Ben Pearson
School
University Of Florida
Expertise
Hollywood History, Game Of Thrones, The Fast And Furious Franchise
- Ben is a member of the Southeastern Film Critics Association.
- He has produced and recorded hundreds of hours of podcasts devoted to film and television over the last decade.
- Ben also worked at Paramount Pictures, where he was able to gain valuable experience and first-hand insights into how the industry really operates.
Experience
Ben has been writing professionally about film and television since 2009. He has attended and covered the Sundance Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, AFI Fest, San Diego Comic-Con, CinemaCon, and other major events, and he's traveled to multiple countries to report on movies being filmed. He has interviewed hundreds of directors, writers, actors, and craftspeople over the course of his career. Ben has worked as a writer and editor at several movie websites, and joined /Film in 2017. He co-hosts the /Film Daily podcast.
Education
Ben graduated from the University of Florida in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in Telecommunications.
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Stories By Ben Pearson
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Glen Powell has been a romantic lead, a square-jawed historical figure, and a lovable jerk on screen. Edgar Wright's The Running Man will give him a new test.
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In The Jinx Part Two, director Andrew Jarecki returns to continue the story of Robert Durst, the subject of 2015's The Jinx who "killed them all, of course."
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20 years ago, Sam Raimi helped cement superhero cinema's legacy with an all-timer action scene between Spider-Man, Doc Ock, and the people of New York City.
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We caught footage from Walt Disney Animation's Moana 2 at CinemaCon 2024 - here's what we saw. To use a familiar phrase...you're welcome.
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The most recent Scary Movie film came out in 2013, but more than a decade later, Paramount is resurrecting the parody franchise and bringing it back for more.
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We got a look at the new Speak No Evil remake from Blumhouse at CinemaCon. Will it match the original film's intensity?
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The terrific Apple TV+ series Slow Horses is the best spy show in years. If you have any interest in excellent spy thrillers, you simply must give this a try.
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Kevin Costner is heading back to the Old West with Horizon: An American Saga, and we were on hand to check out some new footage at CinemaCon.
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HBO moving forward with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight as its newest Game of Thrones prequel bodes very well for the future of the franchise.
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Steven Zaillian's Ripley has landed on Netflix, and it's instantly notable as being one of the best-looking shows the streaming service has ever distributed.
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Drew Goddard's filmography makes him a fascinating choice to take The Matrix into a new era – one in which the franchise's creators are no longer at the helm.
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Gilligan's Island creator Sherwood Schwartz once explained why casting the Skipper was the toughest role to get right, and it involves walking a very fine line.
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Michael Caine stars in The Ipcress File, an espionage film that came out just three years after Dr. No and feels very much like an anti-James Bond thriller.
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The Apple TV+ drama Sugar is the latest must-watch series from the streaming service. If you like movies, film noir, and detective stories, this one's for you.
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If DC decides to cater to younger audiences with Teen Titans instead of placating older viewers, the new live-action movie could be the studio's secret weapon.
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Sean Connery nearly died during a stunt gone wrong in the 1962 James Bond movie Dr. No, which would have had huge ramifications for the '60s as we knew them.
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Malignant, the Jurassic Park trilogy, and many more films and TV shows are all leaving Netflix in April. Here are some you should catch up with before they go.
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Doug Liman's Road House remake is darker than Rowdy Herrington's 1989 original for two reasons: the lead actor, and the storytelling approach.
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On today's episode of /Film Daily, our festival goers talk about every movie they reviewed at SXSW 2024, from The Fall Guy to Monkey Man and beyond.
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Check out this visual effects reel for Jonathan Glazer's Oscar-winning film The Zone of Interest, showcasing some subtle work you never would have clocked.
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David Greenbaum, who previously ran Searchlight Pictures, now has the top film job at The Walt Disney Company. Here's the question that got him the job.
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The Netflix movie Spaceman is the latest film to utilize Adam Sandler as a dramatic actor, but Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love still did it best.
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Is Kate Winslet ready to get back in the saddle as Mare for a continuation of HBO's Mare of Easttown? Here's what the actor had to say in a recent interview.
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Producer David O. Selznick originally decided to pass on Gone with the Wind but ultimately changed his mind and made the problematic classic film after all.
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A couple of years after The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling wrote a TV movie called The Doomsday Flight that spawned a host of copycat airplane bomb threats.
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Tom Cruise has agreed to star in the mysterious new movie from Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the director of films like The Revenant, Birdman, and Bardo.
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Michael Giacchino's incredible score for LOST season 1 has finally made its way to vinyl, just in time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the show's premiere.