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Jenna Ortega & Glen Powell Will Star in J.J. Abrams’ IMAX Version of ‘The Great Beyond’ in November

©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures  Six years after J. J. Abrams directed Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Warner Bros. will release his next film, The Great Beyond, on November 13 of this year. As is typical of Abrams’s work, few details about the film are known other than the cast list, which includes Glen Powell,…

Kathleen Kennedy Steps Down as President of Lucasfilm

© 2015 – Lucasfilm After fourteen years, Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down as the president of Lucasfilm. She will be replaced by Dave Filoni, its chief creative officer, and by Lynwen Brennan, the head of business affairs and operations for the studio. Filoni, 51, will serve as president and Brennan,58, will be the co-president. Early in…

Scott Cooper Will Direct Roswell UFO Thriller For 20th Century Studios

After teaming up on Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, filmmaker Scott Cooper and 20th Century Studios are reuniting for an untitled UFO feature. Their next high-profile movie will be based on the infamous reported UAPs (unidentified aerial phenomenon) in Roswell, New Mexico, Deadline is reporting. The filmmaker will write and direct the new sci-fi project….

Paramount Skydance Sues Warner Bros. Discovery in Takeover Strategy

©Courtesy of Paramount Skydance  Paramount Skydance has announced its intention to sue Warner Bros. Discovery as part of its takeover strategy. According to Variety, the suit, filed on Monday in Delaware Chancery Court, is designed to force WBD to disclose details of its $83 billion deal with Netflix. Meanwhile, Warner’s board just rejected Paramount’s latest…

Giuseppe Tornatore to Helm Bank of America Founder Biopic!

©Courtesy of “The Best Offer“, Warner Brothers Giuseppe Tornatore (“Cinema Paradiso,” “Ennio“), an Italian director who won the Oscar for his work on Cinema Paradiso, is scheduled to direct The First Dollar, a biopic about Bank of America founder Amedeo Peter Giannini, who helped develop Hollywood’s emerging film industry. Giannini was brought up in a…

Golden Globes 2026 Full Recap : Winner’s List

©Courtesy of The Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Timothée Chalamet’s dedication of his “Marty Supreme” award to his parents and girlfriend Kylie Jenner and Jean Smart’s plea for kindness during the 2026 Golden Globe Awards were filled with emotion. Despite Chalamet winning “Marty Supreme“, which also marks his first Golden Globe, the Leonardo DiCaprio-led “One Battle…

“Godzilla Minus Zero” Sets November Release Date

©Courtesy of Toho/GKIDS The release date for “Godzilla Minus Zero,” which is sequel to Toho’s highly acclaimed and international-successful “Godzilla Minus One“, has been announced as November 6th 2026. At Godzilla Fest in Japan, the title was announced, and the original film’s writer, director, and VFX whiz Takashi Yamazaki will be returning in their original…

Marvel Studios Reportedly is Ending Development of ‘Blade’

©Courtesy of Marvel Studios  Marvel Studios is reportedly shelving plans to continue with the development of its long-promised Blade film. The project had first been announced in 2021, with actor Mahershala Ali making his screen debut as Blade, the vampire slayer. Since then, several writers and directors have tried their hand at the proposed film,…

Warner’s Board Again Urges Shareholders to Reject Paramount’s Hostile-Takeover Bid

The drama over Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery continues. On Wednesday, the WBD board again unanimously recommended that its shareholders reject Paramount’s offer on the grounds that it was “inferior” to the Netflix deal. On Wednesday morning, WBD’s board chair Samuel Di Piazza was quoted by CNBC as saying; “We have…

Béla Tarr, Hungarian ‘Slow-Cinema’ Filmmaker, Dies at 70

©Courtesy of Turin Horse  Béla Tarr, the acclaimed Hungarian filmmaker, has died at the age of 70 “after a long and serious illness,” according to the European Film Academy. His death was announced by fellow filmmaker Bence Fliegauf on behalf of Tarr’s family. The art-film director was especially celebrated for his contributions to the contemporary…

Netflix Sets “Stranger Things” Documentary Release

©Courtesy of Netflix Netflix has announced that the documentary ”One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5” will debut on January 12th. The feature-length documentary, which offers an inside look at the years of effort and craft that went into the final installment of the Duffer Brothers’ generation-defining series, has been directed by Martina Radwan,…