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Gary Cole's Trump-Inspired 'Law & Order: SVU' Episode Gets New Air Date

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NBC pulled the Donald Trump-inspired episode of "Law & Order: SVU" planned for October 26, but now it is back on the schedule -- for after the election.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Unstoppable," starring Gary Cole, will air on Wednesday, November 16. It had previously been scheduled for this Wednesday, October 26, before the November 8 presidential election, but then then the network postponed it.

A promo had already aired, and this synopsis had been posted by the network:

"A politician's (Emmy and SAG Award-nominated guest star Gary Cole) campaign goes haywire when several women go public with damaging accusations."

The promo -- promising "an unforgettable performance" from Gary Cole -- includes Cole's politician saying, "I'm a handsome, charming millionaire -- women throw themselves at me." Hmm. Sound a little too close to someone who has been in recent headlines?

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"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" is currently airing its 18th season. The new episode scheduled for October 26 is called "Rape Interrupted," guest starring Anthony Edwards.

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'Once Upon a Time': Robin Hood Actor Wants 'Closure' After 'Abrupt End'

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ONCE UPON A TIME - "Last Rites" - Emma, David, Regina, Robin and Henry are finally back home in Storybrooke and reunited with Snow, but, unfortunately, they still have to contend with Hades, who continues to deceive Zelena as he lays out his plan to use the all-powerful Olympian Crystal to take over the town. The heroes desperately search for a way to defeat Hades while Hook does the same in the Underworld, looking for those missing storybook pages. Regina and Robin take a more direct approach, which culminates in an epic showdown that will leave our heroes forever changed, on "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, MAY 8 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EST), on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/Jack Rowand)SEAN MAGUIRE, LANA PARRILLAThe downside of Sean Maguire returning to "Once Upon a Time" is that we know he won't be staying for good. Instead, Maguire said he hopes for "a last interesting adventure for Robin Hood" to give the audience, and himself, some closure after what felt like an "abrupt" departure.

Showrunners Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz said Robin Hood's return in Season 6 will be for multiple episodes and not just in flashbacks. It's meant to be a surprising story, and Maguire said the pitch was interesting enough to him to warrant a return.

TVLine asked Maguire if it was a selling point that his return wouldn't just be a one-off. Here's his response:

"No, the prerequisite was 'What story do you want to tell?' I sort of said, 'I'll go first: If it's this or that, that might not be the ideal thing for me. But if the story is something that we all feel is an exciting chapter to tell, that's the deal-breaker.' That's really what it was all about, whether it was one episode or 10. I obviously had no intention of going back, because I, like they, felt that that was it and it was done. But the story that they pitched sounded interesting, and they seemed excited about it. Hopefully, the audience will enjoy it."

Maguire hadn't shot any scenes by the time he did the interview, so his own details were basic. But he did explain more of why he agreed to return:

"I can say why from my point of view: For one, I was very nicely asked. And two, as we discussed the last time you and I spoke, I feel that a lot of people weren't loving how that abrupt end came about. I said to you that I was disappointed, too, that the fans did not get an end to the character that they wanted or maybe deserved, so hopefully the idea is to come back and maybe give a bit more closure to this character. I actually don't know all the details, just the premise of what the [series creators] pitched to me, and I thought it sounded very interesting. Fingers crossed they'll do their usual bang-up, good job and the audience can maybe see a last interesting adventure for Robin Hood."

He also told TVLine he'd be thrilled to work with "both" of Lana Parrilla's characters, Regina and the Evil Queen.

Maguire said basically the same thing about closure and an "interesting" storyline in a talk with Entertainment Weekly:

"They pitched me this idea and it sounded really interesting. It's an opportunity to give some closure to this character, because I saw on social media that people felt that it was an abrupt end and it left a lot of questions unanswered. I don't really know what the full completion of this arc is, I just know the premise and I thought it sounded interesting enough to give the audience that little bit of closure, and myself as well, because [I thought] it was rather quick and abrupt, too."

"Once Upon a Time" Season 6 airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on ABC. We'll have to stay tuned for exactly what dates Robin Hood's return will cover in the 2016-2017 season.

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President Obama Ends Brutal 'Mean Tweets' With Ultimate Mic Drop

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You may have faced haters in your life, but have you ever been compared to Nickelback or Sharknado?

Pity our POTUS, who has faced the very worst of mean tweets in his eight years in office. President Barack Obama is almost done the job, but he returned to "Jimmy Kimmel Live" for a second round of Presidential Edition Mean Tweets. All of the tweets were about him, criticizing his job as president and blaming him for everything -- including the failings of their hair conditioner. That's just part of the job.

Obama's two-minute video is alternately hilarious and cringe-worthy, but the last tweet is the best -- and he had the very best response to it:
@realDonaldTrump: "President Obama will go down as perhaps the worst president in the history of the United States!"
President Obama's response: "Well, @realDonaldTrump, at least I will go down as a president."

BOOM. The best part is his stare-down into the camera as the audience cheers, then the phone/mic drop. Say what you want about Obama's policies, but we will never have another president this cool.

If you missed the most recent round of celebrity mean tweets (featuring Ryan Gosling and Bryan Cranston, among others) check them out here. They are definitely worth it.

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'Walking Dead' EP Addresses Fans Who Want to Quit After Season 7 Premiere

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If all the people who threatened to stop watching "The Walking Dead" over the years really did quit, the Season 7 premiere would not have had such knockout ratings. But after that deadly gut-punch of a premiere, several traumatized fans said they were done with the AMC show. The premiere was too graphic. Their favorite(s) died in a horrible way. That thing with Carl was too much. They don't want to see Rick like that. It wasn't entertaining, etc.

The Verge posted a story called "The Walking Dead Quitter's Club: goodbye for real," and Twitter was filled with fans vowing that this was it:


Did they really mean it? Greg Nicotero directed the Season 7 premiere, and he's also a series executive producer and the special effects guru. So he had a huge hand in what we saw on October 23. He thinks a lot of those fans just had emotional knee-jerk reactions, but they'll still be back for more, since they've come so far with these characters after seven seasons of apocalypse heartbreak.

Nicotero talked to reporters on a conference call, and here are two version of his response to the traumatized fans who say they're now done with TWD.

From TVLine:

"I would say that [their threat] means we have done something to affect these people in a way that they don't necessarily know how to process. Listen... I've been shocked at the turns of events on ['Game of Thrones']. But you know what? I still love it. And I'm still committed to seeing where that story goes. So I think it's a knee-jerk reaction that people have, because they care about these characters. That's a tribute to every single actor on our show that has perished. It's unfortunate that people want to take a negative spin on it... [and especially] if that's really what's going to happen [and they'll stop watching], because the show still has a lot to offer!"

From Entertainment Weekly:

"It's really unfortunate that people want to take a negative spin on it because, as far as I'm concerned, I'm dedicated to watching a show because I want to see where the story's going to go next. Glenn's not dead, Abraham is not dead. Their spirits live on, and the fact that Maggie is pregnant with his baby and Sasha and Rosita are carrying the memory of Abraham — there's more story to tell with the result of what happened with those people. I guarantee you that there are people who are done with the show. It's unfortunate if that's really what's going to happen because the show still has a tremendous amount to offer."

Episode 2 is called "The Well," with this synopsis from AMC: "For a number of familiar faces, a new, well-established community seems too good to be true."

We appear to be heading to The Kingdom, a new survivor community, with Carol and Morgan. Will you be there to see what happens, or are you really "done" with TWD? Next week's ratings should reveal who is really here for the long haul.

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'Saturday Night Live' to Air Primetime Election Special November 7

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"Saturday Night Live" is always on its A game during election years, and this season's offerings have been a perfect example of that, skewering presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with gleeful abandon. Now, the Not Ready for Primetime Players will bring their act to a new primetime election special, set to air the night before Americans head to the polls.

"The 2016 SNL Election Special" is slated for broadcast on Monday, November 7 at 10 p.m. on NBC, a one-hour event that will "retrace the highlights of the current presidential campaign through clips of recent 'SNL' political sketches," per Deadline. Unlike years past, when "SNL" aired live Weekend Update specials that featured new sketches and commentary, it does not appear that any additional content will be taped for this special.

While the event will no doubt feature lots of the recent work of current Hillary and Trump stand-ins, Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin (whose work has angered his real-life counterpart), Deadline wonders whether or not the special will also include clips from Trump's recent hosting stint, when he emceed the sketch series back in November 2015. At the time, that controversial move prompted protests and boycotts; it's unclear if NBC would want to revisit that tumultuous time. Clinton also made an appearance last season, cameoing in a sketch alongside McKinnon.

"SNL" is currently on a ratings hot streak, delivering its highest numbers since the 2008 election. We'll see if it can maintain that momentum throughout the rest of season 42.

[via: Deadline]

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In a Disney First, 'Moana' Will Be Translated into Tahitian Language

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In honor of its South Pacific setting, Disney's upcoming animated musical "Moana" will be translated into the Tahitian language.

The news was announced at a press conference in Pape'ete, Tahiti by "Moana" producer Osnat Shurer, along with film story consultant Hinano Murphy, who will help lead the translation team. It will be the first Disney film to be translated into Tahitian.

"We are so very excited that we, and the talented Disney Character Voices International team, are going to create this, and create this with Hinano," Shurer said at the press conference.

"Native languages, like Tahitian, are being lost; it is important to find new ways to excite the communities, elders, young adults and children here [in Tahiti] about our language," Murphy added. "Hopefully, this will also inspire other Polynesian islanders to find innovative ways to teach their languages. We hope this version will be used as a teaching tool for many decades into the future."

Casting is currently underway for actors to fill the film's voiceover roles. Newcomer Auli'i Cravalho voices the titular character and Dwayne Johnson voices the demigod Maui in the English language version.

"Moana" is due in U.S. theaters on November 23. A French translated version, titled "Vaiana: La Legende du Bout du Monde," will premiere in Tahiti on November 30. No release date is set yet for the Tahitian language version.

[via: Entertainment Weekly]

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George Lucas Will Not Be Involved With 'Indiana Jones 5' Script

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Cannes: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - PhotocallFor as long as the "Indiana Jones" franchise has existed, George Lucas has worked hand in hand with director Steven Spielberg and star Harrison Ford on crafting the scripts for each film. As a producer through his Lucasfilm banner, Lucas had helped come up with story ideas for all four previous Indy flicks, including the much-maligned most recent outing, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." But now, according to the "Indy 5" screenwriter, Lucas appears to have taken a step back from those duties.

In an interview with Collider, writer David Koepp spoke about progress on the upcoming film's screenplay, and had a surprising response when asked about Lucas's involvement in shepherding the flick's concept.

"He's not [involved], to my knowledge," Koepp told Collider of the scripting process. "I've had no contact with him."

As Collider points out, it's a curious development, since Lucas was so hands-on for the previous four films in the franchise. According to the site, he was the one who pushed for the aliens angle in "Crystal Skull." Perhaps that film's negative reception soured Lucas on working on another Indy outing? Or maybe Lucas is still feeling bitter about the high-profile sale of Lucasfilm to Disney, and feeling left out of the making of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."

Whatever his reason for not participating in the scripting process, Lucas is still set to serve as an executive producer on the project, according to Spielberg. We'll see if the filmmaker has anything to say about the flick in the coming years.

"Indiana Jones 5" is set to hit theaters on July 19, 2019.

[via: Collider]

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Some Fans Want Quentin Tarantino to Direct 'Deadpool 2'

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FRANCE-CINEMA-FESTIVAL-TARANTINOAfter the recent departure of Tim Miller, "Deadpool 2" is scrambling to find a new director. Now, a group of passionate fans has zeroed in on a high-profile candidate they think would be perfect for the job.

One outspoken "Deadpool" devotee has started a Change.org petition to land none other than Quentin Tarantino for the coveted gig. According to fan Carl Champion Jr., Tarantino and the Merc With a Mouth are a match made in heaven, and the verbose writer-director's hypothetical dialogue for Ryan Reynolds's snarky character "would be so glorious."

Champion further explained his rationale for campaigning on behalf of Tarantino:

Quentin Tarantino is the master of writing dialogue, and Ryan Reynolds is a master of delivering dialogue. Tarantino makes ultra-violent movies where you love the characters, with horrible language, sexy women, and a villain you will NEVER forget. Tell me Marvel doesn't need another one of those.


The fan added that the director's signature blending of film styles would lend itself well to the genre-defying "Deadpool," and that big screen combination is "almost guaranteed to make a billion dollars." It certainly sounds intriguing to us.

So far, Champion's petition has more than 8,000 supporters, and that number is continually growing. It may not be a binding contract, but we're guessing that all of that buzz will probably garner some sort of response from either Tarantino or Reynolds soon. Stay tuned.

[via: Change.org]

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10 Khaleesi Quotes for When You're Running S--t

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We all know Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) is the one true HBIC (sorry, Cersei) on "Game of Thrones." So whenever you need to shut it down, we always recommend using one of her badass quotes.

These are our 10 favorites:

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'Orphan Black' Video Teases Season 5 Filming, Announces New Cast Members

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Orphan BlackThe final season of "Orphan Black" looks like it's going to be a non-stop, action-packed thriller from start to finish.

The BBC America drama posted a 20-minute Facebook Live video offering a sneak peek at production on the season 5 premiere episode. The crew is filming a scene featuring Emmy-winning star Tatiana Maslany as Helena, running through the woods, making some kind of bird call, and biting a rabbit:

Last we saw the clones in the season 4 finale, Rachel had gone full-on evil again, taken over Neolution, and fought violently with Sarah, who managed to escape but was critically wounded. Meanwhile, across the island, a very ill Cosima was reunited with scientist lover Delphine. She has a batch of clone cells, but so does Rachel.

Along with the video, BBC America announced new cast members for "Orphan Black." Stephen McHattie joins as Neolution's 170-year old founder, P.T. Westmoreland; Elyse Levesque plays Detective Engers, a dirty Neolution detective; Andrew Moodie is Mr. Frontenac, Rachel's new consultant; Simu Liu is Mr. Mitchell, Kira's teacher; and Jenessa Grant is Mud, an "eclectic young islander."

The final season is set to premiere in spring 2017.

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Weep With Joy, the 'Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life' Trailer Is Here

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Gilmore GirlsWhere they lead, we will follow!

Joy, oh joy — the trailer for the Netflix revival "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life" is finally here. We've salivated over the teaser video, the retrospective featurette, posters, photos ... but here, now, is our glorious Holy Grail of Coffee. Just watch and try not to happy-cry:
OK, now that you've watched a couple dozen times and gone through a box of tissues, let's break it down. Both Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory (Alexis Bledel) seem to be going through major changes in their lives. Rory is jobless, credit-less, and aimless. "I coulda been a contender," she moans to Jess (Milo Ventimiglia). "You're still a contender," he replies.

As for Lorelai, her future "seems hazier." She also adamantly declares that she and Luke (Scott Patterson) are happy — as if to convince herself. Meanwhile, Emily (Kelly Bishop) is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after the (sob!) death of Richard (Edward Hermann).

The trailer also gives us glimpses at all the things we love about "Gilmore Girls": Lorelai and Rory stuffing their faces with junk good and coffee, awkward Friday night dinner (with Kirk!), Taylor lording over a meeting, and Sookie (Melissa McCarthy) having a little accident in the kitchen.

"Haven't done that for awhile," Lorelai says with a grin. Rory smiles. "Felt good!"

Yes, it does!

All four 90-minute episodes of "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life" begin streaming Friday, Nov. 25 on Netflix.

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'The Walking Dead' Premiere Beat Everything Else on TV

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Walking Dead"The Walking Dead' season 7 premiere beat the living daylights out of the rest of television, and is likely to end up as the most watched episode in series history.

Around 17 million viewers tuned in to watch Negan and Lucille deliver deadly beatings to (spoiler alert!) Glenn and Abraham. The premiere earned an 8.4 rating among adults 18-49, which means it triumphed over NBC's "Sunday Night Football" (gasp!). An 8.4 rating is massive — consider that the next two biggest scripted shows, "The Big Bang Theory" and "Empire," earned a 3.5 rating in recent weeks.

These numbers only account for same-day viewers of "The Walking Dead"; they should rise after other forms of viewing are added to the tally. That should be good enough to vault the season 7 premiere over the last series-best episode, the season 5 premiere, which had 17.3 million viewers and an 8.8 rating. (That was the episode when Carol busted the group out of Terminus.)

Not only that, but Sunday night's episode was up 22 percent over the season 6 finale. So all that hype about the cliffhanger — which many fans complained about — seems to have been worth it.

Still, the ultra-violent episode turned off many viewers, with some declaring they planned to quit watching the series. We'll see if those vows hold up after next Sunday's episode ratings come in.

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Don't Hold Your Breath for 'National Treasure 3'

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Last week, we spoke with acting legend and Reddit's one true god, Nicolas Cage, about a variety of topics: that alternate ending to "Snake Eyes" that was a part of the terrific documentary "De Palma," his insane new film "Dog Eat Dog," and the acting style he developed known as nouveau shamanism -- and with every question Cage offered up a thoughtful, detailed explanation. Except when, towards the end of the interview, we chatted, very briefly, about the possibility of a third "National Treasure" film.

This was our question: "What is the status of the third 'National Treasure'? Is that something that you want to get back to? Have you chatted with Jerry Bruckheimer at all about that?"

Cage's response? "Yeah, I really have nothing to say about that."

So, if you were holding your breath for the next installment of the charming, puzzle-filled "National Treasure" series (the last film, "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," came out way back in 2007), chances are you'll probably turn blue. It speaks volumes that Cage clammed up on the subject, when he was so open and forthcoming throughout the entire interview.

Look for more from that interview, including Cage's thoughts about the documentary made about his "Superman Lives" project, soon.

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'Game of Thrones' Season 7 Spoiler: Two Characters Have Huge Meeting

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Game of ThronesAt the end of "Game of Thrones" season 6, Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) finally set sail to Westeros in a bid to gain what she believes is her rightful Iron Throne. So, it's no surprise that she would come across other major characters, but new season 7 spoiler photos and video from filming in Spain show a long-anticipated meeting that should gives fans major hype.

SPOILERS AHEAD ... NO, REALLY — HUGE SPOILERS AHEAD.

Daenerys is going to meet Jon Snow (Kit Harington)! Yes, the Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons, and Khaleesi will meet the new King in the North. And her (unbeknownst to them) nephew.
Their meeting always seemed in the cards. Daenerys needs allies against Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) and she's already got some Iron Born, Dorne, and The Reach on her side. Gaining the North's support would be a huge boost to her claim to the Iron Throne.

Meanwhile, Jon needs allies, too, to fight the white walkers. Those fiery dragons would be VERY helpful.

The video and photos show the two meeting alone on a windy wall overlooking the sea. Fans have speculated this location could be Dragonstone, once home to the Targaryens and then taken over by the Baratheons.

We've already seen spoiler images of Daenerys's Hand of the Queen, Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), meeting with Jon's right-hand advisor, Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham), so it was only a matter of time before their leaders came face to face. They'll have a lot to talk about!

"Game of Thrones" season 7 is set to air sometime next summer.

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15 Things You Never Knew About 'Donnie Darko'

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We thought we did a pretty good job unearthing the secrets of "Donnie Darko" when the cult hit marked its tenth anniversary five years ago (it was released on October 26, 2001). But it seems that, with "Donnie Darko," there's always some new revelations to go along with the endless spinning of fan theories about the meaning of Jake Gyllenhaal's twisted time-loop journey.

So, in time for the film's 15th anniversary, here are 15 more things you didn't know about the eerie, funny, philosophical teen drama.
1. When "Darko" writer/director Richard Kelly graduated from UCLA film school in the late 1990s, instead of making movies, he was a lowly production assistant. He fetched coffee for the likes of Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, and Sean "Diddy" Combs. He realized he needed a calling card project and wrote the "Darko" screenplay in just six weeks.
2. Kelly said the germ of the story was the falling jet engine, which he said in a 2011 interview was inspired by a newspaper story he remembered reading as a child in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia, "about a big piece of ice that fell from the wing of a jet plane and smashed through this kid's roof and landed on his bed. He wasn't there at the time, but if he had been it would have killed him."
3. The script impressed many power players in Hollywood, but Kelly refused to sell it unless he could direct it as well. After sitting on the screenplay for a year, he found two bankable actors impressed enough with his vision to produce the film and let him direct it: Jason Schwartzman and Drew Barrymore. With them on board, Kelly was able to raise a modest budget and recruit the rest of his cast.
4. Shortly before the movie was to shoot, however, Schwartzman had to drop out over a scheduling conflict. Barrymore reassured Kelly that they'd be able to find a new Donnie. It wasn't long before the then-little-known Jake Gyllenhaal showed up in Barrymore's office to audition. "Right away, I knew he had the part," Kelly recalled in 2011. "Right away, he was Donnie."
5. As for the source of Frank, the film's creepy rabbit-guy, Kelly cited Richard Adams' novel "Watership Down," which was assigned reading in his eighth-grade English class, much like in the movie. "I came up with the idea of a kid in a Halloween costume," Kelly said in 2011, "and it just became a rabbit."
6. Kelly shot "Darko" in just 28 days -- the same time frame as in Frank's apocalyptic prophecy. Things went so fast that Kelly often forgot to eat. In a recent interview, Kelly claims this is typical film-set behavior for him and that he always loses between 10 and 15 pounds during a movie shoot.
7. It wasn't all stressful. In 2004, Kelly recalled that the scene where Kitty Farmer (Beth Grant) tells the principal exactly where Donnie told her to stick her lifeline exercise card made the director laugh so hard, that he had to be removed from his own set because he was ruining the takes.
8. As the sinister Jim Cunningham, Patrick Swayze (above) knew exactly how much he was trashing his own reputation as an '80s and '90s movie hero. Kelly said Cunningham's costumes came from Swayze's own stash of '80s clothing, and that the infomercial footage was shot on Swayze's own ranch.
9. The Halloween movie double-feature of "The Evil Dead" and "The Last Temptation of Christ" is one of "Darko's" slyest 1980s jokes. Kelly said he used "Last Temptation" because there was a scene, later cut, referencing the 1988 censorship scandal surrounding that controversial film. "Evil Dead" joined the bill because the rights-holders to the horror movie Kelly initially wanted, "C.H.U.D.," wouldn't process his request in time, while "Evil Dead" director Sam Raimi not only said yes right away but let Kelly use the film for free.

In a weird coincidence, Kelly claimed, on the night he filmed the theater marquee in Santa Monica, Raimi himself drove by with one of his children, who asked Daddy if his movie was really playing there in a double bill with "Last Temptation." BTW, Raimi's father-in-law was Lorne Greene, the "Bonanza" star whom Kitty Farmer confuses with author Graham Greene.
10. "Darko" premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, where it looked like it was going to join the folklore of Sundance discovery success stories. Even indie mogul Harvey Weinstein was walking around Park City with a "Darko" cap. But then the film screened, and its echoes of the then-recent Columbine High School massacre left buyers squeamish. Despite some critical buzz, Weinstein loudly passed on the film, and other distributors avoided it, too. Kelly went home without a deal.
11. "Darko" nearly went straight to cable before indie distributor Newmarket came to the rescue. It had enjoyed success with another 2001 Sundance orphan -- "Memento" -- so it had the resources to take a chance on another difficult film.
12. Newmarket faced an even bigger challenge marketing the movie after 9/11. Here was a grim, apocalyptic tale whose inciting incident is debris from a jetliner accident falling over Virginia. Its poster featured Arabic-style lettering, which Newmarket quickly changed to a more traditional Trajan font common on movie posters.
13. The film cost $4.5 million to make, but earned back just $515,000 upon its initial release. Even the 2004 Director's Cut release, after the movie had become a cult smash, earned just $728,000 in theaters.
14. Still, the movie made more than $10 million on home video, thanks to an ardent fan base that arguably started at Pioneer Two Boots, a pizzeria/theater that showed midnight movies in New York's East Village neighborhood. Kelly was walking past it one night when he saw his movie's poster in the window and learned that "Darko" had been selling out 2 a.m. screenings there for weeks.
15. Fans enjoy arguing over whether Donnie is a delusional schizophrenic or really has time-warping powers. Kelly has said both interpretations are valid, though he prefers the latter.

"I always thought of it as a superhero story," he said in 2011. "There's that line where Gretchen says, 'Donnie Darko? What the hell kind of name is that? It's like some sort of superhero or something...' And Donnie's like, 'How do you know I'm not?' That, to me, is the whole movie."

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This Horror Movie Jump-Scare Supercut Is the Stuff of Nightmares

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WARNING: This video is not for the faint of heart and contains scary AF imagery throughout.

A staple of any great horror movie, a successful jump-scare elevates the heart rate and, more times than not, is the moment that makes it really hard to sleep at night. For some of us adrenaline junkies, one jump scare just isn't enough, which is why we've compiled a collection of some of the greatest jump scares in horror movie history. Watch at your own risk.

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