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It was recently announced that the Oscars will add a new category for Best Achievement in Stunt Design at the 100th Academy Awards in 2028. The news was met with much fanfare from the stunt community and various industry figures, who have long sought recognition for the technical and creative artists behind the physical feats seen on screen. Venom actor Tom Hardy is among the commentators who have spoken out to celebrate the change, acknowledging that it's "a great start," but the ceremony could benefit from further updates.

Hardy, who has starred in several action-heavy movies throughout his career, including Mad Max: Fury Road, The Dark Knight Rises, and the brutal new Netflix thriller Havoc, shared his reaction to the Oscars adding a Stunt Design category during a recent interview with ExtraTV. He recognized that it is a positive step in the right direction for the Academy Awards, but that more...

Eva Mendes publicly acknowledged Ryan Gosling’s involvement in drawing attention to stunt work during his press tour for The Fall Guy, following the Academy’s announcement that a new Oscar category for stunt design will launch in 2028.

In a statement shared on Instagram, Mendes wrote, “My man is the F best. Unfortunately, success is almost only measured by box office. So I’m extra proud of my man for turning his entire Fall Guy press tour into a campaign to get stunts recognized by the Oscars.”

The post appeared one day after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed the addition of a stunt category at the Oscars, marking a change after nearly a century of the discipline going unrecognized in competitive awards.

The Fall Guy, directed by David Leitch and starring Gosling and Emily Blunt, became closely tied to the ongoing campaign to highlight the work of stunt professionals.

Eva Mendes is praising her husband, Ryan Gosling, for his contributions to getting stunts recognized by the Oscars.

This came one day after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced it had established a stunt design Oscar, which would start in 2028. David Leitch, director of The Fall Guy starring Gosling and Emily Blunt, played a big role in pushing for the new category, in addition to stunt coordinator and designer Chris O’Hara.

Mendes took to her Instagram on Friday, writing, “My man is the F best! Unfortunately, success is almost only measured by box office. So I’m extra proud of my man for turning his entire Fall Guy press tour into a campaign to get stunts recognized by the Oscars. And now after Almost 100 years of stunt design not being acknowledged by the Academy, it’s officially a category!! This is a Huge success! And an achievement that will last.

In the early 1990s, filmmaker Sydney Lumet put an idea in stuntman Jack Gill’s head: stunt people ought to have an Oscars category.

Gill met with the then-Academy leadership as the opening salvo in what would become a decades long odyssey. “They said, ‘Ok great. It will probably take three to five years. Are you ready to put that much effort into it?’” recalls Gill. Heck, yeah, he was. “Now here we are, 34 years later.”

Today, Gill and the stunt community are celebrating Thursday’s news that, finally, stunts will be recognized in 2028 with a stunt design Oscar.

Gill, as well as countless others, pushed the boulder up the hill, but the effort was supercharged in recent years thanks to stuntpeople such as The Fall Guy filmmaker David Leitch gaining more clout in Hollywood as he became an A-list director. Leitch and his Fall Guy stunt designer Chris O’Hara...

After three decades, the stunt community is finally getting its due, after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the creation of a new competitive category for achievement in stunt design.

“It validated the whole stunt community,” stunt designer Chris O’Hara told Variety.

Stunt coordinator Jack Gill has been campaigning for an Oscar for stunts as far back as 1991, and as stunts became more elaborate and pushed groundbreaking boundaries on screen, conversations grew and talks continued around the stunt Oscar being overdue. Most recently, David Leitch, a former stunt coordinator turned director, along with his producing partner and wife, Kelly McCormick and O’Hara, were among those leading key presentations with the Academy. Just last year, O’Hara, also vice president of Stunts Unlimited, landed the first-ever credit of “stunt designer” in “The Fall Guy,” after earning approval from the Screen Actors Guild and Directors Guild of America.

It's long overdue, but the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have confirmed today that the Oscars will recognise stunts with a new category.

The "Academy Award for Achievement in Stunt Design" will begin with the 100th Academy Awards in 2027. It's a fitting time to start recognising a crucial element of filmmaking that's been part of countless Hollywood movies - blockbusters or otherwise - for as long as the Oscars have been a thing.

"Since the early days of cinema, stunt design has been an integral part of filmmaking," Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy president Janet Yang said today. "We are proud to honor the innovative work of these technical and creative artists, and we congratulate them for their commitment and dedication in reaching this momentous occasion."

Eligibility and voting rules will be announced in 2027, and this comes after several filmmakers have pushed...

The Oscars will recognise stunts with a new category.The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday (10.04.25) that the 100th Academy Awards, for films released in 2027, will feature the first annual Academy Award for Achievement in Stunt Design.Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy president Janet Yang said in a statement: “Since the early days of cinema, stunt design has been an integral part of filmmaking."We are proud to honour the innovative work of these technical and creative artists, and we congratulate them for their commitment and dedication in reaching this momentous occasion.”Category rules for eligibility and voting will be announced in 2027 along with the complete list of rules for the 100th ceremony.The move has been welcomed by 'Deadpool 2' director David Leith, a former stunt performer who has long campaigned for the Academy to create a new category.

Films released in 2027 will be eligible for the new Stunt Design Oscar, set to be debuted at the 100th Academy Awards in 2028.

Well, it’s about time.

In a long overdue moment, the Academy has announced that Stunt Design will be the latest award added to the Oscars, finally bringing the highest level of recognition to the brave and talented folks who make cinema such a thrill to watch. Momentum for has been growing for some time, with news emerging just over a year ago that the Academy was seriously deliberating bringing stunts into its annual awards ceremony.

The issue came to the fore again last year when it was announced that the Oscars would be adding a new casting award. While it was good to see that such a crucial part of the movie business is getting a greater share of the limelight, it also left many folks asking...

The Oscars have done something the Academy too often resists: It listened.

On Wednesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the creation of a new competitive category for achievement in stunt design, set to debut at the 100th Academy Awards in 2028. The category will honor films released in 2027. The news arrives just last year after the Academy’s historic announcement of a best casting category, which will be awarded for the first time at the 98th ceremony in 2026.

The Academy has made its share of questionable decisions over the years (#Rip best popular film). There have been controversial winners, baffling snubs, hosting woes, and a long-standing reluctance to evolve with the times. But when they get it right, it’s worth pausing the criticism long enough to offer some well-earned applause.

Two new categories in just over two years mark the most significant expansion of Oscar recognition...

For many years, there have been calls for a stunt design category to be added at the Oscars. The move is finally becoming a reality, as it's been revealed that the first stunt design Oscar will be presented in 2028 for the 100th annual Academy Awards ceremony.

“Since the early days of cinema, stunt design has been an integral part of filmmaking,” reads a joint statement announcing the news signed by Academy CEO Bill Kramer and president Janet Yang, per Variety. “We are proud to honor the innovative work of these technical and creative artists, and we congratulate them for their commitment and dedication in reaching this momentous occasion.”

There's still more planning to do and it will take some time to get more details. The category rules for eligibility will not be announced until 2027 as part of the rules for the 100th academy Awards. It also has yet to be...

It’s official! The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that they will introduce a new Oscar category that will finally recognize stunts.

“Since the early days of cinema, stunt design has been an integral part of filmmaking,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang. “We are proud to honor the innovative work of these technical and creative artists, and we congratulate them for their commitment and dedication in reaching this momentous occasion.“

Director and producer David Leitch led the initiative on behalf of the stunt community and made several presentations to the Academy alongside stunt coordinator and designer Chris O’Hara. “Stunts are essential to every genre of film and rooted deep in our industry’s history—from the groundbreaking work of early pioneers like Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Charlie Chaplin, to the inspiring artistry of today’s stunt designers,...

After years of public outcry, the industry’s top stunt designers will be eligible for competitive recognition from the Oscars.

On Thursday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced plans to add a Best Stunt Design category to the Academy Awards, beginning with the historic 100th annual ceremony in 2028.

“Since the early days of cinema, stunt design has been an integral part of filmmaking,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang in a joint statement. “We are proud to honor the innovative work of these technical and creative artists, and we congratulate them for their commitment and dedication in reaching this momentous occasion.”

According to the Academy, the category’s rules for eligibility and voting for the award will be announced in 2027 when the group releases its complete 100th Academy Awards Rules. How the award will be presented “will be determined by the Academy’s...

Good things happen to those who wait, and we’ve been waiting an awfully long time for this news. Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed their plans to finally add stunt design to the categories at the annual Academy Awards. Please applaud. Unfortunately, there is a sprinkle of bad news, as the competition won’t heat up until the 2027 cinematic year, with the winners announced at the following year’s 100th Oscars. Sure, we get the milestone anniversary mixed with a milestone event, but we’d love it if the stunt performers could crash into the event next year. Still, we will take our wins where they come and are grateful to see stunt performers crossing the finish line and earning the props they deserve with this big reveal.

With its rollout not taking effect for a few years, the Academy has some time to...

The Academy will introduce a stunt design Oscar for the 100th ceremony in 2028, responding to an increasingly vocal call for the new category.

Films released in 2027 will be the first wave for consideration. The Academy will announce category rules for eligibility and voting in 2027 with the complete 100th Academy Awards rules. Specifics relating to the award’s presentation will be determined by the Academy board and executive leadership at a future date.

More than 100 stunt professionals are currently members of the Academy’s production and technology branch.

David Leitch, a former stuntman who directed The Fall Guy and Deadpool 2,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences pulled off an impressive feat by announcing — without any heads-up — that its Board of Governors approved an annual competitive Academy Award for Achievement in Stunt Design. The category’s inaugural Oscar will be given out in 2028 at the 100th Academy Awards, honoring films released in 2027.

“Since the early days of cinema, stunt design has been an integral part of filmmaking,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy president Janet Yang via statement. “We are proud to honor the innovative work of these technical and creative artists, and we congratulate them for their commitment and dedication in reaching this momentous occasion.”

Rules for eligibility and voting for the Stunt Design award will be announced in 2027 as part of the complete 100th Academy Awards rules. The specifics of the award’s presentation will be determined by the Academy’s Board of Governors and executive leadership at a future date.

A stunt design category is coming to the Oscars.

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the creation of an annual competitive Academy Award for achievement in stunt design, beginning with the 100th Academy Awards in 2028 for films released in 2027.

Director and producer David Leitch led the initiative on behalf of the stunt community to institute the new official Oscar category. Leitch started as a stunt performer and coordinator before making the leap to directing, as well as founding his 87North Productions banner with Kelly McCormick. Leitch and stunt coordinator and designer Chris O’Hara of Stunts Unlimited and others made several presentations to the Academy, leading to the Board of Governors approving the new awards category today.

“Since the early days of cinema, stunt design has been an integral part of filmmaking,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy president Janet Yang.

The Oscars are finally recognizing stunts with a new category, something long desired by stunt people but never realized until now.

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Thursday that they are creating an annual competitive Academy Award for Achievement in Stunt Design, beginning with the 100th Academy Awards for films released in 2027.

“Since the early days of cinema, stunt design has been an integral part of filmmaking,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy president Janet Yang said in a statement. “We are proud to honor the innovative work of these technical and creative artists, and we congratulate them for their commitment and dedication in reaching this momentous occasion.”

Category rules for eligibility and voting for the inaugural award will be announced in 2027 with the complete 100th Academy Awards Rules. The specifics of the award’s presentation will be determined by the Academy...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the establishment of a stunt design Oscar, which will first be presented at the 100th Academy Awards. The Oscar will honor films released in 2027 at the 2028 ceremony.

“Since the early days of cinema, stunt design has been an integral part of filmmaking,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and president Janet Yang said in a statement. “We are proud to honor the innovative work of these technical and creative artists, and we congratulate them for their commitment and dedication in reaching this momentous occasion.”

Category rules for eligibility and voting for the inaugural award will be announced in 2027 as part of the 100th Academy Awards Rules. The specifics of the award’s presentation — such as whether or not there will be nominees or just a winner announced — will be determined by the Academy’s board of governors and executive leadership at a future date.

“The Fall Guy” has won the SAG Award for outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a motion picture, while “Shogun” won on the TV side.

Hollywood is seeing an elevation of stunts and a new level of respect for the community. Despite the awards being handed out during the pre-show — they are not part of the main ceremony — Stuntmen Association president Jeff Wolfe isn’t fazed by that. Speaking with Variety, Wolfe whose directorial debut “Outbreak” is now streaming on Prime Video said, “It feels we’re in a place of feeling a little more grateful and mutually respected, as opposed to having to fight and be against something.”

Overall, it’s been a great year for the stunt community. In 2024, the Screen Actors Guild and Directors Guild of America approved the first-ever credit of “stunt designer.” The title was used on David Leitch’s “The Fall Guy” with veteran stunt coordinator,...

Wicked, Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez lead the list of honorees for the American Cinematheque’s fourth annual Tribute to the Crafts, which will take place at AC’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on January 9.

Tribute to the Crafts honors those who are at the very heart of filmmaking and have exhibited extraordinary work behind the camera over the past year. The evening will celebrate individuals in 12 categories covering all aspects of filmmaking and will showcase clips from each of their respective films.

Wicked is being honored for Costume Design, as well as for the trio of Production Design, Set Decoration and Prop Master. Dune: Part Two will be recognized for Sound and Visual Effects, while Emilia Pérez is named for its Choreography and Editing.

Other achievements in films being singled out include Casting for Saturday Night; Cinematography for Nickel Boys; Hair & Makeup for The Substance; Music Score for...

The behind-the-scenes artists for movies such as Dune: Part Two, Wicked and Challengers are among the honorees for American Cinematheque’s fourth annual “Tribute to the Crafts.” The event will be held on Jan. 9 in the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

Film producers and American Cinematheque board members Stephanie Allain and Paula Wagner will be co-hosting the event. The event is meant to celebrate and honor individuals in 12 different categories, alongside playing clips of their respective work. The honorees include Emilia Pérez choreographer Damien Jalet, Nickel Boys cinematographer Jomo Fray, and Wicked costume designer Paul Tazewell.

Additionally, American Cinematheque will be honoring Ed Lachman. Lachman is an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer and he will receive the Career Achievement Award for his remarkable career. Lachman has achieved 80+ credits over the span of 50 years. Lachman’s filmography includes Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides, Steven Soderbergh’s Erin Brockovich, Todd Haynes’ Far from Heaven...

While many “Deadpool & Wolverine” quips have become fan favorites, like Gambit’s “I’m boutta’ make a name for myself here,” star and screenwriter Ryan Reynolds has a more sentimental take on which lines were his favorite to write.

“The thing I’m probably most proud of was the Wolverine speech in the van where he just tears Deadpool a new one,” said Reynolds. “To me, it’s one of the most beautiful scenes in the movie because you see what a raw, visceral, powerhouse of an actor Hugh Jackman is. But you also see the roles reversed. You see a character who is never verbose, who is a Clint Eastwood archetype, suddenly going, ‘Oh yeah, man? Well, I can talk too.'”

Reynolds was one of the 25 people honored at Hamilton’s 13th annual Behind the Camera Awards, presented by Variety, which celebrates and recognizes the work of below-the-line filmmakers.

Epic sandworm rides across the desert of Arrakis, a thrilling gladiator battle involving a rhino and a display of the unmitigated feeling of pure Anxiety —those are just a few scenes and characters that have entertained audiences this past year, none of which would be possible without the artisans who make the magic happen behind the scenes.

This year, the Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards Presented by Variety will celebrate the visionary artists who help tell stories through their crafts. “Since we introduced the award in 2006, we have been highlighting the tremendous work happening behind the scenes and all the passionate people who

bring these films to life,” says Hamilton CEO Vivian Stauffer.

“We are honored to present the Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards,” says Variety chief operating and marketing officer Dea Lawrence. “The people working behind the scenes are crucial to film production, and this event will shine a well-deserved spotlight on them.

Hannah Waddingham's character Gail Meyer in The Fall Guy was given a hilarious detail in her costume. Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt lead an all-star cast in David Leitch's action-packed self-reflexive Hollywood film, which was released in theaters back in May 2024. Inspired by the 1980s television series of the same name, The Fall Guy sees Waddingham's Hollywood producer character Gail send Gosling's stuntman protagonist Colt Seavers on a mission to find a missing movie star named Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson).

Despite its positive critical reception, The Fall Guy underwhelmed at the box office, earning less than $28 million on its opening weekend and a worldwide total of $180 million against a production budget of $125 million. The Fall Guy also called out the Oscars for its lack of representation of stunt workers and called for an official Stunts category to be implemented at the Academy Awards. The Fall Guy: Extended Cut...

Spoiler Alert: This interview contains light spoilers for stunt sequences from “The Fall Guy,” in theaters now.

Leaping from a high-flying helicopter, being engulfed in flames, and rolling a car over eight and a half times—while these heart-stopping moments may be the stuff of nightmares for most, they’re just another day on the job for the daredevil stunt performers at the heart of David Leitch’s “The Fall Guy.”

Ryan Gosling’s Colt Seavers is repeatedly put through the wringer in Universal’s action comedy based on the 1980s TV series of the same name. Lucky for the Oscar-nominated actor, a team of pros was there to do the heavy lifting.

Logan Holladay, who performed driving stunts (and set a Guinness world record), Ben Jenkin, who willingly got lit on fire and hit by a car, and Troy Brown, who plummeted 150 feet for an epic fall, sat down...

To understand the love letter that is “The Fall Guy” — a passion project of former stunt performer turned A-list action director David Leitch — consider that Drew Pearce couldn’t write the script until Leitch identified the old-school stunts that would serve as its centerpieces.

IndieWire talked to Leitch and stunt designer Chris O’Hara about four of those jaw-dropping action scenes: the record-breaking cannon roll on the beach, the 225-foot car jump, the helicopter high-fall, and the boat jump. The personal and creative stories of how they came about are almost as gripping as the scenes themselves.

The Cannon Roll

After his accident, stunt double Colt Seavers’ (Ryan Gosling) first stunt is a big one: an explosion that sends his Jeep into a cannon roll. It was so big that Gosling’s own stunt double, Logan Holladay (who is seen on screen buckling Gosling into the Jeep), broke the Guinness World Record with eight-and-half rolls.

Your browser does not support the video tag. The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling, broke action stunt records with a thrilling vehicle chase scene on a beach. The stunt team, including Logan Holladay, Chris O'Hare, and Ben Jenkin, spoke to us about creating exciting but safe stunts for the action-comedy film. The three expert stunt performers discussed Ryan Gosling's willingness to do stunts and how The Fall Guy sets a new benchmark for action movies.

The Fall Guy is receiving glowing reviews and will surely win the box office this opening weekend. If you haven't seen the countless trailers or marketing campaign materials across TV and the world wide interweb, maybe you've heard already that three-time Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling plays the lead character, a stuntman named Colt Seavers. In his first post-Ken performance, Gosling's character gets all tangled up in a dangerous plot that threatens his livelihood and those around him,...

This post contains minor spoilers for "The Fall Guy."

David Leitch has lovingly crafted "The Fall Guy" as a homage to the stunt community, with a seasoned yet luckless stuntman named Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) at the center of the film's gravity-defying shenanigans. Colt's talents are quite literally overshadowed by the actor he doubles — glib superstar Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), who brazenly boasts about doing his own stunts and robs Colt of recognition. To make things worse, Colt undergoes a stunt-related mishap that plunges him into a pit of self-doubt and shame, but little does he know that he is yet to experience something far more nefarious: dangerous, hidden schemes that rival ones in a riveting action-thriller. All hell breaks loose, and a string of insane, audacious stunts ensue. If you're interested in /Film's glowing review of the film, you can read it here.

With stunts being the heart of Leitch's film,...

In “The Fall Guy,” Ryan Gosling plays Colt Seavers, the stunt double for Hollywood action star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). Seavers, like “The Fall Guy” director David Leitch and stunt designer Chris O’Hara, got his professional start as a stunt performer before 1999, when “The Matrix” served as a turning point for the profession.

“When my generation came in, ‘The Matrix’ was a big influential time in my career as a stunt performer,” said Leitch on the IndieWire Toolkit podcast. The director worked as a stunt performer on Lana and Lilly Wachowski’s 1999 groundbreaking film. “I learned [and] became heavily exposed to wire work.”

Not only did “The Matrix” successfully integrate wire work, which had become a staple in 1980s and ’90s Hong Kong action films when they hired legendary Chinese fight choreographer Yuen Woo-ping, but the film broke ground in combining practical stunts with visual effects.

“Visual effects became a really big part of that movie,...

Behind the scenes, director David Leitch and producer Kelly McCormick have been instrumental in the movement for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts to recognize stunts. The director-producer husband-wife team hasn’t been shy in using their new film, “The Fall Guy,” a love letter to stunt professionals, to advance the cause. And it’s a cause that is increasingly looking like it will become a reality; a significant victory came last spring with the creation of the new Production and Technology Academy branch, which includes stunt professionals and therefore supplies the necessary pathway to a Best Stunt Design category at the Oscars.

“We’ve always been in the shadows, [but] that’s not the problem,” Leitch said when he was a guest on an upcoming episode of the Toolkit podcast to discuss “The Fall Guy.” “That was maybe the misconception for the Academy, ‘Well, these guys want awards because they...

In a scene early in The Fall Guy, a nameless crewmember buckles Ryan Gosling’s seat belt as his character is about to attempt a cannon roll, a classic car stunt, on the set of a fictional science fiction movie called Metal Storm. Gosling plays Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers, who is reluctantly returning to the film business after an injury, but in many ways the real star of the scene is the background actor buckling him in, Logan Holladay. Though his screen time lasts only a few moments, Holladay was the real-life stunt driver for Gosling — the one who actually steered a Jeep Grand Cherokee down a Sydney beach and rolled it eight and a half times on the sand, breaking the Guinness world record of seven rolls set by Adam Kirley, the driver of James Bond’s Aston Martin in 2006’s Casino Royale.

“I’m like, ‘Whoa, man, am I upside down?...

The first-ever credit of stunt designer has been approved by the Screen Actors Guild and Directors Guild of America, and it’s only fitting that it will be used for David Leitch’s upcoming love letter to stunts and stunt performers — The Fall Guy.

Chris O’Hara will be the first to receive the stunt designer credit for his work on The Fall Guy, which “better encompasses the multifaceted nature of the profession [and] accurately reflect the work of stunt teams who are tasked with designing, creating and coordinating stunt sequences in movies.” The traditional title has been stunt coordinator, but the new title was championed by David Leitch and Kelly McCormick’s 87North production company.

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“Stunt designers are the creative architects behind fight scenes, high falls, and more, and deserve to be recognized for the creative leadership of their contributions,” Leitch said. “Universal’s decision to...

CrunchyRoll announced three new acquisitions in a CinemaCon presentation on Tuesday led by Svo global communications Mitchel Berger.

The Sony-owned company has acquired global rights to volleyball anime Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle, which has become the highest grossing film in Japan for the year to date, amassing approximately $57m (8.5bn Yen) since the February 15 release.

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The Screen Actors Guild and Directors Guild of America have approved the first-ever credit of “stunt designer.”

The title will be used on the upcoming release “The Fall Guy” with veteran stunt coordinator, second unit director and president of Stunts Unlimited Chris O’Hara set to receive the inaugural film credit.

O’Hara’s position as a production head on set is traditionally titled “stunt coordinator.” It is an official Screen Actors Guild credit also recognized by the Directors Guild of America. The addition of the “stunt designer” title better encompasses the multifaceted nature of the profession.

The title was championed by 87North, the production company led by director David Leitch and producer Kelly McCormick.

“Stunt designers are the creative architects behind fight scenes, high falls, and more, and deserve to be recognized for the creative leadership of their contributions,” Leitch, a former stunt performer said. “Universal’s decision to allow...

“The Fall Guy,” an upcoming action comedy starring Ryan Gosling as a movie stunt double, is a celebration of the artisans behind our favorite action films.

Chris O’Hara was the head of the stunt department on “The Fall Guy,” a position that is traditionally recognized with the credit of stunt coordinator and often accompanied by a second unit director credit, both of which are titles officially recognized by the Screen Actors Guild and Directors Guild of America. But Universal announced on April 9 that O’Hara would receive the first-ever “stunt designer” credit, a title “The Fall Guy” team hopes will better encapsulate the multifaceted nature and artistic contribution of the job.

“Stunt Designers are the creative architects behind fight scenes, high falls, and more, and deserve to be recognized for the creative leadership of their contributions,” said “Fall Guy” director David Leitch in a press release. “Universal’s decision to...

We all know drugs are bad... But what if they're drugs made by greedy pharmaceutical companies, secretly working to keep you addicted and consuming more and more? All so they can pad their coffers? Quick Fix is a clever animated short film made by Irish animation filmmaker Chris O'Hara, and it's a must watch short (only 5 minutes!). "Got a problem? Don't worry, there's a pill for that!" The brutally honest short film takes viewers on a fast-paced voyage through one man's life, showing us how there's always a pill to solve every problem. And as long as you keep going and keep taking them, life will be great. Right? Right...?! Or maybe not... Despite making this short, Chris does understand the purpose of prescription medication. But he also hopes "that with a 'little more investigation and care' they may be able to find a better solution." View below. Thanks to...

The finest in television were rewarded for their hard work last night (May 10) at the 2015 BAFTA TV Awards.

Sherlock, Happy Valley and Saturday Night Takeaway were among the victors, and of course Twitter had something to say about it all. Digital Spy rounds up the best reactions below:

Jessica Hynes's anti-cuts message

The W1A actress not only earned praise for winning the Female Performance in a Comedy Programme award, but also won support for her impassioned BAFTAs acceptance speech, in which she raised concerns about cuts and austerity.

a proud friend of @JefficaHoons am so pleased she Won & raised awareness of increasing cuts tonight,Brave & true. http://t.co/yyPitQeIhJ xX

— lisa hammond (@lisahammondwhop) May 11, 2015

Celebrating Jessica Hynes' @BAFTA win by watching lots of Spaced. Speech of the night. #baftatv

— Maxime Pons Webster (@MQuetzal) May 11, 2015

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Time has been jumped. Vampires have become infected. And Eric Northman may be dead.

Okay, Eric Northman is definitely not dead... but still. A lot went down on the True Blood Season 6 finale and before we turn our attention to True Blood Season 7, Round Table panelists Leigh Raines, Chris O'Hara and Liz Henderson of True-Blood.net are here to relive various developments from "Radioactive."

Pull up a virtual chair now and chime in on the following topics...

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What was your favorite scene from the finale?

Leigh: Jason being the one to save his sister and kill Warlow (with Grandpa Niall's help). He's had so many people taken from him and felt helpless so many times. I'm glad he was the one to take down the bad guy and save his sister. Honorable mention: Andy Bellefleur's NY accent when Violet said she and Jason were monogamous. "Dat's some bullshit!"

Chris:...

That was an awful episode of True Blood.

But despite the total filler of Terry's funeral and the absence of Warlow, Round Table panelists Chris O'Hara and Leigh Raines are joined below by Liz Henderson of True-Blood.net to rundown the penultimate installment of True Blood Season 6...

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What was your favorite scene from the episode?

Chris: Sookie’s story and flashback to the first time Terry met Arlene, for several reasons. It was a big moment for Sookie, admitting her power to everyone. It also was a glimpse back to a simpler time on True Blood - and it reminded us that despite all the madness surrounding their relationship and its tragic end, Terry and Arlene really did share something special.

Leigh: It was very short, but when Jessica went back to save Bill and kissed him on the forehead. I loved that James came with her and that...

Are you ready for a True Blood wedding? What about a True Blood baby? Or a True Blood mass killing?

This week's episode, "Dead Meat," teased all these possibilities and more, as Season 6 inches closer to a conclusion and our panelists inch their virtual chairs closer to the weekly Round Table in order to break down the latest Bon Temps developments.

Join staff members Leigh Raines and Chris O'Hara now, as they're joined below by Liz Henderson of True-Blood.net and trio dissects their favorite scenes, quotes and more...

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What was your favorite quote or scene from the episode?

Leigh: "Oozy but productive." Oh, Pam. I love your humor.

Liz: Sookie's “Fucking eternity? Couldn't he just ask me to go to the movies with him next week? It’s like all men are incapable of just wanting to date me.” That's our Sook!

Chris: Sarah Newlin to Steve on...

Sex, sex and more sex.

The latest episode of True Blood gave our Round Table panelists - Chris O'Hara and Leigh Raines of TV Fanatic, Liz Henderson of True-Blood.net - plenty to discuss this week, especially of the naked variety. Which horizontal mambo was the most enticing?

How much will we miss Nora? Does Eric look better with long or short hair? Gather around and join in now!

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What was your favorite scene from the episode?

Chris: Pam getting her Freud on and taking us into her mind set behind the once glorious scene of Fangtasia. Her insights into human desire were great. It was vintage Pam once again.

Leigh: I have to say, I still love the shock everyone gets when Bill strolls into a room in broad daylight. Arlene was so wasted she thought she was hallucinating. Sookie's reaction was amazing and Lafayette with his beta blockers.

True Blood aired an especially eventful episode this week, one that featured a beheading, a shooting and some seriously hot faerie sex.

What was the best scene from "Don't You Feel Me?" Will we miss Terry Bellefleur? What the heck was up with Sookie banging Barlow? Round Table panelists Leigh Raines, Chris O'Hara and Liz Henderson from True-Blood.net break it all down in the following edition of this TV Fanatic feature...

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What was your favorite scene from the episode?

Liz: I have two. I loved when Willa told off her father. She totally took him down and then rejected him. My second is when Arlene was singing to Terry as he died. I cried.

Chris: Had to be Bill “walking on sunshine” and beheading the governor.

Leigh: I don't want to copy Chris, but Bill walking onto the governor's compound was pretty amazing. I liked the scene with Lafayette,...

What an intense episode of True Blood.

With Eric turning Willa, Jessica going on a murder spree and Sookie holding Warlow hostage via a fatal ball of light, our Round Table team has plenty to discuss as a result of "At Last."

So gather around now and join Matt Richenthal, Leigh Raines, Chris O'Hara and Liz Henderson (from True-Blood.net) as they tackle their favorite and most shocking scenes below...

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What was your favorite scene from the episode?

Matt: Jessica Ftw. I was shocked that she went all homicidal on Andy's poor daughters. It was a surprising scene, it was a well-acted scene and it was an emotional scene, which isn't often the case on True Blood.

Leigh: Without a doubt, the ending on the couch. "Get the f*ck off of me or die Warlow," with that light ball right above them. Sookie was planning and plotting and...

Welcome to the latest edition of The True Blood Round Table!

This week, TV Fanatics Chris O'Hara and Leigh Raines are joined by Liz Henderson of True-Blood.net as they break down "You're No Good," an episode that featured the return of the Newlins, Eric as his flirtatious best and a lot more!

Scroll down now and jump in with your responses to these questions below...

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What did you make of Eric’s newest fan, Willa? Is he simply using her? Or did you sense some chemistry there?

Chris: Eric can be cold and brutal, but we have seen him have a spot in his heart for the damsel in distress (i.e. Sookie.) So while I think he initially kidnapped her for leverage, I can see him having to face a tough decision at some point as his feelings for her grow.

Leigh: There was definitely more chemistry...

The human showed serious bite on the latest episode of True Blood, as Eric witnessed first hand just what sort of technology he and his fellow members of the undead were up against.

What was the best scene from "The Sun?" Which new character is most interesting? Where do you stand on Bill?

All of these questions and more were posted to our Round Table panelists of Chris O'Hara, Leigh Raines and Liz Henderson from True-Blood.net. Gather around now and let the debates begin!

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Which new character were you most intrigued by this week?

Chris: This new fae Sookie rescued has me doing the ole eyebrow raise like Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. I wasn’t buying that whole “I blasted him” story when she asked how he got away from the vampire who attacked him. Could he be working for Warlow?

Leigh: As much as I loved seeing...

Who is Bill Compton, really?

That was the main question asked and not entirely answered on the True Blood Season 6 premiere, as Bill battled with his new self; Nora drove a wedge between Eric and Pam; and the Governor of Louisiana took a major step toward ending his people's conflict with members of the undead.

In this edition of the TV Fanatic Round Table, staff members Matt Richenthal, Leigh Raines and Chris O'Hara are joined by Liz Henderson of True-Blood.net to break down "Who Are You, Really," debating their favorite scenes, quotes and more...

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What was your favorite quote or scene from the premiere?

Matt: Pam referred to killing Mary Poppins and getting sand in her cooch. Please don't make me choose between those True Blood quotes.

Leigh: There's nothing like Eric Northman pulling up in a Denali in the midst of destruction and chaos, lamenting that it's time to ditch that party!

Jax got this on the Sons of Anarchy Season 5 finale... or so he thought, at least, as the Samcro President put his plan for Pope's demise and Clay's incarceration into motion.

But the final scene of "J'ai Obtenu Cette" didn't exactly go as this biker planned.

In the latest edition of the TV Fanatic Round Table, staffers Carla Day, Chris O'Hara and Christine Orlando are joined by Lisa Warren of Sons-of-Anarchy.net to break down the most disgusting and most shocking scenes of a stellar episode...

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What was your favorite scene from the episode?

Carla: When Eli came to arrest Clay, the look of resignation on Clay's face when he realized that he was played by Gemma and set up by Jax. He didn't fight it or run, he just accepted that it was his fate.

Chris: I loved the whole scene when Jax and the Sons helped Nero...

Only 90 minutes remain on Sons of Anarchy Season 5.

Before we arrive at the finale, however, our TV Fanatic Round Table of Christine Hinton, Chris O'Hara, Carla Day and Christina Lethig (of Sons-of-Anarchy.net) are here to breakdown "Darthy." Jump in and join them, readers!

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What was your favorite scene from the episode?

Christine: The final scene, where Jax injects his ex with drugs and warns her never to threaten his family. It was horrible. I never saw it coming and it was a bold reminder of how vicious Jax can be.

Chris: Clay having his ink taken out was one of the most intense montages I can recall. Anyone who has ink themselves knows how much Happy raking that gun through Clay’s skin must have hurt. Then there was the emotional toll it took on all those watching. Bobby eventually couldn’t stomach it and left. On the lighter side of things,...

Death came knocking on the door of Jax and Tara this week, as the latest Sons of Anarchy featured the former taking revenge on Opie's killer and the latter sinking deeper than ever into the depths of her man's club.

How did our Round Table - of TV Fanatic staffers Matt Richenthal, Christine Orlando and Chris O'Hara, along with Heather Ragsdale from Sons-of-Anarchy.net - react to the best and most surprising scenes from "Crucifixed?"

Read on. Find out. Chime in.

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What was your favorite scene from the episode?

Matt: The final one. The final line, in particular. Tara absolutely nailed it on the frightening head with her response to Jax over how the Otto situation would be dealt. More bloodshed on the way. That's always the Samcro answer it seems.

Christine: I knew he was up to something I just didn't think it would be that quick or that gruesome.

Should Gemma cozy up to Clay? Just how dark will Jax go? Is Lyla's porn career in jeopardy?

In this edition of the Sons of Anarchy Round Table, TV Fanatic staff members Matt Richenthal, Chris O'Hara and Carla Day are joined by Xiomara from Sons-of-Anarchy.net to tackle these pressing Ablation-related questions and more...

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What was your favorite scene from the episode?

Matt: The rooftop shooting. I'll expand on this below, but it was seriously unexpected and bad ass. Not so much that Jax shot the guy, but that he did so with such an icy cold look of revenge and steel.

Chris: I liked the argument Nero and Jax had. It was a good reminder for Jax about what his goals are. He needs to get going on that end game. So far the blood spilled is outweighing the revenue collected.

Carla: When Jax presented Gemma with her...