The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences and inspirations of some of today's great screen artists.
Every installment asks the same five questions…
Days after hitting a series-viewership high, HBO's Big Little Lies has been kneecapped by accusations of some sharp elbows behind the scenes. Allegations of post-production changes have surfaced that the premium cabler is calling standard collaboration in television and one it is standing by.
“There wouldn't be a…
When she came to join me onstage for Deadline’s fourth annual The Contenders Emmys awards-season event at Paramount Studios, Amy Adams said that when HBO’s latest limited series Sharp Objects came across her desk it was something that truly “terrified” her in terms of the thought of actually playing the lead character…
Amy Adams, who does double duty as actor and an executive producer on the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects, struggled on today’s panel to talk about the challenges of portraying the story’s main character, emotionally troubled (to put it mildly) newspaper reporter Camille Preaker. Patricia Clarkson portrays Adams…
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about the season finale of Sharp Objects.HBO’s Sharp Objects finale Sunday night answered the lingering question: Who killed all these young girls in Wind Gap? Based on the creepiness and overall shadiness of this small town, anyone could have been responsible for these…
There is a solid core to Sharp Objects, but HBO's July 8-debuting adaptation of Gillian Flynn's 2006 novel takes an insular small-town slow-burn approach that borders on abandon-ship annoying.
Eventually the pace of Amy Adams-led eight-episode tale matches the nature of the drama, but it really takes a long, long time…
The first episode of the HBO’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects made its world premiere tonight to a packed house at the Paramount Theatre at the ATX Television Festival. With Flynn’s signature twisted storytelling skills, it left the audience with a feeling of fascinating uneasiness which, in its own way…