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Kelly O’Sullivan and Lois Smith will co-star in “The Steel Harp.” The comedy is directed by O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson, the filmmakers behind “Ghostlight.”

It marks one of the first leading movie roles for Smith, a 94-year-old character actress who won a Tony Award for “The Inheritance” in 2021. In addition to starring in the film, O’Sullivan wrote the script. Cherry Jones and Reed Birney co-star in the movie, which recently wrapped production in San Francisco.

Smith plays Hanna, a cantankerous nonagenarian, who patrols the Golden Gate Bridge every day and intervenes when people get too close to the edge. On what was to be Hanna’s last day as a “bridge watcher,” she stops Amy (O’Sullivan), a younger woman as stubborn as Hanna herself, from jumping. As the holiday season sets in, Amy and Hanna challenge each others’ resolve and form a bond.

“The Steel Harp” is...

As The World Turns spoilers and updates reveal Eileen Fulton, who started her many years in Oakdale as Lisa Hughes, passed away at 91 years young. Ms. Fulton, who played on the CBS soap from four years past its beginning to its end, passed away after a period of declining health.

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Eileen Fulton spent almost 50 years on the CBS soap opera, playing a schemer who had eight husbands counting Martin Chedwyn (Simon Prebble); most viewers wouldn’t remember him, and it was annulled.

She was the minister’s daughter who portrayed Lisa Miller, one of the first ‘bad girls’ in daytime TV. Fulton passed away on Monday, July 14, in Asheville, North Carolina, the city of her birth, as confirmed by her family.

She joined the top daytime drama, As the World Turns, in 1960, initially for a three-month summer storyline,...

Eileen Fulton has passed away.

The late actress, best known for her longtime starring role as Lisa Grimaldi on the soap opera As the World Turns, died earlier this month at the age of 91 years old.

Eileen‘s family announced she passed away on July 14th in Asheville, North Carolina, in an obituary, via Deadline, after “a period of declining health.”

If you didn’t know, Eileen was known as the first bad girl of daytime television, portraying Lisa from May 1960 through September 2010!

The character was originally developed as a nice girl for Lois Smith.

In 1998, she was inducted into the Soap Opera Hall of Fame and in 2004, she received a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award, for her portrayal on the long-running soap.

Eileen is survived by her brother, Charles Furman McLarty, niece Katherine Morris and their children, as well as sister-in-law Chris Page McLarty.

Our thoughts and condolences go...

Eileen Fulton, the actress who originated the soap opera “vixen” trope as Lisa Miller on CBS’ As the World Turns, died July 14 at the age of 91 in Asheville, N.C. after a period of declining health, her family announced in an obituary.

Known as the first bad girl of daytime television, Fulton occupied the role from May 1960 through September 2010, when the sudser went off the air, making her one of the longest-tenured soap opera stars in U.S. TV history. Initially created as a short-term character and “nice girl” planned for actress Lois Smith, the role catapulted Fulton into the Soap Opera Hall of Fame in 1998 and a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.

Born Margaret Elizabeth McLarty in Asheville on September 13, 1933 to a Methodist minister father and public school teacher mother, Fulton graduated from Greensboro College with a bachelor’s degree in music in 1956 before moving to New York...

Eileen Fulton, the minister’s daughter who spent the better part of 50 years portraying Lisa Miller, one of the first “bad girls” of daytime television, on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, has died. She was 91.

Fulton died Monday in Asheville, North Carolina, after “a period of declining health,” her family announced.

Four years into the run of As the World Turns, Fulton joined the No. 1 daytime drama in 1960 for what was originally supposed to be a three-month summer storyline. She exited the soap three times — once to headline her own primetime spinoff, 1965’s Our Private World — but continued on through the final episode broadcast Sept. 17, 2010.

Her Lisa had eight husbands, with Nicolas Coster portraying two of them. Three of her marriages ended in divorce, four ended in death and one was annulled. When As the World Turns was done, her character’s full name was Lisa Miller...

If you, like so many of us here at Collider, have found yourself wrapped up in The New York Times’ 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century, then you might be playing catch-up. After all, there are a copious number of titles on the list, and it’s incredibly probable that several have flown under your radar. The good news is that a lot of the highly-regarded movies are on streaming, passing the ball into the viewers’ court. What’s even better is that a few of them, like Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report, are going to be streaming completely free of charge. In the case of the 89% Rotten Tomatoes sci-fi flick that sees Tom Cruise step into yet another leading role, the film is set to launch on Tubi beginning on July 1.

Clocking in at number 94 on the Times’ all-encompassing list, Minority Report finds itself among good company, wedged in...

One of Steven Spielberg's most underrated movies is Minority Report, the action thriller starring Tom Cruise. More than 20 years after its original release, the dystopian sci-fi film has found a new streaming home, and fans of the genre will be able to stream one of Cruise's best films without paying anything. Starting July 1, the film will be on Tubi, and to stream the movie, viewers will just have to stick around for the occasional ad breaks.

The futuristic sci-fi film is based on Philip K. Dick's story The Minority Report. It follows Cruise as the chief of a new police unit known as Precrime. Using advanced technology and the psychic ability of three "precogs," Chief John Anderton is able to foresee crimes. When he observes the crimes before they're committed, Anderton and his partners stop the perpetrators and serve justice. During an evaluation by the Department of Justice,...

Written and directed by Nadia Conners, The Uninvited (2024) is an aching, existential ode to aging and ambitions, set in our golden age of utter hopelessness. It conveys that nagging feeling that no matter how hard you scream for things to get better, whether for yourself or the world, they might never be enough. However, it conveys that feeling through the trivial affairs of its privileged L.A. people, who work only in the hours they get paid. It presents this saddening transactionality of present relationships that you often cannot argue against since nearly everyone has been worried about an impending cataclysmic shift in the world. How will you survive through it if you don’t get paid?

‘The Uninvited’ conveys this dread through the conversations of its mainly 40-something characters, who led superfluous lives, whether by choice or for the lack of it. The film is jam-packed with insights into...

Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #452: Rosie Fellner & Ross Clarke on Indie Filmmaking,...

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week we’re talking to Rosie Fellner, who recently produced The Uninvited, a dark comedy starring Walton Goggins, Elizabeth Reaser, Pedro Pascal, Rufus Sewell and Lois Smith. The British producer talks about her career as a multihyphenate and why she’s passionate about supporting first-time filmmakers through her new shingle Rosebud Pictures.

Rosie Fellner loves a puzzle. “I love putting things together – I’m a doer and like the puzzle of putting financing together for projects I’m passionate about,” the UK native tells Deadline.

So, for Fellner, who began her career as an actor on cult British comedy TV series The Fast Show before taking roles in Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip, The Face of an Angel and, more recently,...

The Uninvited

Nadia Conners' comedic drama, The Uninvited, revolves around Rose (Elizabeth Reaser), a former actress and stay-at-home mom, and her husband Sammy (Walton Goggins), a talent agent. The film opens amid preparations for the party they are hosting in their Hollywood Hills home, where the couple, who are getting ready upstairs, exchange humorous and snide quips. When the elderly Helen (Lois Smith) turns up on their doorstep claiming she lives there, Rose triples her duties. She tries to play hostess, find out who Helen is and return her home safely, while trying to get her son to stay put in bed. Meanwhile, the arrival of the guests, including Gerald (Rufus Sewell) and Lucien (Pedro Pascal), brings with them enough drama to fill the night.

The Uninvited

The Univited is produced by Rosie Fellner, founder of independent production company Rosebud Pictures. She is a co-executive producer on Bryn Chainley's Welsh set horror,...

UK-Ireland top five, May 9-11, 2025 Rank Film (origin) Distributor May 2-4 gross Total Week 1 Thunderbolts*(US) Disney £2.4m £11.7m 2 2 Sinners(US) Warner Bros £1.1m £13.1m 4 3 A Minecraft Movie(US) Warner Bros £621,814 £54.9m 6 4 Ocean With Davd Attenborough (UK) Altitude £321,963 £573,551 1 5 The Accountant 2(US) Warner Bros £227,269 £2.3m 3

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Disney’s Thunderbolts* held the top spot at the UK and Ireland box office, on a weekend where takings were affected by warm weather across much of the territory.

Dropping 53% in its second weekend, Thunderbolts* brought in £2.4m. The latest superhero venture now stands at £11.7m, behind the £13.2m of Captain America: Brave New World...

‘Write what you know’ goes the old adage, and Hollywood scribes have long dipped their sharp quills into the inky working methods and attitudes of their own industry. And it’s not about to stop anytime soon — as Hollywood continues to navigate the seismic changes of #MeToo, Black Lives Matter, streaming platforms, the pandemic and the SAG-AFTRA strike. And just as Seth Rogen’s Apple TV+ series The Studio gears up for its finale, we now have Nadia Conners’ heartfelt comedy-drama The Uninvited landing in cinemas to take its turn peering beyond the veneer.

Conners is married in real life to Walton Goggins, who thanks to the likes of The White Lotus has found himself the man-of-the-moment at 53. She therefore knows of what she speaks when offering this tale of once-celebrated theatre actress Rose (Elizabeth Reaser), now in her forties and unable to catch a gig. While she’s just...

Somewhere around the end of the first trimester of the year 2020, the entire world abruptly halted due to a pandemic. This sudden stop in our daily routines—professional, personal, or otherwise—offered a welcome respite, allowing us to take a moment to breathe deeply and reset, either to continue our regular lives or to change altogether. However, this worldwide catastrophe and the confinement it entailed also caused many struggles, both personal and interpersonal, as the interruption of every and all activity meant the termination of the human workforce who could no longer fulfill their responsibilities in the new home-office modality.

The arts also suffered because of this. Particularly those that require mass attendance, namely theater, film, and music concerts, causing production delays, postponing scheduled events, or simply resigning to seeing a project be totally scrapped regardless of how advanced it was in its making. British theater director Simon Godwin was...

Walton Goggins has been an icon in Hollywood for the past two decades, but there is one thing he has never done -- work with his wife. Goggins is married to filmmaker Nadia Conners, and the two finally come together on a new venture. The Fallout actor spoke to GamesRadar+ about the experience of making the comedy The Uninvited. Not to be confused with the horror movie of the same name, the film was inspired by a real occurrence at the couple’s home and has since been remolded for artistic and entertainment value. This undertaking was a change of pace for Goggins, as he told the outlet.

"To collaborate with your spouse, I had never done that before. I sought some counsel from other friends that are are regular collaborators with their significant other. And both Nadia and I are Scorpios, separated really by two days. You know, she's November.

Directed by Nadia Conners and produced by Rosie Fellner, Carlos Cuscó and Ari Taboada, The Uninvited stars Elizabeth Reaser, Walton Goggins, Pedro Pascal, Lois Smith and Rufus Sewell.

This funny yet poignant story follows Rose (Reaser), a one-time actress who has transitioned to life as a stay-at-home mother. As she gets her house ready for a work party her husband (Goggins) is hosting, an older woman named Helen (Smith) shows up, insisting she’s come back to her house. This sudden arrival, along with other tricky people from both her past and present, turns the evening into a chaotic one. Through the night’s events, Rose is compelled to face her own self-doubts and think deeply about her experiences as a woman. The film playfully pokes fun at Hollywood’s obsession with beauty while also celebrating the multifaceted nature of being a woman. It delves into ideas around motherhood and...

An agent hosts a fancy soiree in the Hollywood Hills in this gently incisive drama about the privileged class, written and directed by Nadia Conners

As the sun goes down in the Hollywood Hills, talent agent Sammy (Walton Goggins) and his actor wife Rose (Elizabeth Reaser) prepare for a house party they are throwing. It’s pretty quickly apparent that, despite Sammy’s sudden lustful lunges at his wife and her tinkling laughter, there is plenty of backstory to be revealed behind the landscaped garden succulents. Sammy’s career is in trouble and he is worried about retaining his star client, megalomaniac director Gerald (Rufus Sewell). Rose is not getting cast much these days, and while she dotes on their only child Wilder (Roland Rubio), she misses her career. Up-and-coming star Delia (Eva De Dominici) is coming by for the evening, as is big-time movie star Lucien (Pedro Pascal), who...

Three faith-based films from two independent distributors hit the top ten, a pair of Indian pics popped and traditional indies flexed at a rapidly improving box office.

Angel Studios’ The King Of Kings is looking at a $19 million weekend on 3,200 screens, its widest opening yet and the highest grossing debut of a faith-based animated film. The story of Jesus told by Charles Dickens to his young son topped the previous record holder, The Prince of Egypt from DreamWorks Animation back in 1998, for a no. 2 domestic box office berth.

Fathom Entertainment’s The Chosen franchise has its two latest installments in the top ten. Just released The Chosen: Last Supper (Season 5) Part 3 grossed $6 million on 2,296 screens at no. 6. And last weekend’s holdover The Chosen: Last Supper (Season 5) Part 2 nabbed $932k on 622 screens for an $11.4 million cume, rounding out the top ten. It’s the second double dip in a row...

"The Uninvited” written and directed by Nadia Conners, is a new comedy feature, starring Elizabeth Reaser, Walton Goggins, Lois Smith, Eva De Dominici, Rufus Sewell, Michael Panes, Kate Comer, Roland Rubio, Annie Kurzen and Pedro Pascal, opening April 11, 2025 in theaters:

“…’Rose’ and ‘Sammy’ enjoy an idyllic life with love, a Hollywood Hills home, and a curious son. During a party, Sammy assigns the unusual significance to it, while Rose juggles preparations amid distractions.

“But the unexpected arrival of ‘Helen’, claiming residence there, oscillates between confusion & lucidity. Strangely, Helen possesses intimate knowledge of the house and its guests: an ‘Ingenue’, a director, and Rose's former flame.

“Helen's revelations during the party spark drama, unearthing hidden truths and compelling Rose to confront her past, future, and the desire for change…”

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The latest blockbuster on the block, A Minecraft Movie, will likely top the box office charts in its sophomore weekend after delivering record numbers in its debut frame. It'll compete against a handful of new releases, including the spy thriller The Amateur, the war movie Warfare, and the horror film Drop. But did you know that there is another film debuting theatrically this week; one starring perhaps the two hottest male actors right now? The Uninvited, a comedy-drama that premiered at the South By Southwest Festival last year, features Pedro Pascaland Walton Goggins as part of its ensemble cast. The movie will receive a limited release on Friday.

What also sets The Uninvited apart from its fellow newbies — barring the presence of Pascal and Goggins — is the excellent response that it is debuting to. It currently holds a "fresh" 100% approval rating on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, albeit with just seven reviews currently listed.

"The Uninvited” written and directed by Nadia Conners, is a new comedy feature, starring Elizabeth Reaser, Walton Goggins, Lois Smith, Eva De Dominici, Rufus Sewell, Michael Panes, Kate Comer, Roland Rubio, Annie Kurzen and Pedro Pascal, opening April 11, 2025 in theaters:

“…’Rose’ and ‘Sammy’ enjoy an idyllic life with love, a Hollywood Hills home, and a curious son. During a party, Sammy assigns the unusual significance to it, while Rose juggles preparations amid distractions.

“But the unexpected arrival of ‘Helen’, claiming residence there, oscillates between confusion & lucidity. Strangely, Helen possesses intimate knowledge of the house and its guests: an ‘Ingenue’, a director, and Rose's former flame.

“Helen's revelations during the party spark drama, unearthing hidden truths and compelling Rose to confront her past, future, and the desire for change…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

"And just like that, there she is. The switch she can flip in an instant." Did you get invited? Foton Pictures has released the official trailer for an indie drama titled The Uninvited, a party crasher film directed by Nadia Conners. This first premiered at last year's SXSW Film Festival, with a stop at the Stockholm Film Festival as well. Now set to open in theaters starting in April this spring. A woman crashes a party, sparking a comedy of errors, and a reordering of life. Rose and Sammy's Hollywood Hills party takes a chaotic turn as elderly stranger Helen exposes hidden truths, reigniting old flames, and unearthing secrets. Rose confronts her past, leaving everyone questioning their existence and desires. "To have such an incredibly talented cast, with strong chemistry, and dynamic producers, on my directorial debut is really a dream come true," states Conners. She is the wife of actor Walton Goggins,...

A new trailer has made its way to us for the upcoming satirical Hollywood-set film “The Uninvited” from writer/director Nadia Conners (co-directed the environmental documentary “The 11th Hour“) boasting a cast that features Elizabeth Reaser, Walton Goggins, Lois Smith, Eva De Dominici, Rufus Sewell, and Pedro Pascal.

Continue reading ‘The Uninvited’ Trailer: Walton Goggins & Pedro Pascal Star In Nadia Conners’ Satirical Hollywood Film Coming In April at The Playlist.

A dinner party in Los Angeles takes a wild turn in “The Uninvited,” a new film written and directed by Nadia Conners. Making her first narrative feature, Conners exposes the messy realities of life among Hollywood’s elite.

The movie, which debuted at SXSW 2024, stars Walton Goggins and Elisabeth Reaser as a married couple whose glamorous evening spirals into disorder. Foton Distribution has set the release for May 9, with early screenings at New York’s IFC Center on April 11 and Los Angeles’ Laemmle on April 18.

The story centers on Sammy, an agent played by Goggins, and his wife Rose, portrayed by Reaser. They host a party to charm Sammy’s important client, Gerald, acted by Rufus Sewell. But their plans unravel when two unexpected guests arrive.

First, an elderly woman named Helen, played by Lois Smith, wanders in, insisting the house is hers. Then, Rose’s ex-lover Lucien, brought to life by Pedro Pascal,...

The first trailer has been released for The Uninvited. Nadia Conners's dramedy is about a stranger who crashes a party, causing chaos and a comedy of errors to ensue. The film features Walton Goggins, Pedro Pascal, Rufus Sewell, Elizabeth Reaser, Lois Smith, Eva De Dominici, Kate Comer, Annie Korzen, and Emma West. Conners also wrote the film, which was produced by Ross Clarke, Carlos Cuscó, Rosie Fellner, and Ariel Taboada. The Uninvited is set for release on May 9.

Now, Foton Distribution has released the trailer for The Uninvited. The trailer kicks off with a married couple, Rose and Sammy, getting ready for a party. During their preparations, an elderly woman, Helen, shows up at their doorstep and claims that this is her house. The party guests arrive as Helen stays on the premises, and it is clear that tensions run deep in multiple dynamics. Sammy and Rose struggle with communication in their relationship,...

Writer/director Nadia Conners is shining a light on the dark side of being a woman in Los Angeles amid the Hollywood elite — and what better way to satirize your surroundings than by including them in a meta film?

Conners makes her narrative feature debut with buzzy film “The Uninvited,” which premiered at SXSW 2024. “The White Lotus” Season 3 star Walton Goggins, who is married to Conners in real life, leads the film alongside Elisabeth Reaser, who plays Conners’ semi surrogate. The onscreen couple host a dinner party for their actor pals, only to have the evening interrupted by a past lover (played by none other than Pedro Pascal), a former client, and a confused elderly woman who incites a group existential crisis. To note, both Goggins and Pascal are lead stars of HBO series: Goggins appears in “The White Lotus” and Pascal will return for “The Last of Us,” which...

Foton Distribution will release “The Uninvited,” written and directed by Nadia Conners. The film made its world premiere at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival and has gone on to play at multiple festivals ahead of its release in New York on April 11 and Los Angeles on April 18. It will also premiere in Miami at the Coral Gables Art Cinema on April 18 ahead of VOD release, and will open in the U.K. on May 9th.

“The Uninvited” is a comedic drama taking place over the course of one night in the Hollywood Hills, as Rose and Sammy’s party is interrupted by an unexpected stranger, Helen. This encounter, along with the presence of other complicated characters from her past and present, forces Rose to confront her insecurities and the loneliness of a deteriorating marriage. It humorously critiques Hollywood’s beauty standards while celebrating the complexities of womanhood and explores the themes of motherhood,...

Exclusive: Wise Child Studios, the recently launched production company of Jason Beekman and Ryan Miller, has announced the formation of the Wise Child Collective, a group of creatives from across the country that will aim to help both individual artists and small companies overcome obstacles in getting projects off the ground.

Creatives participating in the inaugural 2025-27 Collective include director and showrunner Lisa Bryant (Netflix’s Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich and Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich); Emmy-winning producer and director Paul Burger (Nat Geo’s Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller); and Emmy-winning director and showrunner Amy Bucher.

Intended to support both up-and-coming and established talent, Wise Child Collective will be a mix of producers, directors, writers, and journalists representing diverse backgrounds and experiences, who in collaborating with Wise Child Studios, will...

A disillusioned actress, her equally frustrated husband, and selfish guests experience a night of personal crisis when a confused elderly woman accidentally crashes their star-studded cocktail party. The Uninvited addresses the sobering truths of aging with incisive comedy and sharp social commentary. Writer/director Nadia Conners gets top marks for putting the audience in the shoes of a lovely and caring protagonist who's constantly told she's past her prime. A drumbeat of rejection and criticism leads to a truthful reckoning about how women are poorly treated. Misogynists be damned. The ladies in our lives are indispensable and deserve much more credit for everything they do.

Rose (Elizabeth Reaser) tries on different outfits before a mirror. She gets an unnerving call informing her that she's been denied an acting role because she looks too old for the part. Sammy (Walton Goggins), her agent husband, wonders why she isn't dressed. The guests...

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My Old Ass is a coming-of-age sci-fi comedy-drama film written and directed by Megan Park. The Prime Video film follows Elliott, an 18-year-old who takes mushrooms on her birthday and comes face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old. Soon, she is contacted by her older self who gives her life advice which makes Elliott forces to rethink everything from family to love. My Old Ass stars Maisy Stella, Percy Hynes White, Maddie Ziegler, Kerrice Brooks, and Aubrey Plaza. So, if you loved the coming-of-age drama, comedic tone, and compelling characters in My Old Ass here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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The Map of Tiny Perfect Things is a sci-fi romantic comedy-drama film directed by Ian Samuels from a screenplay by Lev Grossman. Based on Grossman...

A Twister sequel could have come much sooner than Twisters in 2024 if it were up to Bill Paxton, but, sadly, the actor's idea for a second movie never actualized. The 1996 disaster film, directed by Jan de Bont and written by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin, starred Paxton as Bill Harding, one of the two leads. Beside him in the Twister cast was Helen Hunt, who played Jo. The two characters were storm chasers (and estranged husband and wife) who came together in an attempt to deploy their tornado research device ("Dorothy") by placing it in a tornado's path.

Twister was the second highest-grossing movie of 1996, earning over $495 million against an $8892 million budget. Bill Paxton's disaster film also received Oscar nominations for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound, but lost to Independence Day (1996's highest-grossing movie) and The English Patient, respectively.

Twister was a certified hit following its premiere in May...

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No matter how respected or prolific a thespian may be, the glow of Oscar gold isn't guaranteed. Just ask Lois Smith, a titan of the contemporary American stage with nearly 150 screen credits to her name. The closest she ever came to the Academy's good graces was at the start of the 70s and the New Hollywood craze, when playing Jack Nicholson's pianist sister in Five Easy Pieces. Bob Rafelson's film is something of a classic for those interested in this era of American cinema, but its legend tends to circle around the leading man and, maybe, Karen Black. Still, Smith delivers a performance worth considering and, as the title of this post suggests, she was almost there…...

True Blood's Joe Manganiello believes the cast, due to its high caliber, was "really overqualified" to feature in the show. The actor played the werewolf Alcide Herveaux on the hit HBO vampire series.

Per Variety, Manganiello, in a recent episode of Podcrushed, reflected that although True Blood was an intelligent show that still had cultural resonance, the quality of actors it attracted was enviable given their talent, training, experience, and extensive rsums. "What's funny about True Blood was, you know, we were all really, really overqualified," he said. "Well, I should say the material was deceptively tricky because it was kind of written in like Tennessee Williams. It was very operatic at times."

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Joe Manganiello is sharing why he thinks the cast of True Blood was way too “overqualified” to be starring in the hit drama fantasy series.

On a recent episode of Podcrushed, with hosts Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari, the actor, who played Alcide Herveaux, looked back at the “really wild, crazy, intelligent” show that “pushed the culture forward at the time,” as he described it. However, he noted that the series cast actors with extensive résumés.

“What’s funny about True Blood was, you know, we were all really, really overqualified,” Manganiello admitted. “Well, I should say the material was deceptively tricky because it was kind of written in like Tennessee Williams. It was very operatic at times.”

He continued, “But, you know, but it’s all theater kids. It’s like people with Tonys and Oscars and, you know, Mike McMillan and I were the Carnegie Mellon kids,...

New details have been revealed about Steven Spielberg yelling at someone on the set of 1996's Twister Spielberg's intense reaction on the set of Twister stemmed from crew members quitting after Jan De Bont's unsafe actions. Despite production challenges, Twister was a box office hit, leading to a successful standalone sequel, Twisters.

More details have been revealed about Steven Spielberg's yelling incident on the set of Twister. Released in 1996, Twister was an iconic natural disaster romance movie directed by Jan De Bont. Twister featured an iconic leading cast, including Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Lois Smith, Alan Ruck, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Now, Twister has received a standalone sequel, Twisters, nearly three decades later, which is currently doing well at the box office after hitting theaters on July 19.

Per Independent, new elements of a fateful incident surrounding Spielberg's reaction on the set of Twister have...

Twisters, a sequel to the beloved 1996 film, has finally hit theaters. As audiences finally get a chance to see the highly-anticipated sequel, Glen Powell recently posted a tribute to Bill Paxton, his late friend who starred in the original film, Twister.

Via his X account, Powell shared a loving tribute to the original leading man of the franchise, who passed away in 2017. "As we release Twisters into the world today, I just wanted to look up and tip my hat to the legend that is Bill Paxton," Powell wrote. "A great friend of mine who saw poetry in the natural world. His boots are impossible to fill, but this life is all about chasing the greats. The post was accompanied by a photo of the two actors on the set of the film Red Wing.

As we release Twisters into the world today, I just wanted to look up and...

“Twisters” is getting ready to shake up the summer box office.

The disaster movie, a sequel to the 1996 classic “Twister,” has made $10.7 million in Thursday previews at the box office. The Universal film, starring Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anthony Ramos as storm chasers, is expected to open between $50 million and $55 million this weekend.

“Twisters” comes with a $155 million price tag, so it’ll need to storm the global box office to turn a profit. Warner Bros. is distributing the film internationally, where it’s made $X million so far. It will open in larger markets like France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom this weekend.

Released 28 years after the original film, “Twisters” stars Powell as Tyler Owens, a popular storm chaser on the internet, and Edgar-Jones as Kate Cooper, a meteorologist and ex-tornado chaser who is haunted by a major storm from her past. With her colleague Javi (Ramos...

This week marks the arrival of "Twisters" (read /Film's review), a sequel arriving nearly three decades after the original blockbuster hit "Twister." Because of how much time has elapsed between films, the cast for "Twisters" is entirely different. Although "Twisters," like its predecessor, boasts plenty of flashy special effects to create the sensation of powerful tornadoes popping up throughout Oklahoma as it tracks different groups of storm chasers trying to wrangle these bouts of Mother Nature's anger, the film doesn't quite live up to the secret weapon that "Twister" had: surprisingly committed character actors delivering better-than-needed supporting performances. But character actors popping up to steal the show in big-budget blockbusters isn't unique to "Twister" or its sequel, so let's rank the 10 best blockbuster performances by character actors.

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10. Paul Giamatti, Planet Of The Apes

With more than 25 years of hindsight, there's not too...

Before Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anthony Ramos, there were Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, who starred in the original high-octane thriller Twister (1996) as storm chasers.

Romantic tension similar, but also different, to that between the main characters in Twisters unfolded in the original film. The new installment also nods to the reboot in several ways. The conflict within the two films is also similar. Twisters looks to touch down to a $50 million start at the box office opening weekend.

With Universal’s sequel directed by Lee Isaac Chung about to hit theaters, some may be wondering where to watch the original natural disaster film.

Where Can I Watch ‘Twister’? Is It Streaming?

Twister, which came out in 1996, is available to stream on Max as well as with the Hulu and Max bundle. It is also available to rent on Prime Video, Apple TV+ and more.

What Is Twister about?...

Twisters features massive sets and realistic locations, enhancing the authenticity and detail of the film. The movie has a budget of $200 million, making it one of the most expensive productions of 2024. Twisters likely needs to make more than the original Twister in order to turn a profit.

The Twisters cast explains the massive scale for the new sets of the upcoming action movie. Twisters is a standalone action sequel to the iconic '90s film Twister that featured a leading cast including Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lois Smith, Alan Ruck, Todd Field, and Jeremy Davies. Twisters is set for release this week on July 19 and features a leading cast including Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, and Sasha Lane.

Related Twister Cast & Where They Are Now

While the modern cult classic film Twister stands out for a number of reasons,...

If you were forced to pick a '90s blockbuster that lent itself to the legacy-sequel craze, the original "Twister" would probably be near the bottom of the list, and "Minari" director Lee Isaac Chung would be the very last name you'd pick to bring such a follow-up to life. Boy, what a difference nearly 30 years makes. Back then, there was practically a cottage industry built around productions featuring an A-list headliner surrounded by a strong stable of character actors, a journeyman filmmaker bringing a sturdy sense of direction, and a straightforward enough hook to put butts in seats. A movie like that merely needed a savvy marketing push and the promise of big-screen spectacle to set it on the right track ... and thrill-seeking audiences could be relied upon to take care of the rest and lead it to box-office glory, thank you very much.

Those halcyon days might be...

The highly-anticipated standalone sequel to the 1996 disaster thriller film Twister is finally here. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung from a screenplay by Mark L. Smith, Twisters is a disaster action thriller film and it follows the story of Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser who gets roped into chasing storms once again by her friend Javi to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. Kate soon meets the daredevil storm wrangler Tyler Owens and all of them team up to fight for their survival. Twisters stars Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, and Sasha Lane. So, if you loved the surviving thriller, disaster, and a bit of romantic element in Twisters here are some similar movies you could watch next.

Twister (Max & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Warner Bros.

Twister is a disaster thriller film directed by Jan de Bont from a screenplay co-written by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin.

Twister, a 1996 disaster film, follows two storm chasers tracking violent tornadoes; it became a cult classic. Twisters, the upcoming sequel, releases on July 19, featuring a new cast and bigger, more threatening tornadoes. The classic film's iconic cast includes Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Lois Smith.

The 1996 disaster film Twister featured an iconic leading cast. The action movie follows the story of two almost-divorced storm chasers who are attempting to track down extremely violent tornadoes. Though it has a somewhat goofy and over-the-top premise, Twister has remained one of the 90s classic action movies to this day.

Twister became such a cult classic that it inspired the upcoming sequel film Twisters. Set for release on July 19, Twisters ups the stakes of the original Twister film by adding tornadoes that are bigger and more threatening than ever. Twisters features a leading cast including Daisy Edgar-Jones,...

Twisters is predicted to make somewhere in the neighborhood of $45 million to $50 million during its opening weekend domestically. Boxoffice Pros long-range tracking, which calculates approximately a month ahead of the films release, actually forecasts Twisters to make much more, with a domestic take of $65 million to even $95 million. According to star Glen Powell, Twisters is definitely not a reboot [] There are no characters from the original movie back, so its not really a continuation.

While July certainly doesnt qualify as tornado season, Twisters is still coming. The long-awaited follow-up to the Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt-led Twister (1996) is storming its way toward its theatrical release next month. And the long-range numbers predict Glen Powells Twisters is swirling toward an opening-weekend total somewhere in the neighborhood of $45 million to $50 million (per Deadline). But the disaster flick could be headed toward an even bigger box office debut.

According to the long-range forecast provided by Boxoffice Pro,...

When Lee Isaac Chung’s Twisters opens in theaters on July 19, the reimagined version of Jan de Bont’s 1996 classic could make a $50 million debut. According to analysts, a summer heatwave is heading our way, which could bring audiences to air-conditioned theaters. Between beating the heat with a bucket of buttery popcorn and an overpriced fountain drink, walk-up business could also play a part in Twisters whipping up dollars on its first weekend at the box office.

For a while, analysts predicted a slow summer at cinemas. However, movies like Inside Out 2 ($800M) and Bad Boys: Ride or Die ($294M) have reinvigorated interest in returning to theaters, leading number crunchers to take another look at their box office crystal ball. While Twisters has a lot going for it, tornado warnings across parts of the United States could have people opposed to watching weather-related carnage on the silver screen. My prediction?...

Conspiracy thriller films have a way of sticking with our minds maybe it’s because they show that the authorities are hiding something and we know that actually might be true or maybe it’s just thrilling to uncover a large conspiracy even in a fictional world. We thought of compiling a list of the best and most thrilling conspiracy movies and we have only included the films that are entertaining and have a large conspiracy in their story. So, here are the 10 best conspiracy thriller movies you shouldn’t miss out on.

All the President’s Men (Rent on Prime Video)

All the President’s Men is a biographical political thriller film directed by Alan J. Pakula from a screenplay by William Goldman. Based on a 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by authors Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the 1976 film is set during the 1972 elections and it follows the story...

It's been 28 years since Jan De Bont's "Twister" ripped through theaters and whipped up a $496 million worldwide gross. In the meantime, it's become a weekend cable mainstay, where viewers can tune out its wafer-thin plot and simply enjoy the foul weather spectacle. It's far from a classic, but its visual prowess is undeniable, and its colorful cast of storm chasers led by Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt seem to be having a ball. Any film that includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Ruck, Jami Gertz, Todd Field, and Lois Smith is bound to be fun on some level.

So why has it taken so long for Universal to make a sequel to the second-highest-grossing film (domestically) of 1996?

"Twisters" didn't exactly have a stormy development process, but it did go through a couple of iterations over the last four years. Joseph Kosinski was attached to direct in early 2020. When that fell through,...

Law & Order: Organized Crime fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 4 Episode 11 episode titled Redcoat!

Find out everything you need to know about the Redcoat episode of Law & Order: Organized Crime, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!

Law & Order: Organized Crime Redcoat Season 4 Episode 11 Preview

In the upcoming episode of “Law & Order: Organized Crime” titled “Redcoat,” airing on NBC at 10:00 Pm on May 2, 2024, viewers are in for a gripping ride through the complex world of crime and justice. Stabler finds himself facing a daunting challenge as he fights to maintain his standing within the farm’s inner circle, all while his closest ally comes under scrutiny. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, Stabler must navigate treacherous waters to protect his position and uphold his principles.

Meanwhile, the team embarks on a relentless...

Get ready for a gripping new episode of “Law & Order: Organized Crime” titled “Redcoat,” airing at 10:00 Pm on Thursday, May 2nd, 2024, exclusively on NBC. In this intense installment, Stabler finds himself facing a daunting challenge as he fights to maintain his position within the farm’s inner circle. With his greatest ally under scrutiny, Stabler must navigate treacherous waters to protect his standing and reputation.

Meanwhile, the team races against the clock to uncover the identity of their top target. However, their efforts may prove futile as they discover that they are already too late to intercept his latest shipment. As tensions rise and stakes escalate, the battle against organized crime reaches a critical juncture, with Stabler and his team facing their most formidable adversary yet.

Don’t miss a minute of the action-packed drama in “Redcoat,” airing at 10:00 Pm on Thursday, May 2nd, 2024, only on NBC.

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Law & Order: Organized CrimeSeason 4 Episode 10 “Crossroads.”] The Organized Crime Control Bureau now has to mourn one of its own. Stabler’s (Christopher Meloni) latest undercover operation on Organized Crime has him looking into an organization moving heroin tied to his brother Joe’s (Michael Trotter) drug use. And in order to maintain his cover, Stabler can’t react—as a montage of moments from the season plays—when he’s ordered to bury the body of none other than Detective Sam Bashir (Abubakr Ali) after he went missing connected to the case. He leans on the fact that he was a Marine (his tattoo) to let his anger out and question Angus (Stephen Lang) about it. Angus claims they had nothing to do with his death. Later, Mama Boone (Lois Smith) asks Angus, “We’re just doing Red Coat’s doing now?” He says it’s part of the arrangement he made ...