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Edgar Wright Listed The Nods To The Original ‘Suspiria’ In His Own Movies

20th Century Fox Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria opens on Halloween, but only in limited theaters. Most people will have to wait and see Dakota Johnson’s unsettling dancing and Tilda Swinton’s prosthetic...

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Edgar Wright’s Horror-Thriller Now Has A Name And A Star, Anya Taylor-Joy

Getty Image Edgar Wright is, like Christopher Nolan and Steven Spielberg, one of the few Hollywood filmmakers who doesn’t need franchises to get press — whose name alone can make people excited, about...

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Edgar Wright Offers Fans A First Look At His Upcoming Horror Film ‘Last Night...

Getty Image It’s been just over two years since Baby Driver drifted into theaters, and with a little over a year to go before Last Night in Soho‘s September 2020 release date, fans of director Edgar...

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Anya Taylor-Joy Calls Edgar Wright’s New Movie, ‘Last Night In Soho,’ A...

FOCUS FEATURES Anya Taylor-Joy’s busy year (Emma! Radioactive! The New Mutants?) culminates with Last Night in Soho, the latest film from Edgar Wright. Wright has not made a bad movie — his...

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Edgar Wright Shared Tips For Supporting Movie Theaters During The Coronavirus...

Getty Image AMC Theaters, Regal Cinemas, and Cinemark have closed locations across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, but don’t shed a tear for not being able to see Trolls World Tour in...

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Edgar Wright ‘Never Liked’ Seth MacFarlane Because Of A Tweet He Made About...

UNIVERSAL Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, which came out 10 years ago this August, had a strong reception at San Diego Comic-Con and received glowing reviews from critics, but the third best comic book...

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‘Scott Pilgrim’ Fans Were Confused And Delighted By Michael Cera’s New Look...

UNIVERSAL Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, one of the best comic book movies of the 2010s, came out 10 years ago next month, and to celebrate the almost-anniversary, the cast reunited for a charity table...

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The ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Cast Almost Included A Future Batman, The Winter Soldier,...

UNIVERSAL Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was a box office dud at the time of its release in 2010, much to Seth MacFarlane’s delight, but the Edgar Wright-directed film has gotten the respect it deserves...

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Edgar Wright Explains Why He Wants YOU To Know Sparks

Sundance For the uninitiated, it takes Edgar Wright, with his new film The Sparks Brothers, almost two and a half hours to explain Sparks. So the idea I can even attempt to do that here in a quick...

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Who The Hell Are ‘The Sparks Brothers?’ Edgar Wright Explains, In His...

Sundance.org In 2021 it’s strange to look back on the days when pop culture truly didn’t travel. I remember going to see Bros: After The Screaming Stops at Fantastic Fest a few years back, and leaving...

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Edgar Wright Will Direct A ‘Much More Faithful’ Adaptation Of Stephen King’s...

Getty Image Edgar Wright is reportedly locking down a deal to develop a new adaptation of Stephen King’s The Running Man for Paramount Pictures. The Shaun of the Dead director will helm the new movie...

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A Never-Before-Seen Version Of ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’ Is Being...

Cult hit Scott Pilgrim vs. the World came out 10 years ago last year, but due to the pandemic, celebrating the anniversary in a theater (the way it should be seen) proved impossible. But now that...

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Edgar Wright’s ‘Last Night In Soho’ Offers A Brief First Tease Of The Moody...

Edgar Wright has been busy. He has two movies out this year: the epic music doc The Sparks Brothers, about the legendary rock band Sparks, and Last Night in Soho, a psychological horror thriller...

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Anya Taylor-Joy Is An Unsettling 1960s Vixen In The Trailer For Edgar...

After offering a very brief tease over the weekend, Focus Features just dropped a wild trailer for Edgar Wright’s new movie, a time-traveling horror thriller called Last Night in Soho. While bursting...

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Brie Larson’s ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’ Song Will Finally Appear On The...

Universal In a move that’s already making Scott Pilgrim vs. The World fans very happy, director Edgar Wright has revealed that an all-new expanded soundtrack will release later this summer, and it...

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Anya Taylor-Joy Was Cast In The ‘Fury Road’ Prequel After George Miller...

Universal Pictures Anya Taylor-Joy made her film debut six short years ago, but she’s already worked with some of the most talented directors around, including Robert Eggers, M. Night Shyamalan, and...

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Quentin Tarantino (And A 1960s Band) Helped Inspire The Title Of Edgar...

universal pictures Edgar Wright loves making playlists, some for public consumption, others for himself. During the early stages of his then-untitled new film that became Last Night in Soho, he...

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Edgar Wright Says He Has A Pitch For A ‘More Humorous’ James Bond Movie Ready...

While Edgar Wright might not be the first name you’d throw out there when asked who should get to take a swing at writing the next James Bond movie, you can’t deny the thought is actually pretty damn...

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With ‘Last Night In Soho,’ Edgar Wright Is Taking Nothing For Granted These Days

Getty Image From the outside looking in, it sure seems like Edgar Wright has been taking some big swings with his films – like his latest, Last Night in Soho, which is currently in theaters – ever...

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Zendaya Sells Seashells By The Seashore In A New Squarespace Super Bowl Ad...

When she’s not emotionally destroying Euphoria fans, or emotionally destroying Spider-Man fans, Zendaya is a headstrong small business owner named Sally, who sells seashells by the seashore. Super...

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The BBC Is Launching A New Series Of ‘Maestro’ Classes With Edgar Wright And...

Getty Image To celebrate the 100th anniversary of The BBC providing the best television shows both in Britain and beyond, the service is bringing a new series of masterclasses to their BBC Maestro...

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Aubrey Plaza Would Love To Play ‘Original Badass’ Lara Croft In The Next...

Roadside Attractions A case of mistaken identity could lead to the next Lara Croft. While appearing on The Tonight Show earlier this week, Emily the Criminal and Parks and Recreation star Aubrey Plaza...

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Nerd Wish Fulfillment Film ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’ Gets The ‘Honest...

The newest honest trailer from Screen Junkies takes on Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and it’s enough to make any hipster proto-millennial fly into a Vegeta-like rage. “Indulge in two...

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Director Edgar Wright Names His 1,000 Favorite Movies

Getty Image Edgar Wright is at a disadvantage. If he names Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World as three of his favorite movies ever, he’s a narcissist; if he doesn’t, he’s a...

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Kevin Smith Wants Edgar Wright And Quentin Tarantino For ‘Buckaroo Banzai’

Getty Image Back in May, director/writer/podcaster/comic-shop-owner/actor Kevin Smith announced that he would be developing a television series based on the cult film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai...

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Edgar Wright Wants An Anna Kendrick ‘Squirrel Girl’ Movie

Recently, adorable mind-blower Anna Kendrick said she’d love to play offbeat Marvel superhero Squirrel Girl, and we were sold. But it wasn’t just us. Director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Scott...

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Edgar Wright Treats Fans To An Insightful Live Tweeting For ‘Scott Pilgrim...

It’s not his most famous or most well-received movie, but Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World still holds a dear place in the hearts of its director and its fans. So when the 2010 graphic novel...

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Watch The Trailers For Edgar Wright’s ‘Baby Driver’ And See Why It’s...

Edgar Wright’s latest film made its premiere at SXSW and the buzz that followed placed it with some very interesting company: Edgar Wright says BABY DRIVER is inspired by the "holy trinity" of 90s...

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Edgar Wright’s Movie About Giant Praying Mantises Has Finally Found A Home

Getty Image Edgar Wright has written and directed four movies (not including his first feature, A Fistful of Fingers, which didn’t debut in the United States until 20 years after its London premiere),...

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Why You Should Binge-Watch Simon Pegg And Edgar Wright’s ‘Spaced’ Immediately

The term British Invasion has already been put into use, but over the last few years, the best television that the UK has to offer — Broadchurch, Luther, Orphan Black, and Sherlock to name a few) — has...

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Nicholas Angel Lines For When You Need To Lay Down The Law

When he was transferred from the mean London streets to the seemingly quiet hamlet of Sanford, police officer Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) thought he was doomed to a life of quiet drudgery. However,...

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Kevin Spacey Promises Crime Film Thrills Galore In This Action-Stuffed ‘Baby...

Hey! Check out this brand new TV spot for @BabyDriverMovie. Coming your way JUNE 28TH. #MozartInAGoKart pic.twitter.com/58IIcEB1cI — edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 2, 2017 Edgar Wright‘s latest motion...

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Edgar Wright And Dwayne Johnson Plot The Simon & Garfunkel Cinematic Universe...

With the announcement of Universal’s Dark Universe, the interconnected films based on classic monsters like the Mummy and Frankenstein’s monster, it is beginning to feel like we’ve reached the absolute...

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Edgar Wright Discusses His ‘Heartbreaking’ Decision To Split With Marvel And...

Baby Driver auteur Edgar Wright and Marvel Studios parting ways over Ant-Man certainly raised many an eyebrow a couple years back. After all, Wright’s the sort of director with a stellar resume of...

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‘Baby Driver’ Is The Coolest Movie Of The Summer

Baby Driver feels like an “eff you” movie. It’s been four years since we’ve had an Edgar Wright-directed film, The World’s End. Obviously most people know Wright was supposed to direct Ant-Man, but...

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Edgar Wright On The Coolness Of ‘Baby Driver’ And Why He’ll Never Watch...

Getty Image / Sony Edgar Wright will never admit this (and good grief I tried to get him to), but I do believe he had a bit of a chip on his shoulder while filming Baby Driver. (There were many times...

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Edgar Wright’s Pop Culture Sampling Makes ‘Baby Driver’ A Found Art Masterpiece

At first, it’s hard to know just what to make of Baby Driver. It has an obvious Drive vibe and an earphoned protagonist named “Baby” (Ansel Elgort) who’s like an iPod commercial meets the Asian bad...

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Let The ‘Baby Driver’ Soundtrack Transport You To Ansel Elgort’s iPod Zen...

Guardians Of The Galaxy proved that audiences really enjoy everything being a mixtape, even their movies. And Baby Driver took those lessons out of outer space and straight to heart, leaning even more...

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Edgar Wright On The 20+ Year Process To Bring ‘Baby Driver’ To The Big Screen

Getty Image A heist movie filled with car chases and powered by a soundtrack that’s integral to nearly every scene, writer/director Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver is brimming with kinetic energy. Starring...

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Weekend Box Office: Edgar Wright Scores The Best Showing Of His Career; Will...

Despicable Me 3 took the crown at the box office on the weekend before the Fourth of July in a laugher, obliterating the competition with an opening at about $82 million, good for the sixth biggest...

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Edgar Wright And James Gunn Coordinated The ‘Baby Driver’ And ‘Guardians 2’...

You’ve definitely texted your buddies to coordinate plans more than once, double checking that you aren’t wearing the same outfit to a party or bringing the same beer. However, your conversations are...

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Sky Ferreira’s ‘Easy’ Video Is A Gorgeous Taste Of Her First New Music In...

Sky Ferreira’s excellent last album Night Time, My Time was finally released four years ago after numerous delays. It’s follow-up LP Masochism has faced much of the same fate, with over two years...

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Simon Pegg Once Wrote A ‘Ridiculous’ Vampire-Driven ‘Shaun Of The Dead’...

Simon Pegg has cooked up a brilliant idea for a Shaun of the Dead sequel. It’s a shame we’ll never get to see it, though. Cornetto Trilogy pillars Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright were among the major...

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Thanks To ‘Baby Driver,’ Austin Powers Masks Are Selling Out Ahead Of Halloween

There’s no pressure quite like not having a Halloween costume. Of course, it’s not the worst thing that can happen — it’s just a unique stress that’s easily remedied for most by throwing on a pair of...

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Edgar Wright’s 100 Favorite Horror Movies Ever Makes For A Fine Halloween...

Shaun of the Dead is an exceptional horror movie and comedy. No list of the best films in both genres over the past 20 years is complete without it… with one exception. Director and writer Edgar Wright...

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Edgar Wright Made A Playlist Of His Favorite Musical Moments In Film

Tristar Baby Driver is the ultimate movie propelled front and center by its soundtrack. The music choices and the character making them were the heart and soul of the film. But Baby Driver is only the...

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Edgar Wright’s Glowing Review Of ‘Furiosa’ Reveals How He Helped Anya...

Warner Bros Furiosa: A Mad Max Story tells the action-packed origin story of the iconic character first introduced in 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road. Anya Taylor-Joy steps in as the titular Furiosa, and...

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It Sure Looks Like Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Barbarella’ Movie Has A Director

Getty Image Sydney Sweeney‘s 2024 got off to an impressive start. First she led the Rom Com revival with Anyone But You, then she starred in Immaculate, a chilling horror flick that secured Sweeney’s...

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Are Sydney Sweeney And Glen Powell Reuniting For A Remake Of An Arnold...

Getty Image Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell’s on-screen (and off-screen!) flirtatious chemistry was palpable enough to make Anyone But You a sleeper box office hit. Are they running it back for a...

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Stephen King’s ‘The Running Man’ Reboot With Glen Powell: Everything To Know...

Getty Image Glen Powell might seem like he’s everywhere these days. He, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Brisket charmed audiences while tornado wrangling in Twisters and discussing Brat Summer. Powell and...

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