Should You Race Back to Theaters When It’s Safe? Pretty Much Pop: Culture Podcast (#77) on the Big Screen Experience

https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_77_1-3-21.mp3 The pandemic has kept us out of the movie theaters, forcing new streaming practices so that films can be released at all, but as these restrictions end in 2021, do we want things to go back just to the way they were? Your hosts Mark Linsenmayer, Erica Spyres, and Brian Hirt reviewed many articles where filmmakers fretted about the future of cinema. Even before the pandemic, concerns about ...
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Producer Michael Shamberg Sues Academy for Ignoring His Plea to Improve Social Media

Veteran film producer Michael Shamberg sued the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences on Monday, as he steps up his campaign to prod the organization to boost its social media presence. Shamberg, 75, has been publicly decrying the Academy’s slide into irrelevance with younger viewers for several months. An Academy member since 1981, Shamberg […]
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Exclusive ‘Cold Pursuit’ Clip: Adapting ‘In Order of Disappearance’ For an American Audience

The very dark comedy Cold Pursuit arrives on digital and Blu-ray this month, giving viewers a chance to catch what they might have missed in theaters. The movie is a remake of the Norwegian film In Order of Disappearance, and hails from the same director –  Hans Petter Moland. This exclusive Cold Pursuit clip from the home media special features delves into the idea behind adapting the original film for an American sensibility. Cold Pursuit Clip On the surface, Cold Pursuit looks like a...
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AMC Cancels Into the Badlands and The Son

AMC cancels Into the Badlands and The Son AMC has announced the end of two of its series, the post-apocalyptic Into the Badlands and the western The Son. The cable network made both announcements during the Television Critics Association winter press tour. Into the Badlands will conclude its run after the final eight episodes of its current third season, which kicks of Sunday, March 24 after The Walking Dead. The show will then run its course after moving to its regular Monday night timeslot...
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Don’t Mess With Liam Neeson in New Cold Pursuit Clip

Don’t mess with Liam Neeson in new Cold Pursuit clip Lionsgate has released a new clip for Liam Neeson’s latest revenge thriller Cold Pursuit, featuring Neeson’s Nels Coxman showing off his violently side. The film is set to hit theaters on February 8. Check out the video below! Cold Pursuit, formerly titled Hard Powder also stars Emmy Rossum (Shameless) and Laura Dern (Wild), and follows Nels Coxman (Liam Neeson), a local snowplow operator recently named Citizen of the Year of his small Col...
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New Cold Pursuit TV Spots: The Perfect Revenge is All In the Execution

New Cold Pursuit TV Spots: The perfect revenge is all in the execution Lionsgate has released new TV spots for Liam Neeson’s latest revenge thriller Cold Pursuit, highlighting Nels Coxman’s determination for having the perfect revenge plot for the murder of his son. The film is set to hit theaters on February 8. Check out the videos below! Cold Pursuit, formerly titled Hard Powder also stars Emmy Rossum (Shameless) and Laura Dern (Wild), and follows Nels Coxman (Liam Neeson), a local snowplo...
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Liam Neeson is Looking for Revenge in the Cold Pursuit Trailer

Liam Neeson is looking for revenge in the Cold Pursuit trailer Lionsgate has released the first trailer for their new revenge thriller Cold Pursuit, starring Liam Neeson (The Passenger, Taken) as a man looking to exact revenge on the gangsters that have killed his son. When asked what makes him think he knows what it takes to kill a man, he replies simply that he “read it in a crime novel.” You can check out the trailer in the player below! Cold Pursuit, formerly titled Hard Powder also star...
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Liam Neeson’s Hard Powder to Be Released in February 2019

Liam Neeson’s Hard Powder film to be released in February 2019 Liam Neeson’s (Schindler’s List, Taken) latest revenge thriller Hard Powder, based on the 2014 Norwegian film In Order of Disappearance (Kraftidioten in Norwegian), will arrive in theaters next year on February 8, 2019, from Summit Entertainment. Hard Powder, starring Neeson, Emmy Rossum (Shameless), and Laura Dern (Wild), follows Nels Coxman (Neeson), a local snowplow operator recently named Citizen of the Year of his small Color...
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Check Out a Behind-the-Scenes Video for Into the Badlands

Check out a behind-the-scenes video for season 3 of AMC’s Into the Badlands AMC has released a new behind-the-scenes video from their series Into the Badlands season 3. You can check it out in the player below. Into the Badlands is a post-apocalyptic and visually stunning story of survival and dominance set in a future feudal society. The series closed its second season as a top-ten scripted series on ad-supported cable. Season 3 finds Sunny (Daniel Wu) living off the grid, doing his best to ...
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Into the Badlands Season 3 Official Trailer Released

BEGIN SLIDESHOW Into the Badlands Season 3 official trailer released Straight from WonderCon 2018, AMC today released the official trailer for Into the Badlands Season 3! The third season will premiere on Sunday, April 22 at 10/9c. Into the Badlands is a post-apocalyptic and visually stunning story of survival and dominance set in a future feudal society. The series closed its second season as a top-ten scripted series on ad-supported cable. Season 3 finds Sunny (Daniel Wu) living off the...
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AMC Announces McMafia, Fear the Walking Dead, and Into the Badlands Premieres

AMC announces McMafia, Fear the Walking Dead, and Into the Badlands premieres AMC today announced from the Television Critics’ Association (TCA) Press Tour the premiere dates for new and returning series, including the international crime thriller, McMafia, Fear the Walking Dead season four, martial arts drama Into the Badlands season three and AMC Visionaries: James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction. As previously announced, AMC’s suspense thriller The Terror will premiere with back-to-back...
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First Into the Badlands Season 3 Photos Released by AMC

First Into the Badlands Season 3 photos released by AMC AMC today released photos from the upcoming third season of its martial arts series, Into the Badlands, which is currently filming in Dublin, Ireland and will return this spring. The Into the Badlands Season 3 photos feature returning cast members Daniel Wu (Tomb Raider) as Sunny, Ally Ioannides (Parenthood) as Tilda and 2017 British Independent Film Award Best Actress nominee Emily Beecham (Daphne) as The Widow, as well as two previousl...
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Into the Badlands Season 3 Cast Additions Announced

Into the Badlands Season 3 cast additions announced AMC announced today new additions to the cast of its hit martial arts drama Into the Badlands, which returns for season three next year. Sherman Augustus, Babou Ceesay and Ella-Rae Smith join the Into the Badlands Season 3 cast as series regulars and Dean-Charles Chapman and Lewis Tan join as recurring guest stars. They join series stars Daniel Wu (Sunny), Aramis Knight (M.K.), Emily Beecham (The Widow), Orla Brady (Lydia), Ally Ioannides (T...
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AMC Renews Into the Badlands for 16-Episode Third Season

AMC’s Into the Badlands has been renewed for an expanded 16-episode third season AMC has renewed the martial arts drama Into the Badlands for an expanded 16-episode third season. The show is currently one of the highest-rated dramas on cable. Into the Badlands will return to AMC in 2018. “Into the Badlands looks like nothing else on television, a literal high-wire act attracting passionate and dedicated fans by the millions,” said Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios....
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Fight for Your Future with the Into the Badlands Season 2 Poster

Fight for your future with the Into the Badlands Season 2 poster AMC has released the first poster for Into the Badlands Season 2 which you can check out in the gallery below! The new season premieres on Sunday, March 19 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Into the Badlands Season 2 finds Sunny and M.K. separated and scattered to the wind, each imprisoned in unlikely places. While M.K. struggles to control his powers, Sunny is determined to fight his way back into the Badlands to find his family or die tryi...
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Liam Neeson Will Be Out for Revenge in the Rockies in ‘Hard Powder’

Ever since Liam Neeson fought through a long line of bad guys to get his daughter back in Taken, he’s starred in more than enough action thrillers where he’s out for revenge or trying to save someone he loves. We thought we may have finally seen the last of them with Taken 3 in 2014 and Run All Night in 2015. But we were mistaken. At the Berlin Film Market next month, an action thriller called Hard Powder will be shopped around that has Liam Neeson seeking vengeance in the Rocky Mountains. So i...
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Berlinale: Liam Neeson, Studiocanal, Michael Shamberg Team for ‘Hard Powder’ (EXCLUSIVE)

PARIS – Liam Neeson, European group Studiocanal and producer Michael Shamberg are teaming for “Hard Powder,” a Rocky Mountains-set action revenge thriller that is likely to prove a hot ticket at next month’s Berlin Film Festival market. Directed by Hans Petter Moland and written by Frank Baldwin, “Hard Powder” will go into production in March... Read more »
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Better Call Saul Season 3 and Into the Badlands Season 2 Premiere Dates

Better Call Saul Season 3 and Into the Badlands Season 2 premiere dates AMC has announced, from the Television Critics Association (TCA) Press Tour, winter and spring premiere dates for several new and returning original series, including the martial arts drama Into the Badlands, new epic The Son and the Emmy-nominated Better Call Saul. You can view the premiere date and series information below, as well as new videos for each. Into the Badlands The martial arts drama “Into the Badlands” will...
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Into the Badlands Season 2 Photos Reveal Nick Frost and More

Into the Badlands Season 2 photos reveal Nick Frost and more Today, AMC released first look Into the Badlands Season 2 photos from its martial arts drama. The series has scored with critics and fans for its immersive world and the artistry of its elaborate fight sequences. The ten-episode second season will debut in March of 2017. Check out the photos in the gallery below! Season two of Into the Badlands finds Sunny and M.K. separated and scattered to the wind, each imprisoned in unlikely pla...
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Into the Badlands Season 2 Ordered by AMC

Into the Badlands Season 2 ordered AMC AMC announced today that it has renewed the acclaimed martial arts drama Into the Badlands for a 10-episode second season. Into the Badlands Season 2 will premiere on AMC in 2017. The show delivered the third highest-rated first season in U.S. cable TV history and scored with critics and fans for its immersive world and the artistry of its elaborate fight sequences. In the U.S., Nielsen live+7 ratings, the show’s first season averaged 5.6 million viewers...
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Scriptnotes, Ep 234: The Script Graveyard — Transcript

The original post for this episode can be found here. John August: Hello and welcome. My name is John August. Craig Mazin: My name is Craig Mazin. John: And this is Episode 234 of Scriptnotes, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters. Very often on the program we will talk about the birth of a project, the excitement of bringing a movie to life. This is not one of those episodes. Today, we’re going to take a look at what happens to scripts when they die....
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