
James Hibberd
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The Hollywood Reporter's Writer at Large, breaking entertainment news and analysis. Author of the 'Game of Thrones' book 'Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon'
Austin, TX
Joined June 2008
Back in Black: Jenna Ortega and Tim Burton endure our questions about #Wednesday S2, the perils of fame, handling controversy, 'Beetlejuice' 3, and more: "I don't think I've ever shot a scene that hasn't given me nightmares"
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Netflix Renews #Wednesday for Season 3, Eyes Spinoff (Exclusive). Read THR's cover story with Tim Burton and Jenna Ortega giving their first major joint interview.
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In their first joint interview, the 'Wednesday' director and star discuss their freakiest public encounters, how they navigate controversy and the prospect of 'Beetlejuice 3.'
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Stop, Already, With Superhero Movies Ending With Big Dumb CG Smash Battles (Or: Why punching #Superman endlessly in the face is the least interesting thing you can do to him)
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James Gunn's 'Superman' is great until it climaxes with the same numbing effects-overkill as most other Marvel/DC efforts. It's time to find another way to end these movies.
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#JurassicWorld Rebirth Writer David Koepp on Returning to the Franchise After 3 Decades and Making It Less . Well . Goofy: "In the last film, dinosaurs were nesting on the Chrysler Building and renting apartments downtown. I didn’t have a single idea about where to go with.
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I do not recommend spending two weeks watching a bunch of shark movies. But I did it so that you might find a couple that you haven't seen before. Also, this list is totally officially definitive so you're not allowed to say it's wrong.
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From 'The Shallows' to, yes, 'Jaws,' The Hollywood Reporter definitively ranks the best films ever made that are centered around hostile cartilaginous fish.
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Trump was merely the f-word’s final boss. Why we no longer have any f—ks left to give about saying ‘f—k’
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Just go ahead and say it, nobody minds anymore. Political leaders cursing into hot mics was just the final boss of "f**k" losing all its punch and provocation.
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#TheLiverKing booking photo released. The influencer and Netflix documentary subject was arrested for making a Terroristic Threat against Joe Rogan in a series of bizarre social media posts. Details:
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My former podcast mate @DarrenFranich wrote a "Wes Anderson movies ranked" feature for us and -- as usual -- his writing is a delight (though I will always defend Life Aquatic)
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A definitive ranking of the director’s acclaimed filmography including his newest, 'The Phoenician Scheme.'
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Winning an award for a cat pun headline is definitely a career highlight (also congrats to my many @THR colleagues who won, placed and showed at @lapressclub, full list here )
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#TheLastOfUs fans have wondered what happened with the show's ratings after Joel was killed. The answer is both what you expect and -- like the show -- not so simple (and makes for some interesting comparisons with 'Game of Thrones' )
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Here are some theories as to why the ratings for HBO's drama has slipped, and some lessons learned from 'Game of Thrones.'
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'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' to end with a shortened fifth and final season. Details:
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Paramount+ orders a final season of the series ahead of its third season premiere.
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RT @AaronCouch: Chad Stahelski doesn't think much of The Continental, and says he and Keanu Reeves' voices weren't heard during that proces….
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This Q&A with #JohnWick franchise boss Chad Stahelski was a total blast: Director gets candid on JW5, #BallerinaMovie , studio fights, and more: "They say, ’You can’t do it that way.’ Says who? The guys who suck?"
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The rule-busting writer-director of the $1 billion franchise comes out guns blazing in our Q&A about his studio battles, the action industry and all things 'Wick' — from this week's spinoff ‘Baller...
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This looks great: FX’s ‘Alien: Earth’ Official Trailer Reveals a Predatory Twist
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The first full look at Noah Hawley's take on the 'Alien' universe suggests a far more ambitious idea than has been previously teased.
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#Andor season 2 really built that TIE fighter swinging around the hanger (among several other effects, large and small, that are surprisingly real)
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RT @AaronCouch: Deadpool director Tim Miller wants to make an X-Men movie, and emailed Kevin Feige to make his case
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The 'Deadpool' director is ready to get back into feature films.
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‘The Last of Us’ Creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann on That Finale Death, Ending and Season 3 Changes (spoilers obvs)
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Craig Mazin and Neil Druckman answer several burning questions about that season 2 cliffhanger finale: "This show is going to be a different show every season."
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Updated to include my (disappointed) take on #MissionImpossibleTheFinalReckoning
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A definitive ranking of all the 'Mission: Impossible' films from the 1996 original to 'The Final Reckoning.'
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A terrific oral history of #thehandsmaidstale with interviews of 20+ insiders by @jackiedstrause : "Whatever we wrote kind of happened, or whatever happened reflected in what we wrote"
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Margaret Atwood, creator Bruce Miller, Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Ann Dowd and 20-plus producers, castmembers and execs reveal how a classic novel became the Emmy-winning emblem of anti-Trump...
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