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The Advertiser
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
Before it turned out swell, Spielberg felt like he was drowning
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (M, 88 minutes, Disney+) 4 stars Half a century ago, one film swam along and changed the film industry. It sounds like a grand statement to make, but that really was the case with Jaws. The seminal Steven Spielberg thriller became the first summer blockbuster (though, of course, it was winter in our hemisphere) to break all sorts of box office records and created a cultural juggernaut the size of which had never been seen before. To mark five decades since its release, Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story on Disney+ takes you back to the famously difficult production with generous archive footage and interviews from the past and present. The documentary, released under the National Geographic banner, is helmed by Laurent Bouzereau, a prolific film documentary and special features director who already delivered The Making of Jaws back in 1995. If you're a cinephile or particularly die-hard fan of Jaws, there's a good chance that most of the information in Jaws @ 50 will not come as a shock. Other documentaries over the years have delved deeply into this film, and even the most casual film fan already knows bits of trivia, like the fact the mechanical shark was named Bruce, and the film was shot on Martha's Vineyard, an island off the Massachusetts coast. But familiarity with the content doesn't detract from the enjoyment of this film. Bouzereau has conducted new interviews with people involved with the production, their relatives, shark experts and other filmmakers who have been inspired by Jaws. It's always nice to see Spielberg talking about the film that really made his career. Before Jaws came along, the young filmmaker was an up-and-comer, impressing with made-for-TV films including the influential Duel, an action-packed thrill ride about a large truck chasing a smaller car for the length of the film. When Spielberg came across the not-yet-published galleys of Peter Benchley's novel Jaws, he thought it was just like Duel - this huge, unrelenting predator on the prowl. So he asked if he could direct the film, and when the original choice left the project, he was in. But the production was far from smooth, and nearly everything that could go wrong with Bruce the shark, did. It was designed for freshwater instead of seawater, which wreaked havoc with the mechanics. It moved the wrong way. When it finally worked, the boat sank. Spielberg spent the production - which was running significantly over budget and well beyond schedule - thinking he'd be fired, and still suffered traumatic panic attacks and insomnia for years after the film wrapped. Cast members also failed to get along - Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss particularly butted heads, and Shaw's persistent drinking didn't help matters. But most of the Jaws cast was made up of locals on the island, and it's fantastic to see how much pride those remaining cast members and islanders still have in the film production. Jaws has had a huge impact on filmmaking since its release, and industry figures like Mexican Guillermo del Toro (Oscar-winning writer-director of The Shape of Water), Jaws superfan Steven Soderbergh (Oscar-winning director of Traffic) and English actress Emily Blunt (Oscar-nominated star of Oppenheimer), who claims to have seen Jaws more than any other film, are more than happy to talk about how much the shark thriller means to them and has impacted their appreciation of cinema. What this documentary has that the others don't is the inclusion of a fully restored Bruce to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. If you're a lover of the film, it's a delight to see the huge creature craned into the museum, to be revered by all the visitors who walk through its doors. While Jaws @ 50 might not be the most eye-opening documentary if you're well-versed in the history of the film, if you've never seen a doco or featurette on Jaws, it's bound to bring you joy. Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (M, 88 minutes, Disney+) 4 stars Half a century ago, one film swam along and changed the film industry. It sounds like a grand statement to make, but that really was the case with Jaws. The seminal Steven Spielberg thriller became the first summer blockbuster (though, of course, it was winter in our hemisphere) to break all sorts of box office records and created a cultural juggernaut the size of which had never been seen before. To mark five decades since its release, Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story on Disney+ takes you back to the famously difficult production with generous archive footage and interviews from the past and present. The documentary, released under the National Geographic banner, is helmed by Laurent Bouzereau, a prolific film documentary and special features director who already delivered The Making of Jaws back in 1995. If you're a cinephile or particularly die-hard fan of Jaws, there's a good chance that most of the information in Jaws @ 50 will not come as a shock. Other documentaries over the years have delved deeply into this film, and even the most casual film fan already knows bits of trivia, like the fact the mechanical shark was named Bruce, and the film was shot on Martha's Vineyard, an island off the Massachusetts coast. But familiarity with the content doesn't detract from the enjoyment of this film. Bouzereau has conducted new interviews with people involved with the production, their relatives, shark experts and other filmmakers who have been inspired by Jaws. It's always nice to see Spielberg talking about the film that really made his career. Before Jaws came along, the young filmmaker was an up-and-comer, impressing with made-for-TV films including the influential Duel, an action-packed thrill ride about a large truck chasing a smaller car for the length of the film. When Spielberg came across the not-yet-published galleys of Peter Benchley's novel Jaws, he thought it was just like Duel - this huge, unrelenting predator on the prowl. So he asked if he could direct the film, and when the original choice left the project, he was in. But the production was far from smooth, and nearly everything that could go wrong with Bruce the shark, did. It was designed for freshwater instead of seawater, which wreaked havoc with the mechanics. It moved the wrong way. When it finally worked, the boat sank. Spielberg spent the production - which was running significantly over budget and well beyond schedule - thinking he'd be fired, and still suffered traumatic panic attacks and insomnia for years after the film wrapped. Cast members also failed to get along - Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss particularly butted heads, and Shaw's persistent drinking didn't help matters. But most of the Jaws cast was made up of locals on the island, and it's fantastic to see how much pride those remaining cast members and islanders still have in the film production. Jaws has had a huge impact on filmmaking since its release, and industry figures like Mexican Guillermo del Toro (Oscar-winning writer-director of The Shape of Water), Jaws superfan Steven Soderbergh (Oscar-winning director of Traffic) and English actress Emily Blunt (Oscar-nominated star of Oppenheimer), who claims to have seen Jaws more than any other film, are more than happy to talk about how much the shark thriller means to them and has impacted their appreciation of cinema. What this documentary has that the others don't is the inclusion of a fully restored Bruce to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. If you're a lover of the film, it's a delight to see the huge creature craned into the museum, to be revered by all the visitors who walk through its doors. While Jaws @ 50 might not be the most eye-opening documentary if you're well-versed in the history of the film, if you've never seen a doco or featurette on Jaws, it's bound to bring you joy. Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (M, 88 minutes, Disney+) 4 stars Half a century ago, one film swam along and changed the film industry. It sounds like a grand statement to make, but that really was the case with Jaws. The seminal Steven Spielberg thriller became the first summer blockbuster (though, of course, it was winter in our hemisphere) to break all sorts of box office records and created a cultural juggernaut the size of which had never been seen before. To mark five decades since its release, Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story on Disney+ takes you back to the famously difficult production with generous archive footage and interviews from the past and present. The documentary, released under the National Geographic banner, is helmed by Laurent Bouzereau, a prolific film documentary and special features director who already delivered The Making of Jaws back in 1995. If you're a cinephile or particularly die-hard fan of Jaws, there's a good chance that most of the information in Jaws @ 50 will not come as a shock. Other documentaries over the years have delved deeply into this film, and even the most casual film fan already knows bits of trivia, like the fact the mechanical shark was named Bruce, and the film was shot on Martha's Vineyard, an island off the Massachusetts coast. But familiarity with the content doesn't detract from the enjoyment of this film. Bouzereau has conducted new interviews with people involved with the production, their relatives, shark experts and other filmmakers who have been inspired by Jaws. It's always nice to see Spielberg talking about the film that really made his career. Before Jaws came along, the young filmmaker was an up-and-comer, impressing with made-for-TV films including the influential Duel, an action-packed thrill ride about a large truck chasing a smaller car for the length of the film. When Spielberg came across the not-yet-published galleys of Peter Benchley's novel Jaws, he thought it was just like Duel - this huge, unrelenting predator on the prowl. So he asked if he could direct the film, and when the original choice left the project, he was in. But the production was far from smooth, and nearly everything that could go wrong with Bruce the shark, did. It was designed for freshwater instead of seawater, which wreaked havoc with the mechanics. It moved the wrong way. When it finally worked, the boat sank. Spielberg spent the production - which was running significantly over budget and well beyond schedule - thinking he'd be fired, and still suffered traumatic panic attacks and insomnia for years after the film wrapped. Cast members also failed to get along - Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss particularly butted heads, and Shaw's persistent drinking didn't help matters. But most of the Jaws cast was made up of locals on the island, and it's fantastic to see how much pride those remaining cast members and islanders still have in the film production. Jaws has had a huge impact on filmmaking since its release, and industry figures like Mexican Guillermo del Toro (Oscar-winning writer-director of The Shape of Water), Jaws superfan Steven Soderbergh (Oscar-winning director of Traffic) and English actress Emily Blunt (Oscar-nominated star of Oppenheimer), who claims to have seen Jaws more than any other film, are more than happy to talk about how much the shark thriller means to them and has impacted their appreciation of cinema. What this documentary has that the others don't is the inclusion of a fully restored Bruce to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. If you're a lover of the film, it's a delight to see the huge creature craned into the museum, to be revered by all the visitors who walk through its doors. While Jaws @ 50 might not be the most eye-opening documentary if you're well-versed in the history of the film, if you've never seen a doco or featurette on Jaws, it's bound to bring you joy. Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (M, 88 minutes, Disney+) 4 stars Half a century ago, one film swam along and changed the film industry. It sounds like a grand statement to make, but that really was the case with Jaws. The seminal Steven Spielberg thriller became the first summer blockbuster (though, of course, it was winter in our hemisphere) to break all sorts of box office records and created a cultural juggernaut the size of which had never been seen before. To mark five decades since its release, Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story on Disney+ takes you back to the famously difficult production with generous archive footage and interviews from the past and present. The documentary, released under the National Geographic banner, is helmed by Laurent Bouzereau, a prolific film documentary and special features director who already delivered The Making of Jaws back in 1995. If you're a cinephile or particularly die-hard fan of Jaws, there's a good chance that most of the information in Jaws @ 50 will not come as a shock. Other documentaries over the years have delved deeply into this film, and even the most casual film fan already knows bits of trivia, like the fact the mechanical shark was named Bruce, and the film was shot on Martha's Vineyard, an island off the Massachusetts coast. But familiarity with the content doesn't detract from the enjoyment of this film. Bouzereau has conducted new interviews with people involved with the production, their relatives, shark experts and other filmmakers who have been inspired by Jaws. It's always nice to see Spielberg talking about the film that really made his career. Before Jaws came along, the young filmmaker was an up-and-comer, impressing with made-for-TV films including the influential Duel, an action-packed thrill ride about a large truck chasing a smaller car for the length of the film. When Spielberg came across the not-yet-published galleys of Peter Benchley's novel Jaws, he thought it was just like Duel - this huge, unrelenting predator on the prowl. So he asked if he could direct the film, and when the original choice left the project, he was in. But the production was far from smooth, and nearly everything that could go wrong with Bruce the shark, did. It was designed for freshwater instead of seawater, which wreaked havoc with the mechanics. It moved the wrong way. When it finally worked, the boat sank. Spielberg spent the production - which was running significantly over budget and well beyond schedule - thinking he'd be fired, and still suffered traumatic panic attacks and insomnia for years after the film wrapped. Cast members also failed to get along - Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss particularly butted heads, and Shaw's persistent drinking didn't help matters. But most of the Jaws cast was made up of locals on the island, and it's fantastic to see how much pride those remaining cast members and islanders still have in the film production. Jaws has had a huge impact on filmmaking since its release, and industry figures like Mexican Guillermo del Toro (Oscar-winning writer-director of The Shape of Water), Jaws superfan Steven Soderbergh (Oscar-winning director of Traffic) and English actress Emily Blunt (Oscar-nominated star of Oppenheimer), who claims to have seen Jaws more than any other film, are more than happy to talk about how much the shark thriller means to them and has impacted their appreciation of cinema. What this documentary has that the others don't is the inclusion of a fully restored Bruce to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. If you're a lover of the film, it's a delight to see the huge creature craned into the museum, to be revered by all the visitors who walk through its doors. While Jaws @ 50 might not be the most eye-opening documentary if you're well-versed in the history of the film, if you've never seen a doco or featurette on Jaws, it's bound to bring you joy.
Winnipeg Free Press
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
After undercooked interlude, The Bear is back on the boil
Opinion SPOILER ALERT: This column discusses plot details of Season 4 of The Bear. The Bear (season 4 is now streaming on Disney+) is the story of a struggling Chicago restaurant and its conflicted star chef, Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White). The titular resto's working dynamics parallel the messy closeness of the Berzatto family — everyone calls each other 'cousin' whether they're related or not — but also its entrenched, everyone-yelling-at-once dysfunction. The series gathered a fanatically devoted following in its first two seasons, with viewers tuning in to watch the loud, stressed-out interactions of these tragicomic Chaos Muppets, with their high-key craziness and low-key sweetness. As with the restaurant's standout dishes, there was a balance of flavours — a little sentimental hoke and a lot of rawness and realness, a pinch of knockaround comedy and an almost unbearable amount of trauma. And, of course, there were the spectacular food scenes, which had everyone saying, 'Yes, chef!' in their home kitchens and working on their knife skills. Because the show operated at such a high level in its first two go-rounds — Fishes, season 2's anti-holiday episode, is some of the most electrifying TV you'll ever see — many viewers were let down by season 3's wheel-spinning. They were frustrated with Carmy and his unrelieved mopeyness, with sous chef Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) and her ongoing inability to sign important paperwork, with the continued non-appearance of Carmy's on-off love Claire (Molly Gordon). In that season's excruciating exercise in emotional procrastination, there were a lot of montages and melancholy '90s pop songs but not a lot of character development or narrative momentum. While asking the fundamental question of whether people can change, the show itself had become like Carm — folded in on itself, up in its own head, unable to move forward. Season 4, which dropped all 10 episodes on June 25, seems to announce itself as a deliberate course correction. Episode 1 starts with a riff on the movie Groundhog Day, as if admitting last season had somehow got stuck, repeating the same cycles again and again. That circular sense of time is brutally dispatched when Uncle Jimmy (Oliver Platt), the restaurant's financial backer, brings in a doomsday clock — a digital countdown to when the money runs out and he'll have to pull his support. Time is now ruthlessly rapid and linear, those implacable red numbers underlining this season's urgent sense that something's got to give — and soon. Then there's the acknowledgment from front-of-house manager Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) that the mixed restaurant review by the Chicago Trib, which described The Bear dining experience as 'showoffy,' 'confusing' and 'dissonant,' actually made some fair points. The response by the beleaguered restaurant is to simplify. Carmy and Syd will have to turn out fewer dishes with fewer ingredients. Richie's motivational pre-opening speeches will have to use fewer words. (Really, 'At my signal, unleash hell' works just fine.) Likewise, the show itself has simplified. When it comes to the food porn, there are fewer scenes in which people are plating things with tweezers. It feels significant that the most dramatically effective food sequence this season involves Hamburger Helper (albeit zhuzhed up with tomato paste and toasted breadcrumbs). Matt Dinerstein / FX Jeremy Allen White portrays conflicted Chicago chef Carmy Berzatto in season 4 of The Bear. Matt Dinerstein / FX Jeremy Allen White portrays conflicted Chicago chef Carmy Berzatto in season 4 of The Bear. There are also fewer narrative distractions. The writers still want to acknowledge the kitchen's teamwork — in terms of both cooking and acting — but they are focusing more on the main characters, an approach that culminates in the extraordinary bottle episode that ends the season. This sequence takes place entirely in a dusty outbuilding in the alley and consists of two long, intense conversations, first between Carmy and Syd and then between Carmy and Richie. This episode sets up a very different direction for season 5, which is due for release in 2026. It might also explain why the show stalled out in season 3. That narrative hesitation could come down to Carmy's — and the show's — tricky relationship to perfection. Carmy's response to any problem is that he needs to do better, to be better. This demand for perfection makes for good food, but it can be bad for him and the people around him. The show explores this tension, adoring — even fetishizing — the end product of seared Wagyu beef but also acknowledging the personal costs of the process. Carmy's list of non-negotiables, his insistence on constantly changing the menu, his control-freakery are all responses to his chaotic childhood. Those high-pressure scenes where everything is about to fall apart and everyone is about to lose their damn minds may not feel great to Carmy, but — because of his upbringing — they do feel familiar. In the season finale, he admits that maybe he sets up this constant churn of stress to keep himself from having to deal with real, hard things. You know, like his emotions. Every Second Friday The latest on food and drink in Winnipeg and beyond from arts writers Ben Sigurdson and Eva Wasney. But it's not just Carmy. The show has also been a little hooked on the yelling and arguing and the epic emotional meltdowns. Stevie (John Mulaney), who has married into the Berzatto family and observes their dysfunction with a kind of arch, amused affection, gives the game away in this season's wedding episode, where the appearance of Donna (Jamie Lee Curtis) threatens a big Berzatto blow-up. 'If they didn't bring it, I'd be a little heartbroken,' he admits. And it's true that calmer, quieter, healthier interactions might not be as hyper-dramatic or, as Stevie hints, quite as much fun to watch. But the show, in this season, seems to be searching for a different way for Carmy and his crew to be, in the kitchen and out of it. By the end of season 4, we realize the show has been gently pushing the idea that maybe we shouldn't be rooting for the restaurant's Michelin star. Maybe we should just be rooting for Carmy's mental health. And it could be that those two goals are simply not compatible. I guess we'll find out next season. Alison GillmorWriter Studying at the University of Winnipeg and later Toronto's York University, Alison Gillmor planned to become an art historian. She ended up catching the journalism bug when she started as visual arts reviewer at the Winnipeg Free Press in 1992. Read full biography Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
USA Today
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
'Zombies 4' star Milo Manheim on his 'weird' career, dealing with nosebleeds while acting
Even though he's only 24, Milo Manheim has been a singing Disney zombie for so long that the youngsters who grew up watching him are now his costars. That was extremely helpful going into 'Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires' because Manheim and fellow returning mainstay Meg Donnelly didn't have to explain the franchise vibe: catchy tunes, group dancing, fun monster stuff, good times had by all. But Manheim wasn't expecting so many of the new kids to be old-school 'Zombie" fans. 'They were clearly like, 'Oh my God, that's Zed and Addison!' ' Manheim recalls. 'To know that we've made such an impact is really crazy.' Join our Watch Party! Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox In the latest "Zombies" (streaming now on Disney+), gridiron-dominating zombie boy Zed (Manheim) and his human/alien cheer captain sweetheart Addison (Donnelly) go on a road trip the summer after their busy freshman year of college. They wish they could spend more time with each other, and they do, although it winds up being trying to bring peace to two new warring factions: Daywalkers and Vampires. Manheim, who's also an executive producer on the film, has been a staple of the 'Zombies' world since the first 2018 movie, and his star's been on the rise since. He competed on a season of 'Dancing with the Stars,' starred in the movies 'Thanksgiving' and 'Journey to Bethlehem,' and currently plays a high school football phantom on the teen supernatural show 'School Spirits,' which starts production on Season 3 soon. Plus, he just wrapped a stint playing Seymour opposite Elizabeth Gillies' Audrey in the off-Broadway revival of 'Little Shop of Horrors.' The California native, son of Emmy-winning actress Camryn Manheim, discusses the new 'Zombies,' his 'Little Shop' run and what's next. Question: In recent years, you've either played or been around zombies, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, a man-eating plant and a holiday-themed serial killer. Are you just drawn to horror and the supernatural, or have you just followed the best characters and projects so far? Milo Manheim: I don't know why the industry seems to pull me in this direction. Not that I disliked horror movies or paranormal activity TV shows or anything, but I never watched them. The best part of this all is that I have totally opened my mind and found what makes them so awesome. So maybe the universe was trying to teach me something. I have no idea why I'm always like a dead football player or something that has to do with the afterlife but I'm not complaining. What's new this time around playing Zed? Zed has always been a leader, but the biggest change is he's no longer the young 'un. He has now kind of taken on the, I don't even want to say father figure, but that's kind of what it is. He is inspiring the next generation to pick up where he left off. But outside of the movie, having all these new young kids that reminded me so much of my experience on the first movie, I really wanted to step up to that position. I am looking forward to seeing how they take hold of this franchise. Was that emotional for you and Meg, to pass the torch on to the new folks because it has been such a big part of your life? We did a lot of crying before, during and after shooting the movie. But I will say before we started the movie, I was nervous. I was scared, and a small part of me didn't want to pass the torch because I'm like, "We've done this thing, we've created it." But literally immediately after we had our new cast members, it was like, "I can't wait for them to take this torch and run with it and burn the flame even brighter." What did you learn about yourself playing Seymour in 'Little Shop' eight shows a week? Not to toot my own horn, but I learned that I am a better singer than I thought I was. I went into this show seeing the names of the past Seymours in the dressing room – Darren Criss, Jeremy Jordan, Jonathan Groff – and being like, 'I don't know what I'm doing here.' I sort of told myself, 'Milo, don't worry about the singing. Seymour doesn't have to be a good singer. He just needs to serve the story.' And I really focused on the comedy of it all and the physical aspect. And then as I went through the show with Liz, I really grew my confidence as a singer and just a performer on stage. Did the show fuel your passion to do more musical theater or to be on Broadway? It fueled everything. It fueled my drive, my excitement, my passion. It also fueled my fear, for sure, but that's the best part of it. There was one show where I had a nosebleed on stage, and I ran off and I put a tissue in my nose. We fixed it really fast. After the show, I went up to a cast member and I was like, "Ugh, this is why I hate theater." And she goes, "No, this is why you love theater." Seymour getting a nosebleed would be in character. I know. (Laughs) It's very obviously kind of a nerdy look to have a tissue in your nose. But also it happened before the plant opened up, so I was like, 'I started bleeding too early. Come on, Milo!' Zed's now in college, and you're now moving to a phase in your career where maybe you're not playing teens all the time. What are you most excited and most nervous about? It's probably the same thing. The nerves and the excitement go hand in hand. I don't necessarily have a "this is what I want to do" mindset. I have a "let's see what comes my way" mindset. I'm a big believer that things will work out and the universe sort of will push things your direction when it's time. I'm just looking forward to stepping into different shoes, whatever they are. I've already done so many different things. I mean, I played Joseph as in Mary, Jesus and Joseph. I played an (expletive) boyfriend in a horror movie. I'm a zombie in a musical franchise. I hope it's continuously weird and diverse in the things that I do.
Time of India
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Law and the City episode 2 release date and time: Lee Jong Suk and Moon Ga Young share mysterious past but what's the connection?
Law and the City episode 2 release date and time: After a strong premiere that promises thrilling legal suspense, Law and the City is gearing up for its second episode. The show, which stars Lee Jong Suk and Moon Ga Young, debuted on July 5 to solid ratings and has already sparked fan theories online. As viewers get drawn into the lives of elite lawyers navigating Seoul's complicated justice system, Episode 2 promises more conflict, deeper character reveals, and a hint of romantic tension. What is Law and the City about? Set in the fast-paced legal landscape of South Korea's capital, Law and the City follows Ahn Ju-hyung (Lee Jong Suk), a brilliant but cynical attorney who's made a name for himself by taking morally grey cases and winning them. Things start to shift when he's forced to collaborate with Kang Hee-ji (Moon Ga Young), an idealistic young prosecutor who's recently transferred from a government post. The two come from completely different legal and personal backgrounds, but circumstances tie them together in ways neither saw coming. Beyond the courtroom drama, the series dives into broader societal issues such as corruption, corporate power, and personal integrity, while also giving us a close look at the power plays inside top-tier law firms. Law and the City e pisode 1 recap In the premiere episode, we met Ju Hyung as he casually outmanoeuvred a rival firm in court, only to be blindsided by news that he'd be working alongside Hee-ji on a politically sensitive case. While the two clashed over legal ethics, their arguments revealed surprising emotional undertones—especially when Hee Ji recognised Ju Hyung from a past case that had a personal impact on her. Meanwhile, the law firm itself is dealing with pressure from an upcoming merger, which may turn things upside down for all the employees. The episode ended on a tense note, with Ju Hyung watching Hee Ji from his office, clearly unsettled by her presence. Whether it's guilt, attraction, or something else entirely remains to be seen. View this post on Instagram Law and the City episode 2 release date and time Law and the City episode 2 will be released on Sunday, July 6, 2025, airing on tvN in South Korea. Here's when you can catch it, depending on your time zone: South Korea (tvN): 9:20 PM KST United States (Viki/Disney+): 8:20 AM ET / 5:20 AM PT United Kingdom: 1:20 PM BST India: 5:50 PM IST Philippines/Malaysia/Singapore: 8:20 PM PHT/SGT The episode will be available for international viewers on Viki, often with English subtitles available within a few hours of the original broadcast. In select regions, the drama may also stream via Disney+, depending on distribution rights.
USA Today
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
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'Ironheart' spoilers! Who is that devilish villain in the season finale?
Spoiler alert! The following story discusses important plot points and the ending of the Marvel series 'Ironheart' (streaming now on Disney+), so beware if you haven't seen it. The devil's in the details of 'Ironheart.' From posters of Faust to life-changing deals between characters, there's a demonic presence throughout the latest Marvel superhero series. And it all leads to a major reveal in the season finale: the debut of Mephisto (Sacha Baron Cohen), the manipulative master of hell, into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 'He's one of the big, big, big bads in the comics that has a lot of tethers to characters that we've been working with for years, and also characters that we hopefully will work with in the future,' says Brad Winderbaum, executive producer and head of Marvel Television. 'Ironheart' centers on young genius Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), who's back in Chicago with her high-tech armored suit but no cash flow to make more advancements. She's recruited by Parker Robbins (Anthony Ramos), a crook with a mysterious magical hood, to join his crew but soon learns that 'The Hood' is way more evil than she expected. To combat his powers, Riri adds some supernatural mojo to her armor, but it's not without a cost: Her onboard AI, a digital representation of Riri's dead best friend Natalie (Lyric Ross), is deleted in the process. The season finale shows Parker's backstory and his deal with Mephisto. 'I am going to make you the greatest human of your generation,' Mephisto tells Parker, who says he wants to be 'stupid, disgusting, greasy rich.' Mephisto speaks in a nondescript accent when trying to make the bargain, but Cohen uses his own British accent when Mephisto's at his most villainous. 'Ironheart' creator Chinaka Hodge had 'this idea that he code-switches to ingratiate himself more to whoever he is talking to,' Winderbaum says. It became this fun detail that just made you feel like you could never quite trust that you were on solid footing whenever you were talking to him.' And when Parker's defeated by Riri, Mephisto moves on to her as his new mark, offering his services – for a price. 'Come on, Riri, make my millennia,' Mephisto says to her as they shake hands on their deal at the end of the episode: Natalie returns, not as an AI but as a woman back from the dead, and when they embrace, dark red striations crawl up Riri's arms showing that Mephisto has her in in his clutches. 'Mephisto's not a character that's shooting fiery, blast-y things from his hands. He's kind of threading his way into her mind and her future,' Winderbaum says. In the Marvel mythology, Mephisto is "up there with Thanos and Loki,' Winderbaum says. After first appearing in a 1968 issue of 'Silver Surfer,' Mephisto's been a frequent nuisance for Spider-Man and has tussled with Doctor Strange, Doctor Doom, Scarlet Witch and many others. The Marvel brain trust has wanted to use Mephisto since the MCU's earliest days. 'I don't know if he's ever made it to the screenplay page on particular projects, but certainly he was on the whiteboard for particular projects,' Winderbaum says. There's been rampant fan speculation for years about when Mephisto might show up. Many were convinced he was the major villain of 2021's Disney+ 'WandaVision' series, 'which certainly piqued our interest,' Winderbaum says. 'It felt like there was a confluence of things based on the stories we want to tell in the future and also fan enthusiasm that made 'Ironheart' just that perfect place to introduce him.' And having Mephisto in the MCU opens up a whole new realm of metaphysical storytelling, Winderbaum adds. 'Not just demonology and hell and theology in a Marvel-y way, but also morality and the ethics of that and the questions that those stories historically have brought to the forefront." When it came to casting Mephisto, I think Sacha was on all our minds,' Winderbaum adds. And now that he's here, the devilish fiend is staying for a while – and maybe even hitting the big screen sooner rather than later. 'Because we have a big player on the field right now, that doesn't just evaporate. That resonates and is going to grow into very interesting territory into the future,' Winderbaum says. 'He's extremely unbound by the medium. Without going into too much detail, the types of projects he will be in are not dependent on television.'
