Sandy Schaefer
Expertise
Star Wars, Animation, Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Sandy has seen the Ewok movies multiple times and can tell you why they're good, actually.
- Sandy keeps replicas of Gonzo the Great and the Crystal of Truth on their work desk.
- One time they passed by George R.R. Martin in a hallway (he was short).
Experience
Sandy has worked as a professional writer and editor since the late 2000s. They got their start writing about film history for Examiner before becoming a staff writer and, eventually, an editor at Screen Rant in 2010. Sandy has also written about comic books, films, and television at Comic Book Resources. They joined /Film in 2021.
Education
Sandy holds a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Anthropology from the University of Utah. They also studied film and media while writing for the Arts and Entertainment section of The Daily Utah Chronicle.
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Stories By Sandy Schaefer
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Want to celebrate The Boondocks Saints turning 25? Here's how you can watch Troy Duffy's cult action movie at home.
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Is the Bendu on Star Wars Rebels aligned with the light side or the dark? The answer is complicated, as co-creator Dave Filoni would tell you.
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Before Emily Deschanel's pregnancy, the plan was for Bones season 7 to be a little like the third act of When Harry Met Sally.
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Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos will follow up the Oscar-winning Poor Things with Kinds of Kindness, an anthology film slated to release in 2024.
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The success of Anyone But You taught Sydney Sweeney to approach her work as an actor-producer with equal aplomb going forward.
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The Fall Guy managed to set a new practical stunts record involving a single car flipping over, besting the previous one set by Casino Royale.
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It's long been assumed Jake Lloyd quit acting after being bullied for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, but his mother says the real reason was his mental illness.
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You can thank Poor Things writer Tony McNamara's son for the scene where Bella (Emma Stone) announces, 'I must go punch that baby.'
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Composer Ludwig Göransson has now tied Hans Zimmer for Oscar wins thanks to Oppenheimer ... and his career is just getting started.
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Bob Denver nearly learned the hard way not to make sudden movements around a lion while filming an episode of Gilligan's Island.
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The classic '60s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie saw a drop-off in popularity after an NBC executive insisted that its leads should get married.
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Sherwood Schwartz had a hard time convincing people that Gilligan's Island was a good idea (although that catchy theme song helped).
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Enough viewers believed the events of Gilligan's Island were happening for real to cause a headache for the Coast Guard.
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Lionsgate has confirmed the Twilight TV series will be animated, which is the first exciting news we've gotten about the project.
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Vera Drew is a new kind of Joker in the trailer for her acclaimed trans-coming-of-age DC Comics superhero parody, The People's Joker.
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Game of Thrones duo David Benioff and D.B. Weiss wanted to try something new after their Star Wars film fell apart, leading them to Netflix's 3 Body Problem.
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Tom Cruise knows his way around the cockpit, including that of the bubble ship in Joseph Kosinski's sci-fi flick Oblivion.
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Unfortunately, by the time Disney's animated The Jungle Book started recording its voice performances, its original Mowgli actor had aged out of the role.
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Bones' circus-themed episode "Double Trouble in the Panhandle" saw Emily Deschanel sustain a real-life injury that was subsequently written into the show.
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His failed audition for Marvel's Thor set Alan Ritchson on the path to eventually being cast as Jack Reacher.
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice sees Tim Burton revisiting Winter River from the first film, although his trip there was impacted by the actors' and writers' strikes.
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Moviegoers love to watch Harrison Ford get beat up and keep going, as the actor once reminded the writer of Air Force One.
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The intense showdown between Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler's characters had their Dune: Part Two co-star Christopher Walken concerned for the actors.
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From ambitious original shows and films to classic movies, here's everything that's headed to Netflix in March 2024.
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Shortly after co-starring in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Sean Gunn popped in as a guest star on Bones.
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To celebrate The Simpsons turning 20, Bones slipped a handful of references to the residents of Springfield in the season 5 episode 'The Dwarf in the Dirt.'
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Warner Bros. is moving full-speed ahead with its Harry Potter reboot series for Max, with J.K. Rowling playing an active role in its creative development.