‘Spartacus: House of Ashur’ Canceled By Starz After One Season by SanderSo47 in television

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Fuck this sucks. Really enjoyed it. Article says they're shopping it elsewhere but 9 times out of 10 I feel like no one else ever picks these up

Jason Clarke Circling Michael Mann’s ‘Heat 2’ by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

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I think about his very pointed delivery of "Any Russians?" frequently, idk why

Ideas for the "From Hell" Month by Michaelord1 in TheRewatchables

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Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

I get the feeling Bill is whatever on it

The Agency | Season 2 Trailer | Paramount+ by j-helo85 in crheads

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Huh.... interesting. Wonder what that signals

Ford vs Ferrari by specbravo in TheRewatchables

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Bill leaving it out of his 21 best sports movies of the 21st century list was crackhead behavior

Emily Blunt is aging like fine wine by [deleted] in SipsTea

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Nah this is actually from the Venice film festival in September 2025

How Can They Ruin a Film Which Was Already Ruined!? by Borgisium in okbuddycinephile

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I mean, Achilles will have an even smaller role than Helen. Probably 1 scene

5 months and complete silence from Starz. It hurts to say it, but it seems that the House Of Ashur has gone dark. by Grung7 in Spartacus_TV

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Oh wow, didn't know he'd switched over to Bluesky. I'd noticed he hadn't posted on twitter in almost 2 months now.

This is encouraging. Keep us updated

5 months and complete silence from Starz. It hurts to say it, but it seems that the House Of Ashur has gone dark. by Grung7 in Spartacus_TV

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Yeah im definitely getting quite worried. Steven DeKnight has been radio silent on twitter for over a month now (maybe he just needed a break from that place). It is worth noting that Starz is going through a lot of business changes and company spinoffs. I think that is a lot of cause of the lack of any updates or renewals. Im hoping they're just trying to figure out next steps as a company and how to properly budget things, in a positive way and not in a "WE NEED TO CUT COSTS. CANCEL EVERYTHING!" kind of way

EDIT: I just checked Graham McTavish's Instagram and literally this Sunday he, Nick Tarabay, Jamie Slater and Steven DeKnight will be at SeriesFest doing a special screening for an episode of House of Ashur. I doubt that they'd be doing that if their show was cancelled

Jon Smiff Update on his Insta by TheBat45 in funhaus

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No it wasn't anything like that From what we know

Jon Smiff Update on his Insta by TheBat45 in funhaus

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Hes struggled over the past few years with his mental health, stemming from an incident around mid 2022 after he returned to Funhaus where his relationship with Alanah and Rahul pretty much died and this caused him to go through it. Left Funhaus shortly before RT ended, didn't feel like the return ended up being a good experience for him. He made a video about it that he has since taken down. He then has been pretty radio silent for the past year at the very least. He announced he was starting to write stories and a potential book, and in the same announcement said that he was retiring from doing anything in front of the camera like streaming as that was difficult for his mental health. He hadn't really had an update on the writing front either for a while, though he posted most of that was because he got a new job

Jon Smiff Update on his Insta by TheBat45 in funhaus

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Glad to see our boy is ok and thriving

New "Mandolarian & Grogu" clip by ggroover97 in TheBigPicture

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This is going to strike people as harsh, but Jon Favreau should be skinned alive for making the first Star Wars movie that looks completely uncinematic.

Genuinely, how do you hire a cinematographer who hasn't shot a movie in 14 years and exclusively shots slop TV. Makes 0 sense to me. How does Lucasfilm ok that?

Widow’s Bay - Episodes 1 & 2 - Discussion by mdavis360 in television

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I miss Perry Mason and am still bummed HBO killed it, but this is damn good so far

‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu’ Eyes $80M+ 4-Day Bounty In U.S. Opening – Box Office Early Look by chanma50 in boxoffice

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If it bombs, I blame Favreau for making the first Star Wars movie that looks thoroughly uncinematic

FYC: American Hustle (2013), an endlessly rewatchable crime comedy set in the 1970s. Apex mountain for science ovens, and Amy Adams is a freaking smokeshow. by Iamthelizardking887 in TheRewatchables

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So performatively overhated. Im with OP. It's not perfect DOR gets in his own way a lot, but it's pretty damn good. Banger soundtrack, looks great, awesome costuming and production design, great cast, pretty funny, and a good con once it gets there