William Earl

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Screambox Promotes Tony Wash to Director of Programming and Original Productions (EXCLUSIVE)

Tony Wash is making some big moves in the horror space. Wash has been promoted to director of programming and original productions at Screambox, Variety has learned. He previously held the...

How ‘Influencers’ Updated ‘Talented Mr. Ripley’ for the Social Media Age and Shot a Globetrotting Film on an Indie Budget — FilmQuest

“Influencers” writer and director Kurtis David Harder has noticed a strange phenomenon about real-life influencers. “There’s this concept of audience capture, when it becomes a feedback loop where you’re presenting something...

‘Violent Ends’: How a Southern Thriller Without ‘Redneck Yokel Stereotypes’ Depicts the ‘Cyclical Nature of Violence’ Through a Bloody Family Feud

Arkansas native John-Michael Powell had something to prove by foregrounding the Ozark mountains in his new crime thriller “Violent Ends,” in theaters now via Independent Film Company. “There’s some great Southern...

‘Talk to Me’ 3D Spinoff Series Set From Philippou Brothers, Meta and XRTV (EXCLUSIVE)

A “Talk to Me” spinoff series is coming to a headset near you. Meta and XRTV have teamed up for a currently-untitled series, which will consist of six half-hour episodes. It’s...

Nicole Scherzinger Is Ready for Her Close-Up: The Tony Winner on Movie Offers After ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ Turning Down ‘Evita’ and Why Christianity Gets a...

Jamie Lloyd had tried once before to lure Nicole Scherzinger to the stage. Several years ago, the renegade British theater director pursued the former Pussycat Dolls frontwoman to star in “Evita,”...

Everybody Loves Wanda Sykes: The Comedy Legend on Ending ‘The Upshaws,’ Why Her Character Is Straight and Why She Won’t Censor Herself in Trump’s...

“What do we do, Wanda?” Wanda Sykes is onstage at the Chevalier Theatre in Medford, Massachusetts, launching into her newest material about the Trump administration, when a woman in the balcony...

In ‘Orion,’ a Tense Sci-Fi Two-Hander Serves as Sharp Social Allegory: We Don’t Have ‘Absolute Truth Anymore in This World’ — FilmQuest

While “Orion” is an ambitious indie space saga, its examination of human nature is decidedly earthbound. The film stars Andrew McCarthy as Jim, a NASA bigwig tasked with helping Apollo (Drew...

Joe Hill on the Love Story That Inspired His 900-Page Dragon Epic ‘King Sorrow’ and What Being Stephen King’s Son Taught Him About Movie...

Joe Hill‘s ambitious new novel — the 900-page killer dragon epic “King Sorrow” — is inspired by love. “I knew it was going to be the first book I was going to...

William Earl

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