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Before Robert Wise helmed Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the feature adaptation of the hit series was nearly directed by a different sci-fi legend.
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Gene Roddenberry knew Star Trek: The Motion Picture needed great special effects, but he outlined one major rule that the sci-fi feature had to follow.
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The Boondock Saints films are full of macho nonsense, including a scene in which John Wayne is the subject of a dream sequence.
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It's hard to imagine Kurt Russell being viewed as anything less than perfect, but one thing had to be changed before he played Elvis for John Carpenter.
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Akira Kurosawa is one of cinema's greatest filmmakers, but he almost gave it up until he made this epic biographical adventure drama.
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Martin Scorsese closed out the '70s by directing one of his worst-received films, which was in no small part the result of his off-screen battle with addiction.
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Police Squad! was a beloved ABC comedy from David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, and boasted one of the most impressive casts in comedy history.
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Sylvester Stallone is one of Hollywood's most bankable movie stars, but his biggest box office hit came from an unexpected title.
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A James Bond spin-off novel delves into an unexpected romance between two of the 007 series' best characters, right under the nose of Bond.
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Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry knew network executives wouldn't be happy about his casting choice for Lt. Uhura, so he played a trick on them.
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The Shining is one of Stephen King's most famous works of horror, but the Overlook Hotel was almost a very different location.
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Clint Howard starred in a beloved cult horror film back in the 1990s, but 30 years later, he claims it's finally getting a sequel.
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During the press tour for Dune 2, Austin Butler sustained a foot injury that remained an uncomfortable mystery for nearly a year.
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2005's The Fantastic Four was a particularly tough shoot for one cast member, who employed a psychiatrist to keep them from quitting altogether.
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William Shatner had stopped taking the Star Trek franchise seriously at one point, but that changed after he saw Patrick Stewart play Captain Picard.
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A scene highlighted in the Scream 7 trailer was actually inspired by a real event, albeit one that was fun and not insensitive like its on-screen counterpart.
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John Carpenter famously was not happy with the direction the Halloween franchise went, but his idea to make it into an anthology was rejected by audiences.
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Like many actors, Kurt Russell doesn't love talking with publicists. In fact, he went to extreme measures to avoid them while making Disney movies as a kid.
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If you've never seen Any Given Sunday, it's worth watching for Al Pacino's big speech alone. But it also has a great ensemble cast and some serious style.
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The writers of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine knew they couldn't rely on what worked on previous shows, which helped them craft one of the best villains.
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Several years ago, Channing Tatum turned down an offer to star in a fantasy film from Guillermo del Toro, and has regretted it ever since.
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John Carpenter was one of several filmmakers whose work directly inspired this acclaimed 2024 horror movie, so it's surprising to hear he really didn't like it.
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When Star Trek: Voyager debuted, it finally gave the Deep Space Nine writers the freedom to embrace a storytelling approach they'd wanted for a long time.
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The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift director Justin Lin discovered that a man was arrested on his behalf during production of the movie.
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Johnny Depp has one of the most memorable (and the weirdest) death scenes in A Nightmare on Elm Street. It was also legitimately dangerous to film.
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Even factoring in exchange rates and inflation, Sean Connery's paycheck for starring in the first James Bond movie was surprisingly small.
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Deanna Troi herself has very strong opinions about Star Trek: The Next Generation's most infamous romantic subplot and thinks Michael Dorn suffered for it.
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