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this reaction.Bob Gale, who co-wrote and produced all three “Back to the Future” films alongside co-creator Robert Zemeckis, isn’t looking to revive the time travel franchise with a fourth project.After being asked about the possibility of a “Back to the Future 4,” Gale jokingly told Yahoo Entertainment, “People always say, ‘When are you going to do “Back to the Future 4?”‘ And we say, ‘F – – k you.’”The first sci-fi flick, “Back to the Future,” premiered in 1985 followed by “Back to the Future Part II” in 1989.The 73-year-old noted that the trilogy has already inspired many spin-offs, including a Broadway musical and a stage production on Royal Caribbean Cruises.“Back to the Future: the Musical” opened on Broadway in August 2023 after it debuted in London’s West End. The play won the Laurence Olivier Award for best new musical in 2022.The show wrapped its Broadway run last month with 500 performances and $80 million worth of ticket sales, per producers. “So, my God, ‘Back to the Future,'” Gale added at the 52nd annual Saturn Awards in LA on Feb.

Woody Harrelson didn’t check into “The White Lotus” for good reason.The actor, 63, revealed he was going to star in the third season of the HBO drama but ultimately had to turn it down.“I was set to do ‘White Lotus’ and very excited,” Harrelson told The Daily Beast on Friday. “Unfortunately, their production schedule shifted and conflicted with a pre-planned family vacation, forcing me to make an extremely hard decision.”“He was set to do the show and they moved the date,” his reps added.

his first on-screen appearance in six years during the Season 3 premiere of “Dark Winds” (currently airing Sundays at 9 p.m. on AMC and AMC+). The episode’s director, Chris Eyre, exclusively took The Post inside Redford’s rare taping.

Monica Lewinsky’s podcast Tuesday and reflected on being cast in Hughes’ 1980 comedies “Sixteen Candles,” “The Breakfast Club” and “Pretty in Pink” as a teenager.“In terms of, did I know that I was a ‘muse,’ he told me that but when you’re that age, I had nothing really to compare it to,” Ringwald said.Ringwald explained while “Sixteen Candles” was Hughes’ directorial debut, she already had experience doing movies. “But I was still only 15 years old so I didn’t have a lot of life experience,” she noted.

Francis Ford Coppola is taking his 2025 Worst Director Razzies win in stride.The Oscar winner, 85, was given the title at the notorious award show for his 2024 sci-fi drama “Megalopolis,” which starred Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Jon Voight, and Shia LaBeouf.The big-budget movie, which cost $120 million to make, was a commercial flop making just $14.6 million at the box office.It was also panned by critics, including The Post’s Johnny Oleksinski However, Coppola clapped back after the Razzies honor — or, rather, dishonor — on social media.

Warning — spoilers below. The “Once Upon a Time” actress, 45, directed the fourth episode of “Yellowjackets” Season 3, titled “12 Angry Girls and 1 Drunk Travis,” which saw the survivors in the wilderness put Coach Ben (Steven Krueger) on trial for kidnapping Mari (Alexa Barajas) and burning down their cabin.In the present day, Lottie (Simone Kessell) is shockingly murdered in a major cliff-hanger.In an exclusive interview with The Post, Morrison revealed the Oscar-nominated film that inspired her directorial work shooting Coach Ben’s trial, how she learned about Lottie’s death from producers, and what viewers can expect from the next episode she directed.New York Post: How did you end up directing two episodes of Season 3?Jennifer Morrison: As they were going into Season 3, they had some slots open up and were willing to meet with some new directors.

Adam Fields oversaw the production of the iconic 1985 flick and, 40 years later, shared some insight into how the now-cult classic was originally pitched as a play.“John Hughes was a nobody when he sent me that script,” Fields exclusively told The Post at the opening of Tarantino | Pulp Rock at Hollywood Park earlier this month. “He sent it to me as a play, which I don’t know if I really want to talk about that, but it all took place in a classroom, and I said, ‘Why don’t you write a play? We’re in the movie business.'”“He goes, ‘Well, you know, I haven’t really worked with actors before, so I thought a play would be a good idea,” Fields said of Hughes’ response.

“Euphoria.”The “Once Upon a Time” actress, 45, helmed the fifth episode of the HBO show’s first season, which aired in July 2019 and centered on Alexa Demie’s Maddy Perez.When The Post recently spoke to Morrison about her directorial work on the new season of Showtime’s “Yellowjackets,” she explained why there’s basically no chance she’ll be back on the “Euphoria” set.“Oh gosh, I wish,” Morrison told The Post. “The reality is [show creator] Sam Levinson, who’s so brilliant, he directs all of them now.

“The Brutalist” — but he’s made “zero dollars” from the drama.“I just directed three advertisements in Portugal… it’s the first time that I had made any money really in years,“ the 36-year-old filmmaker said on Monday’s episode of the “WTF With Marc Maron” podcast.Corbet, who co-wrote “The Brutalist” with his partner Mona Fastvold, explained that the pair “made zero dollars on the last two films we made.”“Yes, actually zero,” he admitted. “So we had to just live off of a paycheck from three years ago.”Corbet’s past directorial works include 2015’s “The Childhood of a Leader” and 2018’s “Vox Lux.”“The Brutalist,” Corbet’s most critically acclaimed work yet, follows a Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrates to the United States.

2025 BAFTA Film Awards despite the controversy over her resurfaced tweets.Jacques Audiard, who helmed the musical crime movie, went on stage to accept the award for Best Film Not in the English Language and mentioned Gascón, 52, in his speech after he previously condemned her “hateful” social media remarks.“Above all, I would like to thank all the wonderful artists who brought this film to life and who are here with us tonight,” said Audiard, 72, according to Variety.“My dear Zoe, my dear Selena, Giorgini, Paul, Juliet, Camille, Clement, Julia and your team, but also you, my dear Karla Sofia, that I kiss,” he continued. “I’m deeply proud of what we achieved together.

Will Smith becoming a rom-com legend didn’t go off without a hitch.The actor, 56, starred opposite Eva Mendes in 2005’s “Hitch,” and now the film’s director Andy Tennant revealed it wasn’t smooth sailing working alongside the on-screen lead.As the movie’s 20th anniversary approaches, the director, 69, told Business Insider: “We had our difficulties. The movie I wanted to make and the movie Will wanted to make, neither one of those movies is as good as the movie we made together.

passed away Jan. 16 at age 78 from cardiac arrest due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to TMZ, who obtained Lynch’s death certificate from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.Dehydration was also listed as a significant contributor to Lynch’s death.The Post has reached out to Lynch’s rep for comment.Lynch’s family announced his death on social media last month.“It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch,” the family’s Facebook statement read.

told People in an interview published on Friday.The last time Wahlberg took on the on the villain role was in 1996’s “Fear,” opposite Reese Witherspoon.“I was like the guy who was like constantly picking at them, poking them and prodding them, you know, from the back of the plane the whole entire time,” the star continued. “I apologized at the end because I wasn’t very engaging off camera or outside of shooting, but I was just in [that] head space.

Clint Eastwood is moving forward following the death of his longtime partner, Christina Sandera.The famed filmmaker’s son, Scott Eastwood, revealed how his dad, 94, is doing six months after Sandera died at age 61 of a heart attack last July.“He’s good. He’s doing good,” Eastwood, 38, told People. “He’s a survivor, a trouper.”At the time of Sandera’s death, the Oscar winner released a statement about his girlfriend of 10 years, saying, “Christina was a lovely, caring woman, and I will miss her very much.”When asked about what he has learned about resilience from his father, Scott replied: “It’s in our blood.

social media on Thursday.“It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch,” their statement read. “We would appreciate some privacy at this time.”“There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole,'” Lynch’s family added.

tragic death at age 47 on Friday. However, the intensely private Plaza did speak publicly about her filmmaker husband several times prior to his passing. The couple, who began dating in 2011, married in a spontaneous 2021 ceremony amid the COVID-19 pandemic.“The marriage was just like a joke that honestly went to far,” Plaza quipped during an appearance on “The Drew Barrymore Show that same year.

“Fly on the Wall” podcast hosted by “Saturday Night Live” alums Dana Carvey and David Spade and recalled Chase’s reaction to his film about the debut episode of the sketch comedy show. “So, Chevy comes in to watch the movie,” Reitman said.

Denzel Washington’s recent interview. After the Oscar winner, 69, said he was not familiar with the work of late director Stanley Kubrick, fans were left in an online frenzy.Washington sat down in November for a chat with Collider correspondent Steve Weintraub to promote his latest project, “Gladiator II,” and the footage is going viral.Weintraub asked “The Equalizer” alum what his favorite Kubrick films was, to which Washington responded that he “wasn’t a real film buff” enough to have one.Kubrick’s famed movies include “Dr.

the 2020 incident that made headlines. The Mexican director, 63, added, “I thought that would be a very good point of departure for a Christmas story. So, I crafted this little story with Jack Thorne, and we presented it to [director David Lowery], who I always wanted to collaborate with.

Joe Rogan’s podcast and explained that while he loves the hit Western series, he believes that “at the end of the day it’s just a soap opera.”“Everybody talks about how television is now,” Tarantino began. “It’s pretty good, I gotta say. It’s pretty good now.

the Washington Post in an interview published Monday that he’s to blame for the never-ending amount of sequels in Hollywood, because he helmed 1974’s “The Godfather Part II.”“So I’m the jerk that started numbers on movies,” Coppola said. “I’m embarrassed, and I apologize to everyone.”Coppola recalled that after the success of 1972’s “The Godfather,” Paramount Pictures was insistent on him making another movie.