Tag: This Is Us
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‘The Grinch’ Tops Studios’ TV Ad Spending
In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the TV advertising attention analytics company iSpot.tv, Universal Pictures claims the top spot in spending for “The Grinch.”Ads placed for the remake of the Christmas classic had an estimated media value of $4.97 million through Sunday for 825 national ad airings on 39…
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‘This Is Us’: Dan Fogelman Talks About the Gruesome and Challenging Vietnam Episode
With multiple characters to service and timelines to tackle, “This Is Us” is not an easy show to produce. Now creator Dan Fogelman has added another ambitious wrinkle to production: Vietnam.Starting with this week’s episode, “Vietnam,” “This Is Us” dives deep into the story of Jack Pearson (Milo Ventimiglia) and his tour of duty in…
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Joker/Harley Quinn Spinoff Writers Say the Film Will Be a Cross Between ‘Bad Santa’ and ‘This Is Us’
All the Joker-related news has had to do with Joaquin Phoenix this week, but he isn’t the only one donning clown makeup right now. There’s also Jared Leto, whose turn as the Clown Prince of Gotham in “Suicide Squad” wasn’t especially well received but is receiving a standalone project co-starring Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn nevertheless.…
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‘Joker & Harley Quinn’ Writers Tease A ‘Bad Santa’ Meets ‘This Is Us’ Mashup
One can be forgiven if they’re deeply confused as to what the hell is going on over at Warner Bros. and DC Films. The company’s Superman is likely leaving, their Batman is already (essentially) gone, and they’re shooting a new Joker movie different from the one introduced within the Dceu less than two years ago…
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‘This Is Us’ Star Susan Kelechi Watson Joins Tom Hanks In Mister Rogers Pic ‘You Are My Friend’
Exclusive: It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood for Susan Kelechi Watson. The This Is Us star has landed a role opposite two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks and Matthew Rhys in You Are My Friend, the movie about one of America’s most beloved childhood icons Fred Rogers. Diary of a Teenage Girl helmer Marielle Heller…
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Toronto Film Review: ‘Life Itself’
At some point in the career of far too many a rising writer-director, it seems, especially those who lean into the “writer” portion of their portfolio, a demon alights on their shoulder and whispers, “You should really make a generations-spanning interlocking-stories narrative that says something deep and elusive about the human condition.” Pausing to see…
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‘Life Itself’ Review: Dan Fogelman’s Demented, Interconnected, and Morbid Epic Is Built on Bad Storytelling — Tiff
“Life Itself” thinks you’re stupid. Or, if not stupid, unable to understand how a movie should work. It’s a movie made for people who can’t be trusted to understand any storytelling unless it’s not just spoon-fed but ladled on, piled high, and explained via montage and voiceover. It’s the kind of movie that includes commercials…
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‘Black Mirror’ & Tiffany Haddish Big Winners From First Night Of 2018 Creative Arts Emmys
The Television Academy handed out its first set of Creative Arts Emmy Awards for 2018 on Saturday night and history was made. For the first time, African-Americans won every Guest Actor Emmy. Ron Cephas Jones took Guest Actor in a Drama Series for “This Is Us” (he won Supporting Actor last year), Katt Williams won…
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‘The Old Man and the Gun’ Set for European Premiere at Zurich Film Festival
“The Old Man and the Gun,” starring Robert Redford and helmed by David Lowery, and “Life Itself,” from “This is Us” creator Dan Fogelman will have their European premieres at the Zurich Film Festival.“The Old Man and the Gun” could be Redford’s acting swansong. “Rumored to be Robert Redford’s final performance, this quiet spin on…
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‘Black Panther’s’ Sterling K. Brown on Popular Film Oscars Category: ‘I Go Back and Forth’
“Black Panther” actor Sterling K. Brown is torn about the Academy Awards’ new popular film category.At an Fyc event for “This Is Us” at Paramount Studios, Brown, who played N’Jobu in the Marvel blockbuster, told Variety his stance on the category — particularly as it relates to “Black Panther,” which is eligible for 2018 nominations…