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‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Sequel in the Works

©Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Bridge7 Productions may be working on a sequel to Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning Best Picture, Slumdog Millionaire. Bridge7is founded by producer Swati Shetty and former agent Grant Kessman, the company has landed film and television rights to the property from production company Celador. Dev Patel played Jamal, a young man from Mumbai’s…

Matt Lieberman to Script ‘Mighty Mouse’ Feature for Paramount

Watch your ears, Mickey. Your distant cousin Mighty Mouse is on his way. Matt Lieberman has reportedly been tapped to write the script for a feature film adaptation of the iconic Mighty Mouse cartoon for Ryan Reynolds and his production company, Maximum Effort Productions. Paramount had previously announced, in 2019, that a live-action/animation hybrid movie…

Jesse Eisenberg to Write and Direct Musical Comedy Film

Jesse Eisenberg is poised to write and direct a yet-untitled musical comedy for Topic Studios and Fruit Tree, which recently released his acclaimed Sundance film A Real Pain. Eisenberg will also compose original music for the upcoming production. Deadline reported that Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti have been tapped to appear in the new film,…

Illinois Supreme Court Overturns Jussie Smollett’s Conviction on Hate Crime Hoax

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned Jussie Smollett’s conviction of charges that he perpetrated a hate-crime hoax against himself. The actor was convicted in December 2021 on five felony counts of disorderly conduct for the hoax, which occurred in 2019. Smollett had been sentenced to 150 days in a county jail and 30 months of…

Warner Bros. and Korean Studio CJ ENM Sign Remake Production Deal

© Courtesy of CJ Entertainment Warner Bros. Motion Pictures Group and CJ ENM have signed a deal to develop, finance and distribute English language and Korean language features, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The projects will be remakes of each studio’s films. As part of the new agreement, Warner Bros. will serve as the lead…

Javier Bardem Cast in Apple TV+’s ‘Cape Fear’ Series Adaptation

Javier Bardem has been cast in a lead role for Apple TV+’s upcoming series adaptation of Cape Fear, Variety is reporting. The Oscar-winning actor is set to play a new iteration of the notorious serial killer, Max Cady. The streaming service has released the following official logline for the drama: A storm is coming for…

‘Godzilla Minus One’s’ Takashi Yamazaki To Direct ‘Grandgear’ for Sony

Takashi Yamazaki, the acclaimed director of Godzilla Minus One, will next be directing, writing, and producing Grandgear, his first English-language feature for Sony Pictures. Sony, which won a competitive bidding war for the project, has not released details or a release date about the upcoming film. J. J. Abrams, who directed Star Wars: The Rise…

Conan O’Brien to Host 97th Academy Awards

© 2020 Team Coco   Comedian and late-night television host Conan O’Brien will be emceeing the 97th Oscar ceremonies scheduled for Sunday, March 2, 2025 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. He will replace Jimmy Kimmell, who had hosted the program for the past two years as well as in 2017 and 2018. Over…

Lady Gaga Reportedly Will Appear in Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’

©A Star is Born Lady Gaga will reportedly be appearing in the second season of Wednesday, a horror-inflected TV show starring Jenna Ortega in the title role. Launched on Netflix in 2022, Wednesday focuses on the character of Wednesday Addams of The Addams Family, the offbeat television show from the 1960s. Back in January of…

Daisy Ridley’s Rey Skywalker Will Be Key To ‘Star Wars’ Franchise’s Future

©Courtesy of Disney Daisy Ridley, who will reportedly appear as the character of Rey Skywalker in several upcoming Star Wars films, is attracting notice as a major force in the franchise. According to an anonymous source quoted in The Hollywood Reporter, Ridley “is the most valuable cinematic asset, in some ways the only one, Star Wars…

Denzel Washington Reveals He’ll Star in MCU’s ‘Black Panther 3’

Actor Denzel Washington revealed during a Today show interview that he’ll be playing the part of Hannibal in the upcoming Black Panther 3 movie for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Discussing his future plans, the 69-year-old actor added that “I’ve been talking to Steve McQueen about a film. After that, Ryan Coogler is writing a part…