After CBS struck ratings gold by airing old episodes of Yellowstone to fill gaps in its Fall lineup from the writer and actor strikes, ABC is pulling a similar move with Only Murders in the Building. The mystery series starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez has been a breakout hit for Hulu, so why not create some of that magic on ABC?
As of now, the plan is to only air Season 1 of Only Murders in two hour blocks consisting of three episodes, with the exception of the finale. Here’s the broadcast schedule:
Episodes 1-3: January 2, 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Episodes 4-6: January 9, 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Episodes 7-9: January 16, 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Episode 10: January 23, 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Both Hulu and ABC are owned by Disney, in case you were curious how any of this works. However, there will be a little bit of finagling to adjust for time slots and network codes.
According to insiders, ABC will follow broadcast standards and practices rules on the episodes, and the network has been working with the show’s producers on edits that need to be made (likely, mostly language that runs afoul of FCC rules). In terms of timing, episodes will not be edited down. To fit the timeslot, credit windows will only air once a night, and recaps will only appear at the top of the night’s first episode after week one.
Of course, CBS only planned on airing the first season of Yellowstone until it became a ratings hit. With entertainment companies leaning back into the older, ad-based broadcast model, there is a chance Only Murders’ next two seasons could air on ABC, too. Which wouldn’t be a bad thing. Network television viewers deserve to see Paul Rudd eat a cookie, too.
Welcome to SNX DLX, your weekly roundup of the best sneakers to hit the internet. Now that Black Friday is behind us, we’re finally getting some decent sneaker drops again. And I use the word “decent” for a reason.
This might come as shocking from Uproxx’s resident sneakerhead but we’re at the end of the year and, save for one or two drops a week, nothing released is really going to wow anybody or land on the “Best Sneakers of 2023” list. That doesn’t mean the shoes coming out between now and year’s end are not worth picking up but it’s safe to assume the best sneakers of the year are behind us.
It’s sad. But hey, 2024 is just around the corner and a new year of sneakers always has us hyped.
Despite the lack of truly groundbreaking stuff, this week still has a few gems: a women’s exclusive Jordan 6, a link-up between New Balance and Patta, and a new colorway of the Zoom Vomero 5. Let’s dive into this week’s best drops.
This sneaker is in the running for the week’s best pick, but it’s a women’s exclusive, so if you’ve got big feet, sorry, you’re out of luck. This winter-ready Jordan 6 features a waterproof GORE-TEX equipped upper in premium Brown Kelp leather with purple accents and a dusty gum sole.
Overall the sneaker has a sort of worn and utilitarian aesthetic, while still exuding that classic Jordan luxuriousness.
The Nike Women’s Air Jordan 6 GORE-TEX is set to drop on November 29th at 7:00 am PST for a retail price of $250. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.
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Nike Women’s Zoom Vomero 5 Cargo Khaki and Sequioa
The Vomero 5 — one of our favorite sneaker silhouettes of the year — is getting a brand-new colorway this week. The sneaker features a mix of olive green and grey tones against an upper composed of textile and synthetic leather with plastic accents. Rounding out the design is a contrasting white midsole with a black outsole.
Like the Jordan 6, this sneaker is billed as a women’s size exclusive but features an extended size run that tops out at a men’s 13.
The Nike Women’s Zoom Vomero 5 Cargo Khaki and Sequoia is set to drop on November 29th at 7:00 am PST for a retail price of $160. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app or aftermarket sites like GOAT and Flight Club.
Wait, am I seeing this right, is this essential a NB 996 inverted BRED? Sorry, but Nike has broken our brains, it’s hard to see this color combination and not think of a Jordan and… you know what? That’s not stopping us from wanting this shoe. In fact, it might be contributing to our desire.
This 996 Crimson features a leather upper, a woven tongue label, and an ENCAP midsole.
The New Balance Made in USA 996 Crimson is set to drop on November 30th at 7:00 am PST for a retail price of $219.99. Pick up a pair at the New Balance webstore.
Fans of the San Jose Sharks are going to flip out when they see these. The 990v4 features a leather upper, made in USA flag logo tongue label, flying NB logo at the heel, and an ENCAP midsole. THe colorway combines rich teal with white and black accents. It’s a simple but effective three-color design.
The New Balance Made in USA 990v4 Teal is set to drop on November 30th at 7:00 am PST for a retail price of $219.99. Pick up a pair at the New Balance webstore.
We never thought we’d say this about the concept of a sneaker but the inspiration behind the LeBron XXI Abalone is pretty cute. According to Nike, LeBron’s daughter helped him not only grow as a person but softened him and now King James feels the need to protect her at all costs the way an oyster shelters a pearl — which brings us to the LeBron XXI Abalone.
Wait, Abalone? An Abalone is not an oyster… why not just call this sneaker the “Oyster?” Let’s not think too deeply into it or it all falls apart.
Anyway, the Abalone features an exposed heel with a quilted tongue, a shell-like semi-metallic multicolored finish, and a low profile. It’s a dope sneaker, shakey concept and all.
The Nike LeBron XXI Abalone is set to drop on December 1st at 7:00 am PST for a retail price of $210. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app or aftermarket sites like GOAT and Flight Club.
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Nike Air Max 1 ’86 Doernbecher Freestyle Collection
Every year Nike teams up with the OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, enlisting young patients to design limited-edition sneakers known as the Doernbecher Freestyle collection. All proceeds from these sales go straight to benefiting the hospital and several legendary colorways in Nike’s roster come straight from this program.
This year’s collection consists of six reimagined sneakers, including an Air Max 1 ’86, ACG Mountain Fly 2, high-top Dunk, Cortez, FlyEase, and Jordan 3. Our favorites include the Hailey, Garrett, Macey (pictured here) but there is a little something for every kind of sneaker fan so the whole collection is worth checking out.
The Nike Air Max 1 ’86 Doernbecher Freestyle Collection 2023 is set to drop on December 2nd at 7:00 am PST. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app or aftermarket sites like GOAT and Flight Club (Please note if you pick these up on the aftermarket your money isn’t going to the hospital).
The iconic Amsterdam-based streetwear and sneaker store Patta has teamed up with New Balance for one of the dopest sneakers of the month. What a way to cap off November! The 991v2 sports a premium nubuck, leather and mesh upper in two vibrant colorways, Pickles Beet and Sea Moss, with a FuelCeel midsole, dual branding at the tongue, and a metallic silver badge with a ‘v2’ emblem.
Both pairs feature three different lace sets for an extra level of customizability.
The Patta x New Balance 991v2 Sea Moss is set to drop on December 1st for a retail price of $250. Pick up a pair exclusively at Patta.
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South African superstar Tyla has had an amazing breakout year, but she’s just getting started. Today, she announced her debut album, Tyla, is coming soon, revealing the artwork and a partial tracklist with the titles of three new songs — including the recently teased “Truth Or Dare” and “On And On,” which she debuted on COLORS today — to whet fans’ appetites.
“Everything that’s happening has surpassed anything I could have dreamt of,” she wrote. “African music is going global and I’m so blessed to be one of the artists pushing the culture. I’ve been working on my sound for 2 years now and I’m so ready for the world to hear it. The ‘TYLA’ PRE-SAVE is now live + 3 new songs for
you to eat till the album debuts. I cannot wait for the world to experience an African Popstar.”
The world has already been experiencing Tyla’s breakout for the past few months. We’ve seen the 21-year-old Johannesburg singer become the first artist from her home country to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in 55 years, then go on to make her US television debut, collaborate with one of rap’s biggest stars in Travis Scott on the remix, and the song climb all the way to the top ten. Oh, by the way, she’s also nominated for a Grammy. What a year.
As one of the biggest music festivals in the US, Bonnaroo is an event worth planning ahead for. So, if you’re gearing up to head to Manchester, Tennessee in the summer of 2024 (June 13 to 16, specifically), here’s what you need to know about buying tickets.
How To Buy Tickets For The 2024 Bonnaroo Festival
The “Troo Roo Presale” is happening right now (as of this post on November 30). To get tickets, it’s as simple as going to the Bonnaroo website and hitting the “buy tickets” button. From there, you choose whatever options you’d like and go through the online purchasing process.
How Much Do Tickets For The 2024 Bonnaroo Festival Cost?
Tickets are sold at different levels of luxury. At the current pricing tiers (early buyers were able to score passes for cheaper), the least expensive option is 4-day general admission, at $410. Then there’s 4-day GA+ at $695, 4-day VIP at $1,000, and 4-day platinum at $4,155.
The good news for those who’d prefer to space out their spending is that layaway is available. Plans start at just $25 down for the general admission level, then for subsequent levels rise to $50, $100, and $200.
When Will The 2024 Bonnaroo Festival Lineup Be Announced?
Festival organizers have not yet confirmed a date when the 2024 lineup will be revealed. However, they’ve been sharing clues on social media in recent days. Furthermore, the 2023 Bonnaroo lineup was revealed on January 10, so if that precedent holds, expect the 2024 lineup not long into the new year.
Bonnaroo, the expansive four-day music festival held annually in Manchester, Tennessee, is set to return in 2024 on June 13. The 2023 festival, which featured Foo Fighters, Kendrick Lamar, and Odesza, was held around the same time, which means there are still a few more months left until we find out the 2024 lineup. So…
When Will The Lineup Come Out For Bonnaroo 2024?
Judging from the most recent example, we should expect to see the lineup announcement sometime in January, as the 2023 lineup was revealed on January 10, 2023. This gives us another reason to look forward to the new year!
How Much Are Bonnaroo 2024 Tickets?
With ticket prices increasing, some fans might be wondering just how much tickets for next year’s festival will be. The festival’s organizers announced the price change a few weeks ago on social media, revealing that “prices need to go up just slightly” as the “cost of producing this magical world has increased.” The good news is there won’t be any fees tacked on, so fans will know exactly what they’re paying from the start.
Using this year’s prices as a baseline, fans should expect to pay a little over $350 at the lower end of general admission tier for four days, with VIP starting at around $900 and Platinum packages going up from around $4,155. Is it worth it? Fans this year apparently moshed so hard they kept butt (hip/knee/elbow/etc.) dialing police so all indications point to “yes,” unless that’s not your jam.
Tickets are already on sale, and you can find out more at Bonnaroo’s website.
It’s reportedly official between Jeremy Allen White and Rosalía. After weeks of rumors and smoke break photos, US Weekly reports that The Bear star and the Grammy-winning singer are officially an item. A source told the outlet, “Rosalía and Jeremy Allen White have recently started dating. They started out as just friends, but things have turned romantic recently.”
They were first spotted together in October.
Rosalía — who had the biggest Billboard Hot 100-charting hit of her career this year with “Beso” — was previously engaged to singer Rauw Alejandro before they called things off. Allen White, who stars alongside Zac Efron in next month’s A24 wrestling drama The Iron Claw, was married and has two kids with actress Addison Timlin, but she filed for divorce in May.
“White’s romance with Rosalía comes after he was seen passionately kissing model Ashley Moore in August,” according to US Weekly. “One week before his PDA-filled L.A. outing with Moore, 30, White sparked speculation that he and estranged wife Addison Timlin were reconciling. The coparents were seen embracing and walking with their arms around each other at their 5-year-old daughter Ezer’s soccer game in July.”
Picture this for a second: It’s been a few months, hell, maybe a few years since you’ve last had McDonald’s. Suddenly, you’re hit with a craving that must be sated. You roll up to a McDonald’s drive-thru, only to find yourself staring blankly at the menu because… you don’t know what to order. You don’t go to McD’s!
We’ve all been there. Well… except me. At this point, I’ve done a deep dive into just about every fast food menu ever. But I know that feeling of not knowing the best way to spend your money and I empathize.
To help you with this “Now, we’re holding up the line!” ordering conundrum, I’m filtering down the entire McDonald’s menu into the five absolute “must-order” dishes and breaking down why they’re the best. Keep in mind, this isn’t a ranked list so order these in any combination or all five for the perfect meal!
Quarter Pounder
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Why It’s Great:
At McDonald’s you have nine different burger builds. I’m here to say: the classic Quarter Pounder with Cheese is the right pick. If you haven’t been to McDonald’s this year you’re probably unaware that the burgers are prepared differently now. The onions are caramelized on top of the burger as the meat patty sits on the grill, deepening the flavor a bit, and McDonald’s does a better job at seasoning its patties. These changes are most visible (taste-able) on the Quarter Pounder.
The Quarter Pounder is proportioned perfectly, the bread-to-meat ratio is ideal, allowing the flavor of the thick beefy meat patty to cut through while the double dose of cheese and semi-caramelized onion amps up the savory qualities. The combination of pickles, mustard, and ketchup brings some tang and sweetness to each bite.
For best results, eat this burger as soon as you order it — that is when the texture is at its best.
The Bottom Line:
If you’re looking for the single greatest burger at McDonald’s, this is it.
A Larger Order of French Fries
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Why It’s Great:
It should go without saying that if you’re going to McDonald’s, you better be getting fries. These are simply the best fries you can get from a fast food drive-thru — they’re buttery and salty with a hint of sweetness on the backend.
There is a reason I’m specifying a large order though and that’s because there is nothing worse than ordering French Fries from McDonald’s and getting a lukewarm order. If you order a large, there is a higher chance that the employees will have to drop a new batch to accommodate your gluttony. Another hack for getting fresh fries is asking for your order “without salt.” That’ll ensure the employees have to make a new order just for you, and you can always salt them yourself afterward.
Orrrrrrrrrr you can simply say “Can I wait in my car for a fresh batch of fries?” I’ve found that they will usually accommodate you.
McNuggets are more than a nostalgic classic. In small doses, they’re delicious and super addicting. The outer layer of a perfect McNugget is crispy and airy, while the chicken inside is tender and hot. Keep in mind, if you get a stale McNugget, it’s going to ruin the experience.
In this case, I think less is more. 10 Nuggets is a good amount but, in my experience, six is better. So treat this as a side dish rather than a main meal.
The Bottom Line:
Pair it with your favorite sauce and you’ve got a great side or appetizer to your main dish.
Sausage McMuffin With Egg
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Why It’s Great:
The Sausage McMuffin with Egg is a perfect breakfast sandwich. The sausage is savory, sweet, and meaty, heavily seasoned with black pepper, and is complemented by the salty notes of the melted American cheese.
The English muffin bun is perfectly toasted, providing some crunch which serves as a counterbalance to the softness of the fried egg. The craggy surface of the bun works as a sponge to soak in all of the savory and satisfying flavors.
The Bottom Line:
This staple from the Breakfast Menu is worth waking up early for.
McDonald’s Coca-Cola
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Why It’s Great:
Wait! I know this seems like a throwaway choice, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. McDonald’s Coca-Cola tastes far different and way better than any other fast food restaurant’s Coke. You could taste a cup of this side by side with Coca-Cola from other restaurants and be able to pick this one out as the best — it’s that much of a noticeable difference.
There is a reason (and a science) behind why. McDonald’s goes the extra mile to ensure it’s Coke tastes different by following the guidelines set out by Coca-Cola. The water and syrup used in the fountain machines is pre-chilled and the ratio of syrup to water is calibrated to account for ice meltage. That’s some nerdy shit right there and it pays off.
McDonald’s also claims its straw is slightly wider than a typical straw which allows the drink to hit your taste buds just right. We don’t know if that actually makes a difference, but we totally taste the difference the pre-chilling and syrup ratio provides.
The Bottom Line:
There is a reason McDonald’s Coke hits differently.
Many people like to think that That ’70s Showended in its seventh season when Eric and Kelso departed, but there is actually an eighth and final season that nobody likes to talk about because it’s just not good. But it does exist!
The final season features Josh Meyers (brother of Seth, you might know him) as Randy, a character that was created to fill the void that Eric and Kelso (Topher Grace and Ashton Kutcher) left, and instead, he was just annoying. In terms of final seasons, it could have been worse.
Meyers (not that one) was a guest on Podcrushed, where he revealed that Demi Moore, who was married to Kutcher at the time, attended the taping of the finale (where Kutcher made a guest appearance) and she did not silence her cell phone, which is problematic when you think that cell phones were not invented in 1979, when the final season takes place. Oops.
“It was a very hard scene for the cast to get through because they had done this show for so long, and it’s emotional when you get to the end of a show,” Meyers explained. “People were crying. People were stumbling over lines. We kept having to reset. We kept having to have makeup come out.” After some time, Meyers confirmed that they “had sort of hit a stride” and then a phone rang from the audience. The phone belonged to Moore.
Meyers said, “And she took the call! And the director was like, ‘What?’ Her phone rang and she was like, ‘Yeah, hello?’ And we had to do it again.” In her defense, Moore was getting ready to star in Mr. Brooks, so the call very well could have been coming from Kevin Costner, and he’s not a person you can just ignore.
Even though Moore messed up the final episode ever, Meyers added “I mean, no disrespect, Demi.” To her credit, not a lot of people were watching That 70s Show season eight, and maybe a phone call during an emotional moment would shake things up for the better!
Jay-Z has sparked speculation over whether the rapper might have a new album on the way. The theories started through his The Book Of HOV exhibit auction in the Brooklyn Public Library, according to People Magazine. He had a depiction for each of his 13 albums, but there was an empty spot for a 14th one — which could very well get filled soon.
In the photo of the raffle item, it was a signed leather case that had each of the albums printed as commemorative library cards. Yet, there is a clear gap after his 4:44 album, raising questions about why that was left empty. (13 is also an odd number, so maybe they just wanted even rows.)
“I’ll say I wanna make music, but it has to be something important,” Jay-Z told King when asked about new music. “I don’t wanna just make a bunch of tunes. That’s not gonna serve me. It won’t feed me, first of all. I have to be saying something important. It has to mean something, you know? It has to mean something to a larger society.”
The Fugitive was nominated for seven Academy Awards and was the second highest-grossing film of 1993 – and if not for Steven Spielberg, it would have most likely gone down as the greatest cinematic success story of that year. (The Fugitive lost a lot of Oscars to Schindler’s List and only made less money than Jurassic Park.)
For its 30th anniversary Warner Bros. has released a truly stunning 4K disc – which is available as you read this – with details and textures (and for people who love film grain, a lot that, too) we haven’t seen since theaters – a major upgrade over the notoriously subpar Blu-ray transfer. Well, that might not be true since, ahead, director Andrew Davis says he thinks it’s never looked as good as it does now and that’s probably correct.
Ahead, Davis takes us through some of the technical magic that made this disc look so great, and he gets into how the final film differs drastically from the first script he saw. In early drafts, Tommy Lee Jones’s Sam Gerard has an actual vendetta against Harrison Ford’s Richard Kimble, as opposed to just “doing his job.” But, first, I had to bring up the film he made right before The Fugitive, Under Siege. Namely, Gene Siskel’s love for that movie. In fact, he loved it so much it was on Siskel’s top 10 list for 1992. Something apparently Davis did not know until this interview.
Siskel did that? Oh, great. I know his Fugitive review was mind-boggling too. He was a tough cookie. It’s interesting because I just showed Stony Island at the Siskel Center. And Ebert, my first movie, he gave it a rave review and Siskel thought, “No, no.” So I thought it was funny. But he was another Chicagoan. You get your Chicago boys together, they give you good responses.
This new 4K of The Fugitive, it looks incredible. The Blu-ray was notoriously not great and this new transfer just looks incredible. I can tell there was some painstaking work put into this.
Well, that’s very kind and perceptive. Well, so this is interesting, because in the old days all we could do is make things brighter, darker, bluer or redder in terms of film. What the print could do, right? And now with the evolution of digital technology, you can change contrast, you subtly can control colors and skin tones and things like that. So when Warner Bros. agreed to remaster The Fugitive, one of the original audio mixers of the movie got involved. They went back to the original negative, pulled it out of a vault, scanned it in 4K or maybe 8K…
I think it was 8K…
Yeah. And then I was able to come in after they did a pass on it and just fine-tune all kinds of things that I couldn’t do before. For example, there’s a shot of Tommy Lee leaning up against the trailer and then when you come around the front, the lighting doesn’t quite match what it should be. So I was able to darken half of his face very subtly to make it match. I can make things look colder in the winter in Chicago. I can make the blacks at night look better. So what you’re seeing now in the 4K remaster is actually better than you can see in any theater because the projectors and the screens cannot capture the amount of information that you can see on a 65-inch television from this Blu-ray 4K.
It’s interesting, obviously, the television series was very popular…
72 million people watched the last episode, I think.
But it doesn’t have any real footprint today. This movie is now The Fugitive. Have you thought about that?
Well, it’s interesting, one of the best reviews I got was from Roy Huggins who created The Fugitive series, who saw the movie. I met with him and he was just so gracious about loving the movie. So if you satisfy the creator of the original idea… but the original idea comes all the way back from Les Miserables. And so the spine of it was something he took and then we had to take it and make a standalone thriller. Tommy Lee and Harrison and I were not watching The Fugitive in the ’60s. [Laughs] We were doing other things. And when we came upon this, when I had the opportunity to work on this movie, we had to fix the script. We had to find a reason for the doctor to really be in trouble. It was not in the draft I got, it was nothing like it.
The draft I got had Tommy Lee’s character wanting to kill Harrison’s wife because Harrison screwed up on Tommy Lee’s wife in an operation. It was crazy. So we had to figure out how to create a problem for this doctor. And it was this drug protocol. My sister, a nurse and a young resident, came up with and said, “What if there’s a drug protocol and this doctor says it’s killing people, it’s making them bleed?” And that became Provasic.
So I think that it’s relevant today because there’s been so much coverage of misdeeds by pharmaceutical companies who are trying to sell things that aren’t good for you and things like that. People can relate to that, it’s a good bad guy. And the fact that the film has a pace and a rhythm that doesn’t seem dated. And yet it doesn’t have this kind of frenetic, everything’s cut two frames at a time, so people can watch it and still feel like they’re in motion.
There’s no way in real life someone could jump into that waterfall and survive right?
Well, it’s Harrison Ford.
That is true. That’s a good point.
That’s funny because we wound up finding a mannequin, a dummy, threw it over. And my dear editor, Dennis Virkler, would say, he called it a stick man, “It’s never going to work.” And then audiences saw it. “Oh my God, it works.” So you never know what’s going to happen. The dummy put his arms up the right way.
You should still have that dummy. That’d be a good prop to own.
I don’t own that. I have the shoes from Holes, but I don’t have the dummy.
Do you have anything from The Fugitive?
A jacket.
Considering you didn’t know that Siskel put Under Siege in his top 10, I’m guessing you haven’t read the reviews of this disc, but I’ve been reading them and the message boards. All the tech people are over the moon for this. You should read the reviews.
Really? That’s great. Because the people who worked on this did a great job. And the great story with Frank Montaño, because he was the original sound mixer, a 27-year-old, he did Under Siege and The Fugitive. He was the young effects mixer. So when he heard that we were going to remaster it, he called me up, says, “Andy, you got to let me do it. This is my legacy. I don’t want anybody else to remix this movie. I know what it should sound like.” And the Warner people graciously have so much respect for Frankie, they said, “Okay, let Frankie work on it. He knows the picture. He worked with Andy before.” So when we remixed it, the first time I heard it, I said, “Frankie, it sounds looped. It’s so clean. There’s no noise. There’s no background.” And I had to sort of readjust myself because the dialogue is just so pristine now.
Especially the score. Because there’s so much montage in the movie. And when you hear James Newton Howard’s score coming over the whole room, it’s almost like an opera. It’s like a concert because there’s all this montage going on. And so I was very, very touched and happy with both revisiting what everybody contributed to the movie from the crew and the actors and everybody’s involvement and the production team. And then seeing what we could do visually to adjust each little nuance of the color and the contrast in the picture. It was a great opportunity.
What’s really interesting, I’m wondering, because the fact that Warner’s has taken the time to remaster this thing and put it out here, how many people are going to buy it? How many people are into this high-tech quality stuff? And it turns out…
Oh, a lot.
It’s a real global audience that wants the best stuff. And I think it’s a dilemma because the fact that the quality of these discs are so good now and you can watch them on a great monitor with a great sound system, people say, “Well, I don’t need to go to the theater.” And yet being with an audience and watching … we had a great screening at the Aero Theater a few weeks ago, and it was like watching a Stones concert. People knew the dialogue! It still works. So it’s wonderful to see with a full house of people, and the same time, watching it this way by yourself or with your friends is also great.
Apparently, a lot of the actors were concerned this movie wouldn’t turn out well. But were you concerned?
No, I was never concerned that it wasn’t going to work. I didn’t know if it was going to be as successful as it was. I was very happy with the dailies. I was very happy with everybody’s performances. I thought the picture would look great. And I had a great team to cut it. And a great composer. And we had no time to consider anything else. Barry Reardon at Warner Bros. said, “Can you give us this picture for August?” And we’re like, “Are you kidding?” He wanted it in August. And so we put the thing together I think in eight to 10 weeks? It was the whole process of post-production, which was unheard of.
It’s interesting you made these huge hit movies, Under Siege and The Fugitive, that are still beloved today, and there are sequels to both you did not do.
Well, I didn’t want to do Steven Seagal again on a train.
You had obviously worked with him more than once.
Yeah. I did his first movie and that movie. And then I was busy doing A Perfect Murder with Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow and Viggo Mortensen when they did the sequel. And it’s funny, because we had dinner when they were doing the U.S. Marshals movie – we had dinner in New York with Joey Pants and Robert Downey Jr. and Tommy. And then the crew that had worked on The Fugitive were now working in A Perfect Murder. we all had dinner together, and so we all spent time together. But I wasn’t involved in the sequel. And I don’t know, I mean, I would like to make a sequel to The Fugitive. I’d like to figure out how to get Tommy Lee and Harrison back together and figure out a storyline that would make sense. It might be a very interesting story about doctors and marshals. I don’t know.
U.S. Marshals, it’s entertaining.
You know what? I don’t think I’ve ever watched the movie all the way through.
Oh, wow. Okay.
I need to watch it. Maher Ahmad, my production designer, art director who worked on The Fugitive under Dennis Washington was the designer of that movie and did a great job I know with the plane and everything.
The plane actually is really cool. But it’s great you get to do this press tour and do a victory lap for The Fugitive.
Well, it’s nice that the people who worked on it get the attention besides me. I mean, everybody did such a great job working on that movie. And if you look at people’s credits, if they worked on The Fugitive, it’s usually the first thing they list in IMDb. It’s the credit that lives on. So I’m just glad that the movie has a home where people can appreciate it and make it available. Supposedly it’s being released in small art houses around the country now, but I think there’s going to be a major push on Saint Patrick’s Day. Saint Patrick’s Day parade, they’re going to try to put it out in some theaters then.
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Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
