Minority Mindset

Jimmy Kimmel and Marco Escobedo became friends in 1977 after Kimmel’s family moved to Las Vegas. They spent their childhoods getting into mischief, playing music, and pulling pranks – Kimmel remembered Escobedo as an incredibly talented young musician who drew crowds at school. Years later, in 2003, Kimmel hired Escobedo as his bandleader when starting his talk show. Escobedo was actually considering leaving music at the time, but Kimmel’s call changed everything. As Escobedo told Guillermo on On The Red Carpet, Kimmel asked if he wanted the job, and he immediately said yes, calling it “the best gig ever.”

Following the initial publicity for the film, reports emerged that NBC agreed to let Yang work on the project as long as he continued his commitments to Saturday Night Live during filming. This arrangement was surprising to many, and Yang himself has mentioned feeling exhausted when looking back on that period. Now, as the release of Wicked: For Good approaches, the publicity campaign is ramping up again.

To really capture viewers, a science fiction show needs a compelling and frightening setting, whether it features futuristic technology or strange beings. This world needs to feel believable and well-thought-out, not silly or forced. A common problem is shows getting lost in complicated storylines that don’t ultimately lead to a rewarding conclusion.

In Predator: Badlands, Dek comes across both Predator and Prey while tracking the Kalisk on Genna. Director Dan Trachtenberg skillfully combines these two universes in a new and exciting way. The film focuses on this central crossover and doesn’t get bogged down in explaining the broader connections to previous Predator or Prey movies.