Larys End Goal Collider Interviews 2024-06-14 | With House of the Dragon's return comes more scheming, more political plots, and more dragon fire. The Game of Thrones prequel series bumps up the intensity in their sophomore season but plunges the realm into a civil war among the family members of House Targaryen. Those who support Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) call themselves the Greens, while those who support his older half-sister Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) call themselves the Blacks. While much of the war is fought by proxy through other houses and conducted in the Small Council chambers of Rhaenyra and Aegon II, inevitably, as dragonriders, the Targaryens will take to the skies and drag the realm into a bloody war that would go on to be known as the Dance of the Dragons.In the court at King's Landing, where Aegon II rules from the Iron Throne, there is an influential figure lurking in the shadows. We first met Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) in Season 1 as the younger son of Lord Lyonel Strong (Gavin Spokes) and brother to Ser Harwin "Breakbones" Strong (Ryan Corr). While his father was the Hand of the King and his brother became Princess Rhaenyra's lover (and the father to her three children), Larys cultivated a close alliance with Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke). His hunger for ambition was relentless, and it eventually led to him killing both his father and his brother in a fire at their home in Harrenhal. Larys seemingly knows everything and hears everything, and it's only a matter of time in Season 2 before he begins to manipulate the new king.We spoke with Matthew Needham about Larys, his loyalties, and his role as Lord Confessor at the court. We asked Needham if he felt Larys was a redeemable character and if he thinks Larys regrets his actions against his family. He discussed the dark magic of Harrenhal and what Daemon (Matt Smith) might be up against this season, and he talked about the uncertainty of Larys' ultimate end goal. #houseofthedragon #matthewneedham #gameofthrones For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
House of the Dragon Season 2: Steve Toussaint & Eve Best Theorize About Laenors Return Collider Interviews 2024-06-13 | After two years of a hiatus, the wait is finally over, and House of the Dragon is back. Season 2 picks up right where Season 1 left off. After the tragic death of Lucerys Velaryon (Elliot Grihault) at the hands of Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) on dragonback, the two factions of the Targaryen family are officially going to war. Those who support Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) call themselves the Greens, while those who support his older half-sister Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) call themselves the Blacks. With the family divided down the middle, this feud will bring the entire kingdom into war. While Season 1 sets the stage for the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, Season 2 leans full-scale into the conflict as we see dragon go up against dragon in battle and watch as families tear each other apart.Firmly on Rhaenyra's side, for now, is House Velaryon, whose lord is Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint), and his dragon-riding wife Princess Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best), who some know as the Queen Who Never Was. The Velaryons are a powerful naval force which is a great addition to Rhaenyra, whose forces aren't nearly as strong as her half-brother's. In Season 1, we saw House Targaryen's conflicts with House Velaryon grow after one slighted marriage proposal led to an eventual second one between Rhaenyra and Corys and Rhaenys' son Laenor (John Macmillan). When Rhaenyra decided to strengthen her claim to power by marrying her uncle, Daemon (Matt Smith), they led everyone (including Corlys and Rhaenys) to believe that they had a hand in Laenor's death when they actually aided him in escaping across the sea with his lover.We spoke with Steve Toussaint and Eve Best about the tumultuous Season 1 and what it was like splitting the cast up for the second season, which resulted in a more "Game of Thrones-y" feeling for the show. We also discussed with Toussaint Corlys' obsession with legacy now that his heir is dead. With Best, we asked her if Rhaenys feels any guilt for leaving the Greens alive after her bombastic escape in Season 1 from the dragonpit. Then, we discussed with both actors about how their characters might react to the news that Laenor might still be alive. #houseofthedragon #stevetoussaint #evebestFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Inside Out 2: Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke Didnt See This Scene Coming Collider Interviews 2024-06-13 | Inevitably, as we reach puberty, our whole world changes. Our bodies change, but our minds change as well. Alongside pimples and body odor, we're now experiencing a whole new plethora of emotions, and not all of them are positive. Such is the struggle that Riley (Kensington Tallman) has to go through in Inside Out 2. Rather than dealing with the struggles of having to move house, the Pixar sequel film narrows in on an important weekend in Riley's life before the beginning of a new school year as she has to struggle with friendships, ambitions, and a storm of new emotions that seem to have a hold of her brain.While Inside Out was very much framed around the five core emotions Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Tony Hale, replacing Bill Hader), and Disgust (Liza Lapira, replacing Mindy Kaling), this film adds tosses in four more complicated emotions with Anxiety (Maya Hawke), Envy (Ayo Edibiri), Ennui (Adèle Exarchopoulos), and Embarrassment (Paul Walter Hauser). When these new emotions take over Riley's brain, sending her careening down a spiral of teenage emotions, her life turns upside down in the process.We spoke with Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke about the new film and discussed with them some of the nuances and chances that we see in Inside Out 2. With Hawke, we talked about where she pulled the character of Anxiety from and how she created the persona. With Poehler, we discussed the change in the sequel that throws Joy off-kilter. Poehler also discussed the importance of not leaning too far into toxic positivity by making Joy the character who saves the day. Hawke and Poehler also discuss how scenes from the film changed their approach and outlook on emotions. #amypoehler #mayahawke #insideout2 For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Jake Gyllenhaal Reveals an Unexpected Thing About Filming Presumed Innocent Collider Interviews 2024-06-13 | Apple TV+'s thrilling new series, Presumed Innocent, just celebrated its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, and this erotic legal drama is already raking in plenty of praise. On top of its stellar cast, led by Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, and Ruth Negga, Gyllenhaal told us as they filmed the series, none of the actors knew what would happen in the next episode, or where it was all going.The title, Presumed Innocent, leaves the weighty implication hanging — "until proven guilty." Like the 1990 film starring Harrison Ford and the 1987 novel it's based on, Apple's series is about prosecutor Rusty Sabbich (Gyllenhaal), who's put on the case of his colleague, Carolyn Polhemus (Renate Reinsve) when she's found brutally murdered in her home. When it comes to light that Rusty was involved in an affair with Carolyn and that he harbored an obsessive interest in her, his life begins to crumble, with those closest to him in danger of the fallout.In this interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub, Gyllenhaal and Sarsgaard discuss the protocol for playing characters in a legal drama, why the "persuasion" of acting in any role never changes, and the unusually unique way the actors filmed this particular show. They also discuss each other's performances in past works, like Nightcrawler and Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Lost Daughter.#jakegyllenhaal #petersarsgaard #presumedinnocentFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
The Acolyte Episode 3 Interview: Lee Jung-jae on Past vs. Present Jedi Master Sol Collider Interviews 2024-06-12 | There’s a wealth of wonderful acting opportunities in Hollywood, but as a lifelong Star Wars diehard, I’ve got to think that scoring the role of a Jedi Master is one of the absolute best of the bunch. Following up his Emmy-winning performance in Netflix’s international sensation, Squid Game, Lee Jung-jae scored that exact dream gig, and he put in the work to do the opportunity justice.Lee plays Jedi Master Sol in the Leslye Headland-created Star Wars Disney+ series, The Acolyte. He’s a highly respected figure in the Jedi Order who’s a strong warrior, but also in-tune with his emotions more than most. As we learn in the first two episodes, Sol once trained Amandla Stenberg’s Osha, but then, for unknown reasons, she opted to leave the Order. The two are reunited years later when a Jedi Master is killed and Osha is blamed for the crime.In celebration of The Acolyte’s June 4 debut on Disney+, I got the chance to have a brief chat with Lee, during which he walked me through the process of figuring out why Master Sol has become the person we meet in Episode 1 of the series, a discussion that includes the impact of the game-changing events of Episode 3, “Destiny.”#starwars #jedi #leejungjae #squidgame #theacolyte For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Kinds of Kindness: Margaret Qualley & Mamoudou Athie Interview Collider Interviews 2024-06-12 | One only has to look back on Yorgos Lanthimos' previous films — Dogtooth, The Favourite, Poor Things — to understand there's a fascination with the themes of control, "submission and power." While she may be gleefully trolling her costar Mamoudou Athie (Jurassic World Dominion), Kinds of Kindness actress Margaret Qualley (Drive-Away Dolls) does make a great point when she teases, "A director obsessed with control?"Kinds of Kindness is an anthology of three stories about a different cast of characters, told by Lanthimos' ensemble: Poor Things' Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe, Cannes' Best Actor Jesse Plemons (Civil War), Hong Chau (Asteroid City), Joe Alwyn (The Favourite), and briefly, Hunter Schafer (Euphoria). The three tales — a toxic working relationship, a partner lost at sea returning home changed, and a cult obsessed with life and death — are told with the filmmaker's signature "unbridled freedom" and his curiosity about humans and how we connect. They expose the intimate lives of different characters in outlandish situations, presented with the mundaneness of everyday life.In this interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub, Qualley and Mamoudou sit down to examine the method to their writer-director's madness, so to speak. They discuss "the famous Yorgos rehearsals," their favorite Stanley Kubrick movie, which scenes they were most looking forward to shooting, and whether Athie has officially joined the Lanthimos troupe.#kindsofkindness #margaretqualley #mamoudouathieFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
How to Get Cast in Squid Game: The Challenge - Casting Directors Interview Collider Interviews 2024-06-11 | Most reality TV competition shows require casting teams to track down a small group of competitors with the potential to become stars. Squid Game: The Challenge, however, is a whole different beast. Just like the award-winning drama series, Hwang Dong-hyuk’s Squid Game, The Challenge needs a grand total of 456 players, and every single one of them needs to be a compelling player and a worthy winner. How exactly does one go about finding a whopping 456 reality TV stars that’d inspire viewers to get behind them over the course of the show’s run? That’s on casting directors Erika Dobrin and Robyn Kass.Dobrin and Kass are both hugely accomplished reality television casting directors. Kass has worked on Big Brother for 13 seasons and also specializes in dating series, while Dobrin’s credits include The Biggest Loser, Dating #NoFilter, and many more. While all that experience likely comes in handy, Squid Game: The Challenge demanded a very different approach to the work. Upholding the blueprint of the drama series, The Challenge starts with 456 players. Those players must power through a series of games inspired by childhood classics, like “Red Light, Green Light” and a version of Battleship. Every time a contestant is eliminated, $10,000 is added to the jackpot until, ultimately, two finalists are vying for a grand total of $4.56 million. Day one, everyone has a shot, and that means Dobrin and Kass must cast every single individual with confidence that, should they get the most screen time and make it to the end, they'll strike the necessary chord to keep viewers engaged and invested.With Squid Game: The Challenge looking to be a strong contender this Emmy season, Dobrin and Kass took the time to join me for an extended chat covering the challenges of casting a first season of a reality TV show, what made the Squid Game casting process unique, and what tips they’d offer folks eager to snag one of 456 spots on the Season 2 roster.For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Norman Reedus Teases the High Octane Action Scenes in John Wick Presents: Ballerina Collider Interviews 2024-06-11 | As the John Wick universe continues to expand, fans are eagerly awaiting the release of Ballerina, the franchise's highly anticipated spin-off starring Ana de Armas as the deadly and determined Rooney. Set to hit theaters on June 6, 2025, the film promises all the intense action and intricate choreography that have become synonymous with the John Wick series. Recently, Norman Reedus, who joins the star-studded cast, sat down with Collider's Steve Weintraub, while promoting his upcoming role in The Bikeriders, to discuss his part in the film and the gruelling yet rewarding experience on set.When asked about his time working on Ballerina, Reedus shared some candid insights into the physical demands of his role: "It was painful. [Laughs] I just got back from Budapest where we added more fight scenes to it. So, I went from Japan to Budapest, back to Japan basically. It's high-octane. It's a cool story, it's well-acted, visually stunning, but it's just like bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.Norman Reedus is in Awe of Keanu ReevesNorman Reedus as Daryl Dixon in Episode 6 of Season 1 of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Reedus' comments offer a tantalising glimpse into the relentless pace and meticulous fight sequences that Ballerina will showcase. His mention of the additional fight scenes shot in Budapest hints at the extensive and carefully crafted action that fans can expect from the film. The Wick films are renowned for their balletic physicality, and from the sounds of it, Ballerina will be no different. Reedus was enthusiastic about taking part in that tightly-choreographed combat, too, adding that he was in "a ton of it".Reedus also expressed his admiration for co-star Keanu Reeves, acknowledging the physicality required for such a demanding role and commending Reeves for his dedication: I know Keanu, and my hat's off to him because it's a very physical, full-on, I-need-a-bottle-of-Advil-all-day-long type of job. But it's fun. It's super fun. The choreography is tight, tight, tight. In Daryl Dixon, it's a loose fight. It's a sloppy fight. There are no sloppy fights in that."Reedus will join a long line of action stars to take on the world of Wick and come out of it glowing in admiration. The countdown is on now, as we're less than a year away from release, but if Reedus is to be believed, it'll be well worth the wait.Stay tuned to Collider for more updates on Ballerina and all things John Wick.#ballerina #JohnWick #normanreedus For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Barbarians Georgina Campbell Has Her Eye on This Iconic Horror Franchise After The Watchers Collider Interviews 2024-06-10 | Georgina Campbell is a must-watch actor on the rise in general, but as someone who calls horror her favorite genre, I can’t help but be especially enthusiastic about the force she’s becoming in that space in particular. Barbarian wound up being one of the biggest horror hits of 2022, securing a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, making $45 million worldwide on a reported $4 million production budget, and snagging spots on a slew of “best horror of the year” lists. Now Campbell’s got a role in a highly anticipated horror film of 2024, because it comes from the daughter of a genre legend, M. Night Shyamalan.The feature film adaptation of the A.M. Shine novel, The Watchers, is directed by Ishana Shyamalan, yet another especially promising creator on the rise in horror. Campbell plays one of four strangers who get lost in the forest in western Ireland and must take refuge in The Coop. If they’re not locked in by nightfall, they’re at risk of being attacked and killed by “watchers,” creatures that observe the people living in The Coop at night.With The Watchers now playing in theaters nationwide, I got the chance to have a brief chat with Campbell to discuss her journey in the genre thus far. She explained what made The Watchers a standout horror script, the backstory work she did for her character that went beyond the script and the book, the iconic horror film franchise she dreams of joining one day, and more. You can hear it all straight from Campbell in this interview!#thewatchers #barbarian #interview #actor #filmtok For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Yorgos Lanthimos Interview Kinds of Kindness Collider Interviews 2024-06-10 | Even award-winning directors with critical acclaim can find aspects of filmmaking "too daunting." Such is the case for Yorgos Lanthimos, who, after earning four Academy Awards for last year's Poor Things, just celebrated the world premiere of his newest feature, Kinds of Kindness, at the Cannes Film Festival in May. During an interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub, Lanthimos opens up about his process on set and how he approaches his work, as well as the ways he's altered his methods, particularly with his latest feature.Kinds of Kindness reunites Lanthimos with screenwriter Efthymis Filippou, who co-wrote his previous works Dogtooth, Alps, The Lobster, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and tells a collection of three stories that center on the idea of control. The film stars an ensemble of Lanthimos' recently favored troupe — Emma Stone (The Favourite, Bleat, Poor Things), Willem Dafoe (Poor Things), Joe Alwyn (The Favourite) and Margaret Qualley (Poor Things) — as well as Mamoudou Athie (Elemental), Hunter Schafer (Euphoria), Hong Chau (Asteroid City), and Jesse Plemons (Civil War), who took home Cannes' Best Actor award.In this interview, Lanthimos talks about filmmaking influences whose contributions to art — "if you can call it that" — make up who he is as a creator, how he works alongside his crew, and specifically his cinematographer, Robbie Ryan (Poor Things, The Favourite), and the change he made for Kinds of Kindness he's considering for future projects. #yorgoslanthimos #emmastone #KindsofKindnessFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Norman Reedus Says Daryl Dixon Season 2 Finale Is Best One-Hour Walking Dead Thing Ever Collider Interviews 2024-06-10 | Even before the motorcycle-riding zombie-killing Daryl Dixon washed up on our screens in last year’s The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, AMC knew fans would want more. While the series didn’t celebrate its debut until September, the network went ahead and gave it a Season 2 renewal in July, promising audiences that Daryl’s story would continue. Now, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol has landed an official premiere date on September 29, giving viewers three months to speculate on the adventures and trouble-filled situations that the besties first introduced in The Walking Dead will encounter. With a third season in development, the staying power of the production certainly won’t be called into question, but how long can the spinoff go on for? Daryl Dixon himself, Norman Reedus, thinks that the limit does not exist.During an interview with Collider’s Editor-in-Chief Steve Weintraub, during which the pair discussed the actor’s upcoming feature-length production, The Bikeriders, Reedus shared his belief that there are still plenty of stories to tell when it comes to Daryl Dixon and gives his word that he’ll be certain to give the character his proper send off when the time comes. “I think it's got some time left in it. I want that character to end correctly. It started correctly and I put too much work into it to be a drone shot waving goodbye. You know what I mean? I want him to get his justice. It still has a huge fan base. I get mobbed all the time because of that show. In France, when the posters went up, it was bananas. We're about to start Season 3, but I will say the finale of Season 2 is the best one-hour Walking Dead anything ever. I've said it in press before. I stick to it. It's mind-blowing.”Where Will The Story Go In ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol’?In the finale of Daryl Dixon’s first season, audiences finally spotted Melissa McBride’s Carol again as she was hot in pursuit of a man riding Daryl’s beloved motorcycle. On a mission to find her bestie, Carol’s final moments of the episode saw her riding off into the post-apocalyptic sunset on a quest that will presumably take her overseas. Meanwhile, in France, Daryl will grapple with the biggest choice of his life - stay and fight, or return to America. Joining Reedus and McBride in the sophomore installment will be a handful of returning names, including Clémence Poésy, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, Anne Charrier, Romain Levi, and Eriq Ebouaney. #thewalkingdead #daryldixon #NormanReedus For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Hit Man Interview: Retta Came Up With One of the Films Best Scenes Collider Interviews 2024-06-08 | There's a special element Richard Linklater's films have in common, whether it's a coming-of-age drama like Boyhood or a comedy like Dazed and Confused, and that's the ensemble cast who bring his scripts to life onscreen. In his latest, Netflix's Hit Man, stars Glen Powell and Adria Arjona are joined by a talented supporting cast to flesh out this screwball comedy inspired by an unbelievable true story. Two of those standouts are Good Girls' Retta and stand-up comedian and actor Sanjay Rao, who team up as two New Orleans detectives.In Hit Man, Powell plays Gary Johnson, an amiable professor with a part-time job as a techie for the police department. When a strange opportunity is thrust upon him, Gary begins to shine while posing as a hitman, adopting various personas in order to turn clients over to law enforcement. He's surprisingly good at transforming into these roles, but when he meets Madison (Arjona), a woman looking to escape her current relationship, things take an unexpected, sizzling turn.After the film's premiere in Austin, Texas, Collider's Perri Nemiroff sat down with Retta and Rao to discuss what it was like sharing scenes on a Linklater set. Retta is best known for shows like Parks and Recreation and her reality series Ugliest House in America, and Rao is a regular on the LA comedy circuit and an actor in series like The Flight Attendant and Truth Be Told. Check out their full conversation to find out which scene Retta collaborated with Powell on, utilizing her true crime expertise (and a healthy dose of fear), how the duo's improv on set made them ideal scene partners, and tons more.#hitman #netflix #interview #retta #sanjayrao For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Ishana Shyamalan Interview: Finding Her Own Voice After Working on Her Dad’s Films Collider Interviews 2024-06-08 | The Watchers may mark Ishana Shyamalan’s feature directorial debut, but she’s got far more experience than most at her age because she’s been surrounded by film her entire life. Ishana Shyamalan is M. Night Shyamalan’s daughter, and grew up on his sets. Then, beginning at 19, she wrote on the Apple TV+ series Servant, and went on to direct six episodes of the show. On top of that, she directed second unit on both Old and Knock at the Cabin. All wonderful opportunities, but all projects where a top priority was fulfilling a pre-established vision. That wasn’t the case on The Watchers, however.Based on the A.M. Shine novel of the same name, The Watchers stars Dakota Fanning as Mina. While in the midst of a lengthy drive through the forest in western Ireland, Mina gets stranded. While she manages to find shelter with three strangers, it’s far from a safe situation. The four must be in “the coop” by nightfall, or else. Once inside, they can’t see out into the forest, but something can see it — mysterious creatures who stalk them throughout the night.With The Watchers now playing in theaters nationwide, I sat down with Shyamalan to discuss her experience going from second unit director to directing her very own feature film. She walked me through lessons learned while working on Old, her priorities when finding her own voice on set, and how she figured out how much to show of her creatures throughout the film. You can hear it all straight from Shyamalan herself in the video at the top of this article, or you can read the conversation in transcript form below. #thewatchers #director #filmmaking #mnightshyamalan #interview For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Bad Boys: Ride or Die Directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah Interview Collider Interviews 2024-06-08 | "The Bad Boys of cinema," Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Ms. Marvel), had no idea they would be returning to the franchise after Bad Boys for Life. "That's why we called it Bad Boys for Life," Fallah laughs, well aware of the missed title opportunity for the fourth installment, Bad Boys: Ride or Die. But when Will Smith and Martin Lawrence's reprisal of their iconic detective duo, Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, became a box office hit, and Sony almost immediately greenlit the next one, minutia like that was hardly a factor. Now, they're back with a game-changing storyline and innovative ways to put audiences directly into the action, in IMAX, no less.Collider recently teamed up with Sony and IMAX for an advanced IMAX screening, where Arbi and Fallah joined the audience after the movie to talk about reuniting with Smith and Lawrence for their explosive return. This time, Mike and Marcus are framed as fugitives, flipping the script on the beloved Bad Boys formula. Originally setting out to clear Captain Howard's (Joe Pantoliano) name after he's posthumously set up, Mike and Marcus end up having to clear their own, now running from criminals and Miami PD.Having taken the reins of the franchise from "the godfather of Bad Boys," Michael Bay, Arbi and Fallah dig into their process from getting the green light to post-production with Collider's Steve Weintraub. We find out how big of a part Smith played in coming up with an original storyline, why Eric Dane (Grey's Anatomy) is crucial in capturing that '80s nostalgia of action paragons like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon, and what part Bay had in bringing the "Bayhem" to this new chapter. The directing duo also discusses mastering their "visual style of comedy," working with producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Smith and Lawrence's improv on set, and ideas for Bad Boys 5.#BadBoys #badboysrideordie #AdilElArbi #BilallFallahFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Daniel Brühl & Théodore Pellerin Interview: Becoming Karl Lagerfeld Collider Interviews 2024-06-07 | Based on the biography Kaiser Karl: The Life of Karl Lagerfeld, Hulu's splashy new limited series, Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, lives up to its name, as it focuses on the ten years leading up to Lagerfeld becoming, well, Karl Lagerfeld. Lagerfeld, who passed in 2019, was an iconic German fashion designer, who made a name for himself as he worked his way through several of the top fashion houses in Paris in the 1970s and 80s, before becoming the creative director of Chanel until his death. Known best for his slicked-back ponytails and chic sunglasses, there was more than met the eye when it came to Lagerfeld, and that's the story that the fashionable French series aims to explore.While Lagerfeld was quite shrewd about his personal relationships in life, there is quite a bit known about his decade-spanning romance with noted socialite Jacques de Bascher, and Becoming Karl Lagerfeld respects Lagerfeld's insistence that he and de Bascher's relationship was never physical. This dynamic, brought to life by Daniel Brühl's Karl and Théodore Pellerin's Jacques, makes for a rather enthralling watch, as it evokes images of chaste 19th century romances. An idea which does come up in our conversation about the series. Ahead of the premiere, I had the privilege of chatting with Brühl and Pellerin about their respective roles, and how the relationship between the two men functioned.Brühl kicked the conversation off by discussing how bringing Karl Lagerfeld to life differed from some of his previous roles playing characters based on real-life men, and from there he and Pellerin proved to be just as delightful as the roles they played. In addition to speaking about their roles and their sweet tooths, Brühl also spoke briefly about his upcoming film The Collaboration, though he wasn't able to share much more than Paul Bettany was when asked a few months ago. #DanielBruhl #ThéodorePellerin #BecomingKarlLagerfeldFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
X-Men 97: Lenore Zann Loved Every Minute of Exploring Rogue’s Love Triangle Collider Interviews 2024-06-06 | The MCU has been a massive part of the cultural zeitgeist, on both big and small screens, for the better part of two decades. This year, Marvel Animation went back to its roots with a nostalgia-filled blast-from-the-past and it paid off. X-Men '97, the continuation of the beloved X-Men: The Animated Series, arrived on Disney+ back in March to immediate fanfare, and it carried that momentum through the entire season by delivering some of the best Marvel storytelling in years.Following X-Men '97's critical acclaim, from fans and critics alike, award season pundits began speculating that the series and its incredibly talented voice cast might be in the running this Emmy season, with a particular focus on the mid-season show-stopper "Remember It." The episode took audiences by surprise as it revealed the depths of Rogue's (Lenore Zann) romantic history with Magneto (Matthew Waterson), in juxtaposition to her complicated relationship with Remy LeBeau (A.J. LoCascio). But the shocking revelations in the episode paled in comparison to the tragedy that unfolded in the final moments, as Genosha's mutants were met with the horrors of genocide and Rogue was left to grieve both Magneto and Remy, who sacrificed themselves to save her life.With voting for Emmy Award nominations beginning on June 13, the campaign for X-Men '97 has officially begun, and Collider was thrilled to have the opportunity to speak with Lenore Zann about her work on the series as things start to gear up this awards season. During our wide-ranging interview, Zann spoke about what it was like coming back to the role thirty years after The Animated Series, the life experiences she's brought to the character and the lasting impact Rogue has had on her, the highly-discussed love triangle between Magneto/Rogue/Remy, and the freedom that she was given to bring her own take to some of the scenes in the series.The first season of X-Men '97 is streaming now on Disney+. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates as we approach Season 2.#xmen #rogue #xmen97 #interview #animation For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Dakota Fanning Interview: The Watchers & the Horror Movie That Pushed Her to Her Limits Collider Interviews 2024-06-06 | Dakota Fanning has done her fair share of genre projects over the years, but she’s in the midst of an especially epic horror movie one-two punch that could send her star soaring in that particular space.Fanning headlines Ishana Shyamalan’s (daughter of M. Night Shyamalan) highly anticipated feature directorial debut, an adaptation of the A.M. Shine novel, The Watchers. Fanning plays Mina in the film, a young woman who becomes stranded during a drive through the forest in western Ireland. She manages to find shelter, but “the coop” isn’t the safe haven she hoped for. Along with three others trapped there, Mina is watched and stalked by mysterious and dangerous creatures each night.After The Watchers hits theaters nationwide on June 7th, the next horror release on Fanning’s calendar will be The Strangers director Bryan Bertino’s new movie, Vicious. That one is said to follow a woman who’s given a strange gift from a late-night visitor. From there, she spends the night “fighting for her existence as she slips down a disturbing rabbit hole contained inside the gift.”With The Watchers gearing up for its big debut, I got the chance to chat with Fanning about genre storytelling. Not only did she dig into what makes Ishana Shyamalan a standout collaborator and what makes The Watchers a one-of-a-kind horror film, but she also took a moment to tease how Bertino’s project pushed her like never before.#interview #vicious #thewatchers #movie #film For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Prue Leith Shares What It Takes to Compete On The Great American Baking Show Collider Interviews 2024-06-06 | The Great British Baking Show won over American audiences over the past several years. Considered to be the warm hug of reality TV, fans love watching the series for the bakes and the bakers. Thanks to the popularity of the series with audiences in the United States, The Roku Channel became the home of The Great American Baking Show, bringing home bakers from the United States into that same magical tent, and it’s free for viewers to watch.One thing that isn’t different from its predecessor from across the pond is the judges, Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood. Paul has been involved with the franchise from the beginning and has been the anchor for both the British and now American versions of the show. Prue Leith joined the GBBS in its eighth series and eventually joined Paul at the inception of the American series. Now, with a season and a few holiday specials under its belt, The Great American Baking Show is back for its second season, and Collider had the opportunity to speak with Prue about the show and get her tips for those who hope to one day compete on the show.The new complete season of The Great American Baking Show is available to stream for free on The Roku Channel.#prueleith #thegreatamericanbakingshow #thegreatbritishbakeoffFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Emma Stone Improvised Her Memetastic Kinds of Kindness Dance Collider Interviews 2024-06-05 | If your introduction to Yorgos Lanthimos was last year's Academy Award-winning Poor Things, you may have been a little jarred by the "absurdism" of the world. But if you first watched Lanthimos' Dogtooth in 2009... you'd still be pretty jarred, actually. No matter the situation or time period, what remains constant for the writer-director is his ability to keep an audience off-kilter just enough to "open up your imagination in a new way." The same can be said for his latest, Kinds of Kindness, which reunites him with Oscar-winner Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe.In addition to Stone and Dafoe, the movie also stars Jesse Plemons (Civil War), who earned the Cannes Best Actor award for his performance, Margaret Qualley (Poor Things), Hong Chau (Asteroid City), Joe Alwyn (The Favourite), Mamoudou Athie (Elemental), and Hunter Schafer (Euphoria). The ensemble takes on various roles in each of the three stories Lanthimos weaves together about the human psyche, showcasing all manner of connection, conniving, and control.Both Stone and Dafoe are not only recurring characters in Kinds of Kindness, but also in Lanthimos' filmography. During this interview, they share their insight into the filmmaker's distinct vision, what about his views they find fascinating, and why audiences might find his stories a bit "strange." Stone and Dafoe also share their favorite Stanley Kubrick films, and Stone shares how the dance scene in this movie differs from the now-iconic dance sequence in Poor Things.#willemdafoe #kindsofkindness #emmastoneFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Acolyte Interview: Amandla Stenbergs 60-Page Backstory & Leslye Headlands Dream Season Count Collider Interviews 2024-06-05 | [Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for The Acolyte, Season 1, Episode 1]Leslye Headland and Amandla Stenberg face two significant creative challenges in Star Wars: The Acolyte. For Headland, it’s joining a beloved franchise she’s been a diehard fan of, and doing the opportunity justice. For Stenberg, it’s playing two different characters and establishing their sisterly connection, but while also emphasizing that they’re two completely different people.If you’ve read this far, you saw the spoiler warning and now know that Stenberg headlines The Acolyte as Mae and Osha. They’re twin sisters who’ve pursued entirely different paths in life. At the start of the show, we get a hefty dose of Mae’s sinister mission to annihilate Jedi. Meanwhile, Osha once hoped to become a Jedi herself, but opted to cut her studies short and quit training. However, thanks to Mae’s agenda, Osha finds herself crossing paths with Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) and the Jedi Order again.In celebration of The Acolyte’s two-episode debut on Disney+ on June 4th, I got the chance to sit down with Headland and Stenberg to discuss their experience bringing Osha and Mae’s stories to screen. Check out what the duo told me about Stenberg’s 60-page character backstory and Headland’s hope to make at least three seasons of The Acolyte in the video at the top of this article. You can also read the conversation in transcript form below.#starwars #interview #theacolyte #amandlastenberg #jedi For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
We Are Lady Parts Season 2: Anjana Vasan and Sarah Kameela Impey Interview Collider Interviews 2024-06-04 | We Are Lady Parts is back to take over the world, and Anjana Vasan and Sarah Kameela Impey are helping it succeed. The Channel 4 and Peacock co-production returns for another encore this week, following the titular band as they come off a long stint of touring, only to find that they’ve got a number of road blocks, including but not limited to album recording costs and bands attempting to steal their thunder. Creator Nida Manzoor sends the band into yet another pitch-perfect frenzy, and it’s all anchored by a killer new soundtrack and the performances of its two stellar leads.Vasan leads the series as the mousy but secretly badass Amina, a biochemist by day and Lady Parts’ guitarist by night. But it’s not simply a part — she released her own album, Strange Country Jukebox, right as We Are Lady Parts first premiered in 2021. She’s as bubbly and bright as Amina is on-screen, and it makes sense when she tells me that she brought a little bit of her own musical tastes to her character’s stage presence.Impey, on the other hand, plays the grumpy and down on her luck Saira, the band’s lead vocalist and primary driving force — and she does so with such talent and passion that I was genuinely thrown by how bright and pleasant she is in person. Her first instinct is to prop up her fellow cast members not present on our Zoom call — including Juliette Motamed and Faith Omole — citing their real-life endeavors as musicians and how much they’ve all bonded as a unit.It’s easy to see why We Are Lady Parts is such a successful series, and why I would one-hundred percent buy a Lady Parts vinyl if it ever hit the market: you can’t fake that kind of chemistry, that’s obvious even through two separate Zoom windows. Vasan and Impey are as funny in their real lives as they are in front of a camera, and together with Manzoor, they’ve made something legendary.We Are Lady Parts Season 2 is now streaming on Peacock.#anjanavasan #sarahkameelaimpey #weareladypartsFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
The Great American Baking Show Interview: Zach Cherry Collider Interviews 2024-06-03 | Zach Cherry is an actor who has popped up in many popular streaming series like the new Amazon Prime show, Fallout. In addition to his work as an actor, he’s also landed a very fun role co-hosting The Great American Baking Show. The Great American Baking Show is now in its second official season after a host of fun holiday specials on its Roku Channel home. Zach co-hosts the show with fellow actor Casey Wilson alongside renowned judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith.The Great American Baking Show follows the exact same format as its British predecessor, right down to the bakes occurring under the very same tent used on The Great British Baking Show. Home bakers from across the country are chosen to compete for the win. American audiences became captivated by the GBBS several years ago, falling in love with its good-natured vibe combined with tasty-looking bakes. The American iteration still has the same magic that feels like a warm hug while watching it, and now that it’s returned for a new season, fans can enjoy those warm hugs once again. Collider had the opportunity to speak with Zach about what he loves most about hosting the Roku series.#TheGreatAmericanBakingShow #ZachCherry #GreatAmericanBakingShowFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
The Real Housewives of Dubais Caroline Brooks Teases Interesting Season 2 & Changing Friendships Collider Interviews 2024-06-03 | The Real Housewives fans fell in love with a brand-new reality franchise in the beloved cinematic universe when Bravo launched The Real Housewives of Dubai in the summer of 2022. And now it's back for a spicy second season. The Real Housewives of Dubai follows the lives of some of the most fabulous women in the City of Gold. One of whom is the single-mom and owner of The Glass House, Caroline Brooks.Caroline Brooks, or Brooks as her co-stars call her, is one of the founding and original members of The Real Housewives of Dubai. She relocated to Dubai from Massachusetts with her now ex-husband and son, where she set up and established a new life in the Emirates. During the first season of the Bravo franchise, Brooks built and fostered relationships with the show's friend group, comprised of Caroline Stanbury, Chanel Ayan, Lesa Milan, Sara Al Madani, and Nina Ali. But not all of those friendships were established well enough yet. To the point where a well-meaning but unsolicited piece of advice garnered a reactive disagreement.Speaking to Collider about the incident with Sara Al Madani, Brooks said, "Back then, we weren't really that close. She didn't know my son. She didn't know me that well to be able to make that assessment." She continued, "It really bothered me because I'm a single mom, just like her. And I feel like if somebody were to give her that criticism as a single mom, she would be equally as offended because nobody's at home with her to see all the ups and downs. And the troubles. And the highs and the lows. And the happiness and sadness of being a single parent doing it on your own."But fear not. That moment has been mended as her friendship with Sara has grown, and they have gotten closer since the filming of Season 1.#TheRealHousewives #TheRealHousewivesofDubai #CarolineBrooks For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
The Acolyte Interview: Jodie Turner-Smith & Rebecca Henderson on Witches, the Lightwhip & More Collider Interviews 2024-06-02 | We’ve seen witches in Star Wars before, like the Nightsisters, for example, who just made their live-action debut in Ahsoka. The Acolyte, however, is about to add a new coven to Star Wars canon, one led by Jodie Turner-Smith’s Aniseya.Set in the High Republic Era, The Acolyte takes place before the events of the prequel trilogy and the original trilogy. The Jedi are thriving as the peacekeepers of the galaxy, but sinister forces are looming, and they could rock the foundation of the Order, and who holds the power. As Aniseya herself says in The Acolyte’s trailer, “This isn't about good or bad. This is about power, and who is allowed to use it.” Another character who must come to terms with the great responsibility of holding and wielding power is Rebecca Henderson’s Vernestra Rwoh. Vernestra makes her live-action debut in The Acolyte as a Jedi Master and leader within the Jedi Order. As the situation unfolds in Acolyte, Vernestra is challenged to figure out not only how to keep the Order going, but how to keep the power it has in check.While much is to be discovered about the policies of the Jedi Order toward the end of the High Republic Era and the goals of Aniseya’s coven in The Acolyte’s eight-episode run, both Henderson and Turner-Smith were able to tease a few details regarding their character’s roles in the assessment of what it means to hold power in the galaxy.The Acolyte kicks off its run on Disney+ on June 4. #theacolyte #interview #starwars #jedi #disney For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Benedict Cumberbatch Shares How He Ended Up in THAT Wild Moment with a Puppet in Eric Collider Interviews 2024-06-01 | Editor's note: The following contains major spoilers for Eric.From creator and writer Abi Morgan, the Netflix series Eric follows the downward spiral of a father struggling to cope with the loss of his son. Vincent (Benedict Cumberbatch) is the creator of the highly popular children’s television show Good Day Sunshine, where he focuses all his attention. When his nine-year-old son disappears on his way to school, Vincent’s guilt convinces him that if he can just get his son’s drawing of a blue monster puppet named Eric onto TV then his son will come home. But the longer that takes, the more desperate his self-loathing makes him and the more difficult he is for everyone in his life, including his wife (Gaby Hoffman), friends, and co-workers, to be around.While Eric is the story of a father’s grief over a lack of answers about what’s happened to his child, rather than turning to the family and friends he has spent so much time alienating himself from, he looks to the work that he’s focused so much of his attention on. Instead of supporting his wife, Cassie, through her own grief, he’s consumed with perfecting the look and sound of a larger-than-life puppet that his son created as a means of connecting with his father in a way that would be more likely to catch his attention.During this interview with Collider, co-stars Cumberbatch and Hoffman discussed getting to dive deep into the emotions of the story, getting into some quite memorable situations with a giant puppet, the thrill of the challenge of a project like this, what it’s like to shoot a fight scene with a puppet, and the technical challenges of the puppeteering. Hoffman also talked about forming a family with your collaborators when you’re making a TV series, while Cumberbatch shared what he most enjoyed about the experience of working with filmmaker Wes Anderson. You can both watch the video of the interview and read the transcript.#Eric #BenedictCumberbatch #GabyHoffmanFor interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Jerry Bruckheimer Calls New Formula 1 Film the Top Gun: Maverick of Racing Movies Collider Interviews 2024-06-01 | Jerry Bruckheimer is a legendary Hollywood producer who seems to have his thumb on the pulse of blockbuster films. There's a special magic that happens, however, when Bruckheimer teams up with Disney, resulting in epic adventures like Pirates of the Caribbean or heartwarming, inspirational classics like Remember the Titans. In their latest collaboration, with star and executive producer Daisy Ridley, Young Woman and the Sea captures both that sense of adventure and inspiration in the remarkable true story of Trudy Ederle."This woman was a worldwide phenomenon," Bruckheimer says of Ederle, portrayed by Ridley in the film. Young Woman and the Sea is based on the novel by Glenn Stout about Ederle who dared to brave the English Channel in the 1920s, ultimately becoming the first woman ever to successfully conquer that 21-mile swim. Buffeted by strong currents and challenged at every stroke, the Olympic swimmer set her mind on an unbelievable task and became "a trailblazer for female athletics" at a time "when they said women shouldn't be in the water."Ahead of its theatrical release, Collider's Perri Nemiroff had the opportunity to sit down with Bruckheimer and discuss why this film, seven years in the making, was such an important story to tell. The producer shares the mantra he does business by, combining education and entertainment to make unforgettable films, like Dangerous Minds and Black Hawk Down, that celebrate extraordinary lives. In addition to Young Woman and the Sea, he also talks with Perri about Ridley as an up-and-coming producer, Brad Pitt's untitled F1 project and why it's the Top Gun: Maverick of racing movies, and Bad Boys: Ride or Die.#f1 #movie #interview #swimming #film For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
Tron Ares & Young Woman and the Sea Director Joachim Rønning Interview Collider Interviews 2024-05-31 | One thing seems clear about Disney's new Young Woman and the Sea, and that's the magic it took to get this incredible true story to the big screen. The movie stars Daisy Ridley as Trudy Ederle, the first woman to ever successfully swim the English Channel. The film is based on the inspiring true story covered in the Glenn Stout novel, yet it still took over seven years to make. It turns out that attempting to capture "the beauty and the dangers" of the ocean is a harrowing task, but one the cast and crew were more than qualified for.In this interview with Collider's Perri Nemiroff, director Joachim Rønning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) sings the praises of Ridley, who also serves as executive producer, calling her a "force of nature" who "gave her all" to the production. Young Woman and the Sea is the first time Trudy's story has been told onscreen, and it was important for the team behind this movie to make sure audiences could feel the passion of its subject and the dedication to making this movie a cinematic experience.During their conversation, Rønning discusses how Ridley inspired him on set every day and why the ocean is a recurring character throughout his filmography. The director, who will be helming the upcoming untitled Pirates of the Caribbean project with Disney, also compares the challenges of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales to those they tackled on Young Woman and the Sea. For more on this unbelievable story and what to expect from the highly anticipated Tron: Ares, check out this interview!#tron #interview #movie #swimming #filmmaking For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit collider.comFOLLOW US ON SOCIALtwitter.com/colliderinstagram.com/colliderfacebook.com/collider
