Ben Pearson
School
University Of Florida
Expertise
Hollywood History, Game Of Thrones, The Fast And Furious Franchise
- Ben is a member of the Southeastern Film Critics Association.
- He has produced and recorded hundreds of hours of podcasts devoted to film and television over the last decade.
- Ben also worked at Paramount Pictures, where he was able to gain valuable experience and first-hand insights into how the industry really operates.
Experience
Ben has been writing professionally about film and television since 2009. He has attended and covered the Sundance Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, AFI Fest, San Diego Comic-Con, CinemaCon, and other major events, and he's traveled to multiple countries to report on movies being filmed. He has interviewed hundreds of directors, writers, actors, and craftspeople over the course of his career. Ben has worked as a writer and editor at several movie websites, and joined /Film in 2017. He co-hosts the /Film Daily podcast.
Education
Ben graduated from the University of Florida in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in Telecommunications.
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Stories By Ben Pearson
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With the The Mandalorian and Grogu film, Lucasfilm is betting mainstream audiences will be interested enough in these characters to show up to theaters.
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David Ayer is a good fit to direct this Jason Statham beat-'em-up, but the film's attempt to create its own mythology shows it's not easy to pull off.
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Kaitlyn Dever has officially been cast as Abby in The Last of Us season 2. She'll play arguably the most significant character in the entire season.
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Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One is about to enter a real-life metaverse. But will anyone actually care?
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Director George Clooney and star Joel Edgerton tell us about their sports drama The Boys in the Boat, as well as Steven Soderbergh and Obi-Wan season 2.
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/Film spoke with All of Us Strangers director of photography Jamie Ramsay about crafting a conducive environment for the cast, shooting on 35mm, and more.
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The short film Peter and the Wolf, an adaptation of the Sergei Prokofiev symphony, features artwork based on Bono's illustrations.
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Director Trần Anh Hùn's fantastic French drama The Taste of Things has instantly catapulted into the pantheon of the all-time best food movies.
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After the success of Wednesday, Netflix is expanding its Addams Family universe of shows. But is centering the next one on Fred Armisen the right move?
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The great Dabney Coleman made a memorable appearance in the Yellowstone season 2 finale as Kevin Costner's character's father. Here's how Coleman got that role.
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Dwayne Johnson made a decision this week that could completely alter the trajectory of his career. Will Tom Cruise ever make a similar decision? (He should!)
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We spoke with Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, the screenwriters behind this year's Dumb Money, about crafting a true story, affecting change, and more.
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Donald Glover and Maya Erskine lead Prime Video's Mr. and Mrs. Smith show, which makes a smart conceptual change from the 2005 Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie film.
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The Mask of Zorro is the premiere example of how to resurrect a once-beloved property. 25 years after its release, here's the story of how it all came together.
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James Gunn casts his younger brother Sean Gunn as smarmy businessman Maxwell Lord in the new DCU, the role Pedro Pascal played in Wonder Woman 1984.
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Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé has the most impressive editing you'll see in 2023, and you won't believe the number of editors required to make it happen.
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/Film spoke with Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway, the stars of the new drama thriller Eileen, about working together, the film's big reveal, and more.
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On today's /Film Daily podcast, Ben and Brad talk about Wonka and list films Disney could put back in theaters in 2024 to help bolster the release calendar.
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To celebrate The Fugitive's 30th anniversary and new 4K release, we spoke with director Andrew Davis about making one of the most rewatchable films of the '90s.
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On today's episode of the /Film Daily podcast, Ben and BJ talk about Bob Iger's absurd comment about The Marvels and whether the Disney CEO is losing his touch.
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One of 2023's very best films is Eileen, a period drama starring Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie. /Film spoke with that movie's director, William Oldroyd.
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Action maestro John Woo is back with Silent Night. On today's episode of /Film Daily, Ben and Chris talk about what makes him special.
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After being turned down for two of DC's biggest superhero characters, Nicholas Hoult will instead play one of the universe's biggest villains: Lex Luthor.
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Taika Waititi built his career on making great hang out films featuring memorable characters. With Next Goal Wins, he abandoned that approach - and it cost him.
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Pedro Pascal is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Reed Richards. That may be a slightly risky choice, but it seems like a very smart move for Marvel.
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The Fantastic Four are coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and they'll be led by Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) as Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic.
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The original ending of David Gordon Green's 2018 Halloween movie looked much different than the one audiences eventually saw. Here's how - and why - it changed.