Michael Boyle
Expertise
The Scream Franchise, HBO Dramas, Saturday Night Live
- Michael spent a few years working as an editor specializing in Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels, work that translates surprisingly well to writing about TV and film.
- Michael has interviewed screenwriters and actors such as Elegance Bratton, Sarah Chalke, and Gabrielle Union.
- If a movie or show is based off a book, Michael's read the book already.
Experience
Michael has always loved to read critical pieces about TV and film, and then one day he realized he could write them as well. He started off writing for various entertainment outlets about shows like "Saturday Night Live," "Euphoria" and "Rick and Morty," before finally getting a writing position at /Film. Now you can regularly find him here, passionately defending controversial TV finales and providing in-depth explanations for why certain sequel films are unfairly maligned.
Education
Michael has bachelor's degree in English from SUNY Binghamton.
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Stories By Michael Boyle
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Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey director Rhys Frake-Waterfield intends to follow the critically-reviled slasher film's sequel with a third installment.
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The Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling had a creepy encounter with his doppelganger at an airport that inspired the unnerving episode 'Mirror Image.'
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Fox censored the Futurama episode Proposition Infinity, but not for the reasons you might think.
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The late Carl Weathers received a brief tribute during the 2024 Super Bowl, in which he appeared in a commercial for the sports betting site FanDuel.
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If you're wondering who's under that green make-up in the Wicked trailer, that's Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo – and she's incredible.
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Ryan Gosling isn't ashamed of getting emotional to Taylor Swift's 'All Too Well' in the Super Bowl trailer for action-comedy The Fall Guy.
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The Twilight Zone invited viewers to send in scripts, but this backfired when one writer filed a plagiarism lawsuit over the season 4 episode 'Miniature.'
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Zapp Brannigan crossed some serious lines in the Futurama episode 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela,' and David X. Cohen thinks they should have been avoided.
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After the first two MCU adventures of Thor, Marvel actor Chris Hemsworth felt that the character needed a change.
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A deleted scene from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker revealed Chewbacca played a key role in Kylo Ren's redemption arc in the film.
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Dune composer Hans Zimmer enjoyed creating music for the movie that he just couldn't stop, even after it was in theaters.
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DId you know there was a Mr. & Mrs. Smith TV series on CBS almost 30 years ago? We spoke with one of its co-creators and got the real story behind it.
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Paul Dano costars in Prime Video's Mr. & Mrs. Smith as 'Hot Neighbor,' a mysterious character who proves to be perfectly tailored to the celebrated actor.
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Spoiler alert! Let's talk about the ending of Prime Video's Mr. and Mrs. Smith series and what it could mean for a potential season 2.
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Long before he played God in Bruce Almighty, Morgan Freeman played a poker game with the Devil himself in the Twilight Zone episode 'Dealer's Choice.'
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The Futurama writers' room abides by a simple, central rule: science shall not overrule comedy.
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Dakota Johnson and Please Don't Destroy get into a vicious roast battle on Saturday Night Live, but have to call a 'nepo-truce.'
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Despite Ray Bradbury's work inspiring many episodes of The Twilight Zone, 'I Sing the Body Electric' was his sole writing credit on the show. Here's why.
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Alyson Hannigan's penchant for making potentially off-putting lines sound adorable served her well while auditioning for Willow on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is the perfect example of how to get the most out of a $100 million budget.
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Did you notice that AI-generated poster on the latest episode of True Detective: Night Country? That was intentional.
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Jacob Elordi hosted the first Saturday Night Live episode of 2024, and there was a noticeable theme to the sketches.
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Columbo star Peter Falk once played a thinly-veiled version of Fidel Castro in one of the worst episodes of The Twilight Zone.
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Palpatine's lightsaber prowess in the Star Wars prequel trilogy was jarring for a lot of people, not least of all actor Ian McDiarmid.
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The Iron Claw star Holt McCallany fought to keep a deleted scene that showed a softer side to the Von Erich patriarch Fritz.
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Doctor Who companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) will exit the show after just one season, with Andor actor Varada Sethu boarding the Tardis next.
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Thank you, Gareth Edwards' girlfriend, for ensuring the very good dog in The Creator got to live.