Robert De Niro

  • Movie News

5 Times Al Pacino and Robert De Niro Almost Played Each Other’s Roles

Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are still going strong. Here are five times the old friends almost played each…

2 months ago
  • Movie News

Ron Howard Sees Similarities Between Viggo Mortensen in Thirteen Lives and Robert De Niro in Backdraft

While Ron Howard was watching Viggo Mortensen prepare to play real-life rescue diver Rick Stanton in his Thai cave rescue…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

True Crime Trauma; Aubrey Plaza v. De Niro; the Indy Film Scene

Aubrey Plaza says that when she worked with Robert De Niro she "did some questionable things I wouldn’t do anymore;”…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Aubrey Plaza ‘Freaked Out’ Robert De Niro on Dirty Grandpa Set: ‘ I Think I Came on Really Strong’

Aubrey Plaza said in a new interview that she "freaked out" Robert De Niro on the set of Dirty Grandpa by…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

De Niro v. De Niro; Better Call Saul v. Breaking Bad; Lord of the Rings v. House of the Dragon

Thursday, August 18 Update: A link in our latest email went to the Rundown below instead of the latest Rundown, which…

2 years ago
  • Acting

Robert De Niro to Play Rival Gangsters in Wise Guys From Goodfellas Writer Nicholas Pileggi

Robert De Niro will play two dueling rival gangsters in the new mob movie Wise Guys, written by Goodfellas screenwriter…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Amsterdam Trailer Has Almost Every Single Hollywood Actor Ever (Video)

The trailer is out for David O. Russell's new historical drama Amsterdam, and it has just about every Hollywood actor in…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Joker Sequel; Sundance Shake-Up; Black Adam Trailer

Get ready for the Joker sequel; Sundance festival director Tabitha Jackson is leaving after only two years; Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Amazon Buys Bond, Rocky, and More; Dave Chappelle’s Doc; Seth Rogen’s Old Jokes

Amazon will soon own James Bond, Rocky, and the rest of MGM; Dave Chappelle will close the Tribeca Film Festival…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Inside Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese’s Decades-Long Quest to Make a George Gershwin Biopic

The Internet is littered with cinematic what-ifs: castings that almost happened, sequel ideas someone scotched, amazing-sounding pitches that proved to…

3 years ago
  • The Rundown

Lots to Watch This Weekend; Director Interviews From Easttown to Spiral; Robert De Niro Recovering

Shooting a horror film in silence, Robert De Niro is recovering from a leg injury, and will Mare of Easttown…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

David Fincher Calls Joker ‘a Betrayal of the Mentally Ill’

David Fincher said in an interview to promote his new film The Mank that he considered last year's hit Joker to…

3 years ago
  • Directing

5 Things Christopher Nolan Finds Fascinating, Per The Nolan Variations

Christopher Nolan The Nolan Variations includes the amusing detail that the Inception and Dark Knight director often calls things "fascinating."…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

MovieNews: We Are One Surprises; the 8 Words That Inspired Vast of Night; Shane Carruth’s Mysterious Trailer

In today's movie news rundown: The We Are One film festival will bring movie lovers of the world together against…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

‘We’ll Get Through It’: Robert De Niro Discusses COVID-19 and 9/11 on Eve of We Are One Film Festival

Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal founded the Tribeca Film Festival in 2001 to help Lower Manhattan begin to rally…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: 1.3 Million Entertainment Jobs Lost; Crash Reconsidered; Cats to the Rescue

In today's Movie News Roundup: A new report tracks the grim entertainment-industry job "situation"; seven movies sticking to their release…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Nolan’s Tenet Dream; De Niro at the Drive-In; Don’t Save the Cat

In today's Movie News Roundup: Christopher Nolan wants Tenet to be the movie that brings audiences back; Robert De Niro plots…

4 years ago
  • Inside MM - Acting

Mads Mikkelsen: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker

From Death Stranding to Star Wars to Marvel, from prestige TV (Hannibal) to high-profile Oscar contenders (At Eternity’s Gate), Mads Mikkelsen can be…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

5 Frank Sheeran Stories The Irishman Left Out

Frank Sheeran tells a lot of stories in The Irishman, all of them taken from I Heard You Paint Houses,…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Martin Scorsese Thinks His Next Film, Killers of the Flower Moon, Will Be ‘a Western’

Martin Scorsese says his next film, Killers of the Flower Moon, feels like a Western — a genre he's never…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Irishman Deepfake: YouTube Video Tries Beat Scorsese at De-Aging Stars

Did a deepfake artist take Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci back in time more successfully than The…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Who Is Frank Sheeran Talking to in The Irishman?

The Irishman is framed by Robert De Niro's character, Frank Sheeran, talking directly to the camera, confessing a life's worth…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

This Robert De Niro The King of Comedy Anecdote Explains a Lot About His Process

Joker director Todd Phillips says Joaquin Phoenix and Robert De Niro clashed over whether to read through the entire script before…

5 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: Living In the Past With Flashbacks and Monologues

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Flashbacks Nothing provokes a more…

7 years ago