{"id":291118,"date":"2024-02-20T14:54:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T19:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/geek-news-february-20-2024-sam-mendes-to-direct-four-separate-beatles-movies-each-told-from-the-perspective-of-one-of-the-fab-four"},"modified":"2024-02-20T14:54:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T19:54:51","slug":"geek-news-february-20-2024-sam-mendes-to-direct-four-separate-beatles-movies-each-told-from-the-perspective-of-one-of-the-fab-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/geek-news-february-20-2024-sam-mendes-to-direct-four-separate-beatles-movies-each-told-from-the-perspective-of-one-of-the-fab-four","title":{"rendered":"Geek Information February 20, 2024: Sam Mendes To Direct 4 Separate Beatles Films, Every Informed From the Perspective of One of many Fab 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"219.331911003\">\n<p><em>American Beauty<\/em> and <em>SPECTRE<\/em> director Sam Mendes will direct four separate Beatles movies, each one told from the perspective of one of the members: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A press release quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/beatles-movies-sam-mendes-directing-four-films-2027-release-1235916841\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a> says that the four <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/the-beatles-used-ai-to-finish-their-final-song-now-and-then\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beatles<\/a> movies will intersect to \u201ctell the astonishing story of the greatest band in history.\u201d Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the families of the late George Harrison and John Lennon have granted full music and life-story rights to the filmmakers. This is reportedly the first time the Beatles have given their full support to a scripted film about the Fab Four.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honored to be telling the story of the greatest rock band of all time, and excited to challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies,\u201d said Mendes in a statement about the Beatles movies. Director Mendes will also produce alongside his Neal Street Productions partner Pippa Harris and Neal Street\u2019s Julie Pastor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe intend this to be a uniquely thrilling, and epic cinematic experience: four films, told from four different perspectives which tell a single story about the most celebrated band of all time,\u201d said Harris in a statement. \u201cTo have the Beatles\u2019 and Apple Corps\u2019 blessing to do this is an immense privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sony Pictures plans to distribute all four Beatles films theatrically in 2027. The movies will cover the Beatles&#8217; history leading up to their 1970 breakup.<\/p>\n<h2>Matt Damon Says He Would Like To Play Jason Bourne Again but Is \u2018Not Getting Any Younger\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1241531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1241531\" style=\"width: 1281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1241531 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1281'%20height='721'%20viewBox='0%200%201281%20721'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Jason Bourne e1708446195994\" width=\"1281\" height=\"721\" title=\"Geek News February 20, 2024: Sam Mendes To Direct Four Separate Beatles Movies, Each Told From the Perspective of One of the Fab Four 2\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jason-Bourne-e1708446195994.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jason-Bourne-e1708446195994.jpg 1281w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jason-Bourne-e1708446195994-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jason-Bourne-e1708446195994-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jason-Bourne-e1708446195994-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jason-Bourne-e1708446195994-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jason-Bourne-e1708446195994-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1281px) 100vw, 1281px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1241531\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jason-Bourne-e1708446195994.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Bourne e1708446195994\" width=\"1281\" height=\"721\" title=\"Geek News February 20, 2024: Sam Mendes To Direct Four Separate Beatles Movies, Each Told From the Perspective of One of the Fab Four 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jason-Bourne-e1708446195994.jpg 1281w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jason-Bourne-e1708446195994-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jason-Bourne-e1708446195994-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jason-Bourne-e1708446195994-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jason-Bourne-e1708446195994-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jason-Bourne-e1708446195994-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1281px) 100vw, 1281px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1241531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Universal Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Matt Damon seems willing to play Jason Bourne again if production gets moving on another installment before he ages out of the part. Damon has played the part of the former CIA assassin in four out of five <em>Bourne<\/em> movies, beginning with 2002&#8217;s <em>The Bourne Identity<\/em> and most recently in 2016&#8217;s<em> Jason Bourne<\/em> (pictured).<\/p>\n<p>In a recent appearance on <em>The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/em> reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/news\/general-news\/matt-damon-wants-another-bourne-movie-not-getting-younger-1234954995\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">IndieWire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/best-matt-damon-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Damon<\/a> said that <em>All Quiet on the Western Front<\/em> director Edward Berger is in the early stages of developing a sixth movie in the <em>Bourne<\/em> franchise with Damon reprising his role as Jason Bourne. \u201cThere is a great director named Edward Berger,\u201d said Damon. \u201c[<em>All Quiet on the Western Front<\/em>] is a fantastic film, and he\u2019s wonderful and he said he had an idea. I would love to work with him, so he\u2019s working on it. Look, I\u2019m as anxious as you are to see if this thing [happens] \u2014 I hope it\u2019s great and that we can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite Damon&#8217;s enthusiasm about the possibility of a new <em>Bourne<\/em> movie with him as the lead, the 53-year-old actor doesn&#8217;t seem to want to pull a Liam Neeson and star in action movies in his 60s and 70s. \u201cAt a certain point somebody is going to need to take it over,\u201d said Damon. \u201cI\u2019m not getting any younger.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Blade Runner 2099\u2019 Finds New Director With Jonathan Van Tulleken<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1241558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1241558\" style=\"width: 1281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1241558 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1281'%20height='721'%20viewBox='0%200%201281%20721'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Blade Runner e1708447008975\" width=\"1281\" height=\"721\" title=\"Geek News February 20, 2024: Sam Mendes To Direct Four Separate Beatles Movies, Each Told From the Perspective of One of the Fab Four 3\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blade-Runner-e1708447008975.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blade-Runner-e1708447008975.jpg 1281w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blade-Runner-e1708447008975-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blade-Runner-e1708447008975-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blade-Runner-e1708447008975-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blade-Runner-e1708447008975-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blade-Runner-e1708447008975-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1281px) 100vw, 1281px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1241558\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blade-Runner-e1708447008975.jpg\" alt=\"Blade Runner e1708447008975\" width=\"1281\" height=\"721\" title=\"Geek News February 20, 2024: Sam Mendes To Direct Four Separate Beatles Movies, Each Told From the Perspective of One of the Fab Four 3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blade-Runner-e1708447008975.jpg 1281w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blade-Runner-e1708447008975-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blade-Runner-e1708447008975-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blade-Runner-e1708447008975-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blade-Runner-e1708447008975-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blade-Runner-e1708447008975-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1281px) 100vw, 1281px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1241558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Warner Bros.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prime Video&#8217;s <em>Blade Runner 2099<\/em> series has found a new director, Jonathan Van Tulleken, for the first two episodes of the upcoming limited series. <em>Blade Runner 2099<\/em> follows the events of 1982&#8217;s <em>Blade Runner<\/em> \u2014 set in 2019 \u2014 and 2017&#8217;s <em>Blade Runner 2049<\/em>. Due to the 50-year time jump from the latter to the new series, no actors from Ridley Scott&#8217;s seminal sci-fi masterpiece or Denis Villeneuve&#8217;s Oscar-winning sequel are expected to reprise their roles for <em>Blade Runner 2099<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/02\/blade-runner-2099-jonathan-van-tulleken-director-production-star-date-location-amazon-1235831137\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Deadline<\/a>, Tulleken replaces Jeremy Podeswa who had to bow out due to scheduling changes caused by the WGA strike. Originally set to start filming in Belfast, Northern Ireland last year, production for <em>Blade Runner 2099<\/em> has relocated to Prague, Czech Republic and will reportedly begin in April.<\/p>\n<p>Deadline reports that \u201cin 2011, Alcon secured film, television, and ancillary franchise rights to produce prequels and sequels to the 1982 science-fiction thriller <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/films-that-predicted-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Blade Runner<\/em><\/a>. Since that time, Alcon has financed and produced the\u00a0<em>Blade Runner 2049<\/em>\u00a0as well as the recent\u00a0<em>Blade Runner: Black Lotus<\/em>, an anime series that debuted in 2022 on Adult Swim and Crunchyroll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tulleken recently directed episodes of FX&#8217;s <em>Sh\u014dgun\u00a0<\/em>and Apple TV+&#8217;s <em>The Changeling<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>New \u2018Civil War\u2019 Trailer Shows the United States in Ruins During a Modern-Day Second Civil War<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1241577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1241577\" style=\"width: 1281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1241577 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1281'%20height='721'%20viewBox='0%200%201281%20721'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Civil War Kirsten Dunst e1708447980532\" width=\"1281\" height=\"721\" title=\"Geek News February 20, 2024: Sam Mendes To Direct Four Separate Beatles Movies, Each Told From the Perspective of One of the Fab Four 4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Civil-War-Kirsten-Dunst-e1708447980532.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Civil-War-Kirsten-Dunst-e1708447980532.jpg 1281w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Civil-War-Kirsten-Dunst-e1708447980532-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Civil-War-Kirsten-Dunst-e1708447980532-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Civil-War-Kirsten-Dunst-e1708447980532-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Civil-War-Kirsten-Dunst-e1708447980532-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Civil-War-Kirsten-Dunst-e1708447980532-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1281px) 100vw, 1281px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1241577\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Civil-War-Kirsten-Dunst-e1708447980532.jpg\" alt=\"Civil War Kirsten Dunst e1708447980532\" width=\"1281\" height=\"721\" title=\"Geek News February 20, 2024: Sam Mendes To Direct Four Separate Beatles Movies, Each Told From the Perspective of One of the Fab Four 4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Civil-War-Kirsten-Dunst-e1708447980532.jpg 1281w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Civil-War-Kirsten-Dunst-e1708447980532-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Civil-War-Kirsten-Dunst-e1708447980532-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Civil-War-Kirsten-Dunst-e1708447980532-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Civil-War-Kirsten-Dunst-e1708447980532-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Civil-War-Kirsten-Dunst-e1708447980532-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1281px) 100vw, 1281px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1241577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: A24.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The new trailer for A24&#8217;s <em>Civil War<\/em> shows the United States not so united. The new movie written and directed by Alex Garland is not about the actual Civil War in the 1800s, but rather a modern-day one. The movie stars Kirsten Dunst (pictured), Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno, and Nick Offerman.<\/p>\n<p>The official <em>Civil War<\/em> logline reads, \u201cAn adrenaline-fueled thrill ride through a near-future fractured America balanced on the razor\u2019s edge.\u201d According to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/trailers\/civil-war-new-trailer-a24-kirsten-dunst-1235916287\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>, the new trailer&#8217;s \u201cfootage kicks off with an address from the president, played by Nick Offerman, who calls citizens to arms against \u2018the Florida alliance and the Western forces of Texas and California&#8217; for their secession from the United States. The trailer also teases new battle sequences taking place in New York City and Washington, D.C. \u2014 including a rocket launch obliterating the Lincoln Memorial.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/the-best-kirsten-dunst-movies-and-tv-shows-ranked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dunst<\/a> plays a war photographer in the movie.<\/p>\n<p><em>Civil War<\/em> drops in theaters nationwide on April 12. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cA4wVhs3HC0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a> to watch the new trailer.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Irish Wish\u2019 Trailer: Lindsay Lohan Switches Lives With Her Best Friend in Netflix Rom-Com<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1241597\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1241597\" style=\"width: 1281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1241597 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1281'%20height='721'%20viewBox='0%200%201281%20721'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Irish Wish Lindsay Lohan e1708448978243\" width=\"1281\" height=\"721\" title=\"Geek News February 20, 2024: Sam Mendes To Direct Four Separate Beatles Movies, Each Told From the Perspective of One of the Fab Four 5\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Irish-Wish-Lindsay-Lohan-e1708448978243.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Irish-Wish-Lindsay-Lohan-e1708448978243.jpg 1281w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Irish-Wish-Lindsay-Lohan-e1708448978243-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Irish-Wish-Lindsay-Lohan-e1708448978243-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Irish-Wish-Lindsay-Lohan-e1708448978243-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Irish-Wish-Lindsay-Lohan-e1708448978243-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Irish-Wish-Lindsay-Lohan-e1708448978243-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1281px) 100vw, 1281px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1241597\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Irish-Wish-Lindsay-Lohan-e1708448978243.jpg\" alt=\"Irish Wish Lindsay Lohan e1708448978243\" width=\"1281\" height=\"721\" title=\"Geek News February 20, 2024: Sam Mendes To Direct Four Separate Beatles Movies, Each Told From the Perspective of One of the Fab Four 5\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Irish-Wish-Lindsay-Lohan-e1708448978243.jpg 1281w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Irish-Wish-Lindsay-Lohan-e1708448978243-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Irish-Wish-Lindsay-Lohan-e1708448978243-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Irish-Wish-Lindsay-Lohan-e1708448978243-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Irish-Wish-Lindsay-Lohan-e1708448978243-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Irish-Wish-Lindsay-Lohan-e1708448978243-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1281px) 100vw, 1281px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1241597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Netflix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lindsay Lohan is switching lives with another character on-screen in the rom-com <em>Irish Wish<\/em>. Unlike in <em>Freaky Friday<\/em> in which she switched bodies with her mother, Lohan switches lives with her best friend in Janeen Damian&#8217;s <em>Irish Wish<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/lindsay-lohan-irish-wish-trailer-8584909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a>, \u201cSet amid the rolling green seaside hills of Ireland, the <em>Irish Wish<\/em> trailer centers Lohan in the tale of Maddie, a young lovelorn woman who travels to Europe for her best friend&#8217;s wedding to the man Maddie thinks she loves. A mystic wish leads Maddie to swap lives with her pal the next morning when she wakes up in the same bed as her romantic interest.\u201d The movie also stars Ed Speleers, Alexander Vlahos, Ayesha Curry, and Jane Seymour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a nice story of luck and love and confidence,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/best-lindsay-lohan-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lohan<\/a> to Netflix. \u201cMaddie\u2019s [one of the only] characters that I\u2019ve played [who\u2019s] a woman on her own making her way in the world. We shaped her in a way that she was a bit more insecure in the beginning, and then she grows throughout the movie, and by the end, she really comes into her own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Irish Wish<\/em> premieres March 15 on Netflix. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_gKXowSyfjM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a> to watch the new trailer.<\/p>\n<h2>Michael Keaton Says \u2018Beetlejuice&#8217; Sequel \u2018Had To Feel Handmade&#8217;<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1080232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1080232\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1080232\" title=\"Geek News February 20, 2024: Sam Mendes To Direct Four Separate Beatles Movies, Each Told From the Perspective of One of the Fab Four 6\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-300x169.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-1024x576.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-768x432.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-50x28.jpg.webp 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-180x100.jpg.webp 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-150x84.jpg.webp 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Beetlejuice\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720.jpg\" alt=\"Beetlejuice\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beetlejuice_1280x720-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript>\n<\/picture><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1080232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Warner Bros.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Michael Keaton says he was willing to reprise his titular role in Tim Burton&#8217;s <em>Beetlejuice<\/em> <em>Beetlejuice<\/em> as long as it wasn&#8217;t CGI overkill. Keaton joins Winona Ryder, Catherine O&#8217;Hara, <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Jenna Ortega\" href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/jenna-ortega-movies-and-tv-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Jenna Ortega<\/a>, and Monica Bellucci in the long-awaited sequel to 1988&#8217;s <em>Beetlejuice<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one thing that he and I decided on early, early, early on from the beginning, if we ever did it again, I was totally not interested in doing something where there was too much technology,\u201d said Keaton to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/michael-keaton-teases-beetlejuice-sequel-enormous-fun-exclusive-8584898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>People<\/em><\/a> about <em>Beetlejuice Beetlejuice<\/em>. \u201cIt had to feel handmade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keaton continued, \u201cWhat made it fun was watching somebody in the corner actually holding something up for you, to watch everybody in the shrunken head room and say, \u2018Those are people under there, operating these things, trying to get it right.&#8217; When you get to do that again after years of standing in front of a giant screen, pretending somebody&#8217;s across the way from you, this is just enormous fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Catherine O&#8217;Hara, who reprises her role as Delia Deetz in <em>Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,<\/em> joked about Keaton, \u201cHe looks the same. Beetlejuice has aged very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/breaking-news-january-16-2024-succession-the-bear-and-beef-dominate-the-emmys-jenna-ortega-teases-wednesday-and-beetlejuice-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Beetlejuice Beetlejuice<\/em><\/a> premieres in theaters September 6, 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Tales From the Crypt&#8217; Publisher EC Comics Resurrected After Nearly 70 Years<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1241692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1241692\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1241692 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"EC Comic Tales from the Crypt\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"Geek News February 20, 2024: Sam Mendes To Direct Four Separate Beatles Movies, Each Told From the Perspective of One of the Fab Four 7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EC-Comic-Tales-from-the-Crypt.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EC-Comic-Tales-from-the-Crypt.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EC-Comic-Tales-from-the-Crypt-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EC-Comic-Tales-from-the-Crypt-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EC-Comic-Tales-from-the-Crypt-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EC-Comic-Tales-from-the-Crypt-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EC-Comic-Tales-from-the-Crypt-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1241692\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EC-Comic-Tales-from-the-Crypt.jpg\" alt=\"EC Comic Tales from the Crypt\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"Geek News February 20, 2024: Sam Mendes To Direct Four Separate Beatles Movies, Each Told From the Perspective of One of the Fab Four 7\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EC-Comic-Tales-from-the-Crypt.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EC-Comic-Tales-from-the-Crypt-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EC-Comic-Tales-from-the-Crypt-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EC-Comic-Tales-from-the-Crypt-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EC-Comic-Tales-from-the-Crypt-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EC-Comic-Tales-from-the-Crypt-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1241692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Wiki Commons, By http:\/\/www.comics.org\/issue\/8950, Fair use; By EC Comics, Public Domain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the 1950s while DC and Atlas Comics focused on superheroes, EC Comics served up <em>Tales From the Crypt, Weird Science<\/em>, and <em>Two-Fisted Tales<\/em>. EC Comics printed its last comic book in 1956, but now the brand has returned from the crypt after 68 years with a new line of comics.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/ec-comics-returns-oni-press-1235829701\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>, \u201cOni Press, the publisher perhaps best known for the breakout indie hit <em>Scott Pilgrim<\/em>, has partnered with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., the rights holders of the EC line, to launch all-new stories with A-list comics creators beginning this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEC Comics is one of the most artistically important and culturally significant publishers of all time,\u201d Oni\u2019s publisher Hunter Gorinson wrote to <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> in an email. \u201cIn ways both artful and shocking, EC confronted the darkness lurking behind the thin fa\u00e7ade of American society \u2014 a through line of radically confrontational storytelling that we intend to both uphold and escalate with the first new EC tales in decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> continues, \u201cThe first book from the new line will be\u00a0<em>Epitaphs From the Abyss<\/em>, a horror title debuting in July, followed by sci-fi comic\u00a0<em>Cruel Universe<\/em> in August. The new comics will keep the anthology format with creative teams rotating in and out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/geek-news-february-20-2024-sam-mendes-to-direct-four-separate-beatles-movies-each-of-which-told-from-the-perspective-of-one-of-the-fab-four\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Beauty and SPECTRE director Sam Mendes will direct four separate Beatles movies, each one told from the perspective of one of the members: Paul [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}