Hannah Shaw-Williams
School
University Of Exeter
University Of Toronto
New York Film Academy
Expertise
Horror Movies, Box Office, British Cinema
- Hannah has interviewed many major actors and filmmakers, including Mark Wahlberg, Ron Howard, Andy Serkis, Michael Fassbender, and M. Night Shyamalan.
- She has covered major events ranging from movie set visits to San Diego Comic-Con.
- In addition to writing about the film and TV industry, Hannah has also worked as a boom operator and sound assistant on titles like Alien: Covenant and BBC's Merlin.
Experience
Hannah's first job was working as an usher in her small home town cinema, and she's been finding ways to get paid for watching movies ever since. After starting out as a contributor for Bleeding Cool, she began writing for Screen Rant in 2013 and was later promoted to a junior editor role before becoming the site's first features editor. Hannah wrote her undergraduate dissertation on the haunted houses of the horror genre, a choice that has proven particularly useful since Netflix decided to launch an entire mini-franchise of horror shows about haunted houses. In addition to loving all things creepy and spooky, Hannah is also interested in the business side of the film industry, and regularly breaks down the latest weekend box office news for /Film.
Education
Hannah has a bachelor's degree in English with Study in North America, having spent two years at the University of Exeter and one year on exchange at the University of Toronto; after leaving university, she studied filmmaking on a diploma course at New York Film Academy.
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Stories By Hannah Shaw-Williams
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The Equalizer 3 has scored the second-best Labor Day opening ever, and pushed the 2023 summer box office over the $4 billion mark.
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Barbie claims her crown as 2023's Queen of the Box Office, passing The Super Mario Bros Movie to become the biggest release of the year worldwide.
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Taylor Swift doesn't like Hollywood's tilted stage, so she cut the studios out of her Eras Tour deal entirely. The studios are not happy.
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The Philippou brothers filmed a bunch of prequel clips for Talk To Me designed to look like social media posts, but they were a little too convincing.
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Yenn and Ciri could use fire magic to combat the Slovenian snow, but the cast of The Witcher season 3 didn't have that luxury.
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R-rated comedy Bottoms opens wide on 700 screens next weekend, but it's off to a great start with its limited release.
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Blue Beetle got a boost from National Cinema Day in its second weekend, dropping just 49 percent, but it's still struggling overseas.
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The Spiderwick Chronicles TV show, starring Christian Slater and Jack Dylan Grazer, is the latest casualty of Disney's ruthless cost-cutting measures.
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As Hollywood studios drag out negotiations amid the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, they're also delaying the release of a number of upcoming movies.
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Gran Turismo is racing against Barbie for the top spot at the box office this weekend, as theaters get an attendance boost from National Cinema Day.
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Actors are unable to promote their movies during the SAG-AFTRA strike, and studios are starting to feel the impact at the box office.
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Ron Cephas Jones, the Emmy-winning actor who shot to fame with his role in NBC drama This Is Us, has died at age 66 from a chronic pulmonary illness.
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Financial statements have revealed that Willow, which was removed from Disney+ after less than six months, cost over $100 million to produce.
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Talking-animal comedy Strays has been left in the dog pound at the box office on its opening weekend, heading for an estimated $8.5 million debut.
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Blue Beetle is set for a lower opening weekend than Shazam! Fury of the Gods, but still managed to debut in first place at the box office.
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The slow downward slide of the live-action Transformers movies continues with Rise of the Beasts, the lowest-grossing entry so far.
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Unlike the actual boat, The Last Voyage of the Demeter failed to reach England after crashing on the rocks of a studio buyout.
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Talk To Me has already shot past The Witch and Midsommar on A24's chart of horror hits, and is now coming for Hereditary's crown.
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Half a billion dollars is usually cause for celebration, but Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One is running out of momentum.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Meg 2: The Trench both managed decent holds in their sophomore weekend at the box office.
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Dracula movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter is following in Renfield's footsteps with an anemic opening weekend at the box office.
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Mike Flanagan tells a tale inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe in upcoming Netflix horror series The Fall of the House of Usher.
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In just three weekends, Oppenheimer has already surpassed Christopher Nolan's last World War II movie, Dunkirk, at the worldwide box office.
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Barbie breezes past $1 billion at the global box office in her third weekend, and will soon cross half a billion domestically as well.
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Barbie's box office reign continues as TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, Meg 2: The Trench, and Oppenheimer battle for second place.
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Oppenheimer is sticking around on IMAX screens due to popular demand, in a setback for Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning's potential return.
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John Kramer plots a trap-filled revenge against con artists who took advantage of his cancer diagnosis in the first trailer for Saw X.