Disney Studios Chairman Offers ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Updates UPDATE: Now with video. Someone gets to fly to London this week and talk toJ.J. AbramsaboutStar Wars Episode VII. Unfortunately, it’s not someone you know. It’sAlan Horn, the chairman of Walt Disney Studios. Horn offered that piece of news, as well as a few others, in a new interview. The chairman also said the future films aren’t necessarily beholden to December release dates, and could come out in May....

Disneyland’s Tomorrowland Might Slowly Get ‘Star Wars’ Upgrade; ‘Monsters Inc’ Ride Aimed At Fall 2016 Even with a film calledTomorrowlandcurrently in the works, Disney may soon abandon the concept in the park. The latest edition of the wonderful column Miceage onMiceChatsuggests the current plan is to slowly, over the next several years, turn the Tomorrowland area of Disneyland in Anaheim into a fullStar Warsarea. A similar, but smaller, upgrade will be made at Walt Disney World too....

Emma Watson Boards Darren Aronofsky’s Biblical Epic ‘Noah’ [UPDATED] During the tail end of theHarry Potterseries, we began to wonder what would happen to the young leads once the last movie wrapped. Hollywood, after all, is full of one-time kid stars who were never able to replicate their early success, or worse, who fall off the rails altogether. But so far, it seems like we have nothing to worry about from that cast....

Encanto Is A Producer’s Swan Song For Clark Spencer, Walt Disney Animation’s New President Clark Spencer has spent two decades at Disney, where he has produced some of the studio’s biggest animated hits in recent memory, including “Zootopia” and “Wreck-It Ralph.” He’s also producing the upcoming “Encanto,” alongside Yvett Merino, which will serve as Spencer’s last hurrah as a feature producer. Back in August 2019, he was named President of Walt Disney Animation Studios....

Everything’s Changed In It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Yet The Gang Remains The Same What’s up, jabronis? Season 15 of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” is finally here, making it the longest-running live-action comedy series intelevision history. The series has always been a bit self-referential, but the upcoming season looks like it will be the most introspective yet. While “the gang,” comprised of Mac (Rob McElhenney), Dennis (Glenn Howerton), Charlie (Charlie Day), Dee (Kaitlin Olson), and Frank (Danny DeVito) never learn anything and the only kind of self-growth they’ve ever had was Mac’s accumulation of mass in season 7, the creators of the show (McElhenney, Howerton, and Day) have tried to improve their comedy and the series as it progresses....

First Look: Tom Cruise Dons A Robot Suit For Doug Liman’s ‘All You Need Is Kill’ [Updated With High-Res] Tom Cruisehas worked in just about every genre you could think of over the course of his three-decade career, but lately he seems to be on something of a sci-fi kick. He recently attached himself toOur Name is Adam, and has Joseph Kosinski’sOblivionandDoug Liman’sAll You Need is Killboth due out next year....

Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’: See What Doug Jones Would Have Looked Like As The Monster In The Film That Never Happened Guillermo del Toro’sFrankensteinmovie, which never got made, is just one of many great “what if” Hollywood scenarios involving the cinephile director. He had been talking about making the movie as far back as2008, but sadly, it never gained enough traction to get it to the starting line. It did, however, get far enough that del Toro’s frequent collaborator, actorDoug Jones, saw a bust of his own head as Frankenstein’s monster, and in a recent interview, he describes what his version of the classic horror character would have looked like....

Interview: ‘Stranger Things’ Producers On Influences, Marketing, The Possibility Of Future Seasons And More Levy directed chapter three (“Holly, Jolly”) and four (“The Body”) ofStranger Things. When I spoke with the director and Cohen, I hadn’t seen all of season one yet, so we mainly covered their collaboration with the Duffer brothers and Netflix, the show’s references, and what to expect from the future ofStranger Things. Below, read our interview with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen....

It’s A Wonderful Afterlife: My Big Fat Greek Wedding Meets Shaun Of The Dead Gurinder Chadhais lining up a loaded slate of Indian-British co-productions, and according toVarietythe first before the lens will beIt’s a Wonderful Afterlife. She pitches the project asMy Big Fat WeddingmeetsShaun of the Dead, which sounds promising, particularly if Shaun has his cricket bat and uses it to chip some Big, Fat and Greek teeth. Not because of their size, adipose content or nationality – of course!...

James Cameron Wants To Film ‘Avatar 2’ In 60 Frames Per Second, Improve Projection Quality And 3D WithJames Cameronout doing press for the cave-diving thrillerSanctum, we can probably expect a steady stream of small updates about theAvatarsequels and films likeBattle Angeland (should anyone remember to ask about it)The Dive. Here’s your latestAvatar 2update, in which the director says that the key to improving the 3D presentation for his first Pandora sequel will lie in part with improving theater standards....

Jeff Bridges Reportedly Takes Role In ‘The Seventh Son,’ Formerly ‘The Last Apprentice’ Just the other day we talked about the fact thatAlex Pettyfer,Jennifer LawrenceandJeff Bridgesmight take roles inThe Last Apprentice, based on the novel series of the same name byJoseph Delaney. (They’re known asThe Wardstone Chroniclesin the UK.) Well, the film has been renamedThe Seventh Son, and it looks as if Jeff Bridges is the first to formally take the plunge....

Jordan Peele’s Amazon Series ‘The Hunt’ Hunts Down The Rest Of Its Cast Jordan Peele’s Nazi-hunting series has set its targets on the rest of its ensemble cast.Percy JacksonstarLogan Lermanis set to lead the Amazon series withAl Pacinoplaying a Nazi hunter who takes Lerman’s character under his wing. Now the rest ofThe Huntcast is starting to take shape.Colliderreported thatJerrika Hinton,Dylan Baker,Lena Olin,Greg Austin,Catherine Tate,Tiffany Boone,Saul RubinekandCarol Kaneare all in various stages of negotiation to join the cast....

Joss Whedon Says Edgar Wright’s ‘Ant-Man’ Was The Best Marvel Script Ever Nothing againstPeyton Reed’sAnt-Man, but there are always going to be some fans wondering whatEdgar Wright’sAnt-Mancould have been. His abrupt last-minute departure after years of development signaled irreconcilable creative differences, with many speculating that Wright’s unique sensibility just didn’t fit into the Marvel mold. ButAvengersdirectorJoss Whedonsuggests Wright’sAnt-Man(which he co-wrote withJoe Cornish) actually would have been perfect for the Marvel Cinematic Universe....