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Martin Scorsese to Direct Gangs of New York TV Series
Martin Scorsese will executive produce and direct the first two episodes of a new Gangs of New York TV series, Deadline reports. The new show won’t be an adaptation of Scorsese’s 2002 crime drama Gangs of New York, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz. Instead, he and writer Brett Leonard are returning to the source material, looking at new characters and storylines from Herbert Asbury’s 1927 non-fiction book, The Gangs of New York. Asbury’s history covers several decades of organized crime, beginning in the second half of the 1800s and continuing through prohibition. Scorsese’s film was set in 1862, and HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, which he directed and executive produced, was set in the 1920s, so perhaps this new...
The Joy Luck Club Sequel in Development, Original Cast Expected to Return
The Joy Luck Club — Wayne Wang’s 1993 drama film based on Amy Tan’s eponymous novel — is getting a sequel, Deadline reports, with the original cast in talks to reprise their roles. The Joy Luck Club offered a poignant and nuanced depiction of relationships between Chinese-American women and their Chinese immigrant mothers. In its second iteration, the multi-generational saga will welcome a new array of family members as we see the mothers become grandmothers, and their daughters become mothers. Of course, it’ll also continue to explore the characters’ relationships and attitudes towards family, love, and womanhood in the context of their Chinese-American identity. Not only did The Joy Luck Club pave the way for future Asian-American-led blockbusters like Crazy Rich Asians an...
NYFF Review: Noah Baumbach Delightfully Skewers Our Fear of Death in White Noise
This review is part of our coverage of the 2022 New York Film Festival. The Pitch: Dom LeLillo’s White Noise is one of those “great American novels” long thought to be unfilmable, a scattered, acerbic takedown of late American capitalism and its incessant need to distract from the inevitability of death with movies, culture, conversation, stuff. And honestly, it’s oddly fitting that the filmmaker who’d finally tackle it would be Indie Darling Noah Baumbach himself: Like DeLillo, he too is concerned with the fits and foibles of academia, the crumbling nature of the family unit, the ways we cling to ephemera just to keep ourselves from falling apart. And so it is with this three-part tale of the Gladney clan, a nuclear family about to go metaphorically (and in some ways litera...
Liz Shannon Miller’s Favorite TV Shows of the Last 15 Years
It’s Consequence’s 15th anniversary, and all September long we’ll be publishing a series of retrospective pieces encompassing our publication’s own history — and the entertainment landscape in general. Today, Senior Entertainment Editor Liz Shannon Miller runs down her favorite television shows of the last 15 years. I enjoy all forms of entertainment, but my first love was television, a medium I became obsessed with back in the days when there were no DVRs, no streaming services, no DVD box sets — just your butt in front of a TV tuned to the right channel at the right time. Stressful, but also magical in its own way. It’s a good thing watching television has gotten a lot easier in the 21st century, because there is now a lot more than there used to be. Thus, when faced with this assig...
Clint Worthington’s Favorite Films of the Last 15 Years
It’s Consequence’s 15th anniversary, and all September long we’ll be publishing a series of retrospective pieces encompassing our publication’s own history — and the entertainment landscape in general. Today, Senior Writer Clint Worthington runs down his favorite movies of the last 15 years. As I write this, it’s the day after my seven-year anniversary of writing for Consequence. That’s nearly half of its 15-year existence, spanning hundreds of reviews, interviews, features, news items, listicles, rankings, and scores of other pieces. Film critics age in dog years; every year feels like seven. There’s always more to watch — something new to evaluate, something old to celebrate. I have a great deal of affection for this place, even as editors, managers, and fellow writers come and go w...
Timothy Olyphant Joins Cast of Steven Soderbergh’s HBO Max Series Full Circle
Timothy Olyphant has joined the cast of Steven Soderbergh and Ed Solomon’s upcoming HBO Max series Full Circle, Variety reports. Olyphant joins Zazie Beetz and Claire Danes in Full Circle, a six-episode crime drama. The official synopsis of the series explains, “An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present-day New York City.” Soderberg will direct all six episodes of Full Circle and is executive producing the project alongside Solomon, who is also writing. Casey Silver also serves as executive producer. A release date has yet to be announced. The three previously worked together on the 2021 film No Sudden Move, while earlier this year Soderberg directed the Zoë Kravitz-st...
Queen Elizabeth II Once Ditched a Private Paul McCartney Concert to Watch Twin Peaks
Diane, this is one story we certainly didn’t see coming. According to a recently resurfaced interview with Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti, Queen Elizabeth II once opted out of a private Paul McCartney set to go watch David Lynch’s cult TV show — on her birthday, of all days. Badalamenti, who co-wrote almost all of Twin Peaks’ unforgettable music, recalled the story as it was told to him by McCartney in a 2011 interview with NME. The Queen’s urgency implies that this incident went down at her birthday party in either 1990 or 1991, when Twin Peaks was airing new episodes on ABC. “Back when Twin Peaks was kicking off around the world, I flew by Concorde to London, to work with Paul McCartney at Abbey Road,” Badalamenti explained. “He said, ‘Let me tell you a story’...
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Harry Styles Jokes About Spitting on Chris Pine [Updated]
Update – September 7th: Harry Styles joked about the “incident” during his first night back at Madison Square Garden: “It’s wonderful, wonderful, wonderful to be back in New York. I just popped very quickly to Venice to spit on Chris Pine.” Harry Styles: “It’s wonderful, wonderful, wonderful to be back in New York. I just popped very quickly to Venice to spit on Chris Pine.” pic.twitter.com/TUGOSoQPxw — CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) September 8, 2022 – Original Story – The alleged beef between Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde wasn’t the only drama surrounding the premiere of Don’t Worry Darling at the Venice Film Festival over the weekend. However, we’re here to set one thing straight: No, Harry Styles did not spit on Chris Pine. Related Video A clip from the premiere went vir...
Mila Kunis’ Perfect Life Isn’t What it Seems in Luckiest Girl Alive Trailer: Watch
Netflix has today unveiled the official trailer for its forthcoming drama-mystery Luckiest Girl Alive. Directed by Mike Barker, the film stars Mila Kunis as a young woman who appears to have it all figured out in life — until painful reminders of traumatic events from her past threaten to upend everything. Ani FaNelli (Kunis) has the life you could only imagine for yourself: She lives in New York City, works for a prestigious magazine, and will soon be wed to the man of her dreams, Luke, in a “lavish but tasteful” ceremony. “I am this close to the life no one thought I deserved,” Ani says in a voiceover. Things start going south when a documentarian approaches Ani in hopes of uncovering details about an incident that occurred at her high school while she was a student there: “There are sti...
Brendan Fraser Brought to Tears As The Whale Receives 6-Minute Standing Ovation at Venice Film Festival: Watch
If the Venice Film Festival crowd’s reception to The Whale was any indication, Brendan Fraser’s long-deserved career comeback has advanced to the next (Oscar-buzzing) level. As Variety reports, the drama received a huge, six-minute standing ovation at the event, prompting Fraser to break down in tears. Directed by Darren Aronofsky and adapted from the play by Samuel D. Hunter, The Whale follows Fraser’s Charlie, a gay man who leaves his family to be with another man. When his partner dies, Charlie is driven to compulsive eating and eventually reaches 600 pounds. The film centers on Charlie’s attempt to reconnect with estranged daughter, played by Sadie Sink. Clearly, The Whale is intense, and it’s proven to be the perfect vehicle for Fraser’s return to Hollywood. After ...
“I’m Here”: Florence Pugh Attends Don’t Worry Darling Premiere Amid Reported Beef with Olivia Wilde
Don’t Worry Darling has been shrouded by rumors of cast in-fighting, an unprofessional workplace, and mistruths told to cover up the drama, and the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival really didn’t help put any gossip to rest. Star Florence Pugh, dodging the film’s press conference, strolled into the event late with a drink in her hand, while director Olivia Wilde stayed mum on questions about perceived tensions altogether. Rumors that Pugh and Wilde didn’t get along on the Don’t Worry Darling set have swirled for a while, but the gossip really seemed to be rooted in reality when the Venice Film Festival confirmed that Pugh would not attend the project’s press conference. The festival explained that Pugh was in Budapest filming Dune and that her flight wouldn’t get in unt...
Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, and Pete Davidson Cast in GameStop Short Squeeze Movie
Craig Gillespie has cast some very familiar faces in his next directing endeavor Dumb Money. Deadline reports that Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, and Pete Davidson are set to star in the forthcoming adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s book The Antisocial Network, which documents the 2021 GameStop short squeeze that shook Wall Street. As a refresher: Early last year, the hedge fund Melvin Capital used a tactic called “shorting,” borrowing GameStop shares they believed were overpriced and immediately selling them, hoping that their prices would later go down. Because Melvin didn’t own the shares, they would then buy them back and return them to the original lender, making a profit. Shorting can, of course, be a massive risk for the seller. In this case, the Reddit board r/wallstreetbets...
