Rambo 5 Was Almost a Monster Movie – Here’s the Insane Premise Sylvester Stallone Scrapped
Before Last Blood, Rambo 5 was going to be a full-on monster hunt.
15 Years Ago Today, Nicolas Winding Refn — Who Failed His Driving Test 8 Times — Convinced Ryan Gosling to Make Drive by Crying to REO Speedwagon
Before Ryan Gosling went mainstream these days with movies like Barbie, The Fall Guy, and Project Hail Mary, he used...
“You Were Right About Everything”: Zack Snyder Says a Warner Bros. Executive Finally Admitted It
The DC filmmaker says a Warner Bros. executive privately admitted the studio fought him — and that he was right...
15 Years Later, Ryan Gosling’s Drive Is Still Secretly One of the Best Superhero Movies Ever Made
As Drive celebrates its 15th anniversary, we're revisiting the case for Nicolas Winding Refn's neo-noir as a genuine superhero origin...
Police Academy Cast a Real Adult Film Star for Its Most Unhinged Scene — and Warner Bros. Fought to Keep It In
Commandant Lassard's podium speech remains the most notorious scene in mainstream comedy history — and it almost didn't survive the...
“This Man Can Do It All”: Kevin Smith Wanted Ben Affleck – Not Nicolas Cage – As Superman
Kevin Smith didn't see Nicolas Cage as Superman either; instead, he wanted Ben Affleck.
15 Actors Who Made Huge Demands And Were Completely Shut Down
From a fish slap to a $1-million-a-day payday, these are the on-set demands that blew up productions — and, in...
Sebastian Stan Says The Batman Part II Feels Like ‘F—ing Godfather Part Two’
Between the Godfather line and his own guarded role, Stan gave Variety more than just a soundbite.
David Fincher Wanted to Turn The Black Dahlia Into an $80 Million, Five-Hour Miniseries — Then Mark Wahlberg Passed on It for The Italian Job
An acclaimed director with Hitchcockian sensibility, and a sensational novel adapted from the author of L.A. Confidential — what could...
Andrew Garfield Has Two Oscar Nominations and a Spider-Man Franchise. His Last Two Movies Still Had the Worst Opening Weekends of His Career — Both in the Same Month
The Oscar nominee just posted the two lowest wide-release openings of his career — three weeks apart.
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