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Wonder Woman fans can rest easy, because DC Studios' head James Gunn has confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that a new "Wonder Woman" movie is being written right now. But fans shouldn't expect to see Gal Gadot back as Diana, because while this is the third live-action "Wonder Woman" film, it is almost certainly going to be a reboot, not a sequel to "Wonder Woman 1984."

The previous silver screen Wonder Woman movies were part of the now-dead DC Extended Universe. We're about a month out from seeing if Gunn's DC Universe Take Two can soar with "Superman." So far, of the DC Trinity, we only have David Corenswet cast as Superman. But Gunn does have plans for the other two.

Batman is set to star in "The Brave and the Bold." Directed by Andy Muschietti, this film will see Bruce Wayne partnered with his son, Damian Wayne/Robin. How...

MultiCon is putting the final touches on its schedule, which will benefit recovery from the Los Angeles wildfires when it rolls into the Preserve LA on Saturday.

The panels (listed in full below), include a conversation with Kevin Smith, Rob Liefeld and Robert Kirkman, while newly announced guests include All That and Good Burger star Kel Mitchell and Vivien Lyra Blair, known for playing the young Leia in Obi-Wan Kenobi.

They join guests that include David Dastmalchian, Seth Green, Sean Gunn and others.

Liefeld will also sign art from his property Young Blood that will only be available at the convention. As with other signings and photo opportunities with MultiCon talent, the proceeds will benefit United Way of Greater Los Angeles. Tickets starting at $35, while VIP tickets go for $100 and can be purchased here.

Along with the panels, organizers announced that the collectible company Thrilljoy will offer a Pix box figure to every attendee.

Based on Tos, it has been 16 years since the theatrical release of the rebooted Star Trek trilogy, which ended with Star Trek Beyond in 2016. With fandom anticipation for Star Trek 4 at an all-time high, according to Trekmovie.com, J.J. Abrams and “Deadpool & Wolverine” producer Simon Kinberg are attached as co-producers with a possible start of production in 2025.

Star Trek 4’s former director, Simon Kinberg, is out and tapped to write and produce a new Star Wars trilogy. Various outlets have reported that Star Trek 4 will be an origin story of 2009’s Star Trek movie instead of a previous Kelvin timeline plot.

Star Trek 4 will be in capable directing and screenwriting hands with Toby Haynes (“Andor” and “Black Mirror” director) and Seth Grahame-Smith (“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” screenwriter). With the Grahame-Smith Star Trek 4 script completed with a possible 2026 release date. Although, there are some uncertainties.

Original Star Wars star Maria De Aragon, who shot her Greedo scenes behind the mask of the character, passed away. The actor was behind bringing the character to life in George Lucas’ original Star Wars movie, A New Hope. The character played a crucial role in the movie, which featured the iconic ‘Han Shoots Greedo’ scene alongside Harrison Ford.

Greedo with Harrison Ford’s Han Solo in a still from Star Wars. Credit: Lucasfilm

Recently, the news of the death of the actor surfaced, and it was devastating for Star Wars fans. However, shockingly, many did not know that Greedo— a Rodian bounty hunter— was played by a woman. Certainly, the character was fascinating in the 1977 movie.

Star Wars Actor Maria De Aragon Died At 81

Harrison Ford’s Han Solo and Greedo. Credit: Lucasfilm

George Lucas’ Star Wars: A New Hope actor Maria De Aragon died in April. The actor...

Star Wars franchise star Maria De Aragon has passed away. The actress was best known for playing Greedo in the original Star Wars movie released by director George Lucas in 1977.

The announcement of De Aragon's death comes from her management company, Coolwaters Productions, with a post shared on Instagram. It's revealed in the post that De Aragon died of natural causes in late April. She was 81 years old.

"Coolwaters Productions LLC is sad to report that our client Ms. Maria De Aragon, the actress who helped bring the character of 'Greedo' to life in Star Wars: A New Hope has passed away," the announcement post reads in part. "She leaves behind her family in Canada. She passed away at a nursing home at the age of 81 in late April 2024 of natural causes. Our hearts are saddened, and we wish her family the very best and we thank all her Star...

Mumbai, Feb 20 (Ians) Filmmaker Anjali Menon, who is known for ‘Bangalore Days’, ‘Manjadikuru’, ‘Ustad Hotel’, ‘Koode’ and ‘Wonder Women’, is set to direct a Tamil film.

The yet-to-be-titled film belongs to the drama genre.

For the movie, the filmmaker is collaborating with Krg Studios.

The core philosophy of collaboration revolves around crafting content-rich stories across genres.

Talking about the collaboration, director Anjali said: “I am looking forward to the collaboration with Krg Studios as we share the commitment to create engaging movies built from our cultures with world class production values. Audiences are connecting beyond language boundaries to the diverse story landscapes of India, and we are keen to take them on cinematic journeys that are memorable, entertaining and thought provoking – all at the same time.”

Karthik Gowda, producer and co-founder of Krg, said: “Our collaboration with Anjali Menon signifies a new chapter for Krg, where the essence of storytelling takes precedence.

Film production and distribution company Krg Studios is teaming with acclaimed filmmaker Anjali Menon on a Tamil-language feature film.

Menon’s London Film School graduation short “Black Nor White” (2002), starring Archie Panjabi (“The Good Wife”) and Rez Kempton (“The Mummy”), won the BFI award at the Palm Springs film festival. Her directing credits include “Manjadikuru” (2008), “Bangalore Days” (2014), “Koode” (2018) and most recently “Wonder Women” (2022).

Hitherto a Kannada-language specialist, Krg is now expanding across the four southern Indian languages that also include Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil. The company established its studio distribution business in 2017 and has distributed more than 100 films in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. They ventured into production in 2020 and found early acclaim with “Rathnan Prapancha,” directed by Rohit Padaki and starring Dhananjay, which released directly on Prime Video India. “Gurudev Hoysala” released in 2023.

Former Prime Video India content chief Vijay Subramaniam is on board as a mentor and co-producer.

The Barbie movie tried to cast a major DC star, but they were unavailable. From the Oscar-nominated writer-director Greta Gerwig, the much-ballyhooed Barbie movie stars Oscar-nominated actors Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken, who leave the perfectly plastic Barbieland in search of true happiness in the real world. In addition to the main characters played by Robbie and Gosling, the Barbie movie features a dozen different variations of the two dolls played by recognizable stars.

In a new profile by Vogue, Robbie revealed that the Barbie movie tried to cast a major DC star as another Barbie. During the casting process, the first actor that Robbie and Gerwig envisioned as Barbie was none other than Wonder Woman herself – Gal Gadot. Though she was not available for the role, Gadot's "Barbie energy" became the blueprint for casting every iteration of the iconic Mattel doll. Read what Robbie said...

EntertainmentThe actor, who is popular for her work in Telugu and Hindi films, shared photos of a onesie and a pendant that said “mama”.FilePhoto/PTIActor Ileana D'Cruz’s latest social media post has left fans wondering if she is going to be a mother soon. In an Instagram post, the actor shared two photographs – one of a onesie that said “And so the adventure begins,” and another of a necklace with a pendant that spelled “mama”. She captioned the post, “Coming soon. Can’t wait to meet you my little darling,” leaving fans and well-wishers wondering if she was having a child. The post was uploaded to social media on the morning of Tuesday, April 18. Soon after the actor shared the post, congratulatory messages started pouring in, from actors and social media influencers including Nargis Fakhri, Niharika Nm, Nisha Aggarwal, Athiya Shetty, Shibani Akhtar and others. The actor’s...

Taking place on a Thursday morning in late October at the Gutstein Gallery (or online for pass-holders who didn’t care to brave the rain), the Wonder Women: Below the Line panel at this year’s Scad Savannah Film Festival (October 23-30) felt like a breath of fresh air. Moderated by Variety’s Jazz Tangcay, the participants included talent agent June Dowad, editor Pamela Martin, and production designers Diane Lederman and Ina Mayhew: All fiercely self-assured, middle-aged women with a wealth of […]

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A perennial highlight at the Scad Savannah Film Festival (October 23-30), this year’s back-to-in-person (and virtually for pass-holders) Wonder Women: Producers panel was jam-packed with industry insights from a refreshing range of female perspectives. Engagingly moderated by SAGindie executive director Darrien Gipson, the event took place at the cozy Gutstein Gallery late on a Friday morning. On hand were Alison Owen, Seanne Winslow, Kaila York, Jaclyn Moore (Dear White People, […]

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While early reactions to Wonder Woman 1984 were generally positive, the film is now facing a lot of controversy and backlash online, with many fans hailing Patty Jenkins’ sequel as the worst pic in the Dceu, which, given its unwieldy track record, is a bold statement to make.

Disregarding the lacklustre action sequences, and its numerous plot holes that haunt the coherency of the narrative, folks are also struggling with a certain element involving the return of Steve Trevor. And we’ll warn you now that spoilers lie ahead.

For those who’ve watched WW84, you’ll know that the circumstances involving the apparent resurrection of Trevor were confusing, to say the least. The character suddenly sprang up 30 minutes into the film, where he explained that his soul took possession of a random guy’s body. What makes this even more unsettling is the fact that Diana and Steve proceed to...

The Wonder Woman franchise will continue.

On Sunday, Warner Bros. Pictures announced that it will fast-track development on the third installment of the Wonder Woman franchise to be written by Patty Jenkins, who is attached to direct, and starring Gal Gadot.

Wonder Woman 1984 easily conquered the holiday weekend, exceeding box office projections as the top post-pandemic domestic opening weekend for any feature film this year, with $16.7 million in box office.

The sequel took in an estimated $36.1 million globally from 42 markets in release this weekend (including U.S. and Canada).

This takes the international running cume to $68.3 million, and the worldwide tally to $85 million.

The exciting announcement was made by Toby Emmerich, Chairman, Warner Bros. Pictures Group.

“As fans around the world continue to embrace Diana Prince, driving the strong opening weekend performance of Wonder Woman 1984, we are excited to be able continue her story with our real life...

Warner Bros. Pictures announced that it will fast-track development on the third installment of the “Wonder Woman.” franchise to be written by Patty Jenkins, who is attached to direct, and will reunited with star Gal Gadot. The news arrives following the Christmas Day release of “Wonder Woman 1984” in available theaters and streaming on HBO Max. Theatrically, the film exceeded box-office projections as the top post-pandemic domestic opening weekend for a feature this year, according to WB. “Wonder Woman 1984” took in an estimated $36.1 globally this weekend, notching the worldwide total to $85 million. It was released internationally on December 16.

“As fans around the world continue to embrace Diana Prince, driving the strong opening weekend performance of ‘Wonder Woman 1984,’ we are excited to be able continue her story with our real life Wonder Women – Gal and Patty – who will return to conclude the long-planned theatrical trilogy,” said Toby Emmerich, Chairman,...

After countless delays and dramas, the long, overstretched waiting is now over- Wonder Woman 1984 is finally here. Even before the film released, it was already known that the story would see Gal Gadot back as the badass Diana Prince a.k.a. Wonder Woman, Kristen Wiig becoming the "apex predator," and Pedro Pascal's Maxwell Lord at the heart of a massive calamity. But rest assured, WW1984 does pack its fair share of surprises and that includes a nostalgic cameo aptly added to the story. And if our deductions (as well as the desperate hopes) are right, it's slated to be so much more than just fan service.

(The following article contains major spoilers from Wonder Woman 1984. Turn away now if you haven't seen it yet)

Earlier in December, director Patty Jenkins had shared with Collider how the mid-credits in Wonder Woman 1984 would serve as a "button" to the movie.

For Gal Gadot, 35, the work of Wonder Woman 1984 (out Dec. 25) started in January 2018 when L.A.-based, Swedish-born trainer Magnus Lygdback was tasked with getting the actress ready to wield the Lasso of Hestia again.

With the physicality of Gadot’s character firmly established in the fight scenes of 2017’s Wonder Women, training for the Cold War era-set sequel wasn’t required to be as intense and demanding. “Both [director] Patty Jenkins and Gal had a vision of how Wonder Woman should look and they didn’t change much,” Lygdback (who did not work with Gadot on the first Wonder ...

For Gal Gadot, 35, the work of Wonder Woman 1984 (out Dec. 25) started in January 2018 when L.A.-based, Swedish-born trainer Magnus Lygdback was tasked with getting the actress ready to wield the Lasso of Hestia again.

With the physicality of Gadot’s character firmly established in the fight scenes of 2017’s Wonder Women, training for the Cold War era-set sequel wasn’t required to be as intense and demanding. “Both [director] Patty Jenkins and Gal had a vision of how Wonder Woman should look and they didn’t change much,” Lygdback (who did not work with Gadot on the first Wonder ...

AMC Entertainment on Thursday filed with the SEC to sell up to 200 million shares as the embattled exhibitor seeks to keep its business afloat with the global pandemic dragging on.

It could raise $844 million at an estimated offering price of $4.22 per share, based on trading Nov. 30, the filing said. But the stock has been volatile, falling nearly 7% to just over $4 at the market open.

The nation’s largest movie chain noted several months ago that it was fast depleting funds and risked running out of cash by late this year or early next if it couldn’t raise more. It has indicated that additional stock sales – it’s done a several already — might be a stopgap as it awaits a hoped for uptick in business and eventual vaccine.

Its SEC prospectus for potential shareholders includes a long list of investment risk factors, including “our ability to obtain additional liquidity, which...

Gal Gadot has signed up to take the lead in the spy-thriller ‘Heart of Stone’ at Skydance Media.

Word is Skydance want to make a lucrative franchise out of the thriller which is said to be a female version of James Bond. Any further plot details are being kept under wraps.

‘The Aeronauts’ filmmaker Tom Harper is attached to direct a script penned by ‘The Old Guard’s’ Greg Rucka and ‘Hidden Pictures’ Allison Schroeder. Gadot will produce via her Pilot Wave banner, along with Jaron Varsano, Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn. David Ellison will produce with Dana Goldberg and Don Granger for Skydance.

Also in news – Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy feature in first look image for ‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’

Gadot will next be seen the ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ over the Christmas period. She will also appear in ‘Death on the Nile’ and Ryan Reynolds and...

As Grant Morrison wraps up his sprawling multiversal epic in The Green Lantern, the architect of the modern DC Metaverse will also be finishing his foray into Earth One. Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 3, the finale of Morrison and Yanick Paquette’s multi-year graphic reimagining will be arriving in stores this march.

Volume three picks up right where the last story left off. After successfully beating back Uberfraulein, the leader of an invading Nazi force who the Amazons attempted to rehabilitate after her capture, Wonder Woman has become queen of the Amazons. Diana is preparing her sisters for an attack from man’s world; specifically, government weapons dealer Max Lord and his A.R.E.S. armors. She’s determined to fight back against what she perceives as the god of war and try and bring Themiscyran values to the world of man.

Lord’s presence feels like slick timing,...

The Savannah College of Art and Design has announced that the 23rd edition of the Scad Savannah Film Festival will take place in an all-virtual format this year from Oct. 24-31.

During the week-long online event, programming will include live film premieres, spotlights, competitions, events, Q&As and forums, including the Docs to Watch and Wonder Women series.

Georgia’s Scad Savannah Film Festival is the largest university-run film festival in the U.S. and has become a well-known stop on the way to the Academy Awards, having screened more than 125 Oscar-nominated films. The festival has also been instrumental in connecting Scad students with leading professionals in their fields of study, which include performing arts, film and television, dramatic writing, production design, sound design and visual effects.

At the 2020 Academy Awards, 230 Scad alumni and current students were commended for their contributions to 21 nominated films such as “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,...

Exclusive: In a highly competitive situation, Apple has given a straight-to-series order for an untitled four-part documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers Brian Lazarte and James Lee Hernandez, directors of the docuseries McMillion$. Multiple bidders were in the mix and it was a seven-figure deal, sources said.

The new untitled docuseries tells the unbelievable true story of one of the largest scams in government history. Lazarte & Hernandez will produce through their Fun Meter Productions banner. Their 6-part docuseries McMillion$ bowed on HBO in February and told the true story of how $24 million was stolen from the McDonald’s Monopoly game of the 1990s, the mystery mastermind who orchestrated the scam, and the FBI agents who pursued the criminal. Lazarte’s previous credits include Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D, HBO’s Emmy-winning miniseries Sonic Highways and Showtime’s Time of Death. Hernandez’s credits include the Emmy Award-winning Feeln docuseries Wonder Women...

Ever since Olivia Wilde’s ‘Booksmart’ enamoured audiences, Wilde has become hot property behind the camera. So it’s no surprise that the likes of Florence Pugh, Chris Pine and Shia Labeouf have all joined her for ‘Don’t Worry Darling’.

Pugh is said to play the main role in the feature with Wilde stepping in to also play a character.

The project is a psychological thriller set in an isolated, utopian community in the 1950s California desert.

Wilde will produce the movie, ‘Booksmart’ scribe Katie Silberman will rewrite the original script from Shane and Carey Van Dyke. Silberman will also produce alongside Roy Lee and Miri Yoon of Vertigo Entertainment. Catherine Hardwicke is executive producing the movie, alongside Shane and Carey Van Dyke.

Also in news – ‘Hunger Games’ helmer Francis Lawrence to return for prequel

Pugh’s star is most certainly rising, since her star turn in ‘Lady Macbeth...

‘Wonder Women’ and ‘Star Trek’ actor, Chris Pine, has entered into negotiations to star in the upcoming reboot of ‘The Saint’.

The movie follows Simon Templar (a.k.a. The Saint), a Robin Hood-esque criminal and thief for hire. Seth Grahame-Smith penned the script on what the studio is hoping will be another long-running franchise of films. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura is producing along with Brad Krevoy and the late Robert Evans, posthumously.

Pine would take the titular role if negotiations are successful. Plot details are being kept under wraps, though it’s believed to take place during the present day and is not a period piece. No date has been set for production start.

‘Rocketman’ helmer Dexter Fletcher will direct the film and Seth Grahame-Smith wrote the script. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura is producing along with Brad Krevoy. Robert Evans, who served as a producer on the original film and died in 2019, also helped produce.

Exclusive: UTA has signed McMillion$ filmmakers Brian Lazarte and James Lee Hernandez as well as their company Fun Meter Productions for worldwide representation in all areas.

Lazarte and Hernandez’s critically acclaimed six-part docuseries McMillion$ bowed in February. The project, which was from Unrealistic Ideas and Fun Meter Productions, chronicles the true story of how $24 million was stolen from the McDonald’s Monopoly game of the 1990s, the mystery mastermind who orchestrated the scam, and the FBI agents who pursued the criminal. The pair created, directed, wrote and edited the docuseries. They also served as executive producers alongside Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, and Archie Gips.

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Lazarte’s previous credits include Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D,...

Pedro Pascal probably stole all of our hearts when he had his first break-out role as Oberyn Martell on Game of Thrones. Of course, most recently, he also has a huge role as the Mandalorian on the new Star Wars live-action show. Pedro Pascal is also quite the movie actor, and it's time to make a list of flicks to binge to get to know more about this man's versatility and brilliance.

Related: Game Of Thrones: 15 Things You Didn't Know About House Martell

While he only has so many movies to his name, here are Pedro Pascal's ten best, according to Rotten Tomatoes. Watch these movies to prepare for his upcoming and lead role as Maxwell Lord in the new DC film, Wonder Women 1984.

The well-reviewed “Charlie’s Angels” reboot is the latest studio box office bomb of the fall movie season, following in the footsteps of such disasters as “The Goldfinch,” “Gemini Man,” “Motherless Brooklyn,” and “Terminator: Dark Fate.” The Elizabeth Banks-directed action comedy failed to crack $9 million at the box office over its opening weekend. Box office tracking had “Charlie’s Angels” opening at an already-disappointing $10 million, but the final total came in well below that low mark. IndieWire’s box office expert Tom Brueggemann says the film “will be a significant loss” for Sony this season.

Prior to the movie’s disastrous opening weekend, Banks gave an interview to the Herald Sun that is now proving to be somewhat controversial. The filmmaker, who also wrote and produced “Charlie’s Angels” and stars in the movie as Bosley, called out a potential box office bomb as being sexist. “Look, people have to buy tickets to this movie,...

Films by and centering around women will be showcased among the 159 films — 35 narratives, 15 documentaries and 109 shorts — at the 22nd Scad Savannah Film Festival. Following an Oscar year in which they were shut out, more than 50 selections — many in awards-foreshadowing categories — are directed by women.

“I remember being at the Savannah Film Festival with Reed Morano,” says Olivia Wilde, Scad’s 2015 Spotlight Award recipient and producer-star of Morano’s “Meadowland.” “That was her directorial debut, and I was so profoundly proud to see her stepping into this role and getting to connect with her audience in that way.”

At this year’s festival, for which organizers expect 63,000 attendees from Oct. 26-Nov. 2, Wilde will receive Scad’s Rising Star Director Award for her directorial debut, “Booksmart.”

“It feels like female filmmakers are taking up more space,” she says. “We’re still only 15% of the Directors Guild, which has to change, but festivals...

ABC is talking with Marvel about developing a new superhero series to the network which would revolve around a female hero. The news come shortly after it was announced that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. would be finishing up its run after Season 7.

According to Deadline, ABC hopes to “ensure that there is at least one Marvel property is on air on the broadcast network at any given time. However, it’s not clear whether the adaptation is being lined up for the broadcaster’s traditional development season or will be developed off-cycle.”

ABC President of Entertainment Karey Burke said in a statement:

“I have spoken to Marvel and we are in active talks about one project in particular.”

While she didn’t reveal any details, she did say that the character would be “something brand new, mostly” and that the “series would fit in with its strategy of female focused superheroes.

ABC is in “active talks” about bringing another Marvel female superhero to the network.

The broadcaster is working with its Disney sibling on another comic book adaption. This comes as Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is set to finish after its upcoming seventh season.

The hope is seemingly to ensure that there is at least one Marvel property is on air on the broadcast network at any given time. However, it’s not clear whether the adaptation is being lined up for the broadcaster’s traditional development season or will be developed off-cycle.

ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke told Deadline, “I have spoken to Marvel and we are in active talks about one project in particular.” While she wouldn’t give away any details, she said the character would be “something brand new, mostly” and that the series would fit in with its strategy of female-focused superheroes.

This project is...

This May, Trick or Treat and Krampus director Michael Dougherty will unleash Godzilla: King of the Monsters starring Vera Farmiga and Millie Bobby Brown on the masses in a theater near you. For those who might not know, the film is the follow-up to Gareth Edwards's Godzilla starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, and Bryan Cranston and in a roundabout way Jordan Vogt-Roberts' Kong: Skull Island starring Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Goodman. This summer's new film will then soon be followed up by director Adam Wingard's Godzilla Vs Kong. And speaking of Wingard's epic monster mash, today we have word that Godzilla vs. Kong has wrapped shooting. Woo-Hoo!

One of the main reasons this here horror fan is looking forward to checking out Godzilla vs. Kong is that the movie hails to us from director Adam Wingard. For those who might not be...

Rebecca Hall will star in Amazon’s “Tales from the Loop,” an hour-long science-fiction series executive produced by “War for the Planet of the Apes” director Matt Reeves.

Hall will play Loretta, a gifted physicist.

The genre series is based on the famous artwork of Simon Stålenhag. A co-production with Fox 21 Television Studios, the eight-episode series will be helmed by executive producer Nathaniel Halpern, with Mark Romanek directing the pilot episode.

“Tales from the Loop” explores the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe — making things possible that were previously relegated only to science fiction. In this fantastical, mysterious town, poignant human tales are told that bare universal emotional experiences while drawing on the intrigue of genre storytelling.

Reeves will executive...

We have good news for fans of giant monster action, as Godzilla Vs Kong is going to arrive quite a bit earlier than previously expected. Production kicked off on the highly-anticipated blockbuster in November and it will serve as the fourth entry in the MonsterVerse, which kicked off in 2014 with director Gareth Edwards' Godzilla. While it took some time to get the big guy back on screen again, we're going to be seeing plenty of him over the course of the next year, alongside quite a few classic monsters.

Warner Bros. recently did some shuffling around with their release schedule and they've decided to move up Godzilla vs. Kong to March 13, 2020. Previously, they had the movie set within the early summer blockbuster season on May 22, 2020. However, Universal also recently did some reshuffling and they decided to put Fast and Furious 9 on that very same May 22 date. So, to avoid...

After teaming up to write SiREN, Super Dark Times, and Stephanie, Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski will next take viewers into The Night House, a new horror thriller that will be directed by David Bruckner, and, as announced by Anton, will star Rebecca Hall in the lead role as a widow who discovers unsettling secrets about her late husband.

Press Release: Los Angeles – Anton announced today that Golden Globe® nominee Rebecca Hall will star in the horror thriller The Night House. The film will be directed by David Bruckner and based on a script written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski. The Night House follows a widow who begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.

David S. Goyer and Keith Levine are producing under their Phantom Four production company. Anton is fully financing, executive producing and handling worldwide sales. Harold van Lier, Anton’s President of Distribution, will...

Rebecca Hall has been set to star in The Night House, a new horror thriller being directed by David Bruckner. David S. Goyer and Keith Levine are producing via their Phantom Four, with Anton fully financing, executive producing and handling worldwide sales at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin. Endeavor Content is co-repping U.S. rights with Anton.

Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski penned the script, which centers on a widow who begins to uncover her recently deceased husband’s disturbing secrets. The film is set to begin shooting in May. Anton’s newly minted Evp Acquisitions & Co-Productions John Zois will oversee the project. The film is scheduled to shoot in May.

Hall is now in production on Warner Bros’ Godzilla vs. Kong, which is slated for a May 2020 release. Up next for her is Passing, which she adapted and is making her directorial debut on.

We’re yet to see how ‘Wonder Women’ director, Patty Jenkins has followed up the phenomenal success of her 2017 DC outing, but Jenkins has hinted at a more contemporary setting for a possible third offering for the Amazonian superhero.

During a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter Jenkins was quick to mention that, as yet, she is not committed to a third film but if she was to return she wasn’t keen to do another period piece. The setting would definitely be set in the present day.

“I’m not set, but I’m not dying to do another period piece. I’m not planning to put it in the past again, because where are you going to go? You have to go forward. It’s definitely a contemporary story. That’s all I can say. Where we put it and how that gets figured out, I haven’t totally nailed down.

The Sundance Film Festival is well underway and amidst all the traffic, premieres and snow slushed roads, the talk of inclusion and representation at the festival took center stage at a special panel titled “Making the (In)visible: Radical Transparency in the Data-Driven Age.” Moderated by the Black List’s Franklin Leonard, the panel included Dr. Stacy L. Smith from the Sundance Annenberg Inclusion initiative, filmmaker Angela Robinson (Professor Marston and the Wonder Women), producer Nina Jacobson (Crazy Rich Asians), and Sundance Institute’s Karim Ahmad as they discussed a recent study by the Sundance and the Inclusion Initiative that revealed data about race and gender when it came to film submissions to the festival and how that data is relevant to the industry.

After Dr. Smith shared a mix of good and bad news (you can read the full report here)when it comes to the inclusion of women...

The first set photos from Godzilla Vs Kong have arrived. The epic monster showdown kicked off filming toward the end of last week and, while these first photos obviously won't feature either of the two monsters people are going to shell out money to see, we do get a glimpse at some of the human cast members joining in on the action, as both Alexander Skarsgard and Eiza Gonzalez were spotted on set.

As is quite often the case with unofficial set photos, this first batch of images isn't terribly revealing. We see both stars in gold and black jumpsuits with harnesses on a treacherous, mountainous terrain. Could it be that they're off somewhere on Skull Island looking for King Kong? That's purely speculative at this point. What we do see is Alexander Skarsg&#229rd looking rather angry in one particular shot. What's he angry about? Again, at this point,...

Yesterday, we got the official synopsis for Godzilla Vs Kong. Today, it has been announced that the hugely anticipated brawl between two of the world's mightiest monsters has officially begun shooting. We also have a full cast rundown as well as some insight into how this is all going to go down.

Following the global success of 2014's Godzilla and 2017's Kong: Skull Island, and in the lead-up to the 2019 release of the highly anticipated Godzilla: King of the Monsters, comes the next chapter in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Entertainment's cinematic Monsterverse: Godzilla vs. Kong. Beginning production today, the epic action adventure will pit two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another, the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong, with humanity caught in the balance.

Godzilla vs. Kong is being directed by Adam Wingard. The sequel has assembled a unique ensemble cast.The film stars Alexander Skarsg&#229rd,...

Get ready for Godzilla vs. King Kong vs. Rebecca Hall. The Professor Marston and the Wonder Women actress is the latest name to join the Godzilla vs. Kong cast, alongside Millie Bobby Brown, Alexander Skarsgard and more. The film from director Adam Wingard will follow the upcoming sequel Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Variety broke the news about Rebecca Hall […]

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In recent years, the Scad Savannah Film Festival has become a favorite Oscar season stop for stars and filmmakers. Unlike the Toronto Intl. Film Festival or Sundance, it’s not a frenzied hotbed of deals and world premieres, but it has its own quaint charms that reflect the historic 285-year-old city where it unspools.

“It’s one of those deep indie-film-loving communities that are as passionate about watching movies as it is about making them,” says director Jason Reitman, who shot “The Front Runner” in the city, and will be at the fest for a gala screening, along with star Hugh Jackman. It’s a return trip for Reitman, who screened “Tully” at the fest last year.

The festival’s passion for film is driven by the students and the faculty of the Savannah College of Art and Design (Scad), who run the event.

“Scad is the festival,” says president and founder Paula Wallace.

After a record number of entries, Australians in Film announced Charmaine Bingwa as the winner of this year’s Heath Ledger Scholarship.

The Australian/Zimbabwean actor is the first woman of color to be honored with the scholarship and the 10th winner of the award which was founded five months after Ledger’s death. The scholarship honors Ledger’s legacy and is awarded to an actor who exhibits distinctive and unique potential. It offers assistance for young and emerging Australian actors to kick-start their careers, break into Hollywood or train internationally.

“I’m completely taken aback and so honored to be 2018’s winner of the Heath Ledger Scholarship,” said Bingwa after receiving the award. “I heard the other day someone say that the most powerful currency you have is the impact you have on other people and I think Heath epitomizes that. Heath personally taught me what the power of a performance can do.

U.S network ABC is doubling down its search for British on-screen stars as it reopens its digital talent competition.

The Disney-owned broadcaster has lined up the second iteration of its ABC Discovers: Digital Talent Competition. This comes after Wonder Women star Jemma Moore, who is set to star in Universal’s 2019 feature Doom, won the competition last year. The winner receives a one-year $25,000 talent deal with the Grey’s Anatomy and Black-ish broadcaster.

The winner of the scheme, which runs from September 10 through September 24, will be announced on November 14. It will be overseen by Kate Dowd in the U.K., and casting directors Jennifer Treadwell and Monica Kelly in the U.S. The site will offer advice from the likes of Ayo Davis, senior vice president, Talent and Casting, ABC Entertainment, Quantico and Code Black exec producer Michael Seitzman as well as stars such as Priyanka Chopra, Blair Underwood and Marlee Matlin.

Welcome to another edition of Home Video Highlights, the column dedicated to the best and most exciting titles that are brand new to Blu-ray. The releases being highlighted this week are once again from Vinegar Syndrome, the boutique label dedicated to preserving the best of cult, underground, exploitation, and sexploitation, and it’s safe to say that all those bases are covered with these three releases.

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If you are a filmmaker – or an aspiring one – and looking for a little bit of inspiration, the first release that should absolutely be sought out is “Shot.” Filmed in 1973 in Champaign, Il, director Mitch Brown and producer Nate Kohn – college students at the time – raised $15,000 by holding campus film screenings.

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Exclusive: It was a female director who gave the industry and Warner Bros the highest overall summer film last year with $412.5 million at the domestic box office and provided the studio the wind to sail past Disney as the first to win the $2 billion domestic box office race. Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman made the industry sit up and take notice when the Superhero origin film opened to $103.2M domestically and $228M internationally. It was one of only three films last year the studio released from female directors. The others were Denise Di Novi’s Unforgettable and Stella Meghie’s Everything, Everything (an MGM co-production). New Line had zero, but these numbers are changing, and for the better.

We’ve come a long way since Jeffrey Katzenberg entrusted a female director who had only previously worked in TV — Mimi Leder — to helm DreamWorks’ first live-action title, The Peacemaker. That sent tongues...

hen the first “Twilight” movie premiered at Comic-Con in 2009, it spawned protests. Multiple fans wandered the San Diego Convention Center holding signs with captions such as “Twilight has ruined Comic-Con!” One attendee, when asked by L.A. Weekly if his characterization of “Twilight” fans as “screeching girls” was sexist, countered that “girls have been making fun of fanboys for years, calling them nerdy and smelly.”

The inclusion of the “Twilight” films was a “watershed” for the convention, according to science-fiction writer Charlie Jane Anders.

“All of a sudden there were all these female fans who showed up for ‘Twilight’ who would actually get in line for Hall H,” says Anders, co-founder of the website io9. “But the amazing thing was that even after there were no more ‘Twilight’ movies, it felt like the attendees never went back to the way they had been. It felt like a lot of women...

The 2018 Outfest Film Festival, the largest Lgbtq film festival in Los Angeles, will feature its most inclusive lineup of filmmakers with narrative and documentary features that reflect a growing sense of activism in the Trump era.

Organizers of Outfest, which which kicks off Thursday night, are celebrating a record number of entries this year by filmmakers of color, women and transgender directors. Two-thirds of films screening at the festival are from these underrepresented groups, a new milestone, said Outfest director of programming Lucy Mukerjee. Last year, 50% of the films at the festival were directed by women.

Mukerjee explained that it has become imperative for Outfest to be more inclusive and intersectional, reflecting not just one narrow view of the Lgbtq community.

“Putting the creative visions of women and people of color and transgender directors on the same plane as cisgender, white directors felt like the only logical and ethical thing to do,...

It would appear Wonder Women director Patty Jenkins and Chris Pine can’t get enough of working together. Whilst Pine has reunited with Jenkins on the set for the sequel to the superhero adventure a new trailer has emerged for their series collaboration I Am The Night.

Based on true events, the six-episode series sees Pine play Jay Singletary, a former Marine-turned-hack-reporter/paparazzo, desperately trying to break open a sordid case in Hollywood.

The limited series tells the incredible story of Fauna Hodel (India Eisley) who was given away at birth. As Fauna begins to investigate the secrets to her past, she follows a sinister trail that swirls ever closer to an infamous Hollywood gynaecologist, Dr George Hodel (Jefferson Mays), a man involved in the darkest Hollywood debauchery.

Also in trailers – New trailer for Summer of 84 has four teens turn serial killer super sleuths

Jenkins helmed the series as...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited a record number of new members, extending invites to 928 people.

The Academy topped last year’s record of 774 new members. It invited 683 members in 2016 and 322 in 2015, which were also record numbers.

The expansion of Academy membership to more than 9,200 stems from an ongoing effort to diversify its ranks following uproar over the lack of African-American nominees in 2015 and 2016, which culminated in 2016’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy. Two weeks after the widely criticized nominations were announced, AMPAS announced a goal to double the number of women and diverse members of the Academy by 2020.

If all the 2018 invitees accept, the overall membership would be 9,226.

Monday’s invitations, if accepted, will result in 38% of the Oscars’ governing body’s new class being comprised of people of color, increasing their representation from 13% in 2017 to 16%.

Meanwhile, the new class is 49% female, boosting the total representation of women...

The DC Extended Universe (Dceu) has seen its fair share of critical misfires, from “Batman v. Superman” to “Suicide Squad” and “Justice League,” but all hope isn’t lost. During an appearance on Kevin Smith’s podcast “Fat Man on Batman,” Marvel Cinematic Universe screenwriters Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus offered their advice on how the Dceu can be saved, and it turns out less is more when it comes to building a gigantic movie universe.

“I would look at what Marvel did, out of necessity, in that they didn’t have their A-list characters [at the beginning],” Markus said. “They didn’t have Spider-Man, they didn’t have the X-Men, and they went down the line and found [other characters].”

Markus pointed to Iron Man kicking off the McU a decade ago. While the character has since become one of the most popular superheroes in the world, Iron Man wasn’t a guarantee for...