Edgar Wright

  • Screenwriting

Edgar Wright on the Art of ‘Creative Procrasination’

Edgar Wright brings such an exacting, lovingly detailed sensibility to films like Baby Driver, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Aubrey Plaza Tells Jimmy Fallon Edgar Wright Thought She Was the New Tomb Raider — Because of Our Latest Cover

Aubrey Plaza is on the new cover of MovieMaker, and she told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show that her…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

How an Embarrassing Encounter With a High School Crush Influenced Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho

Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns' adolescent experiences both influenced their film Last Night in Soho — including one very embarrassing…

3 years ago
  • The Rundown

Inside the Shaun of the Dead Pub; Last Night in Soho Roundup; Screenwriters: Avoid This

The origin story of the pub central to Shaun of the Dead; A roundup of our Last Night in Soho…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Pub of the Dead: How Simon Pegg’s Favorite ‘Boozer’ Became Central to Shaun of the Dead (Exclusive Excerpt)

Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg were at complicated points in their lives when they started dreaming up 2004’s Shaun of…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Kristen Stewart Is Casting; How The Falconer Lost Its Falcon; RIP George Butler

Kristen Stewart has begun casting for her directorial debut; the story of how Seanne Winslow's The Falconer lost its star falcon;…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Last Night in Soho Director Edgar Wright and Star Thomasin McKenzie on the Problem of Nostalgia

"I sort of have this ongoing fantasy, like a lot of people do,” says Edgar Wright, director of Last Night…

3 years ago
  • Podcasts

Screenwriting Advice From Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Co-Writer of 1917 and Last Night in Soho

https://shows.acast.com/moviemaker-interviews/episodes/krysty-wilson-cairns-last-night-in-soho Last Night in Soho co-writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns, an Oscar nominee for co-authoring 1917, offers the screenwriting advice that good…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Anya Taylor-Joy’s Last Night in Soho Character Wasn’t Originally Going to Speak

When director Edgar Wright first began writing his psychological thriller Last Night in Soho, he originally intended for scenes with…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Edgar Wright on the Scoldy Subgenre That Helped Spark Last Night in Soho

Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho may seem to have a few obvious influences, including 1960s horror films and stories of…

3 years ago
  • The Rundown

Edgar Wright Unveils Our New Cover; Netflix Backs Chappelle; a Viral Robin Williams Imitation

Last Night in Soho director Edgar Wright unveils our new cover; Netflix backs Dave Chappelle; an actor's Robin Williams imitation…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

How Quentin Tarantino Indirectly Named Last Night in Soho

Edgar Wright's film Last Night in Soho gets its name from a song of the same name by the 1960s British…

3 years ago
  • The Rundown

Dinklage as Cyrano; The Last Duel First 4 Minutes; What Are You Working On?

Peter Dinklage stars in a sweeping new Cyrano; watch Matt and Ben and their new friend Adam in the first…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Last Night in Soho Trailer: Edgar Wright Sends Anya Taylor-Joy and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie to a Dream of ’60s London

Last Night in Soho, the hotly anticipated latest feature from Edgar Wright, stars Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie as a young woman…

3 years ago
  • The Rundown

Lindsay Lohan Comeback; Kevin Spacey Defended; Couples Therapy for Moviemakers

Lindsay Lohan lands a rom-com; the producer who hired Kevin Spacey speaks out — and so does Paul Schrader; how…

3 years ago
  • Interviews

Arrested Development: Edgar Wright Flashback

Seven years ago, MovieMaker interviewed British director Edgar Wright about the second part of his Blood and Cornetto trilogy: the…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: 3 Ways to Resume Live Events; Liam Neeson and Grief; Scott Pilgrim is 10

In today's Movie News Rundown: A look at how grief fuels a decade of Liam Neeson "Dadsploitation " films; three…

4 years ago
  • Best Of

The World’s 15 Bloody Best Genre Fests, 2018

The language of fear, like that of music, is universal. Put all the people who’ve weathered hurricanes’ swift destruction of…

7 years ago
  • Other

The Irresistible Lure of the Heist: From Baby Driver to Logan Lucky, Why Do We Return to This Classic Genre?

Looking for a summer getaway? You may have to steal it. A couple of high-profile heists have promised summer pleasures…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Baby, You Can Drive My Car: Edgar Wright Talks Heists, Car Choreography and Shooting Baby Driver in Atlanta

Much was made of Edgar Wright’s surprising departure from directing Marvel’s Ant-Man back in 2014. But while most focused on…

7 years ago
  • Directing

Laughing Academy: Learn the Principles of Funny Framing With This Breakdown of Edgar Wright’s Visual Comedy (Video)

How has the contemporary American comedy lost its way? It's not that it's no longer funny, says Every Frame a…

7 years ago
  • Best Of

Mixing Yuks with Yucks: The Best Horror Comedies of the Past 30 Years

What is it about the combination of horror and comedy that’s so irresistibly entertaining? Mixing macabre humor with bountiful bloodshed…

13 years ago