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<ul class="summary-list"><li>David E. Talbert said the inspiration for his <keyword id="128682" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Netflix">Netflix</keyword> film "<keyword id="10259532" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jingle-jangle">Jingle Jangle</keyword>" came after his son asked to play with his LEGOs while he showed him classics like "Willy Wonka &amp; the Chocolate Factory" and "<keyword id="792293" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang">Chitty Chitty Bang Bang</keyword>."</li><li>Talbert said that he realized his son "wasn't into it at all" because he didn't see himself reflected in the films. "He has Black Panther and Miles Morales on his wall," he said.</li><li>At that point, Talbert decided to create a musical that could reflect the experiences of children of color around the world.</li></ul>Filmmaker and playwright David E. Talbert is fresh off the release of his new Netflix musical "Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey."<a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2020/11/jingle-jangle-netflix-david-e-talbert-interview-1234600088/">During a recent interview with IndieWire</a>, Talbert said that the inspiration for the film came after failing to share some of his own favorite family musicals like "Willy Wonka &amp; the Chocolate Factory" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" with his 4-year-old son. "He just wasn't into it at all," Talbert said, and after a while, he abandoned the films and asked if he could go and play with his LEGOs.<div type="image" title="jingle jangle" height="2400" width="3600" msid="79410891" hostid="261"></div>"As he walked away, I looked at him, I looked at the screen, and I realized he doesn't see himself in the film," Talbert continued. "But this was my childhood because there were no other options for diversity of representation on the screen at the time."He has Black Panther and Miles Morales on his wall. So that's when I thought, it's time to do it, because if my son is experiencing this, how many sons and daughters of color around the world want to see themselves represented as well?"As a result, Talbert decided to write and direct "Jingle Jangle" — Netflix's first original live-action holiday musical — and the film stars a predominantly Black cast including Anika Noni Rose ("The Princess and the Frog"), Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, and Phylicia Rashad <a href="https://www.insider.com/phylicia-rashad-netflix-jingle-jangle-harry-potter-2020-11">who Insider spoke with about the project.</a>During the wide-ranging interview, Rashad said that working on the film was a wholly unique experience. "I'd never seen anything like it in my life," she said.Talbert also told IndieWire that he originally approached both Universal and Disney with the film, and they liked the idea but ultimately decided to not moving forward, allowing Netflix to step forward. "Netflix is a global company, so they understand that there are people of color all around the world. They want to reach those people, and so they took a big bet on me," he said. "Now, the path to get it to the stage is obvious, and that's what I am gearing up for: a perennial Broadway production of 'Jingle Jangle.'"Read More: <a href="https://www.insider.com/phylicia-rashad-netflix-jingle-jangle-harry-potter-2020-11">Phylicia Rashad says her new Netflix musical 'Jingle Jangle' is her 'Harry Potter moment'</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/101-best-movies-to-watch-on-netflix-right-now">The 101 best movies to watch on Netflix right now</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/best-movies-to-watch-2017-4">110 movies you need to see in your lifetime</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="3076426" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Phylicia-Rashad">Phylicia Rashad</keyword> stars alongside Forest Whitaker and Keegan-Michael Key in <keyword id="128682" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Netflix">Netflix</keyword>'s new Christmas musical, "<keyword id="10259532" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jingle-jangle">Jingle Jangle</keyword>: A Christmas Journey," out Friday.</li><li>Rashad, who is best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on "The Cosby Show," said that she instantly connected with the film. </li><li>"When I walked onto that set and saw the grandeur of it, the specificity of it, I was taken aback," she said. </li><li>"The first words out of my mouth were: 'I get it. This is my Cecil B. DeMille, Harry Potter moment," Rashad continued.</li></ul>Phylicia Rashad's new holiday movie — "Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey" — is a contemporary production that is perhaps only imaginable in the hands of a deep-pocketed and ambitious company like Netflix.Written and directed by a Black filmmaker, David E. Talbert, the original genre piece stars a predominantly Black cast, which includes A-listers such as Rashad, Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, and Anika Noni Rose ("The Princess and the Frog") as well as a host of younger newcomers."I'd never seen anything like it in my life," Rashad told Insider of her first-day visiting the set of "Jingle Jangle.""When I walked onto that set and saw the grandeur of it, the specificity of it, I was taken aback. The first words out of my mouth were: 'I get it. This is my Cecil B. DeMille, 'Harry Potter' moment," she said. "Jingle Jangle" is best described as a heartwarming Christmas musical about family and faith, featuring original music from EGOT winner, John Legend, and R&amp;B singer Usher. Set in the fictional town of Cobbleton, the film follows the eccentric toymaker Jeronicus Jangle (Whitaker) whose groundbreaking inventions are set to change the world.But after his trusted apprentice (Keegan-Michael Key) steals one of his most prized creations, his life is ruined and it is up to Jangle's precocious granddaughter (starlet Madalen Mills) to save the day and restore her grandfather's faith in humanity and himself.Rashad, as is appropriate, acts as the film's motherly core and narrator throughout.<h2>'America's mother' Rashad said her characters pays homage to her own mother in a subtle way</h2><div type="image" title="jingle jangle" height="512" width="768" msid="79172114" hostid="261"></div>The role of the onscreen matriarch is Rashad's sweet spot. She's embodied Mary Anne Creed in Ryan Coogler's "Creed" films; Lena Younger in the 2004 Broadway run of "A Raisin in the Sun," a role that put her in the history books as the first Black woman to win a Tony Award for Best Actress; and as Diana DuBois on Fox's TV musical, "Empire." Rapper Drake even cast Rashad as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-drake-drops-in-my-feelings-video-chock-full-of-cameos-2018-8">Kiki's mother in his "In My Feelings" music video.</a>Still, there's perhaps no role more iconic than Rashad's Clair Huxtable from the now irreversibly stained '80s sitcom, "The Cosby Show." For eight beloved seasons, Rashad flexed her muscles as a successful attorney who, alongside her husband Cliff Huxtable (<keyword id="269513" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Bill-Cosby">Bill Cosby</keyword>), balanced a demanding work-life with raising five children in a Brooklyn brownstone.But Rashad said that her role in "Jingle Jangle" helped connect her with her own mother in ways that she didn't expect. During her first wardrobe fitting for the film, Rashad recalled sitting down with producer Lyn Talbot to pick out a hairstyle for her character. As soon as she set eyes on one particular hairstyle, she knew it was perfect for the film."I liked that hairstyle because someone had shown me a picture of my mother," she detailed. "I think it had to be taken before I was born, and she had her hair quaffed. It wasn't in dreads or twists, but it was quaffed and shaped in the same hairstyle that the grandmother wears [in the film].""Everything was artistic and everything was specific," she added of "Jingle Jangle". "There was always a touch of that which is personal in every element of this production."<h2>'I think it's important that everyone, and I do mean everyone, has opportunities'</h2><div type="image" title="&quot;The Cosy Show&quot;" height="2022" width="3000" msid="79172119" hostid="261"></div>Rashad is set to grace our screens again this holiday season alongside Jamie Foxx in Pixar's new animation "<keyword id="5286" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Soul">Soul</keyword>," which will make its debut on <a href="https://www.insider.com/disney-plus-killing-movie-theaters-2020-10">Disney Plus Christmas Day.</a>"Soul" will make history as Pixar's first Black-led animation, and it comes directly after a summer of <a href="https://www.insider.com/dr-hibbert-actor-harry-shearer-questions-the-simpsons-casting-rules-2020-8#:~:text=Harry%20Shearer%2C%20the%20voice%20of%20African%20American%20doctor%20Julius%20Hibbert,an%20interview%20with%20Times%20Radio.">controversy surrounding white actors voicing animated characters of color.</a> The backlash was sparked by Black Lives Matter protests after the death of George Floyd in Minnesota.Rashad said although she's glad Black creatives are getting their just due, she hopes one day there won't be a need to define films as "Black-led" because they'd simply be the norm."I think it's important that everyone, and I do mean everyone, has opportunities [and] be included in opportunities to work," Rashad said. "And I certainly do look forward to the day, to the time, when our considerations will not be based on race when we are seeing ourselves in each other as we are and inclusion is as normal as breathing.""Jingle Jangle," she hopes, can be a "source of inspiration for people around the world" and help them "connect to their own humanity as well to the humanity of others.""For young people around the world to see the beauty in diversity and in the inclusion of diversity," she continued, "For young girls, as well as boys, to become excited about mathematics and invention because it isn't beyond their grasp or their reach."Rashad added that she hopes the Christmas musical is a way "for us all to remember that the greatest things in life are those things that are simplest. It's the simple things. The simple things are the essential things.""Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey" arrives on Netflix and in select theaters on November 13.You can watch the official trailer below:Read More:<a href="https://www.insider.com/101-best-movies-to-watch-on-netflix-right-now">The 101 best movies to watch on Netflix right now</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/netflix-tv-shows-cancelled-ending-2020-9">Netflix has a TV-show problem</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/netflix-original-christmas-movies-ranked-2018-12">14 of Netflix's original holiday movies, ranked from worst to best</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/top-10-netflix-original-movies-of-all-time-ranked-list-2020-7">Netflix shares its 10 most popular original movies of all time</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="36185" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Ricky-Martin">Ricky Martin</keyword> is looking for better acting roles.</li><li>"I don't know if I'm not getting parts because I'm gay," he said. "But if that's the case, it's really sad."</li><li>Martin earned an Emmy nomination for his role in "The Assassination of Gianni Versace."</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/ricky-martin-felt-violated-during-barbara-walters-interview-2021-6">Ricky Martin</a> has proven he's more than just a singer.He's been on a soap opera (remember him as Miguel Morez in "General Hospital" in the mid-1990s?), done Broadway ("Les Miserables" in 1996 and "Evita" in 2012), and most recently been Emmy-nominated for his work on Ryan Murphy's "The Assassination of Gianni Versace" in 2018.So you can understand why Martin is a little upset he's not getting many acting offers worth his time."I'm waiting for those scripts, for those great scripts," he <a href="https://people.com/music/ricky-martin-disappointed-by-lack-of-acting-offers/">told People</a> recently. "I can play gay, I can play straight, I can play a serial killer. I can play Latin, but I can also play European. I am ready. Just give it to me, man. Give it to me."The actor said that since his Emmy nomination playing the lover of Versace, Antonio D'Amico, the highly sought-after roles aren't coming his way.<div type="image" title="ACS versace Ricky Martin" height="759" width="1024" msid="83219671" hostid="261"></div>"I don't know if I'm not getting parts because I'm gay," he said. "But if that's the case, it's really sad."He's spent his time since the nom releasing his latest album, 2020's "Pausa," his first studio album in five years, and the same year voicing the character Don Juan Diego in the Netflix holiday movie, "Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey."But Martin is looking for more. "I just want to tap into anything that has to do with acting. I love theater, too," Martin said. "I want to tell a story. That's what I want. I want to tell important story, and I want to change the way people see life in general towards some more optimistic way."

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="128682" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Netflix" source="Orion">Netflix</keyword> renewed "<keyword id="7418543" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Umbrella-Academy" source="Orion">The Umbrella Academy</keyword>" for a third season in November 2020. </li><li>The upcoming season will introduce the Sparrow Academy, which was teased at the end of season two. </li></ul>There's plenty to look forward to when <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/netflix">Netflix</a>'s hit show "<a href="https://www.insider.com/category/the-umbrella-academy">The Umbrella Academy</a>" returns for a third season. The series, based on a comic-book series from My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way and illustrator Gabriel Bá, debuted in 2019 on the streaming service and <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-umbrella-academy-season-two-what-happened-characters-2020-8">returned for a second installment</a> the following year."The Umbrella Academy" <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CHaoj1DDGzG/">got renewed</a> for a third season in November 2020. Here's what we know about season three of "The Umbrella Academy," so far.<h2><keyword id="12093091" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="elliot-page" source="Orion">Elliot Page</keyword>'s character, Vanya Hargreeves, will be referred to as Viktor in the new season</h2><div type="image" title="Elliot Page as Viktor Hargreeves and Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves in season three of &quot;The Umbrella Academy.&quot;" height="2400" width="3600" msid="90966768" hostid="261"></div>Page, who <a href="https://www.insider.com/elliot-page-transgender-he-they-pronouns-2020-12">came out as transgender in December 2020</a>, announced the character change on Twitter in March 2022. The actor posted the above photo from season three on <a href="https://twitter.com/TheElliotPage/status/1508897094152568835">Twitter</a> with the caption: "Meet Viktor Hargreeves."According to <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/elliot-page-umbrella-academy-season-3-character-transgender-viktor-hargreeves/">The Wrap</a>, Page's character will come out as trans in season three and use he/him/his pronouns.<h2>The Umbrella Academy will feud with the Sparrow Academy </h2><div type="image" title="From left: Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves, Elliot Page, Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves, Aidan Gallagher as Number Five, David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves, and Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves in season three, episode one of &quot;The Umbrella Academy.&quot;" height="1800" width="3600" msid="90966769" hostid="261"></div>"Smart, stylish, and about as warm as a sea of icebergs, the Sparrows immediately clash with the Umbrellas in a violent face-off that turns out to be the least of everyone's concerns," the official description for season three reads. "Navigating challenges, losses, and surprises of their own – and dealing with an unidentified destructive entity wreaking havoc in the universe (something they may have caused) — now all they need to do is convince dad's new and possibly better family to help them put right what their arrival made wrong."<h2>The actors who will be portraying the Sparrow Academy members have already been revealed</h2><h2><div type="image" title="the umbrella academy season 2 finale sparrow academy" height="1435" width="1914" msid="80304062" hostid="261"></div></h2>At the end of season two, the Hargreeves were able to escape the '60s and travel to April 2, 2019, the day after the season one apocalypse.They ended up in the Umbrella Academy mansion, except it was now called the Sparrow Academy. And their father, Reginald Hargreeves, was now alive, suggesting that perhaps an alternate timeline was created – or perhaps there might be some other explanation for the strange turn of events. The Hargreeves also came face-to-face with the Sparrow Academy kids, led by a ruder version of Ben Hargreeves (Justin H. Min). There was also a mysterious floating green cube. <div type="image" title="the umbrella academy season 2 finale ben sparrow academy " height="1419" width="1892" msid="80304067" hostid="261"></div>Showrunner Steve Blackman already <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CH8DnEGLfDH/">shared the cover of the script</a> for the season three premiere episode, which is titled "Meet the Family."In January 2021, the other actors joining Min as part of the Sparrow Academy were <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ6LX6blwmu/">revealed</a>, along with their characters' rankings in the elite group. "Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey" actor Justin Cornwell will play Sparrow No. 1 named Marcus. He's described as a "natural leader that oozes confidence." Marcus is also "charming, chiseled, colossus," and "keeps the family together."Min will play a version of Ben who's much different from the sweet and caring one fans got to know on seasons one and two of "The Umbrella Academy." He's ranked No. 2 and described as "vicious, pragmatic, and hyper-vigilant." Ben is also a "scheming tactician wrapped in a pretty boy body" and "determined to gain his status as a leader."<div type="image" title="umbrella academy sparrow academy actors" height="900" width="1800" msid="80304070" hostid="261"></div>Britne Oldford, who has appeared on shows like "<a href="https://www.insider.com/category/the-flash">The Flash</a>" and "American Horror Story," will play Sparrow No. 3 named Fei. She "sees the world in a special way" and is "typically the smartest person in the room." Fei is also determined and "won't stop until the job is done."<a href="https://www.insider.com/degrassi-the-next-generation-cast-where-are-they-now-2018-6">"Degrassi" alum</a> and Broadway star Jake Epstein will portray No. 4, Alphonso. He has visible scars "from years of crime-fighting" and is "armed with a caustic and biting sense of humor." Alphonso also "enjoys verbal berating his enemies, pizza, and a six-pack.""Big Hero 6: The Series" actor Genesis Rodriguez will star as Sparrow No. 5 named Sloane, who's "a romantic and a dreamer." Sloane seeks freedom and is "eager to see the world and experience a life beyond her upbringing." Additionally, she "feels tied down to her family, despite lofty plans of her own."<div type="image" title="From left: Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves, Cazzie David as Jayme, Jake Epstein as Alphonso, Justin Cornwell as Marcus, Britne Oldford as Fei, and Genesis Rodriguez as Sloane in season three, episode one of &quot;The Umbrella Academy.&quot;" height="1800" width="3600" msid="90966770" hostid="261"></div>Sparrow No. 6 named Jayme will be played by Cazzie David, a writer and daughter of Larry David. Jayme is described as "a loner hidden under a hoodie." She's also not a character to be messed with, because she's "smart and sharp as a knife" and "has a fear-inducing snarl you'll want to avoid at all costs" Rounding out the Sparrow Academy is the "existential dread-inducing psykronium cube," who's named Christopher. It's unclear where the telekinetic cube came from, but it has the power to "turn the room freezing cold and induce paralyzing fear." The cube is also described as "trustworthy, loyal, and treated as just another sibling."<h2>'Euphoria' star Javon Walton is set to appear in season 3 in a mystery role</h2><div type="image" title="Javon Walton as Ashtray on season two, episode six of &quot;Euphoria.&quot;" height="1056" width="1408" msid="90966771" hostid="261"></div>"'<a href="https://www.insider.com/euphoria-cast-real-ages-versus-characters-2022-2">Euphoria</a>' has led me to other big opportunities, which I've been super thankful for," Walton, who plays a drug dealer named Ashtray on the HBO series, told <a href="https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/javon-wanna-walton-euphoria-season-2-interview/sylvester-stallone">Complex</a> in January 2022."I have some other projects coming up soon and I'm super excited about that," he continued. "I'm on 'Umbrella Academy' for their new season, season three."In a 2022 interview with <a href="https://ew.com/tv/javon-walton-euphoria-season-2-interview/">Entertainment Weekly</a> published in March, Walton described his "Umbrella Academy" character as "really lovable."<h2>Season 3 premieres on June 22, 2022</h2>Filming <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CHaoj1DDGzG/">began in February 2021</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CTGxK2rASB8/">wrapped in August of that year</a>.Netflix released a black-and-white <a href="https://twitter.com/UmbrellaAcad/status/1443994728517799945">teaser</a> video in October 2021, confirming that the show will return in 2022.Another <a href="https://twitter.com/UmbrellaAcad/status/1503050205326942211">teaser</a> showing the Umbrella Academy preparing to face off against the Sparrow Academy was released in March 2022, along with the season-three premiere date.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The award-winning film director <keyword id="351341" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Steve-McQueen">Steve McQueen</keyword> spoke to Insider about "<keyword id="10289114" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="small-axe">Small Axe</keyword>," his collection of five new films set to debut on Amazon Prime Video this week. </li><li>Each film explores a different story of West Indian people, living in London between the 1960s to the 1980s, and McQueen told Insider that he has been working on the project for over a decade. </li><li>The director also reflected on how the financial success of his 2013 movie "<keyword id="1973278" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="12-Years-a-Slave">12 Years a Slave</keyword>" ushered in a new generation of Black filmmakers in Hollywood. </li><li>"Just go back and look before '12 Years a Slave' and after," McQueen said. "From a direct result of that, 'Moonlight' was made and 'Selma' was made because it was made by the same producers."</li></ul>Steve McQueen secured his place in cinematic history in 2014 when he became the first Black director of an Academy Award-winning best picture with the acclaimed historical drama, "12 Years a Slave."And when McQueen picked up that historic win, he had already started cooking up plans for an ambitious project that would offer one of the first wide-scale portraits of Black British history.Six years later and the artist-director is debuting "Small Axe," a masterful collection of five films all set between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s, which explore various aspects of London's West Indian community, set to air on Amazon Prime Video starting November 20."It started about 11 years ago and it was more of a need than a necessity," McQueen told Insider of the project's origins over a Zoom call last week while in the middle of editing the last two films."But I wasn't ready to execute 11 years ago because I needed to mature. I needed to find my way through it. Sometimes that's just it: Time is the best thing to judge a particular period in one's life."<h2>McQueen cast Letitia Wright before she was even in 'Black Panther'</h2><div type="image" title="&quot;Small Axe&quot;" height="1366" width="2048" msid="79271636" hostid="261"></div>The "Small Axe" collection — a name borrowed from Bob Marley and the Wailers' 1973 single of the same name — also boasts an impressive cast, including Letitia Wright (Black Panther) who takes the lead in "Mangrove," an epic courtroom drama based on the groundbreaking trial of nine Black activists, known as the Mangrove Nine, who were accused of inciting a riot during a protest against the police harassment of a popular Caribbean restaurant in Notting Hill.McQueen said that Wright didn't even have to audition to secure her role."I just had a conversation with her," he said. "I cast her before she was in 'Black Panther.'""Star Wars" favorite <keyword id="2032499" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="John-Boyega">John Boyega</keyword> is featured in the third film of the collection, "Red, White and Blue," as Leroy Logan, a Black scientist who joins London's Metropolitan police force after his father becomes a victim of police brutality in an attempt to fight systemic racism from within.The depictions of community-led resistance against widespread institutional racism in "Small Axe" feel particularly resonant after a summer of global protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, which, in the UK, was preceded by widespread outrage as the British government was revealed to be unlawfully stripping <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/this-leaked-report-shows-amber-rudd-was-failed-by-officials-during-windrush-scandal-2018-11?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">West Indian migrants, known as the "Windrush generation," of their citizenship.</a>And when asked about Floyd and the protests, McQueen replied: "This is nothing new.""I mean for years, decades, people were saying we have the best police force in the world only to discover now that possibly we don't, and the West Indian community had been saying it for decades. Half a century we've been talking about it and now people are starting to catch up," he continued."This is a situation that continues to this day, so the fact that the George Floyd incident happened, and let me make it clear, I would rather George Floyd be alive today, but he didn't die in vain. And if it helps to give people a better understanding of an aspect of their lives that they didn't know, but other people did, well great."<h2>'There were people who pulled out of "12 Years a Slave" because they didn't think it would make any money'</h2><div type="image" title="&quot;Small Axe&quot;" height="1280" width="1920" msid="79271638" hostid="261"></div>The five movies will air simultaneously in Britain on the <keyword id="60684" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="BBC">BBC</keyword>, the country's national broadcaster, which was a pointed decision by McQueen. The director added that he wants these stories to seep into the "bloodstream of the country."Today it seems obvious for a director of McQueen's stature and acclaim to have such wide-scale distribution of his work. But it is important to note that a project with the scale and reach of "Small Axe" would have been unimaginable a decade earlier, and it is perhaps only possible thanks to the financial success of McQueen's Oscar winner, "12 Years a Slave."The director told Insider that when he first began to plan his 2013 hit, people in the industry told him that the film would be "impossible" to make because movies with Black lead actors don't make money at the international box office.Based on the 1853 slave memoir of the same name, "12 Years a Slave" follows the life of Solomon Northup, (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free Black man who was abducted and sold into slavery. He's later freed after more than a decade, reuniting with his family."There were people who pulled out of '12 Years a Slave' because they didn't think it would make any money," McQueen said, "but the fact of the matter is we made over virtually $150 million outside of the United States, which tells you how hungry people were for that kind of narrative.""They didn't expect that," he continued. "It made 57 million in the United States box office. We exceded our DVD sales for the year in one week. That's when people used to buy DVDs."McQueen said that it was at that moment when Hollywood realized that it could cash in big with stories about Black people told by Black filmmakers."Just go back and look before '12 Years a Slave' and after," McQueen began. "From a direct result of that 'Moonlight' was made and 'Selma' was made because it was made by the same producers. And the only reason they were able to make it was because of '12 Years a Slave' being a financial hit because they were trying to make those movies for a long time, but they couldn't until '12 Years a Slave.'"<h2>The award-winning director says he doesn't care to look back on his legacy</h2><div type="image" title="&quot;Small Axe&quot;" height="1341" width="2048" msid="79271643" hostid="261"></div>Although McQueen has spent over three decades as one of the most sought after film directors and visual artist — he is still the only person ever to win both an Academy Award and the prestigious Turner Prize for visual art — he told Insider that he isn't interested in pondering his legacy."You don't mind yourself that's just bull----," he said. "It's one day at a time. My mother used to say it to me all the time. Before my first day of shooting 'Small Axe,' I couldn't sleep. I stayed up all night. I was nervous. So you know, it's work that's all."Despite his current move to the small screen and the alarming number of movie theaters forced to close due to the pandemic, McQueen told Insider that he thinks when it is again safe to congregate in large crowds, there will be a "cascade" of people rushing back to movie theaters."There's going to be a stampede into the cinemas," he said, "because since day one we've been sitting around campfires and telling stories as a community, sharing stories, and I think the cinema is a space that we want to see something with a community of people.""There's a lot of talk about people saying people are getting used to watching things on their laptops or on their phones, but once they go back to the cinema, it's an experience you can't emulate.""Small Axe" will air weekly on Amazon Prime Video from Friday, November 20.You can watch the official trailer for "Small Axe" below:Read More<a href="https://www.insider.com/phylicia-rashad-netflix-jingle-jangle-harry-potter-2020-11">Phylicia Rashad says her new Netflix musical 'Jingle Jangle' is her 'Harry Potter moment'</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/101-best-movies-to-watch-on-netflix-right-now">The 101 best movies to watch on Netflix right now</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/netflix-tv-shows-cancelled-ending-2020-9">Netflix has a TV-show problem</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Even with the COVID-19 pandemic slowing down production, <keyword id="2370" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="hollywood">Hollywood</keyword> managed to put out a slew of exciting new projects full of ambitious stunts and special effects.</li><li>From the massive battle scenes in <a href="https://www.insider.com/disney-live-action-mulan-movie-review">"Mulan"</a> to the gripping <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-wild-stunts-and-fights-of-birds-of-prey-2020-2">fight sequences</a> in <a href="https://www.insider.com/birds-of-prey-movie-review-2020-2">"Birds of Prey,"</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/netflix-extraction-chris-hemsworth-one-take-fight-scene-2020-5">"Extraction,"</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-old-guard-fight-coordinator-charlize-theron-injuries-2020-7">"The Old Guard,"</a> this year's action films pushed actors and stunt performers to undergo extensive weapons and <a href="https://www.insider.com/how-the-airplane-fight-in-the-old-guard-was-done-2020-7">combat training</a>.</li><li>With Pixar's <a href="https://www.insider.com/how-pixar-revolutionized-way-clothes-are-animated-digital-cloth-technology-2020-3">"Onward"</a> and Netflix's "<a href="https://www.insider.com/netflix-over-the-moon-review">Over the Moon,"</a> 3D-animated films found innovative ways to animate and <a href="https://www.insider.com/netflix-over-the-moon-animators-light-scenes-in-animated-movies-2020-11">light</a> their characters and worlds, the likes of which we've never seen before.</li><li>Boundary-pushing digital effects made <keyword id="406" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Movies">movies</keyword> like <a href="https://www.insider.com/dolittle-movie-review-robert-downey-jr-2020-1">"Dolittle,"</a> <a href="https://www.insider.com/every-version-sonic-the-hedgehog-1991-today-evolution-2020-2">"Sonic the Hedgehog,"</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/call-of-the-wild-real-life-dog-2020-4">"The Call of the Wild"</a> possible by combining CG animals with live-action humans and environments. </li></ul>Following is a transcript of the <keyword id="21654" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="video">video</keyword>.Narrator: 2020 was in many ways a rough year for Hollywood, with the COVID-19 pandemic pushing back some of the year's most anticipated movies. But the industry rallied by releasing no shortage of ambitious and exciting new projects, which brought their own set of breakthroughs in the world of special effects.From massive battle and fight sequences to some of the most realistic practical effects we've ever seen, here's a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the biggest films of the year. Three, two, one!To play the legendary warrior <keyword id="3026859" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mulan">Mulan</keyword> in Disney's live-action film, Liu Yifei spent three months training for up to seven hours a day. This demanding regimen paid off. The film's cinematographer, Mandy Walker, told insider that Yifei was able to execute about 90% of her own stunt work.In preparation for the film's acrobatic fight sequences, Yifei and her castmates were schooled in everything from weapons handling and archery to military marching and horseback riding. The performers did their most dramatic midair stunts while attached to wires or beams so that it looked like their characters were flying or spinning through the air.All in all, the film's action sequences required 90 horses, 80 trick riders, 4,000 prop weapons, 281 sets of armor for the Chinese army, and 730 pieces of armor for the Rouran army.How do you create a terrifying monster out of nothing? It turns out, with a lot of clever camera and stunt work. This scene from "<keyword id="920693" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-Invisible-Man">The Invisible Man</keyword>," where the titular villain throws Elisabeth Moss' character across the table, is actually a bunch of shots stitched together.First, the crew filmed Elisabeth as she was about to be thrown. Next, they swapped in the actor's stunt double and filmed her being thrown by another stunt performer in a green suit. Then they swapped in Elisabeth again. In postproduction, VFX artists combined the plates, then digitally erased the green-suit performer and the ropes used for the stunt.For it all to match up perfectly, the crew had to shoot the whole thing with a motion-controlled camera, which could be programmed to perform precise, repeatable camera movements.That wasn't the only bit of camera trickery in the film. On the last day of shooting, when filming this scene, the camera team had to get what they called "an impossible shot" -- one that involved passing a camera out of a moving car into another moving car, all in one smooth handoff."Extraction" marked the directorial debut of Sam Hargrave, the veteran stunt coordinator behind "Atomic Blonde" and a number of Marvel movies. Naturally, then, the Netflix thriller was full of daredevil stunt work -- just as much from the camera crew as from the actors and stunt performers.The centerpiece of the film was what the crew referred to as "the oner" -- an extended fight scene made to look like one continuous shot. Sam is familiar with big, long action sequences from working on the famous one-shot fight in "Atomic Blonde." But this one for "Extraction" required Sam to take us right into the middle of the action, even strapping himself to the hood of a chase vehicle. Just to get this one smooth shot taking us from outside to inside a car, he had to unstrap himself from that one car, run over to the other vehicle, and then repeat the same shot twice. This is what you call a stitch point, one of the invisible cuts that joined about 36 different segments into what looks like one long, seamless 12-minute take.For the third installment in the "Bill &amp; Ted" franchise, special effects legend Kevin Yagher created special bodysuits for scenes where Bill and Ted meet future versions of themselves.The process began with lifecasts of Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves' bodies, which were then used to sculpt the shape of the actors' suits, both the muscle suits they wear in the prison scene and Keanu's fat suit worn in a different scene. Kevin and his team sculpted and spray-painted tiny details like pores and veins onto the muscle suits and added bags of beads into Keanu's fat suit to get just the right jiggle in his belly.[beads shaking]The rollout of the "<keyword id="163980" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Sonic">Sonic</keyword>" movie got off to a rough start when the first trailer was met with backlash from fans who objected to this Sonic's disturbingly realistic appearance. In response, the VFX artists gave the character an overhaul, making his eyes bigger, his mouth more animated, and his nose and limbs more cartoonish, more like the original design in the video games.Just about everyone liked the redesign better, including the man behind the hedgehog, actor and comedian Ben Schwartz. Ben not only lent his voice to Sonic, but also provided facial motion capture to inform the character's animation. On set, they used different stand-ins for Sonic to give costars like James Marsden something tangible to interact with, whether it was a blue stuffy or just a ball on a tripod.We saw CGI turn man into hedgehog. What about turning man into dog?In this year's remake of "The Call of the Wild," veteran motion-capture performer Terry Notary provided an incredible mo-cap performance for the movie's canine protagonist, Buck. Having Terry on set provided a raw-size reference for the other actors and gave costars someone to interact with emotionally.For Buck's design, the filmmakers used the reference of a real-life shelter dog, whose own name happens to be Buckley. To help guide the animation of the many dog and wolf characters in the film, the team brought in five other dogs for a mo-cap playtime session. But don't worry; no pups were involved in the filming of this scene, where Buck and John Thornton navigate a treacherous river.The filmmakers enlisted a stuntperson to shoot the real deal on a river in British Columbia. They then combined the on-location shots with blue-screen footage of Harrison Ford paddling on a canoe gimbal, filmed on a motion-controlled camera that allowed for some particularly cinematic, sweeping shots. Finally, VFX artists digitally added Harrison's canine friend into the mix in postproduction.The character in "Onward" that presented Pixar with the most challenges was this guy, known simply as Dad. He's introduced when Ian, voiced by Tom Holland, carries out a spell to conjure up his late father, but only half of his body appears.Pixar's animators spent a lot of time on Dad's first scene to make sure it would capture the force and unpredictability of magic. They even took turns blasting each other with a leaf blower to get a feel for what the conjuring effect should look like.From there, the challenge was giving life to a pair of pants, a task that forced Pixar to bring its cloth technology to a new level. The studio used a process called simulation to program how a character's clothing should respond to his or her movements and the different forces acting on them. But because Dad's upper half is all clothes and no body, simulation played an even bigger role than usual.To figure out how a person would move if he were missing his top half, Pixar's animators took turns putting on green suits with khakis and moving around in front of a green screen. Later, they digitally removed their top halves and used the footage as reference for what Dad's body language might look like."The Call of the Wild" wasn't the only film where CG animals figured prominently. The majority of scenes in "Dolittle" feature live-action humans and CG animals interacting in some way.The tricky part of that: making sure the humans were looking in the right places during filming. Nailing the eyelines was especially challenging with a character like Betsy the giraffe. To help guide the actors on set, the crew used stuffy props as stand-ins for the CG animals and got creative from there.Like with Betsy, for instance. They ended up sticking a giraffe head on a long pole, which got driven around on a motor cart. In another scene, Robert Downey Jr. needed to ride the ostrich Plimpton into Buckingham Palace. So they devised a gimballed riding rig that they could later replace with a CG creature, voiced by Kumail Nanjiani.The action-heavy "<keyword id="3367480" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Birds-Of-Prey">Birds of Prey</keyword>" involved a lot of physical preparation, with each actor's training program tailored to her particular character. Since Harley Quinn is a whimsical and unpredictable fighter, Margot Robbie's stunt work involved a lot of gymnastics.Black Canary's fighting style was supposed to be more grounded with a lot of legwork, so Jurnee Smollett-Bell's preparation combined tae kwon do and kickboxing. And Mary Elizabeth Winstead adopted judo, jujitsu, and karate to play Huntress, the deadly-accurate assassin who's all about precision.Early on in Netflix's "Project Power," there's an unforgettable scene where Machine Gun Kelly's character spontaneously bursts into flames. To figure out how to turn MGK into a human fireball, the effects team first set stuntpeople on fire in a series of camera tests.Then they came up with a breakthrough: an LED suit that would be embedded within layers of burn prosthetics. The LEDs were programmed to illuminate the actor as his character is seen exploding in flames. The gruesome prosthetics helped hide the LED strips, along with all the wires and battery packs.For MGK, this meant spending five hours in the makeup chair every day of shooting to get hundreds of prosthetic pieces glued on over 95% of his body. The process was so intensive that the rapper started just sleeping in his body prosthetics, and did so for five days straight, even wearing them for a night out on the town with costar Jamie Foxx.For Netflix's "Jingle Jangle," the biggest challenge was creating a fantastical world where magic and spontaneous musical numbers would feel right at home.To make Jeronicus fly in this scene, the crew attached Forest Whitaker to wire rigs, later removed in postproduction.Another particularly fun sequence, the kids' factory escape, was shot in front of a blue screen, with the two young actors rigged to the wooden chest. VFX artists later added in the tunnel and the giant fan and fireball.In this comic-book adaptation, Charlize Theron's character is supposed to have 6,000 years of martial arts experience, ranging from Greco-Roman wrestling to Filipino stick work. Charlize had to do intense combat training so she could look effortless handling both modern and ancient weapons.Of course, the star is no stranger to this kind of hardcore training, having done a lot of her own stunts for "Atomic Blonde" and "Mad Max." The "Old Guard" fight coordinator, Danny Hernandez, told Insider that Charlize and Kiki Layne spent four months training for the film's major fight sequence, where their characters engage in epic hand-to-hand combat inside a plane mid-flight.The payoff? The actors were able to pull off 90% of the fight themselves, without stunt doubles.How does this shot become this? Through the process of CG lighting, which was especially important to building the magical worlds of Netflix's animated film "Over the Moon."Creative lighting helped emphasize the dreamy light coming from the moon, which plays a central role in the story. In this shot, the lighting team is perfecting the big, bright moon reflections in Fei Fei's eyes. And in this shot, they're balancing the different light sources coming from the moon, the kitchen, and the colorful lanterns.These decisions about the intensity and placement of lights are laid out early on in color scripts, which are like artistic blueprints, expressing the mood of any given scene.For the scenes set on Lunaria, the artists wanted the light to be overpowering and the colors vibrant and bold to give an otherworldly aura to the moon kingdom and invoke a sense of awe in the audience.The horror movie slash political satire "The Hunt" follows a group of liberals hunting conservatives for sport, so there were lots of opportunities for practical gore <keyword id="37533" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Behind-the-scenes">behind the scenes</keyword>.But the most talked-about sequence was the climactic kitchen fight between Betty Gilpin and Hilary Swank. To make the head-to-head between these two characters feel as messy as possible, the crew designed a special set that was made to be destroyed.The set included foam floors, a chimney rigged with squibs, and a bunch of household-item breakaway props that were built to be broken, just like this glass window, which shatters in this scene. It was like a twisted jungle gym, meant to serve as the ideal backdrop for all the chaotic violence.So, did we miss anything? And what do you think were the most impressive effects of 2020?Let us know in the comments.

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