Tim Karan
Tim Karan is a writer and editor for Looper. An award-winning journalist, he began his career with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, where he received multiple Keystone Press Awards for news coverage and feature writing. He became a film and music critic for the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York, before moving on to become associate editor of Alternative Press magazine. He also hosted the popular AP&R Podcast, and oversaw editorial for the official Vans Warped Tour program. He later became senior editor for Diffuser, and has written for The A.V. Club, Newser, and Bleacher Report. He's interviewed Oscar winners, Grammy winners, and countless filmmakers and musicians throughout his career. A resident of Nashville, he's been called "the closest thing to Woody Allen to ever come out of Warped Tour nation."
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Stories By Tim Karan
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Archer is going even further into the past for season 9, and now we know when it'll happen.
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The director of Guardians of the Galaxy clarified something major when it comes to Groot.
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FX released a pair of creepy teasers for the upcoming second season of the mind-bending Marvel adaptation.
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Wreck-It Ralph is moving into the digital age whether he's ready or not.
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The late Leonard Nimoy hated the original Vulcan ears so much that the creator of Star Trek promised to write in a medical procedure to remove them.
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It's not much, but a new poster confirms the final season of Game of Thrones will arrive in 2019.
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Yondu drops by Asgard in a hilarious deleted scene from Thor: Ragnarok.
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Apple has ordered 10 episodes of a half-hour psychological thriller from Shyamalan and British TV writer Tony Basgallop.
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The showrunners of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are writing the season 5 finale as a potential end point for the Avengers spinoff on ABC.
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Oscar-nominated film director Lewis Gilbert helmed three of the most successful James Bond movies.
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The Silver Surfer may soon be back on the silver screen.
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Disney released a new look at Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2.
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The star of The Originals will take over the role Casey Affleck played in the 2007 movie version of Gone Baby Gone.
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HBO unveiled an explosive teaser for the upcoming adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic sci-fi novel.
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The population of Hawkins, Indiana will reportedly increase by at least three in the upcoming third season.
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The Walking Dead isn't a show that's easy on its fans, but the writers' latest shocker was apparently done for a good reason.
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Mark Hamill could move from a galaxy far, far away to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
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The director of Clerks and Chasing Amy suffered a nearly fatal heart attack after performing a stand-up show.
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Humanity is at a breaking point in the teaser for the upcoming third season of Syfy's The Expanse.
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AMC Theatres will provide free matinee showings of the upcoming Disney film for children in need.
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Suicide Squad director David Ayer's Cedar Park Entertainment has acquired the rights to King's poem The Bone Church with plans to develop it into a TV series.
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Lionsgate's Studio L is developing a television series based on The Blair Witch Project.
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The director of The Avengers had been writing a script and was expected to helm a big-screen take on Batgirl.
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Production on the final installment of the Skywalker saga is expected to begin this summer.
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Word on the street is that production for the Deadpool spinoff will get underway this year.
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The upcoming Netflix movie takes Leto to Japan in the wake of World War II.
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More than a decade after Rush Hour 3, Tucker and Jackie Chan are back together for another ride.