Dozens of viking extras, nonstop rain, and a village full of animals — what could go wrong? Robert Eggers, Alexander Skarsgård, scriptwriter Sjón, production designer Craig Lathrop, advisor Neil Price, visual effects supervisor Angela Barson, and stunt coordinator CC Smiff, break down the toughest moments of shooting. Photo: Aidan Monaghan/Focus Features Robert Eggers, Alexander Skarsgård, scriptwriter Sjón, production designer Craig Lathrop, advisor Neil Price, visual effects supervisor Angela Barson, and stunt coordinator CC Smiff, break down the toughest moments of shooting.

The Middle. This past summer, ABC announced that one of its longest-running comedies, The Middle, would end at the conclusion of its upcoming ninth season. Despite its consistently solid ratings, The Middle never seemed to garner the same amount of widespread interest or acclaim as other ABC sitcoms — as evidenced by those Emmy-loved families on Black-ish and Modern Family — and so, the cancellation news was met with a resounding meh.

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And for that reason, they’re in. Shark Tank judges Barbara Corcoran and Mark Cuban stopped by Saturday Night Live this weekend for a surprise cameo during a sketch where host Dakota Johnson told her book club about her own million-dollar idea. “I’m gonna be on Shark Tank,” she tells her friends. “And after we shoot, things are probably gonna be quite different. The power structure in this friend group is gonna shift.

E.L. James’s Twilight fan fiction turned best-selling e-book Fifty Shades of Grey was recently optioned for a reported $5 million by Universal Pictures, and 575,000 paperback copies hit U.S. stores today. When I heard this, I hadn’t yet read the book, but I was nonetheless a little tempted to move to space. I realize that I might be alone in my dim view of fan fiction: Jean Rhys’s Jane Eyre prequel The Wide Sargasso Sea is required reading in a lot of middle schools.

How Alynda Segarra, a former train-hopping punk from the Bronx, became one of America’s best songwriters. The music of Segarra, who performs as Hurray for the Riff Raff, stakes claims to American myths while inherently critiquing them. Photo: Denny Agassi The music of Segarra, who performs as Hurray for the Riff Raff, stakes claims to American myths while inherently critiquing them. Suspended over FDR Drive, Alynda Segarra pressed against the harsh November wind and described their final moments with their father.

Condola Rashad in Saint Joan. What is it that keeps artists coming back to the story of Joan of Arc, and why do they keep making a royal mess of it? The material is certainly captivating: Lone young woman — champion of faith and courage, victorious in battle and glorious in martyrdom — faces down the establishment, saves her country, dies bravely and achieves immortality by an age where a lot of us are sleeping through 9 a.

Romeo and Juliet (at the Richard Rodgers Theatre) Romeo wakes up one morning and spots the flecks of gray in his boyish mop, and it all comes rushing back. Rosaline — she turned him down cold last night. It shouldn’t hurt this much. He’s over 500 years old and part elf — still a young man! Forever a young man! But he’s just not feeling it — not today. What to do?

From The Welkin, at the Atlantic. I’ve been waiting for quite a while for Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin to make its westward pass over the Atlantic. Like Halley’s Comet—which the play’s characters are restlessly anticipating in rural England in 1759, and which lagged its namesake’s predictions by more than a year because of the pull of Jupiter and Saturn—The Welkin’s stateside premiere was delayed by a capricious universe.

“I can’t really explain it…I haven’t got the words…it’s a feelin’ that you can’t control.” If you’re at the movie theater seeing Challengers this weekend as you should be, keep an eye out for Tom Holland. The former Billy Elliot took to Instagram to voice his support for the film, posting the official poster with the caption, “I know what I’m doing this weekend!” Sure, he might be going to support his Spider-Man costar-turned-girlfriend Zendaya, who leads and executive produced the film — but let’s not jump to conclusions.