Photo: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images At least he is consistent? Joaquin Phoenix is once again making headlines because he allegedly left a film at short notice. In a recent episode of Josh Horowitz’ Happy Sad Confused Podcast, James McAvoy talked about his succession to Phoenix as the lead actor in M. Night Shyamalan’s film ShareWe […]
Years before Joaquin Phoenix hanged Todd Haynes, he dropped out of another great director’s film just days before the end of his career. James McAvoy recently reported on his “last-minute” preparations for the lead role in M. Night Shyamalan’s 2016 thriller Share after the Oscar-winning actor dropped out of production two weeks before filming began […]
When Speak No Evil premiered at Sundance in 2022, it may have been expected that the film would receive a larger and more widespread reception than it actually received. The Danish indie film barely made half a million at the box office and was not released outside Denmark and the Netherlands. This lack of attention […]
Photo Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Universal Pictures, Shudder Warning, spoilers for the plot and the ending of Speak no evilboth the 2022 film and the 2024 remake. A happy ending can send audiences smiling, but it’s the devastating endings that leave a more lasting impression. A truly grim ending can be infuriating and depressing, but at […]
James McAvoy appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast to promote his role as the villain in the new horror film Speak No Evil, but his revelation about M. Night Shyamalan’s Split has caused a stir on social media. McAvoy said he only had about two weeks to prepare for his various roles in the […]
Almost 10 years before Joaquin Phoenix abruptly dropped out of Todd Haynes’ queer detective film, it turned out that Phoenix also dropped out of another production: M. Night Shyamalan’s 2016 film “Split.” “Split” lead James McAvoy addressed rumors that Phoenix left the project just weeks before filming began, prompting McAvoy to take on the role […]
James McAvoyknown for his role as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men Franchise, recently shared his thoughts on his character’s future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While promoting his latest film, Speak No Evil, McAvoy addressed the possibility that Marvel Studios could recast the role, hinting at a new direction for the X-Men in the […]
It’s been sneaking up on us, but the American remake of a foreign film hardly seems the totem of failed imagination it once was. To put it generously: In the age of franchise grooming, it’s practically becoming a lost art. How do you turn a foreign breakthrough into a one-off multiplex program? Blumhouse’s latest genre […]
James McAvoy plays another crazy villain in Do not speak evil, which is not a bad thing. He is very good at it. However, this one is very different from his multiple personality character in M. Night Shyamalan’s Share And GlassHere he is, Paddy, a doctor turned gentleman farmer whose charm and wit… well, what […]
While there is no shortage of toxic masculinity in today’s world, James McAvoy has built his latest role around one person in particular. The Speak no evil The star revealed that his character of sinister patriarch Paddy in James Watkins’ upcoming Universal remake of the 2022 Danish thriller, which hits theaters September 13, was inspired […]
