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David Leitch in Talks to Direct New ‘Jurassic World’ Movie
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Kathryn Newton Talks ‘Lisa Frankenstein,’ Young Avengers, ‘Big Little Lies 3’ and ‘Freaky Death Day’
The actor, who's also developing a mystery project with Jason Blum, received early word that 'The Marvels' would set up Young Avengers: "you hope for that."
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Netflix Reveals Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted’ Footage, Mark Wahlberg-Halle Berry Spy Movie First Look
Executive Bela Bajaria led the Next on Netflix media event, offering details and teases for a number of 2024 projects.
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Zombie Sequel ’28 Years Later’ Lands at Sony (Exclusive)
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are behind the long-gestating '28 Days Later' sequel, which could launch a trilogy of zombie films and may return Cillian Murphy to his breakout role.
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David Leitch in Talks to Direct New ‘Jurassic World’ Movie
Filmmaker David Leitch is in talks to direct the next installment in the Jurassic World franchise, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Universal Pictures announced Monday that it plans to release the dinosaur-focused film on July 2, 2025. THR broke the news last month that David Koepp, who penned Steven Spielberg’s original 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park […]
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Kathryn Newton Talks ‘Lisa Frankenstein,’ Young Avengers, ‘Big Little Lies 3’ and ‘Freaky Death Day’
Kathryn Newton’s feature film career continues to bear fruit. Just five years ago, she was a series regular on two hit television series, HBO’s Big Little Lies and Netflix’s The Society, but when the pandemic played a role in the un-renewal of the latter, Newton wasted no time amassing an impressive slate of films. First […]
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Netflix Reveals Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted’ Footage, Mark Wahlberg-Halle Berry Spy Movie First Look
Netflix unwrapped the first footage for Jerry Seinfeld’s comedy movie Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, in addition to release dates and first-look images for a number of titles in its 2024 film slate, at a media event Wednesday night. During the Next on Netflix presentation held at the streaming service’s headquarters in Los Angeles, attendees were […]
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Zombie Sequel ’28 Years Later’ Lands at Sony (Exclusive)
28 Years Later, the hot package from director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland, has landed at Sony. The Culver City-based studio has come out on top after a protracted bidding war to win the rights to the sequel package to the 2002 horror classic 28 Days Later. Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland […]
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‘Attack on Titan’ Publisher Kodansha Joins the Script2Comic Contest
The Script2Comic Contest is going international. The competition that turns screenplays into comic books has a new sponsor: the Japanese publisher Kodansha, which is behind titles such as Attack on Titan, Akira and Ghost and the Shell. It’s a noteworthy move for Script2Comic, as its winners now could have their work being turned into a […]
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‘The Seeding’ Filmmaker Barnaby Clay Talks the Challenges of Indie Horror and the Roads Not Taken
Independent filmmaking is not for the faint of heart, and writer-director Barnaby Clay just spent eight years learning that lesson en route to his first narrative feature, The Seeding. Clay began his directorial career in music videos for artists such as Rihanna, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Gnarls Barkley, as well as short films and […]
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Vault Comics, Aethon Books Team for Superhero Graphic Novel ‘The Roach’ (Exclusive)
Indie comics publisher Vault Comics is tackling an adaptation of The Roach, a novel from ebook and audiobook publisher Aethon. The graphic novel adaptation of the novel is part of a partnership that the two companies inked last year. Aethon is to publish ebook and audiobook versions of select Vault titles, while the Montana-based publisher […]
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Henry Cavill in First Trailer for Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’
The first trailer for Guy Ritchie’s World War II drama starring Henry Cavill has been released by Lionsgate. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is inspired by recently declassified files of the British War Department, which told of a secret band of military officials formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. From the official description: “The top-secret […]
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Supergirl Found: Milly Alcock to Play Heroine in James Gunn’s DC Movies
Warner Bros.’ Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is taking flight with House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. She will star in the feature as Kara Zor-El, the cousin of Superman. Alcock screen-tested for DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran last week, along with Meg Donnelly, who was also in contention for […]
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‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ Trailer Teases Original Cast’s Take Down of “Tall, Dark and Horny” Enemy
Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson and now Annie Potts are suiting up in the latest trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, helping the Spengler family stop something strange in New York. The latest trailer for the Gil Kenan-directed sequel to 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife features new and more extensive footage of the surviving original Ghostbusters and […]
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Blumhouse Launching Horror Exhibit at ‘The Shining’ Hotel in Colorado
Blumhouse, the horror studio behind titles such as Get Out and M3GAN, is extending its reach from the big screen to the real world. Blumhouse is launching a new exhibit at The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, known as the inspiration for Stephen King’s The Shining. Blumhouse will curate the over 10,000-square-foot Stanley Film Center […]
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Apple in Talks to Land Thriller ‘The Lost Bus’ From Matthew McConaughey, Director Paul Greengrass
Apple Original Films is in talks to pick up a package for the dramatic thriller The Lost Bus that has star Matthew McConaughey and director Paul Greengrass circling. Brad Ingelsby (Mare of Easttown) wrote the script for The Lost Bus based on Lizzie Johnson’s 2021 fact-based book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire that […]
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Marvel’s ‘Thunderbolts’: Lewis Pullman Top Choice to Replace Steven Yeun
Lewis Pullman may be getting a jolt, courtesy of Marvel Studios. The Top Gun: Maverick actor is Marvel’s top choice to star in Thunderbolts, and has an offer for the role vacated by Steven Yeun earlier this month. Marvel and reps for Pullman did not respond to requests for comment. Yeun was attached to Thunderbolts […]
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Netflix Picks Up Upcoming Animated Film Slate from Japan’s Studio Ponoc
Netflix is increasing its animation output, striking a multi-film partnership with Japanese animation house Studio Ponoc. Under the deal, the tech giant will become the exclusive streaming home of upcoming films from Ponoc, which was founded in 2015 by former Studio Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura. The first film out of the gate will be The […]
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Sydney Sweeney Haunted by Mysterious Pregnancy in ‘Immaculate’ Trailer
Sydney Sweeney learns that not all convents are safe places for worship in the first trailer for the forthcoming horror film Immaculate. Neon debuted the promo Thursday for Michael Mohan’s feature, which is set to hit theaters March 22. Immaculate stars Sweeney as Cecilia, a deeply religious woman who moves into a convent in the […]
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Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ Sets Rerelease in Imax to Promote Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ Sequel
A big screen bromance is afoot. Christopher Nolan’s Tenet will be released for one week in Imax screens later this month in the lead-up to the release of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two, Warner Bros. announced Thursday. The two filmmakers are big fans of one another, and Nolan was eager to help Villeneuve’s upcoming event […]
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