Peter O’Toole Wanted His Dream Role To Be Directed By Akira Kurosawa

Peter O’Toole’s acting career spanned seven decades and involved hundreds of roles, a million sardonic smirks, and no small amount of liquor. On screen, O’Toole could be heroic, villainous, affable, and off-putting, sometimes all at once. In interviews, O’Toole was frank and unguarded, quick with a jibe, and unwilling to suffer fools. O’Toole and his […]

Shazam! Director David F. Sandberg Almost Directed A Completely Different Superhero Movie

One of the most notable aspects of David F. Sandberg’s 2019 superhero film “Shazam!” is its sense of wide-eyed wonderment. The title character is a tall, muscular, adult superhero with lightning powers and the ability to fly. In actuality, Shazam is the alter ego of one Billy Batson (Asher Angel), an orphaned teen who, through […]

Will Smith is escorted away from Lewis Hamilton’s F1 car after ‘taking it for a joyride’ in a second prank video directed by Michael Bay

Formula 1 Will Smith “took” Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes AMG F1 car for a joyride in Abu Dhabi, according to yet another Twitter prank posted by Hamilton himself. The stunts have been widely circulated on social media, and were even directed by “Transformers” filmmaker Michael Bay. In a sequel to the weekend’s popular kidnapping stunt, Smith […]

Michael Avenatti takes a victory lap after Wall Street Journal reports Trump directed an effort to keep Stormy Daniels silent earlier this year

Ethan Miller/Getty Images Michael Avenatti, the attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels, took a victory lap on Tuesday in response to a Wall Street Journal report saying Trump directed his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen and his son Eric Trump to coordinate a legal effort to keep his client quiet. “Once again, we have been […]

Michael Giacchino Directed a Short Film Starring Patton Oswalt and Ben Schwartz That is Playing at Fantastic Fest

Michael Giacchino has made a name for himself as one of Hollywood’s hardest working film composers, and maybe he can add hardest-working director to his resume. The Oscar-winning composer of Up will finally make his directorial debut with a short film that will be playing at this month’s Fantastic Fest in Austin. Giacchino’s first short film, Monster […]

Watch: Jay-Z’s ‘Family Feud’ Music Video, Directed by Ava DuVernay

We recently wrote about Never Let Me Go director Mark Romanek’s foray back into the world of music videos with his video for Justin Timberlake’s new single “Filthy,” but he’s not alone: Selma and A Wrinkle in Time director Ava DuVernay has a new music video of her own, featuring none other than Jay-Z and Beyonce. As you […]

‘Trick R Treat’ Was Almost Directed By Horror Movie Legends

Trick ’r Treat, Michael Dougherty‘s Halloween-themed horror anthology film, sat on shelves for at least two years before finally getting a release, at which point genre fans ate it up. Trick ’r Treat has gone one to become something of a modern cult classic, the type of film horror fans revisit every Halloween season to get their […]

James Franco Directed ‘The Disaster Artist’ in Character as Tommy Wiseau

I am not joking when I say that James Franco should receive serious awards consideration for his performance in The Disaster Artist, a film in which Franco plays Tommy Wiseau, the writer/director/star of 2003’s The Room, widely regarded as one of the worst films ever made. Having seen Wiseau speak in real life following a screening of his most […]