A Hit '90s Movie Franchise Began Its Life As A Niche DC Comics Pitch

The Mask is one of the films that turned Jim Carrey into a megastar, and its origins began as a comics pitch inspired by DC ...

The Mask Director Wants Jim Carrey To Play Iconic Horror Movie Villain

Chuck Russell, who directed The Mask, believes the film’s star, Jim Carrey, could play an iconic horror movie villain. What ...
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Jim Carrey Is Open to Making a Sequel to “The Mask” 30 Years Later 'If Somebody Had the Right Idea'

Nobody stop Jim Carrey — he's open to making a sequel to The Mask! The 62-year-old actor isn't ruling out the possibility of returning as Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask in a potential follow-up to his hit ...
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‘The Mask’ Director Chuck Russell Thinks Jim Carrey Could Be An Excellent Freddy Krueger

Who's good enough to step in the shoes of Robert Englund as the next Freddy? Director Chuck Russell thinks 'The Mask' star ...
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Jim Carrey Says ‘The Mask’ Sequel Has to Be the ‘Right Idea’ and ‘Not About the Money’; He’s Unlikely to Retire From Acting but Enjoys ‘Power-Resting’

Jim Carrey recently expressed interest in reprising the Grinch, but what about some of his other iconic characters? The comedian was recently asked by ComicBook.com about making a sequel to “The Mask, ...

Meet the new Jim Carrey: inside Mason Thames' box office reign

Each of Mason Thames' 2025 films enjoyed incredible box office success, in a feat last achieved by Jim Carrey in 1994. See ...

The next Jim Carrey? 18-year-old Mason Thames breaks 30-year-old record

He pleaded guilty in July and was sentenced to four consecutive prison terms of life without parole, plus another 10 years, ...
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‘The Mask’ Was Supposed to Be a Horror Film, Says Director Chuck Russell, but ‘It Would Be Too Much Like Freddy Krueger’

Legendary Hollywood director and producer Charles ‘Chuck’ Russell says that the breakout film “The Mask” was originally conceived by New Line Cinema as a horror movie. Instead, the 1994 action comedy ...
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The Mask Director Chuck Russell on Jim Carrey, Revisiting Franchise

To say 1994 marked a watershed year for Jim Carrey would be an understatement given the success of the two films that vaulted him to superstardom in Warner Bros' Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and New ...
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Jim Carrey Says ‘The Mask’ Sequel Has to Be the ‘Right Idea’ and ‘Not About the Money’; He’s Unlikely to Retire From Acting but Enjoys ‘Power-Resting’

One thing Carrey knows for sure is that he is unlikely to retire from acting despite saying otherwise in April 2022. He told Access Hollywood at the time that he was “fairly serious” about retiring, ...