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May282024 by cineverseNo Comments

Wake Up Dead Man’ announces new cast members

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ByShreya Mukherjee Josh O'Connor and Cailee Spaeny have been confirmed as the latest additions to the cast of Netflix's upcoming film, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.They join Daniel Craig in the third installment of the popular Knives Out franchise.The announcement follows last week's title reveal, with production set to commence next month and a release planned for 2025. Director's take Rian Johnson will return to direct third 'Knives Out' installment Rian Johnson, the director of the previous two Knives Out films, is set to return for this project.In addition to directing, Johnson has also written the script and will co-produce the film with his partner, Ram Bergman, through T-Street Pictures.On social media, he expressed ...

May282024 by cineverseNo Comments

Theater expresses ‘regret’ for Richard Dreyfuss’ remarks at ‘Jaws’ event

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By Dennis Romero A Massachusetts theater expressed "regret" for actor Richard Dreyfuss' remarks during a start-of-summer screening of the movie "Jaws," the venue said Monday. Dreyfuss appeared for a Q&A at the Cabot Theater in Beverly on Saturday as part of a screening of the 1975 blockbuster directed by Steven Spielberg. Witnesses on social media said he addressed topics from Barbra Streisand to transgender people to women, using words that Cabot Executive Director J. Casey Soward said in a statement Monday “do not reflect the values of inclusivity and respect that we uphold as an organization.” Video verified by NBC News shows Dreyfuss appearing onstage in a breakaway dress that is removed by stagehands to reveal him in slacks, a dress shirt and a jacket and using a cane....

May282024 by cineverseNo Comments

Filming The Pilot Of Gilligan’s Island Came With Piles Of Frogs

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BY VALERIE ETTENHOFER Popular early TV comedy "Gilligan's Island" faced some obstacles throughout its 3 season run, from a cast that changed between pilot and series to a bad response to the initial pitch to a planned fourth season that was cut short when the show was seen as getting in the way of "Gunsmoke." But one of the first problems the series' creator had to deal with on the show had nothing to do with network expectations, and in fact sounds a bit like a plot from the series itself. Before the show ever went to air, its Hawaiian production area was swarmed with a seemingly endless army of frogs. Popular early TV comedy "Gilligan's Island" faced some obstacles throughout its 3 season run, from a cast that changed between pilot and series to a bad response to the initial p...

May272024 by cineverseNo Comments

How ‘Interview With the Vampire’ Used Sacreligious Statues, Projection Animation to Create the Théâtre des Vampires

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By Hunter Ingram The new season of “Interview With the Vampire” offers plenty of immortal pleasures for the patient fans of AMC’s Anne Rice adaptation. But for production designer Mara LaPere-Schloop, Season 2 also fulfilled the artistic promise that first attracted her to the project — the Théâtre des Vampires. “Living in New Orleans, it was really an exciting exercise to think about how we could tell that story and showcase the city in Season 1,” LaPere-Schloop tells Variety. “But more than anything, I really wanted to sink my teeth into this theater and the coven.” The theater, which made its debut in Episode 2, is among the most beloved parts of Rice’s 1976 novel, the latter half of which finds Louis (Jacob Anderson) and Claudia (Delainey Hay...

May272024 by cineverseNo Comments

The Sympathizer’ Cast Breaks Down the Mysterious Meaning of ‘Nothing’ in the Finale

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By Selome Hailu SPOILER ALERT: The following interview contains spoilers for “Endings Are Hard, Aren’t They?,” the series finale of “The Sympathizer” on HBO. Robert Downey Jr. may have played five different characters in “The Sympathizer,” but he’s not the only actor in the cast who assumes multiple identities. The limited series follows a North Vietnamese communist spy simply known as the Captain (Hoa Xuande) who’s embedded in a South Vietnamese community in Los Angeles after the war. Duy Nguyễn plays Man, the Captain’s handler, best friend and sole remaining connection to his home country. But for fear of surveillance, the two send decoy letters addressed to the Captain’s fictional aunt. Any real truths must be brief, focused and written in invisible ink. Therefore, wh...

May272024 by cineverseNo Comments

The Jinx: Part Two’ Showed the Impossible Task of Topping a True Crime Classic

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By Alison Herman No one could top the sensational ending to “The Jinx” — not even “The Jinx.” In 2015, the HBO true crime docuseries profiling New York real estate heir and alleged serial murderer Robert Durst shocked the world by catching Durst on a hot microphone making an apparent confession. “Killed them all, of course” was hardly a smoking gun from a legal point of view, but as television, those five words were the kind of stunning revelation that decades-old cold cases rarely provide. That Durst himself delivered the line in his distinctive, croaking rasp lent the whole saga the air of Greek tragedy, epitomizing the millionaire’s bizarre compulsion to unburden himself to filmmaker Andrew Jarecki in defiance of his own good luck. “The Jinx: Part Two” concludes on a more ant...

May262024 by cineverseNo Comments

Industry Insiders May Face Tax Bills as California Reportedly Tightens Payroll Rules on Loan Out Corporations

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By Cynthia Littleton The state of California has warned entertainment industry payroll providers and others that it is implementing policy changes that could have significant tax and retirement planning implications for those in Hollywood’s creative community who use loan out corporations to manage their business affairs. The California Employment Development Department has reportedly alerted payroll service Cast & Crew, IATSE and others of the plan to tighten rules for the use of loan out corporations. Many creatives in the industry use such a business structure to manage different forms of payments that flow in from disparate employers throughout the year. That’s increasingly common in the modern era when actors, writers, producers and directors often work o...