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Batman Villains Bane, Deathstroke Getting Movie Treatment at DC Studios (Exclusive)
DC will be doing some back-breaking development work to bring these criminals to the big screen.
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Gaten Matarazzo on ‘LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy’ and Saying Goodbye to ‘Stranger Things’
The life-long 'Star Wars' fan can now boast leading a production that includes Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker: "Is there a world where we get Mark for this?”
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‘Lanterns’: Aaron Pierre, Stephan James in the Mix to Play John Stewart in DC Studios, HBO Series
Kyle Chandler is already on board to star as classic DC character Hal Jordan.
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‘Apartment 7A’ Director Natalie Erika James on the Challenges of Making a ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Prequel
Natalie Erika James’ feature directorial debut, Relic, received critical acclaim at Sundance in January 2020, but then, like everything else, it was lost in the shuffle of the world-altering pandemic. The horror film — which had backing from the respective production companies of the Russo brothers and Jake Gyllenhaal — used the genre to deliver an allegory […]
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Batman Villains Bane, Deathstroke Getting Movie Treatment at DC Studios (Exclusive)
With a big-budget Joker movie just weeks away and a Penguin HBO series freshly unveiled, a few other DC villains are being targeted for the spotlight. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Bane, the super-steroid injecting antagonist who was previously seen in the 2012 Christopher Nolan movie The Dark Knight Rises, and Deathstroke, another popular […]
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Gaten Matarazzo on ‘LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy’ and Saying Goodbye to ‘Stranger Things’
As the star of LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, Gaten Matarazzo has joined his all-time favorite franchise that he often references in his career-launching franchise of Stranger Things. On the season four premiere of the latter, Matarazzo’s Dustin Henderson quoted Han Solo’s famous line, “Never tell me the odds,” which was a retort to […]
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‘Lanterns’: Aaron Pierre, Stephan James in the Mix to Play John Stewart in DC Studios, HBO Series
DC Studios and HBO’s much-ballyhooed series Lanterns is hitting its final casting stages. Aaron Pierre, star of Netflix thriller Rebel Ridge, and The Piano Lesson actor Stephan James are in the mix to play fan favorite hero John Stewart, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. It is unclear if the pair are testing or reading […]
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Maika Monroe to Star in ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’ Remake for 20th Century Studios
Maika Monroe is going to be one bad nanny. In her first casting since starring in the horror hit Longlegs, Monroe has signed to topline 20th Century Studios’ remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Michelle Garza Cervera is directing the feature that is being produced by Radar Pictures’ Ted Field and Michael Schaefer […]
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Ana de Armas Joins the ‘John Wick’ Universe in ‘Ballerina’ Trailer
Ana de Armas is en pointe in the first trailer for Ballerina, the spinoff of the Keanu Reeves’ John Wick franchise. De Armas stars as a ballerina turned assassin in the film, which officially is called From the World of John Wick: Ballerina. The feature has had a long road to the screen already. It […]
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Box Office Preview: ‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Megalopolis’ and Pro-Donald Trump Doc All Hit the Big Screen
The new arrivals on the box office marquee this weekend make for an unusual recipe, if not a spicy one. The safest and most traditional ingredient is DreamWorks Animaton and Universal’s family film The Wild Robot, based on Peter Brown’s beloved best-seller about a robot nicknamed ROZ who forms an unexpected bond with an orphaned […]
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‘Rebel Ridge’ Star AnnaSophia Robb Breaks Down the Challenging Journey to the Top of Netflix
[This story contains spoilers for Rebel Ridge.] Rebel Ridge star AnnaSophia Robb is keenly aware that no one could write a more storybook ending to the behind-the scenes saga of Jeremy Saulnier’s latest critically acclaimed film. The thriller, which required multiple attempts at completing principal photography before finally wrapping in 2022, has reigned atop Netflix’s […]
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Halle Berry Talks Most Haunting ‘Never Let Go’ Scene and Potential ‘John Wick’ Spinoff: “We Need To Do It Sooner Than Later”
[This story does not contain major spoilers for Never Let Go.] When Oscar winner Halle Berry received the script for Never Let Go, she immediately likened it to the time she read the then-unproduced screenplay for A Quiet Place. The latter involves a farm-based family that lives in total silence following the invasion of bloodthirsty […]
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‘Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow’ Casts Matthias Schoenaerts in Villain Role
Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts has nabbed the plum villain role in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which Craig Gillespie is directing for DC Studios. House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock is toplining the superhero feature as Kara Zor-El, the cousin of Superman. The feature is inspired by the Tom King and Bilquis Evely comic and will […]
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John Ortiz Joins Bob Odenkirk in ‘Nobody 2’ (Exclusive)
John Ortiz, currently seen on Apple TV’s comedic crime drama Bad Monkey, has joined the cast of Nobody 2, the sequel to the 2021 surprise hit produced by 87North. Bob Odenkirk is reprising his role as mild-mannered family man who is secretly a former government assassin. The call sheet also includes Connie Nielsen, Sharon Stone, […]
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‘Gremlins’ Series Team on Sliding Into Simu Liu’s DMs for Season 2 and Chances of a Third Movie
Gremlins is back with a new batch of episodes that promises to take Max’s animated series in unique directions. The show’s second season, titled Gremlins: The Wild Batch, debuts on the streamer Oct. 3. After the first season focused on how the young Sam Wing (voiced by Dìdi star Izaac Wang) met Gizmo, the new […]
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Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ Trailer Brings Mysterious Michael B. Jordan Starrer Into Focus
Ryan Coogler has put Michael B. Jordan in the boxing ring and transported him to Wakanda. Now he is putting him in an entirely new situation in the first trailer for Sinners, the vampire feature coming from Warner Bros. In the mysterious preview, Jordan’s Smoke says via voiceover, “I’ve been all over this world. I’ve […]
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Box Office: Can ‘Transformers One’ Borrow a Page From ‘Spider-Verse’ and Recover?
Behind the scenes, filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller weren’t the happiest of campers when their critical darling Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse opened to $35 million domestically in early December 2018. After all, the CGI-animated film had earned effusive reviews and a coveted A+ CinemaScore from audiences, with many predicting a $40 million opening or […]
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Florence Pugh Leads Band of Marvel Misfits in First ‘Thunderbolts’ Trailer
The first trailer for Disney’s Thunderbolts opens to Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, a depressed assassin, reuniting with her slob father, Alexei (David Harbour). She complains her life is empty, despite being busy with dangerous hit jobs. But purpose quickly returns to Yelena’s life as the action-packed teaser has her soon crossing paths with a […]
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Kyle Chandler to Star in HBO’s ‘Lanterns’ Series
HBO’s DC series Lanterns has found its Hal Jordan. Emmy winner Kyle Chandler is set to play the legendary member of the Green Lantern Corps in the series, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. The show will be the first series role for the Friday Night Lights star since Showtime’s 2022 drama Super Pumped. Lanterns, which […]
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