#‘The Old Guard’ Director Gina Prince-Bythewood Takes Inspiration from Basketball and ‘Mission: Impossible’ [Interview]

#‘The Old Guard’ Director Gina Prince-Bythewood Takes Inspiration from Basketball and ‘Mission: Impossible’ [Interview]

“#‘The Old Guard’ Director Gina Prince-Bythewood Takes Inspiration from Basketball and ‘Mission: Impossible’ [Interview]” Gina Prince-Bythewood is a director known for authenticity and intimacy. In Beyond the Lights, Love & Basketball, and Disappearing Acts, audiences feel how close she is to her characters, their dreams, and their conflicts. That’s a part of what makes her new…

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#‘His Dark Materials’ Author Philip Pullman to Release Unseen Lyra Novella in October

#‘His Dark Materials’ Author Philip Pullman to Release Unseen Lyra Novella in October

“#‘His Dark Materials’ Author Philip Pullman to Release Unseen Lyra Novella in October” When The Amber Spyglass brought Philip Pullman‘s His Dark Materials trilogy to an end in 2000, that seemed like the end of the story of its protagonist. But 20 years later, and we’re still following the bullish heroine on adventures in her parallel-world Oxford…

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#‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Forces Tom Cruise’s Maverick to “Confront His Past,” Director Joseph Kosinski Says

#‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Forces Tom Cruise’s Maverick to “Confront His Past,” Director Joseph Kosinski Says

“#‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Forces Tom Cruise’s Maverick to “Confront His Past,” Director Joseph Kosinski Says” Tom Cruise‘s Pete Mitchell in Tony Scott’s 1986 classic Top Gun was an idol for every every aviation lover back in the ’80s. And why wouldn’t he be? He was a wild card, he was cocky, he looked great playing shirtless…

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#Marvel’s Phase 4 Will Actively Embrace Diversity, Tessa Thompson Says

#Marvel’s Phase 4 Will Actively Embrace Diversity, Tessa Thompson Says

“#Marvel’s Phase 4 Will Actively Embrace Diversity, Tessa Thompson Says” Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has long wanted the mega-successful Marvel Cinematic Universe to embrace diversity in a significant way. And now that he’s overseeing the entirety of Marvel Entertainment as the company’s chief creative officer, he’ll encounter far less resistance when it comes to implementing that…

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