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Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ Tracks Down A Director In Cate Shortland We don’t know much about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe beyondAvengers 4, but we do know this much: the future is female. AfterCaptain Marvelshatters the MCU’s glass ceiling next near,Scarlett Johansson’sBlack Widowwill take center stage in her own solo movie and now we know who will direct it: Australian filmmakerCate Shortland. If that name sounds familiar, that’s because Shortlandemerged as a frontrunnerfor the role a few weeks ago....

Moon Knight Is Not An Origin Story, And Other Superhero Shows Should Take Note This episode containsminor spoilersfor “Moon Knight” episode 2. “Moon Knight” marks the sixth Marvel Cinematic Universe show on Disney+, and the 33th MCU project (if we don’t count the ABC shows), and it’s already doing plenty of new and exciting things. For one, the show is giving us Oscar Isaac doing a sillylittle British accentand acting like a huge dork, for our personal amusement....

New ‘Rogue One’ Photos Reveal New Scenes That Didn’t Make The Cut & More In the 18 days thatRogue One: A Star Wars Storywas in theaters in 2016, the movie rounded up enough box office dollars to be the second highest grossing movie of the year. That’s most impressive, even if it’s not entirely unexpected from a Star Wars movie, and with more money pouring in everyday, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that we’re still learning new things about the movie whose production has been under a microscope ever since extensive reshoots were done last summer....

New Spider-Man 3 Footage Debuts At WonderCon According to Sony, the video clip we saw was apparently cut “exclusively for WonderCon.” It began with a greeting from Avi Arad who apologized for not being able to make it to WonderCon. He thanked the fans for supporting the franchise. And assured fans that the third film could be the best. The actual footage began with the standard GREEN MPAA Trailer logo we’ve become accustomed to....

Nicolas Cage Demanded Removal Of Inexperienced Rust Armorer From Another Production The past few days have brought a flood of non-stop news stories related to thedeath of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, and there appears to be no end in sight. New details keep coming out about the circumstances leading up to the shooting accident that occurred on the set of the Alec Baldwin Western, “Rust,” which resulted in Hutchins' death. The latest piece of information pertains to armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was part of the chain of crew members involved in handling the prop gun that caused the fatal misfire....

Page 2 For May 4th Here is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call…. Page 2! ComingSoonhas the poster for Focus Features’Hamlet 2. TheNew York Timeshas a audio commentary slideshow with Aaron McBride, the visual effects art director forIron Man, describing how the suit up machine was created for the film, featuring concept art like the photo seen above....

Pixar’s ‘Inside Out:’ New Info On Plot, Characters, And Locations [Video Blog] In life, we all strive to be happy. Other emotions pop up to take control of our consciousness when happiness isn’t available. So it makes sense that Joy is the main character of Pixar’s June 2015 releaseInside Out. Directed byPete Docter(Monsters Inc., Up), the film takes place in the mind of a young girl named Riley Anderson, and dramatizes the way her five primary emotions – Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust – help inform who she is as a person....

Pop Culture Imports: ‘Pulse,’ ‘I Saw The Devil,’ ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ And More (Welcome toPop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) It’s time for another Pop Culture Imports, and we’ve got an eclectic bunch of subtitled fare this week — from a techno-horror classic, to an Oscar-nominated war drama, and an absurd comedic anime. Fire up those subtitles and let’s get streaming....

Ridley Scott Tries To Explain Why The ‘Exodus: Gods And Kings’ Cast Is So White Normally,Ridley ScotttappingChristian BaleandJoel Edgertonfor the leads of his next movie would be cause for excitement. But in the case ofExodus: Gods and Kings, Scott’s choices have raised some eyebrows. You see,Exodusis a film set in ancient Egypt, about ancient Egyptians, specifically Moses and Ramses. More than a few people have pointed out the oddness of casting Caucasian people to play Africans — especially since the few black actors he did cast appear to be playing lower-class and criminal elements....

Spider-Man 3 Shatters ALL Records, Fanboys Strike Back Spider-Man 3has shattered almost all the records. According to estimates, the film took in over $148 million over it’s first weekend, beating Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($135.6 million), to become the biggest opening weekend of all time. Spidey grabbed the Friday record with $59.3 million, the saturday record with $51 million (besting Shrek 2), and if the Sunday estimate of $37....

Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are To Be Entirely Reshot?! Sabotage!?! There’s incredibly weird, and increasingly depressing, buzz coming offSpike Jonze’sWhere the Wild Things Are, and nowChudreports that execs atWarner Bros.andLegendary Picturesare considering reshooting the entire $75 million friggin' movie! This news, of course, comes on top of the rather cooltest footagethat leaked last weekend, and the rather subduedstatementJonze released yesterday concerning the early footage. There are even wild rumors circulating more and more in the industry that Jonze might take his name off the project, and Devin’s report at Chud doesn’t persuade against that speculation....

Steven Soderbergh Is Producing The 2021 Oscars, Aims To Shake Things Up Today, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced that writer/director/producerSteven Soderbergh(Traffic,Ocean’s Eleven,The Knick) will be one of three producers of the 93rd Academy Awards. This will mark Soderbergh’s first time ever producing the awards ceremony, which will be taking place in April of next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Academy brought the news that Soderbergh will be producing the 2021 Oscars alongsideJesse CollinsandStacey Sher....

Stuart Beattie Adapts Mega-Successful Australian Book Series Who knew that Australia had it’s ownRed Dawn? According toTHR,AustraliascreenwriterStuart Beattie(who also wroteCollateral,GI Joeand the story forPirates of the Caribbean) is going to write and direct an adaptation of the novelTomorrow, When the War Began. The film, which he calls “coming of age in a war zone,” will be his directorial debut. The book is the first in a seven-novel young adult series by John Marsden which has become quite popular in Australia....