Brian Davids

1 week ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Brian Davids

Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy had already written most of season two by the time season one became the most well-reviewed Star Wars title of the Disney era. The series about how small-time thief Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) became a Rebel hero in time for his ultimate sacrifice in 2016’s Rogue One was so well-received that one of the audience’s only quibbles actually pertained to the minimal number of alien characters.

1 week ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Brian Davids

For two decades, James Hawes has quietly been one of the industry’s most accomplished television directors. He’s always exhibited a knack for genre storytelling, but season one of the Gary Oldman-led Slow Horses reaffirmed how he can effectively add an unexpected wrinkle to a well-trodden genre like the spy thriller. That prowess now extends to his second feature film, and first studio film, The Amateur, starring Oscar winner Rami Malek.

2 weeks ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Brian Davids

Anyone who watched the series premiere of 1923 in December 2022 knew right away that movie stardom was an inevitability for Brandon Sklenar. His war hero and big-game hunter character, Spencer Dutton, instantly made him a popular choice among fancasters to lead any number of action and superhero franchises (more on this later).

2 weeks ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Brian Davids

Oscar winner Rami Malek is now a full-fledged producer of The Amateur, something he attributes to the cutting room floor of Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master. Malek had toiled away on a significant monologue only to be greeted with its absence upon finally seeing PTA’s 2012 drama. However, the disappointment incepted the idea of becoming a producer someday so that he could have a voice in the making of such decisions.

2 weeks ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Brian Davids

Rachel Brosnahan was already an Emmy nominee when Amy Sherman-Palladino entered her life, but the prolific creator’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel quickly turned the actor into an Emmy-winning leading lady. Oscar and Emmy winner Rami Malek also understands the benefits of working with the 6-time-Emmy-winning Sherman-Palladino, as a 2004 episode of Gilmore Girls is what launched his now-decorated career and landed him his SAG card.