“There was some pressure”: The movie that had its budget cut by 80% because Harrison Ford wasn’t interested
Icons don’t come cheap.
Shane Black
The one movie to blame for Shane Black’s Christmas obsession: “It just struck me”
His eyes were opened.
The “overhyped” movie Shane Black knew was doomed: “You’re just cutting your own throat”
It was never going to win.
Shane Black is adamant that ‘The Exorcist’ is film noir: “My favourite movie”
Not just a horror, a fine thriller too
The movie that broke Robert Downey Jr’s heart: “It was going to be my coming-out party”
Downey was distraught when this movie tanked at the box office.
‘The Cheese Stands Alone’: the curious case of the first million-dollar script written by a woman
Shane Black wasn’t the only one who cashed-in big time in the ’90s.
‘The Long Kiss Goodnight’: the “awesome” role Samuel L Jackson would love to reprise
The iconic star would love to give this wise-cracking character another go.
The real reason why all of Shane Black’s movies are set during Christmas: “It struck a spark”
Why does Black set so many of his movies during the holidays?
The greatest movies never made: John Carpenter’s ‘Shadow Company’
It was a cult classic waiting to happen.
Five filmmakers heavily influenced by pulp storytelling
These guys traffic in tough guys, femme fatales, and rugged adventurers.
A ruinous prophecy: the filmmaker who compared Mel Gibson to a “violent demon”
Fictionally, at the time.