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Cinephile’s cherished Turner Classic Movies was slated to be Warner Bros. Discovery’s latest amputation of beloved content. Out of the blue, famed directors Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson stepped up to bat for the classic cinema channel. Now it seems the three have managed to hold Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav back, so long as they stay on to curate and promote TCM content.Who Wants DC’s Canceled Batgirl Movie? | New York Comic Con 2022According to Variety, the three famed directors will now…

Steven Spielberg attends the 55th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards at InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on February 16, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesWarner Bros. Discovery is calling in a filmmaker brain trust to help steer the curation and programming of its cable-TV channel Turner Classic Movies, after a shakeup among management left fans concerned about the network's future."Jaws" director Steven Spielberg, "Goodfellas" helmer Martin Scorsese and…

Photo via Paramount We’re now just days away from Indy’s final adventure. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will see the venerable archaeologist and famed Nazi puncher cracking the whip one last time. Harrison Ford is understandably enjoying a moment in the limelight, though the talents of his co-stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen are nothing to sniff at. Speaking with TheWrap, director James Mangold explained that he was inspired by the Golden Age of Hollywood, the exact same place Spielberg…

George Lucas (R) and Steven Spielberg (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a highly regarded reel of entertainment featuring Indy and his father searching for the Holy Grail, but it was Steven Spielberg’s initial dislike of the idea that spurned the most enjoyable aspect of the film. With two hugely successful and critically acclaimed Indiana Jones films under their belt, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg had to come up with an idea for the third movie in the franchise,…

David ZaslavOlivia Michael | CNBCWarner Bros. Discovery employees faced another round of layoffs this week, particularly those in the cable-TV network side of the business.The layoffs affected the company's vast portfolio of cable-TV networks including the Discovery Channel, Investigation Discovery and the Food Network. The Turner Classic Movie channel also was affected and saw a major leadership shakeup as a result, which prompted concern among cinema fans and people dedicated to film preservation.Known as TCM, the…

Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson are reassuring fans of Turner Classic Movies, the classic film network and brand in the midst of a shakeup that has startled cinephiles. In a joint statement released Wednesday, the three filmmakers said that Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav had reached out to them earlier in the week about his plans to restructure TCM, which saw its executive vp and general manager, Pola Chagnon, exit this week after more than 25 years at the company,…

When Steven Spielberg Buried A Crew Member Alive For A Dead Body Scene ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia ; IMDb ) Steven Spielberg is a director who goes to any lengths to achieve the vision he has for his films. He did the same while he was shooting for his horror flick, Jaws. The film was based on a novel by Peter Benchley and starrer Roy Scheider as Chief Martin Brody, Robert Shaw as Quint, Richard Dreyfuss as Matt Hooper, and Lorraine Gary as Ellen Brody. While shooting for the film, Spielberg revealed what he did for…

Image: Walt Disney CompanyWhen you think of Indiana Jones, you basically think of three people: Harrison Ford, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg. Lucas created the character, Harrison plays the character, and Spielberg, up until this year, brought him to life as the director. Stepping back from that, think of all the other non-Indiana Jones things those three have done and that you adore. It’s just mind-boggling: Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Blade Runner, the list goes on and on. Even so, these days, we don’t get to see…