Before The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's release, Phil Szostak spoke with Looper about his work on the book and Episode IX's design process, sharing details about The Rise of Skywalker's ties to The Last Jedi, Palpatine's big return, his favorite Easter eggs, and much, much more.
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Freddy Krueger haunts nightmares — both in movies and in real life. And actor Robert Englund is the person who brought him to life. In an exclusive interview with Looper, Englund revealed how he really got into character to play Freddy Krueger.
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Actor Robert Englund knows a thing or two about horror. And there's a good reason for that: he's played Freddy Krueger in eight of the nine films in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. So what does it take to scare a man who has portrayed one of cinema's most terrifying characters? This new show.
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The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is a must-read for fans of everyone's favorite galaxy far, far away. Here are some of the highlights from Lucasfilm and Abrams Book's new behind-the-scenes tome, with some insights from the book's author, Lucasfilm's Phil Szostak.
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Robert Englund has made a major name for himself by playing the disfigured murderer Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. In an exclusive interview with Looper, Englund discussed how the Nightmare on Elm Street films changed his life forever.
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Robert Englund is best known for playing disfigured child murderer Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street horror franchise. But now, he's added a new role to his terror-filled repertoire: the host of True Terror on the Travel Channel.
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Production designer Curt Beech sat down with Looper and to talk about what inspired Hunters' unique aesthetic, what it took to build Meyer's top-secret lair, and some of references hidden in the homes of the members of the Fourth Reich.
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The Netflix story is big and fascinating, full of heroes, dreams, influence, world-changing ideas, and fortunes gained and lost. It would all make for a great Netflix limited series. Until then, here are some little-known facts about what really goes on behind that familiar red logo.
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On Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Dee Bradley Baker voices the clones. That's right: all of them. As you can imagine, that's a tough job, but as Baker tells Looper, it's also a childhood dream come true.
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Actor Daniel Logan, who played young Boba Fett in Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones, had a special relationship with co-star Ewan McGregor, and shares stories about talking Trainspotting and driving golf carts with the big-screen Jedi master.
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Dalton took some time from his busy schedule to talk with Looper about what it's like to shoot in Albuquerque, why Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul have such memorable villains, how Lalo got his signature smile, and what it's like being part of the bigger Breaking Bad family.
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You haven't seen a superhero movie quite like Bloodshot before. Sure, Sony and Valiant Entertainment hope that the movie leads to a brand-new shared superhero universe in the same vein as the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DCEU, but that doesn't mean that Bloodshot plays things by the book.
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When Henry Cavill was announced as the man who would lead Netflix's The Witcher, starring on the Lauren Schmidt Hissrich-created series as Geralt, the internet had a breakdown. Will he be the perfect Geralt? It seems so, as he made a first impression so strong it led to him landing the role.
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If you've seen the trailers for Gretel & Hansel, you might think the horror flick is an adults-only affair. Not so fast. Director Osgood Perkins spoke with Looper about his new take on the Brothers Grimm's tale, and he claims that the flick is perfect for older children.
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Jay and Silent Bob are coming back to spoof comic book movies, Hollywood, and more once again in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. But what if Jason Mewes' and Kevin Smith's iconic stoner duo did more than just smoke herb and spoof superheroes? What if they went out and joined the superheroes' world?
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Best known as Jay of Jay and Silent Bob fame, Jason Mewes recently sat down with us while promoting his new movie, Madness in the Method. During our chat, we asked the lifelong comic book fan would do if he had the opportunity to recruit his own team of Avengers.
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When it comes to DC Comics characters, everyone has their favorites, their worsts and firsts — but what about lifelong comics fan (and comic actor) Jason Mewes? We had the chance to ask Mewes about his favorite and least favorite DC characters while he was promoting his film Madness in the Method.
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From doubtful executives to his own personal demons, actor and filmmaker Jason Mewes has beaten the odds to become a cult favorite Hollywood icon, known to many, beloved by all. Here's how it all happened -- and what might happen next.
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After 95 uncanny years spent imagining his way to the top of the world, Lee passed away on November 12, 2018. It's only now that what appears to be Stan Lee's final cameo appearance is seeing release, and the story of that cameo may surprise you. For one thing, it's not in a Marvel movie.
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With the release of this fall's Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix, we'll see the debut of the latest theatrical take on one of the most iconic comic book supervillains ever created. But Phoenix could've been cast in the role of a completely different legendary bad guy for Marvel, not DC.
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Sometimes what a character is wearing in a movie is nearly as important as what the character actually does, and Hawkeye's no different. That's why it's interesting to imagine an alternate universe where Hawkeye had a different look on the big screen.
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How do you bring Norse legends to the big screen in a way that makes sense for the Marvel Cinematic Universe while still preserving the essence of the characters? We sat down with former Marvel designer Charlie Wen to trace the evolution of several Thor fan favorites on their way to theaters.
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Plans were underway behind the scenes to give Thor and Loki yet another, different sibling — a brother who might be more familiar to comic book readers and lovers of Norse mythology. That's right, Balder the Brave was almost introduced to the MCU to further complicate Thor's family tree.
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It takes a lot more than accurately re-creating a comic book character's outfit on the big screen to make a superhero movie worth seeing. So what process took these relatively obscure Marvel D-listers into the mainstream? Here's what the Guardians of the Galaxy almost looked like.
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Ultron's design has changed in big and small ways with every new comics incarnation, meaning that the talented people in charge of adapting him for 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron had their work cut out for them in terms of coming up with a great cinematic design.
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Taking a comics character from the printed page to the big screen isn't as easy as you might think, and Guardians of the Galaxy's Gamora was no exception. Just ask Charlie Wen, former head of visual development at Marvel Studios — and take a look at some of the designs that didn't make the cut.
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Some Marvel Cinematic Universe stars have put such a stamp on their characters that it's become almost impossible to separate the two, and it's always a shock to realize that other actors might have been considered for a role — like Jason Momoa, who auditioned for Drax before becoming Aquaman.
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