The dish: 'Foxcatcher' wrestler criticizes some scenes

January 10, 2015 at 8:00PM
Bennett Miller, the director of "Foxcatcher," at the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street in New York, Dec. 1, 2014. The event unofficially kicked off the monthslong awards season. (Julie Glassberg/The New York Times)
Bennett Miller (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Wrestling with the truth

Mark Schultz, the Olympic wrestler whose story is told in "Foxcatcher," has blasted director Bennett Miller for scenes he says are fabricated. "Leaving the audience with a feeling that somehow there could have been a sexual relationship between [John] du Pont and I is a sickening and insulting lie," Schultz wrote on Facebook. He did praise Channing Tatum, who plays him: "He had the most difficult role physically, emotionally, and creatively."

News from Netflix

Netflix has announced premiere dates for its lineup of original series: The Tina Fey-produced sitcom "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (March 6); family thriller "Bloodline" (March 20), and "Marvel's Daredevil," the first of five series from the comic-book king (April 10). The service also will air a sequel to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" later this year, as well as the first of five Adam Sandler movies. Says chief content officer Ted Sarando : "We can successfully support about 20 original scripted series every year, with a new series or a new season every two to three weeks, and still maintain a level of quality we expect."

New life for 'Nailed'

David O. Russell's long-simmering satire "Nailed," starring Jessica Biel and Jake Gyllenhaal, finally has a release date (Feb. 20), a new title ("Accidental Love") and a new credited director (Stephen Greene). … Carrie Fisher will present the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award to her mother, Debbie Reynolds, at the Jan. 25 ceremony.

File under 'canceled'

Amazon has called off production of "The After," a sci-fi series from "X-Files" creator Chris Carter. … Blake Shelton will be host and musical guest on the Jan. 24 "Saturday Night Live." … HBO has renewed "Girls" for a fifth season. … John Travolta has joined FX's "American Crime Story" as O.J. Simpson lawyer Robert Shapiro.

Spidey-sense let him down

Sam Raimi didn't much like "Spider-Man 3" either: "It's a movie that just didn't work very well. I tried to make it work, but I didn't really believe in all the characters, so that couldn't be hidden from people who loved Spider-Man," the director said of the 2007 film on a Nerdist podcast. He later cut to the chase, calling it "awful."

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