In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Rian Johnson went off on generative AI. Similar to his friend Guillermo del Toro, Johnson completely admonishes the use of generative AI and believes it is ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. Nov 24, 2025, 07:44pm EST Director Rian Johnson at Netflix's 'Wake ...
Rian Johnson says that his first idea while writing Wake Up Dead Man was to make the film an exploration of faith. The Knives Out filmmaker says that choosing his whodunnit killers is always "a very ...
Rian Johnson thinks AI is "making everything worse in every single way". The 51-year-old filmmaker - who is one of the best-known directors in Hollywood - has bemoaned the potential impact of AI ...
“Knives Out 4” is no longer a myth. The fourth film in director Rian Johnson’s series of murder mysteries just got confirmed by the man himself, who said he’s already begun thinking about it. That’s ...
Despite being heralded by the media as the best thing to happen to Star Wars since George Lucas and being handed the reigns to a trilogy all his own, now-former Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy ...
Rian Johnson has no plans to make a Knives Outprequel. The 51-year-old director has helmed the whodunnit series since 2019, and with the third entry Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery just around ...
Oscar-nominated director Rian Johnson says his Christian upbringing inspired Netflix's newest "Knives Out" thriller, revealing he set out to make "a movie about faith" that wrestles with belief, doubt ...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi divided the franchise's fanbase, but it was still a critical and commercial hit ($1.3 billion at the box office and a 91% Rotten Tomatoes score). So, despite unhappy fans, ...