On the September 5, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Hoai-Tran Bui, Jacob Hall and Brad Oman to talk about Force Friday and Killer Klowns from Outer Space. In the news we discuss The Crow reboot, It sequel plans, and Joker film casting. And in the Mail Bag we talk about seeing movies multiple times in theaters. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (here is […]
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- 9/5/2017
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
On the /Film Daily podcast for August 9, 2017, Peter Sciretta is joined by Ben Pearson and Brad Oman stop by the water cooler to discuss Ozark, Millarworld, and movie snack hacks. In the news we talk about Avatar sequels casting, DuckTales/Darkwing Duck crossover, a new ship in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, another 24 reboot, David Letterman’s return to television, a […]
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- 8/9/2017
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
2017-07-05T14:46:36-07:00Trump Feud Is Huge Ratings Win for 'Morning Joe'
If there's a silver lining to President Donald Trump's crass public commentary about MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski and her Morning Joe colleague, Joe Scarborough, it's that viewers are apparently quite interested in their side of the story. Ratings for the A.M. talker surged before the July 4 holiday weekend, securing a rare victory over main competitor Fox & Friends.
Viewership for Friday's Morning Joe climbed 66 percent from the most recent quarterly average, with an average 1.66 million tuning in — per Nielsen Media. In the news demographic of adults 25-54, the show was up even more (73 percent) to an average 408,000. Both stats were enough to push it above typical time slot victor Fox & Friends.
Morning Joe and the rest of the MSNBC lineup, as well as much of cable news landscape, has already been enjoying a helluva year.
If there's a silver lining to President Donald Trump's crass public commentary about MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski and her Morning Joe colleague, Joe Scarborough, it's that viewers are apparently quite interested in their side of the story. Ratings for the A.M. talker surged before the July 4 holiday weekend, securing a rare victory over main competitor Fox & Friends.
Viewership for Friday's Morning Joe climbed 66 percent from the most recent quarterly average, with an average 1.66 million tuning in — per Nielsen Media. In the news demographic of adults 25-54, the show was up even more (73 percent) to an average 408,000. Both stats were enough to push it above typical time slot victor Fox & Friends.
Morning Joe and the rest of the MSNBC lineup, as well as much of cable news landscape, has already been enjoying a helluva year.
- 7/5/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
After all the outrage and chest-thumping, about 3.5 million viewers watched Megyn Kelly poke holes in Infowars poobah Jones’ conspiracy-theory schtick on Sunday primetime according to early stats – which would be her smallest crowd to date on her new NBC newsmag. In the news demo, Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly clocked a 0.7 rating, also her smallest stats yet for Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly. NBC noted Kelly’s radioactive interview, which had been a top media story for…...
- 6/19/2017
- Deadline TV
On Saturday afternoon, an Arkansas sheriff announced a 9-year-old boy’s body has been found, making him the fourth member of his family found dead this week, authorities confirmed to 4029 News.
Reilly Scarbrough’s body was discovered in a wooded area near Hatfield in western Arkansas, according to Associated Press. The discovery follows his 2-year-old sister Acelynn Wester’s body being recovered Friday. The children’s mother, Bethany Jo Wester, 43, was found dead in a creek on Tuesday, and her uncle Steven Payne, 66, was found dead Thursday in a home in Hatfield, according to AP.
The two children were the...
Reilly Scarbrough’s body was discovered in a wooded area near Hatfield in western Arkansas, according to Associated Press. The discovery follows his 2-year-old sister Acelynn Wester’s body being recovered Friday. The children’s mother, Bethany Jo Wester, 43, was found dead in a creek on Tuesday, and her uncle Steven Payne, 66, was found dead Thursday in a home in Hatfield, according to AP.
The two children were the...
- 4/30/2017
- by Katherine Richter
- PEOPLE.com
From Illumination and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, the global animated musical hit, Sing arrived on Digital HD on March 3, 2017and on Special Edition on 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™ 3D, Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand on March 21, 2017. The music-filled comedy will include over 60-minutes of bonus content and will incorporate three all-new entertaining mini movies featuring the cast from Sing as well as an exclusive Tori Kelly music video and a variety of musical extras.
Here’s the Sing Special Edition Trailer:
Now, you can own the Sing Blu-ray. Wamg has ten copies to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment answering this question: What is your favorite movie starring Reese Witherspoon? (mine is Election). It’s so easy!
Good Luck!
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be A Us Resident. Prize Will Only Be Shipped To Us Addresses. No P.O. Boxes. No Duplicate Addresses.
2. Winners Will Be Chosen From All Qualifying Entries.
Here’s the Sing Special Edition Trailer:
Now, you can own the Sing Blu-ray. Wamg has ten copies to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment answering this question: What is your favorite movie starring Reese Witherspoon? (mine is Election). It’s so easy!
Good Luck!
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be A Us Resident. Prize Will Only Be Shipped To Us Addresses. No P.O. Boxes. No Duplicate Addresses.
2. Winners Will Be Chosen From All Qualifying Entries.
- 3/21/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
NBC’s Meet the Press with Chuck Todd won the February sweep in total viewers and all key demographics. This is the Sunday Beltway show’s first across-the-board February sweep win in three years. An average of 4.05 million total viewers tuned into Mtp – its biggest February derby crowd in nine years. The Nbs show beat CBS' Face the Nation (3.72M), ABC's This Week (3.33M) and Fox News Sunday (1.67M). In the news demo, Mtp averaged 1.23 million viewers, to This Week‘s 904K, F…...
- 2/28/2017
- Deadline TV
Love is in the air! And this Valentine’s Day Universal Pictures Home Entertainment would like to share a special first-look at an all new mini-movie, “Love at First Sight,” which will be featured on the home entertainment release of Sing when it arrives on Digital HD March 3, and will be available on 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™ 3D, Blu-ray™, DVD, and On Demand March 21. Swipe right for a cute, romantic look into the life of Miss Crawly (voiced by writer/director Garth Jennings), and find two more exciting original mini-movies from Illumination Entertainment featured on the Sing Special Edition when it releases.
Featuring the incredibly talented ensemble voice cast of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Seth MacFarlane, John C. Reilly, and Tori Kelly, Sing is the perfect musical comedy for the whole family!
Check out the “Love at First Sight” mini-movie teaser for Sing:
Illumination and...
Featuring the incredibly talented ensemble voice cast of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Seth MacFarlane, John C. Reilly, and Tori Kelly, Sing is the perfect musical comedy for the whole family!
Check out the “Love at First Sight” mini-movie teaser for Sing:
Illumination and...
- 2/15/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Updated with Fox Business News ratings: Fox News Channel celebrates its 15 consecutive years as the country’s most watched cable news network. The news network founded during Bill Clinton's presidency that climbed to No. 1 during Bush’s administration, in January, Fnc clocked 2.9 million primetime viewers and 1.8 million in total day. In the news demo, Fnc in primetime logged 574K 25-54 year-old viewers and 375K in total day. CNN, meanwhile, averaged 1.172M primetime…...
- 1/31/2017
- Deadline TV
Fox News Channel's debut of Tucker Carlson Tonight on Monday clocked the network's biggest audience of the year in the 7 Pm Et time slot. In the news demo, Carlson’s unveiling snagged the second-highest performance of the calendar year in the slot, behind only last Thursday’s post-election coverage, guest-hosted by Martha MacCallum. Carlson delivered 3.7 million viewers. Of that crowd, 750,000 fell into the news demo, ages 25-54. Carlson, whose show replaced On the Record…...
- 11/15/2016
- Deadline TV
ABC’s World News Tonight snagged the largest overall audience for the first two weeks of the 2016-17 TV season, marking the first time on that in 17 years. The David Muir-anchored newscast clocked nearly 8.3M viewers during Debate Week, besting NBC Nightly News’s 7.9M and CBS Evening News’s 6.6M on all five week nights. Lester Holt’s NBC newscast dominated Debate Week among the 25-54 year olds who are the currency of news programming ad sales. In the news demo, Holt’s…...
- 10/4/2016
- Deadline TV
Neil Cavuto returned to his hosting duties, after a three-month medical leave of absence to undergo open heart surgery, and viewers turned out. On Fox Business Network, Cavuto: Coast to Coast clocked 170K total viewers – a 28% spike since going on leave. In the news demo, his return week’s 21K marked a 17% jump. From noon-1 Pm Cavuto bested CNBC’s Fast Money Halftime Report for the first time in overall audience (181K vs. 178K, respectively). On Fnc, Your World with Neil C…...
- 9/13/2016
- Deadline TV
The Brazilian critic-turned-filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho has followed up his prize-winning debut Neighboring Sounds with the tremendous melodrama Aquarius, which premiered this year in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Told with the director's beautifully formed storytelling, Aquarius follows the saga of a famous music critic (a remarkable performance by Sonia Braga) who is the remaining holdout in the once-luxurious apartment complex Aquarius, fighting a new wave of development in the city of Recife. Notebook: In the news right now there are a lot of stories about corruption in Brazil and your film seems to touch upon that: themes of nepotism and family. I wonder how much of the contemporary situation you wanted to channel through this story of the apartment.Kleber MENDONÇA Filho: It’s a little hard to answer the question the way you put it because, not the current political situation, because it was impossible to predict even a year ago.
- 9/13/2016
- MUBI
Brian Williams’ return to TV news program hosting attracted 1.007M viewers, with 242K viewers in the news demographic. In overall audience, Monday’s debut of The 11th Hour with Brian Williams secured a 52% improvement for the timeslot compared with 2016 to date. In the news demo, the slot came out 34% ahead of the game, calendar year to date. Compared with the slot’s August average, Williams’ 11th Hour unveiling was up 6% in total viewers (950K) and 1% in the news demo…...
- 9/8/2016
- Deadline TV
The launch of the Legends & Lies franchise’s Season 2, Legends & Lies: The Patriots delivered 1.44M Sunday at 8 Pm. In the news demo, the season starter scored 202,000. In total viewers, it was the night’s No. 1 ranked cable news program. In the news demo, it was No. 1 in its timeslot among the cable news nets. The season two premiere, which chronicled the start of the American revolution with Paul Revere and Sam Adams, was up 39% in total viewers and a whopping 96% in…...
- 6/8/2016
- Deadline TV
About 900K viewers caught W. Kamau Bell’s visit with the Ku Klux Klan on the debut of his new CNN series United Shades of America Sunday night at 9 Pm Et. Kamau & Kkk got edged out by Fox News’ 888K in the timeslot, but torched MSNBC’s 292K. In the news demo, Bell clocked No. 1 in timeslot among cable news networks with 361K viewers aged 25-54 – 93% more viewers than Fox News’s 187K and 668% ahead of MSNBC’s 47K. Among all CNN Original Series season premieres, last…...
- 4/25/2016
- Deadline TV
Donald Trump delivered another ratings win last night, this time for CNN which finished first from 9-10 Pm in total viewers and in the news demo with its Trump town hall. Trump, and family, averaged 2.154M viewers, starring in AC360 Trump Family Town Hall. Fox News Channel followed with 1M viewers and MSNBC with 1.2M. In the news demo, the Anderson Cooper-hosted Trump family sit-down clocked 570K viewers, to Fnc’s 348K and MSNBC’s 330K. Among the highlights of the…...
- 4/13/2016
- Deadline TV
The Lester Holt-anchored NBC Nightly News logged 8.8 million viewers last night, topping the David Muir-anchored World News Tonight (8M) on ABC, and the Scott Pelley-helmed CBS Evening News (7.2M). In the news demo, 25-54 years, NBC's newscast (2.2M) also topped ABC's (1.8M) and CBS' (1.7M). All three newscasts were expanded to a full hour, reporting more fully on yesterday morning's Isis bombings in Brussels, but Nielsen rated each program's regular half-hour time slot…...
- 3/23/2016
- Deadline TV
CNN's full-primetime special of interviews with each of the five presidential candidates logged 1.8 million viewers last night. In the news demo, the special, which included live and taped interviews with the remaining Dem and Gop candidates, clocked 592K news demo viewers, edging past Fnc’s 588K. In overall haul, CNN’s special trailed Fox News Channel’s 8-11 Pm 2.8M viewers. Meanwhile, MSNBC averaged 1.072 total viewers in primetime last night, and 269K news demo…...
- 3/22/2016
- Deadline TV
Lester Holt won his first November sweep as anchor of NBC Nightly News. In the news demo the November sweep win is NBC News’ 18th of the last 19. Today’s ratings results are good news for NBC; last year, ABC World News Tonight With David Muir won the November sweep in the news demo – ABC’s first such win in 18 years. That marked Muir’s first sweep as anchor of the ABC newscast; he officially took over for Diane Sawyer in September of ’14. That November sweep also marked…...
- 12/2/2015
- Deadline TV
Fox Business Network scored its highest-rated business day ever the day after hosting the Gop debate. On Wednesday, Fbn pulled in 192,000 total viewers for the 9 Am-5 Pm business day. That’s a 98% jump compared with the previous day, aka debate day. In the news demo of ages 25-54, Fbn scored 45,000 viewers during Wednesday’s business day – a 221% increase – which put it ahead of rival CNBC for business day in that metric, by 13%, for the first time ever. (In total…...
- 11/12/2015
- Deadline TV
Updated with final stats: The 13.5 million viewers who watched Fox Business Network’s Gop debate last night set another best-ever record for the debate-hosting cable news network. It also was the second most watched TV program of the night on cable or broadcast, behind only – you know it’s coming, CBS’s NCIS, which logged 16.7 million viewers. In the news demo, 25-54 year olds, the debate snagged 3.6M viewers to NCIS’s 4.1M. Thanks to debate interest, Fbc boasted the…...
- 11/11/2015
- Deadline TV
Read More: Why Michael Keaton 'Doesn't Want Your F*cking Opinion' In the News Although his first feature film, "The Fifth Estate," didn't meet screenwriter Josh Singer's expectations — a fact he readily admits — it did help pave the way for his latest film, Tom McCarthy's "Spotlight." Singer came to feature films from a television-centric background, including turns at both "The West Wing" and "Fringe." When he wrote the Julian Assange biopic "The Fifth Estate," he wanted to provide a deeper look at the functionality of journalism itself. That goal is readily apparent in "Spotlight," the true story of the Boston Globe's uncovering of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal in the early aughts. Complete with a star-studded cast, including Mark Ruffalo, John Slattery, Liev Schreiber, Rachel McAdams, Stanley Tucci and many more, "Spotlight" is already getting plenty of awards chatter, but that's not the only...
- 11/4/2015
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Read More: Why Michael Keaton 'Doesn't Want Your F*cking Opinion' In the News Open Road Films is gearing up for the November 6 release of "Spotlight" with a new television spot that highlights the film's great ensemble cast and its even greater critical reviews. From writer-director Tom McCarthy ("The Station Agent," "Win Win"), "Spotlight" tells the true story of the Boston Globe's investigation of sex abuse within the Catholic Church. When the story broke in 2002, it sent shockwaves throughout the world and earned the reporting team the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams and Brian d'Arcy James play the four journalists on the eponymous Spotlight team, while John Slattery, Stanley Tucci and Liev Schreiber round out the main cast. Ever since earning widespread acclaim at Venice, Telluride and Tiff earlier this year, its awards prospects have been...
- 10/29/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt clocked another win, with its biggest audience since March and hit a five-week high in the news demo thanks to its 5% gain versus same week last year. Holt’s newscast clocked 8.6 million viewers, besting ABC World News with David Muir’s 8.5 million and CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley’s 7.2M In the news demo, Holt’s 2.04M edged out Muir’s 1.96M and Pelley’s 1.64M. ABC notes its newscast is delivering its strongest total-viewer start to…...
- 10/6/2015
- Deadline TV
Madonna must make D.C. weatherman, Mike Thomas, want to express how he feels 'cause he couldn't resist inserting lyrics of her songs into his weather forecast. In the news studio, time goes by so slowly so Mike spiced things up with his pop queen references. Let's get to it, strike a pose, there's nothing to it just watch this Madonna-tastic video. Read more...
- 9/14/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
An object is never just an object in a Jean-Pierre Jeunet film, every artifact visible in his frames represents a piece of his wondrous imagination transmuted into its tangible form. Assertively, Jeunet refers to the collection of elements that compose a film not as a toolbox, but as a toy box in which every vibrant component serves a purpose to create a greater treasure. The auteur revels in the enchanting playfulness of his craft and propels it to new inventive heights with painstaking artistry. Each magical thought populates his worlds like unexpected gifts waiting to be continuously discovered with every viewing.
Such meticulously devotion for detail is as prevalent in the physical elements that construct his narrative as in the characters that emanate from his boundless ingenuity. Delightfully offbeat and adorned with endearingly eccentric qualities, they are all idiosyncratic children of his dark preoccupations and uplifting fantasies. From Amélie Poulain and her mission to spread joy, to Louison’s quirky quest for love in “Delicatessen,” or Mathilde’s unbreakable hope in “A Very Long Engagement," and even T.S. Spivet’s desire to use his genius for practical purposes to bond with his family. Each one struggling to achieve a triumph much bigger than themselves, while roaming Jeunet’s sublimely beautiful spaces.
Jeunet is magician who channels his visionary powers into stylistic marvels and poignant storytelling. Therefore, when after several years of arduous work he releases a new feature, it becomes a major event for cinema lovers around the world. Unsurprisingly, when I found out his most recent film was finally being in released stateside an overwhelming feeling of excitement took over me. However, it was strange that I had not heard anything about this release until the week of. It was only when searching that week’s releases that “The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet” appeared – two years after its original release in most countries.
On The Weinstein Company’s official site there was no mention of the film, neither on their Facebook page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. It was as if they had no association with Jeunet’s film, yet it was well known that the company had acquired the rights early on. The director had been verbal about the uncertainty of the film’s U.S. release due to Harvey Weinstein’s desire to create his own cut of the film. Still, I refused to believe that a film by such an important filmmaker could simply be quietly dumped into theaters without any effort to promote it.
TWC never replied to any of my emails, and every PR person and fellow journalist I asked had no idea the film was even scheduled to open that week on Friday July 31st. After tracking down Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s French representatives, they pointed me to Gaumont, the French distributor and sales agent that handled the film. Both mentioned that neither they nor Mr. Jeunet were even aware of the U.S. release. “As you know, the worst or the best can happen with TWC. For this release we definitely face the worst,” added one them.
It’s outrageous and insulting to think that a filmmaker of Jeunet’s caliber still has to endure a distributor’s pressures to reedit a film or face retribution that directly affects the release of his work in a major market. Unfortunately, in the spectrum of Harvey Weinstein’s vengeful antics this has not been the worst. Regardless of whether or not critics dislike Olivier Dahan's “Grace of Monaco,” it’s ludicrous to think that the film that opened the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, starring Nicole Kidman, and bought by one of the U.S. most important distributors, could end up premiering on Lifetime. This paints a scary picture for filmmakers, as it seems that in order to receive a successful release from certain distributors they must compromise their artistic integrity.
To discuss this terrible occurrence and the film itself, Mr. Jeunet graciously agreed to speak with me via Skype from Europe. Despite the circumstances, it was a dreamlike experience to have the opportunity to chat with one of cinema’s greatest directors, whose films have filled so many with mesmerizing wonder.
Once I had introduced myself and thanked him for his time, Mr. Jeunet began the interview inquiring about the release of his latest film "The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet," which is ironically his most American work to date and has been blatantly disowned by its U.S. distributor.
Read More: Jeunet's Disarmingly Imaginative 'The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet' Analyzes American Duality with Dark Undertones and Awe-Inspiring 3D Cinematography
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Have you seen the film?
Aguilar: Yes, I've seen it twice now.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Did you see it in 3D?
Aguilar: Yes, I was lucky enough to be able to see it on the big screen and in 3D
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Where did you see it?
Aguilar: I went to the only theater in L.A. playing the film in 3D, the Downtown Independent.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: How many theaters in L.A. are playing "T.S. Spivet"? Is it only playing in one theater?
Aguilar: I think about 4 or 5 theaters in total, but only one of those played it in 3D.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: But there was no advertisement, no commercials, no promotion, no nothing, right? So I suppose the theaters were empty.
Aguilar: Yes, sadly there were only a few people there. I'm not sure if you are aware but the U.S trailer for the film came out on Thursday July 30th, just a day before the release. Nobody knew about the release as there were no press screening, a press release, or even any mention of the film in The Weinstein Company’s website. I found out the film was opening by chance. TWC was not replying to any press inquiries related to your film. Were you aware of any of this?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Absolutely not. We learned about this by chance because they have a contract with Netflix. The contract says that you have to release the film in 100 theaters, no more and no less. This is the only reason they released the film, to keep that contract and keep a good relationship with Netflix. It's also probably because Harvey Weinstein is still pissed off because I refused to reedit my film. "T.S. Spivet" is a fake American movie because it's a movie produced in Europe and Canada, so I have the final cut. I always choose this specifically to avoid this kind of problem, but with Mr. Weinstein you never avoid this kind of problem, of course [Laughs]. You know, we had exactly the same story with "Delicatessen," a long time a go. With "Amelie" he wanted me to reedit it, but because it was a success he decided to release the film in the same version as Europe. He wanted Caro and me to reedit "Delicatessen" but we said, "Ok. We have another idea for a modification, you cut our names out of the credits," so they never cut "Delicatessen" either. However, "Delicatessen" only became a success on video because it had a very bad theatrical release. But this release of "T.S. Spivet" is just a caricature. [Laughs].
Aguilar: This is your most American film, which could have had a better chance with audiences here in the U.S. It's in English and you have big names like Helena Bonham Carter and Judy Davis. It's a shame the release took so long and was handled like this.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: It was an American movie. Kyle Catlett, the kid, is from New Jersey. He is an American kid. It's a pity because this is my only American movie and it was not distributed in the U.S. Now it's being distributed but not under good conditions. It's also a pity because when Harvey Weinstein signed the deal he said, "We will do something even better than with 'Amelie'" and when he learned I didn't want to modify the film he gave up because he wanted to reedit the film. He needs that to survive. He is like a dog who needs to pee on a tree.
Aguilar: What did he want you to cut or modify? Was it about the darker undertones in the film?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: We don't know! It's a question of principle. He doesn't even know it himself probably. He needs to give the film to an American editor and say, "Do something!" There is not a specific problem, he just needs to reedit the film. He does that with every movie except "The Artist." You know why? Michel Hazanavicius told me it was because the score was part of the entire film and matched the entire film. If Harvey Weinstein had reedited the film he would have had to rerecord the whole score one more time and it would have been very expensive. So he didn't reedit the film [Laughs]. It was very clever of Hazanavicius in fact.
Aguilar: Were you angry that the film wasn't getting released in the U.S. for so long?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: I was very sad, not angry, but very sad. Now it's been two years and I accept it. You can never deal with Mr. Weinstein. Of course I didn't do that, it was Gaumont the French distributor. Other U.S. distributors wanted "T.S. Spivet" and when they told me that Weinstein wanted it I told them, "Be careful, because we know him and he will want to reedit." They said, "No, no, he will respect your film. He knows that. He won't touch a frame." Of course, he cheats all the time.
Aguilar: Now tell me about the film. I know it's been two years, so hopefully you remember the details. But since you never got the chance to do any U.S. press for the films, I'm sure people want to know more. How did you become aware of the book? It feels like a perfect match. It's like if the book was written exactly for your sensibilities.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: I have a reader. He read the book and said it was for me. I was in Australia shooting some commercials and he send me the book and told me, "Read as soon as as possible because it's a book for you." Maybe it was a book too much for me because it's very close to my own preoccupations. I knew it wasn't going to be too easy because the main character is a kid and it's not a film for kids. That's probably the reason it wasn't a huge success everywhere. It's always the same story with films with kids, like the Stephen Daldry movie,"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," or the Terry Gilliam's movie, "Time Bandits." Every time that you have the main character be a kid it's not so easy.
Aguilar: I feel there's a connection between T.S. Spivet and Amelie Poulain. They both have this broken relationship with their parents after a tragic event and they are both incredibly creative. Is that something that drew you into the book?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Yeah. You know, when I met Reif Larsen, the author of the novel, he told me, "When I saw 'Amelie' I had the feeling that someone had scratched my head." We have he same feelings, we use the same references, and we are now very close. He is kind of like a son to me.
Aguilar: Do you feel like you gravitate to these type of characters and stories whether you are writing them or adapting them?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: It's very difficult to find a story for a feature because you are going to spend 3 or 4 years of your life on it. In some ways the story of T.S is always the same story of all my films. It's a story of a kid fighting against a monster. That's the theme of all my films. But this one was an opportunity to make something different for me because it was in English and with big American landscapes. It was also the opportunity to shoot in 3D because T.S. Spivet's objects or creations were an opportunity to create something original in 3D, so I was very happy to make this adaptation.
Aguilar: Tell me about working in 3D. It feels like today films use it in a gratuitous way or simply for commercial purposes, but in "T.S. Spivet" there is a specific reason for its use and it's always motivated by the story.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Absolutely, it was part of the concept from the beginning. During the writing and during the storyboard process I was thinking about 3D. It wasn't just a commercial reason because it's complicated, especially when you are picky. You spend a lot of time on it and you lose some time on set, you lose some time during the post-production to fix every detail to avoid, for example, anything that could cause headaches. We made something, I would say, almost perfect technically, although it's never perfect but it's not bad. We had the stereographer Demetri Portelli, he worked on "Hugo," the Scorsese movie.
Aguilar: So you got the best of the best in terms of 3D
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Yes, and we got every award related to 3D. We got three or four awards. One from the Advance Imaging Society, one from Camerimage, one Lumiere Award, and we got the French César for the Cinematography. We got a lot of awards for both the cinematography and the use of 3D.
Aguilar: For me the film is about a certain American duality, the one driven by intellectual pursuits, modernity, and invention, and the other that's more traditional, rural, and almost mythical. T.S.'s father is a cowboy and his mother is a scientist, but he is in between these two realities. .
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Yes. In someways I am T.S. Spivet because, like him, I love to draw sketches and to create some inventions. Sometimes I win an award like he does. I don't take the train - I'm afraid of trains - but I take an airplane to get my award and, like T.S., I like to go back to my ranch to draw sketches because I love doing that. I'm a lot like T.S. Spivet, but I'm not a genius.
Aguilar: It's also a film about American culture and some of its negative aspects. There is evidently a certain commentary about the culture of guns in this country, but there is also the talk show sequence, which is very much about how the media seeks conflict and exploits emotions as an spectacle.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: The guns especially are very American, but I didn't think about that when I made the film. But then, when you have an accident or a event involving guns happening in the U.S. almost every week, I realized I was speaking about that. The TV aspect is not only in the U.S., it's everywhere, even in France now. They are interested in controversy, scandal, polemic. That's everywhere now.
Aguilar: Tell about the production design, which is always perfect in your films. Every frame in every film you make is packed with so many whimsical details.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: I love that. I love to spend a lot of time to prepare and to create some objects just for the film. Now all these things are in my office in Paris. I have a collection of objects from all my films. I love details and I love to invent and be picky with everything. It's a kind of toy box. Orson Welles spoke about his electric train. It's kind of like a Meccano set in which everything is about making the most beautiful film you can. In this box you have the costumes, the dialogue, the music, the production design, you have everything, and the game is to use everything to build this toy.
Aguilar: Regarding "T.S. Spivet," were you concerned about the fact that one of the main plot points in the story is a young boy's death? Did you worry about how this would be perceived by the audience?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: That was something in the book that I knew from the beginning wouldn't be easy. Of course, when you speak about the death of a kid it's not easy, especially for kids. But I accepted that because I was very moved by the speech at the end of the novel. That was a big moment to shoot with Kyle Catlett.
Aguilar: Dominique Pinon is in this film as in every one of your films. You always find a great role to include him.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: He can speak like an American because he was a student in the U.S, so I didn't see any reason not to include Dominique Pinon because he surprises me every time. This time it was very difficult because he only had two days and he came from Paris to do it. We shot for two nights and he came back for the premiere of the film in Paris tight before his theater play. Just in case Ron Perlman was ready to replace Dominique Pinon.
Aguilar: Kyle Catlett is incredibly charming in the film. How did you find the ideal young actor to play T.S. Spivet?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: It's always the same story. You see thousands of kids and suddenly you have a surprise in front of you, by Skype now of course. My first reaction was, "He is too small, too little, too young. He is not T.S. Spivet" But when you have a kid who is a world champion in martial arts, he speaks five languages, and who is able to cry on command, you think, " Oh my God, this is an interesting kid. I have to meet him!" Little by little he became T.S. Spivet
Aguilar: Can you tell me about shooting the Amazon TV pilot, "Casanova."? I can't wait to see what you did with this story.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Yes. It's finished. They are be close to releasing it on Amazon. If I understand the rules of the game, if the spectators are happy with it they vote on the internet and say, "We want to see the first season of the series." If they don't say that it will be dead [Laughs]. Those are the rules of the game with Amazon, they are used to doing that. It's strange because they spent $10 million dollars to make something beautiful, and it's a project that makes me think about "Barry Lyndon" or "Dangerous Liaisons." I shot it like if it was a feature, thinking about the details, the costumes, and it was with my usual crew, almost everybody, and we made something beautiful. The director of photography is Pierre Gill, who was in charge of Second Unit in "T.S Spivet."
Aguilar: Diego Luna is the protagonist of "Casanova," and this is your first time working with him. How did that go?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: I had a great relationship with him. We became friends. Every night we were watching soccer together - the Champions League. He is a great actor and a good guy.
Aguilar: Are you working on a new feature film at all or are you waiting for the right project?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: I was expecting an idea from you [Laughs].
Aguilar: You've worked in French and English, now you need to make a Jean-Pierre Jeunet film in Spanish.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Sure [Laughs]. I'm looking for something but it's very difficult because I would like to surprise myself. I always try to find something new and it's not so easy.
Aguilar: What's your take on the current state of cinema? TV is becoming more important and cinema is changing rapidly.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: There are so many movies now. When you want to watch a movie on VOD you have some many films to chose from, it's crazy. Now it's so difficult to make something that will endure like "Delicatessen" or "Amelie." Now it's very difficult because you have so many films. But I continue to think that I have to work just for my pleasure, which is very selfish in fact.
Aguilar: After so many years making films and facing all the struggles it involves, why are you still in love with cinema?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: It's a pleasure to make. I also make something else just for the pleasure of it, and you can find it on my official site, which is English as well. In the news section you will find some pictures of animals I make with stuff found in nature. My wife finds some sticks, wood, or leaves, and I make animals out of them and it's the same process. It's a pleasure to make. Except with my animals I don't need financiers, I don't need money, I don't need a producer, and I don't need Harvey Weinstein to kill it. It's just a pleasure to make.
Aguilar: It's so unfortunate that the "T.S. Spivet" didn't get the released it deserved becasue of someone's control issues
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: It's a question of honor for him. He wants to reedit. He needs to reedit.
Aguilar: At least those lucky enough to see it will see your version. You've kept your creative integrity.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Exactly. People will see it on Netflix maybe, in 2D unfortunately, but it will be my film. It won't be Harvey Weinstein's movie.
"The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet" is still playing in select theaters around the country.
Such meticulously devotion for detail is as prevalent in the physical elements that construct his narrative as in the characters that emanate from his boundless ingenuity. Delightfully offbeat and adorned with endearingly eccentric qualities, they are all idiosyncratic children of his dark preoccupations and uplifting fantasies. From Amélie Poulain and her mission to spread joy, to Louison’s quirky quest for love in “Delicatessen,” or Mathilde’s unbreakable hope in “A Very Long Engagement," and even T.S. Spivet’s desire to use his genius for practical purposes to bond with his family. Each one struggling to achieve a triumph much bigger than themselves, while roaming Jeunet’s sublimely beautiful spaces.
Jeunet is magician who channels his visionary powers into stylistic marvels and poignant storytelling. Therefore, when after several years of arduous work he releases a new feature, it becomes a major event for cinema lovers around the world. Unsurprisingly, when I found out his most recent film was finally being in released stateside an overwhelming feeling of excitement took over me. However, it was strange that I had not heard anything about this release until the week of. It was only when searching that week’s releases that “The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet” appeared – two years after its original release in most countries.
On The Weinstein Company’s official site there was no mention of the film, neither on their Facebook page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. It was as if they had no association with Jeunet’s film, yet it was well known that the company had acquired the rights early on. The director had been verbal about the uncertainty of the film’s U.S. release due to Harvey Weinstein’s desire to create his own cut of the film. Still, I refused to believe that a film by such an important filmmaker could simply be quietly dumped into theaters without any effort to promote it.
TWC never replied to any of my emails, and every PR person and fellow journalist I asked had no idea the film was even scheduled to open that week on Friday July 31st. After tracking down Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s French representatives, they pointed me to Gaumont, the French distributor and sales agent that handled the film. Both mentioned that neither they nor Mr. Jeunet were even aware of the U.S. release. “As you know, the worst or the best can happen with TWC. For this release we definitely face the worst,” added one them.
It’s outrageous and insulting to think that a filmmaker of Jeunet’s caliber still has to endure a distributor’s pressures to reedit a film or face retribution that directly affects the release of his work in a major market. Unfortunately, in the spectrum of Harvey Weinstein’s vengeful antics this has not been the worst. Regardless of whether or not critics dislike Olivier Dahan's “Grace of Monaco,” it’s ludicrous to think that the film that opened the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, starring Nicole Kidman, and bought by one of the U.S. most important distributors, could end up premiering on Lifetime. This paints a scary picture for filmmakers, as it seems that in order to receive a successful release from certain distributors they must compromise their artistic integrity.
To discuss this terrible occurrence and the film itself, Mr. Jeunet graciously agreed to speak with me via Skype from Europe. Despite the circumstances, it was a dreamlike experience to have the opportunity to chat with one of cinema’s greatest directors, whose films have filled so many with mesmerizing wonder.
Once I had introduced myself and thanked him for his time, Mr. Jeunet began the interview inquiring about the release of his latest film "The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet," which is ironically his most American work to date and has been blatantly disowned by its U.S. distributor.
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Have you seen the film?
Aguilar: Yes, I've seen it twice now.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Did you see it in 3D?
Aguilar: Yes, I was lucky enough to be able to see it on the big screen and in 3D
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Where did you see it?
Aguilar: I went to the only theater in L.A. playing the film in 3D, the Downtown Independent.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: How many theaters in L.A. are playing "T.S. Spivet"? Is it only playing in one theater?
Aguilar: I think about 4 or 5 theaters in total, but only one of those played it in 3D.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: But there was no advertisement, no commercials, no promotion, no nothing, right? So I suppose the theaters were empty.
Aguilar: Yes, sadly there were only a few people there. I'm not sure if you are aware but the U.S trailer for the film came out on Thursday July 30th, just a day before the release. Nobody knew about the release as there were no press screening, a press release, or even any mention of the film in The Weinstein Company’s website. I found out the film was opening by chance. TWC was not replying to any press inquiries related to your film. Were you aware of any of this?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Absolutely not. We learned about this by chance because they have a contract with Netflix. The contract says that you have to release the film in 100 theaters, no more and no less. This is the only reason they released the film, to keep that contract and keep a good relationship with Netflix. It's also probably because Harvey Weinstein is still pissed off because I refused to reedit my film. "T.S. Spivet" is a fake American movie because it's a movie produced in Europe and Canada, so I have the final cut. I always choose this specifically to avoid this kind of problem, but with Mr. Weinstein you never avoid this kind of problem, of course [Laughs]. You know, we had exactly the same story with "Delicatessen," a long time a go. With "Amelie" he wanted me to reedit it, but because it was a success he decided to release the film in the same version as Europe. He wanted Caro and me to reedit "Delicatessen" but we said, "Ok. We have another idea for a modification, you cut our names out of the credits," so they never cut "Delicatessen" either. However, "Delicatessen" only became a success on video because it had a very bad theatrical release. But this release of "T.S. Spivet" is just a caricature. [Laughs].
Aguilar: This is your most American film, which could have had a better chance with audiences here in the U.S. It's in English and you have big names like Helena Bonham Carter and Judy Davis. It's a shame the release took so long and was handled like this.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: It was an American movie. Kyle Catlett, the kid, is from New Jersey. He is an American kid. It's a pity because this is my only American movie and it was not distributed in the U.S. Now it's being distributed but not under good conditions. It's also a pity because when Harvey Weinstein signed the deal he said, "We will do something even better than with 'Amelie'" and when he learned I didn't want to modify the film he gave up because he wanted to reedit the film. He needs that to survive. He is like a dog who needs to pee on a tree.
Aguilar: What did he want you to cut or modify? Was it about the darker undertones in the film?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: We don't know! It's a question of principle. He doesn't even know it himself probably. He needs to give the film to an American editor and say, "Do something!" There is not a specific problem, he just needs to reedit the film. He does that with every movie except "The Artist." You know why? Michel Hazanavicius told me it was because the score was part of the entire film and matched the entire film. If Harvey Weinstein had reedited the film he would have had to rerecord the whole score one more time and it would have been very expensive. So he didn't reedit the film [Laughs]. It was very clever of Hazanavicius in fact.
Aguilar: Were you angry that the film wasn't getting released in the U.S. for so long?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: I was very sad, not angry, but very sad. Now it's been two years and I accept it. You can never deal with Mr. Weinstein. Of course I didn't do that, it was Gaumont the French distributor. Other U.S. distributors wanted "T.S. Spivet" and when they told me that Weinstein wanted it I told them, "Be careful, because we know him and he will want to reedit." They said, "No, no, he will respect your film. He knows that. He won't touch a frame." Of course, he cheats all the time.
Aguilar: Now tell me about the film. I know it's been two years, so hopefully you remember the details. But since you never got the chance to do any U.S. press for the films, I'm sure people want to know more. How did you become aware of the book? It feels like a perfect match. It's like if the book was written exactly for your sensibilities.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: I have a reader. He read the book and said it was for me. I was in Australia shooting some commercials and he send me the book and told me, "Read as soon as as possible because it's a book for you." Maybe it was a book too much for me because it's very close to my own preoccupations. I knew it wasn't going to be too easy because the main character is a kid and it's not a film for kids. That's probably the reason it wasn't a huge success everywhere. It's always the same story with films with kids, like the Stephen Daldry movie,"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," or the Terry Gilliam's movie, "Time Bandits." Every time that you have the main character be a kid it's not so easy.
Aguilar: I feel there's a connection between T.S. Spivet and Amelie Poulain. They both have this broken relationship with their parents after a tragic event and they are both incredibly creative. Is that something that drew you into the book?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Yeah. You know, when I met Reif Larsen, the author of the novel, he told me, "When I saw 'Amelie' I had the feeling that someone had scratched my head." We have he same feelings, we use the same references, and we are now very close. He is kind of like a son to me.
Aguilar: Do you feel like you gravitate to these type of characters and stories whether you are writing them or adapting them?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: It's very difficult to find a story for a feature because you are going to spend 3 or 4 years of your life on it. In some ways the story of T.S is always the same story of all my films. It's a story of a kid fighting against a monster. That's the theme of all my films. But this one was an opportunity to make something different for me because it was in English and with big American landscapes. It was also the opportunity to shoot in 3D because T.S. Spivet's objects or creations were an opportunity to create something original in 3D, so I was very happy to make this adaptation.
Aguilar: Tell me about working in 3D. It feels like today films use it in a gratuitous way or simply for commercial purposes, but in "T.S. Spivet" there is a specific reason for its use and it's always motivated by the story.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Absolutely, it was part of the concept from the beginning. During the writing and during the storyboard process I was thinking about 3D. It wasn't just a commercial reason because it's complicated, especially when you are picky. You spend a lot of time on it and you lose some time on set, you lose some time during the post-production to fix every detail to avoid, for example, anything that could cause headaches. We made something, I would say, almost perfect technically, although it's never perfect but it's not bad. We had the stereographer Demetri Portelli, he worked on "Hugo," the Scorsese movie.
Aguilar: So you got the best of the best in terms of 3D
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Yes, and we got every award related to 3D. We got three or four awards. One from the Advance Imaging Society, one from Camerimage, one Lumiere Award, and we got the French César for the Cinematography. We got a lot of awards for both the cinematography and the use of 3D.
Aguilar: For me the film is about a certain American duality, the one driven by intellectual pursuits, modernity, and invention, and the other that's more traditional, rural, and almost mythical. T.S.'s father is a cowboy and his mother is a scientist, but he is in between these two realities. .
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Yes. In someways I am T.S. Spivet because, like him, I love to draw sketches and to create some inventions. Sometimes I win an award like he does. I don't take the train - I'm afraid of trains - but I take an airplane to get my award and, like T.S., I like to go back to my ranch to draw sketches because I love doing that. I'm a lot like T.S. Spivet, but I'm not a genius.
Aguilar: It's also a film about American culture and some of its negative aspects. There is evidently a certain commentary about the culture of guns in this country, but there is also the talk show sequence, which is very much about how the media seeks conflict and exploits emotions as an spectacle.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: The guns especially are very American, but I didn't think about that when I made the film. But then, when you have an accident or a event involving guns happening in the U.S. almost every week, I realized I was speaking about that. The TV aspect is not only in the U.S., it's everywhere, even in France now. They are interested in controversy, scandal, polemic. That's everywhere now.
Aguilar: Tell about the production design, which is always perfect in your films. Every frame in every film you make is packed with so many whimsical details.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: I love that. I love to spend a lot of time to prepare and to create some objects just for the film. Now all these things are in my office in Paris. I have a collection of objects from all my films. I love details and I love to invent and be picky with everything. It's a kind of toy box. Orson Welles spoke about his electric train. It's kind of like a Meccano set in which everything is about making the most beautiful film you can. In this box you have the costumes, the dialogue, the music, the production design, you have everything, and the game is to use everything to build this toy.
Aguilar: Regarding "T.S. Spivet," were you concerned about the fact that one of the main plot points in the story is a young boy's death? Did you worry about how this would be perceived by the audience?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: That was something in the book that I knew from the beginning wouldn't be easy. Of course, when you speak about the death of a kid it's not easy, especially for kids. But I accepted that because I was very moved by the speech at the end of the novel. That was a big moment to shoot with Kyle Catlett.
Aguilar: Dominique Pinon is in this film as in every one of your films. You always find a great role to include him.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: He can speak like an American because he was a student in the U.S, so I didn't see any reason not to include Dominique Pinon because he surprises me every time. This time it was very difficult because he only had two days and he came from Paris to do it. We shot for two nights and he came back for the premiere of the film in Paris tight before his theater play. Just in case Ron Perlman was ready to replace Dominique Pinon.
Aguilar: Kyle Catlett is incredibly charming in the film. How did you find the ideal young actor to play T.S. Spivet?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: It's always the same story. You see thousands of kids and suddenly you have a surprise in front of you, by Skype now of course. My first reaction was, "He is too small, too little, too young. He is not T.S. Spivet" But when you have a kid who is a world champion in martial arts, he speaks five languages, and who is able to cry on command, you think, " Oh my God, this is an interesting kid. I have to meet him!" Little by little he became T.S. Spivet
Aguilar: Can you tell me about shooting the Amazon TV pilot, "Casanova."? I can't wait to see what you did with this story.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Yes. It's finished. They are be close to releasing it on Amazon. If I understand the rules of the game, if the spectators are happy with it they vote on the internet and say, "We want to see the first season of the series." If they don't say that it will be dead [Laughs]. Those are the rules of the game with Amazon, they are used to doing that. It's strange because they spent $10 million dollars to make something beautiful, and it's a project that makes me think about "Barry Lyndon" or "Dangerous Liaisons." I shot it like if it was a feature, thinking about the details, the costumes, and it was with my usual crew, almost everybody, and we made something beautiful. The director of photography is Pierre Gill, who was in charge of Second Unit in "T.S Spivet."
Aguilar: Diego Luna is the protagonist of "Casanova," and this is your first time working with him. How did that go?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: I had a great relationship with him. We became friends. Every night we were watching soccer together - the Champions League. He is a great actor and a good guy.
Aguilar: Are you working on a new feature film at all or are you waiting for the right project?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: I was expecting an idea from you [Laughs].
Aguilar: You've worked in French and English, now you need to make a Jean-Pierre Jeunet film in Spanish.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Sure [Laughs]. I'm looking for something but it's very difficult because I would like to surprise myself. I always try to find something new and it's not so easy.
Aguilar: What's your take on the current state of cinema? TV is becoming more important and cinema is changing rapidly.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: There are so many movies now. When you want to watch a movie on VOD you have some many films to chose from, it's crazy. Now it's so difficult to make something that will endure like "Delicatessen" or "Amelie." Now it's very difficult because you have so many films. But I continue to think that I have to work just for my pleasure, which is very selfish in fact.
Aguilar: After so many years making films and facing all the struggles it involves, why are you still in love with cinema?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: It's a pleasure to make. I also make something else just for the pleasure of it, and you can find it on my official site, which is English as well. In the news section you will find some pictures of animals I make with stuff found in nature. My wife finds some sticks, wood, or leaves, and I make animals out of them and it's the same process. It's a pleasure to make. Except with my animals I don't need financiers, I don't need money, I don't need a producer, and I don't need Harvey Weinstein to kill it. It's just a pleasure to make.
Aguilar: It's so unfortunate that the "T.S. Spivet" didn't get the released it deserved becasue of someone's control issues
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: It's a question of honor for him. He wants to reedit. He needs to reedit.
Aguilar: At least those lucky enough to see it will see your version. You've kept your creative integrity.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Exactly. People will see it on Netflix maybe, in 2D unfortunately, but it will be my film. It won't be Harvey Weinstein's movie.
"The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet" is still playing in select theaters around the country.
- 8/9/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
In light of The Flash’s game-changing finale Fast Enough, it’s probably time to learn about DC’s parallel universes...
This article contains big spoilers for The Flash’s season 1 finale, Fast Enough.
The Flash's first season has now drawn to a close with Fast Enough, a finale that wreaked havoc both on fans' emotions and assumptions about the programme's future. More so than any superhero season finale in recent memory, Fast Enough appeared to shatter its show’s status quo to smithereens.
Eddie is dead, and as a result, Eobard Thawne should have been wiped from the timeline. Eobard, the main villain of the series – the character that gave Barry and so many others their powers – now no longer exists. Given that Eddie is his ancestor, Eobard should have never existed at all, now that Eddie has died prematurely and put an abrupt stop to the growth of his family tree.
This article contains big spoilers for The Flash’s season 1 finale, Fast Enough.
The Flash's first season has now drawn to a close with Fast Enough, a finale that wreaked havoc both on fans' emotions and assumptions about the programme's future. More so than any superhero season finale in recent memory, Fast Enough appeared to shatter its show’s status quo to smithereens.
Eddie is dead, and as a result, Eobard Thawne should have been wiped from the timeline. Eobard, the main villain of the series – the character that gave Barry and so many others their powers – now no longer exists. Given that Eddie is his ancestor, Eobard should have never existed at all, now that Eddie has died prematurely and put an abrupt stop to the growth of his family tree.
- 5/30/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
ABC’s World News Tonight has clocked a second consecutive week as the country’s most watched evening newscast, beating NBC Nightly News by 228,000 viewers last week (8.250 million viewers compared to 8.022M). World News Tonight also led in the news demo and among adults 18-49. In the news demo, Wnt’s 2.032 million bested Nn’s 1.842 million. Among 18-49 year olds, Wnt’s 1.410 million outstriped Nn’s 1.298 million. Last time ABC’s newscast won a week in ratings by all…...
- 4/14/2015
- Deadline TV
Two of Empire's favourite people star in this week's podcast, with tried-and-true 27 per center Titus Welliver making his debut and old hand Douglas Booth returning for his third visit.In the news section: Felicity Jones and the Star Wars standalone, this week's top trailers and some detailed discussion of trained velociraptors. In the reviews section: Selma, Jupiter Ascending and The Interview.P.S. You can check out our podcast photo gallery here and subscribe to the Empire Podcast via our iTunes page or this handy RSS feed. You can subscribe to the magazine here if you like it in paper form, or here if you prefer things digitally.
- 2/6/2015
- EmpireOnline
CNN Films’ Roger Ebert biopic Life Itself , which has been on the film festival circuit for a year — it debuted one year ago this month at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival — and also been released theatrically and on VOD, finally debuted on the cable news network last Sunday night. The docu, which has been shortlisted in the documentary feature category for the upcoming Academy Awards, clocked 506,000 viewers on Sunday at 9 Pm, edging out Fox News Channel’s 497,000 and handily beating MSNBC’s 265,000.
In the news demo, Life Itself logged 166,000 viewers, besting MSNBC’s 152,000 and Fnc’s 82,000. Of the 16 CNN Films and three CNN Films Presents premieres to date, Life Itself is the first to place No. 1 in total viewers among cable news networks in its time period, such as it is. CNN will repeat Life Itself on Friday at 9 Pm Et.
In the news demo, Life Itself logged 166,000 viewers, besting MSNBC’s 152,000 and Fnc’s 82,000. Of the 16 CNN Films and three CNN Films Presents premieres to date, Life Itself is the first to place No. 1 in total viewers among cable news networks in its time period, such as it is. CNN will repeat Life Itself on Friday at 9 Pm Et.
- 1/5/2015
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
Interview the first: the directors of both 22 Jump Street and The Lego Movie, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, stopped by the Empire Podcast this week to remind the world that everything is indeed awesome. Interview the second: the director of both The Imitation Game and Headhunters, Morten Tyldum, stopped by to remind the world that Benedict Cumberbatch is good at that acting thing.In the news department, there's no Jobs update this week, but there is plenty on Suicide Squad (and whether Jared Leto would make a good Joker), Matt Damon returning for Bourne and the Rocky spin-off / follow-up Creed. P.S. You can check out our podcast photo gallery here and subscribe to the Empire Podcast via our iTunes page or this handy RSS feed. You can subscribe to the magazine here if you like it in paper form, or here if you prefer things digitally.
- 11/14/2014
- EmpireOnline
We’re teaming with The Current to deliver 10 short films from 10 different directors, focused on social trends explored through cinema. The sixth short film, The Bad Ones, features a young actor trying to get across an emotional monologue while the director keeps making changes. It’s an exercise in frustration, intensified by neither party really understanding what the performance — grounded in a religious change — should get across. Maybe it needs a scarf. “I believe that Muslims are possibly the most misrepresented group in American news media,” says director Dustin Wadsworth. “In the news coverage surrounding radical Islamic groups like Isis, important distinctions between the majority of all Muslims and terrorist organizations are very rarely made. There seems to be a tendency to talk about ‘the Muslim world’ as if it is all the same thing. “I’m excited to be a part of The Current this season as I see this as an opportunity to show a...
- 11/10/2014
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Interstellar is out this week, so Anne Hathaway is on the Empire Podcast, because if you can get Anne Hathaway on your podcast, you get Anne Hathaway on your podcast. The same goes for James Ellroy, who also dropped by this week, blessing us with his husky voice and excellent nicknaming abilities.In the news department, the team tackle what the words "The Force Awakens" means in the new title for the new Star Wars film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and come to terms with a Steve Jobs movie without Christain "Chris" Bale. Also, why do you think they caled Toy Story 4 "Toy Story 4"? What does the 4 mean? Perhaps we'll never know...P.S. You can check out our podcast photo gallery here and subscribe to the Empire Podcast via our iTunes page or this handy RSS feed. You can subscribe to the magazine here if you like it in paper form,...
- 11/7/2014
- EmpireOnline
A forthcoming book about newswomen Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer and Christiane Amanpour hints that there may be something more than a professional rivalry between Couric and Sawyer.
In The News Sorority, which will be released on September 30, author Sheila Weller alleges that Couric once made a snarky comment about Sawyer, implying that the ABC World News anchor trades sex for stories.
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In The News Sorority, which will be released on September 30, author Sheila Weller alleges that Couric once made a snarky comment about Sawyer, implying that the ABC World News anchor trades sex for stories.
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- 8/31/2014
- by Liz Raftery
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Source: Getty / David M. Benett After 15-year-old Cassidy Stay tragically lost her parents and four siblings in a shooting, she quoted Dumbledore from the Harry Potter series at the service - and a month later, J.K. Rowling wrote Cassidy a letter as Dumbledore. Cassidy's uncle shot her family members in their home after he wasn't told where he could find his ex-wife, and Cassidy reportedly survived by pretending she was dead. During the service, she spoke and quoted Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, saying, "Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. I know that my mom, dad, Bryan, Emily, Becca, and Zach are in a much better place and that I'll be able to see them again one day." Source: Facebook user We want Jk Rowling to meet Cassidy Stay Cassidy's heartbreaking story made headlines, and...
- 8/6/2014
- by Laura-Marie-Meyers
- Popsugar.com
Here to talk about the upcoming Marvel space opera Guardians Of The Galaxy is the head honcho of all things Marvel-ous, Kevin Feige, but as you'd expect, we also asked him about just why Edgar Wright left Ant-Man (and much, much more).Then there's Caesar himself, Andy Serkis, who dropped by to talk about his latest, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, and suggest what might be his character's favourite cocktail. Disappointingly, it's not a banana daiquiri. In the news section, the team tackle True Detective Season 2's casting rumours, as well as Universal's plans to turn their beloved monsters into series of films that form an expanded, shared universe. As for the Q&A department, that'll have you wondering what feature you would write if it were the last feature you wrote for Empire (provided you did actually already write for Empire, that is). Reunions abound.P.S.
- 7/18/2014
- EmpireOnline
This week's Empire Podcast has a relative newcomer to Hollywood in the form of Ansel Elgort, the male lead in the box office-busting weepie The Fault In Our Stars, as well as a relative old hand in the form of Jon Favreau, here to talk about his latest, Chef.In the news department, the team get nerdy talking about the chances of a Hulk movie and rather serious when it comes to Kathryn Bigelow's planned hardhitter. Elsewhere, the rises and falls of certain once superfamous actors and actresses are assessed, while more than anyone's fair share of innuendos are uttered when 50 Shades Of Grey comes up.P.S. You can check out our podcast photo gallery here and subscribe to the Empire Podcast via our iTunes page or this handy RSS feed. You can subscribe to the magazine for just £18 here if you like it in paper form, or...
- 6/20/2014
- EmpireOnline
While the World Cup encourages many to pay more attention to leathery spherical objects getting pushed around a field by 22 people over in Brazil, the Empire Podcast continues to talk about what really matters: film, TV and why If.... boasts a four dot ellipsis instead of the more traditional three dot affair.In the news department, Ant-Man, Sonic The Hedgehog and Avatar all come up for discussion, while over in reviews, Belle, Oculus and T.S. Spivet are all given a good going over. What's more, we ask the ultimate question: what movie-related name should one of our listeners give their cat? Pussy Galore would be too obvious, right?P.S. You can check out our podcast photo gallery here and subscribe to the Empire Podcast via our iTunes page or this handy RSS feed. You can subscribe to the magazine for just £18 here if you like it in paper form,...
- 6/13/2014
- EmpireOnline
NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams was the country’s most-watched newscast last week, but ABC World News With Diane Sawyer triumphed in the adults 25-54 demo by 83,000 viewers, besting NBC’s newscast four out of five weeknights in the age bracket sold to advertisers. NBC led the pack in overall crowd, with an average of 8.423 million viewers — 11% (830,000 viewers) ahead of ABC (7.593 million) and 29% (1.908 million) ahead of CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley (6.515 million). Nightly has won in total viewers for 244consecutive weeks, and in 291 of the past 292 weeks. In the news demo, ABC clocked 2.07 million viewers, to NBC’s 1.987 million and CBS’ 1.648 mil. Sawyer’s lead over Williams varied wildly across the week, from Monday’s 204,000 viewer advantage to Friday’s 14,000 squeaker. On Wednesday, Williams bested Sawyer by 41,000 demo viewers. NBC’s newscast also continued to finish first in the younger, 18-49 demo, averaging 1.529 million viewers — 8% ahead of ABC (107,000 viewers) and 29% (344,000) ahead of CBS.
- 5/20/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Photo: Sarah DunnSensibly deciding to take his papier-mache head off for his Empire Podcast interview, Michael Fassbender was on fine form as he talked about his latest, Frank, as well as his stoat impersonation, his deleted dance sequence at the end of Prometheus and his love of Buck Rogers.Also under the interview lamplight were Mike Brett and Steve Jamison, directors of the inspirational American Samoa football documentary Next Goal Wins, who talk about how they made the beautiful game feel beautiful again.In the news section, The Flintstones, Power Rangers and Bill Bryson's A Walk In The Woods all get their due, while elsewhere the importance of Studio Ghibli is definitively appraised.P.S. You can check out our podcast photo gallery here and subscribe to the Empire Podcast via our iTunes page or this handy RSS feed. You can subscribe to the magazine for just £18 here if...
- 5/9/2014
- EmpireOnline
NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams turned around the demo gap week-to-week to top ABC World News With Diane Sawyer in all key categories last week. Nightly logged 8.249 million viewers – 647,000 more than ABC (7.602 million) and 1.98 million more than CBS Evening News (6.281 million). In the news demo, Nightly averaged 1.970 million viewers – 38,000 ahead of ABC (1.932 million) and 467,000 ahead of CBS (1.503 million). Season to date, Nightly noted it’s posting its largest total-viewer advantage over ABC since the 2009-10 TV season. (ABC notes its newscast has cut its year-to-year demo margin with NBC by 88%, from 32,000 to 38,000). The NBC newscast has held the top spot in total viewers for 241 consecutive weeks, and in the younger adults 18-49 demo for 298 consecutive weeks.
- 4/29/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
ABC‘s World News With Diane Sawyer posted a video touting the fact it hit 1 million Facebook “likes” and is the only broadcast network newscast that’s grown this season to date in the news demo. NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams is up 5% season to date among ages 18-49 while remaining flat in the older 25-54 news demo. Conversely, Sawyer’s newscast is up 4% in the news demo and flat among 18-49ers. CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley is up 7% in overall viewers but down 5 % in the news demo and 3% with the younger group. Williams newscast is up 8% in total viewers and Sawyer’s is up 3%. Yes, counterintuitively, more people are watching broadcasts evening news this TV season, including an average of 9.52 million watching Williams, 8.34 million watching Sawyer, and 7.27 million watching Pelley. In the news demo, Williams remains the front-runner, standing firm at 2.4 million 25- to 54-year-old viewers...
- 4/7/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Did you read those recent rumors about the Indiana Jones franchise possibly rebooting itself, with The Hangover and American Hustle star Bradley Cooper slipping into the archaeologist.s trademark fedora and leather jacket for younger adventures? Yeah, they likely aren.t going to happen. At least, that.s what two people Very close to the inner workings of the Indy franchise are saying. In the news that Indiana Jones could be looking to recast the series in a James Bond style, Latino Review reported that screenwriter Frank Darabont "might be taking a crack at the franchise once again." Except Darabont says he isn.t. He wrote to AICN, stating: This is an internet rumor with not a shred of truth in it. I have not pitched an idea for a proposed Indiana Jones movie, nor has anybody approached me with such an idea. The inaccurate report on Latino Review was...
- 3/28/2014
- cinemablend.com
Day 2 of America’s Morning Headquarters slipped compared to Day 1, which itself was a drop in each of its hours from the network’s prior four-week average. Sam Champion‘s new Weather Channel program lobbed 186,000 viewers from 7-10 Am Tuesday, 59,000 of them in the news demo. In overall audience, the show’s second telecast dropped 10% compared to Monday’s premiere — and 21% from the prior four-week average in the block of time. In the news demo, Amhq‘s 59,000 viewers was a fall of 8% compared to its premiere and down 20% from the prior four-week average. Related: Sam Champion Leaves ‘Gma’ For Weather Channel While weather plays a role in Weather Channel ratings — and it still cannot be seen on DirecTV, owing to a carriage dispute that broke out in January — Champion’s first two set of ratings are somewhat surprising, given the amount of promotion his network and parent NBCUniversal put behind his launch,...
- 3/19/2014
- by LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist
- Deadline TV
12th Annual Tsr Movie Awards
Here are the results for the 12th Annual Tsr Movie Awards.
Thank you to the 298 movie fans from across the nation voted in the awards this year.
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Best Blockbuster
8.29 Gravity
7.54 Frozen
7.43 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
7.17 The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
6.91 Iron Man 3
6.5 Monsters University
6.16 Man Of Steel
6.14 Despicable Me 2
6.11 Fast & Furious 6
5.04 Oz The Great And Powerful
Funniest
7.97 The Wolf Of Wall Street
7.46 The World’S End
7.17 This Is The End
6.67 The Heat
6.66 We’Re The Millers
6.59 American Hustle
6.17 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues...
Here are the results for the 12th Annual Tsr Movie Awards.
Thank you to the 298 movie fans from across the nation voted in the awards this year.
Click Here for instructions to the Tsr Movie Awards.
Read 12th Annual Tsr Movie Awards Read 12th Annual Tsr Movie Awards (Critics Only Edition) Read 11th Annual Tsr Movie Awards Read 11th Annual Tsr Movie Awards (Critics Only Edition) Read 10th Annual Tsr Movie Awards Read 10th Annual Tsr Movie Awards (Critics Only Edition) Past Tsr Movie Awards coverage
Best Blockbuster
8.29 Gravity
7.54 Frozen
7.43 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
7.17 The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
6.91 Iron Man 3
6.5 Monsters University
6.16 Man Of Steel
6.14 Despicable Me 2
6.11 Fast & Furious 6
5.04 Oz The Great And Powerful
Funniest
7.97 The Wolf Of Wall Street
7.46 The World’S End
7.17 This Is The End
6.67 The Heat
6.66 We’Re The Millers
6.59 American Hustle
6.17 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues...
- 3/2/2014
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
12th Annual Tsr Movie Awards (Critics Only Edition)
Here are the results for the 12th Annual Tsr Movie Awards (Critics Only Edition).
Thirty-two film critics from across the nation voted in the awards this year.
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Read 12th Annual Tsr Movie Awards Read 12th Annual Tsr Movie Awards (Critics Only Edition) Read 11th Annual Tsr Movie Awards Read 11th Annual Tsr Movie Awards (Critics Only Edition) Read 10th Annual Tsr Movie Awards Read 10th Annual Tsr Movie Awards (Critics Only Edition) Past Tsr Movie Awards coverage
Best Blockbuster
8.68 Gravity
7.32 Frozen
7.07 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
6.80 Fast & Furious 6
6.55 Iron Man 3
6.24 The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
6.15 Monsters University
5.90 Man Of Steel
4.56 Despicable Me 2
4.52 Oz The Great And Powerful
Funniest
8.32 The World’S End
8.03 The Wolf Of Wall Street
7.76 This Is The End
6.48 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
6.13 American Hustle
5.70 The Heat...
Here are the results for the 12th Annual Tsr Movie Awards (Critics Only Edition).
Thirty-two film critics from across the nation voted in the awards this year.
Click Here for instructions to the Tsr Movie Awards.
Read 12th Annual Tsr Movie Awards Read 12th Annual Tsr Movie Awards (Critics Only Edition) Read 11th Annual Tsr Movie Awards Read 11th Annual Tsr Movie Awards (Critics Only Edition) Read 10th Annual Tsr Movie Awards Read 10th Annual Tsr Movie Awards (Critics Only Edition) Past Tsr Movie Awards coverage
Best Blockbuster
8.68 Gravity
7.32 Frozen
7.07 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
6.80 Fast & Furious 6
6.55 Iron Man 3
6.24 The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
6.15 Monsters University
5.90 Man Of Steel
4.56 Despicable Me 2
4.52 Oz The Great And Powerful
Funniest
8.32 The World’S End
8.03 The Wolf Of Wall Street
7.76 This Is The End
6.48 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
6.13 American Hustle
5.70 The Heat...
- 3/2/2014
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
In the news for the last couple of years, the wait had turned out to be rather long for Meera Chopra, cousin of Priyanka Chopra, to make her Bollywood debut. Now that she is all set to arrive on the big screen for a Hindi film, it would be as a ghost in Gang Of Ghosts.Though she was well aware of the fact that this was an ensemble affair and didn't quite present her as a central protagonist, Meera - who has acted in a dozen odd South films already - didn't mind taking the plun...
- 2/28/2014
- GlamSham
In the news for last one year ever since it went on floors and making a good impression with its very first theatrical promo, the Madhuri Dixit-Juhi Chawla starrer Gulaab Gang has been under spotlight for all the right reasons. Moreover, what is working in favour of the film are some smart marketing campaigns. With the makers centering it on the Madhuri Dixit v/s Juhi Chawla face-off, there is good curiosity built up around it. Thankfully, the promotion too isn't...
- 2/28/2014
- GlamSham
Growing up, Saturday morning television meant cartoons and nothing but cartoons. By the 1970s, though, live-action bits crept in, starting with Christopher Glenn’s In the News interstitials on CBS along with silly things like The Banana Splits and H.R. Puffenstuff. In 1974, though, Filmation cleverly blended the two as it took the Big Red Cheese from comics to television. Shazam! debuted in the fall of 1974 with Michael Gray as Billy Batson, charged by the animated gods with their powers to fight crime in the adult body of Captain Marvel.
Last year, Warner Archive released the complete series on DVD and it is as charming as ever in its simplicity. In a mere thirty minutes, Billy and Mentor (Les Tremayne) rode the highways of California in their Rv and when danger struck, the magic lightning let Bill become the hero (Jackson Bostwick). The effects were little better than when George Reeves...
Last year, Warner Archive released the complete series on DVD and it is as charming as ever in its simplicity. In a mere thirty minutes, Billy and Mentor (Les Tremayne) rode the highways of California in their Rv and when danger struck, the magic lightning let Bill become the hero (Jackson Bostwick). The effects were little better than when George Reeves...
- 2/25/2014
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
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