question of the day: Which film directors would you like to see move to TV (as Soderbergh says he’s doing)?
And what would you like see to him/her do with TV that he/she isn’t doing with movies?
talent buzz
question of the day: Do actors deserve to be well paid for appearing in successful films even if they are not the entire reason the films are successful?
New York Post critic Kyle Smith cries foul at the fact that Kristen Stewart is so well paid for Twilight, but he seems to miss a key point…
question of the day: Is it unfair to expect actors and other celebs to be role models?
Does it make a difference if the celeb is someone who is particularly famous with children?
question of the day: What great thinkers — writers, philosophers, scientists — whom Hollywood generally ignores should inspire more films?
Ray Bradbury, who died yesterday at age 91, inspired, both directly and indirectly, generations of filmmakers. Stephen Hawking’s ideas inform both Battleship and Prometheus this summer. What other thinkers should storytellers be looking to for inspiration?
Ridley Scott and Michael Fassbender talk Prometheus
I promised to share a few of the juiciest tidbits from the Prometheus talent Q&A I attended last month. And here they are.
Doctor Who thing of the day: Steven Moffat weirdly limits who can be a companion
Moffat’s restrictions make sense only from a narrow, white, male, middle-class, Western, heteronormative perspective. Yeah, I know: What a shock.
Doctor Who thing of the day: Skyfall director Sam Mendes says James Bond is like the Doctor
Mendes sees Bond as “regenerating”…
watch it: Robert Downey Jr. and Nathan Fillion have some Avengers fun
Nathan Fillion is such a geek.
Sparkle (trailer)
Really? Sparkle? You’d think they want to avoid anything that might remind us of Glitter…
Doctor Who thing of the day: Matt Smith and… Alex Kingston’s driving double?
Geoffrey De Voe sent me this pic he snapped in New York the other night, of what appears to be Matt Smith with — I hope — Alex Kingston’s double for extremely long shots…
