Jack McBryan

Co-Founder of The Direct, @MCU_Direct | CTO
Contact: [email protected]

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

WILDWOOD currently sitting as my 3rd favorite movie of 2026, but I think it’s the greatest cinematic achievement of the year. You should feel obligated to see this movie in theaters while you can.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

WILDWOOD' is at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, the highest rated animated film of the decade.

• "Wildwood may be LAIKA's true masterpiece" - @THR

• "A masterpiece of stop-motion animation... with a battle sequence that rivals the work seen in 'Game of Thrones' or 'Lord Of The Rings'" - @NextBestPicture

• "A cinematic achievement that we won't see the likes of again" - @FilmHoundsMag

See Wildwood this Friday exclusively in theaters.

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

Is a movie starring a third string Batman villain and completely lacking in anything DC in the marketing (and movie) considered “sold on the DC comics brand”? 🤔

[Scott Mendelson @ScottMendelson]

When a movie like 'Clayface', primarily sold on the DC Comics brand, still opens below 'Other Mommy' and sells fewer tickets than 'Catwoman,' that’s a verdict on the IP and the whole caped-crusading sub-genre...

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

@little_D_H I understand how Rotten Tomatoes works and believe it to be very valuable for audiences trying to decide if they will like a movie or not.

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

Really strange why they set the embargo so late for #ClayfaceMovie when it is scoring so well with both critics and audiences.

Either DC Studios was so scared after the Supergirl situation, or internally they just didn't think people were gonna like the movie.

[The Moonlight Warrior 🌙 @BlackMajikMan90]

Clayface debuts with a 95% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes. 🍅

Absolutely insane for R Rated Horror.

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

Watched CLAYFACE

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

James Gunn’s Batman about to use a Tesla Roadster instead of a Batmobile

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Elon Musk has reportedly invested around $1 billion into Skydance (the merged Warner Bros/Paramount company).

(Source: https://t.co/uXmVOZyLzs)

[Richard Nebens - MovieWeb @RichardNebens]

10 months ago today, I had a heart attack.

I've been writing this note about it for a while, finally felt like sharing it now.

Now everybody knows, and I hope this reminds everybody to take care of yourselves and make health a priority.

Love you guys, thanks for the support.

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

The attention to detail in #VisionQuest is genuinely super impressive and will only get better as the show progresses.

This small stuff matters; it gives the sense that the team behind VisionQuest really cared and was passionate about the show.

[honz ✨ @CH0PPENHEIMER]

AND THEY'VE DONE IT AGAIN, THE CREATIVE DETAILS ARE SO GOOD #VisionQuest

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

@yronlyhopes @JordanMaison I did read that, and it does seem like you have issues with either Josh or ComicbookMovie completely unrelated to this incident that are clouding your judgment here.

You don't need the benefit of the doubt if you didn't do anything wrong.

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

@yronlyhopes @JordanMaison I don't have an issue with RT removing Josh's review for now, I think thats completely fair.

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

@yronlyhopes Your long-winded explanation does give more "I am scolding Josh" rather than an explanation of the realities of professional relationships.

@JordanMaison is correct, but that would be RT's fault for hosting/publishing Josh's review when they know the embargo date.

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

I don't understand why so many critics are so inclined to roll over for studios so easily. Studios are already extremely adversarial with journalists; siding with them over a peer (who did nothing wrong) is against your own interests.

Have some sense of self-preservation.

[Sonny Bunch @SonnyBunch]

This is all inside baseball stuff that no one cares about, but Wilding is absolutely in the right here: an embargo is something you agree to uphold if you go to a studio-arranged screening. If you pay your own money to attend a public screening there’s no “embargo.”

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

Imagine telling someone a year ago these 4 would be collabing on the best movie of 2026

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

Watched THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS for the first time

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

Close enough?

[DCU - The Direct @DCU_Direct]

BREAKING: Josh Hutcherson has been cast as the DCU's Mister Miracle!

(via https://t.co/9CgUGUC3VM)

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

@bejt_t @a_gonzas There might be and I just missed it, or its a minor thing that wasnt super plot relevant.

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

Finished VISIONQUEST and thought it was pretty fantastic. The show shines in the mindscape scenes, the amount of creativity in the set and scene designs there really blew me away. Some of the middle episodes did lose me a bit, but series finishes on a thrilling final 2 episodes

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

@a_gonzas I was sick while I watched the show, so I wasn't looking super closely, but I couldn't see any. Tons to the MCU but idk about the ABC side

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

Some of the plot lines didn’t work as great as others, those being the stories that take place primarily outside the mindscape (Paladin and Tommy). Even so, the show doesn’t give either enough screen time to drag down the show too much.

[Jack McBryan @McBDirect]

Spader is definitely the standout, and thankfully he has a ton of screen time throughout the whole show. I wasn’t sold on the “human avatar” version of Ultron, but the show makes a lot of smart creative choices that sold me on that decision