sony David Fincher is not a fan of re-watching his movies. He’s also not necessarily enthusiastic about sequels. Fincher has only made one, Alien 3, which barely counts (he was brought on to replace the original director and has since disowned the film). But surprisingly, he’s discussed making a follow-up to his 2010 masterpiece The …
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Aaron Sorkin Doesn’t Think ChatGPT Could Write ‘The West Wing,’ So We Put It To The Test
NBC Speaking at the Adobe Summit 2023, Aaron Sorkin claimed that he didn’t think an AI could write The West Wing. “I assume that they have loaded into a machine a zillion very successful screenplays, whether they’re thrillers or Westerns or romantic comedies,” Sorkin said. “And a computer can then turn out something similar, but …
Aaron Sorkin Had A Stroke Last Fall That Was So Bad He Thought He’d Never Write Again
Legendary film/TV/theater scribe Aaron Sorkin‘s reimagined Camelot Broadway musical is only a few weeks away from its debut, but just a few months before it was supposed to begin rehearsals, Sorkin suffered a severe stroke. As Sorkin told The New York Times, his blood pressure was so high that “you’re supposed to be dead.” “There …
Wayne Coyne’s Explanation For Why The Flaming Lips Musical With Aaron Sorkin Never Happened Involves 9/11
Getty Image The Flaming Lips‘ Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots is a classic, immersive record, so it wasn’t that big of a surprise when in 2007 it was announced that it would be adapted as a musical. It was set to be directed by Des McAnuff and Aaron Sorkin, they revealed at the time. The …
Aaron Sorkin Had Some Choice Words For Marjorie Taylor Greene After She Randomly Quoted ‘A Few Good Men’
Getty Image The new year is already rollicking for Marjorie Taylor Greene. We’re only four days in, and yet the controversial Georgia lawmaker has already been permanently booted from Twitter, temporarily banned from Facebook, and gotten into a tussle with fellow Republican Dan Crenshaw. Now she’s added another notch to her belt: She’s pissed off …
Aaron Sorkin Has Taken Issue With The Controversial ‘New Yorker’ Piece On ‘Succession’ Star Jeremy Strong And His Acting Methods
Getty Image Last Sunday, the same night as one of Succession’s most shocking episodes, The New Yorker dropped a lengthy, revealing profile of one of its more acclaimed cast members, Jeremy Strong. It painted him as intense — not a Method actor, per se, but someone whose approach to playing the deeply troubled Kendall Roy …
Aaron Sorkin Really Hopes People Will Shun Twitter After Watching ‘Being The Ricardos’
Amazon We saw it when Ridley Scott blamed millennials for The Last Duel not doing too hot at the box office, and we saw it when Denis Villeneuve pushed for Dune viewers to watch the sci-fi spectacle in theaters because watching at home was “ridiculous.” Directors have had it up to here with unresponsive audiences. …
Aaron Sorkin Doesn’t Give A Sh*t If You Don’t Like His ‘Being The Ricardos’ Casting Choices
Getty Image With one Oscar (out of four nominations) and a slew of Emmy Awards, one of the keys to Aaron Sorkin’s success is that he isn’t afraid to bend or break the rules, and he really, truly does not seem to give a sh*t about what other people think of him or his work. …