News about Peter Bogdanovich

Remakes and reboots are almost as old as Hollywood, and some of the best films of all time are redos of earlier attempts. However, the film industry's increasing reliance on established intellectual property (IP) and concerns about financing original stories has resulted in a shift toward increased attention on franchises, which require regular reboots to keep them running. The critically reviled Fantastic Four revival from 2015, which generated less than half of what was expected and ended up being a disaster when factoring in the large advertising and promotion budget.

Dorothy Hoogstraten was a 17-year-old high school student working part-time as an ice cream server when she first encountered the man who would be her nemesis. Paul Snider, a predatory ex-pimp and car show promoter, discovered her behind the counter at Dairy Queen's East Vancouver, British Columbia, where she had won gold. 'This girl could make me a lot of money,' he told the friend who was with him. Dorothy obtained Dorothy's phone number from a colleague and discovered she was as innocent and admiring as she was beautiful.

Somen "Steve" Banerjee's true life story is told in the "Welcome to Chippendales" crime drama, which was portrayed by Kumail Nanjiani), the Indian immigrant who swung the country in the 1980s and 1990s. Banerjee's ascension and demise in an astonishing story full of greed, mistrust, and murder, according to the eight-part limited series from "Pam & Tommy" creator Robert Siegel. In addition to Nanjiani, the show also stars Nicola Peltz Beckham, Dan Stevens as Paul Snider, and Murray Bartlett as Nick De Noia, the Chippendales' choreographer/Banerjee's business partner.