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Oddity Yana sticking hand in man's mouth

Ben Pearson

The Director Of One Of 2024's Scariest Films Didn't Realize What A Big Risk He Was Taking [Exclusive]

The director of Oddity pieced together his supernatural horror film from several disparate ideas, not realizing the risk of that approach until post-production.

Bill Bria

Twisters Director Took His Cues From Several Golden Age Filmmakers [Exclusive]

Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung was inspired by several directors from the 1930s and '40s when it came to the romance in his new blockbuster.

Bill Bria

Twisters Director Was Afraid To Take The Job, But That Fear Lit A Fire Under Him [Exclusive]

Minari director Lee Isaac Chung was afraid to direct a big-budget movie like Twisters, but in our interview, he tells us why he decided to face his fears.

Rafael Motamayor

SpongeBob SquarePants At 25: The Stellar Voice Cast Share Memories From The Iconic Series [Exclusive]

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants, we spoke with the main cast members about their auditions, the unusual recording process, and more.

Sausage Party: Foodtopia Barry and Brenda shocked

Ethan Anderton

Sausage Party: Foodtopia's Most Depraved Food Sex Scene Required A Clear Warning From Amazon [Exclusive]

Sausage Party: Foodtopia has all the violence and graphic sexuality that the movie did, but the series takes things a bit further with one specific sex scene.

Jan de Bont and Helen Hunt making Twister

Ben Pearson

Twister's Jan De Bont Never Considered Making A Sequel: 'What Would The Sequel Be? Even Bigger Tornadoes?' [Exclusive]

Twister director Jan de Bont says Warner Bros. didn't consider a sequel in the aftermath of the film's huge success. Listen to our full interview with him here.

Ben Pearson

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Director Realized There's One Thing You Never Do With Eddie Murphy [Exclusive Interview]

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F director Mark Molloy tells us about working with Eddie Murphy on the long-awaited sequel, balancing nostalgia, and much more.

Lupita Nyong'o in A Quiet Place: Day One

Ben Pearson

A Quiet Place: Day One Director Took Unusual Inspiration From Ocean's Eleven [Exclusive]

A Quiet Place: Day One director Michael Sarnoski cites Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven as part of the reason food plays such an important role in his films.

BJ Colangelo

A Quiet Place Prequel Director Bowed To Cat Actors: 'Mr. Cat, What Are You Willing To Give Us Today?' [Exclusive]

Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o stars in A Quiet Place: Day One, but director Michael Saronski's set was dictated by her cat co-star.

Jeff Nichols on the set of The Bikeriders

Ben Pearson

Jeff Nichols' Alien Nation Has Been Repurposed Back Into An Original Sci-Fi Film [Exclusive]

The Bikeriders director Jeff Nichols tells us that his Alien Nation remake is still in the works, but at a different studio and with a different title.

Daemon and Rhaenyra in House of the Dragon

Jacob Hall

House Of The Dragon Showrunner Wanted To Revive His Favorite Part Of Early Game Of Thrones [Exclusive Interview]

House of the Dragon Showrunner Ryan Condal dishes on small council meetings, balancing Team Black and Team Green, and George RR Martin's recent comments.

Ben Pearson

Where Have All The Memorable Movie Themes Gone? Hollywood Composers Speak Out [Exclusive]

What happened to the memorable, hummable movie themes that used to populate American blockbusters? We spoke with several Oscar-winning composers to find out.

Jacob Hall

The Boys Showrunner Eric Kripke Has Given Up Trying To Understand Homelander Fans [Exclusive Interview]

The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke knows he's making an un-subtle, heavily political show. He also knows some fans just don't understand that.

BJ Colangelo

The Watchers Director Ishana Shyamalan Had A Fun Role Reversal With Her Famous Director Dad [Exclusive Interview]

Ishana Night Shyamalan has worked as a second unit director for her father, M. Night Shyamalan. For The Watchers, he worked in that capacity for his daughter.

BJ Colangelo

This Year's Most Disturbing Horror Movie Reshot Its Entire First Four Weeks [Exclusive]

In a Violent Nature reshot the first four weeks of its production, which is a pretty extreme feat for an independent film. Director Chris Nash explains why.

Ben Pearson

The Most Emotionally Devastating Scene In Pixar History Experienced Multiple Last-Minute Changes [Exclusive]

The first 10 minutes of Pixar's Up went through several changes during development, including last-minute tweaks to its score by composer Michael Giacchino.

Bill Bria

Furiosa Director George Miller Thinks We Can Still Avoid Our Own Mad Max Apocalypse [Exclusive Interview]

George Miller, the maestro behind the Mad Max films, tells us about working with Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth on Furiosa, the power of myth, and more.

Ryan Scott

The Ridiculous Reason The Original Version Of Alien 3 Was Shot Down By Fox [Exclusive]

Executives at 20th Century Fox had so little faith in audiences at the time that they nixed one-time director Renny Harlin's ambitious vision for Alien 3.

Ben Pearson

Deep Blue Sea's Legendary Death Scene Was Almost Spoiled In The Trailer – And The Director Fought Back [Exclusive]

Warner Bros. wanted to ruin the best moment from Deep Blue Sea by putting it in the film's trailer, but director Renny Harlin fought back and took a stand.

The Strangers: Chapter 1 Renny Harlin on set

Jacob Hall

Director Renny Harlin Breaks Down His Entire Career, From Freddy Krueger To The Strangers: Chapter 1 [Exclusive Interview]

Freddy Krueger. Bruce Willis. An unmade Alien 3. That shark that ate Samuel L. Jackson. The Strangers: Chapter 1 director Renny Harlin has stories.

Ben Pearson

Dune: Part Two's Anti-Gravity Attack Is 'Peak Sci-Fi' For Cinematographer Greig Fraser [Exclusive]

The opening anti-gravity attack in Dune: Part Two is what Oscar-winning cinematographer Greig Fraser refers to as 'peak sci-fi,' and we steadfastly agree.

Noa, Mae, Raka, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

BJ Colangelo

Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes Director Says This 'Crucial' Relationship Will Inform A Possible Sequel [Exclusive]

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes director Wes Ball tells us that the relationship between the ape Noa and the human Mae will be 'crucial' to possible sequels.

BJ Colangelo

Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes Director Reveals The Studio's One Request For The Film [Exclusive Interview]

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes director Wes Ball told us about finding his lead actor, what the studio wanted from his new Apes film, and more.

BJ Colangelo

One Of 2024's Wackiest Comedies Used Absolutely Zero Improv [Exclusive]

Hundreds of Beavers, an unhinged comedy about a man hunting, um, hundreds of beavers, used no improv at all and instead stuck super closely to its storyboards.

Ben Pearson

How That Surprise Cameo In Jerry Seinfeld's Unfrosted Came Together [Exclusive]

Jerry Seinfeld's Netflix comedy Unfrosted, about the making of the Pop-Tart, features a bit involving two jaw-dropping cameos. Here's how that scene happened.

The Fall Guy Ryan Gosling and David Leitch

Ryan Scott

The Fall Guy Director And Stars On The Life-Changing Power Of Stunts And A Possible Sequel [Exclusive Interview]

We spoke with The Fall Guy director David Leitch and stars Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Winston Duke, and Stephanie Hsu about their terrific new action romance.

August Moon performing at Coachella in The Idea of You

Ethan Anderton

There Was One Thing The Idea Of You Director Wanted To Avoid [Exclusive]

Though Michael Showalter has plenty of comedic experience, he didn't want the boy band August Moon in Anne Hathaway's The Idea of You to come off as a satire.