https://collider.com Exclusive interviews with the biggest stars and legendary creators in movies, TV, and more. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:43:28 GMT en-US hourly 60 On a recent episode of the Collider Dailies podcast, Perri Nemiroff and Steve Weintraub chatted with guest, Tim Miller, the director behind the first Deadpool movie and Terminator: Dark Fate. Miller is an avid comic book fan and a passionate filmmaker, as well as a producer and writer, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for a short titled Gopher Broke in 2005. But even before Ryan Reynolds and Deadpool, Miller co-founded Blur Studio, a production company that focuses primarily on CG visual effects and animation, and that has had their hands in some big titles, from Halo and Star Wars in the gaming community to Marvel projects, and more. Having donned many hats within the industry, Miller was the perfect first guest to our new podcast.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:43:28 GMT https://collider.com/tim-miller-comic-book-movies-best-served-cold-interview/ [Editor’s note: The following contains major spoilers for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon.]The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon has seen the fan favorite character relocated to France, where he washed ashore and set out on a mission to figure out how to get back home while navigating a very unfamiliar landscape. Along the way, Daryl (Norman Reedus) met a nun (Clémence Poésy) with the goal of protecting a very special child named Laurent (Louis Puech Scigliuzzi), but the dangerous journey that found them evading foes of both the human and walker variety also brought him further away from his return home.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 02:20:30 GMT https://collider.com/the-walking-dead-daryl-dixon-showrunner-david-zabel-interview/ [Editor's note: The following contains some spoilers for Once Upon A Studio.]To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Walt Disney Animation Studios, the short Once Upon A Studio is nearly 10 minutes of utter joy, getting to watch an all-star cast of beloved animated characters interacting with each other. To be more exact, 543 characters from more than 85 Disney feature-length and short films appear, bringing back dozens of voice performers to reprise their famous roles, all while blending hand-drawn and CG animation and taking the audience on a roller coaster of emotion.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 16:32:49 GMT https://collider.com/once-upon-a-studio-short-producers-yvett-merino-brad-simonsen-interview/ Writer-director Aristotle Torres has a lot of thoughts about both his debut feature and art in general. Starring Asante Blackk and Luis Guzmán, it is a work that sees the two playing strangers who are brought together in an unexpected connection that offers a path to healing for them both. To hear it from Torres, the experience of working with the two actors in bringing his vision to life was a wonderful one to start out his feature filmmaking career as he expanded upon his prior short film.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 16:31:54 GMT https://collider.com/story-ave-aristotle-torres-interview/ [Editor's note: The following contains some spoilers for Once Upon A Studio.]To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Walt Disney Animation Studios, the short Once Upon A Studio is nearly 10 minutes of utter joy, getting to watch an all-star cast of beloved animated characters interacting with each other. To be more exact, 543 characters from more than 85 Disney feature-length and short films appear, bringing back dozens of voice performers to reprise their famous roles, all while blending hand-drawn and CG animation and taking the audience on a roller coaster of emotion.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 16:31:21 GMT https://collider.com/once-upon-a-studio-short-directors-dan-abraham-trent-correy-interview/ When you love something, it can be tough to figure out where to draw the line. How far do you push yourself for your art and how far is too far? That’s an idea director Robert Morgan explores in his first feature film, and it’s inspired by his own personal experience going through such a situation while making the stop-motion animation short, Bobby Yeah, a process that literally made him sick.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 16:00:10 GMT https://collider.com/stopmotion-movie-robert-morgan-interview/ In 2008, writer-director Bryan Bertino’s home invasion horror, The Strangers, messed with a lot of folks’ heads. For an hour and a half audiences were wrapped up in tension as Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman were terrorized by a trio of masked killers known only as Man in Mask (Kip Weeks), Dollface (Gemma Ward), and Pin-Up Girl (Laura Margolis). The original script inspired a sequel almost immediately, and due to difficulties in development The Strangers: Prey at Night, co-written by Bertino, was released ten years later to continue the senseless slayings with a slasher spin, yet still no explanation as to why.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 19:48:24 GMT https://collider.com/the-strangers-trilogy-renny-harlin-interview-courtney-solomon/ Marvel's Spider-Man took the world by storm in 2018. Insomniac Games introduced the world to a brand-new take on the Spider-Man mythos, one where you swung across the New York City skyline saving those in need, and fighting some of the wall crawler's biggest threats. They then released the highly acclaimed spin-off, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, giving us a more personal story about the young hero from Brooklyn. Five years after the beginning of this universe, the PlayStation Studio is hoping lightning strikes for a third time with the release of Marvel's Spider-Man 2.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:38:32 GMT https://collider.com/marvel-spider-man-2-ps5-yuri-lowenthal-interview/ [Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for V/H/S/85.]

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:14:17 GMT https://collider.com/vhs-85-rory-explained-evan-dickson-interview/ If you’ve loved horror at any point in your life, you’ve probably come across Greg Nicotero’s work. The special effects giant has worked on everything from Army of Darkness to The Walking Dead, the latter of which he continues to oversee as the zombified world expands with numerous spinoffs. He and his company, KNB EFX Group, are a staple in the world of creatures and gory special effects, with their hands in countless fantasy, science-fiction, and horror projects.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:13:41 GMT https://collider.com/creepshow-season-4-greg-nicotero-interview/ It's been a big year for Asante Blackk. After already starring in the series When They See Us, he's been in not one, but two films this year. The first, Landscape with Invisible Hand, saw him playing a young artist whose world is upended by an alien invasion. His second, Aristotle Torres' Story Ave, is again a portrait of an artist. However, this one is more grounded film centered around Blackk's Kadir who forms a connection with an MTA worker (Luis Guzmán) who takes him under his wing. The film previously premiered at SXSW and is now getting its wider release. We spoke with Blackk about the film, his own reflections on art, and what it was like working alongside Guzmán.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:04:45 GMT https://collider.com/asante-blackk-story-ave-interview/ [Editor's note: The following contains some spoilers for Lessons in Chemistry.]From showrunner Lee Eisenberg, the Apple TV+ original series Lessons in Chemistry tells the story of Elizabeth Zott (Brie Larson), a scientist forced to live within the patriarchal confines of the early 1950s that refuse to recognize her talent and wit. When Elizabeth finds her meticulously structured life unexpectedly chaotic, she takes a job as the host of a TV cooking show that allows her to use her skills as a chemist to speak to a nation.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:04:12 GMT https://collider.com/lessons-in-chemistry-producers-lee-eisenberg-sarah-adina-smith-interview/ Suitable Flesh is an easy sell. It’s a body swap horror movie starring Heather Graham, Judah Lewis, and Barbara Crampton that, as accurately described by director Joe Lynch, involves “madness, sexual identity, gender fluids, other fluids and … a little bit of Cthulhu.” You’re sold, right? If you are, be sure to click right here to get a ticket to our LA screening of Suitable Flesh, which will also include a Q&A with Lynch himself! Need a little more convincing? The rest of this article should get the job done.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 14:32:49 GMT https://collider.com/suitable-flesh-director-joe-lynch-interview/ Luis Guzmán has done just about it all. He's been in everything from Boogie Nights to Wednesday, but he's never done anything quite like Story Ave. The feature debut of writer-director Aristotle Torres, it sees Guzmán playing an MTA worker who becomes a mentor to the young Kadir Grayson (Asante Blackk) after the kid tried to hold him up one night. As the two begin to open up to each other, reflections on art, life, and loss abound. The film previously premiered back at SXSW and is now getting an expanding release in theaters. We sat down with Guzmán to talk about his performance, how it fits it with the rest of his long career, and drawing from his own personal experience.

]]> Fri, 13 Oct 2023 16:13:54 GMT https://collider.com/luis-guzman-interview-story-ave/ [Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Episode 5 of Gen V, entitled “Welcome to the Monster Club.”]The Amazon Studios original series Gen V, set between Seasons 3 and 4 of The Boys, takes the blood splatter to Godolkin University, where only supes are allowed to attend and train to be the next generation of heroes. And while not all supes go bad, the pressure of being at the top of the class mixed with a heightened level of college chaos can lead any superhero to the brink of villainy.

]]> Fri, 13 Oct 2023 16:00:34 GMT https://collider.com/gen-v-showrunner-michele-fazekas-interview/ From director and co-writer Justine Triet, Anatomy of Fall is a crime drama that made its rounds of the festival circuit, beginning at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, and came out on the other end an award-winning feat. The movie stars Sandra Hüller (The Zone of Interest) as a wife and mother at the center of a tumultuous trial for her husband’s (Samuel Theis) mysterious death. In an interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, Triet and Hüller discuss working together on the film and maneuvering the French the more “anarchic” French courts.

]]> Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:26:20 GMT https://collider.com/anatomy-of-a-fall-sandra-huller-justine-triet-interview/ The D’Amelio Show, which follows the D’Amelio family as they cope with social media stardom, is now in its third season on Hulu. The D’Amelio family consists of TikTok stars Dixie and Charli D’Amelio, as well as their parents, Marc and Heidi D’Amelio. While the series follows the careers of both Dixie and Charli, the primary focus is on their family dynamic. How does a family deal with sudden stardom? What are the ups and downs of that journey? There is a lot of tension within the D’Amelio family, primarily due to the sudden fame of the two young sisters. Dixie and Charli are seen butting heads throughout, especially in their pursuit of careers beyond the social media stratosphere.

]]> Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:00:52 GMT https://collider.com/the-damelio-show-marc-heidi-interview/ Dr. Abhishek "Shake" Chatterjee shocked and angered Love Is Blind fans in Season 2. He got engaged to Deepti Vempati in the pods, but their relationship fell apart fast in the real world. The veterinarian ended up facing off with the rest of the cast and even the hosts for his comments behind Deepti's back about his lack of physical attraction to her.

]]> Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:30:33 GMT https://collider.com/shake-chatterjee-house-of-villains-love-is-blind-interview/ Loki Season 1 tackled a vast corner of the MCU when the titular God of Mischief got himself arrested for stepping out of line – the main timeline, that is. The Tom Hiddleston-led Disney+ series is the first Marvel television project to be given a second season after Loki’s variant, Sylvie, played by Sophia Di Martino, puts an end to He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors) and lets loose an infinite number of alternate timelines. With Season 2 upon us, executive producer Kevin Wright discusses where we pick up and why this season is about “closing that book.”

]]> Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:03:48 GMT https://collider.com/loki-season-2-producer-kevin-wright-interview/ During the pandemic, an accidental gem was brought to light. Vivica A. Fox, Syleena Johnson, Claudia Jordan, and LisaRaye McCoy hopped onto Zoom and created Cocktails with Queens. The series was a hit with viewers and was soon picked up by FOX Soul for 3 more seasons. Unfortunately, the show was suddenly canceled, leaving both the fans and its stars dismayed. This October, however, a new series, helmed by Vivica and Syleena, takes the concept Cocktails with Queens was built on, and puts it in the hands of a new Black-owned streaming platform.

]]> Wed, 11 Oct 2023 21:19:37 GMT https://collider.com/vivica-a-fox-syleena-johnson-kendra-g-crowned-interview/ Harlan Coben is one of the most prolific writers in the world. No, seriously — he’s written over 35 novels, sold over 80 million books, and is the first author to ever receive the prestigious trio of an Edgar Award, a Shamus Award, and an Anthony Award. He mainly works within the mystery and thriller genres, and while he’s a master of suspense, the thing that sets him apart and keeps people coming back for more is his characterization and heart.

]]> Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:09:21 GMT https://collider.com/harlan-coben-shelter-interview/ In Apple TV+’s highly anticipated new 10-episode series, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, co-creators and executive producers Chris Black and Matt Fraction take legacy to a whole new level. Taking place as part of Legendary’s Monsterverse, Monarch is set as a direct sequel series to Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla but spans generations, dating back to the 1950s, and stars Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell, who both play Army officer Lee Shaw as the link to the mysterious program.

]]> Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:42:02 GMT https://collider.com/monarch-legacy-monsters-director-matt-shakman-interview/ The children’s book Zilot & Other Important Rhymes is a family affair, with actor Bob Odenkirk having started writing poems with his children when they were little and compiling them into their own homemade binding. Almost twenty years later, pandemic quarantine led to revisiting this work, coming up with some new ideas, and a now adult Erin Odenkirk creating illustrations to bring these characters to life on the page.

]]> Tue, 10 Oct 2023 20:09:18 GMT https://collider.com/bob-odenkirk-erin-odenkirk-zilot-and-other-important-rhymes-interview/ Garth Davis’ (Lion) latest film, Foe, is a sci-fi thriller that stars Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) and Paul Mescal (Aftersun) in a grim near future study of humanity and artificial humanity. The film is an adaptation of best-selling author Iain Reid’s (I’m Thinking of Ending Things) 2018 novel that deals with thought-provoking issues like interpersonal relationships, AI, and climate change. The screenplay is co-written by Reid and Davis as an Amazon Studios original, and this mysterious premise required some serious on-screen talent and focus in the editing room.

]]> Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:02:24 GMT https://collider.com/foe-movie-director-garth-davis-interview/ The experience of watching Fremont, Babak Jalali's dramedy starring Gregg Turkington and Anaita Wali Zada, is defined by a sense of authenticity. The characters all feel completely real and the patient pacing plays like an echo of life itself. Centered on a young woman named Donya (Zada) and her life in San Francisco after she had to leave Afghanistan. She works at a fortune cookie while seeking connection where there is often little to be found. It is a sublime work that sneaks up on you when you least expect it to, making it all the more impactful when it does. To hear it from Jalali, so much of the film and its cast saw him trying new things as well as building upon some of his past approaches to storytelling. In an interview, the filmmaker talked about how Turkington, Zada, and Jeremy Allen White came to be a part of the project as well as that Boots Riley cameo.

]]> Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:36:39 GMT https://collider.com/fremont-director-babak-jalali-interview/ [Editor's note: The following contains major spoilers for Season 3 of Physical.]The third and final season of the Apple TV+ original series Physical sees dutiful housewife turned fitness guru Sheila Rubin (Rose Byrne) achieving a level of success that she’d previously only dreamed of while learning that it can often be lonely at the top. Although her own demons are not fully at bay, personal connections and increased inner confidence have empowered and healed Sheila in ways she never expected.

]]> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 22:05:21 GMT https://collider.com/physical-season-3-showrunner-annie-weisman-interview/ [Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for V/H/S/85.]If you made it passed that spoiler warning, you’ve met V/H/S/85’s Rory and know its true form.

]]> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 19:00:11 GMT https://collider.com/vhs-85-total-copy-monster-design-david-bruckner-comments/ Rebecca Miller has been writing and directing films for nearly three decades. From drama films like Angela and Personal Velocity, which both won several awards at Sundance, to romantic dramedies like The Private Lives of Pippa Lee and Maggie’s Plan to even a documentary about her playwright father, Arthur Miller, Miller has worked in an array of genres.

]]> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 18:49:55 GMT https://collider.com/she-came-to-me-director-rebecca-miller-interview/ Last week, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro joined Collider’s Steve Weintraub for a very special IMAX 3D screening of Pacific Rim to celebrate the movie’s 10-year anniversary. Following the movie, del Toro hung out with a theater full of long-time fans to participate in a Q&A about his filmography and the journey to bringing his epic, heartfelt adventure sci-fi to the big screen.

]]> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 16:30:46 GMT https://collider.com/guillermo-del-toro-pacific-rim-interview-imax-anniversary/ Looking for a place to watch films where directors get punk rock with found footage, drench sets in buckets of blood, and swing for the fences in every respect? Look no further than the V/H/S films. It began as a low-budget found footage horror anthology film featuring some of the most exciting voices on the rise in the genre back in 2012, and that’s exactly what it still is today. The only difference is that now it’s a six-film franchise with a rabid fan base eagerly awaiting each new installment.

]]> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 02:02:03 GMT https://collider.com/vhs-85-director-interview-gigi-saul-guerrero-mike-p-nelson-natasha-kermani/ Existing as a woman in today’s world is no easy task. At best, it’s anxiety-inducing and a real headache, and at worst, it can be downright deadly. Sometimes, it can be both — a fact that writer-director Anna Zlokovic is keenly aware of. Her new film, Appendage, deals with that fact directly, something she calls both “stressful and cathartic” as a filmmaker, turning the effects of poor mental health from a nebulous concept most people are afraid to discuss into a creature as terrifying as any zombie or vampire could ever be. Can’t pretend your problems don’t exist when they’re chasing you, right?

]]> Sat, 07 Oct 2023 18:12:18 GMT https://collider.com/appendage-movie-director-anna-zlovokic-interview/ David Farrier loves a bizarre story. He’s got a knack for digging up the weird and the morbid, things no one’s thought to explore before — or never had the guts to. His directorial debut as a documentarian, Tickled, took a strange dive into the world of competitive tickling, which unearthed a dark secret living just below the surface, and his newest feature, Mister Organ, does just the same, bringing back his unique ability to discover disturbing stories that resonate in all the most unsettling ways.

]]> Sat, 07 Oct 2023 18:07:54 GMT https://collider.com/mister-organ-david-farrier-interview/ A gleefully mean-spirited horror ride to hell, writer-director Demián Rugna's When Evil Lurks is the type of possession film that pushes the genre into bold and bloody new directions while tearing apart the bodies of its characters along the way. Specifically, it follows brothers Pedro (Ezequiel Rodríguez) and Jimmy (Demián Salomón) who discover something sinister has taken up residence in their community. When they try to dispose of it, they accidentally unleash something that will upend the entire world as they know it. The film recently had its premiere as part of the midnight programming at the Toronto International Film Festival and is now getting a theatrical release starting October 6 followed by a streaming release on Shudder on October 27. Before this, we sat down with Rugna to talk horror, the impact Viggo Mortensen had on his film, and the status of his Terrified remake with Guillermo del Toro.

]]> Sat, 07 Oct 2023 18:04:34 GMT https://collider.com/when-evil-lurks-demian-gugna-interview/ After the success of 2019’s Always Be My Maybe, director Nahnatchka Khan returned to the TV format to direct episodes of Young Rock, but now it’s finally time for her second feature film as a director, and it’s something quite different from anything she’s ever worked on before. It’s a slasher movie.

]]> Sat, 07 Oct 2023 16:00:28 GMT https://collider.com/totally-killer-director-interview-nahnatchka-khan-blumhouse/ We’ve been getting a steady stream of Stephen King adaptations on screen for decades now, and many of them are quite good, but the 2023 releases are highlighting one particular approach to bringing a King classic to life on screen that’s brimming with potential and could be worth mining further — identifying lightly explored corners of King's worlds and fleshing them out.

]]> Sat, 07 Oct 2023 14:58:24 GMT https://collider.com/pet-sematary-bloodlines-director-lindsey-anderson-beer-interview/ Almost three years following the end of A&E’s Ghost Hunters reboot led by Grant Wilson, paranormal investigators Brandon Alvis and Mustafa Gatollari are back with their own reality series, Haunted Discoveries. What begins as their pursuit of a paranormal research facility nestled in America’s most haunted state turns into an expedition filled with mysterious findings for the pair’s team of supernatural investigators. With Alvis and Gatollari delving into a string of mythologies featuring some eerie hauntings in Kentucky, the pair tells Collider in an exclusive interview how the show intends to tell real ghost stories through extensive research in a cinematic way, blending emotions with jaw-dropping cases.

]]> Fri, 06 Oct 2023 20:30:30 GMT https://collider.com/haunted-discoveries-brandon-alvis-mustafa-gatollari-interview/ Writer-director Chloe Domont came out swinging for her debut feature, Fair Play, which sparked a bidding war after its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. After spending time in the writers’ room and sitting in the director’s chair for series like HBO's Ballers, Domont was able to pull from her own experiences to finally pin down the perfect first feature in what’s now being heralded as an erotic thriller, likening back to the genre’s ‘80s reign with movies like Fatal Attraction.

]]> Fri, 06 Oct 2023 17:52:22 GMT https://collider.com/fair-play-director-chloe-domont-interview/ [Editor's note: The following contains some spoilers for Gen V.]The Amazon Studios original series Gen V, set between Seasons 3 and 4 of The Boys, takes the blood splatter to Godolkin University, where only supes are allowed to attend and train to be the next generation of heroes. And while not all supes go bad, the pressure of being at the top of the class mixed with a heightened level of college chaos can lead any superhero to the brink of villainy.

]]> Fri, 06 Oct 2023 16:16:58 GMT https://collider.com/gen-v-r-rated-content-eric-kripke-michele-fazekas-interview/ Editor's note: The below interview contains spoilers for the Season 2 finale of The Wheel of Time.

]]> Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:31:32 GMT https://collider.com/wheel-of-time-season-2-finale-rafe-judkins-interview/ The Peacock three-part event series The Continental: From the World of John Wick delves into the origin behind the famous hotel for assassins in 1970s New York City. In search of his brother Frankie (Ben Robson), a young Winston Scott (Colin Woodell) finds himself entangled with a dangerous underworld where he must overcome his past, in order to become the man familiar to the John Wick universe.

]]> Thu, 05 Oct 2023 20:04:55 GMT https://collider.com/the-continental-director-albert-hughes-interview/ Star Trek: Lower Decks is well into its fourth hilarious season following the heartfelt and absolutely insane adventures of the USS Cerritos. So far Season 4 has seen new promotions for our favorite lower deckers, the introduction of everyone's favorite bone-drinking moopsy, and the return of Deep Space Nine's Rom and Leeta. Ahead of this week's episode, I sat down with series creator Mike McMahan to unpack all of the wild and wacky episodes we've seen so far and to get the scoop about what fans can expect from the last handful of episodes in Season 4.

]]> Thu, 05 Oct 2023 20:04:26 GMT https://collider.com/star-trek-lower-decks-season-4-mike-mcmahan-interview/ If there’s one thing you can be sure of after speaking to Rob Savage for an hour, it’s that the guy loves to talk about movies. Before I even hit record on our Zoom call, the horror director is recounting fond memories of getting pissed with the Irish film industry at the Fastnet festival. He asks me if I know Kate Dolan (I don’t, but Ireland really can be that small), and we both gush about her 2021 horror film, You Are Not My Mother. He’s wearing a Girls on Top Lynne Ramsay T-shirt as he raves about Parker Posey in Scream 3. (The man has taste.)

]]> Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:21:28 GMT https://collider.com/rob-savage-director/ From director Craig Gillespie, Sony Pictures' Dumb Money is a comedy-drama showdown between Wall Street bigwigs and Reddit investors that's created a sizable buzz since its theatrical release due in large part to its ensemble cast and outrage surrounding the scandal at the heart of the film. While promoting the film, co-writers and producers Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo spoke with Collider's Steve Weintraub about the ins and outs of the script and why this one will definitely leave audiences thinking well after the credits roll.

]]> Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:00:05 GMT https://collider.com/dumb-money-movie-lauren-schuker-blum-rebecca-angelo-interview/ Dropout's wildly successful Dungeons and Dragons TTRPG series, Dimension 20 is heading into its 20th season on the streamer. Formerly College Humor, the company recently celebrated Dropout's fifth anniversary, and with the occasion changed the entire brand to Dropout. A cornerstone of Dropout's success has been the ever-evolving series of DND campaigns held in the dome, featuring a rotating circuit of players and game masters delivering wildly imaginative TTRPG stories. Returning to the table as the game master for the 20th season, titled Burrow's End, is Aabria Iyengar, the mastermind behind previous campaigns A Court of Fey and Flowers and Misfits and Magic.

]]> Thu, 05 Oct 2023 14:27:00 GMT https://collider.com/dimension-20-aabria-iyengar-burrows-end-dnd-interview/ It’s really difficult to make a prequel or sequel in a franchise stand out from other installments. Way more often than not, they feel like CGI-heavy derivatives of the many movies that preceded it. One of the most impressive exceptions to this Hollywood pattern is director Dan Trachtenberg’s 2022 movie Prey, a daring prequel to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1987 sci-fi action horror film Predator. Set a whopping 300 years in the past, in 1719, on the Northern Great Plains, the movie follows Naru (Amber Midthunder), a young Comanche woman frustrated with her place in society. She doesn’t want to heal like a young woman in her tribe is expected to — she wants to hunt like her brother, Taabe (Dakota Beavers).

]]> Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:04:14 GMT https://collider.com/prey-director-dan-trachtenberg-interview/ From Spice Girl, songwriter and author Geri Halliwell-Horner, the fantasy adventure novel Rosie Frost & the Falcon Queen follows the suddenly orphaned teen as she’s sent to Bloodstone Island. While navigating the mysterious school and the mean kids who don’t want her there, Rosie discovers that believing in herself is far more powerful than she had ever realized.

]]> Tue, 03 Oct 2023 18:43:45 GMT https://collider.com/geri-halliwell-horner-rosie-frost-and-the-falcon-queen-interview/ The Peacock three-part event series The Continental: From the World of John Wick delves into the origin behind the famous hotel for assassins in 1970s New York City. In search of his brother Frankie (Ben Robson), a young Winston Scott (Colin Woodell) finds himself entangled with a dangerous underworld where he must overcome his past, in order to become the man familiar to the John Wick universe.

]]> Tue, 03 Oct 2023 18:42:46 GMT https://collider.com/the-continental-action-director-larnell-stovall-interview/ From co-creators Eli Roth and James Frey, the Hulu and Peacock series Fright Krewe follows a team of misfit teens – John “Pat” Patterson, Soleil Le Claire, Stanley Rodriguez-Jones, Will “Maybe” Satchel and Missy Dalisay – as they fight to save the city of New Orleans from an ancient demon who feeds on fear. While each high schooler gets a special gift from the Voodoo spirits to help them succeed, they must learn to overcome their own differences and work together, if they’re going to survive the secret supernatural world that’s been real, all along.

]]> Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:35:35 GMT https://collider.com/fright-krewe-eli-roth-interview/ When Our Flag Means Death first premiered, the pirate comedy series — a novel genre mashup in and of itself — didn't necessarily make a big splash in the streaming landscape. It didn't take long, however, for positive word of mouth and a slowly growing fanbase to lead to impressive viewing numbers, with the first season becoming the biggest new series in the U.S. across all platforms — and its popularity has only grown since. Now, on the precipice of the series' return, over a year after it was finally renewed for a second season, viewers are eagerly preparing to tune in to find out what will happen to Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby), Edward Teach/Blackbeard (Taika Waititi), and the rest of the Revenge's crew now that everyone has been divided into two separated groups.

]]> Mon, 02 Oct 2023 18:00:31 GMT https://collider.com/our-flag-means-death-season-2-david-jenkins-interview/ 50 years ago, a little girl's demonic possession launched a new film — and eventually an entire franchise — into the pantheon of horror greats with William Friedkin's The Exorcist. In the years since, the original 1973 film has spawned two sequels, two prequels, and a short-lived television series. Now, with the popularity of the horror genre, and classic horror franchises at an all-time high, Universal is bringing the world of The Exorcist back for a trilogy of sequel film, the first of which, The Exorcist: Believer, hits theaters on October 6.

]]> Mon, 02 Oct 2023 17:57:38 GMT https://collider.com/the-exorcist-believer-jason-blum-david-gordon-green-interview/ Warning: This interview contains spoilers for the entire first season of Castlevania: Nocturne.It's been more than two years since vampire-hunter Trevor Belmont and his allies, the mage Sypha and the half-human/half-vampire Alucard, defeated Death himself and got their happy ending in the Castlevania series finale. But as anyone who's played the popular series of Castlevania videogames knows, the timeline spans generations, with the Belmont family fighting Dracula and various demonic forces throughout history. So maybe it wasn't too big of a surprise when Netflix announced a sequel/spinoff series, Castlevania: Nocturne, the first season of which debuted in full on the streamer this week.

]]> Sun, 01 Oct 2023 23:29:33 GMT https://collider.com/castlevania-nocturne-kevin-kolde-sam-adam-deats-interview/ From Erin Lee Carr, the HBO Original documentary The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring digs into what motivated Rachel Lee and a group of her friends to break into celebrity homes, including those belonging to Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, in Hollywood in 2008 and 2009 to steal from them. Being branded as the mastermind and ringleader, this teenager from Calabasas who was driven by a need to be accepted and with mental health issues and addictions that reshaped her reality, is finally sharing her story, over 10 years and one prison sentence later.

]]> Sun, 01 Oct 2023 23:15:23 GMT https://collider.com/ringleader-bling-ring-documentary-director-erin-lee-carr-interview/ The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon sees the fan favorite character relocated to France, where he’s washed ashore and trying to figure out what comes next while navigating a very unfamiliar landscape. Along the way, Daryl (Norman Reedus) meets a nun (Clémence Poésy) with the goal of protecting a child named Laurent (Louis Puech Scigliuzzi) who’s in her care, and the trio find themselves on a very dangerous journey as they evade foes of both the human and walker variety, all with the hope that he’ll be able to find a way back home.

]]> Sun, 01 Oct 2023 23:13:58 GMT https://collider.com/the-walking-dead-daryl-dixon-romain-levi-lukerya-ilyashenko-interview/ Looking for a filmmaker on the rise you absolutely need to keep an eye on? Look no further than The Creator cinematographer Oren Soffer.

]]> Sun, 01 Oct 2023 21:47:20 GMT https://collider.com/the-creator-cinematographer-oren-soffer-interview/ There’s lots to love in every V/H/S film courtesy of the highly encouraged and well-supported unique filmmaking voices behind each segment. But, one specific part of these movies has emerged as the greatest challenge to tackle — the wraparound component, the segment that ties all the other pieces together.

]]> Sun, 01 Oct 2023 17:39:04 GMT https://collider.com/vhs-85-david-bruckner-interview-total-copy/ In Gareth Edwards’ (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) The Creator, the director utilizes filmmaking techniques he’s honed over the years since his first indie feature, Monsters. Starring John David Washington and an ensemble cast, this sci-fi epic’s journey to the big screen has the potential to change the game in Hollywood, and Edwards didn’t do it all alone. With the help of George Lucas’ renowned visual effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, this dystopian future is breathtaking on a budget, but achieving Edwards’ radical vision would require on and off-set diligence.

]]> Sun, 01 Oct 2023 16:58:29 GMT https://collider.com/the-creator-vfx-jay-cooper-andrew-roberts-interview/ When a renowned Hong Kong actor past the prime of his career aims to play the lead in an indie film, the journey into discovering a new side to his career leads to a shift in his life that he never expected. Andy Lau plays Lau Wai-Chi, the actor in question, in The Movie Emperor, a film that takes a satirical look at the modern movie landscape. Lau Wai-Chi, like Lau himself, is a prolific actor, one who has legions of fans and could live contently in his luxurious lifestyle. But, as an artist, he wants to strive for more. He looks at his colleagues and chafes at the lack of awards or the necessity to keep himself in perfect form. Directed by Ning Hao, who also plays the fictional director in the film, The Movie Emperor is a story about communication and perception. As the director and Lau aim for the prestige of foreign film festivals, they must also balance the nuances of the movie business. The two build a precarious house of cards that threatens to topple and dissolve all of their plans.

]]> Sun, 01 Oct 2023 16:34:48 GMT https://collider.com/the-movie-emperor-andy-lau-director-ning-hao-interview/ [Editor’s note: The following contains some spoilers for On Fire.]From co-director/co-writer Nick Lyon, the indie drama On Fire follows a family that suddenly finds their ordinary life threatened by an encroaching wildfire. When Dave Laughlin (Peter Facinelli, who’s also a co-director and producer on the film) is forced to escape through the enflamed surrounding countryside with his pregnant wife (Fiona Dourif) and their son (Asher Angel), they must rely on the guidance of a 911 operator long enough for the fire department to get them to safety.

]]> Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:34:08 GMT https://collider.com/peter-facinelli-on-fire-interview/ National Anthem marks Luke Gilford’s feature directorial debut, but based on how he and star Charlie Plummer describe their experience making the film, it seems as though he already knows precisely how to create the most supportive and creatively fulfilling environment on set.

]]> Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:30:22 GMT https://collider.com/charlie-plummer-interview-national-anthem-luke-gilford/ What is art? Is something only valuable when we decide that it’s valuable? Ah, now we’re talking. Directed by Nicol Paone and written by Jonathan Jacobson, The Kill Room is a comedy-infused thriller that follows Patrice (Uma Thurman), a down-on-her-luck art gallery owner who spends more time trying to please both her fading and potential clients than she does actually appreciating what they produce. Between the bills and the drugs, she is getting a bit desperate. Enter — quite unexpectedly — Samuel L. Jackson’s wise-cracking Gordon and his hitman colleague Reggie (Joe Manganiello), both of whom need a better, more creative way to launder money.

]]> Sat, 30 Sep 2023 16:20:34 GMT https://collider.com/the-kill-room-director-nicol-paone-interview/ The following interview contains light spoilers for Sex Education Season 4. The bittersweet end of the Netflix series Sex Education is now upon us as these horny teens have now grown into full on adults ready to take on the world. Integral to this fourth and final season was the work of intimacy coordinator David Thackeray who sat down for a conversation about his work, the creative value to what he does, and some of his favorite moments working on this show that he must now bid farewell to. As one more spoiler warning, there is some discussion of some key moments that take place towards the end.

]]> Sat, 30 Sep 2023 16:18:01 GMT https://collider.com/sex-education-intimacy-coordinator-interview-season-4/ If there’s one thing director Gareth Edwards’ experience with independent filmmaking taught him, it’s how to utilize your available resources efficiently. From his 2010 indie hit, Monsters, to gargantuan blockbusters like Godzilla and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Edwards put that knowledge to the test on The Creator, starring John David Washington, with a radical new way to turn the craft on its head after realizing that “in over a century, we've not changed a thing.”

]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2023 19:15:42 GMT https://collider.com/the-creator-director-gareth-edwards-interview/ [Editors Note: The following contains spoilers for No One Will Save You.]No One Will Save You is writer-director Brian Duffield’s sophomore feature film and proves no genre will box him in after 2020’s dark coming-of-age comedy Spontaneous received widely positive reviews. Starring Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart), No One Will Save You explores the horror and sci-fi genres through grief expounded by an alien invasion, and it does so without hardly uttering a word.

]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2023 17:43:02 GMT https://collider.com/brian-duffield-no-one-will-save-you-interview/ If you’re of a certain age and weren’t into Harry Potter growing up, you were undoubtedly a Percy Jackson & the Olympians kid. The middle grade series about a young boy with ADHD who discovers he’s the demigod son of a Greek god has been a massive hit since its inception in 2005 with The Lightning Thief, spawning (among other things) multiple spinoffs, two films, a Broadway musical, and a forthcoming Disney+ series starring Walker Scobell. The series continues to resonate with fans around the world, whether they’re twentysomethings who grew up with Percy or are just discovering him for the first time — and that fact isn’t lost on author Rick Riordan, who originally created the beloved series as bedtime stories for his son.

]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:36:04 GMT https://collider.com/rick-riordan-percy-jackson-chalice-of-the-gods-interview/ Wish, the latest musical adventure from Walt Disney Animation Studios, will introduce audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas and its 17-year-old resident idealist Asha (voiced by Ariana DeBose). Her mission to save her community from villainous ruler King Magnifico (voiced by Chris Pine) sends her on an unexpected journey, accompanied by her favorite pajama-wearing goat Valentino (voiced by Alan Tudyk), where Asha will learn from a cosmic ball of energy called Star that a little inner courage can go a long way.

]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:00:02 GMT https://collider.com/wish-movie-peter-del-vecho-juan-pablo-reyes-lancaster-jones-interview/ Wish, the latest musical adventure from Walt Disney Animation Studios, will introduce audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas and its 17-year-old resident idealist Asha (voiced by Ariana DeBose). Her mission to save her community from villainous ruler King Magnifico (voiced by Chris Pine) sends her on an unexpected journey, accompanied by her favorite pajama-wearing goat Valentino (voiced by Alan Tudyk), where Asha will learn from a cosmic ball of energy called Star that a little inner courage can go a long way.

]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:07:21 GMT https://collider.com/wish-movie-jennifer-lee-interview/ Wish, the latest musical adventure from Walt Disney Animation Studios, will introduce audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas and its 17-year-old resident idealist Asha (voiced by Ariana DeBose). Her mission to save her community from villainous ruler King Magnifico (voiced by Chris Pine) sends her on an unexpected journey, accompanied by her favorite pajama-wearing goat Valentino (voiced by Alan Tudyk), where Asha will learn from a cosmic ball of energy called Star that a little inner courage can go a long way.

]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:05:17 GMT https://collider.com/wish-movie-directors-chris-buck-fawn-veerasunthorn-interview/ From directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys for Life, Batgirl), Rebel tells the story of Kamal (Aboubakr Bensaihi), who leaves his family behind in Belgium to help war victims in Syria, but then finds himself forced to join ISIS. While Kamal falls deeper into the brutality of his new reality, his younger brother Nassim (Amir El Arbi) becomes easily manipulated by a recruiter looking to radicalize the next generation, and their mother (Lubna Azabal) must fight to protect him from the same fate as her eldest.

]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:55:07 GMT https://collider.com/rebel-directors-adil-el-arbi-bilall-fallah-interview/ From director Fintan Connolly, the Irish crime drama Barber follows private investigator Val Barber (Aidan Gillen), as he’s hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter. Dark secrets, corruption and family dysfunction keep throwing him off track, and when Barber finally does uncover the answers he’s seeking, the resolution is something he never saw coming.

]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:54:38 GMT https://collider.com/barber-aidan-gillen-interview/ The D’Amelio Show is a documentary-style series following the sisters and their parents navigating life in the public eye as a family. Charli and Dixie D'Amelio both rose to social media stardom in the midst of TikTok’s meteoric rise during the pandemic. Charli began posting dance videos on TikTok in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, and quickly became the most followed personality on Tik Tok until Khaby Lame claimed the title.

]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:14:32 GMT https://collider.com/the-damelio-show-charli-dixie-interview/ Producer Les Weldon knows a thing or two about action movies. He’s honed the craft since the mid-’90s before joining the Has Fallen series with Gerard Butler and serving as producer on this franchise since The Expendables in 2010. He has a passion for the story and a respect for action fans and audiences that makes him the perfect partner for the fourth Jason Statham-led entry, Expend4bles.

]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:59:24 GMT https://collider.com/expend4bles-producer-les-weldon-interview/ Love is Blind, hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey asks a simple question: Is love blind? Season 1 made it seem like it was, but the following seasons have proven that it may not be. Will this 5th season be any different? What connections will be built and solidified in these first few episodes? Aaliyah, Chris, Milton, and Taylor all found love, and some heartbreak in the pods. Collider had the opportunity to sit down with the four of them to learn more about the ups and downs of the pod life.

]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:35:38 GMT https://collider.com/love-is-blind-season-5-chris-milton-aaliyah-taylor-interview/ Editor's note: The below interview contains spoilers for the season finale of The Other Black Girl.

]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 21:05:32 GMT https://collider.com/the-other-black-girl-author-zakiya-dalila-harris-interview/ The Peacock three-part event series The Continental: From the World of John Wick delves into the origin behind the famous hotel for assassins in 1970s New York City. In search of his brother Frankie (Ben Robson), a young Winston Scott (Colin Woodell) finds himself entangled with a dangerous underworld where he must overcome his past, in order to become the man familiar to the John Wick universe.

]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:21:22 GMT https://collider.com/the-continental-producers-basil-iwanyk-erica-lee-interview/ In Brian Duffield's latest film, the sci-fi thriller No One Will Save You, a young woman named Brynn Adams (Kaitlyn Dever) lives a solidary existence, shunned by her community, until one day her quiet life is upended by the arrival of extra-terrestrials. And by the looks of things, they do not come in peace. In a surprising decision — one Duffield hopes will not dominate conversations around the film — the story is told entirely without dialogue, letting everything but the words convey the horror of Brynn's situation.

]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:49:53 GMT https://collider.com/no-one-will-save-you-director-brian-duffield-interview/ From creator Matthew A. Cherry, the Max Original animated series Young Love follows African American millennial parents Stephen Young (voiced by Scott Mescudi) and Angela Young (voiced by Issa Rae), as they figure out how to navigate the ups and downs of life with the demands of being a parent to their young daughter Zuri (voiced by Brooke Monroe Conaway). The success of the short film Hair Love and its Academy Award win has led to an expansion of the multi-generational story about what it takes to achieve your dreams while making a better life for your family.

]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 16:40:58 GMT https://collider.com/young-love-matthew-a-cherry-interview/ [Editor's note: The following contains some spoilers for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon.]The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon sees the fan favorite character relocated to France, where he’s washed ashore and trying to figure out what comes next while navigating a very unfamiliar landscape. Along the way, Daryl (Norman Reedus) meets a nun (Clémence Poésy) with the goal of protecting a child named Laurent (Louis Puech Scigliuzzi) who’s in her care, and the trio find themselves on a very dangerous journey as they evade foes of both the human and walker variety, all with the hope that he’ll be able to find a way back home.

]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 16:24:18 GMT https://collider.com/the-walking-dead-daryl-dixon-dan-percival-interview/ When you think of pop culture, one of the most synonymous figures associated with the cultural phenomenon is none other than beloved actor, comedian, and now food connoisseur Joel McHale. Years before winning audiences over in Community, McHale steered E!’s The Soup — one of the most iconic weekly clip shows rooted in satire, sarcasm, and consistently sharp commentary. Hailed by critics and fans alike as one of the funniest critiques on the state of television and all that pop culture entails between 2004 and 2015, McHale’s years of comedy and witty play-by-plays, diving deep into television, reality TV, and even commercials prepared him well for his next journey into the time capsuled chasm with Klondike Bar’s Hometown Contest.

]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 22:51:11 GMT https://collider.com/joel-mchale-klondike-interview/ Director Craig Gillespie’s last feature that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, I, Tonya, garnered a few Academy Award nominations and even took one home. This year, the filmmaker returned to the festival for another highly anticipated movie, Dumb Money, starring Paul Dano and Seth Rogen. Following the screening, Collider’s Steve Weintraub spoke with Gillespie about helming this timely biopic and how he managed to condense it into an outrageous, digestible riot.

]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 19:27:54 GMT https://collider.com/dumb-money-director-craig-gillespie-interview/ Editor's note: The below interview contains spoilers for the season finale of The Other Black Girl.

]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 18:00:27 GMT https://collider.com/the-other-black-girl-ending-change-executive-producers-interview/ At this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Colman Domingo (Candyman) joins co-writer and producer Clint Bentley and costars Clarence Maclin and Paul Raci (Sound of Metal) to celebrate their film Sing Sing from director Greg Kwedar. The crew stopped by Collider’s studio at the Cinema Center by MARBL to talk with editor-in-chief Steve Weintraub about bringing such an important film to audiences and the potential it has to raise awareness for serious issues within the prison system.

]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:09:43 GMT https://collider.com/sing-sing-colman-domingo-interview-tiff/ At this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, the mind behind the Israeli series that inspired HBO’s Euphoria, screenwriter Ron Leshem, visited Collider’s studio at the Cinema Center by MARBL to talk with Editor-in-chief Steve Weintraub about co-creating his latest series Bad Boy. Leshem joins series director and co-creator Hagar Ben-Asher to discuss bringing this true story to life and the creative liberties inspired by the man himself.

]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:59:13 GMT https://collider.com/bad-boy-ron-leshem-hagar-ben-asher-interview-tiff/ Director Thomas Napper and producer and star Haley Bennett (Swallow) premiered their film, Widow Clicquot, at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. To discuss this female-driven story, the duo sit down with Collider’s Steve Weintraub at the studio in the Cinema Center by MARB and dig into the passion of both winemaking and cinema.

]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:44:25 GMT https://collider.com/widow-clicquot-haley-bennett-director-thomas-napper-interview-tiff/ For the third Hercule Poirot film in the Agatha Christie-inspired trilogy, A Haunting in Venice, director and lead Kenneth Branagh reunited with long-time collaborator and cinematographer Haris Zambarloukos. Having worked his magic behind the camera for the first two films, Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, Collider’s Steve Weintraub spoke with Zambarloukos about the challenges unique to this Poirot mystery and what changed since their last cinematic sleuth.

]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:21:50 GMT https://collider.com/a-haunting-in-venice-cinematographer-haris-zambarloukos-interview/ Over 20 years ago, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez unleashed the Spy Kids franchise to the world, full of action and a surprising ensemble cast for a family feature. The movie, starring Antonio Banderas, Alan Cumming, Danny Trejo, and more, would go on to inspire a series of high-stakes missions with kids leading the charge. Now, Rodriguez reunites with Netflix after his 2020 Pedro Pascal-led We Can Be Heroes to reboot the beloved series with Spy Kids: Armageddon. Before its release, Collider’s Steve Weintraub spoke to the co-writer, director, cinematographer, and editor about the VFX, working with the kid heroes of the movie, and sequels!

]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:09:28 GMT https://collider.com/spy-kids-armageddon-director-robert-rodriguez-interview/ Taking the Toronto International Film Festival back to the heyday of horror in the ‘80s with Hell of a Summer, directing duo Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk stopped by Collider’s studio at the Cinema Center by MARBL to talk with Editor-in-chief Steve Weintraub about their directorial debut. Joined by stars Fred Hechinger (The White Lotus) and Abby Quinn (Radium Girls), the quartet discusses the behind-the-scenes of their genre mash-up from influences to favorite scenes.

]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 22:06:52 GMT https://collider.com/finn-wolfhard-hell-of-a-summer-interview-tiff/ If you’ve seen Yellowjackets, you’re already well aware that Sophie Nélisse is a powerhouse performer. (One that deserved an Emmy nomination, in fact!) But if you’re looking for even more proof that she can command the screen and function as the beating heart of a hugely emotional film in a challenging role, then you’re going to want to see her latest feature film, Irena’s Vow.

]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:43:24 GMT https://collider.com/yellowjackets-sophie-nelisse-interview-irenas-vow/ If you could take a test that’d confirm you and your partner share true love, would you do it? What if that test demanded you give up a fingernail? Would you still want a coveted true love certificate? Those are some of the questions Christos Nikou’s second feature film, Fingernails, poses.

]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 17:20:36 GMT https://collider.com/fingernails-director-interview/ For his second feature with the Toronto International Film Festival, filmmaker Alexander Payne (Election) joined Collider’s Steve Weintraub in our studio at the Cinema Center by MARBL to talk all about bringing The Holdovers to the big screen. Starring Paul Giamatti, this holiday comedy reunites the director and Giamatti after their Oscar-winning team-up in Payne’s 2004 film, Sideways.

]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:16:24 GMT https://collider.com/the-holdovers-director-alexander-payne-interview-tiff/ [The following contains spoilers for The Zone of Interest.]On its somber journey through the festival circuit, Jonathan Glazer’s (Under the Skin) historical drama The Zone of Interest was screened at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. To discuss this heavy project, co-star Christian Friedel (13 Minutes) stopped by Collider’s studio at the Cinema Center by MARBL to sit down with Editor-in-chief Steve Weintraub.

]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2023 18:43:11 GMT https://collider.com/the-zone-of-interest-christian-friedel-interview-tiff/ Between Once, Begin Again, and Sing Street, John Carney has already proven he’s one of the strongest voices in the movie musical space, but now he further confirms it with his latest release, Flora and Son, which premieres in select theaters on September 22nd and on Apple TV on September 29th.

]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:31:23 GMT https://collider.com/flora-and-son-john-carney-interview/ The Little Mermaid costume designer Colleen Atwood and filmmaker Rob Marshall have a working relationship that has already spanned more than 20 years, after first joining forces on Chicago (which won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Costume Design, among others). Immersing herself in nautical and marine research and taking inspiration from the life within the Seven Season and the colors of the ocean, Atwood created stand-out looks for all the inhabitants of this much beloved world, from the humans to the merfolk to the story’s tentacled villain.

]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:58:39 GMT https://collider.com/the-little-mermaid-costume-designer-colleen-atwood-interview/ When Underworld first premiered on September 19, 2003, it represented a beginning not just in terms of helping to reinvent the monster movie but also what it signified for those both in front of and behind the camera. For lead Kate Beckinsale, it was the first opportunity she'd have to kick ass as an action heroine, with her career mostly having consisted of period dramas and sweeping romantic films up until that point. For director Len Wiseman, who had only helmed ads for companies like Sony and music videos for artists like Megadeth, it was the opportunity to help bring the story he'd first helped to construct alongside Kevin Grevioux and Danny McBride into reality. At the time that Underworld went into production, no one could have envisioned the sort of cultural juggernaut it would go on to become, with four more movies released over a span of 13 years, as well as a short film and even a video game. There's even been more recent talk of reviving the Underworld realm by means of a TV show, which Wiseman is set to develop — though when it'll officially debut on the small screen has yet to be confirmed.

]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2023 12:01:26 GMT https://collider.com/underworld-director-len-wiseman-interview/ Filmmaker Ivan Sen returns to the Toronto International Film Festival with this year’s Limbo, starring Simon Baker, Natasha Wanganeen, and Rob Collins. Baker, who serves as executive producer and star of the film, also returns to the festival where he premiered his 2017 directorial debut Breath and sits down with Collider’s Steve Weintraub in our studio at the Cinema Center by MARBL to discuss working with Sen on this indie “Outback noir” in only 16 days.

]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2023 05:55:02 GMT https://collider.com/simon-baker-limbo-interview-tiff/ As though making a first feature isn’t hard enough, Moritz Mohr opted to make his directorial debut a film that incorporates a multitude of genres, a significant amount of world-building, and a slew of very ambitious and bloody action set pieces.

]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 20:06:33 GMT https://collider.com/boy-kills-world-director-interview-cheese-grater/ Academy Award-nominee Ethan Hawke returns to the director’s chair for Wildcat, a biographical drama on the life of a young Flannery O’Connor he co-wrote, which celebrated its second screening at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Along with executive producer and star Maya Hawke (Asteroid City) and Ethan, Editor-in-Chief Steve Weintraub sat down with the father and daughter to discuss their film at Collider’s studio in the Cinema Center by MARBL to talk about their work dynamic and bringing this American writer’s life to the silver screen.

]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 17:44:36 GMT https://collider.com/ethan-hawke-maya-hawke-wildcat-interview-tiff/ You only need to spend mere seconds with Martin Kove to pick up on the fact that he’s one of the biggest western fans on the planet. He watches them, has been in them, and even effectively infuses his non-western characters with qualities from the genre. On top of that, Kove is driven to share that passion with others and broaden the genre’s fanbase, and he’s doing just that via a western of his own, a project that he’s working on with his son, Jesse Kove.

]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 16:00:13 GMT https://collider.com/martin-kove-interview-prodigal-son-comic-book-series/ Kitchen Nightmares has been off the air since 2014, outside occasional re-runs and streaming services. The series came to a close in 2014 at Gordon Ramsay’s request, as he later shared with Entertainment Weekly:

]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:43:16 GMT https://collider.com/kitchen-nightmares-david-de-angelis-return-interview/ [Editor's note: The following contains some spoilers for A Million Miles Away.]From director Alejandra Márquez Abella, the inspirational real-life story A Million Miles Away follows the journey José Hernandez (Michael Peña) took from migrant farm worker to NASA flight engineer. From a rural village in Mexico to the fields of the San Joaquin Valley, achieving the dream of traveling to space seemed like an impossible goal to reach, but the drive and determination of one man, along with the support of his family and loved ones, beat the most seemingly insurmountable odds and proved that the possibilities of life truly can be endless.

]]> Sun, 17 Sep 2023 20:50:27 GMT https://collider.com/a-million-miles-away-director-alejandra-marquez-abella-interview/ This interview was conducted before the ongoing SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes.After ten episodes, we are now at the temporary end of Apple TV+'s science fiction gem of a show Foundation as its second season just came to a close with a whole lot happening. The one experiencing much of this was Lou Llobell's Gaal Dornick who has been carrying the weight of her universe on her shoulders from the very beginning. We spoke to Llobell about her character, how her relationship to Hari Seldon has changed, and how she's too smart to put all her trust in him.

]]> Sun, 17 Sep 2023 19:51:13 GMT https://collider.com/foundation-season-two-lou-llobell-interview/