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The Assassin dominated this year’s Golden Horse Awards, Variety reports.
Will Smith explains why he turned down Django Unchained, per THR:
“It was about the creative direction of the story. To me, it’s as perfect a story as you could ever want: a guy that learns how to kill to retrieve his wife that has been taken as a slave. That idea is perfect. And it was just that Quentin and I couldn’t see [eye to eye].” He adds, “I wanted to make that movie so badly, but I felt the only way was, it had to be a love story, not a vengeance story.”
Watch Ridley Scott discuss the opening of Blade Runner 2:
Alex Ross Perry talks about the inspirations for his forthcoming Winnie the Pooh with Collider:
“There’s a lot inspired by the relationship between David and Teddy in AI. That’s not really a children’s film at all. Crushingly depressing. But the relationship between human and toy bear in that movie is pretty spot on. And Fantastic Mr. Fox is something I’ve been talking about and thinking about because it has a lot of characters and each one is pretty distinct. It’s a fun movie and it works for a four year old and for a thirty year old. But David and Teddy in AI is the relevant model.”
Watch Alfonso Cuarón discuss film restoration: