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During the press tour for Thor: Love and Thunder, Christian Bale said that he would be open to playing Batman again on one condition. In a brief interview with Screen Rant, the actor was asked what it would take to have him reprise his dual role of Bruce Wayne and Batman, which he portrayed in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. […]
The success of Guy Ritchie’s live-action Aladdin has the director returning to helm another Disney favorite. Deadline reports that Ritchie will oversee a live-action Hercules with Disney and AGBO, Joe and Anthony Russo’s production company. Dave Callaham wrote a first draft for the film, and the studio is now working to hire new writers. In […]
Netflix’s hugely popular series Squid Game won’t be get its second season until late next year or possibly even 2024, according to Hwang Dong-hyuk. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Squid Game creator/director/writer Dong-hyuk said he is currently speaking with Netflix about Season 2 and so far has “three pages worth of ideas that he plans to turn into a script.” […]
Fred Savage has been fired as a director and executive producer of The Wonder Years reboot due to allegations of “inappropriate conduct.” Deadline reports Savage was dismissed this week following multiple complaints of misconduct, which allegedly included both verbal outbursts and inappropriate behavior. A spokesman for 20th Television confirmed the news in a statement to Deadline on […]
Deadline reports Anderson .Paak will make his feature directorial debut in the dramedy K-POPS! The project will essentially have .Paak’s fingerprints all over it as he developed it with rapper Jon “Dumbfoundead” Park, co-wrote it with Khaila Amazan, and is co-producing it under his company Apeshit Films. The musician is also starring in the movie alongside his son Soul Rasheed. According […]
Jared Leto takes method acting to the extreme. In a new interview with Uproxx, Morbius director Daniel Espinosa addressed the lengths to which Leto embraced the title character’s physical limitations on set. Espinosa confirmed a rumor that Leto was so committed to playing a disabled character that he would use crutches when limping his way to the […]
Shawn Levy is headed to the MCU. According to Variety, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker has signed on to direct the Deadpool 3, starring Ryan Reynolds as the titular anti-hero. The project will mark Levy and Reynolds’ third film together, following 2021’s Free Guy and 2022’s The Adam Project. Reynolds confirmed Levy’s involvement via Twitter on Thursday, writing: “The third film in […]
Quentin Tarantino may soon return to the director’s chair—but it won’t be for a big-screen project. According to an exclusive Deadline report, the Oscar-winning filmmaker is in talks to direct one or two episodes of Justified: City Primeval—a revival of the FX Emmy-winning series Justified. Though the network and Tarantino have yet to provide confirmation, the publication points out the reported gig […]
Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, whose career as a filmmaker spanned decades of beloved comedies, has died. In a joint statement, the Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II director/producer’s children—Jason Reitman, Catherine Reitman, and Caroline Reitman—remembered their father as someone whose creativity gave fans all over the globe a consistent sense of “laughter and happiness” that will continue. […]
Spike Lee has been tapped to direct an ESPN Films documentary that will focus on Colin Kaepernick’s life and career, Variety reports. “Kaepernick, who has never given a full, first-person account of his journey, is collaborating closely with Lee who plans to use extensive new interviews and a vast never-before-seen archive to help Kaepernick tell his story from his perspective,” a […]