Director Guillermo del Toro Attends 'Pinocchio' Premiere One Day After His Mother's Death

At the BFI London Film Festival Saturday, del Toro, 58, said onstage before the film’s premiere that seeing Walt Disney’s 1940 animatedPinocchiomovie “bonded me with my mom for an entire life"just one day after his mother died, according toVariety. “It affected me because Pinocchio saw the world the way I saw it,” theNightmare Alleydirector said. “I was a little bit enraged that people demand obedience from Pinocchio, so I wanted to make a film about disobedience as a virtue, and to say that you shouldn’t change to be loved.

Director James Gunn Says He Keeps 'Long List' of Actors He'll 'Never Work with': 'Life's Too Short'

James Gunn.Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/ShutterstockJames Gunnkeeps tabs on Hollywood.TheGuardians of the Galaxydirector, 56, answered fan questions over the weekend on Twitter about his process as a director. One person took the opportunity to ask Gunn how he would respond to an actor who “isn’t working out."”…if you as a director have an actor who isn’t working out for any number of reasons (their process, temperament, lack of chemistry, etc) do you talk to them and give them a chance or two or do you quick trigger it and recast?

Director John Carpenter Reunites with Original Station Wagon from 1978's 'Halloween'

Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty for TCM It was something of a spooky reunion forJohn Carpenteras the horror icon was reunited with the original LTD station wagon used in his 1978 classicHalloweenover the weekend. The writer-director, 74, posted a number of pictures on Instagram of himself perusing the car, which has been restored and was apparently on display at Pennsylvania’s Steel City Con at the Monroeville Convention Center. “I would like to thank @joey_wheels_ for reuniting me with the original station wagon from my movie Halloween - released in 1978.

Director Misan Harriman 'Proud' to Have Meghan Markle's Support of New Film: 'Her Taste Is Impeccable' (Exclusive)

Misan Harriman in 2023, Meghan Markle in 2023.Photo:Dave Benett/Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty Dave Benett/Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty Among the fans ofMisan Harriman’s newlyAcademy Award-nominated film is a special friend:Meghan Markle. “She is really as a sister to me,” the Nigeria-born filmmaker-photographer tells PEOPLE when asked what the Duchess of Sussex’s support means to him. “I mean, her taste is impeccable,” he adds. “She is someone that looks for great depth of meaning and intention in what she engages in.

Director of Groundbreaking UFO Doc Says What He Learned Left Him 'Rattled': 'Things Could Get Really Bad, Really Fast'

Farah Films/YouTube By his own calculation, Dan Farah watched Steven Spielberg’sClose Encounters of the Third KindandE.T. The Extra-Terrestrialclose to “a thousand times” before he turned 15. So it’s hardly surprising that the 45-year-old Hollywood producer yearned to one day create a film that picked up where Spielberg’s two fictional movies about alien visitations and government coverups left off. Anyone who has gotten a chance to watch a screening of Farah’s groundbreaking documentaryThe Age Of Disclosure(and, as of publication time, only a handful have) and pondered some of the film’s jaw-dropping revelations will tell you that the 45-year-old first-time director pretty much nailed it.