Getty Image Write what you know, right? That’s what Tom Hanks has done, sort of. According to People, the Oscar-winning actor (and occasional filmmaker) is adding “novelist” to his CV. It’s called The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece, and it’s about — that’s right — the movies. Specifically, it’s about the making of …
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A Comic Book Creator Played a Major Part in Telling Jeffrey Dahmer's Story
Where is John “Derf” Backderf now? He wrote ‘My Friend Dahmer’ long before the Netflix miniseries, ‘DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.’ Source: https://www.distractify.com/p/john-derf-backderf-now
‘Pearl’ (And Its Director Ti West) Has A Big Fan In Legendary Filmmaker And Comic Book Movie Hater Martin Scorsese
A24 Martin Scorsese loves movies. He doesn’t make them himself; he watches everything. He’s such a champion of preserving cinema, he even uses his money and reputation to saving it from oblivion, just like his longtime pal George Lucas. While he doesn’t like every movie, it’s a big deal when he takes time to single …
A Comic Strip From the 1920s Predicted the Inconvenience of “Pocket Telephones”
A cartoonist named W.K. Haselden seemed to be WAY ahead of his time when he created a comic for the Daily Mirror from either 1919 or 1923 (sources vary) about people having telephones in their pockets in the future. Haselden’s comic is called “When We All Have Pocket Telephones” and he illustrated how these phones …
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Neil Gaiman Relayed A Gut-Punch Of A Conversation That Showed Him Why Comic Book Fans Get So Emotionally Invested
Getty Image After three decades, The Sandman has finally descended upon streaming devices near you on Netflix. All 10 episodes of the first season are available for the streaming with Tom Sturridge taking on Dream in a lugubrious way, Gwendoline freaking Christie portraying Lucifer, and Patton Oswalt (who came by his devotion honestly) plucking up …
Netflix Dropped First The Sandman Trailer At Comic Con
The Sandman trailer played at Comic-Con, and I will be talking about Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer for days. Hi, yes, hello! At San Diego Comic-Con 2022 this weekend, the upcoming cast of The Sandman took over the iconic Hall H, and it was epic. The panel showcased a first look at the series, which included …
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Millie Bobby Brown Praised “Stranger Things'” Joseph Quinn At Comic Con
Joe’s costars represented Stranger Things at the convention after he canceled his appearance at short notice. Posted 33 minutes ago Last week, German Comic Con announced that Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn had canceled his scheduled appearance at the convention on Saturday. Rich Polk / Getty Images for MTV In a social media post, they …
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How A 90s ‘X-Men’ Arcade Game Helped Relaunch Comic Book Movies
Ralph Ordaz The ’80s may be the era of introduction for video games, specifically at-home consoles like the Atari 2600 and the Nintendo Entertainment System. But the ’90s pushed gaming further into the mainstream and further from the technological dark ages. While it’d be wild to imagine calling 16 and 32 bit systems (ask your …
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The ‘Ms. Marvel’ Finale Dropped A Huge MCU Reveal, And It’s Something That Kamala’s Comic Creators Always Wanted
Marvel WARNING: Spoilers for Ms. Marvel below. Since its premiere, Ms. Marvel has been an absolute delight and easily one of Marvel’s strongest series as it continues to expand its universe on Disney+. While its predecessor, Moon Knight, took a much more contained approach to story-telling and eschewed virtually all connections to the MCU, Ms. …
What Happened to Joseph Quinn at Comic Con?
“It’s so extremely well done, so much so, that some folks were able to guess the song just by seeing a few seconds of Joseph Quinn’s hands in the trailer!! How crazy cool is that?” On top of that, Metallica mentioned how it’s an “incredible honor” to be “such a big part of Eddie’s journey” …
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Tucker Carlson Had A Predictably Over-The-Top Response To Triumph The Insult Comic Dog Being Arrested At The Capitol
Fox News On Thursday, nine people associated with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert were arrested at the Capitol building. One of them was Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, which is to say its puppeteer and voice Robert Smigel. Details are so far scarce, but it appears the crew stayed later than they should have …
Triumph The Insult Comic Dog (Or, Rather, Robert Smigel) And Other ‘Colbert’ Staffers Were Arrested For Unlawful Entry At The Capitol
TBS In the last year-and-a-half, a large number of people have been arrested for invading the Capitol building. (Others have simply forfeited a large chunk of their salary for not complying with other rules.) To that list, add a most surprising figure: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. On Thursday, as per The Hollywood Reporter, a …