Hudson Williams’s Film Has a Heated Rivalry Problem — SkimNews
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- Hudson Williams said he is writing a movie in which one character is a former hockey player, without elaborating on the nature of the project.
- Heated Rivalry is the source of the creative snag: after Williams had done “a hockey show,” he said “we’re getting tripped up on it” and “we’re considering other sports.”
- Hudson Williams said the character made “way more sense” as an ex-hockey player despite those alternatives, describing the problem as having to “bust through the prison of your own mind.”
- Yaga premiered on Oct. 23, and Williams discussed the new movie in an Entertainment Weekly interview in which he responded to co-star Carrie-Anne Moss’s hang-up over references to Keanu Reeves’ John Wick franchise.
- Heated Rivalry began production on its second season in August, and Williams is also writing a movie with a former hockey player character.
- Apparatus is a dark comedic thriller Williams will appear in opposite Dylan O’Brien; he will also appear in the ensemble culinary thriller Tyrant with Charlize Theron, Julia Garner, Demi Moore and Omar Apollo.
Why it matters: For Williams and his collaborators, the unresolved sports choice already has a concrete effect: one former-hockey-player character is prompting consideration of other sports because of its Heated Rivalry parallel. With Heated Rivalry’s second-season production beginning in August, the new film’s only specified feature remains its character’s unsettled sport.
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