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Jay-Z co-directed the performance with Hamish Hamilton The much-delayed 2023 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards proved worth the wait for Jay-Z. On Sunday, during the second part of the ceremony, the musician and mogul was awarded the Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special for his work co-directing Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime show. Jay-Z shared directing duties with Hamish Hamilton, who has helmed the Super Bowl halftime show each year since 2010. Hamilton has been…

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have made incredible careers for themselves individually, but for many fans, they will always be linked, considering the huge way they came on the scene together following Good Will Hunting. The pair have worked together on and off ever since, but it turns out that making 2023 movie release Air was something very different, because it was the first time Affleck had directed his lifelong friend.Speaking with Michael B. Jordan (who also made the transition to directing for the first time recently…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGeorge Clooney ended up so sick when he contracted Covid he was forced to direct his latest film from bed.The 62-year-old actor made part of The Boys in the Boat, which was filmed last year but is due out later this month, on his iPad while bedbound after he fell ill with the virus – with his producer partner Grant Heslov lending a hand from the set.Clooney told People magazine: “I was…

With James Gunn helming a new era for DC and Marvel facing DCEU-like embarrassment at the box office, the superhero movie genre is starting to feel like it’s very own multiverse of madness. So maybe we shouldn’t be shocked that Zack Snyder has revealed he’d be open to directing a Marvel film. But one and only one, that is. The Snyderverse architect explained in an interview with THR, to promote his new sci-fi epic for Netflix, Rebel Moon, that he’s not interested in doing any more superhero films for the time being.…

Filmmaker Taika Waititi has revealed that he 'had no interest' in directing a Marvel movie. During his appearance in actor Jason Bateman's Smartless podcast, Taika said that he took the opportunity to direct Thor: Ragnarok for financial reasons. He also said that as a child he didn't like Marvel's Thor comic books. (Also Read | Taika Waititi on quitting films: ‘Hollywood is just sad people eating lukewarm food out of cardboard boxes in offices') Taika Waititi spoke about Thor: Ragnarok. Why Taika did Thor…

Photo by Corey Nickols/Getty Images for IMDb The Marvels director Nia DaCosta is revealing how immensely high pressure it is to helm not only a big-budget superhero sequel but one that serves as a follow-up to several different franchises in the MCU. We Got This Covered can exclusively reveal the quote from DaCosta, who made the remarks at a panel in Glastonbury in the U.K. called “How to Save Cinema,” where she had a discussion with Polite Society director Nida Manzoor. WGTC’s David James was in the audience…

Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima confirmed in a tweet that he will be ‘deeply involved' in its upcoming movie adaptation, though he won't be directing it. News about the film broke last year when Sony's PlayStation Productions unit went on a spree, announcing numerous adaptations based on its first-part video games. Kojima Productions and Hammerstone Studios (Barbarian) are attached to develop the Death Stranding movie, but no details on the cast and crew had been revealed. Kojima has now claimed that he will be…

Image via Netflix With Finn Wolfhard wrapping up the making of his upcoming slasher comedy Hell of a Summer, fans are curious to know what the 20 year-old actor has to offer as a director. We are already well-acquainted with Wolfhard’s breakthrough performance as Mike Wheeler in Stranger Things, which cemented his position as an established actor. Unlike his experience in the acting realm, though, his venture into filmmaking was laden with challenges, with Wolfhard opened up about how his age was a deemed major…

via Majestic Films International With his chances of a mainstream Hollywood comeback virtually non-existent at this stage, it looks as though Johnny Depp is trying to take charge of his own destiny. The actor’s comeback vehicle Jeanne du Barry may be opening the Cannes Film Festival this year, but his screentime is only reported to run for somewhere between 10 and 15 minutes, despite the formerly highest-paid star in all of Hollywood sharing co-lead status. Beyond that, there don’t seem to be any irons in the…

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Charlie Day‘s directorial debut, Fool’s Paradise, had its Los Angeles premiere yesterday, and among other well-known Hollywood faces, Ken Jeong was there to celebrate. The actor and comedian plays a key role in this satirical movie, and while he’s long since shed his newbie status in the film industry, some people still manage to surprise him. In an interview with Looper, Jeong spared no compliment to Day, who gave his all in the creation and development of Fool’s Paradise, and…