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Lauren Gunderson — who is credited for contributing “additional screenplay material” for “Lightyear” — revealed on Threads that she “created” the lesbians when, while writing early versions of what would later become the film back in 2018, “a key character needed a partner.” “It was so natural to write ‘she’ instead of ‘he,’” wrote Gunderson in part of a series …

Saturday Night Live writer Celeste Yim is leaving the long-running NBC show after five years in the writers’ room. Yim, who revealed the news on Instagram, joined the show in 2020 and was promoted to writing supervisor in 2023. Yim, who wrote sketches including L’Eggs and We’re Trying, said, “After five seasons, I’m leaving my job at Saturday Night Live. Lorne …

Dave Ketchum, who played the exasperated, always-hidden Agent 13 on the beloved 1960s comedy Get Smart, has died. He was 97. Our sister publication THR reported that Ketchum died August 10, but the family did not provide details. Born on February 4, 1928, Ketchum toured with USO and had a local radio show in California before getting his acting start …

Bob Odenkirk could have treated the production of “Nobody 2” as a European vacation. The original draft for the sequel to his 2021 sleeper hit, “Nobody,” had Hutch, the suburban dad/secret mercenary played by Odenkirk, and his wife Becca (Connie Nielsen), getting away from it all in grand style. “On page one, Hutch is in a gondola and he throws …

Screenwriter Eric Pearson once spent an entire week watching Captain America: The First Avenger in five-minute increments. His mission: find split-second moments in which star Chris Evans could add lines such as “head to the base!” during ADR to help tie the movie together. Massaging dialogue into a movie that’s essentially completed is considered grunt work for a screenwriter. There’s …

Michael Lydon, Writer Who Rocked With the 1960s, Dies at 82  The New York Times Source link

Slow Horses writer and executive producer Will Smith has revealed to Deadline that he will close the door on Slough House for good after Season 5, which will premiere this fall on Apple TV+. Smith (who technically serves as showrunner, although that title does not exist in U.K. productions), set the tone and kept the bar high for the faithful …

Collider has learned that Academy Award-nominated writer, Celine Song, is eyeing up her next film — and it’s a familiar title. Sony is looking to make a sequel to My Best Friend’s Wedding, the iconic rom-com from 1997 that starred Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, and Cameron Diaz. While the project is still in very early development, we can confirm that …

Ichiro has a Hall of Fame mind and on off the field. The long-time Seattle Mariner didn’t hold back during his Hall of Fame acceptance speech on Sunday, calling out the lone Baseball Writers’ Association voter who failed to include him on his or her ballot, despite his historic career achievements. “Three‑thousand hits or 262 hits in one season are …