Alicia Silverstone Deserves Roles That Are Complex, Bloody & Gnarly
The Big Picture We all know and love Alicia Silverstone courtesy of her work in the high school comedy classic, Clueless, but right now, Silverstone has her focus on taking on more complex roles in the genre space. Silverstone's latest…
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The Chi Producers and Directors on the Show’s New Gay Black Couple
By the looks of it, Deondray Gossfield and Quincy LeNear Gossfield are among the few intrepid Hollywood producer-director gay husbands to strike a significant cultural chord. The real-life married couple has been a significant force behind the scenes in The…
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“I Felt an Enormous Amount of Pressure to Deliver Something That Wasn’t Just a Music Doc”: Matthew Heineman on His Telluride-Premiering Jon Batiste Doc, American Symphony
A scene from American Symphony “I literally finished the film at three in the morning last night,” director Matthew Heineman says on a video call with Filmmaker on Tuesday, just past the airport security on his way to the 50th…
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‘One Piece’ Cinematographer on Bringing Buggy the Clown to Life
The Big Picture Cinematographer Nicole Whitaker had prior exposure to One Piece through her son and was excited to work on the project due to her personal attachment to the franchise. Whitaker and director Marc Jobst aimed to create a…
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‘The Equalizer 3′ Director on Why Audiences Respond to Denzel Washington
The Big Picture Director Antoine Fuqua discusses the final entry in The Equalizer trilogy, revealing that the film takes place in Southern Italy and features the protagonist, Robert McCall, attempting to lead a peaceful life before being drawn back into…
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One Piece Director Marc Jobst Leaps from The Witcher to the New Netflix Show
Netflix appears to have another global hit on its hands with One Piece. The highly anticipated show is the live-action version of what is considered to now be the world's biggest manga IP. One Piece, which premieres today, Aug. 31,…
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“Each Episode is Like Its Own Movie”: DP Benji Bakshi on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Rong Fu, Melissa Navia and Anson Mount in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Photo: Michael Gibson/Paramount+) In December of 1964, principal photography finished on the pilot of Star Trek, featuring captain Christopher Pike (played by The Searchers’ Jeffrey Hunter) as…
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Why ‘One Piece’ Is the Show We Need Right Now, According to Director
The Big Picture The director, Marc Jobst, emphasizes the importance of the optimistic theme of following your dreams in the live-action adaptation of One Piece. Jobst aims to bring dimension to the characters and honor the emotional impact the series…
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One Piece Director Emma Sullivan Opens Up About Creating an Epic
The pressure was on for director Emma Sullivan, who was behind the camera for episodes three and four of One Piece, the new Netflix live action series based on Japan’s highest-selling manga series by Eiichiro Oda. “It was daunting. Huge.…
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Vacation Friends 2 Director Clay Tarver Talks Broadening the Playing Field
Vacation Friends found some great traction when it was released back in 2021. The plot found an uptight couple becoming unlikely friends with a frenzied duo while vacationing in Mexico. Things head south when they get back home. It wouldn't…
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‘The Creator’ and Its War Between Humans and Artificial Intelligence
The Big Picture The Creator is a sci-fi action thriller set in a future where humans and AI are at war, centering around ex-special forces agent Joshua who is on a mission to kill the Creator of advanced AI. Director…
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Antoine Fuqua Discusses the Epic Conclusion of The Equalizer 3
Denzel Washington takes a final bow as heroic vigilante Robert McCall in The Equalizer 3. Severely wounded after a mysterious mission in Sicily, an unconscious McCall is found by a kind policeman (Eugenio Mastrandrea). He's taken to the idyllic seaside…
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