#Lizzy Caplan Says Axed ‘Gambit’ Movie Was Supposed to Be “a ’30s Kind of Screwball Romantic Comedy”

#Lizzy Caplan Says Axed ‘Gambit’ Movie Was Supposed to Be “a ’30s Kind of Screwball Romantic Comedy”

Lizzy Caplan is opening up about the scrapped X-Men spinoff Gambit movie. During a recent interview with Business Insider, the Party Down actress, who was in talks to star opposite Channing Tatum, detailed the film’s pre-production before it ultimately got axed. “It was a really cool idea,” Caplan said. “It’s kind of odd that it got scrapped….

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#De Niro Does the Right Thing

#De Niro Does the Right Thing

[This story contains major spoilers from the finale of Zero Day.] Is there a way out of our divided country’s seemingly hopeless predicament? Zero Day offers both a skeptical and aspirational answer to the question. Netflix‘s conspiracy political thriller starring Robert De Niro, which is now streaming all six episodes, tackles truth and accountability in…

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#‘Cobweb’ Star Lizzy Caplan Somehow Just Made Her First Proper Horror Movie After 24 Years of Acting

#‘Cobweb’ Star Lizzy Caplan Somehow Just Made Her First Proper Horror Movie After 24 Years of Acting

It’s hard to believe, but Cobweb star Lizzy Caplan hasn’t made a full-fledged horror movie until now. The genre is often a rite of passage for younger actors, especially modern-day performers, but surprisingly, the opportunities never came Caplan’s way despite launching her career 24 years ago. She started out with a handful of appearances on…

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#‘Fatal Attraction’ Review: Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan in a Paramount+ Remake That’s Not Worth Obsessing Over

#‘Fatal Attraction’ Review: Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan in a Paramount+ Remake That’s Not Worth Obsessing Over

The reshot ending of Adrian Lyne’s 1987 Fatal Attraction is one of the most successful blunders in Hollywood history. Sure, turning Glenn Close’s scorned Alex Forrest into a nearly unkillable slasher villain undermined anything that was thematically interesting about the character and the movie. But it also produced a rousing climax that left bloodthirsty audiences…

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#‘Fatal Attraction’ Stars on Updating the Original (With a New Rabbit Scene) and Feedback from Glenn Close: “Don’t F*** It Up”

#‘Fatal Attraction’ Stars on Updating the Original (With a New Rabbit Scene) and Feedback from Glenn Close: “Don’t F*** It Up”

Even the cast and creative team behind Fatal Attraction know it’s a tall task to remake the hit 1987 film as a Paramount+ series, and admit to all having hesitations when first hearing the pitch. “My first thought was, ‘Man that’s crazy, why would you want to do that?’” recalled Joshua Jackson, who takes over…

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#‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ Team on Telling a Story About Men and Modern Marriage Through Women

#‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ Team on Telling a Story About Men and Modern Marriage Through Women

‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ Team on Telling a Story About Men and Modern Marriage Through Women [This story contains spoilers from the FX limited series Fleishman Is in Trouble.] In FX’s limited series Fleishman Is in Trouble, author and showrunner Taffy Brodesser-Akner wants you to rethink whose side you’ve been on. Described by Brodesser-Akner as an…

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#Party Down Revival Set For Starz – /Film

#Party Down Revival Set For Starz – /Film

“#Party Down Revival Set For Starz – /Film” Party Down, the very funny series that lasted two seasons, is coming back! That’s the good news. Now, for the murky news: it’s unclear which members of the original cast – Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Jane Lynch, Ryan Hansen, Martin Starr, Lizzy Caplan, and Megan Mullally – will…

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