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‘The Room’: Tommy Wiseau Says Netflix Turned Down The Opportunity To Stream His Film

June 9, 2020 2:03 pm

If you’re a fan of Tommy Wiseau’s “The Room” and you have a Netflix subscription, you’re probably aware of two things: 1) James Franco’s film, “The Disaster Artist,” is now available to stream on the platform ...

Tommy Wiseau Gives A Career-Best Performance Playing The Joker In A Scene From ‘The Dark Knight’

Charles Barfield

September 25, 2018 9:55 am

News

Lately, it feels like there’s just a never-ending supply of news surrounding Batman’s greatest villain, the Joker. Whether it’s the various pictures that Todd Phillips is sharing from the set of his upcoming ‘J...

Tommy Wiseau’s Joker Is Crazier Than You Could Ever Imagine

Charles Barfield

March 12, 2018 5:02 pm

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Just when you think you’ve seen Tommy Wiseau at his most ludicrous, Nerdist gets a hold of the filmmaker and films one of the strangest audition tapes you’ll ever see. The filmmaker behind cult film “The Room” ...

‘The Disaster Artist’ Screenwriters Are Pretty Sure Tommy Wiseau Wants To Go To The Oscars [Podcast]

Gregory Ellwood

February 8, 2018 11:14 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Podcasts

For two relatively young guys, the Oscar nomination Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber earned for "The Disaster Artist" is a long time coming. From "500 Days of Summer" to "The Spectacular Now" to "Fault In ...

‘The Disaster Artist’ And ‘Jim & Andy’ Tackle Oddball Artistic Visions [Adjust Your Tracking Podcast]

Erik McClanahan

December 6, 2017 4:08 pm

News, Podcasts

Join us on a deep dive down the rabbit hole of 4th-wall-shattering meta comedy, so-bad-it's-good cult fandom, and two artists with their own batshit crazy, yet truly unique, artistic visions that could NAAAHT b...

James Franco Makes The Worst Movie Ever In Full Trailer For ‘The Disaster Artist’ [Watch]

Elazar Fine

September 12, 2017 9:00 am

News, Trailers

The best video ever hit the internet a few months back, in the form of a short teaser for James Franco's upcoming Tommy Wiseau movie "The Disaster Artist." Now we have a full trailer, and are more excited than ...

Tommy Wiseau “99.9% Approves” Of ‘The Disaster Artist’

Jordan Ruimy

August 10, 2017 1:05 pm

News

"The Room," a film funded by "entrepreneur" Tommy Wiseau for $6 million, was supposed to be his artist statement. But what turned out instead was what many consider one of the very worst movies of all time. ...

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