Joe Roberts
School
University Of Sussex, University Of California San Diego, Highbury College
Expertise
Batman Movies, James Bond, Documentaries
- Beyond writing, Joe has produced short-form documentaries for companies including Marie Claire and Investigation Discovery.
- He has attended and covered large-scale events such as Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and multiple show and movie launch events from London to LA.
- In his career, Joe has covered everything from politics to tech, Film, and TV.
Experience
Joe has a decade-long career in journalism, starting as a reporter for a regional newspaper in the UK before quickly moving into international news by becoming a Digital Producer for Sky News. His lifelong love of culture led him to start writing on film, TV, and tech in 2014, and he's since contributed to outlets such as TIME, Digital Spy, and ScreenRant. As a staff writer for TrustedReviews, Joe covered major technology conventions, reporting from around the world on everything from self-driving cars to the latest developments in VR. In 2017 he began producing short-form documentaries, overseeing shoots around the globe and directing everything from dating shows to in-depth investigative pieces. Throughout his time producing, he consistently wrote on film and TV, joining Static Media in 2022 and contributing features and analysis regularly ever since. When he isn't shooting documentaries and short films around Los Angeles, he's working on scripts or probably watching the Tim Burton Batman movies for the 10 thousandth time.
Education
Joe has a bachelor's degree in American studies from The University of Sussex, which involved a focus on American literature and culture. His diploma in journalism from Highbury College gave him the journalism fundamentals needed to build a career in writing and reporting.
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Stories By Joe Roberts
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day's Robert Patrick popped up in the two-part pilot episode of Stargate Atlantis before moving onto other projects. Here's why he left.
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Did you know Bruce Willis and Julia Roberts starred in a kids movie together at the height of their careers? Well, there's a reason for that.
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Before producer Christopher Nolan hand-picked Zack Snyder to direct Man of Steel, he met with a legendary Hollywood director.
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The trailer for James Gunn's Superman has spawned an absolutely wild theory involving Jimmy Olsen - one that actually has a precedent in DC's comics.
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Tis the season to revisit Springfield, it seems, with a Simpsons Christmas special currently climbing the streaming charts on Disney+.
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Jingle All the Way may not have the best reviews, but people love watching it every holiday season, as evidenced by its ranking on Prime Video
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Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan's best movie is competing with some Christmas mainstays and reaching a new audience on Paramount+.
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The Simpsons' famous Planet of the Apes musical parody was the result of the show's writers pitching the wildest ideas they could come up with.
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IMDb users voted on the best and worst live-action Superman movies, and it looks like they may have gotten it right this time.
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Caroline Julian became a fan-favorite on Bones thanks largely to Patricia Belcher, and the actor has stayed incredibly busy since the series ended.
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Turns out the Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island was a backup option for a different sports-related group to join the castaways.
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Danny Boyle's horror classic 28 Days Later is finally being made available for the masses to watch again ahead of 28 Years Later arriving in 2025.
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Kevin Costner was perfectly cast to play Superman's adoptive dad Jonathan Kent in Man of Steel, but the Oscar winner was initially left wanting more.
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Kelsey Grammer's real-life prison experience came in handy one time he was voicing Sideshow Bob for an episode of The Simpsons.
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James Bond was persona non grata in China until somewhat recently, as the Bond movies were banned in the country for several decades.
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The Frasier revival's co-showrunner Joe Cristali used his deleted Frasier fan account on Twitter to help get his foot in the door.
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Batman marked the biggest box office opening of Jack Nicholson's career right up until it was unexpectedly dethroned by one of the actor's comedies.
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Timothée Chalamet was rejected from an acclaimed crime thriller early in his career, but never gave up on trying to work with the film's director.
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It turns out there's a specific reason Christopher Nolan and Guy Pearce haven't collaborated since making Memento, and it's not Nolan's doing.
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Throughout its run, The Simpsons has managed to anger multiple countries, inspiring legal threats and episodes outright banned in specific markets.
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Kelsey Grammer believes a crucial difference between Frasier and other '90s sitcoms was the key to the long-running show's popularity.
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At the height of his powers, Jack Nicholson was such an icon that even other Hollywood legends were amazed when they got to work with him.
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A well-received crime drama starring Jodie Comer and Austin Butler is making waves on Prime Video after flopping at the box office earlier this year.
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When Jason Momoa cut his hair between seasons of Stargate Atlantis, the hair stylists were suddenly tasked with recreating Ronon Dex's famous look.
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A holiday comedy starring Queen Latifah that you probably forgot all about (if you even heard of it at all) is now a hit on Prime Video.
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Christopher Nolan's Interstellar turned 10 this year and the deeply emotional sci-fi drama has had an impact stretching beyond cinematic acclaim.
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The 4K digital restorations of several James Cameron classics have drawn attention to another problem with AI when it comes to preserving older films.