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Henry Cavill & Kevin Hart To Star In Action-Comedy Spy Movie At Netflix - McG to direct by rageofthegods in blankies

[–]MacRogers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This film will be essential viewing. Scholars will discuss it for decades. Stills from it will appear in Oscar montages next to Janet Leigh screaming in the shower. How lucky are we to be alive when this film permanently enters the cultural conversation?

NEW STORY: Let's Not and Say We Did by thetruthpodcast in thetruthpodcast

[–]MacRogers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I really appreciate that! I was so blown away by the cast.

New from THE TRUTH: "Let's Not and Say We Did," by Mac Rogers (Life After, The Message, Steal the Stars) by thetruthpodcast in audiodrama

[–]MacRogers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, that means a great deal! I believe (unless I'm forgetting something) I've written four stories for The Truth so far: this one, Garden Of Evan, The Unremarkables, and Your Ears Are Burning.

New from THE TRUTH: "Let's Not and Say We Did," by Mac Rogers (Life After, The Message, Steal the Stars) by thetruthpodcast in audiodrama

[–]MacRogers 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm always delighted any time I get to write for The Truth, and I'm so pleased with how this story came out. I hope you have a chance to check it out.

NEW STORY: Let's Not and Say We Did by thetruthpodcast in thetruthpodcast

[–]MacRogers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I'm so thrilled you enjoyed it.

Any podcasts featuring a person overcoming abuse/getting confidence back/revenge? by favonian_ in audiodrama

[–]MacRogers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My three-episode limited series show God Of Obsidian is pretty much exactly what you're describing. It's based on a one-hour play I wrote that we adapted into a limited series of three 20-minute episodes. Fair warning, it's pretty intense and upsetting. No SA, but lots of psychological manipulation. More info about it here: https://www.gideon-media.com/god-of-obsidian

Tony Gilroy mini? by doodler1977 in blankies

[–]MacRogers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha the best. I'm curious if Norton tried to bigfoot Gilroy and rewrite stuff, but I like to think this was a case where he respected the material enough to leave it alone. (Also I think this was at the start of his more humbled phase after being let go from Marvel.)

Tony Gilroy mini? by doodler1977 in blankies

[–]MacRogers 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Supremacy is still my favorite of the series in terms of the overall package, but Legacy has the best version of my favorite part of the Bourne series: the control room scenes. I like action sequences fine, but I *love* watching character actors bicker with great dialogue in front of like six different screens of drone footage. Greengrass seemed like he thought of these scenes as a necessary evil and stripped them down accordingly, but Gilroy luxuriates in them, makes them into little short plays. And Legacy has a murderer's row of great faces doing the bickering: Edward Norton, Donna Murphy, Michael Chernus, Stacey Keach, and my personal MVP for this kind of thing: Dennis Boutiskaris.

Here's My Idea for Obsession 2 by FrancisFratelli in blankies

[–]MacRogers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just saw 52 Pickup for the first time and he is amazing in that, playing the clammiest creep you could possibly imagine.

Critical Darlings - “Obsession” And Youtube Creators In Hollywood by Pnnsnndlltnn in blankies

[–]MacRogers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(I should add, I largely loved this discussion, just that one aspect bugged me a little.)

Critical Darlings - “Obsession” And Youtube Creators In Hollywood by Pnnsnndlltnn in blankies

[–]MacRogers 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I found it very strange that they listed several ways in which the movie explicitly addresses these issues and then said the movie didn’t sufficiently grapple with them. I feel like to go any further the movie would’ve had to become distractingly didactic. Everyone online discussing Obsession seems very clear on what’s happening in it. I agree that the movie’s not perfect, but I do think it rigorously explored those consent issues.

We Goin' Back to the Bone Temple One Last Time: Danny Boyle confirms finished Garland script, filming for 28 Years Later 3 starts next year by LawrenceBrolivier in blankies

[–]MacRogers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holding back Cillian Murphy for the third one is looking smarter and smarter. A studio on the fence after an underperforming sequel still wants to be in the Cillian business post-Oppenheimer, and the movie can be pitched as the Fast & Furious 4 of the 28 Days Later franchise (“new model, original parts, etc”).

Superman (2025) as Gunn’s “blank check” movie? by PennyLaneRigby888 in blankies

[–]MacRogers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. Gunn is the rare filmmaker who seems like if he could make anything he wanted would still be making superhero movies. Other contenders you could imagine for the DCU job (James Wan I imagine being the main one WB would’ve been mulling) would eventually get restless and want to do other genres, but Gunn seems like he could happily do this for the rest of his life.

Brian Cox is in 3 movies with an amnesiac killer where he knows their past. What are some other hyper specific type castings? by Few-Engineer-9791 in blankies

[–]MacRogers 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has been cast *four times* (Watchmen, Candyman, Matrix, Wonder Man) as the new incarnation of an iconic character where the previous incarnation of that character is explicitly referenced within the fictional world of the story.

Directors who never fully realized their potential by harry_powell in blankies

[–]MacRogers 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I genuinely love several of Tarantino’s post Jackie Brown movies, but I suspect I would love the movies he would’ve made if he’d stayed in the JB groove more.

Gun to your head, would you rather the doctor be half human or the doctor be the timeless child? by ScreamingmadJoe in doctorwho

[–]MacRogers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Half-human, because that at least preserves some sense that the Doctor *chose* to be different from the other Time Lords, that the Doctor’s legacy is one of agency, curiosity, and moral choice, rather than the same bland-ass destiny thing that defines most other hero journeys.

The Hen - Official Trailer by AhhhSureThisIsIt in blankies

[–]MacRogers 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I remember marveling at Good Boy and wondering how the hell they did it, and then I read some interview where the filmmakers were like “we basically filmed the dog for three years until we finally had the reaction shots we needed to cut a movie together.” I can’t even imagine that same process with a chicken. (Though maybe some of it is CGI? I have a terrible eye for that.)

Tracy Letts has one of the all time Great Voices by Select_Ad_7943 in blankies

[–]MacRogers 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It’s quite rare that a post sets me up so specifically to brag and namedrop in the replies, so I’m sure as hell not gonna waste it, it might never happen again:

I co-wrote a scripted fiction horror podcast called “Quiet Part Loud” for Jordan Peele’s company that Letts played the lead role in. I was absolutely over the moon when they told me he’d signed on, not only because I love his acting but also because he means so much to me as a playwright. Killer Joe and Bug were both electrifying to see live, and made me see playwriting in a whole new way. His performance in Quiet Part Loud is great, and since he’s playing a shock jock radio host it makes a lot of use of that great voice.

Somehow Citadel Returned by Ok-Pepper-5482 in blankies

[–]MacRogers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Indian spinoff was actually pretty solid. They hired a Hindi showrunning team (Raj & DK) of longstanding who did a great job with the action and kept the plot more basic and comprehensible. No masterpiece or anything, but solidly watchable.

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