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Lucasfilm Confirms that ‘Lando’ Is Headed to the Big Screen

Lucasfilm has confirmed that its Lando project is being turned into a film, according to Variety. It had originally been slated as a television series only. The project by Donald and Stephen Glover is based on the Star Wars character Lando Calrissian. On Thursday, Stephen Glover had declared on the podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out:…

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop to Premiere October 2 on Icon

RoboCop fans are looking forward to a four-part documentary series about the creation of the iconic sci-fi thriller from the 1980s. Titled RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop, the series will premiere on the UK’s Icon Film Channel on October 2. A Blu-ray Collector’s Edition will be released on December 18, with a TVOD/EST version two…

Universal Plans Film Version of ‘Murder, She Wrote’

Universal Pictures is reportedly working on a Murder, She Wrote movie, based on the crime drama series that ran on CBS from 1984 to 1996. According to press reports, Amy Pascal will be producing the new film, with a script by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo. The writers will not be doing any work…

Todd Haynes Says New Gay-Themed Film with Joaquin Phoenix Will Be Sexually Explicit

Director Todd Haynes is hinting that there’s going to be a heady dose of explicit sexuality in his upcoming gay-themed feature with Joaquin Phoenix. Interviewed by Variety at the Deauville American Film Festival, Haynes described the film as “a love story between two men set in the 30s that has explicit sexual content that ……

Brad Anderson to Direct Seventh Film in the ‘Living Dead’ Franchise

Shooting is expected to begin later this year on Twilight of the Dead, the “seventh and final installment” of the Living Dead franchise. Brad Anderson will be sitting in the director’s chair, says an exclusive story in the Hollywood Reporter. The screenplay for the new film is being written by a trio of scribes: Joe…

The 80th Venice Film Festival Awards-Full List- : Ryusuke Hamaguchi Won the Grand Jury Prize

A prestigious Italian film festival, the 80th Venice Film Festival handed out the Golden Lion to Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things.” The Greek filmmaker’s latest, which also stars Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo, is based on Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel of the same name and follows Stone as Bella Baxter, a creation of the brilliant and…

‘The Boy and the Heron’ May Not Be Miyazaki’s Swan Song

@Hayao Miyazaki  “The Boy and the Heron” may not be Hayao Miyazaki’s swan song after all, suggests Junichi Nishioka, the vice president of Studio Ghibli. Miyazaki has already been pitching new ideas to his colleagues, according to Nishioka. The news came via an interview with Eli Glasner at the Toronto International Film Festival, where “The…

“Farewell” Director Lulu Wang’s Latest Series, “Expats” : First Look Images

Prime Video released first-look images for Expats, the six-part limited series based on the internationally best-selling novel The Expatriates, by Janice Y. K. Lee. The Lulu Wang-directed series stars Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning actor Nicole Kidman (“Big Little Lies,” “The Undoing“), Sarayu Blue (“Never Have I Ever,” “Blockers“), Ji-young Yoo (“The Sky is Everywhere,”…

Actor/Director Mathieu Kassovitz Seriously Injured in Motorcycling Accident

French actor-director Mathieu Kassovitz has been seriously injured in a motorcycle accident just outside of Paris. The accident occurred along the Autodrome de Montlhéry, a motor racing circuit not far from the city. Kassovitz was rushed to the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital, where he remains in serious condition with traumatic head injuries and a fractured pelvis. His…

Francis Ford Coppola Secures SAG-AFTRA Agreement for ‘Megalopolis’

Director Francis Ford Coppola has secured an “interim agreement” from SAG-AFTRA to do some work on his upcoming film Megalopolis in spite of the current strike, now in its seventh week. Megalopolis appeared on SAG-AFTRA’s interim agreement list on Wednesday, August 30. Thus far, Coppola has not commented publicly, nor given any indication of how…

SAG-AFTRA Strike May Be Extended to the Gaming Industry

@Photo by Abe Friedtanzer  Strike fever is spreading beyond Hollywood—this time to the gaming industry. It’s being reported that the SAG-AFRTA board has voted unanimously to call a strike against the gamesters if negotiations fail. According to Deadline, negotiations are being carried out with such companies as Activision, EA, Insomniac Games, and WB Games. For…