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Charlie Kaufman Talks Screenwriting: “Do You. It Isn’t Easy But It’s Essential.” Since breaking out withBeing John Malkovichin 1999,Charlie Kaufmanhas developed a reputation as one of the most creative, ambitious screenwriters working today. After earning acclaim for projects likeAdaptation.andEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, he made his directorial debut in 2008 with the wildly imaginativeSynecdoche, New York. He is now working on his second directorial effort,Frank or Francis, and also has a political satire in the works with Spike Jonze attached to direct....

Chris O’Dowd, John Ortiz, And More Join The ‘God Particle’ Cast The cast for theJ.J. Abrams-producedGod Particlekeeps gettingbetterandbetter. The latest additions toJulius Onah’s (The Girl in Trouble) film areChris O’Dowd(The Sapphires),John Ortiz(Togetherness),Aksel Hennie(The Martian), andZhang Ziyi(The Grandmaster). Production on the sci-fi film, which may or may not be related toCloverfield, begins June 10th. Below, learn more about theGod Particlecast. The cast already includesDaniel Brühl(Captain America: Civil War),David Oyelowo(Selma),Gugu Mbatha-Raw(Beyond the Lights), and, a star-on-the-rise,Elizabeth Debicki(The Night Manager)....

Clint Mansell Re-Teams With Darren Aronofsky To Score ‘Noah’ You might consider it a given thatClint Mansellwould scoreNoahforDarren Aronofsky, as the two have a long-established working partnership that is beginning to resemble the creative marriage between Joel and Ethan Coen and Carter Burwell. In fact, “marriage” is exactly the word Aronofsky uses to describe his work with both Mansell and frequent cinematographerMatty Libatique. During a filmmaking master class given at the Marrakech Film Festival, Aronofsky recently talked about his entire career, and confirmed that Mansell will scoreNoah....

Colin Farrell Takes The Chris Sarandon Role In Fright Night Remake; Also Cast In Comedy Horrible Bosses The remake ofFright Nightstarted off with a great piece of casting, asAnton Yelchinwill play Charley Brewster, the young guy who fears for his life when he discovers that a vampire has moved in next door. Now we’ve got a name for the vampire —Colin Farrellwill play the role originated by Chris Sarandon in the originalFright Night....

Common Will Be The Poor Fool Who Goes After John Wick In ‘John Wick 2’ John Wickis thinking he’s back for a sequel, and that means he’s going to need a fresh crop of baddies to mow down in his pursuit of… well, whatever it is he’s after this time. EnterCommon, who’s just been set to play a villain inJohn Wick 2. More about the Common John Wick casting, including details on his character, after the jump....

Cool Stuff: NECA Gives ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’ The Action Figure We’ve Been Waiting For NECA is responsible for bringing us some of the coolest action figures from blockbuster genre films likePredator, Halloween, Alien, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Child’s Play, Godzilla, Gremlins, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and countless more. But they’ve also given us action figures for movies that don’t usually get any collectible action figures, such asA Christmas Story, Pan’s Labyrinth, Home Alone, The Hateful Eight, andNational Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation....

Corin Hardy Will Direct ‘Hell Bent’; He Might Return To ‘The Crow’ Remake Last year, itwas rumoreddirectorCorin Hardywas going to drop out ofThe Crow. Then itwas saidHardy would shoot the remake this year.And then, following Relativity Media’slegal woes,The Hallowdirector finally exited the project. In another turn of events, Hardy might return toThe Crow, but as we wait to see if that’ll come to pass, he’s signed up to directHell Bent, which is described as “The Dirty Dozengoes to hell....

Cowboy Bebop’s Inspirations Were As Eclectic As The Show Itself “They are sick and tired of conventional fixed style jazz,” read the opening credits of"Cowboy Bebop.““The work, which becomes a new genre itself…will be called ‘COWBOY BEBOP.'” “Cowboy Bebop” is very different from other anime of its time, just as its creators intended. Its central characters are adults rather than teenagers, and they inhabit a multiracial and multilingual world. They pilot small and nimble spaceships instead ofgiant robots....

Daily Podcast: The Book Of Boba Fett Chapter 6 Spoiler Discussion – ‘From The Desert Comes A Stranger’ On the August 11, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman and Star Wars expert Bryan Young to have a spoiler-filled discussion about “The Book of Boba Fett” Chapter 6, “From The Desert Comes A Stranger.” Opening Banter: In The Spoiler Room: The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 6 “From The Desert Comes A Stranger”...

David Arquette And Courtney Cox Have Signed For Scream 4, Wes Craven Maybe Not David Arquettehas toldE! Onlinethat he will definitely be returning for the nextScreaminstallment, as will his wife,Courtney Cox. We’ve known for a good while that they were in talks for the project, but Arquette is now treating it like a done deal. Amusingly, he imparted this news to the E! reporter from his plastic cubicle above Madison Square Garden....

Hans Zimmer And James Newton Howard On Composing The Score To The Dark Knight I’ll be honest: I wasn’t too crazy about the scores to Christopher Nolan’sBatmanfilms at first. I probably own more of composer Hans Zimmer’s albums (in CD form) than anyone else I know, and I’ve always admired Zimmer’s ability to weave in soaring themes in the midst of intense action happening on screen. When I first watchedBatman BeginsI was looking forward to a kickassBatmantheme on par with Elfman’s immortal score for Tim Burton’s 1989Batman....

Here’s Why Peter Parker Is Going To Europe In ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Spoiler alert: despite the events ofAvengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man is alive and well. Or at least, he will be, inSpider-Man: Far From Home. TheHomecomingsequel will not only bring Peter Parker back for more adventures – it will also send him to Europe. And now we know why. Get ready: the answer isn’t really that exciting! We had previously learned that theSpider-Man: Homecomingsequel, now titledSpider-Man: Far From Home, would take Peter Parker out of New York City and across the pond to Europe....

J.J. Abrams Pitched The ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ Story Today Star Wars: The Last Jediis now playing in theaters everywhere, which means it’s time for us to pivot onto the nextStar Warschapter!The Force AwakensdirectorJ.J. Abramswill be returning to helmStar Wars: Episode IX, and news recently broke revealing Abrams pitched the story for the nextStar Warsfilm to Disney CEOBob Igertoday. This all but confirms that any development on the newStar WarsfromColin Trevorrow’s time attached to the project is being tossed out to make way for whatever Abrams has up his sleeve....