‘Spinal Tap’ Members Recall Reaction When Pitching Original Film: “You’ve Never Seen More Bewildered Faces in Your Life”

‘Spinal Tap’ Members Recall Reaction When Pitching Original Film: “You’ve Never Seen More Bewildered Faces in Your Life”

Fourty one years after This Is Spinal Tap, the band is back together. The parody rock band made up of Christopher Guest’s Nigel Tufnel, Michael McKean’s David St. Hubbins and Harry Shearer’s Derek Smalls has reunited for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, which sees Rob Reiner’s Marty DiBergi directing a new documentary about the…

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Jesse Armstrong Wasn’t Planning to Make ‘Mountainhead’ After ‘Succession’ but “Couldn’t Stop Thinking About” Tech Bro Billionaires

Jesse Armstrong Wasn’t Planning to Make ‘Mountainhead’ After ‘Succession’ but “Couldn’t Stop Thinking About” Tech Bro Billionaires

Following Succession, which ended two years ago, the show’s creator, Jesse Armstrong, said he wasn’t sure he wanted to make his follow-up project — and directorial debut — be another story about the wealthy. “It kind of wasn’t. I was trying to do other things,” Armstrong told The Hollywood Reporter on the carpet for the…

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#‘Othello’ Director Kenny Leon and Denzel Washington Are “Absolutely” Discussing a Potential Film Adaptation

#‘Othello’ Director Kenny Leon and Denzel Washington Are “Absolutely” Discussing a Potential Film Adaptation

Othello may have just hit Broadway, but the future of seeing it on the silver screen — with Denzel Washington — looks promising, too. The highly anticipated show starring Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal celebrated its official opening on Sunday. Last year, Washington told Australia’s Today about a number of projects he had coming up. Broadway‘s Othello…

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