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Tron: Ares is Finally Wheeling Into Production
Now that we’re a few weeks into 2024 and the Hollywood strikes are in the rearview, the upcoming Tron: Ares has just started filming. Director Joachim Rønning posted on Instagram the film wrapped its first week of production on Friday. The original start date was mid-August 2023, but the aforementioned strikes set things back, much…
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Disney’s Cruella Trailer Is Pretty Much a Batman Villain Origin Story
It’s tough to say just how much public interest there was in a movie exploring the early days of 101 Dalmatians’s would-be dog-murdering fashion icon Cruella de Vil. But it’s easy enough to see how, with two live-action Maleficent movies under its belt, Disney figured it could keep the villain origin machine chugging.
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Angelina Jolie Is Back To Her Wicked Ways In The First Trailer For Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil
I saw the first Maleficent. I remember thinking it was fine. Five years later, however, I have no memory of it except that it was a huge hit—and now, there’s a sequel coming out, which just dropped its first trailer.
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20 Screenwriting Tricks And Tropes We Never Need To See Again
Pop culture is a never-ending source of wonder and amazement. We’re seeing some really top-notch, innovative writing across every medium right now. But there’s also a lot of tired, warmed-over stuff, that feels copy-pasted from script to script. Here are 20 screenwriting moves we’d be happy never to see again.