During the 2014-15 TV season, only 23 percent of HBO's directors weren't white men, according to the Director's Guild of America's findings. Just three years later, that number has more than doubled: According to HBO, 57 percent of the premium cable network's directors for the 2017-18 season are women of color, men of color and white women. The DGA's annual report on inclusion behind the camera comes out in September, but HBO has been internally tracking those numbers as part of a larger push to do better. One more indication of the changes the cabler has made in recent years: six of HBO's 11 pilots for 2018 were directed by women. HBO programming president Casey Bloys said his network is committed to improving its numbers even more in future. HBO's internal tracking indicates its director statistics will be the same — or better next year. In 2019, Bloys said more than half of HBO's writers will likely be women of color, men of color and white women (this year, 43 percent of … [Read more...] about HBO Hits Important Milestone in Push for Behind the Scenes Inclusion
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‘Batman’ at 25: Hirings, Firings and Other Last-Minute Changes Behind the Animated Classic
Many actors have worn the cape and cowl — but for fans of Batman: The Animated Series, there is only one true Batman: Kevin Conroy. Batman: The Animated Series is considered the greatest comic book cartoon of the '90s, and many consider it the greatest of all time. Animator and writer Bruce Timm had a vision for a noir-heavy take on the DC character, one that would depart from Adam West's 1960s campiness and inject a dose of Tim Burton's gothic-tinged Batman films. Running from 1992-95, the series won four Emmys, including outstanding animated program (1993), and launched a 25-year (and counting) reign for Conroy's Batman. It gave Star Wars star Mark Hamill a second iconic role, and introduced the world to Harley Quinn (voiced by Arleen Sorkin), who has gone on to become one of DC's most popular characters after starting as a co-dependent girlfriend to the Joker. Now, 25 years after its Sept. 5, 1992, debut on Fox Kids, series stars including Conroy, Hamill, Sorkin, Loren Lester … [Read more...] about ‘Batman’ at 25: Hirings, Firings and Other Last-Minute Changes Behind the Animated Classic
Spider-Man Crashes the Civil War Set in New Behind-the-Scenes Video
Over the past few weeks, we've shown you a number of Blu-ray previews for Captain America: Civil War, as we get ready for the Blu-ray and DVD release on September 13. On Friday, September 2, this superhero adventure debuted on Digital HD, and now we have another preview featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the latest addition to the MCU, Tom Holland's Spider-Man. This video features plenty of footage from the actor's training, along with the epic airport fight scene. The video surfaced from YouTube user "stayupthere," which features footage with Tom Holland in his full Spider-Man costume. He is also seen wearing a full motion capture suit in a scene where he blocks a punch from The Winter Soldier, while commenting on his "awesome" metal arm. We also see footage of both Team Cap and Team Iron Man running towards each other as the airport fight scene gets under way. The video is set to the Alt J song "Left Hand Free," and features Tom Holland alongside a number of his co-stars such as … [Read more...] about Spider-Man Crashes the Civil War Set in New Behind-the-Scenes Video
DC Takes Us Behind The Scenes Of That Awesome Arrowverse Promo
x While it’s safe to say that the DC universe hasn’t exactly transferred smoothly to the big screen, the same can’t be said for television. The various DC TV projects, known collectively as the Arrowverse, recently returned to The CW to rave reviews, with particular kudos going to the excellent Cress Williams-starring Black Lightning. However, if you cast your mind to a while back, you might remember that to whet our appetites, the network released a trailer at the beginning of the year entitled “Suit Up.” Taking place in a locker room style setup, the promo showed various heroes from Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow getting into costume. As they strap, buckle and zip themselves into all kinds of cool looking pieces of body armor, gadgetry and helmets, they’re joined by Melissa Benoist’s Supergirl (rushing there late from work) and Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen, who emerges … [Read more...] about DC Takes Us Behind The Scenes Of That Awesome Arrowverse Promo
18 Dark Secrets Behind The Hunger Games Movies
Who in the world could ever have thought that the filming of the Hunger Games movies could be, well, so very Hunger Games? The beloved YA movie franchise, based on the bestselling books by Suzanne Collins, depict a dystopian future where a ruling elite tyrannically governs a series of poor provinces. To make matters worse, those provinces are compelled to give up one of its children every year to compete in a match. It’s a dark, ugly world in this storyline. But as it turns out, some really dark, ugly stuff was happening on the set of the four feature films.Violence, danger, and desperation actually took place among the cast and crew in the process of realizing Collins’ epic vision. It’s all fine and dandy to say that art imitates life, but for Jennifer Lawrence and her castmates, things got pretty ridiculous sometimes! But, hey, like they say in acting classes about real-life pain: use it in your performance – maybe that’s why The Hunger Games, … [Read more...] about 18 Dark Secrets Behind The Hunger Games Movies