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Harrison Ford Blames Ryan Gosling for Getting Punched During 'Blade Runner 2049' Scene

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Comic-Con International 2017 - Warner Bros. Pictures PresentationHarrison Ford punched his "Blade Runner 2049" co-star Ryan Gosling in the face, but don't expect him to feel badly about it.

The actor opened up the accidental hit, among other aspects of the film, during an interview with GQ, and he put most of the blame on Gosling. Ford called it "90 percent his fault," claiming just a small fraction of the responsibility for himself because, as he put it, "Ryan Gosling's face was where it should not have been."

"His job was to be out of the range of the punch," Ford told GQ. "My job was also to make sure that I pulled the punch."

The reason the particular swing landed, the Star Wars vet explained, is because they were moving and so was the camera. Most of the time, they managed to pull it off without any actual violence. In fact, Ford thinks Gosling should be glad he didn't get hit more.

"I threw about a hundred punches in the shooting of it, and I only hit him once," he said.

Ultimately, Ford did decide to make amends. He brought Gosling a bottle of scotch ... but he only gave him a single glass.

"I figured one drink would fix it," he said. "That was enough."

Fortunately, the two managed to film the movie mostly unscathed. We'll see them in "Blade Runner 2049" when it opens Oct. 6.

[via: GQ]


'American Assassin' Star Dylan O'Brien Reveals His New Philosophy for Stunts

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Dylan O'Brien is going through some pretty seismic career shifts right now.

His beloved MTV series "Teen Wolf" is coming to an end on September 24, after six highly rated seasons (he played Stiles, the character originated by Jerry Levine in the original film). And early next year, "The Maze Runner" trilogy closes with "The Death Cure," a movie that was pushed back after O'Brien suffered a horrifying injury on set (more on that in a minute).

But, as the saying goes, with every door that closes another one opens, and this week O'Brien headlines another potential franchise in "American Assassin." Based on the series of Vince Flynn novels that center around spy Mitch Rapp, this film shows us the origin of the character, as he goes from a wounded young man to someone willing to face various terrorist threats head on.

At a recent press day for the film, we got to sit down with O'Brien to talk about the injury, about "Teen Wolf" and "Maze Runner" wrapping up, and about what he learned from his "American Assassin" costar Michael Keaton.

Moviefone: Along with "The Maze Runner," this is your second film based on a hugely popular book series.

O'Brien: Yep. I keep doing them.

Is there any hesitation on your end before you sign on?

No. Not for that reason. For me, the decision always comes down to if I want to dive into this role, if I want to be the guy to tell this story, if I feel that the script and story are strong, if I feel like the filmmaker is strong. It's everything but, really. But then you start doing press and realize, wow, I hope people like this.

The other thing, of course, is that you could be doing this for a while.

Yeah. I'm not totally in jail. I think signing up for a Marvel contract is much worse. But there could be a few movies. But I have some control over it, too.

Is there an aspect of fun, too? It seems almost like going back to school. Like, "Time to go do another 'Maze Runner.'"

Oh, totally. Getting to play a character over a lengthy period of time is always a pleasure, especially if you like the character. You grow attached to them in a certain way. I've felt that way with Stiles, the "Teen Wolf" character I play -- and my "Maze Runner" character, too. It gets a little sentimental when you bid them farewell. It's like, "Oh, wow -- this is my last day on set as this guy."You're done with "Teen Wolf" now, right?

And "Maze Runner."

Was it emotional?

Oh, absolutely. It hits you. With "Teen Wolf," I was always aware of it. Season to season, we wouldn't even know if we were going again next year. So I got used to it. It was always, "Well, this could be it." I couldn't be happier with how long it lasted, the success the show had was really unbelievable. There were so many good people that I love dearly now that were a part of the process. It was such a great thing for everyone. And "Maze Runner," too, is really close to my heart. I'm so glad I got to finish that, and on such a positive note. But it's always sad.

Even though you might not have been worried about the fans, once you got the role in "American Assassin," did you read a bunch of the books? What was that process like for you?

I went through the one that we're doing, obviously. Because I kind of knew from the first ten books, where you're following the character as a full-grown man, that he was a bruiser. I think he probably had a thicker neck than I do and a huskier build. I was really taken with playing with that aspect of him, but adjusting it more to what I see him doing, since it's filtered through me, ultimately. What was really interesting to me was the emotional arc he goes through. But you don't really see that, in a way. I liked that this guy's thick skin and toughness came as a guard. It's not a front, necessarily, but it's his way of dealing with the pain that's inside of him.

This movie obviously has a lot of stunts. You were injured doing a stunt. And it's so nice to see that you're okay.

Aw, thanks.

And that seemed like a fairly serious injury.

Yes, it was very serious.

Was there any hesitation or resistance on your part in terms of signing up for something that would have this much action?

Oh, absolutely. I shied away from the whole thing, at first. When you go through something like that, it was a really scary thing that I was lucky to come away from. Everything inside of me, for months, was telling me to run away from stuff. It was the hardest thing I've ever gone through in my life. So there was absolutely trepidation. And for the longest time, I was writing it off. I was dealing with other things and didn't want to think about work. But at the same time, I didn't want to let it go. And I also thought it'd be good for me to do it, despite innately inside screaming and being like "No, absolutely not."

Eventually, you do have to face that beast and that's the only way you can properly process it. I'm very happy that I made the decision to stick with the movie. And we did it in the right way, particularly because of what I was coming off of. We had to be careful of certain things and I had certain restrictions.

But, ultimately, it was a good thing because it motivated everybody to do it in the right way. When you're dealing with things like this on a set -- and I'll always preach this for as long as I live after going through what I went through -- but safety is paramount. I think sometimes that gets lost in the fold a little bit. People can get lost in that little world you're in on a set, and you're making believe and it's all fake. But people can still get hurt -- and you're dealing with really serious things. I go about it all differently now. I'm very meticulous with the stunts that I am asked to do, and I feel like I don't have to do anything I'm not comfortable with doing. It's a good thing for people to be aware of, and have a really safe shoot, which is what we did.

Were you able to use that experience for this character? Obviously, he's injured early on in the movie and has to build himself back up.

In a lot of ways there was a lot of parallels for me. A lot of the reason that I didn't want to let it go, at the end of the day, was because I felt more connected to this guy than I ever could have. Obviously not dealing with the exact same thing, but I had a lot to draw on and was discovering things about this guy that I would never have discovered. There were things that I wanted to implement and even his whole look, that was all discovered myself in my post-accident recovery. There are so many things in the forefront of your mind that you're not going out to get a haircut. Your daily functioning is disrupted and you realize that months go by and you haven't shaved or cut your hair. I just felt like I understood this guy.

Were you still able to enjoy yourself? Because it seems like fight training can be fun.

Absolutely. And it's actually really soothing, too. Training like that is good for your mind. I understand why people can become addicted to it. I get that it's really good for you and not just physically. That's probably what struck me most about the training -- it was really good for me at a time I really needed it, too.

Was part of the appeal of the character that physical transformation?

Yes. I tried to make that transformation as much of a contrast as I could. I would love to do the Tom Hanks, take six months off for "Cast Away," but that's not how things are done anymore unfortunately. I started the movie in the best shape I could get into in two months, and tried to hold onto that for as long as I could. Then, at the end at some point, I stopped training in the last month, in preparation to do the beginning scene at the end. I had to lose as much as I could in that time. I wanted it to be a jump. Just as far as the authenticity of the film goes, and the story -- if he wakes up 18 months later and sees the shape that he's in and get an idea of what he's been doing every day since that happened. I hope that comes across.

What was it like working with Michael Keaton? Did you watch him and take cues?

Yeah, I think why younger actors do that a lot is, for me, is it's fascinating to see a guy who you've watched forever, and the amount of performances you've seen of his that you think are brilliant, it's then really brilliant to see how they go about achieving that. You want to see what their process is like. It could be any version of it. Whenever I've gotten to work with guys who are pretty prominent, prolific actors, I always observe how they are. Keaton is funny. He's been great for so many decades and he's not a psychopath. You can achieve that greatness by being smart and having a good work ethic and can still be a good human. That's the biggest thing I took away from watching him.This movie is pretty firmly planted in the spy genre. Do you have a favorite?

"True Lies." That would have to be my favorite spy movie of all time. It's a classic.

Should this franchise continue, do you have say in the character or have you suggested the next book they develop?

I have to give so much credit to Michael Cuesta. He allowed us to have so much input. I couldn't think of another director who would have tolerated me coming to them with seven pages of notes. And listen and be opened eared to every single one of them. I couldn't be more grateful. So, if we all sign up to do it again I would get to be a part of it, in terms of the development process.

"American Assassin" is everywhere this Friday.

First Photo of David Harbour's 'Hellboy' Gives Fans Déjà Vu

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Momentum Pictures With The Cinema Society Host A Screening Of 'Fun Mom Dinner'- After PartyHell yeah. The new "Hellboy" movie starring "Stranger Things" chief David Harbour just launched an official Twitter account to show off the first photo of its star.

The result looks a lot like the cigar-chomping graphic novel character -- and also the Ron Perlman version in director Guillermo Del Toro's films.

Fans noticed the similarities to Perlman's Hellboy, and many were fine about it:


"Hellboy," directed by Neil Marshall, also stars Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, and now officially Daniel Dae Kim in the role Ed Skrein exited. It's scheduled to arrive in theaters in 2018.

[via: Twitter]

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Jennifer Lawrence Is a Lethal Ballerina Spy in 'Red Sparrow' Trailer

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Jennifer Lawrence joins the sexy spy ranks with "Red Sparrow," and you can now check out the dark, tense first trailer.

"Red Sparrow" reunites Lawrence with her "Hunger Games" director, Francis Lawrence, in a very different film for both of them.

Here's the synopsis 20th Century Fox shared with the trailer:

Dominika Egorova is many things.
A devoted daughter determined to protect her mother at all costs.
A prima ballerina whose ferocity has pushed her body and mind to the absolute limit.
A master of seductive and manipulative combat.

When she suffers a career-ending injury, Dominika and her mother are facing a bleak and uncertain future. That is why she finds herself manipulated into becoming the newest recruit for Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people like her to use their bodies and minds as weapons. After enduring the perverse and sadistic training process, she emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow the program has ever produced. Dominika must now reconcile the person she was with the power she now commands, with her own life and everyone she cares about at risk, including an American CIA agent who tries to convince her he is the only person she can trust.

"Red Sparrow" co-stars Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, and Jeremy Irons.

Here's the trailer:She's going full "Atomic Blonde" there, no?

"Red Sparrow" is scheduled to release in theaters on March 2, 2018. Meanwhile, Lawrence's new film "mother!" opens tomorrow, September 15.

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Zach Braff Discovers He's 'The Face of Russian Boner Problems,' Ukrainian Computer Repair

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Netflix Hosts A Special Screening Of 'Gypsy' - ArrivalsIt's not uncommon for celebrities to discover that their likeness has been used without their knowledge or permission. But as Zach Braff recently learned, sometimes the theft of a famous face can have some pretty hilarious results.

It all started when Braff saw an ad for what appeared to be a Russian computer repair business, featuring his photo. His apparent IT skills were news to the former "Scrubs" star, who tweeted out the ad to his followers. Braff was quickly informed that the ad was actually from Ukraine -- and that similar ones have been spotted before.

But that was nothing compared to what came next: A different Braff follower found yet another ad from Eastern Europe featuring the star, this time with subject matter a bit more blush-inducing than computer woes.

"Don't you know that you also cure impotence in Saratov, Russia?" Braff's follower quipped. The actor shared that image himself a couple days later, adding the facepalm emoji for commentary. "I am the face of Russian boner problems," he wrote, adding in the hashtag #blessed.

And we certainly feel #blessed for having had these ads bestowed upon us. Keep it up (sorry), internet.

[via: Twitter]

Jennifer Lawrence's First Reaction to 'Mother!' Was That It Went 'Too Far'

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'mother!' Press Conference - 2017 Toronto International Film FestivalThe warnings for "Mother!" just keep coming.

Even Jennifer Lawrence was shocked when she saw her upcoming horror flick for the first time. Speaking to Variety, she admitted she was "shaken" after viewing it.

"My first reaction was that we took it too far," she said.

Once she got beyond her initial response, though, Lawrence reevaluated and realized that they had accomplished what they set out to do.

"We have a message and if we watered it down to make people comfortable then what's the point?" she said. "Why even make it?"

Based on what Lawrence said, audiences should expect the movie to make them uncomfortable. It is going to be intense, so prepare yourself accordingly. This is, after all, a movie that Lawrence got so into that she "kind of threw a rib out" at one point, according to director Darren Aronofsky. We just hope it's not so disturbing as to cause us to suffer the same fate.

"Mother!" opens Sept. 15.

[via: Variety]

'It' Getting Director's Cut That Will Scare You For 15 More Minutes

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"It" can get scarier!

The hit horror movie based on Stephen King's novel has been cleaning up at the box office, and fans clamoring for more will likely make the Blu-ray release just as successful since it will feature a new director's cut.

Director Andy Muschietti and sister/producer Barbara Muschietti revealed on a Facebook Live with Yahoo Movies that they've been asked to create a longer cut with "probably [be] an extra 15 minutes for hardcore fans," Andy said.

Some of that will include an extended version of the quarry scene, when the Losers Club members dare each other to jump off a cliff into the water.

"After the spitting contest it escalates into something that is completely weird and irrelevant to the scene but is so funny," he said. "Jack Grazer, who plays Eddie, does something that is completely bonkers."

And there's another scene that Muschietti had to cut that he hopes to include.

"There's a great scene, it's a bit of a payoff of the Stanley Uris plot which is the bar mitzvah, where he delivers a speech against all expectations," he siad. "It's basically blaming all the adults of Derry [for the town's history of deadly "accidents" and child disappearances], and it has a great resolution."

Jennifer Lawrence Auditioned For 'Gossip Girl,' Lost Out to Blake Lively

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'mother!' New York PremiereNot spotted: Jennifer Lawrence in "Gossip Girl."

The Oscar winner and "mother!" star auditioned for the ritzy teen drama, but didn't land the lead role of the glamorous Serena van der Woodsen, which eventually went to Blake Lively.

As "Gossip Girl" creator Josh Schwartz told Vulture, "We did not realize this at the time, but Jennifer Lawrence really wanted to play Serena and auditioned. This story came to us secondhand, but we were told she definitely auditioned and was bummed to not get it."

Schwartz wasn't even sure he saw her actual audition. "We can't remember if we saw it or not. It was 10 years ago, and she would've been how old, 15?"

(Actually, Lawrence was 16 a the time. Lively was 19.)

Lawrence lost out on the role, but several years later, landed a starring role in the drama "Winter's Bone," which led to her first Oscar nomination. So, XOXO, it all worked out in the end!


'The Crown' Star Claire Foy to Star in 'The Girl in the Spider’s Web'

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2017 Toronto International Film Festival - 'Breathe' Premiere - ArrivalsClaire Foy is transforming from a queen to a girl with a dragon tattoo.

The Emmy-nominated star of "The Crown" has been cast as Lizbeth Salander in "The Girl in the Spider's Web," the sequel to "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo."

She takes over from Rooney Mara (in the American version) and Noomi Rapace (the Swedish version) to portray the titular character in the adaptationo of Stieg Larsson's bestselling books.

Foy won a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award for her performance as a young Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix's "The Crown." And Sunday, she's up for an Emmy.

The sequel is a long time coming, as "Dragon Tattoo" was released in 2011. David Fincher had initially planned to film two follow-ups, "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest," back to back. Those projects fell apart, and Sony decided to reboot the franchise with a new director (Fede Alvarez) and a new star.

"The Girl in the Spider's Web" is slated for release Oct. 19, 2018.

Jamie Lee Curtis Returning to 'Halloween' Reboot as Laurie Strode

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The "Halloween" reboot will bring back a very familiar face: Jamie Lee Curtis.

The original Scream Queen who starred in the 1978 original and several sequels, is returning to her roots as heroine Laurie Strode, sister of Michael Myers.

Laurie's inclusion is a bit of a surprise since she was seemingly killed off in 2002's "Halloween: Resurrection." Then, the franchise was rebooted by director Rob Zombie and star Scout Taylor-Compton as Laurie in the 2007 "Halloween" and its sequel.

Well, everything is getting rebooted again (this time under director David Gordon Green), and Curtis is back as Laurie, because time is a flat circle.

In fact, co-writer Danny McBride (yeah, the "Eastbound & Down" and "Vice Principals" guy) said that he and Green are just ignoring all of the movies except for the first two. "

"It's not a remake," he told CinemaBlend. "It's gonna continue the story of Michael Myers in a really grounded way. And for our mythology, we're focusing mainly in the first two movies and what that sets up and then where the story can go from there."

Curtis hinted that this is her last go-around as Laurie, when she shared the same photo on her Twitter with the caption "Headed back to Haddonfield one last time for Halloween."

"Halloween" is slated for release Oct. 19, 2018.

Rejoice: 'John Wick: Chapter 3' Has an Official Release Date

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Keanu Reeves is still thinkin' he's back! "John Wick: Chapter Three" is officially in the works, with Lionsgate giving the third film in the "John Wick" franchise a release date of May 17, 2019.

Yeah, that's almost two years from now. But if that's the amount of time they need to make a great film, please use it wisely.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Derek Kolstad, who wrote the first two films, will return to write "Chapter Three." The first "John Wick" was directed by Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, with "Chapter Two" directed by Stahelski.

Back in June, director Chad Stahelski talked to the Independent about what elements he hopes to explore in "Chapter Three":

"We are going to put in something about the High Table, how that all works. We're going to put in something about where John comes from, and where he wants to go. I don't want to say too much more, but it will be a nice completion to Mr Wick's journey."

Reeves also told Empire how he'd like "John Wick: Chapter Three" to open (SPOILER ALERT):

"I think the opening of the film should be Wick just trying to escape from New York. Literally trying to get off the island. Maybe he asks [Lawrence Fisburne's character] the Bowery King for help. Maybe John Leguizamo comes and helps me out. 'John, I can't do it, you're excommunicado!' Maybe the High Table shows up. And then the High Table starts firing guns. And then maybe this kind of thing starts to happen between the High Table and Continental? Maybe John is the activator of this confrontation, and perhaps there's a war? Wouldn't that be awesome?!"

Fans can see how the film really opens in May 2019 ... unless they decide to move the release date at some point in the next two years.

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Harry Dean Stanton, Actor and WWII Veteran, Dies at Age 91

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Portrait Session With The Cast Of 'Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction'Actor/musician Harry Dean Stanton died peacefully today, TMZ reports, at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 91.

Stanton's impressive career spanned from the 1950s to today, with recent roles in the "Twin Peaks" revival and the film "Lucky," which is scheduled for release September 29th.

He was also a musician, singing and playing guitar with The Harry Dean Stanton Band. And he was a World War II veteran, reportedly serving in the U.S. Navy during the Battle of Okinawa.

Stanton is probably best known for appearing in dozens of films and TV shows, including "The Godfather Part II," "Pretty in Pink," "The Green Mile," "Wild at Heart," "Alien," "Escape from New York," "Repo Man," "Cool Hand Luke," and HBO's "Big Love."

Stanton's final role, "Lucky," was directed by John Carroll Lynch in his directorial debut. Stanton has the title role of Lucky, a 90-year-old fiercely independent atheist searching for enlightenment.

According to TMZ, Stanton never married, but he is survived by some family members.

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21 Things You Never Knew About 'Fatal Attraction'

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Fatal Attraction (1987)Directed by Adrian LyneShown: Michael Douglas, Glenn CloseHide your bunnies! It's the 30th anniversary of "Fatal Attraction," which hit theaters on September 18, 1987.

The hottest hot-button movie of its era, this drama about the drastic consequences of a one-night-stand sparked countless uncomfortable discussions about sex, feminism, and infidelity. "Fatal Attraction" also gave Glenn Close the pivotal role of her career and spawned the whole "Scorned Lover from Hell" subgenre of thrillers about vengeful stalkers.

Even though "Fatal Attraction" has loomed large in the popular imagination for 30 years, it still has some secrets. Here's the truth about who almost starred in it, how the director and actors choreographed that crazy sex scene, and what was really boiling in that stockpot. Read on; this article will not be ignored.
1. "Fatal Attraction" began life as a short film by James Dearden called "Diversion," about a married man who has a fling with a suicidal woman while his wife is away. The short attracted the attention of Sherry Lansing, the 20th Century Fox chief-turned-independent-producer, who knew what it felt like to be an accomplished professional woman undone by romantic rejection.

2. According to Stephen Galloway's recent Lansing biography "Leading Lady," she'd been dumped by a boyfriend while they were in bed and had spent several weeks afterward calling him and hanging up, driving past his house, and obsessing about whether he was seeing another woman. So Lansing brought Dearden from London to Los Angeles and spent weeks with him developing "Diversion" into a feature-length script.
3. Lansing ran into MIchael Douglas on a flight and gave him the screenplay. He agreed to play adulterer Dan Gallagher, but it would take another two years before a director and co-stars were in place. John Carpenter, fresh from directing his hit "Starman," turned Lansing down. Brian De Palma, who'd recently scored with "Scarface," signed on but backed out just weeks before shooting, arguing that he couldn't make Douglas seem sympathetic. Fortunately, Adrian Lyne, then best known for directing "Flashdance," jumped at the opportunity.

4. Lansing was still having trouble finding an actress to play Alex Forrest. Her first choice, Barbara Hershey, was already booked. She thought of Isabelle Adjani, but the French siren wasn't fluent enough in English. Melanie Griffith, Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon, and Debra Winger were all on Lansing's wish list.
5. "Cheers" star Kirstie Alley auditioned, and while she didn't get the part, she left a mark on the film anyway. She recalled that her husband, Parker Stevenson, had been stalked by a woman who left tearful messages on his answering machine. Alley still had the tape, which she gave to Lyne, and he ended up using the dialogue in the film.

6. Close, then 38, already had three Oscar nominations and some modest hits on her résumé, but she'd never done a role so brazenly sexual; rather, she'd been typecast as saintly, maternal figures after her roles in movies like "The Big Chill" and "The Natural." She came to the audition with frayed nerves and unkempt hair -- which turned out to be just what the character called for.
7. Lyne's inspiration for the kitchen sex scene was a liaison from his own past, with a woman bent over a sink. He wanted some comic relief, to make the audience feel less uncomfortable. Douglas has said it was Close's idea to turn the spigot on and get wet, while he took credit for coming up with the idea of having Dan stumble, with his pants around his ankles.

8. Yes, that's a young Jane Krakowski as little Ellen Gallagher's babysitter. She got the walk-on part four years after playing Cousin Eddie's (Randy Quaid) daughter Vicki in "National Lampoon's Vacation." Two years after "Fatal Attraction," Ellen Latzen, who played Ellen, would play Eddie's daughter Ruby Sue in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation."
9. That was a real rabbit in the boiled-bunny scene, already dead when the production bought it from a butcher shop. The revulsion Anne Archer's Beth displayed in the scene was real, too. As Lyne recalled, "The stench was beyond belief."

10. "Fatal Attraction" is probably the most famous case of a film whose ending was changed radically in response to test screenings. (The title had already changed twice, from "Diversion" to "Affairs of the Heart" to "Fatal Attraction.") Audiences hated the original ending, which had Alex killing herself, to the strains of "Madame Butterfly," but not before getting Dan's fingerprints on the knife so that he gets framed for her murder. The producers hired script doctor Nicholas Meyer (whose vengeful-stalker credentials included writing and directing "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"), whose new ending had Beth finding an audiocassette of Alex's rambling that exonerated her husband. Audiences found that equally unsatisfying.
11. Paramount executive Ned Tanen, who realized that audiences were howling for Alex's blood, remarked "They want us to terminate the bitch with extreme prejudice." He offered the filmmakers $1.5 million to shoot a new ending that saw Alex killed. Inspired by the classic French thriller "Diabolique," in which a bathtub drowning proves less than permanent, the filmmakers came up with the now-famous ending that saw Alex pop up out of the tub and get shot by Beth. Only problem was, Lyne, Dearden, Archer, and Close all hated the idea.

12. Close was the loudest critic of the new ending. She refused to shoot it, arguing that she'd consulted with psychotherapists throughout the shoot to make sure that Alex's behavior stayed just this side of psychopathic, and that the ending was a betrayal of the character that pushed her fully over the edge into insanity.
13. Douglas argued that, even if the revision didn't suit the character, it was still what best suited the movie. Close asked him how he'd feel if his character underwent such a radical shift. He replied, "Babe, I'm a whore." Close sought guidance from her "Big Chill" co-star, William Hurt, and recalled him telling her, "You've made your point. Now it's your responsibility to buck up and just do it.'"

14. By this time, six months had passed since the original shoot had ended. The Gallaghers' house had been sold and remodeled, and the production had to rent it again and undo all the changes. Close proved a trouper, getting dunked in the bathtub 50 times, suffering infections in her eyes and nose and getting a concussion when her head struck a mirror. To her horror, Close soon learned she was pregnant and felt guilty over having unwittingly endangered her fetus throughout the bruising reshoot. Fortunately, daughter Annie was born healthy in 1988. Close has said that her other souvenir from the finale, the prop knife (actually made of cardboard), is framed and mounted in her kitchen.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Moviestore Collection/Rex/REX USA (923555a)
Fatal Attraction,  Glenn Close,  Michael Douglas
Film and Television15. With reshoots, "Fatal Attraction" cost $13.1 million to make. It earned back $157 million in North America, more than any 1987 movie except "Three Men and a Baby." The film topped the box office chart for eight straight weeks. It earned a total of $320 million worldwide.

16. "Fatal Attraction" became a major cultural phenomenon, even making the cover of Time Magazine because of all the controversy it had spawned. Was it a paranoid allegory, a cautionary tale about casual sex in the age of AIDS? (Dearden said no.) Was it an anti-feminist screed, blaming the crazy, single, careerist woman for causing trouble for the nuclear family? (Many critics thought so, a response that shocked Lansing.). About the only things everyone agreed on: Close was scary AF, and "Fatal Attraction" probably wasn't an ideal date-night movie.
Michael Douglas and Glenn Close17. The Academy nominated "Fatal Attraction" for six Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, and Editing. It seemed the only one not nominated was Douglas, yet he was the only one who went home with a trophy. While "Fatal Attraction" was shut out, Douglas won Best Actor -- for playing Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street."

18. After "9 1/2 Weeks" and "Fatal Attraction," Lyne was now the go-to director for sexually controversial mainstream movies. Over the next few years, he'd direct such argument-starting films as "Indecent Proposal," "Lolita," and "Unfaithful."
Uli Weber19. In 2014, Dearden staged "Fatal Attraction" as a play on London's West End, with the original ending intact. Natascha McElhone played Alex, Mark Bazeley ("The Bourne Ultimatum") played Dan, and Kristin Davis played Beth.

20. There was talk in 2015 of making "Fatal Attraction" into a TV series that would air on Fox, produced by "Mad Men" veterans Maria and Andre Jacquemetton. But the project fell through after it failed to find a leading lady (Megan Fox and Jenna Dewan Tatum were both under consideration) to fill Close's shoes.
21. Close may never have liked the more cathartic ending, but it certainly helped make "Fatal Attraction" unforgettable. Not only did the movie liberate her to play villains and sexually brazen women (from "Dangerous Liaisons" in 1988 all the way through the upcoming adaptation of the "Sunset Boulevard" musical), but it also gave her the most memorable role of her career. To this day, she says, "Men still come up to me and say, 'You scared the s**t outta me.' Sometimes they say, 'You saved my marriage.'"

Emmys 2017: Alexander Skarsgard & Bill Skarsgard Completely Won This Week

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69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - ShowTwo Skarsgard brothers scored big wins this week by playing very bad boys. Alexander Skarsgard won his first Emmy Award for playing abusive husband Perry Wright in HBO's "Big Little Lies," and his younger brother Bill Skarsgard topped the box office again as Pennywise the clown in "IT."

Alex won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie, defeating these five fine fellows:

  • David Thewlis, "Fargo"
  • Alfred Molina, "Feud"
  • Stanley Tucci, "Feud"
  • Bill Camp, "The Night Of"
  • Michael K. Williams, "The Night Of"

Premiere Of Warner Bros. Pictures And New Line Cinema's 'It' - ArrivalsAlexander, the eldest son of actor Stellan Skarsgard and My Sonja Marie Agnes, thanked his mother for flying out from Stockholm, Sweden to join him at the Emmys -- and for giving birth to him, since that was pretty cool, too. He also thanked the amazing women of "Big Little Lies" for making him feel like one of the girls. Nicole Kidman, who played his on-screen wife, looked thrilled for him in the audience.

Meanwhile, Bill's first "IT" movie is breaking box office records, with "Chapter Two" already in the works. FYI, there are actually eight Skarsgard siblings, including two half-brothers from Stellan's second marriage. The photo above shows Alex on the far right, with Bill in the middle, and their very talented actor brother Gustav on the left.

Here's the full list of winners at the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Emmys 2017: Fans Can't Get Over Dolly Parton's Vibrator & Boob Jokes

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69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - ShowDolly Parton is a national treasure. Can she host the Emmy Awards next year?

Parton and her "9 to 5" co-stars held a reunion during the 2017 Emmys. Parton presented Alexander Skarsgard with his award, alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, who were also nominated for their Netflix series "Grace and Frankie."

After a huge ovation from the crowd, Parton said, "I have been waiting to a '9 to 5' reunion since we did the movie." Her co-stars got more political, comparing their "9 to 5" co-star Dabney Coleman's character to President Donald Trump.

Fonda: "In 1980, we refused to be controlled by a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot boss."

Tomlin: "And in 2017 we still refuse to be controlled by a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot boss."

Parton kept things light, and really got fans talking with a joke about her boobs, and this ending quip:

"I'm just here to have a good time tonight ... I'm just hoping that I'm going to get one of those 'Grace and Frankie' vibrators in my swag bag tonight."

Watch the clip:
Fans couldn't get enough:

Co-signed.

Here's the full list of winners at the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

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18 Things You Never Knew About 'L.A. Confidential'

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"L.A. Confidential" isn't just one of the best crime dramas of the past two decades; it's also one of the best movies -- period -- of the past two decades.

Released 20 years ago this week (on September 19, 1997), the film was faithful to the spirit of James Ellroy's epic noir novel of corruption and paranoia in 1950s La-La Land. It gave early Hollywood career boosts to Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce, made an A-list director out of the late Curtis Hanson, and even won an Oscar for Kim Basinger.

In addition to the movie's twisty mystery plot, "L.A. Confidential" had some behind-the-scenes mysteries as well. But now they can be told. Remember, you read it here first, on the Q.T., and very hush-hush.
1. Some of the events in the film are true. There really was a Christmas Eve police riot, and a lurid celebrity gossip magazine called "Hush-Hush." Screen goddess Lana Turner really did have a romance with mobster Johnny Stompanato. Not mentioned in the movie (but included in the novel) is that Stompanato was abusive toward Turner and that, in 1958, Turner's teenage daughter, Cheryl Crane, stabbed him to death, claiming he was assaulting her mother. (The stabbing was ruled a justifiable homicide.) It was one of the biggest Hollywood scandals of the 1950s.

2. Ellroy sold Warner Bros. the film rights to "L.A. Confidential," the third of four novels in his "L.A. Quartet" series, even before the book was published in 1990. His attitude was, "Thanks for the dough." Even the book's own author didn't think that the sprawling, 500-page novel -- which follows eight plot lines over a seven-year period -- was adaptable for the screen, so Ellroy assumed the film would never be made.
3. Hanson was a fan of Ellroy's novels, having grown up in the 1950s Los Angeles portrayed in Ellroy's work. His uncle owned JAX, a clothing boutique that catered to such Hollywood actresses as Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe. The uncle also owned a magazine called "Cinema," for which his high-school dropout nephew took photographs, interviewed golden-age filmmakers and actors, and eventually became editor-in-chief before going into filmmaking himself. He'd made some pulpy thrillers that Ellroy had admired ("The Bedroom Window," "Bad Influence") before finding commercial success with the glossier pulp suspense of "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and "The River Wild."

4. Hanson won over frequent Warners producer Arnon Milchan with a presentation much like the montage that opens the film. Hanson showed him a series of postwar postcards of sunny and glamorous Los Angeles that sold the dream, followed by lurid period crime photos, including some of movie star scandals, that showed the reality beneath the glitzy facade.
5. Brian Helgeland was a fellow Ellroy fan as well; he was also struggling as a screenwriter at Warners, writing medieval action sagas that never got made. When he heard the studio was adapting "L.A. Confidential," he wanted to be the screenwriter, but he couldn't shake the studio's perception of him as "the sword guy."

6. Learning that Hanson was attached to the project, Helgeland finagled a meeting with the director on the "River Wild" set, and both men realized that they had the same bright idea for adapting the book: Cut every scene that didn't involve one of LAPD detectives who were the three primary characters. Together, they'd spend two years revising and streamlining their screenplay.
7. Hanson insisted on casting little-known actors as detectives Bud White and Ed Exley, so that audiences wouldn't have any preconceived notions about what the characters were going to be like. As it turned out, both actors cast were Australian imports. Russell Crowe's performance as a violent skinhead in "Romper Stomper" convinced Hanson that he had the brutality necessary to play White, while Pearce's audition persuaded Hanson that he had the cagey intelligence required for Exley. (Hanson said he made a point of not watching Pearce in "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" because "I didn't want to have my confidence shaken by watching him run around for two hours in a dress.")

8. Milchan stood up for Hanson's choice not to cast box office draws as his protagonists. His support, as well as Hanson's own passion for the project, allowed him to attract bigger names to the supporting roles -- Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, Basinger -- with just three weeks to go before the shoot began.
9. Another little-known Australian actor named Simon Baker Denny caught an early career break in the small but crucial role of male ingenue Matt Reynolds. Later, as Simon Baker, he'd become the star of long-running CBS crime drama "The Mentalist."

10. In the movie, both White and Exley fall for call girl and Veronica Lake-lookalike Lynn Bracken, played by Basinger. She was 43 at the time of filming, 11 years older than Crowe and 14 years older than Pearce. That doesn't happen very often in Hollywood movies, though Ellroy said he approved of the "maternal aspect" that the age difference between Basinger and Crowe gave to their characters' romance.
11. Hanson managed to film his lush period piece with a budget of just $35 million. Much of the credit goes to his location scouts, who were miraculously able to find some 60 locations in Los Angeles that still looked like they did in 1953. The only set that had to be built from scratch was the Victory Motel, in part because the already ramshackle lodging is all but turned to Swiss cheese during the movie's climactic gun battle.

12. Ellroy said he was "very, very taken" with Hanson and Helgeland's adaptation, despite the many changes and cuts from his novel. He still felt their script kept his characters and themes intact. "I've long held that hard-boiled crime fiction is the history of bad white men doing bad things in the name of authority," he told the Dallas Observer while promoting the film's release. "They stated that case plain."
13. Ellroy even liked the scenes Hanson and Helgeland had invented, like that final shootout (above), though he didn't think it would work when he read the script. "Two guys holed up in a room where they kill fifteen guys -- it's bulls**t," Ellroy said of the scene as written. "But you know what? It's inspired bulls**t."

14. Warners turned down Hanson's request to submit "L.A. Confidential" to the Cannes Film Festival, reasoning that the French fest would be biased against a big-studio production. Hanson went behind the studio's back, submitted the film anyway, and was rewarded with a screening that was well-received by critics.
15. "L.A. Confidential" was a modest box office hit, earning $65 million in North America and a total of $126 million worldwide.

16. The movie was nominated for nine Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Production Design, Cinematography, Editing, Score, and Sound Mixing. It won two -- Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay -- but it lost in all other categories to "Titanic."
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Kim Basinger as a call girl made up to look like movie star Veronica Lake. Courtesy Warner Bros.
17. Basinger's performance is one of the shortest ever to win an Oscar; she's on screen for just 15 of the film's 138 minutes. Still, as the biggest box-office name in the film, she was foregrounded in the poster art and featured prominently in the trailer.

18. In 1999, there was an attempt to turn "L.A. Confidential" into a TV series. A pilot was shot, starring Kiefer Sutherland in Spacey's role, future "Cougar Town" star Josh Hopkins in Crowe's part, a pre-"Ghost Whisperer" David Conrad in Pearce's role, Pruitt Taylor Vince (in DeVito's part), Melissa George (as Lynn Bracken), and Eric Roberts in David Strathairn's role as upscale pimp Pierce Patchett. The pilot was never picked up as a series, but it finally surfaced a decade later on the movie's Blu-ray. CBS recently announced a new adaptation for TV.

What's New on TV, Netflix, Digital, and DVD/Blu-ray This Week: September 18-24

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At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's new on Netflix and TV, we've got you covered.

New Video on Demand, Rental Streaming, and Digital

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales"
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life can be for you starting this Tuesday, Sept. 19 on Disney Movies Anywhere and Digital HD. Johnny Depp's fifth movie in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise will later arrive on 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD on October 3. Bonus features include a treasure trove of behind-the-scenes featurettes, plus bloopers and deleted scenes.

Check out this deleted scene with Henry Turner learning a lesson from Captain Jack Sparrow:"Star Trek: Discovery" (CBS All Access)
Streaming, the final frontier! The "Star Trek" franchise is still going strong after 50 years, embarking on a new adventure with a new ship and a new crew following new missions. Sonequa Martin-Green ("The Walking Dead") leads the new series, which premieres Sunday, Sept. 24 on the CBS streaming service CBS All Access. Watch the trailer.

"Transparent" Season 4 (Amazon)
In Season 4, the Pfeffermans embark on a spiritual and political journey as they dig deep into their family's history. Check out the trailer, and watch what happens when the series returns to Amazon Prime on Friday, September 22.


New on DVD and Blu-ray

"Wonder Woman"
Meet Diana, princess of the Amazons, long before she showed Batman and Superman what's up in "BvS." Her origin story is out on Blu-ray and DVD this Tuesday, Sept. 19. Director Patty Jenkins and star Gal Gadot will be back for a sequel (and Gadot will return for "Justice League" in November) but first you should check out all of the many bonus features that come with this blockbuster's home release. In addition to multiple behind-the-scenes featurettes on the making of the film, there are bloopers, extended scenes, and the revealing "Epilogue: Etta's Mission," as "Etta Candy gets the boys back together for a secret mission that could impact humanity's future."

"The Little Hours"
This off-beat R-rated nun comedy (!) starring Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Aubrey Plaza, and John C. Reilly is available for home viewing this Friday, Sept. 22. Medieval nuns lead a simple life in their convent, but after Father Tommasso brings on a virile young new hired hand (Dave Franco), "the repressed nunnery erupts in a whirlwind of pansexual horniness, substance abuse, and wicked revelry."

"The Big Sick"
Kumail Nanjiani ("Silicon Valley") and Emily V. Gordon co-wrote this crowd-and-critic pleasing romantic comedy based on their real-life love story. Check it out on DVD, Blu-ray, and On Demand September 19. Bonus content includes a making-of featurette, and a look at "The Real Story" behind the film, plus deleted scenes, cast/filmmaker commentary, and more.


TV Worth Watching

"Dancing With the Stars" Season 25 (Monday on ABC at 8 p.m.)
And so it begins! Watch the 13 celebs who enlisted for live dancing duty take their first baby giraffe steps on the dance floor as the fall season begins. ABC launched a fantasy league with the Season 25 cast, so place your bets now. (From here, the Manic Pixie Dream Team of Lindsey & Mark looks ready to slay.)

"America's Got Talent" Season 12 (Tuesday & Wednesday on NBC at 8 p.m.)
AGT Season 12 looks like a battle of the cute kids, with Darci Lynne and Angelica Hale leading the pack in terms of predicted winners. The top 10 acts will compete one final time on Tuesday, with the Live Results Finale airing Wednesday. At the end of that night, Tyra Banks will reveal the $1 million winner.

"The Good Place" Season 2 (Wednesday on NBC at 10 p.m.)
Fork yeah! Kristen Bell's warm, funny, and surprisingly mind-twisting comedy returns for Season 2 on September 20, airing right after the AGT finale. The premiere title is "Everything Is Great!" and here's the synopsis from NBC: "Their memories erased, Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, and Jason once again settle into the Good Place, unaware of what has previously transpired; Eleanor attempts to piece things together using a clue she left for herself."

New on Netflix

"Disney's Beauty and the Beast"
Emma Watson's tale as old as time is coming to Netflix this week! Be their streaming guest starting Tuesday, Sept. 19.

"Fuller House" Season 3 (Netflix Original)
Season 3 of this "Full House" spinoff is being split into two parts, with the first batch of nine episodes premiering on a very special date: September 22, which was also the date "Full House" debuted 30 years ago. "It's our 30th Anniversary, proving that the family who hugs together stays together. Enjoy new episodes of Fuller House and 30 years of hilarity.""Jerry Before Seinfeld" (Netflix Original)
Seinfeld now has a deal with Netflix, so he's opening up on all kinds of tops. In this special, available September 19, "Jerry Seinfeld takes you back to before you called him a king, or a legend, or the-guy-from-that-thing."

"Gotham" Season 3
Make this Thursday your official "Gotham" day. Season 3's 22 episodes will arrive on Netflix on September 21, and Season 4 will premiere on Fox that night. The Season 4 premiere, "Pax Penguina," has this synopsis: "Detective Gordon suspects that Jonathan Crane has resurfaced; Penguin hosts the grand opening of his new Iceberg Lounge; Bruce begins his vigilante watch."

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Ouch: Jennifer Lawrence's 'mother!' Got an F CinemaScore

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This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Jennifer Lawrence in a scene from "mother!" (Paramount Pictures and Protozoa Pictures via AP)The new horror-thriller "mother!" -- starring Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence -- earned itself a relatively rare F CinemaScore, once again highlighting the disconnect between film critics and film goers.

"Mother!" was directed by Darren Aronofsky, who is no stranger to polarizing films, especially "Requiem for a Dream." His new film has a Metascore of 74, which is good, and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 69 percent fresh. It also has a 6.8/10 rating from IMDb users. However, "mother!" only has a RT Audience Score of 42 percent, and now a bargain-basement F CinemaScore.

That F currently standalone, next to the B+ for both "American Assassin" and "IT"; A for "Spider-Man: Homecoming" and "Leap"; A- for "Dunkirk," "Detroit, "Despicable Me 3," and "Baby Driver"; and B for "Atomic Blonde," "The Dark Tower," and "Annabelle: Creation." Even "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" got a B- CinemaScore.

Previous films earning an F include "Bug," "Solaris," The Box," Dr. T and the Women," "Silent House," "Disaster Movie," "Wolf Creek," and "The Devil Inside." As The Hollywood Reporter noted, films with F grades usually don't overcome the bad word of mouth to make more than $15 million at the domestic box office, but "The Devil Inside" was the exception. That film opened to $33.7 million and earned $53.3 million domestically, and $101.8 million globally.

"Mother!" had the worst wide launch of Jennifer Lawrence's career, earning around $7.5 million from 2,368 locations. But the extreme reactions to the film -- and this F rating, which in some circles is a badge of honor -- may make more fans curious to check it out.

Paul Dergarabedian of comScore, which conducts exit polling, talked to THR about the critics vs. fans reaction to "mother!":

"This is an interesting case of what appears to be a total disconnect between the critics, who have been fairly receptive, and audiences who are collectively giving mother! their unanimous seal of disapproval with some of the lowest audience scores seen for a wide release film. The trailer paints a very strange and purposely equivocal portrait of the film and audiences who may have been expecting one type of movie-going experience got something quite different and have chosen to scold the film with a stunningly low approval rating."

In terms of box office, "mother!" might pick up more overseas. It currently has a foreign intake of $6 million, from six markets, in addition to the $7.5M domestic gross so far. The film reportedly cost about $30 million to make.

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There's Something Off About Alicia Vikander in the New 'Tomb Raider' Poster

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Warner Bros. released a new poster for the upcoming "Tomb Raider" reboot on Monday, featuring Oscar winner Alicia Vikander in the titular role. But while new the Lara Croft looks appropriately fierce, fans couldn't help but notice that there's something pretty odd happening in the image, too.

At first glance, the poster looks like your standard action movie one-sheet, featuring the female lead giving off an intense gaze, and showing off her toned arms in Lara's signature tight tank top. She's also gripping an ice pick, suggesting our heroine will scale some treacherous terrain in the film.

tomb raider, reboot, lara croft, alicia vikander

But as multiple users pointed out on Twitter, it seems like someone in the studio's marketing department got carried away while editing the image, tacking on a couple extra inches to Vikander's neck. Here's a side-by-side comparison that one Twitter account shared that really puts the oddity into perspective:

Of course, the internet did what it does best, and quickly did some additional tweaking of its own.

Who else really wants to see "Tomb Raptor" now?

This rebooted flick is also based on a rebooted "Tomb Raider" game, so perhaps in that spirit, filmmakers were inspired to reinvent the character even further. As Birth.Movies.Death. notes, it's entirely possible that the new Lara is indeed "a giraffe lady." Guess moviegoers will have to wait and see.

"Tomb Raider" opens on March 16, 2018.

[via: Tomb Raider/Twitter, Birth.Movies.Death., The A.V. Club]

Patton Oswalt Reveals Release Date for Late Wife Michelle McNamara's Final Book

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"Young Adult" Los Angeles Premiere - ArrivalsMichelle McNamara, the celebrated true crime writer and wife of comedian Patton Oswalt, died while in the midst of working on a book about an infamous Californian serial killer. Now, Oswalt has revealed that that tome has been finished in her stead, and is set for release next year,

The comedian made the announcement on Twitter on Monday, where he shared the book's title and synopsis. It's called "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" and subtitled, "One woman's obsessive search for the Golden State Killer."

Oswalt called the book "amazing," and the official description from publisher HarperCollins certainly seems to back up that assessment. The book chronicles not only the chilling crimes of the mysterious titular serial killer and rapist -- who terrorized both northern and southern California for a decade, beginning in 1976, and committed 50 rapes and 10 murders -- but also McNamara's dogged efforts to identify him.

According to HarperCollins, McNamara "pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was" in order to unmask the killer. But the writer passed away suddenly in April 2016 at the age of 46, from what was later discovered to be the result of mixing medications with an undiagnosed medical condition. "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" was eventually completed with the help of McNamara's lead researcher and a close colleague.

The book features an introduction by crime fiction author Gillian Flynn, as well as an afterword by Oswalt. It's is due to hit shelves on February 27, 2018.

[via: Patton Oswalt/Twitter, HarperCollins]

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