So Help Me Todd, the story of a private detective and his lawyer mother, was canceled after two seasons, but don't despair – there have been plenty of light-hearted crime shows in the history of television that you can watch with your kids.
1. The Hardy Boys, 2020-2023
Frank and Joe Hardy are ordinary boys, sixteen and twelve years old. They play video games and ride bikes. The boys are very close to their mother, Laura, and their father Fenton, a police detective, is rarely involved in raising his sons.
The Hardy family's near-perfect life is shattered when Laura is tragically killed in a car accident. To help the boys cope with their grief, Fenton decides to move to Bridgeport for the summer to live with the boys' aunt and grandmother. It is here, in a quiet provincial town, that Joe and Frank's mysterious adventure begins as they search for clues to their mother's death.
1. The Hardy Boys, 2020-2023
Frank and Joe Hardy are ordinary boys, sixteen and twelve years old. They play video games and ride bikes. The boys are very close to their mother, Laura, and their father Fenton, a police detective, is rarely involved in raising his sons.
The Hardy family's near-perfect life is shattered when Laura is tragically killed in a car accident. To help the boys cope with their grief, Fenton decides to move to Bridgeport for the summer to live with the boys' aunt and grandmother. It is here, in a quiet provincial town, that Joe and Frank's mysterious adventure begins as they search for clues to their mother's death.
- 5/16/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
5 Characters John Malkovich Could Play in The Fantastic Four - Main Image
Marvel Studios is gradually unveiling new cast members for The Fantastic Four. A couple of hours before Ralph Ineson’s casting as the villain Galactus was announced, news emerged that Oscar-winning actor John Malkovich had also joined the film.
Though details about Malkovich's role remain under wraps, there are five possible Marvel characters he can bring to life as he enters the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Deadline broke the news about Malkovich’s casting. This announcement comes a week after Marvel Studios added Paul Walter Hauser to the cast of The Fantastic Four.
But as Ineson’s casting debunked the claims that Malkovich could play Galactus, the theories on his actual role begin.
Nathaniel Richards
In The Fantastic Four, Malkovich could play the role of the original Nathaniel Richards, the father of Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal).
A brilliant scientist...
Marvel Studios is gradually unveiling new cast members for The Fantastic Four. A couple of hours before Ralph Ineson’s casting as the villain Galactus was announced, news emerged that Oscar-winning actor John Malkovich had also joined the film.
Though details about Malkovich's role remain under wraps, there are five possible Marvel characters he can bring to life as he enters the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Deadline broke the news about Malkovich’s casting. This announcement comes a week after Marvel Studios added Paul Walter Hauser to the cast of The Fantastic Four.
But as Ineson’s casting debunked the claims that Malkovich could play Galactus, the theories on his actual role begin.
Nathaniel Richards
In The Fantastic Four, Malkovich could play the role of the original Nathaniel Richards, the father of Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal).
A brilliant scientist...
- 5/13/2024
- EpicStream
Kang the Conqueror was positioned to be the next great villain of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in the same way Thanos was for the Infinity Saga. However, in the wake of Jonathan Majors getting fired, the idea has been up in the air, as fans try to speculate who would be the next villain in the MCU.
Ravonna Renslayer, in Loki Season 1
While a slew of fans want Majors replaced, and another section of the fandom wants a new villain to take over from Kang altogether, a theory has come out to put Ravonna Renslayer at the center of this conversation, pushing for her to become the next big bad in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Ravonna Renslayer would be the perfect replacement for Kang the Conqueror
(Center): Judge Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) in Marvel Studios’ Loki, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.
Renslayer...
Ravonna Renslayer, in Loki Season 1
While a slew of fans want Majors replaced, and another section of the fandom wants a new villain to take over from Kang altogether, a theory has come out to put Ravonna Renslayer at the center of this conversation, pushing for her to become the next big bad in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Ravonna Renslayer would be the perfect replacement for Kang the Conqueror
(Center): Judge Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) in Marvel Studios’ Loki, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.
Renslayer...
- 3/29/2024
- by Anuraag Chatterjee
- FandomWire
Ranking Christopher Nolan’s Films: From “Tenet” to “Inception” and Beyond (Photo Credit – IMDb)
Christopher Nolan’s films have raked in over $6 billion worldwide. Yeah, he’s a big deal. Nolan’s filmography is like a unicorn—unique and mind-bending. His movies are a trip filled with math, crazy storytelling, mind-blowing effects, and sounds that’ll mess with your head. Ranking his films? Good luck with that. And hey, if you love a movie, who cares where it falls on the list, right? Just sit back and enjoy the ride.
12. Tenet (2020) Genre: Action, Scifi, Mystery & thriller Cast: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Kenneth Branagh, Dimple Kapadia Runtime: 2h 30m Tomatometer: 69% IMDb Rating: 7.3/10 Available on: Netflix (India) Rent from: Microsoft $3.99 (US)
In Kyiv, the protagonist uncovers time inverting tech on a mission. He joins “Tenet,” discovering objects with reversed entropy. His target: Andrei Sator, a Russian oligarch with a...
Christopher Nolan’s films have raked in over $6 billion worldwide. Yeah, he’s a big deal. Nolan’s filmography is like a unicorn—unique and mind-bending. His movies are a trip filled with math, crazy storytelling, mind-blowing effects, and sounds that’ll mess with your head. Ranking his films? Good luck with that. And hey, if you love a movie, who cares where it falls on the list, right? Just sit back and enjoy the ride.
12. Tenet (2020) Genre: Action, Scifi, Mystery & thriller Cast: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Kenneth Branagh, Dimple Kapadia Runtime: 2h 30m Tomatometer: 69% IMDb Rating: 7.3/10 Available on: Netflix (India) Rent from: Microsoft $3.99 (US)
In Kyiv, the protagonist uncovers time inverting tech on a mission. He joins “Tenet,” discovering objects with reversed entropy. His target: Andrei Sator, a Russian oligarch with a...
- 3/12/2024
- by Hari P N
- KoiMoi
A series of three features drawing from the life of pioneering electrical engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla is in development at Showdog Studio. The project will be co-written by Tim Eaton, a visual effects veteran whose credits include “Men in Black,” “Twister” and “Beowulf.”
The banner has optioned the rights for the 1996 biography “Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla” and the 2021 biography “Tesla: Wizard at War,” as well as various other research by the author of both works, Marc J. Seifer. Seifer also co-wrote the films with Eaton. Showdog also shares that it has received access to various other letters and artifacts from Tesla’s life.
“We are proud to be working with Marc and Tim and believe they will be a strong vehicle through which we can explore how, in a world increasingly influenced by technology and its misuse, Tesla’s very human story about the burden...
The banner has optioned the rights for the 1996 biography “Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla” and the 2021 biography “Tesla: Wizard at War,” as well as various other research by the author of both works, Marc J. Seifer. Seifer also co-wrote the films with Eaton. Showdog also shares that it has received access to various other letters and artifacts from Tesla’s life.
“We are proud to be working with Marc and Tim and believe they will be a strong vehicle through which we can explore how, in a world increasingly influenced by technology and its misuse, Tesla’s very human story about the burden...
- 3/6/2024
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
The 34-year-old British actor Nicholas Hoult kicked off production last week on Warner Bros. Discovery’s next big bet: “Superman” with director James Gunn and actors David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan. The star of “About a Boy,” “Mad Max: Fury Road,” and Hulu series “The Great” recently went on Michael Rosenbaum’s “Inside of You” podcast and talked a bit about preparing for the role of the evil mastermind Lex Luthor.
First, he complimented his new boss Gunn for making the audition process fun. He said he enjoyed the “Guardians of the Galaxy” auteur’s method of “try[ing] things in the moment, just shouting out from the monitors, ‘Say this line. Do this! Do that!’”
Then he added that even though Luthor is better known for his brains rather than his brawn, Hoult has been hitting the weights. “There’s that bit in ‘All-Star Superman’ [the Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely...
First, he complimented his new boss Gunn for making the audition process fun. He said he enjoyed the “Guardians of the Galaxy” auteur’s method of “try[ing] things in the moment, just shouting out from the monitors, ‘Say this line. Do this! Do that!’”
Then he added that even though Luthor is better known for his brains rather than his brawn, Hoult has been hitting the weights. “There’s that bit in ‘All-Star Superman’ [the Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely...
- 3/6/2024
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation Season 10 Episode 10 Launching Salmon Airs January 27 2024 on CBS
This Saturday at 7:30 Am on CBS, “The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation” offers an exciting lineup in Season 10 Episode 10, titled “Launching Salmon.” The episode brings a fascinating mix of innovative stories, showcasing the ingenuity and creativity that shape our world.
Viewers can anticipate the extraordinary concept of a salmon cannon, a device propelling fish upriver, contributing to their natural migration. The resurgence of vinyl records is explored, tapping into the timeless appeal of analog music in a digital age.
The show also features a flying bird robot designed to scatter flocks, offering a unique solution to manage avian populations. Additionally, the episode delves into the historic rivalry between inventors Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, shedding light on the iconic clash of brilliance.
Tune in at 7:30 Am this Saturday on CBS for an episode of “The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation” that celebrates the marvels of invention and the diverse tapestry of human creativity,...
Viewers can anticipate the extraordinary concept of a salmon cannon, a device propelling fish upriver, contributing to their natural migration. The resurgence of vinyl records is explored, tapping into the timeless appeal of analog music in a digital age.
The show also features a flying bird robot designed to scatter flocks, offering a unique solution to manage avian populations. Additionally, the episode delves into the historic rivalry between inventors Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, shedding light on the iconic clash of brilliance.
Tune in at 7:30 Am this Saturday on CBS for an episode of “The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation” that celebrates the marvels of invention and the diverse tapestry of human creativity,...
- 1/21/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Exclusive: Indie filmmakers Courtney Stephens and Michael Almereyda are teaming to direct a new documentary about controversial scientist John C. Lilly, Deadline has learned.
Funded by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the project will look at the countercultural figure’s work as the inventor of the isolation tank, as well as his pioneering studies of dolphin intelligence and support of psychedelics as a positive means for expanding consciousness. The storytelling will be supported by interviews with Lilly’s contemporaries and colleagues, as well as extensive archival records.
Stephens was drawn to Lilly, having grown up near Marine World in the Bay Area, where the scientist worked with trained dolphins and computers in the early 1980s, hoping to teach the animals an Esperanto-like language that would allow for interspecies communication. Apple donated equipment to the lab, which was visited by figures ranging from Ram Dass to Olivia Newton John.
Funded by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the project will look at the countercultural figure’s work as the inventor of the isolation tank, as well as his pioneering studies of dolphin intelligence and support of psychedelics as a positive means for expanding consciousness. The storytelling will be supported by interviews with Lilly’s contemporaries and colleagues, as well as extensive archival records.
Stephens was drawn to Lilly, having grown up near Marine World in the Bay Area, where the scientist worked with trained dolphins and computers in the early 1980s, hoping to teach the animals an Esperanto-like language that would allow for interspecies communication. Apple donated equipment to the lab, which was visited by figures ranging from Ram Dass to Olivia Newton John.
- 12/19/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Novak Djokovic is one of the most popular people in Serbia, but the 24-time Grand Slam champion doesn't want to become the president of the country.
Maybe apart from inventor Nikola Tesla, there has never been a more popular and famous Serb than Novak Djokovic. The 36-year-old is known around the world thanks to his tennis success, and in his country, he's a real hero.
On the Atp Tour, Djokovic is one of the leading voices, as he's the co-founder of the Professional Tennis Players Association (Ptpa), and one day, he could, in theory, become the leader of his country.
Recently, Jon Wertheim travelled to Serbia to meet the 24-time major winner and talk to him in an exclusive interview for CBS News. One thing that Wertheim noticed was the Serb's incredible popularity in the country, immediately raising a question about Djokovic possibly becoming the country's president.
"It's pretty obvious...
Maybe apart from inventor Nikola Tesla, there has never been a more popular and famous Serb than Novak Djokovic. The 36-year-old is known around the world thanks to his tennis success, and in his country, he's a real hero.
On the Atp Tour, Djokovic is one of the leading voices, as he's the co-founder of the Professional Tennis Players Association (Ptpa), and one day, he could, in theory, become the leader of his country.
Recently, Jon Wertheim travelled to Serbia to meet the 24-time major winner and talk to him in an exclusive interview for CBS News. One thing that Wertheim noticed was the Serb's incredible popularity in the country, immediately raising a question about Djokovic possibly becoming the country's president.
"It's pretty obvious...
- 12/12/2023
- Tennis Infinity
Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige tends to fall between the stage boards when it comes to the director’s oeuvre. It’s not as blockbuster as his Batman trilogy or as critically acclaimed as Oppenheimer (which sold so well on Blu-ray it led to a major studio shortage) but it no doubt stands as one of his finest achievements: narratively, technically and, yes, magically. And it took years to get to the screen. Distracted and delayed off and on since the days of Memento, The Prestige would end up a feat that stands alone–ironically enough when you think about it…–in Christopher Nolan’s filmography.
But this is just the Pledge. So how did Christopher Nolan turn The Prestige into a minor masterpiece? How did he pull the rabbit out of the hat? Let’s find out: Wtf Happened to this movie?!
Christopher Nolan first got wind of The Prestige – Christopher Priest’s 1995 novel,...
But this is just the Pledge. So how did Christopher Nolan turn The Prestige into a minor masterpiece? How did he pull the rabbit out of the hat? Let’s find out: Wtf Happened to this movie?!
Christopher Nolan first got wind of The Prestige – Christopher Priest’s 1995 novel,...
- 11/29/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Eve Hewson is one of the most talented and beautiful actresses working in the film industry. The Irish actress began her career with a 2005 short film titled Lost and Found, and after that she made her feature debut with the 2008 film The 27 Club. Hewson’s first major role was in the 2011 drama film This Must Be It and recently she starred in Apple TV+’s musical drama film Flora and Son. So, if you love Hewson’s performances here are the 10 best movies and shows starring Eve Hewson that should be on your watchlist.
10. Behind Her Eyes (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: Simona Brown plays Louise, a single mother who has an affair with her psychiatrist boss David (Tom Bateman). Her life takes a strange turn when she later befriends his wife Adele (Eve Hewson), and she finds herself caught in a web of secrets and lies where nothing is what it seems.
10. Behind Her Eyes (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: Simona Brown plays Louise, a single mother who has an affair with her psychiatrist boss David (Tom Bateman). Her life takes a strange turn when she later befriends his wife Adele (Eve Hewson), and she finds herself caught in a web of secrets and lies where nothing is what it seems.
- 11/14/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Something a viewer might instantly note about Christopher Nolan's new hit biopic "Oppenheimer" is that the film's star, Cillian Murphy, doesn't look an awful lot like J. Robert Oppenheimer. Murphy has an intense gaze and a bird-like demeanor, carrying -- in many of his roles -- both a brisk openness and a mysterious threat. Oppenheimer himself, meanwhile, looked more like a beleaguered dad, a scientist who carefully thought about what he said. Eventually, in later interviews, he looked beaten down by the enormity of what he was asked to do. Murphy, an immensely talented actor, captured all the emotional beats correctly and even altered his physical mannerisms, but one would hardly confuse the two men should they be in the same room together.
Murphy has previously spoken about how he had been eagerly awaiting the phone call from Nolan, asking him to appear as a lead in one of the director's movies.
Murphy has previously spoken about how he had been eagerly awaiting the phone call from Nolan, asking him to appear as a lead in one of the director's movies.
- 8/13/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
More than two centuries after the publication of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley's powerful prose still resonates with readers and helped lay the foundation for science fiction as we know it, making her the perfect subject for one of the five historical fiction biographies being released digitally in English for the first time from Comixology Originals and Italian publisher Becco Giallo.
Titled Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream, the graphic novel is written by Alessandro Di Virgilio and features artwork by Manuela Santoni, and ahead of its March 28th release, we've been provided with exclusive preview pages to share with Daily Dead readers!
Below, you can check out our exclusive preview from Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream, as well as the official press release with additional details on all five historical fiction biographies coming out digitally as part of Amazon's Comixology Originals. To learn more about Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream,...
Titled Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream, the graphic novel is written by Alessandro Di Virgilio and features artwork by Manuela Santoni, and ahead of its March 28th release, we've been provided with exclusive preview pages to share with Daily Dead readers!
Below, you can check out our exclusive preview from Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream, as well as the official press release with additional details on all five historical fiction biographies coming out digitally as part of Amazon's Comixology Originals. To learn more about Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
“What’s so wrong with being more like me?” Ellis Dragon (Rob Lowe) asks in the Unstable trailer. Well, that might depend on who you ask. Netflix has unveiled the official trailer and key art for the new comedy series (dropping March 30) from co-creators Rob Lowe, his son John Owen Lowe, and Victor Fresco. Ellis is a universally admired, eccentric, narcissist-adjacent biotech entrepreneur working to make the world a better place. He’s also in emotional free-fall. His son Jackson (Lowe’s real-life son John Owen Lowe) is… none of those things. “Am I crazy?” Ellis asks at one point in the new preview. “they called Nikola Tesla crazy. Tesla did lose his mind and fall in love with one of his pigeons, which I would never do. Although I do have a hawk. But I’m not attracted to it.” Malcolm (Aaron Branch) turns to Jackson for help. “Ellis is spiraling,...
- 3/2/2023
- TV Insider
Firefly Productions is prepping a new high-end drama that the Belgrade-based outfit is billing as Serbia’s first ever superhero series.
“Generation Tesla” is based on the famed Serbian American inventor Nikola Tesla, best known for his pioneering work on electricity. In the series Tesla creates an electric frequency at the time of his death that opens a portal to a new dimension, where many of his unfinished projects and ideas are hidden.
As the keeper of a vast trove of secrets and knowledge, Tesla must confront the greatest enemy ever known to man, who is looking to steal the secret of this mysterious frequency to rule the world. To fight him, Tesla assembles a team of superheroes, whom he contacts through a video game-obsessed teenager, in order to save the planet.
The show is based on a cult ‘90s comic book series by Milan Konjevic and Milan Todorovic, who...
“Generation Tesla” is based on the famed Serbian American inventor Nikola Tesla, best known for his pioneering work on electricity. In the series Tesla creates an electric frequency at the time of his death that opens a portal to a new dimension, where many of his unfinished projects and ideas are hidden.
As the keeper of a vast trove of secrets and knowledge, Tesla must confront the greatest enemy ever known to man, who is looking to steal the secret of this mysterious frequency to rule the world. To fight him, Tesla assembles a team of superheroes, whom he contacts through a video game-obsessed teenager, in order to save the planet.
The show is based on a cult ‘90s comic book series by Milan Konjevic and Milan Todorovic, who...
- 2/21/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
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David Bowie, the subject of Brett Morgen’s new documentary Moonage Daydream (in theaters and on Imax screens Sept. 16), appeared in 12 scripted movies — everything from the high-minded (1983’s Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, from Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Ôshima) to the lowbrow (2001’s Zoolander, in which he judges a runway walk-off). But for many fans, his most successful big-screen outing was his first.
Based on the 1963 sci-fi novel by Walter Tevis (whose books The Hustler and The Queen’s Gambit were also adapted to great success), 1976’s The Man Who Fell to Earth tells the story of an extraterrestrial whose planet has been stricken by drought. Bowie was 28 and coasting on the success of his otherworldly Ziggy Stardust persona when he was selected by director Nicolas Roeg, who’d cast another rock star, Mick Jagger, in 1970’s Performance. Roeg had also considered casting Jurassic Park novelist Michael Crichton,...
David Bowie, the subject of Brett Morgen’s new documentary Moonage Daydream (in theaters and on Imax screens Sept. 16), appeared in 12 scripted movies — everything from the high-minded (1983’s Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, from Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Ôshima) to the lowbrow (2001’s Zoolander, in which he judges a runway walk-off). But for many fans, his most successful big-screen outing was his first.
Based on the 1963 sci-fi novel by Walter Tevis (whose books The Hustler and The Queen’s Gambit were also adapted to great success), 1976’s The Man Who Fell to Earth tells the story of an extraterrestrial whose planet has been stricken by drought. Bowie was 28 and coasting on the success of his otherworldly Ziggy Stardust persona when he was selected by director Nicolas Roeg, who’d cast another rock star, Mick Jagger, in 1970’s Performance. Roeg had also considered casting Jurassic Park novelist Michael Crichton,...
- 9/16/2022
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Universal’s ‘Moonage Daydream’ and Sony’s ‘Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song’ both out.
Two modern music icons face off at UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend, with the release of David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream and Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song.
Opening in 50 sites, most of which are Imax, Universal’s Moonage Daydream is a journey through Bowie’s creative and musical output. The film, which launched as an out-of-competition Midnight Screening in Cannes this May, is written, directed, edited and produced by US filmmaker Brett Morgen.
Moonage Daydream has the backing of the David Bowie estate...
Two modern music icons face off at UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend, with the release of David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream and Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song.
Opening in 50 sites, most of which are Imax, Universal’s Moonage Daydream is a journey through Bowie’s creative and musical output. The film, which launched as an out-of-competition Midnight Screening in Cannes this May, is written, directed, edited and produced by US filmmaker Brett Morgen.
Moonage Daydream has the backing of the David Bowie estate...
- 9/16/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
When Christopher Nolan was casting "The Prestige," there was only one person he had in mind for the role of Nikola Tesla, based on the real-life inventor. David Bowie took some convincing, but he eventually agreed to play Tesla — which is a good thing, since Nolan didn't have a backup plan in place for what to do without him.
Early in his music career, Bowie had cultivated stage personas like the Thin White Duke and the glam-rock Ziggy Stardust, so he already had acting experience of a sort even before he starred in his first major theatrical film role in "The Man Who Fell...
The post Christopher Nolan Had No Plan B For David Bowie Turning Down The Prestige appeared first on /Film.
Early in his music career, Bowie had cultivated stage personas like the Thin White Duke and the glam-rock Ziggy Stardust, so he already had acting experience of a sort even before he starred in his first major theatrical film role in "The Man Who Fell...
The post Christopher Nolan Had No Plan B For David Bowie Turning Down The Prestige appeared first on /Film.
- 6/24/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Scott Derrickson was almost certain that Ethan Hawke would never agree to star in his horror movie “The Black Phone.” But after getting Hawke on board, Derrickson said he now feels Hawke’s chilling, complex and sadistic performance in the film is one part of an ongoing transformation for the actor and a new peak for his career.
In fact, he likened it to the “McConaissance,” the so-called career transformation in the early 2010s during which Matthew McConaughey went from a rom-com star to a sensational, Oscar-winning actor and beyond.
“I think Ethan is reaching one of those career pinnacle moments, like what we saw with Matthew McConaughey during his so-called McConaissance, where it was like ‘What happened to Matthew McConaughey? When did he become Daniel Day-Lewis,” Derrickson told TheWrap. “I think Ethan’s kind of having one of those moments right now where he’s really playing above the rim.
In fact, he likened it to the “McConaissance,” the so-called career transformation in the early 2010s during which Matthew McConaughey went from a rom-com star to a sensational, Oscar-winning actor and beyond.
“I think Ethan is reaching one of those career pinnacle moments, like what we saw with Matthew McConaughey during his so-called McConaissance, where it was like ‘What happened to Matthew McConaughey? When did he become Daniel Day-Lewis,” Derrickson told TheWrap. “I think Ethan’s kind of having one of those moments right now where he’s really playing above the rim.
- 6/22/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
“I was very low,” we hear lonesome inventor (and cabbage enthusiast) Brian’s voiceover say at the start of Jim Archer’s “Brian and Charles,” a textured, melancholic and eccentrically funny mockumentary set in a remote corner of North Wales. With the camera luring the audience into his charmingly cluttered country-home workshop straight out of a storybook, Brian thoughtfully continues to reflect on some topsy-turvy circumstances he’s battled with in his past and how inventing original tools and gadgets was the calling that helped him reclaim his life.
If only he were actually making something marketable or even remotely useful. But despite mostly creating impractical junk that no one in his town wants — like a cabbage bin, a pinecone bag, a belt to carry eggs, a nonsensical puzzle made of ping pong balls and a ridiculous flying clock that crash-lands during a hysterical test run — Brian still stares into...
If only he were actually making something marketable or even remotely useful. But despite mostly creating impractical junk that no one in his town wants — like a cabbage bin, a pinecone bag, a belt to carry eggs, a nonsensical puzzle made of ping pong balls and a ridiculous flying clock that crash-lands during a hysterical test run — Brian still stares into...
- 6/15/2022
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
At the end of the first episode of Murdoch Mysteries back in 2008, inventor Nikola Tesla proclaimed, “We are men of the future, Detective Murdoch, and what a future it shall be.” He was the first of many historical figures to become a character on the quirky, long-running Canadian series, set at the turn of the 20th century, and his words were certainly prophetic. Flash forward to 2022, and Murdoch and Co. are still forging boldly into the future: Season 15 premieres on cable channel Ovation Saturday, February 26 and streaming service Acorn TV Monday, February 28. By the time all 24 episodes air, Murdoch Mysteries will have produced more installments — 239 plus three stand-alone Christmas specials — than Canadian counterpart Heartland, Canada’s longest-running one-hour scripted drama, whose 15th season concluded with the 234th. “That’s the first I’ve heard of it,” says Yannick Bisson, who has played scientifically minded Toronto police detective William Murdoch since day one.
- 2/25/2022
- TV Insider
"My professor is missing..." Integrity is opening this B-movie direct-to-vod next week if you want to watch it - Final Frequency, directed by the filmmaker Tom Lowry. A PhD student ties unusual tremors to rogue scientists, who will weaponize Nikola Tesla's secrets and cause massive earthquakes, if they can only find his lost notebook. The sci-fi thriller indie film follows a band of misfits as they work to thwart rogue scientists who are using Tesla's most secret formulas to create the "Mother of all Earthquakes" and collapse downtown Los Angeles during the G-20 World Summit. Described as a "fast-paced and fun adventure inspired by the legend of Nikola Tesla's lost journals." This looks as terrible as it sounds, but that's exactly what makes it an entertaining B-movie. I guess...? The film stars Kirby Bliss Blanton, Lou Ferrigno Jr., Richard Burgi, Charles Shaughnessy, Kim Estes, and Nicolas Alexandre. Try to...
- 8/23/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Unlike most other superhero shows, Amazon Prime’s The Boys brings a little more realism to their superheroes, in terms of corruption and powers. That’s where VFX supervisor Stephan Fleet comes in. “We always approach everything, no matter how absurd or supernatural,” Fleet says, “with the thought of ‘what would make it feel the most real?’ I’m getting emails right now from Eric [Kripke] saying, ‘what would make this crazy thing feel the most real.’ It’s a very common topic for us.”
The Boys follows a group of rebels trying to take down the corrupt superheroes, called “supes,” who destroy and kill without consequences. After the shocking conclusion of the first season, Homelander and Vought hold more power than ever while Hughie (Jack Quaid), Butcher (Karl Urban), and the rest of the group are on the run. While still trying to expose Vought’s corrupt nature, a new sadistic supe,...
The Boys follows a group of rebels trying to take down the corrupt superheroes, called “supes,” who destroy and kill without consequences. After the shocking conclusion of the first season, Homelander and Vought hold more power than ever while Hughie (Jack Quaid), Butcher (Karl Urban), and the rest of the group are on the run. While still trying to expose Vought’s corrupt nature, a new sadistic supe,...
- 6/8/2021
- by Ryan Fleming
- Deadline Film + TV
History is doubling down on its “That Built” franchise with four spinoffs.
This comes after A+E Networks cable net launched the second season of The Food That Built America.
Elsewhere, the network has ordered a protest documentary from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and moved its Bill Clinton series to 2022.
History is launching The Machines That Built America, The Toys That Built America, The Engineering That Built the World and The Titans That Built America. All, except the latter, come from Six West Media, the non-fiction producer owned by A+E Networks.
The Titans That Built America, which premieres on May 31, is a three-night miniseries that chronicles the rise and fierce rivalries of industrial heavy hitters William Boeing, Walter Chrysler, Jp Morgan Jr, and Pierre Du Pont. It is produced by Stephen David Entertainment with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson exec producing via Appian Way Productions. Other exec producers include Stephen David, Tim Kelly,...
This comes after A+E Networks cable net launched the second season of The Food That Built America.
Elsewhere, the network has ordered a protest documentary from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and moved its Bill Clinton series to 2022.
History is launching The Machines That Built America, The Toys That Built America, The Engineering That Built the World and The Titans That Built America. All, except the latter, come from Six West Media, the non-fiction producer owned by A+E Networks.
The Titans That Built America, which premieres on May 31, is a three-night miniseries that chronicles the rise and fierce rivalries of industrial heavy hitters William Boeing, Walter Chrysler, Jp Morgan Jr, and Pierre Du Pont. It is produced by Stephen David Entertainment with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson exec producing via Appian Way Productions. Other exec producers include Stephen David, Tim Kelly,...
- 3/3/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The History Channel is building out its popular “That Built” franchise with three more spinoffs: “The Machines That Built America,” “The Toys That Built America” and “The Engineering That Built the World.”
It has also ordered a new batch of “The Men Who Built America” episodes, though the cable channel has rebranded that one to be the gender-neutral “The Titans That Built America.”
With these new spinoffs, another in development and the currently airing Season 2 of “The Food That Built America,” the franchise now boasts six series.
“The Titans that Built America,” executive produced by Appian Way Productions’ Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson and Stephen David Entertainment, will air across three consecutive nights beginning on Monday, May 31 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt.
The updated “Men Who Built America” will detail the rivalry of the next generation of American titans: Henry Ford, Jp Morgan Jr., William Chrysler, William Boeing and Pierre DuPont,...
It has also ordered a new batch of “The Men Who Built America” episodes, though the cable channel has rebranded that one to be the gender-neutral “The Titans That Built America.”
With these new spinoffs, another in development and the currently airing Season 2 of “The Food That Built America,” the franchise now boasts six series.
“The Titans that Built America,” executive produced by Appian Way Productions’ Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson and Stephen David Entertainment, will air across three consecutive nights beginning on Monday, May 31 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt.
The updated “Men Who Built America” will detail the rivalry of the next generation of American titans: Henry Ford, Jp Morgan Jr., William Chrysler, William Boeing and Pierre DuPont,...
- 3/3/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Frank Zappa, who died in 1993, is one of the least understood artists of the 20th Century, which is ironic because he was also the most prolific. Introduced to the world as a bicycle-playing artiste concrète sitting naked on a toilet, he was a harmonic genius who experimented with sonic assault weapons and visual subversions. Frank Zappa was the Nikola Tesla of music. Alex Winter’s documentary Zappa, which is now available to watch in the UK and Ireland on Altitude.film, clarifies many of the contradictions by highlighting Zappa’s primary focus. The Mothers of Invention bandleader was a composer.
As such, Frank was also a cultural ambassador, a hero of free expression, a hysterical satirist, and a guitar virtuoso. He was celebrated in the Czech Republic after the Velvet Revolution, and castigated by parental control mongers in America. But even Frank knew his rep enough to drop an album...
As such, Frank was also a cultural ambassador, a hero of free expression, a hysterical satirist, and a guitar virtuoso. He was celebrated in the Czech Republic after the Velvet Revolution, and castigated by parental control mongers in America. But even Frank knew his rep enough to drop an album...
- 2/23/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
New Indie
Michael Almereyda has tackled science (as a topic of either biopics or dramas) in a fascinating way in “Experimenter” and “Marjorie Prime,” and now he’s bringing that same energy to the inventor-biopic with “Tesla” (Shout Factory/IFC), a bold and audacious look at the life of Nikola Tesla. Ethan Hawke, in the title role, is evenly matched by Eve Hewson’s Anne Morgan, and they both nail Almereyda’s unique tone, which throws in anachronisms and green-screens to tell the story of someone who stretched the notions of what his peers imagined could be possible.
Also available: Madison Iseman plays a young girl with mental-health issues who can’t convince anyone she’s witnessed a crime in “Fear of Rain” (Lionsgate); 2012 indie “Watching TV with the Red Chinese” (Mvd Visual), co-starring Constance Wu and Gillian Jacobs, makes its U.S. DVD debut; Sienna Miller and Diego Luna...
Michael Almereyda has tackled science (as a topic of either biopics or dramas) in a fascinating way in “Experimenter” and “Marjorie Prime,” and now he’s bringing that same energy to the inventor-biopic with “Tesla” (Shout Factory/IFC), a bold and audacious look at the life of Nikola Tesla. Ethan Hawke, in the title role, is evenly matched by Eve Hewson’s Anne Morgan, and they both nail Almereyda’s unique tone, which throws in anachronisms and green-screens to tell the story of someone who stretched the notions of what his peers imagined could be possible.
Also available: Madison Iseman plays a young girl with mental-health issues who can’t convince anyone she’s witnessed a crime in “Fear of Rain” (Lionsgate); 2012 indie “Watching TV with the Red Chinese” (Mvd Visual), co-starring Constance Wu and Gillian Jacobs, makes its U.S. DVD debut; Sienna Miller and Diego Luna...
- 2/17/2021
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Four years after her last comic book outing, glamorous detective Minky Woodcock is returning to right more wrongs in a tale that will, again, mix fact and fiction in the most stylish way imaginable.
Launching this Spring, Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Electrified Tesla is set during World War II, more than two decades after the events from the 2017 series Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini, and sees the detective become embroiled in a new case involving inventor Nikola Tesla, Nazi agents, and the race to create the world’s first weapon of mass destruction.
The new series is once again ...
Launching this Spring, Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Electrified Tesla is set during World War II, more than two decades after the events from the 2017 series Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini, and sees the detective become embroiled in a new case involving inventor Nikola Tesla, Nazi agents, and the race to create the world’s first weapon of mass destruction.
The new series is once again ...
- 1/21/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Four years after her last comic book outing, glamorous detective Minky Woodcock is returning to right more wrongs in a tale that will, again, mix fact and fiction in the most stylish way imaginable.
Launching this Spring, Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Electrified Tesla is set during World War II, more than two decades after the events from the 2017 series Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini, and sees the detective become embroiled in a new case involving inventor Nikola Tesla, Nazi agents, and the race to create the world’s first weapon of mass destruction.
The new series is once again ...
Launching this Spring, Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Electrified Tesla is set during World War II, more than two decades after the events from the 2017 series Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini, and sees the detective become embroiled in a new case involving inventor Nikola Tesla, Nazi agents, and the race to create the world’s first weapon of mass destruction.
The new series is once again ...
- 1/21/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Written by Jody Houser | Art by Roberta Ingranata | Published by Titan Comics
I’ve been really enjoying this kick off story arc, with Jody Houser once again having all sorts of fun going through the gears. As I wrote last time round, total fan service, but that’s never a bad thing. Give ’em what they want! Houser and Ingranata have pretty much established themselves as The Thirteenth Doctor dream team, and I note they seem to have a distinct affection also for the Tenth Doctor, who keeps popping up. Speaking of which, the Tenth Doctor is partly responsible for the alternate timeline we’ve been visiting, with its alternate version of Rose Tyler, one of The Doctor’s most loved companions. In this timeline the Skithra, with the Sea Devils as their muscle, invaded and conquered the Earth. We have a lot of Time Lord guilt washing around these two Tardis’s right now.
I’ve been really enjoying this kick off story arc, with Jody Houser once again having all sorts of fun going through the gears. As I wrote last time round, total fan service, but that’s never a bad thing. Give ’em what they want! Houser and Ingranata have pretty much established themselves as The Thirteenth Doctor dream team, and I note they seem to have a distinct affection also for the Tenth Doctor, who keeps popping up. Speaking of which, the Tenth Doctor is partly responsible for the alternate timeline we’ve been visiting, with its alternate version of Rose Tyler, one of The Doctor’s most loved companions. In this timeline the Skithra, with the Sea Devils as their muscle, invaded and conquered the Earth. We have a lot of Time Lord guilt washing around these two Tardis’s right now.
- 1/13/2021
- by Dean Fuller
- Nerdly
From starring opposite Hugh Grant aged 11 to joining the X-Men, does nothing faze the actor? Well, there was one scene for his latest role ...
Preparing for his role as Emperor Peter III of Russia in the TV show The Great, Nicholas Hoult wondered if he should go for the accent. The 31-year-old had just finished filming The Current War, a movie in which he played the inventor Nikola Tesla, and it struck him he could, without too much effort, repurpose his Serbian into a passable Russian. Hoult is thoughtful, conscientious, and takes his job very seriously. “It didn’t flow in the right way,” he says, of his stab at Russian, and back he went to the drawing board, specifically to an exaggerated version of his own accent. “I don’t go the full public schoolboy, but I’m very posh – educated but childish.” A new comic antihero was born.
Preparing for his role as Emperor Peter III of Russia in the TV show The Great, Nicholas Hoult wondered if he should go for the accent. The 31-year-old had just finished filming The Current War, a movie in which he played the inventor Nikola Tesla, and it struck him he could, without too much effort, repurpose his Serbian into a passable Russian. Hoult is thoughtful, conscientious, and takes his job very seriously. “It didn’t flow in the right way,” he says, of his stab at Russian, and back he went to the drawing board, specifically to an exaggerated version of his own accent. “I don’t go the full public schoolboy, but I’m very posh – educated but childish.” A new comic antihero was born.
- 1/2/2021
- by Emma Brockes
- The Guardian - Film News
Our year-end coverage continues with a look at the best performances of the year. Rather than divide categories into supporting or lead or by gender, we’ve written about our thirty favorite performances from 2020, period. Check out our countdown below and start watching the ones you’ve missed here.
30. Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Frances McDormand’s work in Nomadland is all about isolation, While she shines in the communal sequences throughout the country, particularly alongside David Strathairn, her best acting here comes from solitude. Whether she’s silently eating in her Rv, working tedious shifts at Amazon warehouses, swimming underneath waterfalls or wandering around her former house with aching melancholy, McDormand flawlessly captures the freedom and heartbreak of impermanence with just a few trembles and glances. – Logan K.
29. Cosmo Jarvis (Shadow of Violence)
The brutality of Western Ireland’s low-level criminals set against the wide-open green landscape that bridges its country...
30. Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Frances McDormand’s work in Nomadland is all about isolation, While she shines in the communal sequences throughout the country, particularly alongside David Strathairn, her best acting here comes from solitude. Whether she’s silently eating in her Rv, working tedious shifts at Amazon warehouses, swimming underneath waterfalls or wandering around her former house with aching melancholy, McDormand flawlessly captures the freedom and heartbreak of impermanence with just a few trembles and glances. – Logan K.
29. Cosmo Jarvis (Shadow of Violence)
The brutality of Western Ireland’s low-level criminals set against the wide-open green landscape that bridges its country...
- 12/23/2020
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
1. TeslaIt’s been a funny old year. Scratch that... it’s been a terrible year, but as far as movie posters are concerned it’s been an odd, disruptive one. For one thing there have been far fewer films released this year: after the normalcy of the first 10 weeks things suddenly ground to a halt and many major releases were shelved. Movie theaters were closed for months (and have still not reopened in New York) and so there was no real need for movie posters per se, but as virtual cinema flourished online we still continued to make them, even if far fewer were actually printed. This year movie posters mostly existed as online keyart thumbnails but we designers continued to design them as if they were to be printed at 27" x 40", even sticking to the convention of leaving an inch and a half of safety on all sides so...
- 12/18/2020
- MUBI
(Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic.) The Movie: Tesla Where You Can Stream It: Hulu The Pitch: A biopic of Nikola Tesla that avoids the standard biopic trappings. Why It’s Essential Quarantine Viewing: Tesla had a very, very limited release, and now it’s streaming […]
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- 11/25/2020
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Photo: 'Tesla'/IFC Films Who was Nikola Tesla? Viewers of Michael Almereyda’s new biopic, which stars Ethan Hawke as the enigmatic inventor, may find themselves with more questions than answers by the end of the film. Perhaps, however, this is by design. The focus of Almereyda’s narrative, in its attempts to meaningfully synthesize Tesla’s life, career, and impact into its 102-minute runtime, flits like the electric bolts inside of one of the inventor’s famous coils. Also, like the Tesla coil, the film is dazzling to behold, but one might need to consult Google to fully understand what exactly its purpose is. That too seems to be intentional. Google is in fact mentioned so often in this film that it’s practically another character in the film, like New York is in You’ve Got Mail. Eve Hewson, who plays Tesla’s financial go-between turned love interest, Anne Morgan,...
- 10/11/2020
- by Trent Kinnucan
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
"TV" is short for "TeleVision," which is itself short for "Telegrams You Can See Using Your Sense of Vision." Back when "TeleVision" was invented by Nikola Tesla and Elon Musk, they were also developing "Telegrams You Can Hear Using Your Sense of Ears," which became the "TelePhone," and "Telegrams
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- 9/21/2020
- by Liam Mathews
- TVGuide - Breaking News
"TV" is short for "TeleVision," which is itself short for "Telegrams You Can See Using Your Sense of Vision." Back when "TeleVision" was invented by Nikola Tesla and Elon Musk, they were also developing "Telegrams You Can Hear Using Your Sense of Ears," which became the "TelePhone," and "Telegrams
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- 9/20/2020
- by Liam Mathews
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Ethan Hawke and Kyle MacLachlan star in Michael Almereyda’s humorous and ambitious film about the under-appreciated visionary
Every historical drama involves some element of pure invention: maybe it happened like this? Perhaps she said it like that? But Michael Almereyda’s biopic of the Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla (1856 - 1943), is rather more open about this process than most. Ethan Hawke, who also starred in the director’s contemporary New York-set Hamlet 20 years ago, plays the under-appreciated visionary. Now, Tesla has a clean energy company named in his honour, is thought to have predicted the internet age, and has been played on screen several times, most recently by Nicholas Hoult in The Current War. But he died in poverty after alienating his wealthy investors and consequently struggling to obtain the funding to realise his grand visions.
Every historical drama involves some element of pure invention: maybe it happened like this? Perhaps she said it like that? But Michael Almereyda’s biopic of the Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla (1856 - 1943), is rather more open about this process than most. Ethan Hawke, who also starred in the director’s contemporary New York-set Hamlet 20 years ago, plays the under-appreciated visionary. Now, Tesla has a clean energy company named in his honour, is thought to have predicted the internet age, and has been played on screen several times, most recently by Nicholas Hoult in The Current War. But he died in poverty after alienating his wealthy investors and consequently struggling to obtain the funding to realise his grand visions.
- 9/18/2020
- by Ellen E Jones
- The Guardian - Film News
I’m writing this on Monday morning, before President Trump lands in California today to exploit the tragedy of the wildfires and scold Californians for not “cleaning the floors” of the forests or whatever mental toilet water he ends up spilling in the Golden State. You can be sure there will be no sympathy for the 33 lives that have been lost in wildfires on the West Coast, no human feeling for the vast suffering and devastation that the climate crisis has wrought on the west. Nor will there be any...
- 9/14/2020
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
Just as we have predictions about the future, so did past people have about our present. Check out these old predictions people made about the 21st century.
“Everyone from chocolate-making companies to some of history’s greatest minds (think Ben Franklin and Nikola Tesla) weighed in on what they thought life would be like in the 21st century. Check out what they got right and wrong (mostly wrong!) below, in this piece adapted from an episode of The List Show on YouTube.”
Read more at Mental Floss.
Disney’s live action Mulan is more than just a remake of its hit animated movie, but is it worth the $30 tag price on Disney+?
“Mulan (2020) is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon if Ang Lee spent more time trying to explain how they could jump between trees. Its main character is Neo if The Matrix took place in ancient China. Mulan is a beautiful...
“Everyone from chocolate-making companies to some of history’s greatest minds (think Ben Franklin and Nikola Tesla) weighed in on what they thought life would be like in the 21st century. Check out what they got right and wrong (mostly wrong!) below, in this piece adapted from an episode of The List Show on YouTube.”
Read more at Mental Floss.
Disney’s live action Mulan is more than just a remake of its hit animated movie, but is it worth the $30 tag price on Disney+?
“Mulan (2020) is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon if Ang Lee spent more time trying to explain how they could jump between trees. Its main character is Neo if The Matrix took place in ancient China. Mulan is a beautiful...
- 9/3/2020
- by Ivan Huang
- Den of Geek
After months-long cinema closures, the U.S. box office has opened to the most significant degree since pre-pandemic times.
Movie theaters in Florida, Texas, Georgia and other parts of the country that were able to safely reopen welcomed the first major theatrical premiere since March: Solstice Studios’ “Unhinged,” a thriller starring Russell Crowe. The film played in 1,823 venues in North America, marking the widest release yet since the pandemic hit.
“Unhinged” pocketed more than $4 million over the weekend, a promising result given the challenging environment. In normal times, that figure wouldn’t be much to crow about. However, only a fraction of the nation’s 6,000 movie theaters are currently in business — and major markets like New York, California and New Jersey are still closed without a set date to reopen. The biggest ticket sales for “Unhinged” came from drive-ins in Los Angeles, San Fransisco and Sacramento, as well as multi-screen theaters in Dallas,...
Movie theaters in Florida, Texas, Georgia and other parts of the country that were able to safely reopen welcomed the first major theatrical premiere since March: Solstice Studios’ “Unhinged,” a thriller starring Russell Crowe. The film played in 1,823 venues in North America, marking the widest release yet since the pandemic hit.
“Unhinged” pocketed more than $4 million over the weekend, a promising result given the challenging environment. In normal times, that figure wouldn’t be much to crow about. However, only a fraction of the nation’s 6,000 movie theaters are currently in business — and major markets like New York, California and New Jersey are still closed without a set date to reopen. The biggest ticket sales for “Unhinged” came from drive-ins in Los Angeles, San Fransisco and Sacramento, as well as multi-screen theaters in Dallas,...
- 8/23/2020
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Ethan Hawke is an actor capable of doing just about anything. We’ve seen him tackle, over the years, nearly all genres and all sizes of production, winning acclaim consistently. Here, with Tesla, he’s apparently going the prestige biopic route, though looks can be deceiving. While the appearance here is of an independent take on what would usually be considered Oscar bait, instead we have a rather off-beat and even daring at times remix of a biographical tale. There are missteps from time to time, but the willingness to buck convention, as well as Hawke’s committed work, make it something to seek out. The film is, on the surface at least, a biopic of Nikola Tesla (Hawke), the inventor whose eventual breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light would change the world. However, he’s long been portrayed as a pawn in a battle for power (no pun...
- 8/22/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Ethan Hawke’s ‘Tesla” hits theaters this Friday — let’s take a look at the other actors who have portrayed Nikola Tesla, the famed inventor who is best known for his contributions to the design of the alternating current electricity system, in film and TV.
Ethan Hawke, “Tesla” (2020)
Ethan Hawke stars as Nikola Tesla in the film hitting theaters hits Friday. Directed by Michael Almereyda, Eve Hewson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jim Gaffigan, and Kyle MacLachlan also star. The film premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by IFC Films.
David Bowie, “The Prestige” (2006)
The late David Bowie played the inventor in Christopher Nolan’s “The Prestige,” which also starred Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale and Scarlett Johansson.
Nicholas Hoult, “The Current War” (2017)
Hoult played Tesla in Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s historical drama, which chronicled the competition between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over which electric power delivery system would be used in the U.
Ethan Hawke, “Tesla” (2020)
Ethan Hawke stars as Nikola Tesla in the film hitting theaters hits Friday. Directed by Michael Almereyda, Eve Hewson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jim Gaffigan, and Kyle MacLachlan also star. The film premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by IFC Films.
David Bowie, “The Prestige” (2006)
The late David Bowie played the inventor in Christopher Nolan’s “The Prestige,” which also starred Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale and Scarlett Johansson.
Nicholas Hoult, “The Current War” (2017)
Hoult played Tesla in Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s historical drama, which chronicled the competition between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over which electric power delivery system would be used in the U.
- 8/21/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
The word ‘Tesla’ is mostly associated with Elon Musk’s company these days, but it was named after a famous scientist who was way ahead of his time. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was an inventor, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, and futurist who conjured theories of text messages and fiber optic internet in the late 1800s. While some […]
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- 8/21/2020
- by Marisa Mirabal
- Slash Film
After numerous delays, Well Go USA’s Cut Throat City is finally making its debut — and in theaters. Yes, you heard that right. The RZA-directed crime drama will make its way into select theaters starting today as they slowly start to open their doors across the country.
“Well Go is a supporter of the traditional theatrical window and when we initially read the script a couple years ago we truly envisioned Cut Throat City as a wide theatrical release,” said Doris Pfardrescher, President & CEO, Well Go USA. “It is a socially relevant film that we feel needs to be seen on the big screen. We also want to help support the cinemas as best we can in bringing life back to their business.”
She added, “Obviously, safety is an important part of reopening but we do feel that the cinemas are taking every precaution to make us all and the environment feel safe.
“Well Go is a supporter of the traditional theatrical window and when we initially read the script a couple years ago we truly envisioned Cut Throat City as a wide theatrical release,” said Doris Pfardrescher, President & CEO, Well Go USA. “It is a socially relevant film that we feel needs to be seen on the big screen. We also want to help support the cinemas as best we can in bringing life back to their business.”
She added, “Obviously, safety is an important part of reopening but we do feel that the cinemas are taking every precaution to make us all and the environment feel safe.
- 8/21/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Thomas Edison was often called the Wizard of Menlo Park. Which is to say that most Americans in the late 19th century viewed his patented incandescent lightbulb as a thing of magic, one so otherworldly it inspired the title of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz. Yet much like the magician of that fantasy tale, the real-life wizard wasn’t the man behind the curtain; it was Nikola Tesla, the sphinxlike Serbian immigrant who discovered alternating electrical currents and, depending on who you ask, radio waves. If Edison was a wizard, then Tesla was something else entirely—an alien being sent down to imagine the face of the 20th century for us.
These singular contributions inform much of Michael Almereyda’s peculiar idea of a biographical film. Because, yes, despite its many eccentricities, Tesla is very much a biopic, and one just as bizarre as the genius of...
These singular contributions inform much of Michael Almereyda’s peculiar idea of a biographical film. Because, yes, despite its many eccentricities, Tesla is very much a biopic, and one just as bizarre as the genius of...
- 8/20/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Nikola Tesla was the greatest visionary of his time, a man whose name might be mentioned in the same breath as Archimedes and Leonardo da Vinci. Ethan Hawke is looking increasingly like one of the greatest actors of his. It's a pairing made in Heaven. The fact that Michael Almereyda's playful biopic doesn't quite fire on all cylinders feels more like a tribute than a failing. Rather than a celebration of his creations, it's an attempt to capture Tesla the man, to understand the pressures that genius brings.
Taking on the role of narrator is Anne Morgan (Eve Hewson), daughter of the famed financier Jp Morgan (Donnie Keshawarz), who is smitten with the inventor partly because of his resemblance to her cat (played by a marvellously languorous Luna). It soon becomes apparent to her that romance is not on the cards - he's far too wrapped up in his work -.
Taking on the role of narrator is Anne Morgan (Eve Hewson), daughter of the famed financier Jp Morgan (Donnie Keshawarz), who is smitten with the inventor partly because of his resemblance to her cat (played by a marvellously languorous Luna). It soon becomes apparent to her that romance is not on the cards - he's far too wrapped up in his work -.
- 8/19/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Have we enough evidence to name Michael Almereyda the American cinema’s greatest biographer? It’s a narrow range and hardly the highest bar to clear, yet his oeuvre yields both biopics (delightful whatsit Experimenter) and documentaries that show the largely unloved, oft-uncinematic concentration for everything it’s capable.
This week sees the addition of Tesla, Almereyda’s formally playful examination of Nikola Tesla’s life, work, legacy, and (because nothing is as it seems) vocal skills; he’s here reunited, some 20 years after their fantastic Hamlet, with Ethan Hawke in the title role and Kyle MacLachlan as Thomas Edison, while Eve Hewson, playing Anne Morgan, is our guide through this film’s puzzle. Praised since Sundance—where we said it marks “a testament to the independent spirit”—it arrives Friday via IFC.
Almereyda and I spoke over email about his decades-long quest to chronicle Tesla’s life.
The Film...
This week sees the addition of Tesla, Almereyda’s formally playful examination of Nikola Tesla’s life, work, legacy, and (because nothing is as it seems) vocal skills; he’s here reunited, some 20 years after their fantastic Hamlet, with Ethan Hawke in the title role and Kyle MacLachlan as Thomas Edison, while Eve Hewson, playing Anne Morgan, is our guide through this film’s puzzle. Praised since Sundance—where we said it marks “a testament to the independent spirit”—it arrives Friday via IFC.
Almereyda and I spoke over email about his decades-long quest to chronicle Tesla’s life.
The Film...
- 8/18/2020
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
As longtime collaborators, the Tesla brain trust of Ethan Hawke and filmmaker Michael Almereyda discovered that their own intimacy would only benefit their film about the distant and enigmatic inventor-engineer known as Nikola Tesla. Nearly four decades after Almereyda launched his filmmaking career with an earlier version of his Tesla spec script, Hawke takes on the titular role of the Serbian-American electrical engineer as he competes with rival Thomas Edison (Kyle MacLachlan) over inventions and breakthroughs involving alternating current (AC) and wireless electricity.
For Hawke, it was quite the challenge to find his way into a mysterious man who was solely ...
For Hawke, it was quite the challenge to find his way into a mysterious man who was solely ...
- 8/18/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As longtime collaborators, the Tesla brain trust of Ethan Hawke and filmmaker Michael Almereyda discovered that their own intimacy would only benefit their film about the distant and enigmatic inventor-engineer known as Nikola Tesla. Nearly four decades after Almereyda launched his filmmaking career with an earlier version of his Tesla spec script, Hawke takes on the titular role of the Serbian-American electrical engineer as he competes with rival Thomas Edison (Kyle MacLachlan) over inventions and breakthroughs involving alternating current (AC) and wireless electricity.
For Hawke, it was quite the challenge to find his way into a mysterious man who was solely ...
For Hawke, it was quite the challenge to find his way into a mysterious man who was solely ...
- 8/18/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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