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By Ben Pearson/Feb. 12, 2021 5:06 pm EST Donald Glover announced the news through an amusing series of Instagram stories, which you can still watch if you act quickly. The award-winning writers/producers/actors are tackling what is described as “a new take and iteration” on the 2005 New Regency film, which starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a married couple who have a humdrum home life, only for their relationship to be significantly spiced up when they realize they’ve each been living double lives as assassins who work for competing firms, and they’ve been assigned to kill each other....

Former ‘Jackass’ Star Bam Margera Sues To Stop ‘Jackass Forever’ Release By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 10, 2021 9:40 am EST Bam Margera, one of the creators of the hit franchise Jackass, is suing Paramount to stop the October release of Jackass Forever. In the suit, Margera alleges that he was illegally fired from the fourth film in the franchise and he seeks millions in compensation. The Allegations Fans of the Jackass franchise have seen this lawsuit coming for some time....

Francis Ford Coppola Is One Step Closer To Making His Passion Project ‘Megalopolis’ Francis Ford Coppola, one of the titans of Hollywood cinema, is doing everything he can to get his long-delayed passion project Megalopolis up and running. The director, who previously wasn’t signed with any particular agency, has now officially joined the client list of one of the industry’s largest agencies, CAA, in the hopes that they can help him secure financing for what sounds like a mega-expensive futuristic movie....

Double Feature This: The Raid and The Protector PT Merantau Films “The Expendables 4” is directed by Scott Waugh (“Act of Valor”), with a story by Spenser Cohen and a script by Cohen, Max Adams, and John Joseph Connolly. At this point, we don’t know much about the plot, but let’s be honest, does plot really matter here? The movie will team aging stars from the action films of yesteryear with newer breakouts like Uwais....

Kevin Smith Theorizes As To Why Ben Affleck Chose Not To Direct ‘The Batman’ By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 6, 2017 3:00 pm EST Kevin Smith may not be everyone’s favorite filmmaker, but the guy has decades’ worth of experience working in the industry. As a filmmaker, Smith sees how the business side operates, and he’s been involved in the early stages of development on some attempted blockbusters. He’s also had bit parts in a few of them, as well as directed a couple episodes of shows like The Flash and Supergirl recently....

Midnight Mass Creator Mike Flanagan Warns Haunting Fans Not To Look For Hidden Ghosts Netflix By Shania Russell/Sept. 21, 2021 4:27 pm EST The upcoming Netflix miniseries “Midnight Mass” comes from Mike Flanagan, the terrifying mind that gifted us “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor.” Fans of the Haunting anthology series are likely anticipating hidden ghosts in Flanagan’s latest, as the series infamously hid its scares in the background, waiting for viewers to catch them in the corner of their eye....

Going All-In On Dahl Netflix Insert terribly cheesy and way-too-obvious line about Netflix winning the golden ticket here. The news about Netflix jumping on board the Roald Dahl train comes courtesy of Variety, which notes that this new acquisition will serve as an expansion on a previous deal that Netflix struck with the Roald Dahl Story Company. That deal initially covered animated offerings that would offer their own spin on already-adapted works — including such titles as “Matilda” (which Netflix is teaming up with Sony and Working Title to adapt into a new musical), “The BFG,” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (Taika Waititi and Phil Johnston are making a series “based on the world” of the classic story) – but now, the possibilities are endless as Netflix could very well commission spin-offs, remakes, tie-in shows, novels, games, and much more....

Olaf Presents Review: Josh Gad Shines In The Best Frozen Spin-Off Yet Disney+ By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 9, 2021 12:00 pm EST If given the choice between going to a funeral or attending a one-man show, I’d pick crying in a stuffy room filled with strangers and ugly floral displays every single time. Attending a one-man show is the friend-of-actors equivalent of being asked to help them move. At least if you help someone move, you might get free pizza or gas money out of the deal....

Oscar Winner And Comedy Legend Cloris Leachman Dead At 94 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 28, 2021 7:00 am EST Oscar winner, Emmy winner, and all-around comedy legend Cloris Leachman, best known for stealing the scene in sitcoms like The Mary Tyler Moore Show and films like Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein, has died. She was 94. Leachman died of natural causes on Tuesday in Encinitas, California, according to her longtime manager, Juliet Green....

Quentin Tarantino Considered Remaking His Own ‘Reservoir Dogs’ For His Final Movie By Danielle Ryan/June 28, 2021 3:08 pm EST While Quentin Tarantino has promised for some time that his tenth movie will be his last, he shocked fans this week when he said it was almost a remake of his first film, Reservoir Dogs. While appearing on Real Time with Bill Maher (via The Hollywood Reporter), Tarantino explained his reasons for quitting at the height of his career, and for considering a Reservoir Dogs reboot....

Supernatural Rom-Com Extra Ordinary Is Becoming A TV Series From Maya Rudolph And Natasha Lyonne Cranked Up Films By Shania Russell/Oct. 6, 2021 11:04 am EST You probably missed the charming Irish comedy/horror “Extra Ordinary” when it debuted in 2019. The film was especially unlucky with its theatrical release in the US, which happened to land in March 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed the country. But the story of “Extra Ordinary” just found itself a second life thanks to the producing team behind Animal Pictures: Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne....

The 12 Best Boba Fett Moments In Star Wars Shows And Movies Lucasfilm By Liam Gaughan/Sept. 20, 2021 3:12 pm EST Boba Fett is one of the most popular characters in the Star Wars universe. At first, the near-silent Mandalorian bounty hunter fascinated viewers because he was shrouded in mystery. Who was this armored warrior? Where did he come from? What are his goals? For decades, Star Wars refused to offer an explanation....

The Ladykillers Touchstone Pictures There’s only one film in the bunch that feels like an unmitigated disaster: 2004’s “The Ladykillers.” This remake of the ’50s British comedy of the same name transposes the film’s action of a band of dim-witted crooks trying to hoodwink an old lady to the American South. The broader studio comedy trappings really don’t suit the Coen Brothers, though no one can say they — or Tom Hanks, with his thick Foghorn Leghorn accent and Colonel Sanders get-up as Goldthwaite Higginson Dorr, Ph....

The Daily Stream: Seven Is When David Fincher Truly Arrived, And Its Influence Endures New Line Cinema By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 31, 2021 2:35 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Seven” Where You Can Stream It: Peacock (starting November 1, 2021) The Pitch: Two detectives in an unnamed city investigate a series of gruesome murders symbolizing the seven deadly sins: gluttony, greed, sloth, lust, pride, envy, and wrath....

The Scariest Scene In ‘Halloween’ Makes Viewers An Active Participant In Terror By Meagan Navarro/Nov. 1, 2019 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror. In this edition: John Carpenter employs Hitchcock-levels of suspense to maximize dread in Halloween.)“You know, it’s Halloween. I guess everyone’s entitled to one good scare, huh?” Sheriff Brackett asks Laurie Strode mere seconds after startling her on her walk home from school....

Wonka Begins Production, Keeps Getting More Interesting With Olivia Colman, Sally Hawkins On Board Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 29, 2021 2:33 pm EST I remain extremely skeptical about “Wonka,” the Willy Wonka origin story that will star Timothée Chalamet as a hot young Wonka who f**ks. And yet … the movie has drawn some serious talent. For one thing, Paul King, who helmed the wonderful “Paddington” movies, is directing. And now, “Wonka” has added some exciting cast members: Rowan Atkinson, Sally Hawkins, and Olivia Colman....

‘Dummy’ Trailer: Anna Kendrick Is Best Friends With A Sex Doll By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 11, 2020 1:00 pm EST If your streaming service launches and it doesn’t have an original title that stars Anna Kendrick, does it really exist? In the case of Quibi, even Kendrick’s star power may not help. The Pitch Perfect star, who has managed to star in originals for Disney+, HBO Max, and Quibi, stars in Dummy, a comedy about Anna Kendrick befriending a sex doll....

‘Infinite’ Trailer: The Mark Wahlberg Reincarnation Action Flick Heads To Paramount+ In June By Chris Evangelista/May 28, 2021 12:00 pm EST Mark Wahlberg is a reincarnated action hero in the Infinite trailer. This Antoine Fuqua-directed sci-fi movie was originally meant for theaters, but now it’s headed directly to Paramount+ as the nascent streaming service tries to build up subscribers. Here, Wahlberg plays a character who learns he has lived a whole bunch of past lives – and he’s not alone....

‘John Wick’ Writer Derek Kolstad Adapting ‘Hellsing’, The Japanese Manga That Reimagines The Dracula Story By Ben Pearson/March 5, 2021 9:30 am EST I have not read Hellsing myself, but it’s described as “an exhilarating, quirky mashup of action and horror,” and Kavanaugh-Jones – whose credits include films like Bad Education, Honey Boy, Destroyer, and many more – says that Kolstad is uniquely qualified to handle this adaptation. “Derek is an exceptional writer and we are so excited to partner with him on what he does very best – building rich mythology filled with iconic characters....

‘Lisey’s Story’ Review: Apple’s Stephen King Miniseries Starts Off Strong, Only To Quickly Fall Apart By Chris Evangelista/May 25, 2021 7:00 am EST King finally gets his wish with the Apple TV+ series Lisey’s Story, a maddeningly muddled saga that starts off remarkably strong before going completely downhill. King is on hand to write all the scripts, something he’s never really done before for a TV series, and it shows. There’s nothing episodic here....