David Dastmalchian

Paramount Pictures CinemaCon 2026 Recap: David Ellison Promises 15 Films, 45-Day Windows, and Big Swings

By Film Threat Staff | April 2026

Before Paramount Pictures officially stepped up to the podium at CinemaCon 2026, the studio fired the first shot of the day with…

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Before Paramount Pictures officially stepped up to the podium at CinemaCon 2026, the studio fired the first shot of the day with the best pre-show...

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NOW IN THEATERS! Let's be honest. AI is going to be a horror subgenre for a very long time. The question is whether Chris Weitz's horror feature Afraid...

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Film Threat finally returned in person to the SXSW Film Festival and ate a lot of BBQ, drank some Lone Star, and saw a few movies. Well, a lot of movies....

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SXSW 2023 REVIEW! A struggling late-next talk-show host goes to drastic measures for ratings in Colin and Cameron Cairnes' horror feature, Late Night with...

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Peyton Reed's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania marks the official beginning of Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But has MCU fatigue set in...

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Writer/director James Gunn's The Suicide Squad has taken the early lead for my favorite movie of the year. First off, no, you don't need to have...

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“Escalation” is a little tool storytellers employ to build drama in a tale. The opening of a story sets a normal base level, and as it moves forward...

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Actor David Dastmalchian is a hot commodity as a character actor appearing in memorable roles in The Dark Knight, Blade Runner 2049, Marvel's Ant-Man...

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Christopher Nolan discovered actor David Dastmalchian and cast him as "Joker's Thug" in The Dark Knight, a small but memorable role that launched his...

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I was a huge Marvel Comics kid back in the 80’s. Although I was primarily an X-Men fan, I read Avengers too. Yellow Jacket was my favorite Avenger until...