Joe Roberts
School
University Of Sussex
University Of California San Diego
Highbury College
Expertise
Batman Movies, James Bond, Documentaries
- Beyond writing, Joe has produced short-form documentaries for companies including Marie Claire and Investigation Discovery.
- He has attended and covered large-scale events such as Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and multiple show and movie launch events from London to LA.
- Joe is a member of the Writer's Guild of America.
Experience
Joe has a decade-long career in journalism, starting as a reporter for a regional newspaper in the UK before quickly moving into international news by becoming a Digital Producer for Sky News. His lifelong love of culture led him to start writing on film, TV, and tech in 2014, and he's since contributed to outlets such as TIME, Digital Spy, and ScreenRant. As a staff writer for TrustedReviews, Joe covered major technology conventions, reporting from around the world on everything from self-driving cars to the latest developments in VR. In 2017 he began producing short-form documentaries, overseeing shoots around the globe and directing everything from dating shows to in-depth investigative pieces. Throughout his time producing, he consistently wrote on film and TV, joining Static Media in 2022 and contributing features and analysis regularly ever since. When he isn't shooting documentaries and short films around Los Angeles, he's working on scripts or probably watching the Tim Burton Batman movies for the 10 thousandth time.
Education
Joe has a bachelor's degree in American Studies from The University of Sussex, which involved a focus on American literature and culture. His diploma in Journalism from Highbury College gave him the journalism fundamentals needed to build a career in writing and reporting.
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Stories By Joe Roberts
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There are now 10 movies in the Sniper franchise. Here's your guide on how to watch them all in order.
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After one of his pals was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Night Swim's co-writer/director Bryce McGuire realized how to expand his short film into a feature.
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Tim Burton envisioned a Michelle Pfeiffer-led Catwoman spinoff as a smaller black-and-white film in the vein of the horror movie Cat People.
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Director Christopher Nolan doesn't read reviews of his movies, but they're hard to avoid when your Peloton instructor starts firing them at you mid-workout.
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Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare is a new Netflix documentary leaving viewers traumatized, but the subject matter covers a very important topic worth learning about.
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Alien, one of the scariest and most upsetting sci-fi horror movies of all time, is becoming a children's book. Of course.
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Here are the major actors still alive from director Miloš Forman's Oscar-winning 1975 classic, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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The Cheers writers struggled to compose themselves enough to get John Cleese's cameo episode to where it needed to be.
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Samuel L. Jackson did not want to run when he played Nick Fury in The Avengers, but writer-director Joss Whedon had other plans.
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John Mahoney landed his role on Frasier after another actor got cold feed.
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Frasier is one of the greatest TV series of all time, but execs were worried early on that Kelsey Grammer might not be able to carry a series.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Seth Green came to Sarah Michelle Gellar's defense when people labeled her as 'difficult.'
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Director Damien Leone incorporated aspects of his real life into his horror hit, Terrifier 2.
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The original post-Cheers plan for Kelsey Grammer didn't include Frasier Crane, but we're so glad that all changed.
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Paul Giamatti has proven by now he can play just about anyone, so why not let him take on a villain role like Blofeld in the new Bond films?
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Anthony LaPaglia would like to return to the world of Frasier as Daphne's brother Simon Moon, but there's no indication that will actually happen.
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Joss Whedon pulled on a ton of different sources of inspiration to create Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but B movies played a prominent role.
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Then-President Bill Clinton was set to cameo in the Cheers series finale, right up until his responsibilities as a world leader forced him to bow out.
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Unlike season 1, Reacher season 2 was shot on location in real cities. As a result, the scope of the show feels so much more grand and exciting.
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Oppenheimer made a billion dollars at the box office. That's something that Christopher Nolan says AI couldn't have predicted.
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Gary Oldman understands that humor, and especially farts, are important to both his Slow Horses character and the show at large.
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Kelsey Grammer worked with an impressive cast on Fraiser. On of his co-stars, however, got on his nerves sometimes.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer's whole premise was based on the lead character suffering - a fact that certainly wasn't lost on Joss Whedon himself.
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The Batman cinematic universe (including television) is sprawling and elliptical, but we've figured out the best way to follow the Dark Knight's adventures.
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How much longer can the Frasier revival last? According to Kelsey Grammer, the answer is a pretty long time. We'll see what happens!
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The new season of Reacher is dropping amazing little meta references to the iconic past role of its new villain played by Robert Patrick.
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Could we see Alan Ritchson as 'Old Man Reacher' one day? The Reacher star isn't opposed to the idea, assuming he continues to enjoy playing the character.