When 1980’s Airplane! proved to be a massive hit, becoming one of the highest-grossing films of the year – up there with The Empire Strikes Back and Best Picture winner Kramer vs. Kramer – it was inevitable that it would get a sequel. But how often are comedy sequels good anyway? When have they ever really recaptured the magic and the laughter of the original? Well, Airplane II: The Sequel gave it a go…by basically being the same movie. Except this time around, Zaz wisely opted out, leaving the production without the strong leaders who reinvented the spoof genre. Instead, they got the guy who wrote Grease 2, one of the most notoriously awful sequels ever! So, strap in – no, not to an airplane but a space shuttle – as we find out: Wtf Happened to This Movie?!…The Sequel!
1980’s Airplane! did incredibly well upon release, making just under $85 million on a $3.5 million budget,...
1980’s Airplane! did incredibly well upon release, making just under $85 million on a $3.5 million budget,...
- 4/17/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
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If there’s a show of the summer, it’s FX dramedy The Bear.
Joanna Calo, whose credits include BoJack Horseman, The Baby-Sitter’s Club and Hacks, recently joined TV’s Top 5 podcast hosts Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg to discuss FX/Hulu’s culinary dark comedy The Bear. The series, created by co-showrunner Christopher Storer (Ramy), was developed as a film before being adapted for television. In the interview, Calo opens up about the challenges of bringing the food and restaurant world to scripted television, avoiding tropes and staffing a writers room with food service backgrounds in mind.
Daniel Fienberg Let’s start at the beginning. There are so many interesting creative pieces to The Bear. The series was created by Christopher Storer. You came on, you’re showrunner and director and producer; it features Atlanta veteran Hiro Murai among the executive producers.
If there’s a show of the summer, it’s FX dramedy The Bear.
Joanna Calo, whose credits include BoJack Horseman, The Baby-Sitter’s Club and Hacks, recently joined TV’s Top 5 podcast hosts Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg to discuss FX/Hulu’s culinary dark comedy The Bear. The series, created by co-showrunner Christopher Storer (Ramy), was developed as a film before being adapted for television. In the interview, Calo opens up about the challenges of bringing the food and restaurant world to scripted television, avoiding tropes and staffing a writers room with food service backgrounds in mind.
Daniel Fienberg Let’s start at the beginning. There are so many interesting creative pieces to The Bear. The series was created by Christopher Storer. You came on, you’re showrunner and director and producer; it features Atlanta veteran Hiro Murai among the executive producers.
- 7/26/2022
- by Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A lyrical and often transcendent exploration of grief and regret set against the backdrop of the end of the world, Al White’s Starfish is a beautifully crafted story about how one young woman (Virginia Gardner from 2018's Halloween) sets out to try to save all of humanity one mixtape at a time. Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to chat with White about his highly ambitious project, and he discussed how his own experiences fueled the story of Starfish, collaborating with Gardner on the challenging role, how and why he paid tribute to Gareth Edwards’ Monsters in his latest film, and more.
Congratulations, Al. I had the pleasure of getting to see Virginia in the new Halloween, and I fell in love with her there, so I was very excited to see that she was in this as well. Can you discuss the inspiration behind this idea? Because you...
Congratulations, Al. I had the pleasure of getting to see Virginia in the new Halloween, and I fell in love with her there, so I was very excited to see that she was in this as well. Can you discuss the inspiration behind this idea? Because you...
- 10/6/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Al White’s directorial debut is an enticing journey into the dark chambers of grief accompanied by a safety net of melodic guidance. No stranger to the music industry, White is commonly known as the lead singer of UK indie band Ghostlight, who impressingly provides the score and soundtrack to the entire film. The emotional gravity […]
The post ‘Starfish’ Review: Mixtapes and Monsters Make for Ethereal, Alluring Post-Apocalyptic Horror [Fantastic Fest] appeared first on /Film.
The post ‘Starfish’ Review: Mixtapes and Monsters Make for Ethereal, Alluring Post-Apocalyptic Horror [Fantastic Fest] appeared first on /Film.
- 9/23/2018
- by Marisa Mirabal
- Slash Film
How would you survive surrounded by conflicted survivors in the world of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead comic book series? If you ever asked yourself this question while reading the “March to War” story arc, then Disruptor Beam and Skybound will give you the chance to answer it with their upcoming mobile game, The Walking Dead: March to War, and we have a look at character art for the game ahead of its release later this year.
The character art features Rick, Ezekiel, Dwight, Jesus, and Rosita. In a recent interview on Disruptor Beam’s blog, Art Director Allen White discussed the art style of the characters:
“The illustrated nature of the comic also played heavily into our overall vision for the look of the game. There’s something imperfect and transitory in something sketched that really touches all of these notes. It’s the zombie apocalypse! You...
The character art features Rick, Ezekiel, Dwight, Jesus, and Rosita. In a recent interview on Disruptor Beam’s blog, Art Director Allen White discussed the art style of the characters:
“The illustrated nature of the comic also played heavily into our overall vision for the look of the game. There’s something imperfect and transitory in something sketched that really touches all of these notes. It’s the zombie apocalypse! You...
- 2/1/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Comic Book Reviews: Indie Comics To Look Out For!
Much like music or television, the comic book industry is full of all types of comic books. Most come from big time publishers like Marvel or DC, but there are also some from smaller publishers such as Image, Idw, Dark Horse, and Valiant, among others. However, there is an entire new community of independent comic book creators emerging thanks to the digital era.
These creators are finding ways to get their book together and produced without relying upon a bigger publishing house. Comic book creators can now market their product via Amazon, Comixology, Drivethru, and even their own self-designed website (as long as they set up an online-store). To help fund and produce these books, creators might pay their teams out-of-pocket, or simply be a one person, all-inclusive creator. Another avenue many creators have taken too is crowd funding. Sites like Patreon,...
Much like music or television, the comic book industry is full of all types of comic books. Most come from big time publishers like Marvel or DC, but there are also some from smaller publishers such as Image, Idw, Dark Horse, and Valiant, among others. However, there is an entire new community of independent comic book creators emerging thanks to the digital era.
These creators are finding ways to get their book together and produced without relying upon a bigger publishing house. Comic book creators can now market their product via Amazon, Comixology, Drivethru, and even their own self-designed website (as long as they set up an online-store). To help fund and produce these books, creators might pay their teams out-of-pocket, or simply be a one person, all-inclusive creator. Another avenue many creators have taken too is crowd funding. Sites like Patreon,...
- 8/23/2016
- by Jeremy Scully
- LRMonline.com
Four features under his belt (2004’s Malachance, 2006’s Drama/Mex, 2008’s I’m Gonna Explode and 2011’s Miss Bala) and Gerardo Naranjo‘s only history with the Sundance film festival is as a jury member. That might change come next January. One that I consider the odd man out among filmmakers from the Mexican film renaissance that commenced back with Iñárritu’s Amores Perros, from lovers on the run, beauty queens on the move and young adults hitting the road, there is a lot of chaotic displacement in his films. Since his sophomore feature, his films are high value festival items and since this is a U.S. shot project, Viena and the Fantomes could very much land a coveted Premieres category showing to make bidders. Naranjo’s Un Certain Regard section selected thriller Miss Bala seriously made the rounds, so this eighties punk era set film has a certain...
- 11/26/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
We recently interviewed actor Al White who has starred in such films as “Airplane!”, “Back to the Future Part II” and a vast television career including roles in “Wonder Woman”, “The Incredible Hulk”, “The Dukes of Hazzard” and more recently in “CSI: Miami” and “The King of Queens”. Here’s our interview. 1. Tell us about yourself, where are you from, and what is your background in acting? I was born in Houston, Texas. My family moved to San Francisco when I was two. I was a janitor in Golden Gate Park for eight years when I all of a sudden one day decided to become an actor. The next day I [...]...
- 6/29/2009
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
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