Daniel Kwan

Image: Lucasfilm, Tordotcom, and 20th Century StudiosIt’s that time of year again: Chengdu Worldcon has released the full list of nominees for this year’s Hugos, the premiere science fiction and fantasy awards ceremony highlighting the best in books, film, TV, and criticism in genre material.What Drew John Boyega Back Into Sci-Fi? | io9 InterviewThis year marks the 81st WorldCon, the traditional home of the Hugo Awards winners ceremony, taking place this year in Chengdu, China between October 18 to 22. More than 25,000…

I love my goofy dads.Image: Mike Coppola / Staff (Getty Images)Taking to social media to assuage concerns and quash rumors, Oscar winner Daniel Kwan (one part of the Daniels, alongside Daniel Scheiner) posted on an Instagram story that the Daniels were only directing one episode of upcoming Star Wars Disney+ series Skeleton Crew... and that it had, in fact, already happened.Star Wars, notorious for keeping a lot of details under wraps until the very last second, had obviously kept the list of directors away from the…

A wildly cool rumor running rampant around the Star Wars community might actually be true. It says that Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the Oscar-winning directors of the Best Picture-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once, directed an episode of the upcoming Star Wars Disney+ show, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.The news first broke on the site One Take News and though Lucasfilm would not comment, our reporting suggests the news is accurate. Apparently, before the Daniels won that prestigiousBest Director Oscar (and…

Image: A24A24's Everything Everywhere All at Once has had no shortage of acclaim since its release last year, and now it’s won Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards.Revealed late on Sunday night, the sci-fi comedy film from the Daniels (a.k.a. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) took home the Academy’s top spot, along with Best Actor and Actress in a Supporting Role for Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis, as well as Best Editing and Best Original Screenplay. The two directors and stars Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie…

Photo: Dean Treml/AFP (Getty Images)It may not have featured a grown man slapping another, but the 2023 Academy Awards were memorable in their own right. Here’s the full list of winners!Best Supporting ActorKe Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once, A24)Best Supporting ActressJamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once, A24)Best Animated Feature FilmGuillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix)Best Animated Short FilmThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse (Apple TV+)Best Costume DesignBlack Panther: Wakanda…

Image: A24Michelle Yeoh has continued her incredible awards season streak by making waves at the 95th Academy Awards, winning Best Actress for her performance as Evelyn Wang in Everything Everywhere All at Once.Yeoh is the first woman to identify as Asian—previous Oscar winners Merle Oberon (in 1936) and Vivien Leigh (1939 and 1951) both hid their ancestry and never openly identified as Asian—to win the award in the near-century of Oscars events.It’s the apex of an awards season that has seen Yeoh and her Everything…

Image: HBO/ToeiThe Daniels might be tearing up awards season right now as the incredible Everything Everywhere All at Once racks up accolades, but their latest work is just as eclectic and delightful: taking queer icon Jennifer Coolidge and transforming her into a high camp Power Rangers villainess to die for.Photographed by Lenne Chai for the cover story of the latest W Magazine,the Daniels’ (directing duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) directorial ethos places Coolidge into the action-packed, quarry-set carnage of…

Everything Everywhere All at Once’s recognition during awards season has been nothing short of big. Between its GLAAD nomination, and pair of twins during the Golden Globes, the film seems poised to have some kind of triumph when the Oscars roll around, particularly since it 11 nominations,Last night, the Directors Guild of America held its own awards ceremony, and directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (aka the Daniels) won the award for Best Director. It was definitely a surprise to the both of them, which…

Originally, Jackie Chan was meant to star in the genre-bending film Everything Everywhere All at Once directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the film is up for 11 nominations at the 95th Academy Awards. Michelle, who is the first Asian actress to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination, shared that she received a text from Jackie, telling her congratulations after the film. He also shared that the directors, nicknamed the Daniels, had come…

Image: A24The 95th Academy Award nominations are here, and while there aren’t any big surprises, Michelle Yeoh and Everything Everywhere All at Once continued to receive their justly deserved due.Yeoh was, of course, nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, while Everything Everywhere All at Once was announced as a potential Best Picture. Everything also picked up nominations for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Score, and more. The equally beloved Ke Huy Quan is in contention for Best…