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But the fact remains that the Jigsaw killer’s puzzling legacy had run out of meaningful pieces by the time Rock got involved… just as it already had by the time Lionsgate first tried to exhume it with the empty-headed “Jigsaw” in 2017, and just as it already had by the time “Saw 3D” brought the saga full circle in 2010. That movie was billed as “the final chapter,” which is the Hollywood equivalent of a sports team announcing the start of an arduous rebuild; in this case, the studio responsible for one of the highest-grossing franchises in horror cinema history was effectively conceding that “Saw” would have to start over and sharpen its teeth if it had any hope of outliving the last of Jigsaw’s sadistic disciples....

Netflix has announced a partnership with Immersive Gamebox on a new multiplayer in-person game that will allow fans to compete in simulated versions of popular challenges from the show. Participants will either lose lives or win virtual money based on their performances in challenges such as “Red Light, Green Light,” “Marbles,” and the eponymous “Squid Game.” The game will be facilitated through a combination of virtual reality and motion sensor technology....

Boss’ wife, Allison Holker Boss, confirmed the news in a statement given to People: Born in Alabama, Boss studied dance performance at Southern Union State Community College and Chapman University. When he was 21, he got his start as a contestant on dance competition series “The Wade Robson Project,” making it to the semifinals, and was a runner-up on the talent series “Star Search.” In 2008 he competed on Season 4 of the Fox reality series “So You Think You Can Dance,” where he placed second after Joshua Allen....

When asked if he has considered making a superhero movie, Soderbergh’s answer was negative. “Not really, and I’m not a snob; it’s not that I feel it’s some lower tier in any way. It really becomes about what universe you occupy as a storyteller. I’m just too earthbound to really release myself to a universe in which Newtonian physics don’t exist. I just have a lack of imagination in that regard,” he said....

“It’s our belief — that I think is not unfounded — that actors’ speeches tend to be more dramatic than producers’ speeches,” Soderbergh said, referring to how producers accept Best Picture and end the ceremony with their speech. “And so we thought it might be fun to mix it up, especially if people didn’t know that was coming. So that was always part of the plan.” Soderbergh and his team doubled down on ending the 2021 Oscars with the Best Actor category once the nominations were announced and the late Chadwick Boseman was in the running....

“Daddy Longlegs” The brothers Safdie are, by now, an indie household name — but a decade ago, they burst onto the map with this captivating dramedy. The movie revolves around the reckless Lenny (Ronald Bronstein), an irresponsible dad to two young boys in New York City. The story is clearly based on Benny and Josh Safdie’s experience growing up with their own father, and the film serves as both an authentic depiction of appalling parenting and as a complicated reckoning with a troubled past....

Back at Sundance 2021, “Superior” was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize during the virtual festival. Here’s the synopsis, courtesy of the distributor, Factory 25: The film was roundly praised upon its 2021 virtual Park City debut. Variety’s Jessica Kiang wrote, “The moody atmospherics remain inventively idiosyncratic throughout, from DP Mia Cioffi Henry’s textured, warm-grained 16mm photography, to Jessica Moss’ excellent, echoey score, enhanced with occasional uncanny nonverbal vocals, and on through to the woozy, bluesy rhythms of the editing, handled by Jenn Ruff and Vassilopoulos herself....

Actors Todd Bridges and Mara Wilson are just two of the child stars brought in to discuss the films as part of this series, lending their own personal experiences as well as deconstructing the lives of the actors being highlighted. The series was a chance for Wilson, raised with a mother who showed her classic films regularly, to indulge her own cinephile background. “I am a big fan of film,” she told IndieWire....

The Television Academy Foundation’s Diversity and Inclusion Unscripted Internship Program, which officially launched on Tuesday, will take place over a paid eight-week period in Los Angeles during the summer. Interns also will receive weekly online evening professional development, including panels with television industry leaders, customized seminars on building your brand and navigating the job market ahead, and access to Foundation alumni as they build their career. Remote internships will be offered during summer 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic....

All of the proper ingredients are in place, starting with a creepy old house based on the Borley Rectory (which occultist Harry Price designated as “the most haunted house in England”), some wide-eyed new tenants ripe for the scaring, and an oppressive religious streak that’s paved over all manner of dark secrets since an order of monks first occupied the property during the Middle Ages. Stir in some creepy-looking dolls, a slight hint of Nazis, and a redheaded Sean Harris — as Harry Price himself!...

The trailer not only introduces Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader, but also Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman, Colin Farrell as his own twist on the Penguin, Jeffrey Wright as Commissioner Gordon, and even glimpses of Paul Dano’s Riddler. We also see Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne’s righthand man. “Right from the beginning, there’s a desperation to it. He’s really working out this rage,” Pattinson said of his character during a DC FanDome sizzle reel in the leadup to the trailer....

At a critical moment towards the end of Joanna Hogg’s magnificent “The Souvenir Part II” — the second and supposedly final portion of her self-portrait of an artist — the director’s young avatar is overcome by her frustrations with the student film she’s trying to make (itself an autobiographical story called “The Souvenir”). “I don’t want to see life as it was,” she stresses, “I want to see life as I imagine it to be....

It’s a heightening hinted at the close of last season, as interplanetary agent of chaos Marco Inaros (Keon Alexander) looms just beyond the horizon, ready to spark a revolution. That eventually means trouble for the quartet at the heart of “The Expanse,” the surviving crew members of the Rocinante now far-flung to different points across this web of lunar stations and gunships and rescue missions and romantic entanglements. Related Netflix’s ‘Kaleidoscope’ Unlocks a Watch-In-Any-Order Format for an Intriguing Heist Show Peacock’s ‘Paul T....

The screenplay is written by Christina Hodson (“Birds of Prey”) from characters created by Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert. Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen travels back in time to stop his mother’s murder, generating unintended consequences. Joining the cast are Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne aka Batman; Michael Keaton also as Bruce Wayne aka Batman in an older, alternate universe; Sasha Calle as the Kryptonian Supergirl; and Kiersey Clemons as journalist Iris West, aka Barry’s love interest....

The official synopsis for “The Humans” from A24 reads: “Erik Blake has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside and eerie things start to go bump in the night, the group’s deepest fears are laid bare. Haunting and piercingly funny, The Humans explores the hidden dread of a family and the love that binds them together....

Netflix’s “The Midnight Club,” adapted from Christopher Pike’s novel series of the same name, is created by “The Haunting of Hill House” and “Midnight Mass” showrunner Mike Flanagan. The series premieres October 7. Set in 1994, the 10-episode season takes place at Brightcliffe Hospice, a home for terminally ill teenagers to pass away peacefully on their own terms. Yet Stanford University-bound teen Ilonka (Iman Benson) is skeptical after being admitted following a thyroid cancer diagnosis, and the hospice has its own spooky history waiting to be uncovered....

“Whenever you ask [Frank] now, he says ‘No, no, I came to Berlin because of the designer,’ but the real truth is it was a bit of both,” said Hanisch in an interview with IndieWire “You have to go where the locations are.” Berlin might not be the obvious choice to tell the period story of a midwestern chess prodigy, but East Berlin’s 1950s – 1980s architecture supplied the right mid-century modern style for various U....

Even still, it’s nearly impossible to see the stances, coalitions, and maneuvers that helped Ronald Reagan ascend to the presidency as a precursor to what the United States has experienced over the last four years. The central question becomes: Does “The Reagans” feel so familiar because it’s being pitched to an audience living through 2020? Or are the echoes so unavoidable that any examination of the 1980s and what led to them can’t help but remind us of the headlines of the more recent past?...

The protagonist for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” rules the latest trailer for the upcoming Prime Video series, streaming September 2. Galadriel is dead set on “hunting the enemy,” no matter the cost of saving Middle-Earth from a rising evil. “Fates collide and disparate characters are tested in the face of impending evil in this glimpse into the long-awaited new series,” an official description reads. “‘The Rings of Power’ will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and one of the greatest villains that ever flowed from J....

Where to Watch ‘The Silent Sea’: Netflix One way that “The Silent Sea” separates itself from its space story counterparts is that it almost never relies on claustrophobia. Even though much of the eight-episode series takes place at a research station on the moon, the interiors have high ceilings, the corridors are relatively wide, and the science labs are well-stocked with a decent amount of space. When this team travels around the lunar base, in search of an important artifact to bring to Earth, you usually get to hear some echoing footsteps in hallways with plenty of space....