The Holdovers Writer Has ‘Written a Part’ for Paul Giamatti in Alexander Payne’s Western

Though he hasn’t been confirmed to be part of the movie, a role has apparently been written for Paul Giamatti in Alexander Payne‘s upcoming Western. The Holdovers writer David Hemingson said at a Q&A of the holiday movie that a part has been written with Giamatti in mind in Payne’s forthcoming Western movie and that … Read more

Comics Writer Ed Brubaker Talks Crime, Drugs, Maps, and Growing Up

If Ed Brubaker is getting tired by now, he isn’t showing it. Twenty-three years after he first teamed up with artist Sean Phillips (on an out-of-continuity Batman noir story called Gotham Noir), the comic writer has been around the block more than few times. Dave Bautista Opens Up About His Relationship With Denis Villeneuve He … Read more

A former Gizmodo writer changed his name to ‘Slackbot’ and stayed undetected for months

Hiding on Slack isn’t all that hard, apparently; you just have to pretend you’re a bot. That’s what IT Brew’s Tom McKay did when he left Gizmodo in 2022, and he went undetected by the site’s management for months. In a post on X, McKay shared some screenshots of the new “Slackbot” persona he took … Read more

Australia appalled at China’s suspended death sentence for writer Yang Hengjun

BEIJING — A Chinese court gave a suspended death sentence to a China-born Australian democracy blogger on Monday. The Australian government, which has repeatedly raised his case over the years, said it was appalled. Yang Hengjun was found guilty of espionage and sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin … Read more

Batman Returns Writer Talks Plans for Scrapped Catwoman Spinoff

Image: Warner Bros./DC Comics Before and particularly after the movie starring Halle Berry, it appears to be a rule that you don’t have Catwoman in a live-action movie without Batman getting top billing. But that wasn’t always the case—back in 2018, we learned the thief very nearly got her own spinoff film where she would’ve … Read more

‘The Color Purple’ Writer & Director Talk [SPOILER]‘s Secret Cameo & Why That Role Was Chosen | The Color Purple, Whoopi Goldberg | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

The movie musical The Color Purple is now in theaters and it features an exciting cameo from a beloved star. We won’t spoil it for people who want to be surprised when they watch the movie for the first time, so stop reading now if you don’t want to see the spoilers. The movie is … Read more

Batman & Daredevil Writer Celebrates the R-Rated Comic That Changed His Career

Summary Chip Zdarsky celebrates the tenth anniversary of the comic series Sex Criminals, which launched his mainstream comics career and won an Eisner award. The origins of Sex Criminals were surprisingly ordinary, with Zdarsky reaching out to collaborate with Matt Fraction after feeling creatively stuck in his newspaper job. Despite skepticism, Sex Criminals became a … Read more

Woman of Tomorrow Film Finds Writer

Image: DC Comics There’s an important update on the James Gunn era of DC Studios films, with a new name stepping into the ring to script Warner Bros.’ Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. Who Wants DC’s Canceled Batgirl Movie? | New York Comic Con 2022 Ana Nogueira has been hired to pen the Supergirl film for the … Read more

Donald Trump to face anonymous jury in writer E. Jean Carroll’s second trial

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge said Donald Trump will face an anonymous jury as it decides how much he should pay E. Jean Carroll for defaming the writer in 2019 by denying that he raped her. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said he found “strong reason” to provide … Read more