City Primeval’s Timothy Olyphant on Acting with Daughter Vivian
The Big Picture Timothy Olyphant talks about his decision to return to the role of Raylan Givens in Justified: City Primeval, despite initially feeling like the show had wrapped up perfectly. Olyphant discusses the unique and challenging experience of working…
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter’s Heike Merker Talks Designing Dracula’s Victims
Remember when vampires were all the rage? Audiences couldn't get enough. From Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Blade in the '90s came a bevy of vampiric titles that were very different from the Dracula movies of old. The Twilight movies,…
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Blue Beetle Director on DC Easter Eggs & Importance of Hiring Mexican Actors
The Big Picture Blue Beetle is the first Latin superhero to lead a feature film in the DC Universe, and the movie emphasizes the importance of the Reyes family's dynamic in the hero's story. Director Angel Manuel Soto prioritized hiring…
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Heart of Stone Interview Gets Hilarious with Tom Harper and Matthias Schweighöfer
Note: This interview was conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike.Heart of Stone is like a classic blockbuster-style action film, only condensed to the Netflix screen. It's got huge stars (Alia Bhatt, Gal Gadot, and Jamie Dornan, to name but a…
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Sung Kang on the SAG Strike & the Personal Value He Places in Residuals
The Big Picture The Screen Actors Guild has now been on strike for one month fighting for better pay and working conditions. While promoting his directorial debut, Shaky Shivers, Sung Kang took a moment to discuss the strike. He emphasized…
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Jules Director Marc Turtletaub on Ben Kingsley, Aliens, and Independent Film
Marc Turtletaub has produced some of the best independent films over the last 25 years. He's responsible for hits like Little Miss Sunshine, Safety Not Guaranteed, The Farewell, and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Turtletaub steps behind the camera…
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This Actor Passed on a Project to Make ‘3 Body Problem’ with Benioff & Weiss
The Big Picture Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are gearing up to unveil their new series, 3 Body Problem for Netflix. The series is an adaptation of the Cixin Liu novel and features a stacked ensemble…
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Showrunner Cody Heller on the Trials and Tribulations of Making ‘Jury Duty’
The Big Picture The documentary-style comedy series "Jury Duty" was entirely fake, with only one juror, Ronald Gladden, unaware of the joke. The show's success relied on Gladden's nice-guy nature and the carefully planned and orchestrated moments by the entire…
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‘Painkiller’ Producers on the Opioid Epidemic and Exploring the Drug Trade
The Big Picture The limited series Painkiller, based on real events and the book by Barry Meier, explores the origins of the opioid crisis and the devastating impact it has had on lives. The creators aim to reach as wide…
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Kyra Sedgwick, Rachel Blanchard & Jackie Chung on Susannah’s Death
The Big Picture Season 2 of "The Summer I Turned Pretty" focuses on Belly as she returns to Cousins Beach to save the Fisher house and introduces new characters. The complex relationship dynamic and push and pull between Laurel and…
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‘Last Voyage of the Demeter’ Cast Couldn’t Even Look at Dracula on Set
[Editor's note: This interview was recorded prior to the SAG strike.] The Big Picture The Last Voyage of the Demeter stars Liam Cunningham and David Dastmalchian discuss going to sailing boot camp to prepare for the film. The pair also…
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King on Screen Director Daphné Baiwir on Her Eye-Opening Documentary
47 years ago, Brian de Palma directed Carrie, Stephen King’s bone-chilling first novel, and moviemaking was never the same. Since that time, more than 50 directors have adapted the king’s books in 80 films and series. And rightly so. The…
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