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Geek Tyrant
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Michael Shannon Joins David Corenswet in Skydance Sports' John Tuggle Biopic as Coach Bill Parcells — GeekTyrant
Michael Shannon is stepping into a new kind of iconic role as he has signed on to play legendary NFL coach Bill Parcells in an upcoming football drama from Skydance Sports. The film centers on the remarkable true story of former New York Giants running back John Tuggle, best known for being the final pick of the 1983 NFL draft, earning the nickname 'Mr. Irrelevant.' Joining Shannon is Superman star David Corenswet, who will portray Tuggle, and 1883 's Isabel May. The project is being helmed by director Jonathan Levine ( Warm Bodies , 50/50 ) with a screenplay by Emmy-nominated writer Nick Santora ( Reacher , Prison Break ). Skydance Sports is shaping the film to tell a heartfelt and inspiring account of Tuggle's brief but powerful NFL career and the lasting impact he had on his team. As head coach of the Giants at the time, Parcells was instrumental in giving Tuggle a shot. Shannon's portrayal will explore the dynamic between the gruff, no-nonsense coach and the determined underdog running back he championed. Tuggle's story stands in stark contrast to today's most famous 'Mr. Irrelevant,' Brock Purdy, who recently led the 49ers to a Super Bowl appearance. But Tuggle's legacy predates Purdy's rise and strikes a deeper emotional chord. The original 'Mr. Irrelevant' title was coined in 1976 by USC receiver Paul Salata, who founded Irrelevant Week as a tongue-in-cheek celebration of the draft's final pick. While most of those players fade into obscurity, a few like Tuggle end up redefining the label in unforgettable ways. Shannon, who recently earned acclaim for his performance as George Jones in Showtime's George & Tammy , is on a roll when it comes to portraying real-life figures. He's also set to appear as President James Garfield in Netflix's upcoming limited series Death By Lightning . Now, with Parcells, he'll tackle a very different kind of American legend. No release date has been set yet, but with Shannon leading the charge and a powerhouse creative team behind it, this one's already looking like a play worth watching. Source: Deadline
Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The End: Trailer, certificate and where to watch
Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon star in a surprising mix of family drama and apocalypse musical 2024
The Guardian
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
That's me in the spotlight: Michael Shannon on swapping Hollywood for an REM covers band
Michael Shannon was a teenager when he first heard REM. 'I was out at my cousin's trailer; he lived in the country. He put Document on his little cassette recorder, and I sat in his room with him and listened to it. Any art I find compelling is usually because it seems singular, like the people who are making it are the only people that could be making it.' Shannon is used to making singular art himself, as a distinctive presence in notable films for many years: Nocturnal Animals, Knives Out, The Bikeriders, The Shape of Water, Bullet Train and more. But he can also sing – in George and Tammy he played the country legend George Jones opposite Jessica Chastain as Tammy Wynette, doing all his own performances. Not for him, though, the vanity album. Instead, Shannon has taken to the road, with a band put together by US indie-rock lifer Jason Narducy backing him as he performs REM's back catalogue. First it was 1983 debut Murmur played in full, now it's 1985's Fables of the Reconstruction, a show that is coming to the UK later this year. Shannon turns his face away for most of our video call, but leans in with questions about their London dates: 'What neighbourhood is the Garage in? Is it near the Almeida [theatre]? I want to be there. We're coming over to your flat before the show!' Shannon and Narducy first met in 2014, when the musician Robbie Fulks invited them to help him perform Lou Reed's album The Blue Mask in Chicago. The two took that ball and ran with it, playing a different classic album in that city every year – the Modern Lovers' debut, Neil Young's Zuma and the Smiths' The Queen Is Dead among them. But REM was the mother lode, and for Narducy part of why he started playing music. 'They had a punk rock ethos,' he says. 'They were anti-Big Rock Band, but they didn't sound punk rock at all. So they were mysterious to me, but immediately engaging. And I think a lot of that had to do with the sadness in the music. Mike and I talk about this all the time, about how decades later, this music is still so profoundly moving.' Shannon chips in. 'And I certainly think as a lyricist, Michael Stipe is a truly unique and very effective communicator, considering that people tend to go on at length about the inscrutability of some of his lyrics. I would argue that there's not a more efficient and direct communicator in the history of rock'n'roll frontmen.' Playing Murmur in 2023 got them offers to gig nationwide. When they played at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia, in February 2024, the whole of REM turned up; when they returned in February this year, REM didn't just turn up, they all played with Shannon and Narducy. 'It was emotional,' Narducy says. 'There were people crying and screaming. You couldn't help but get wrapped up in the emotion of it.' Shannon is more circumspect. 'Honestly, the main thing I'm thinking when [REM] come up is that I want them to enjoy being there. It's their moment. It's their music. It's their house. It's a big leap of faith for them to walk up there and do that with us.' Narducy says that his and Shannon's versions of REM songs 'don't sound much like REM did when they played them at the time'. Again, Shannon counters this a little: 'We are very faithful to the records. The one exception is me. We're steeped in the source material; we spend a long time studying it before we even get together in the room. Everybody takes a lot of pride in paying attention to the little details: if you listen to early bootlegs of REM live, they sound a little sparse and they're not able to do everything on the record.' Is it a privilege to have the status that you can get a crack backing band – with REM themselves or not – to play these songs you love, for you to sing? 'Everything is a privilege,' Shannon says. 'I'm just glad I'm not on a plane to El Salvador. It's a privilege to be able to walk around freely.' But, he concedes, 'the world is very dark, and the timing of this has ended up being a beautiful thing. We did our first press for this the morning after Trump had won, and we were both pretty despondent. But the tour seemed to give everybody a boost, including us. It's wonderful to remember there's music that can transport people to a time and place in their lives that's separate from all the insanity.' He must really take pleasure in singing to go out on tour doing it. 'Pleasure? I don't know. I sang when I was a boy. I was in a choir. And I've written some of my own music and sung that from time to time. No matter what I do, some people will appreciate it and some won't. It's not a numbers game for me. It's a lot more spiritual than that.' Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy's Fables of the Reconstruction tour of the UK and Ireland begins 19 August
Buzz Feed
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Paul Rudd Just Detailed His Seriously NSFW Live Theater Wardrobe Malfunction, And I'm Genuinely Mortified On His Behalf
Paul Rudd just recalled a seriously unfortunate wardrobe malfunction that he suffered during a live stage performance with Rachel Weisz, and I am mortified on his behalf. While the 56-year-old actor is arguably best known for his movie roles, Paul was asked about his theater career during a recent appearance on the SmartLess podcast. The hosts asked the star if 'anything weird' had ever happened while he was on stage, and boy, did he deliver. 'I did a show where somebody died in the audience, there was a death in the audience,' Paul began, before reeling off other anecdotes: 'Somebody went to the bathroom in, like, the fourth row. That was an interesting thing to get a whiff of that during the scene; somebody lost control of their bowels.' 'By the way, I've also done a show where somebody… In the middle of a scene, I heard a bunch of commotion in the audience, it didn't subside, I was like: 'What is happening?'' he recalled. 'Only later came to realize that somebody in the front row of the balcony leaned over and puked on all the people below them, swear to god.' 'It was a show called Grace, I was doing it with Michael Shannon,' Paul went on. 'Michael Shannon had this long monologue, we're dong the scene, it's just the two of us, we hear this noise, we'e both aware that there's a commotion but it usually dies down and it's getting louder and louder, and Michael is pissed off and starts screaming his lines toward the direction of the noise to make a point.' 'Of course, when Michael Shannon is yelling, it's the most terrifying thing,' he noted. 'That's the thing that did make everything kind of quiet down. Then, after the scene, I have to rush over to the wings to do a costume change, and I asked the stage manager, I said: 'What the hell? What happened out there?' And he said somebody threw up. Somebody was drunk, threw up over the balcony, and puked onto about 10 different people.' The hosts then circled back to Paul's first comment about a patron dying during the show, which Paul said happened during a Broadway performance of The Last Night Of Ballyhoo, which he starred in between 1997 and 1998. 'We learned that after the fact,' he explained. 'Like, oh my god, they had to close down and eventually bring a stretcher to get somebody out of there.' When asked if they had to stop the show, Paul reiterated that they didn't realize the person had died until the end. He said: 'I'm not sure anyone realized until people were shuffling out of the theater, and one guy stayed." Paul then remembered a final theater anecdote, which happened when he starred alongside Rachel in a production of The Shape Of Things back in 2001. 'They're flooding back!' the star said of his theater memories. 'I did a scene, I was lying on top of a bed doing a scene, I was lying on top of a bed, and I'm with this woman, Rachel Weisz was in the show, and I was wearing boxer shorts and a T-shirt. All of a sudden, this had never happened before, I heard the audience laughing, and I was like: 'What is going on?'' 'I realized… Because I was lying on the bed, I had my leg up, and kind of realized my balls were hanging out,' Paul laughed. 'Which is worse than actually, like, even your penis. When it's just your balls… By the way, it might have been just one ball. Loose-fitting boxers.' Ron Galella, Ltd. / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Host Will Arnett then poked fun at the fact the play was called The Shape Of Things, quipping: 'The poster should've been your balls hanging out of your shorts." Thankfully, Paul can laugh about the mishap now — which definitely means that we can, too. What do you make of all of his revelations? Let me know in the comments below!
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Michael Shannon on the weighty subject matter of his directorial debut 'Eric LaRue'
Academy Award-nominated actor Michael Shannon joins Morning Joe to discuss directing the new film 'Eric LaRue,' an adaptation of a 2002 play about a mother coping with the fallout after her son murders three of his high school classmates.
