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Disney Is Developing A Medieval Live-Action Adventure Movie Called ‘Knights’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 19, 2019 2:30 pm EST Just as the endless deluge of remakes, sequels, and reboots from the House of Mouse were starting to wear thin, Disney revealed that it has a new original feature film in the works. But it’s going back to medieval times to get it. The Knights movie is a new Disney live-action adventure film in development with Operation Finale screenwriter Matt Orton penning it....

Jason Momoa Compares His ‘Dune’ Character To Han Solo By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 16, 2020 12:30 pm EST Every space opera needs a handsome rogue to try to do their best Harrison Ford impression. Many try and fail, but Aquaman star Jason Momoa could just pull it off with his swashbuckling swordmaster Duncan Idaho in Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming sci-fi epic Dune. Momoa is playing the master swordsman who trains Timothée Chalamet’s protagonist in Villeneuve’s highly anticipated adaptation of the classic Frank Herbert sci-fi novel....

NBC Addresses Firing ‘Saturday Night Live’ Hire Shane Gillis After Comedy Controversy [TCA 2020] By Fred Topel/Jan. 12, 2020 11:30 am EST When Saturday Night Live hired three new cast members this year, executive producer Lorne Michaels was initially praised for hiring the first Asian cast member Bowen Yang and adding Chloe Fineman to the show’s roster of women. The third hire, Shane Gillis, co-hosted Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast and an episode in which he used racist and homophobic slurs emerged, leading Michaels to fire Gillis....

Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’ Considering Liam Hemsworth, Dacre Montgomery For The Villainous Corinthian By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 30, 2020 1:00 pm EST Netflix’s The Sandman may have found its Dream, but with that comes at least one chilling nightmare. /Film has learned that The Sandman is considering two actors to play The Corinthian, a rogue nightmare created by Morpheus that escapes to Earth and becomes a dangerous serial killer. Liam Hemsworth and Dacre Montgomery are apparently among the top choices to play The Corinthian, one of the major villains of The Sandman....

New CG Animated ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Movie Is Coming From Seth Rogen And Evan Goldberg By Ethan Anderton/June 30, 2020 10:00 am EST Nickelodeon has announced that the trio behind the likes of Neighbors, This Is The End, Good Boys, and Sausage Party has been brought in to develop and create an all-new computer animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, which will mark the first-ever fully CG theatrical production from Nickelodeon Animation Studios....

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Galactic Starcruiser Hotel Prepares For Launch [D23] By /Film Staff/Aug. 25, 2019 12:34 pm EST Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge has been open at Disneyland for nearly two months now, and the Star Wars expansion at Disney World opens in just a few days. But that’s just the beginning of the Disney theme park efforts to whisk you off to a galaxy far, far away. Coming soon to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida is the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Galactic Starcruiser hotel, allowing guests of Disney resorts the experience of staying in their very own Star Wars hotel room aboard a ship called the Halcyon, part of the Chandrila Star Line....

Superhero Bits: ‘Black Panther’ Costume Design, Melissa McCarthy’s ‘Thor: Love & Thunder’ Audition & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 28, 2020 6:00 pm EST What does Alex Ross have to say about designing the opening credits artwork for Spider-Man 2? What Marvel role was Shia LaBeouf recently considered for? Want to watch Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond on HBO Max? How did a a former executive react to Bradley Cooper’s voice for Rocket Raccoon?...

The Quarantine Stream: ‘The Adventures Of Tintin’ Is One Of Steven Spielberg’s Most Entertaining Films By Chris Evangelista/June 27, 2020 10:00 am EST Hello everyone. I run a podcast called 21st Century Spielberg, wherein I revisit the often misunderstood 21st-century filmography of Mr. Steven Spielberg. The next episode is focused on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and The Adventures of Tintin, which means I had to revisit both of those movies to prepare....

This ‘Creepshow’ Season 2 Behind-The-Scenes Video Is Not For Arachnophobes By Chris Evangelista/April 2, 2020 5:00 pm EST Things are very stressful right now, so what better way to relax than by looking at a terrifying giant spider? To be fair, this isn’t a real spider, but a giant spider puppet from Creepshow season 2. The horror series had to shut down production due to coronavirus, but creator Greg Nicotero was nice (?...

TV Bits: Female-Led ‘Zorro’, ‘Dickinson’ Season 2, ‘Vikings’, ‘Superstore’, And More By Ben Pearson/Dec. 19, 2020 12:00 pm EST Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi) and his sister, Rebecca, are developing a Zorro series that will be about “Sola Dominguez, an underground artist who fights for social justice as contemporary version of the mythical Zorro. Her life is threatened by several criminal organizations after she exposes them.” Rebecca is also set to direct, and Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) is on board as an executive producer....

VOTD: Taika Waititi And Stephen Merchant Break Down The ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Gestapo Scene By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 31, 2019 4:00 pm EST Put Taika Waititi and Stephen Merchant in a room together, and what do you get? Pure comedic chaos, as the Jojo Rabbit director and his star exchange jokes, draw mustaches on each other, and swing unpredictably from jokey banter to serious filmmaking conversations in a Vanity Fair scene breakdown — much like the tone of Waititi’s World War II satire itself....

Watch: Exclusive ‘Last Black Man In San Francisco’ Clip From The New Blu-Ray By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 26, 2019 4:30 pm EST The Last Black Man in San Francisco, one of the best-reviewed films of the year, arrives on Blu-ray this week. In honor of the home media release, we have an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from writer-director Joe Talbot’s film. The clip focuses on the movie’s ensemble cast, which includes Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Danny Glover, Tichina Arnold, Rob Morgan, Mike Epps, and Finn Wittrock....

‘Cats’ May Not Be Done In Time To Qualify For Golden Globes, SAG Awards & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 20, 2019 1:45 pm EST UPDATE: Variety reports Cats will be screened for the Hollywood Foreign Press in time to qualify for the Golden Globes, but it remains to be seen how it will shake out for other awards voting bodies, but since the Golden Globes deadline was December 4, it shouldn’t be a problem for many of them....

‘Earth To Ned’ Teaser Trailer Introduces The Alien-Hosted Talk Show From The Jim Henson Company And Disney+ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 17, 2020 10:30 am EST If there’s one thing that streaming services are lacking, it’s late night talk shows. But Disney+ is about to change that with their unique new half-hour talk show called Earth to Ned. Instead of having a famous comedian host the show, they’ve got a blue-skined alien named Ned (a puppet from The Jim Henson Company)....

‘Last Man Standing’ Will Have Tim Allen’s Mike Baxter Meet Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor From ‘Home Improvement’ By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 7, 2020 2:30 pm EST Last Man Standing, the Tim Allen sitcom that has somehow been on for eight seasons, is about to crossover with a previous Tim Allen sitcom: Home Improvement. An upcoming episode will have Allen’s Last Man Standing character Mike Baxter meet Home Improvement’s Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor, and I presume all sorts of shenanigans will happen....

‘Lockdown’: Doug Liman To Direct A Pandemic Heist Movie Starring Anne Hathaway By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 10, 2020 9:30 am EST It’s happening: we’ve arrived in the era of pandemic-themed movies, and the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is far from over. And I’m not convinced that it will be over by the time Doug Liman’s pandemic heist movie, Lockdown, is released, whenever that is. But Hollywood is getting ready to mine the pandemic for all its storytelling potential, with Liman set to direct Lockdown, penned by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and set to star Anne Hathaway....

‘Mindhunter’ Season 2 Images Engulf You In Darkness By Chris Evangelista/July 17, 2019 9:30 am EST Mindhunter is returning for its long-awaited second season next month, and we now have our first look at what’s to come. A trailer is likely on the way soon, but in the meantime, you can check out a handful of striking Mindhunter season 2 images, most of which are bathed in impenetrable darkness – the kind of darkness in which director David Fincher loves to shoot, creating an ominous atmosphere in the process....

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Honest Trailer: The Vacation Before Sony And Marvel Got Divorced By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 14, 2019 6:00 am EST Spider-Man: Far From Home was almost the last time we got to see your favorite webslinger in the Marvel Cinematic Universe because Sony Pictures and The Walt Disney Company can’t stop arguing over who gets Peter Parker on the weekends. But thankfully, the two struck a new deal, and we’ll get to see what all the seeds planted for Spider-Man 3 and Phase Four of the MCU grow into....

‘The Invisible Man’ Will Now Appear Two Weeks Earlier As Release Date Changes By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 22, 2019 3:00 pm EST Looks like we’ll be able to see The Invisible Man earlier than expected. Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions have moved the Leigh Whannell-directed remake up two weeks, from March 2020 to February. Elisabeth Moss stars in the new take on the story, which reimagines the novel by H.G. Wells from a whole new perspective....

‘The Old Guard’ Post-Production Team Was Comprised Of 85% Women By Ben Pearson/Aug. 6, 2020 4:30 pm EST Gina Prince-Bythewood’s new action movie The Old Guard is among the year’s most-watched Netflix original films, and the director made her movie in a way that no other action film of this scale ever has: the film’s post-production team was made up of 85% women. That type of gender ratio, according to Prince-Bythewood, “very rarely happens on any movie, but on an action film, I guarantee you that’s never happened before....