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Fassbender, Foxx, and Dinklage in talks for The Wild Bunch
Deadline reports that actors Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Apocalypse, Assassin’s Creed), Jamie Foxx (Django Unchainted) and Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) have entered talks to join WB’s big-screen remake of The Wild Bunch. Controversial filmmaker Mel Gibson is behind the camera as director and co-writer.
RELATED: Mel Gibson says he thought The Wild Bunch remake ‘Was a bad idea at first’
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Hulu & Fox 21 developing series adaptation of Stephen King’s Eyes of the Dragon
Deadline has brought word that Hulu and Fox 21 are teaming up to develop what they hope will be the answer to the HBO fantasy drama Game of Thrones with a series adaptation of Stephen King’s well-received 1984 fantasy novel Eyes of the Dragon.
RELATED: Rest Stop: Stephen King’s Short Story Is Coming to the Big Screen
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Best Ken Burns Documentaries
ComingSoon.net is counting down our ten favorite documentaries from Ken Burns, who remains the prime source for compelling and informative accounts of America’s history. Check out our choices in the gallery below!
Perhaps the most notable television documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns and his iconic style remain almost as recognizable as the subjects he covers. In fact, the director has even managed to coin the term “Ken Burns effect,” which is a way

Gustavo Dudamel to conduct the score for Spielberg’s West Side Story
Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel has been tapped to conduct the score for director Steven Spielberg‘s upcoming West Side Story remake starring Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver) and newcomer Rachel Zegler as star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria.
“Although I am only at the very beginning, I view this adaptation of West Side Story, as one of the highlights of my career.” Dudamel said in a statement. “It i

"What brings you to Mongolia?" Vertical Entertainment has debuted a new trailer for an indie adventure comedy titled Burn Your Maps, from writer/director Jordan Roberts. This first premiered at film festivals back in late 2016, and has taken three years to finally get an actual US release. No idea why, but this trailer might give you a hint that it's just not all that. Burn Your Maps is about a family in emotional turmoil that is taken by surprise when an eccentric 8-year-old American boy, Wes,

BEGIN SLIDESHOWTandy disagrees with Mayhem in Cloak & Dagger episode 2.09 promo
Freeform has released the promo for Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger episode 2.09 titled “Blue Note,” featuring Olivia Holt’s Tandy disagreeing with Mayhem’s decision of killing Lia. The new episode is scheduled to air on May 23. Check out the video below!
The episode’s synopsis reads: “Tyrone and Tandy turn to questionable allies in their attempt to find and stop the vil

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Cloak and Dagger Season 2 Episode 8 Recap
Cloak and Dagger Season 2 Episode 8 sees Ty in mortal danger after finding Tandy in the motel. Brigid arrives at the crime scene, recognizes the pair’s handywork, and meets up with them at the church. Unable to find her Auntie, Evita grabs a few items from the shop and heads to the church to try and help Ty.
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Glenn Close and Mila Kunis to star in drama Four Good Days
According to Deadline, Three-time Golden Globe winner Glenn Close (Fatal Attraction, The Wife) and Mila Kunis (Black Swan) have signed on for leading roles in director Rodrigo Garcia’s new drama Four Good Days. This project will mark the second collaboration between Close and Garcia, who worked together on the 2011 award-winning drama Albert Nobbs.
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Evil is on the move in new His Dark Materials trailer
HBO has debuted a new teaser for its upcoming adaptation of the British fantasy novel series His Dark Materials led by Dafne Keen, the breakout star of the acclaimed final Wolverine film Logan, and X-Men franchise veteran James McAvoy. Check it out in the player below!
The first season of His Dark Materials follows Lyra (Keen), a seemingly ordinary but brave young woman from another world. Lyra’s search for a k

Alita: Battle Angel’s Rosa Salazar cast in dramedy The Bang Bang Girls
Deadline has brought word that Rosa Salazar, star of the sci-fi action hits Alita: Battle Angel and the Maze Runner franchise, has signed on to star in and executive produce the upcoming sex-ed dramedy The Bang Bang Girls from Paradigm.
RELATED: CS Video: Rosa Salazar & Christoph Waltz on Alita: Battle Angel
The film, written and directed by Lauren Schacher (The Canyons) in h

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Watch Elton John & Taron Egerton’s surprise performance of Rocket Man
Following Rocketman‘s world premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Paramount Pictures has released a new video of star Taron Egerton having another surprise duet with legendary singer Elton John as they performed their rendition of John’s 1972 hit song “Rocket Man” at the film’s Cannes Gala Party. Check out the video in the player below!
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWNew Doom Patrol season finale promo: Ezekiel Patrol
DC Universe has released the first promo for Doom Patrol episode 15 and season finale titled “Ezekiel Patrol,” featuring the team in chaos as they try to figure out the best way to save The Chief from Mr. Nobody. The new episode will air on May 24, exclusively on DC Universe. Check out the video below!
RELATED: Doom Patrol Episode 14 Recap
Part support group, part superhero team, the Doom

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Doom Patrol Episode 14 Recap
Doom Patrol Episode 14 fleshes out Mr. Nobody’s backstory. He meets his girlfriend, Millie, at a cafe in Chicago in 1946. She asks how his presentation went with the Brotherhood of Evil, where he pitched the idea of a giant robot taking over the city. Eric reveals that the Brotherhood fired him for his ineptitude, with the Brain replacing him with Mallah. Millie insists that Eric march back in there and tell the Brotherhood that they can

Booksmart: Watch the first six minutes of Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut
Annapurna Pictures has released the uncut first six minutes from the coming-of-age comedy Booksmart. Directed by actress Olivia Wilde (her directorial debut), the movie will arrive in theaters on May 24. Check out the video below!
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Written by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins with current revisions by Katie Silberman, Booksmart is an

Jacob’s Ladder remake slated for August release date
Now that Vertical Entertainment has acquired the U.S. rights to the remake of the horror flick Jacob’s Ladder, it will finally see the light of day. According to a report from Deadline, the deal means that DISH will premiere the remake during a brief window in July before the film opens in theaters the following month. This is a major development for the film, which has lingered in development hell for years — not unlik

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Step into the world of Aladdin in new special look featurette
Walt Disney Pictures has revealed the special look featurette for their upcoming live-action Aladdin, highlighting how the production designers created the world of the fictional city of Agrabah. Including an interview from Emmy-winning production designer Gemma Jackson (Game of Thrones), talking about the film’s incredible set locations, set designs and costumes, you can check out the video in the player b

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Director Chad Stahelski on the potential of John Wick’s future
As John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum further expands the elaborate world that its main character inhabits, neither director Chad Stahelski, nor star Keanu Reeves, are at a loss for ideas. In an interview with EW, the director said that there are no shortage of possibilities when it comes to the future of John Wick.
“Keanu and I have ideas for days,” Stahelski said when talking about

Our heroes suit up in new Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles clips
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has released two new clips from Warner Bros. Animation and Nickelodeon‘s animated crossover Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, featuring our favorite heroes as they suit-up for their newest mission. Based off James Tynion IV and Freddie William II’s comics miniseries Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, you can check out the videos below and pre-order you

RT Features lands James Gray’s Armageddon Time
At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, RT Features announced it will team back up with The Lost City of Z director James Gray on his next feature film, Armageddon Time, a memoir about his time living Queens New York during the mid-1980s. Gray has penned the script and will direct, with RT Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira (Call Me By Your Name, The Witch) producing.
Casting for Armageddon Time is currently underway, with principal photogra

Star Wars news for the week of May 17, 2019
The purpose of this roundup is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of May 17, 2019 in one location. If you read this each week, you should be able to converse fluently with any Star Wars on everything from the latest Star Wars developments to the latest toys. And maybe you’ll even share with them something that they might have missed.
Let’s get to it!
Sequel News and RumorsBREAKING: Next Star Wars movies confirmed to be from G

With the original John Wick, screenwriter Derek Kolstad and co-directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch created an atmospheric neo-noir thriller with exhilarating action sequences, an iconic action hero in John Wick, and an equally iconic lead performance by Keanu Reeves. The film, about an ex-assassin (Reeves) who comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog, earned $88 million worldwide, and thus began the John Wick Cinematic Universe. Stahelski and Kolstad doubled

Gunpowder Milkshake: Carla Gugino joins the all-star female ensemble
According to Deadline, Carla Gugino has joined the cast of the action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake, joining a cast of talented actresses led by Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Karen Gillan, Game of Thrones‘ Lena Headey, and Crazy Rich Asians‘ Michelle Yeoh.
RELATED: Thai Heist Movie Bad Genius Getting an English Remake
Details of the actual plot aren’t known just yet, but Quentin Tarantino&rsqu

By the Power of Grayskull, Sony Targets 2021 for Masters of the Universe
Deadline reports that Sony Pictures and Mattel Films have set March 5, 2021 as the new release date for the long-anticipated He-Man film Masters of the Universe. Originally, the film was set to release at Christmas this year, but with no clear signs of the start of production that was never going to happen.
Noah Centineo (the upcoming Charlie’s Angels reboot) has been tapped for the role of He-Man, though it’s

"It is such a fundamental change in the way the Earth is behaving that we need to communicate that as powerfully as possible." Kino Lorber has debuted the first US trailer for the documentary Anthropocene: The Human Epoch, which has been playing at every major film festival since it premiered at TIFF last fall. It has also played at Sundance, Berlinale, Vancouver, Calgary, Santa Barbara, Boulder, Portland, Hong Kong, CPH:DOX, and the Seattle Film Festival most recently. Three experienced doc fi

Director Tom McGrath Returns for Boss Baby 2
According to Deadline, director Tom McGrath is returning to direct Boss Baby 2, the sequel to his animated hit featuring the voice of Alec Baldwin as a suit-wearing, briefcase-toting baby. McGrath previously helmed the Madagascar trilogy and Megamind for DreamWorks. Together, his five films have accrued more than $2.7 billion at the worldwide box office.
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"We started out with nothing… you built all of this!" Breaking Glass Pictures has debuted the official trailer for an "arthouse thriller" titled She's Just a Shadow, a new film by director Adam Sherman set in Tokyo. This "modern, dreamlike take on the gangster genre" is an action-packed story about "a matriarchal crime family engaged in a vicious gang war. A deranged killer is leaving his victims on railroad tracks all over Tokyo, and the only thing more dangerous than him is the vicious

Report: Robert Pattinson May Be the Next Batman
Earlier this year, the era of Batfleck passed when Ben Affleck confirmed that he has stepped aside from his role as the Dark Knight. Now, Variety is reporting that the next Batman has been found. Former Twilight star Robert Pattinson is reportedly the top pick to play Bruce Wayne/Batman in The Batman.
The report notes that Pattinson’s deal hasn’t been signed, so nothing is final yet. However, Pattinson is “expected to close [the

"After you left, I sat by the window every day. Just hoping that one day I'd look out and you'd be there…" Animation is not just a genre, it's a powerful storytelling tool, a technique that any filmmaker can use to bring their story to the screen. Cradle is an exceptional example of the power of storytelling in animation. Written & directed by Devon Manney as his USC thesis project, the short film won the Student Academy Award in 2017. Returning to home after losing both arms oversea

"Are you scared?" Universal + Illumination Ent. have debuted a final trailer, dubbed "Together", for Chris Renaud's The Secret Life of Pets 2, the sequel to the animated hit from a few years ago about pets and the life they have after their owners leave. This gives us the best look at the story yet, taking them to a farm and on another adventure around the city. Each of the pets from the original are now dealing with different life changes. Can Max, Snowball, Gidget and the rest of the gang fin