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Alan Taylor (born January 13, 1959) is an American television director, film director, screenwriter, and television producer. He is best known for his work on television series such as The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Mad Men, and Game of Thrones. He also directed films such as Palookaville, Thor: The Dark World, Terminator Genisys, and The Many Saints of Newark. In 2007, Taylor won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for The Sopranos episode "Kennedy and Heidi." In 2008 and 2018, he was also nominated in the same category for the Mad Men episode "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and the Game of Thrones episode "Beyond the Wall," respectively. Taylor's father, James J. Taylor, was a private in the U.S. Army translating for Voice of America, stationed in Yokohama, who subsequently held numerous jobs before becoming a videographer in Washington, D.C. Taylor's mother, Mimi Cazort, was curator emerita for the National Gallery of Canada. His sister is the indie rock musician Anna Domino. He spent part of his life in Manor Park, Ottawa, Canada, and attended Manor Park Public School and Lisgar Collegiate Institute high school. As part of the Communications Club at Lisgar, he acted in its production of The Mouse That Roared. He went on to major in history at the University of Toronto and then at New York City's Columbia University before transferring to New York University in his late 20s to study film under instructors including director Martin Scorsese. Taylor has directed for numerous programs on both network television and premium cable, most often on HBO. Taylor's early work on television includes work on The Sopranos, Sex and the City, and The West Wing. Taylor joined the crew of the HBO western drama Deadwood as a director for the first season in 2004. Taylor directed the pilot episodes of Mad Men ("Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") and Bored to Death, as well as subsequent episodes of each. He joined the HBO series Game of Thrones, directing seven episodes, including the critically acclaimed season 1 episode "Baelor." He worked on a television adaptation of the Strugatsky brothers' 1971 science fiction novel Roadside Picnic for the WGN America network. Besides his television work, Taylor's early films include Palookaville, The Emperor's New Clothes, and Kill the Poor. In the 2010s, Taylor began working on large-budget blockbuster films. He was hired to direct Thor: The Dark World (2013), a superhero film and sequel to 2011's Thor. He was approached by Marvel producer Kevin Feige following director Patty Jenkins's exit from the project and hoped he would inject a darker tone into the project after seeing Taylor's work on Game of Thrones. Taylor's next film was Terminator Genisys, a film that Taylor hoped to fix following his reading of the script, citing his love of the first two Terminator films. After directing nine episodes for the HBO series The Sopranos, Taylor was approached by show creator David Chase to return to direct the 2021 prequel film The Many Saints of Newark. In August 2022, it was announced that Taylor was hired to direct multiple episodes of the second season of House of the Dragon. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
In the aftermath of the League’s first great victory, Diana of Themyscira works alongside her mother Hippolyta, helping restore balance as the world struggles to adapt to the existence of gods and metahumans. Though Diana has embraced her role as a protector of mankind, she remains emotionally divided between Themyscira and the world of men—particularly her bond with Steve Trevor, now working with A.R.G.U.S. scientists Emil Hamilton and Etta Candy to study lingering cosmic phenomena left behind by the recent invasion. Their research leads Steve to uncover an ancient artifact hidden on Earth: a Mother Box, long dormant but tied to primordial forces older than the Amazons themselves. When Steve accidentally becomes the Box’s living conduit, its activation awakens a forgotten enemy, Cheetah, an ancient avatar of chaos who seeks to use the Mother Box to plunge the world into eternal savagery during a rare cosmic alignment. The awakening draws an attack on Themyscira itself. Though Hippolyta survives, the assault leaves the Amazons shaken and forces Diana to confront how deeply the conflict of the world of men now threatens her people. Realizing that Cheetah cannot be stopped by force alone, Diana turns to an uneasy ally: Black Adam, imprisoned since the League’s battle. Adam offers knowledge and power in exchange for freedom, his true loyalties remaining unclear. Diana, Steve, and their allies race across realms, between Themyscira and Earth, as Cheetah’s influence spreads. Black Adam aids them, but his guidance is laced with manipulation, and his actions hint at a larger design beyond Cheetah’s rise. In the final confrontation, set during the cosmic convergence, Diana and Steve work together to sever Cheetah’s bond to the Mother Box, defeating her and preventing the collapse of both worlds. In the aftermath, Diana refuses the temptation of absolute power, choosing instead to protect both Themyscira and humanity without ruling either. Black Adam is supposedly killed in battle. In the aftermath, the Mother Box is entrusted to the Auctioneer for safekeeping, while Adam secretly takes Hyppolyta's place on the throne of Themyscira , setting the stage for the future.
