Christopher Nolan‘s Oppenheimer is making headlines for a lot of things. One of the talked-about aspects of the film is a sex scene between two of the film’s stars, Cillian Murphy and Florence Pugh. While just a small part of the three-hour epic, there have been international edits of the film that have censored the nudity, while others have complained of its gratuitousness. Pugh, whose filmography has already included a number of risqué scenes, was very supportive about the feeling of professionalism on Christopher Nolan’s set. This is especially given the fact that filming for such scenes can be immensely uncomfortable, and a new practice of intimacy coordination has been instituted in the making of movies.

However, Pugh would relay a humorous situation that ended up making the filming of the scene more troublesome when she revealed that a camera had broken during the scene. According to Variety, Pugh told the anecdote at a panel for Oppenheimer with Murphy and Blunt in attendance. Pugh stated, “In the middle of our sex scene, the camera broke. No one knows this, but it did. Our camera broke when we were both naked, and it was not ideal timing.” Furthermore, she added that not many cameras were available with one being in the shop (perhaps it was an IMAX camera?), so they had to figure out how to fix it.

Pugh continued, “Cillian and I are in this room together. It’s a closed set, so we’re both holding our bodies like this. (wrapping her arms around her).” A person would then attempt to fix the camera. “I’m like, well, this is my moment to learn. ‘So tell me, what’s wrong with this camera?’” she said as the person examined the problem. “You just make your moments. I’m like, ‘What’s going on with the shutter here, buddy?’”

Nolan had told her that there was an issue with the way the camera was receiving light, to which she continued, “It was just crazy that every person on this set was so knowledgeable and was so ready to make this kind of a movie that there was no dull moment. It was all amazing. It felt like we were lucky to be there every second of the day.”

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Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s collaboration on Saving Private Ryan spawned the critically acclaimed HBO series Band of Brothers, which chronicled the infantry troops on the ground in Europe during World War II. It was a massive hit, followed by The Pacific, an equally great series focused on the Pacific Theater during the war. Now, the producers are back with a third installment in their chronicle of WWII, Masters of the Air. Focused on the United States air forces during the 1940s, this series is bound to be another substantial win for Spielberg, Hanks, and all involved. Read our rave review here!

Masters of the Air stars Elvis’ Austin Butler and The Boys in the Boat‘s Callum Turner as best friends and pilots during the heaviest warfare of the campaign. Part of the 100th, known as the Bloody Hundredth, the two pilots, both nicknamed Buck, form a bond with their fellow airmen as they fight against the German forces through France and beyond. The series features an ensemble of up-and-coming talent and direction from Cary Fukunaga, best known for True Detective and No Time To Die. Masters of the Air is a sweeping epic that features combat unlike anything else we have seen on screen before.

I got to talk to some of the talent involved with Masters of the Air about the new series. Anthony Boyle, who plays Major Harry Crosby, talked about portraying a navigator and what he learned that role entailed during WWII. Nate Mann, who plays Major Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal, discussed the challenge of not only the aerial sequences but the drama involved in characters discovering the atrocities the Nazis committed. I also spoke with producer Gary Goetzman, a long-time collaborator with Tom Hanks as well as the real-life inspiration for the film Licorice Pizza, about the potential for a fourth entry in this ongoing war saga as well as Tom Hanks’ next film, Greyhound 2, and appreciating vinyl records. Check out the full interview in the embed above.

Masters of the Air is now streaming on AppleTV+.

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It’s been a rough time to be a Scooby-Doo fan lately. When David Zaslav became CEO of Warner Bros., he swooped in and cancelled not just Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme, but also three separate Scooby-Doo projects: SCOOB! Holiday Haunt, Scooby-Doo! and the Haunted High Rise, and Scooby-Doo! and the Mystery Pups. But now there’s a RUMOR going around that there’s a new Scooby-Doo project in the works… and it appears that this one would be a crossover between characters from the Scooby-Doo franchise and characters from the Gremlins franchise. The title page of a script called Scooby-Doo! Gremlins Getaway recently appeared online, with the title written in a mixture of Scooby-Doo and Gremlins fonts.

We can’t say for sure that Scooby-Doo! Gremlins Getaway is happening, but it would make sense. Scooby-Doo has had crossovers with a lot of other franchises and characters throughout the years – Batman, WWE, KISS, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Krypto – and, like Scooby-Doo, Gremlins is a Warner Bros. property. 2024 also happens to be the 40th anniversary of the release of the original Gremlins movie, so this would be the perfect time for Warner Bros. to put some kind of special Gremlins project (other than the animated prequel series Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, which started airing on Max last year) into production.

According to this mysterious title page, Scooby-Doo! Gremlins Getaway has been written by Jane Becker, whose previous credits include episodes of Rick and Morty, The Simpsons, Harley Quinn, and Ted Lasso.

The picture of the script was originally posted by the Behind the Scoobs Instagram account, which, as the name of the page implies, has posted a lot of material from behind the scenes of various Scooby-Doo projects.

So, while we wait to find out whether or not this is actually happening, let us know: what do you think of the idea of Scooby-Doo! Gremlins Getaway? Would you like to see Scooby-Doo and his friends sharing the screen with Gizmo and the gremlins? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below.

If Scooby-Doo! Gremlins Getaway does get made, here’s hoping it’s not just another Scooby-Doo project that Warner Bros. is going to toss into the trash.

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When a new console comes out, it’s often a hellish endeavor trying to get one in the first year. So, with the Switch 2 rumored to drop later this year, prospective buyers will be happy to know that Nintendo is reportedly looking to ensure that if you want a Switch successor, you can get one. Most new video game…

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When a new console comes out, it’s often a hellish endeavor trying to get one in the first year. So, with the Switch 2 rumored to drop later this year, prospective buyers will be happy to know that Nintendo is reportedly looking to ensure that if you want a Switch successor, you can get one. Most new video game…

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Fans of Nathan Fielder know how a little bit too good he is at making you feel uncomfortable. The comedic actor has an incredibly dry delivery with the bravery and commitment of someone like Sasha Baron Cohen, whom Fielder has actually worked with on Who is America? Fielder’s Comedy Central show, Nathan For You, brought his illustrious brand of cringe comedy to a grand audience, and HBO’s The Rehearsal took it to a new level. Recently, Fielder has partnered with Benny Safdie to try his hand at more scripted narrative comedy with the abstract Showtime series The Curse, which paired Fielder up with Emma Stone.

The response to The Curse has been naturally divisive. However, one vocal supporter of the show, whom people may not have seen coming is Christopher Nolan. According to Variety, the Academy Award-nominated director of Oppenheimer recently moderated a Q&A for the show with a screening of its first episode. Nolan would glow about how The Curse was “unlike anything I’ve ever seen on television before.” He continued, “There are so few shows that come along that genuinely have no precedents. I mean, you’re going back to things like Twin Peaks or The Prisoner or Dennis Potter’s Singing Detective — things like that. So you’re in an amazing space, and I can’t wait for audiences to catch up with the climax.”

Nolan would also praise Fielder’s work on HBO’s The Rehearsal as well as state his love for Benny Safdie’s films with his director brother, Josh.

In the review for the show from our own Alex Maidy, he says, “I still cannot quite describe what this show is but I know that it is without any comparison on the small screen. The Curse is an uncomfortable watch, and I mean that in the best way possible. You will find yourself laughing, cringing, and at times, covering your eyes but never looking away from the screen. Thanks to a weekly release schedule, viewers will get to debate what will happen well into January, and I cannot wait to see how everyone reacts as this story builds toward its shocking conclusion.”

You can stream all episodes of The Curse on Paramount+ with Showtime.

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Amidst the recent flurry of information about Obsidian’s forthcoming RPG Avowed, one crucial morsel of information went under the radar. We learned that the first-person role-player would have lively combat, a classless main character exploring large, sprawling levels set in the same universe as Pillars of Eternity,…

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Amidst the recent flurry of information about Obsidian’s forthcoming RPG Avowed, one crucial morsel of information went under the radar. We learned that the first-person role-player would have lively combat, a classless main character exploring large, sprawling levels set in the same universe as Pillars of Eternity,…

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Throughout the 90’s, the popularity of more adult-oriented animation on TV would continue rising until the traditional kid-friendly Cartoon Network began airing more adult-animated programs after 11 pm. They eventually launched their Adult Swim slate of programs that catered to an adult audience that would be watching TV at that late of an hour. We would see the rise of cult hits such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Space Ghost: Coast to Coast. But no show seemed to have true crossover success until December 2, 2013, when an animated show debuted that resembled a more adult version of Back to the Future. The show came from controversial figure Dan Harmon who had recently been fired from his network series Community, yet it would be the show’s other creator that ten years later would make headlines for his off-screen behavior. It’s time we delve into the controversy surrounding Rick and Morty, and its co-creator, Justin Roiland.

Any fan of Rick and Morty knows that it toes the line of what you can get away with on TV. Whether it’s something as innocent as Pickle Rick or starting a worldwide craze by simply mentioning McDonald’s Szechuan Sauce to more disturbing plot points like the time a Jellybean sexually assaulted Morty in the bathroom. The show has never shied away from going places in the name of comedy that would make even Larry Flynt blush. But when some of the texts Justin Rowland had sent out to various women were released, some of those more controversial jokes got slightly less funny. They went from being sick and twisted brushes of dark humor from a comedic mind to just sick and twisted.

In this episode of JoBlo Scandals, we’re going to dig into the history behind Rick & Morty, as well as the accusations against Roiland. Is there a way forward for the formerly acclaimed man behind of the biggest animated shows of all time?

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Director Joe Lynch (Wrong Turn 2, Mayhem), screenwriter Dennis Paoli – who worked on the screenplays for the Stuart Gordon-directed H.P. Lovecraft adaptations Re-Animator, From Beyond, Castle Freak, Dagon, and Masters of Horror: Dreams in the Witch-House – and producer Barbara Crampton (who had acting roles in Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Castle Freak) recently teamed up to make a new Lovecraft adaptation called Suitable Flesh (read our review HERE) in tribute to Gordon. The movie recently received a Blu-ray and DVD release (copies can be purchased at THIS LINK) that includes such extras as audio commentary, featurettes, and bloopers – but if your taste is more old school than that, it’s also coming to VHS, courtesy of Broke Horror Fan and Witter Entertainment!

Copies of the “limited edition, fully functional” Suitable Flesh VHS can be purchased through Witter Entertainment. “It arrives on VHS in slipcase packaging with art by Creepy Duck Design. For optimal VHS viewing, the film has been cropped from its original aspect ratio to 4:3 full frame. It is officially licensed from RLJE Films and approved by Lynch.” This is a pre-order, with copies expected to ship in March.

Described as an “erotic body-swapping horror”, this adaptation of The Thing on the Doorstep stars Heather Graham (Boogie Nights) and Judah Lewis (The Babysitter). Graham plays psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby, who becomes obsessed with helping a young patient suffering extreme personality disorder. But her desire to help leads her into dark occult danger as she tries to escape a horrific fate.

Bruce Davison (X-Men), Johnathon Schaech (That Thing You Do!), and Graham Skipper (The Mind’s Eye) are also in the cast.

Crampton produced the film alongside Bob Portal, Inderpal Singh, and Joe Wicker for Amp, in association with Eyevox Entertainment. Brian Yuzna, who produced Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Dagon (and directed the Re-Animator sequels) is on board as executive producer, as are Eyevox’s Rick Moore, Amp’s James Norrir and Nina Kolokouri, and Lynch. Amp is handling worldwide sales – and Crampton is the Vice President of Production and Development at Amp.

Will you be buying a copy of Suitable Flesh on VHS? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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