Rebecca Sun, writing at The Hollywood Reporter:
To director Jon M. Chu, the only tune that could fit the bill was Coldplay’s 2000 breakthrough single “Yellow.” Warner Bros. was concerned that the song’s title was problematic (the word has been used as an ethnic slur against Asians), but that’s exactly why Chu wanted it. “We’re going to own that term,” he told The Hollywood Reporter in an outtake from THR’s cover story. “If we’re going to be called yellow, we’re going to make it beautiful.”
Today, EuroTrip – directed by Jeff Schaffer (currently a director and producer of Curb Your Enthusiasm), Alec Berg (executive producer on Silicon Valley), and David Mandel (showrunner of Veep); only Schaffer was allowed a full directing credit – is considered a cult classic, while Road Trip has largely been forgotten. And a huge reason for this is that EuroTrip had a secret weapon that even the filmmaker didn’t quite know they had at the time – a catchy song of betrayal that is played throughout the film called “Scotty Doesn’t Know.”
HBO has officially picked up Watchmen:
Watchmen on HBO will not adapt the comic books of the same name. The network said that, “‘Watchmen’ embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.”
“Some of the characters will be unknown,” Lindelof explained. “New faces. New masks to cover them. We also intend to revisit the past century of Costumed Adventuring through a surprising yet familiar set of eyes…and it is here we will be taking our greatest risks.”
John Feldmann and Pete Wentz were in the studio working on something together.
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Drummer Matt Traynor will be leaving Blessthefall.
All Time Low have announced a couple holiday shows.
The Decemberists performed “Sucker’s Prayer,” “Once in My Life,” and “I’ll Be Your Girl” on CBS This Morning over the weekend.
The Story So Far have released their new songs “Upside Down” and “Take Me As You Please” on Apple Music and Spotify.
The Dirty Nil have released a video of them playing their new song “Pain of Infinity.”
This week seemed to go by very fast. I feel like I was just typing one of these up and now I’m back again.
Mercy Union, featuring Jared Hart of The Scandals and Benny Horowitz of The Gaslight Anthem, will release their debut album, The Quarry, on October 19th. You can stream the lead single “Chips and Vics” below via Noisey and you’ll also find the full press release.
Say Lou Lou’s new song “Golden Child” is out on Spotify and Apple Music.
American Authors have released a video for “Deep Water.”
Hellogoodbye have released the new song “Let It Burn” on Spotify and Apple Music.
