Sandy Schaefer
Expertise
Star Wars, Animation, Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Sandy has seen the Ewok movies multiple times and can tell you why they're good, actually.
- Sandy keeps replicas of Gonzo the Great and the Crystal of Truth on their work desk.
- One time they passed by George R.R. Martin in a hallway (he was short).
Experience
Sandy has worked as a professional writer and editor since the late 2000s. They got their start writing about film history for Examiner before becoming a staff writer and, eventually, an editor at Screen Rant in 2010. Sandy has also written about comic books, films, and television at Comic Book Resources. They joined /Film in 2021.
Education
Sandy holds a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Anthropology from the University of Utah. They also studied film and media while writing for the Arts and Entertainment section of The Daily Utah Chronicle.
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Stories By Sandy Schaefer
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James Wan is producing a film adaptation of the Stephen King horror short story The Monkey and it boasts quite the talented cast and crew.
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Paramount is once again trying to get a fourth (and, as currently planned, final) Star Trek movie set in the Kelvin timeline off the ground.
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A trailer has arrived for Kinds of Kindness, an anthology movie reuniting Emma Stone with her The Favourite and Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos.
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Netflix viewers have propelled the little-seen (but mostly well-received) Brian Cox veteran drama Mending the Line into the streamer's Top 10.
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Jason Statham has nothing against Marvel films and other superhero movies. They're not just his preferred genre of action flick.
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Cancer storylines are very tricky to handle, which is why the Bones writers felt Wendell was uniquely qualified to handle such an emotionally challenging arc.
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Michael Keaton finally reprises his role as the B-man in the official trailer for Tim Burton's sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
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Tim Burton considered tipping his hat to a Christopher Lee horror classic with the alternate title for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
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Evil Dead and Don't Breathe director Fede Álvarez puts his spin on the Alien franchise in the official trailer for Alien: Romulus.
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The Acolyte creator Leslye Headland is taking heavy inspiration from the Nightsisters on the animated Clone Wars series for her live-action Star Wars show.
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Steven Moffat is returning to write an episode for Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor in the new season of Doctor Who (for better or for worse).
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Want to celebrate The Boondocks Saints turning 25? Here's how you can watch Troy Duffy's cult action movie at home.
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Is the Bendu on Star Wars Rebels aligned with the light side or the dark? The answer is complicated, as co-creator Dave Filoni would tell you.
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Before Emily Deschanel's pregnancy, the plan was for Bones season 7 to be a little like the third act of When Harry Met Sally.
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Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos will follow up the Oscar-winning Poor Things with Kinds of Kindness, an anthology film slated to release in 2024.
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The success of Anyone But You taught Sydney Sweeney to approach her work as an actor-producer with equal aplomb going forward.
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The Fall Guy managed to set a new practical stunts record involving a single car flipping over, besting the previous one set by Casino Royale.
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It's long been assumed Jake Lloyd quit acting after being bullied for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, but his mother says the real reason was his mental illness.
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You can thank Poor Things writer Tony McNamara's son for the scene where Bella (Emma Stone) announces, 'I must go punch that baby.'
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Composer Ludwig Göransson has now tied Hans Zimmer for Oscar wins thanks to Oppenheimer ... and his career is just getting started.
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Bob Denver nearly learned the hard way not to make sudden movements around a lion while filming an episode of Gilligan's Island.
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The classic '60s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie saw a drop-off in popularity after an NBC executive insisted that its leads should get married.
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Sherwood Schwartz had a hard time convincing people that Gilligan's Island was a good idea (although that catchy theme song helped).
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Enough viewers believed the events of Gilligan's Island were happening for real to cause a headache for the Coast Guard.
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Lionsgate has confirmed the Twilight TV series will be animated, which is the first exciting news we've gotten about the project.
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Vera Drew is a new kind of Joker in the trailer for her acclaimed trans-coming-of-age DC Comics superhero parody, The People's Joker.
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Game of Thrones duo David Benioff and D.B. Weiss wanted to try something new after their Star Wars film fell apart, leading them to Netflix's 3 Body Problem.