Eric Francisco
@ericfrancisco24.bsky.social
Associate Entertainment Editor at Esquire. Bylines: Inverse, Rolling Stone, Vulture, THR, IGN, Men's Health, Observer, Daily Beast, GamesRadar, AV Club, Nerdist, Kotaku. Rutgers alum. TCA member. I like my sugar with coffee and cream. https://boxd.it/7IdbX
Okay but will the Call of Duty movie have a Zombies DLC?
October 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Okay but will the Call of Duty movie have a Zombies DLC?
At New York Comic Con, seated for a panel moderated by Martin Scorsese.
October 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
At New York Comic Con, seated for a panel moderated by Martin Scorsese.
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Dave Gibbons contribution to the 1988 anthology AARGH!
October 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Dave Gibbons contribution to the 1988 anthology AARGH!
For the second time in my career, I've interviewed Justin Lin. Excited to premiere the trailer for Last Days, his first independent movie in almost 20 years, at Esquire. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Exclusive: Why Justin Lin Returned to His Roots in 'Last Days'
The celebrated 'Fast and Furious' director is drifting back to his origins—and you can watch the trailer here.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
For the second time in my career, I've interviewed Justin Lin. Excited to premiere the trailer for Last Days, his first independent movie in almost 20 years, at Esquire. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
I tracked down an entomologist and, ahem, bugged them with questions about Alien: Earth. I've done a lot of cool interviews in the past but this is easily the most fun I've had in a long time. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
We Asked an Entomologist to Fact-Check the Science of 'Alien: Earth'
Apparently, the most unrealistic part of the FX series isn't the aliens or how they hunt.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I tracked down an entomologist and, ahem, bugged them with questions about Alien: Earth. I've done a lot of cool interviews in the past but this is easily the most fun I've had in a long time. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Who’s your favorite Jedi?
(wrong answers only)
(wrong answers only)
October 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Who’s your favorite Jedi?
(wrong answers only)
(wrong answers only)
This would kill as an Act 1 needledrop
September 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This would kill as an Act 1 needledrop
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I don't think a lot of younger folks realize what a bfd #MeToo was, and the deep resentment and anger felt by a certain segment of powerful men at the very idea that they shouldn't have the privilege of abusing and taking advantage of women that they'd always felt entitled to.
RFK Jr.'s little dig at "Believe All Women" when talking about autism, vaccines and Tylenol (all while blaming moms who take Tylenol for autism) reminded me of @lebassett.bsky.social's piece last year saying Trump's re-election was revenge for #MeToo.
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Trump’s Cabinet Picks Are Revenge for Me Too
Republicans are sending the message that women’s bodies now belong to them.
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September 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I don't think a lot of younger folks realize what a bfd #MeToo was, and the deep resentment and anger felt by a certain segment of powerful men at the very idea that they shouldn't have the privilege of abusing and taking advantage of women that they'd always felt entitled to.
That was the most Disney+ ass trailer, you can't tell me that's for a theatrical movie
September 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
That was the most Disney+ ass trailer, you can't tell me that's for a theatrical movie
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Calling all Guild members, labor allies and anyone who believes in a free country —
Join us outside the entrance to ABC's offices at 7 Hudson Square (310 Hudson Street, Manhattan) TOMORROW at 12 PM ET to demand that ABC bring back Jimmy Kimmel Live!
RSVP: wgaea.st/kimmel-rally
Join us outside the entrance to ABC's offices at 7 Hudson Square (310 Hudson Street, Manhattan) TOMORROW at 12 PM ET to demand that ABC bring back Jimmy Kimmel Live!
RSVP: wgaea.st/kimmel-rally
September 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Calling all Guild members, labor allies and anyone who believes in a free country —
Join us outside the entrance to ABC's offices at 7 Hudson Square (310 Hudson Street, Manhattan) TOMORROW at 12 PM ET to demand that ABC bring back Jimmy Kimmel Live!
RSVP: wgaea.st/kimmel-rally
Join us outside the entrance to ABC's offices at 7 Hudson Square (310 Hudson Street, Manhattan) TOMORROW at 12 PM ET to demand that ABC bring back Jimmy Kimmel Live!
RSVP: wgaea.st/kimmel-rally
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I wrote about the firing of Alan Sepinwall, which is awful. And I tied it into what's happening all over in the media, why it's scary & what we can do to help. I used my words, but it's definitely Hulk Mo dialed up to 11, if that's a thing you would like to experience: www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...
September 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I wrote about the firing of Alan Sepinwall, which is awful. And I tied it into what's happening all over in the media, why it's scary & what we can do to help. I used my words, but it's definitely Hulk Mo dialed up to 11, if that's a thing you would like to experience: www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...
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Everytime it feels like this industry must surely have hit bottom, oh no here’s a lower place.
Scoop: Business Insider informed its staff this week that they are allowed to use ChatGPT to generate first drafts of their stories, while also indicating the newsroom will not disclose such A.I. use to readers.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...
Business Insider and the Bots
The Axel Springer-owned newsroom is buzzing over new ChatGPT writing guidelines—part of an aggressive A.I. strategy pushed by its German parentco and detailed in a memo obtained by Status.
www.status.news
September 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Everytime it feels like this industry must surely have hit bottom, oh no here’s a lower place.
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A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.
September 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.
My colleagues say All the President's Men and The Candidate, my bros say Captain America: The Winter Soldier, my mom says The Way We Were. But for me, my all-time favorite Robert Redford movie is Barefoot in the Park. Silly, sexy, lovely. Him and Jane Fonda together, nuclear grade chemistry.
September 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My colleagues say All the President's Men and The Candidate, my bros say Captain America: The Winter Soldier, my mom says The Way We Were. But for me, my all-time favorite Robert Redford movie is Barefoot in the Park. Silly, sexy, lovely. Him and Jane Fonda together, nuclear grade chemistry.
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Some news: yesterday was my last at Rolling Stone. For now, I'm going solo, doing all my TV reviewing, recapping, etc., at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing. Many more details here:
Don't stop believing
Some news, as they say
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September 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Some news: yesterday was my last at Rolling Stone. For now, I'm going solo, doing all my TV reviewing, recapping, etc., at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing. Many more details here:
It just feels kinda cruel how that counter pops up while people are trying to find the words to thank people
This Boys and Girls Club/acceptance speech bit is not just awkward but kind of a weird vibe killer, which might be a problem because AWARDS SHOWS ARE A THREE-PLUS-HOUR VIBES EXPERIENCE. #EmmyAwards
September 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
It just feels kinda cruel how that counter pops up while people are trying to find the words to thank people
When I grow up I want to be like Tramell Tillman
September 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
When I grow up I want to be like Tramell Tillman
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Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him
September 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him
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This man will not be fired for calling for the murder of American citizens, yet multiple journalists/reporters/teachers lost their job for accurately reporting things Charlie Kirk actually said and stood for.
But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem
But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This man will not be fired for calling for the murder of American citizens, yet multiple journalists/reporters/teachers lost their job for accurately reporting things Charlie Kirk actually said and stood for.
But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem
But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem
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Here’s I wrote about gamergate 11 years ago. Almost nobody major in the media got what this was or why it mattered. “Eh, it’s just nerdy Online Drama.” The difference now? The cluelessness remains, fewer publications & reporters—& gamergate took over the country. www.huffpost.com/entry/anita-...
September 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Here’s I wrote about gamergate 11 years ago. Almost nobody major in the media got what this was or why it mattered. “Eh, it’s just nerdy Online Drama.” The difference now? The cluelessness remains, fewer publications & reporters—& gamergate took over the country. www.huffpost.com/entry/anita-...
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When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.
September 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
How do young men see the world? For #TheLongWalk, I had the thrill of talking to Garrett Wareing and Charlie Plummer about their collection of photos they snapped during production. I'm proud to help share them with the world. Now on Esquire.
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Inside the Brutal, Beautiful Making of 'The Long Walk,' the Gut-Wrenching New Stephen King Adaptation
Actors Garrett Wareing and Charlie Plummer each documented their time on set in striking detail—and you can see their work here.
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September 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How do young men see the world? For #TheLongWalk, I had the thrill of talking to Garrett Wareing and Charlie Plummer about their collection of photos they snapped during production. I'm proud to help share them with the world. Now on Esquire.
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...