‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Rian Johnson on ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ Future of ‘Knives Out’ Franchise and Online Calls for a Benoit Blanc Muppet Movie

‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Rian Johnson on ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ Future of ‘Knives Out’ Franchise and Online Calls for a Benoit Blanc Muppet Movie

Rian Johnson, our guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast — which was recorded in front of an audience at the Newport Beach Film Festival immediately before the fest presented him with its Director Award in recognition of his latest film, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — has been…

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Kumail Nanjiani on Playing a Florida Cop Named Gator Joe in ‘Poker Face’ Season 2: “Did You Send This One to Me by Mistake?”

Kumail Nanjiani on Playing a Florida Cop Named Gator Joe in ‘Poker Face’ Season 2: “Did You Send This One to Me by Mistake?”

A guest appearance on mystery series Poker Face is quickly becoming one of the most in-demand roles among Hollywood A-listers. Cynthia Erivo, Katie Holmes, Melanie Lynskey, Kumail Nanjiani and Justin Theroux are just a few of the bold-faced names who will appear as victims, killers or occasionally both on the show’s second season. Speaking at…

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#‘Poker Face’ Showrunners on Putting Natasha Lyonne Through the Wringer With “Gut-Wrenching” Episode

#‘Poker Face’ Showrunners on Putting Natasha Lyonne Through the Wringer With “Gut-Wrenching” Episode

‘Poker Face’ Showrunners on Putting Natasha Lyonne Through the Wringer With “Gut-Wrenching” Episode [This story contains spoilers to the penultimate episode of season one of Poker Face, “Escape From Shit Mountain.”] By the time Poker Face viewers hit play on “Escape From Shit Mountain,” the audience for the Natasha Lyonne-starring murder mystery series knows what…

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#‘Poker Face’: Cherry Jones on Playing a Hollywood Exec for “Hitchcockian” Horror and Working With Nick Nolte

#‘Poker Face’: Cherry Jones on Playing a Hollywood Exec for “Hitchcockian” Horror and Working With Nick Nolte

‘Poker Face’: Cherry Jones on Playing a Hollywood Exec for “Hitchcockian” Horror and Working With Nick Nolte [This story contains spoilers to the eighth episode of Poker Face, “The Orpheus Syndrome.”] The guest stars of Poker Face have something in common. After fateful endings to their season one episodes, they aspire to come back and…

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#Script to Scene: Rian Johnson Breaks Down Pivotal Moment in ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’

#Script to Scene: Rian Johnson Breaks Down Pivotal Moment in ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’

Script to Scene: Rian Johnson Breaks Down Pivotal Moment in ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ Johnson says this scene came to him before he figured out Glass Onion‘s structure. “I thought, ‘How fun would it be to do the denouement scene, the Blanc-wrapping-the-whole-thing-up scene, somewhere in the first act, to basically clear off the…

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#Ellen Barkin on Her Theatrical ‘Poker Face’ Performance and “F***ing Hilarious” Episode

#Ellen Barkin on Her Theatrical ‘Poker Face’ Performance and “F***ing Hilarious” Episode

Ellen Barkin on Her Theatrical ‘Poker Face’ Performance and “F***ing Hilarious” Episode [This story contains spoilers from the sixth episode of Poker Face, “Exit Stage Death.”] When looking ahead at what was to come on Poker Face, co-showrunners Nora and Lilla Zuckerman had said that an upcoming episode involving a fake play within an episode…

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#Rian Johnson Says Angela Lansbury Was Lovely for ‘Among Us’ Cameo in ‘Glass Onion,’ But Was “Not a Gamer”

#Rian Johnson Says Angela Lansbury Was Lovely for ‘Among Us’ Cameo in ‘Glass Onion,’ But Was “Not a Gamer”

Rian Johnson Says Angela Lansbury Was Lovely for ‘Among Us’ Cameo in ‘Glass Onion,’ But Was “Not a Gamer” It’s perhaps not surprising that a renowned fictional detective like Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc has a circle of famous friends he plays murder-mystery games with. But who director Rian Johnson was able to secure as part…

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