Tag: Baby Driver
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Edgar Wright Shares 100 Favorite Comedy Films to Help You Get Through Tough Times
Thank God for Edgar Wright. The “Shaun of the Dead” and “Baby Driver” director has teamed up with Letterboxd to publish a giant list of his 100 favorite comedy films. Wright stresses these 100 films are just a selection of some of the best comedies ever made and not his definitive list of the absolute…
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Edgar Wright Explains How to Make the Theatrical Experience Magical Again
Edgar Wright is a champion of the theatrical experience. Aside from wanting audiences to see the movies he directs on the big screen, from Shaun of the Dead to Baby Driver, he’s a cinephile at heart and has always been fond of the magic of the silver screen. Unfortunately, theater chains continue to make a…
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Edgar Wright Hails Rian Johnson’s ‘Fiendishly Plotted’ ‘Knives Out’
Read more from Variety’s Directors on Directors, in which filmmakers praise their favorite movies of the year, here.It’s a pleasure to write this particular piece about Rian Johnson as over the last 10 years or so, he’s become one of my best friends in Hollywood; the perfect person to talk to at 8 a.m. over…
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‘Ford v Ferrari’ Race Re-Creations Better Than The Real Thing
Over a long career that stretches back 25 years, stuntman and stunt coordinator-turned-second-unit-director and actor Darrin Prescott has choreographed many a spectacular car chase and race in such testosterone-fueled movies as “Drive,” “Deadpool 2,” “Baby Driver” and “The Bourne Ultimatum,” which won him a Screen Actors Guild award as part of the stunt ensemble.But when…
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The Morning Watch: ‘Mortal Kombat’ Stars Play ‘Mortal Kombat’, Analyzing Stunts from ‘Baby Driver’ & More
The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, watch as two of the stars from the…
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Film News Roundup: Lily James Eyes British Drama ‘The Dig’ With Carey Mulligan
In today’s film news roundup, Lily James circles a British drama role, “Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story” has started production, Laika makes a veteran hire and “Beanpole” and “Just Noise” get distribution.CastingsLily James is in negotiations to join Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes in the British historical drama “Dig,” set up at Netflix.Based on a…
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Ansel Elgort Says ‘Baby Driver 2’ Script Is Finished: ‘I Think It’s Going to Happen’
The much-discussed “Baby Driver” sequel is inching closer. Ansel Elgort recently shared with MTV News (via CinemaBlend) that he’s received Wright’s script for the sequel to their 2017 summer smash hit. “Baby Driver” opened in June to critical acclaim and $226 million worldwide, making it Wright’s most financially successful film at the box office. “Baby…
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Hooray For ‘Hollywood’: Quentin Tarantino Sees His Biggest B.O. Opening Of All-Time With $41M As ‘Lion King’ Still Lords With $76M+ – Update
3rd Update, Saturday Am: refreshing chart after Friday Pm post Finally! Original counterprogramming works at the summer box office with Sony propelling Quentin Tarantino to his best domestic opening ever as Once Upon a Time in Hollywood clocking a $41M opening.This weekend stands as proof: If you’re not a superhero movie, it doesn’t mean you’re…
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Don’t stop at The Departed’s rat: six other movie scenes that should be cut
The car visible in the background in Braveheart? Kevin Spacey in Baby Driver? The money must be raised via Kickstarter to excise these and other crimes against film-makingThe Departed is Martin Scorsese’s financially most successful film, and the only one to earn him a best director Oscar. And yet, thanks to its final shot, it…
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Anya Taylor-Joy to Star in Edgar Wright’s Thriller ‘Last Night in Soho’ (Exclusive)
“Glass” star Anya Taylor-Joy will play one of the leads in Edgar Wright’s next film, “Last Night in Soho,” sources tell Variety.Wright and “Penny Dreadful” writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns penned the script for the movie — a Focus and Working Title co-production.Described as a psychological horror-thriller, exact plot details are unknown other then the story being…