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‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ First Look Photos Show Off The Star-Studded Cast Of Aaron Sorkin’s New Movie Aaron Sorkin’s next movie as both a writer and director isThe Trial of the Chicago 7. The true story follows the infamous 1969 trial of seven men charged by the federal government with conspiracy following the counter-cultural anti-Vietnam protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. What started as peaceful protests turned to a violent clash with police and the National Guard....

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Gets A ‘Jurassic Park’ Reunion As Sam Neill Joins The Cast The cast ofThor: Ragnarokis already off-the-charts outstanding. Not only areChris HemsworthandTom Hiddlestonreturning as Thor and Loki respectively, butSir Anthony Hopkinsis back as Odin (as we’ve never seen him before),Mark Ruffalohas a sizeable role as Hulk,Tessa Thompsonjoins the franchise as Valkyrie, andKarl Urbanhas the role of Skurge. In addition,Cate Blanchettis playing Marvel’s first female villain Hela andJeff Goldblumis playing the Marvel Comics character known as The Grandmaster....

21st Century Spielberg Podcast: ‘Bridge Of Spies’ And ‘The Post’ Personify The Spielbergian Hero’s Quest To Do The Right Thing (Welcome to21st Century Spielberg, an ongoing column and podcast that examines the challenging, sometimes misunderstood 21st-century filmography of one of our greatest living filmmakers,Steven Spielberg. In this edition:Bridge of SpiesandThe Post.) The Spielbergian hero is someone who not only does the right thing, but goes above and beyond. Someone who risks it all – life, limb, and reputation – for the greater good....

Billy Porter Directing LGBTQ+ Teen Comedy For Amazon Studios Star of stage and screenBilly Porteris stepping behind the camera for an exciting teen comedy from Amazon Studios. Currently in development,To Be Realis made in collaboration withGabrielle Union’s I’ll Have Another production. According toVariety, this upcoming coming-of-age story puts queer lives front and center, following three queer friends who escape their hometown to spend Pride Weekend in New York City. The film’s logline states that while embarking on this journey, “they discover that life over the rainbow is an insane, raunchy, often divisive, but ultimately FIERCE non-stop party....

Cool Stuff: Hot Toys Hulkbuster From ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron;’ Now With Interior Photos UPDATE: Hot Toys has uploaded some interior photos of this set, which show Iron Man himself. See them below. WhenAvengers: Age of Ultronhits theaters, there are sure to be some characters and surprises fans will want to take home with them. But based on the trailers and early buzz, the most take-home worthy character or outfit has got to be theHulkbuster,a suit Iron Man wears to attempt to handle Bruce Banner when he becomes the Hulk....

Disney’s Bolt Gets 3D Release, New Teaser Poster Disney has announced that they will be releasingBolt(the film previously titled “American Dog”) in digital 3-D when it hits theaters next year. Until now, the computer animated film was scheduled for a 2-D release. Disney is hoping to release the film domestically on 1,200 to 1,500 screens in 3D. Beowulf, released in 1000 3D screens worldwide, was the biggest 3D release to date....

Encanto, Ghostbusters, Eternals Cross Minor Milestones In Quiet Weekend At The Box Office Well, that was one of the most uneventful weekends at the box office in some time. Unless you were someone who was particularly excited to see “Christmas With the Chosen: The Messengers,” which cracked the top five with $4.1 million this weekend, it was pretty quiet, serving as something of a calm before the end-of-the-year storm. Even so, “Encanto,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” and “Eternals” passed minor milestones over the past few days....

Firebite Sounds Like The Australian Hunters Versus Vampires Series We May Need Australian hunters fighting vampires in the desert? Yes, please. That’s the concept behind “Firebite,” a new series coming to AMC+. The series centers on two Indigenous hunters, played by two Indigenous actors, Rob Collins and Shantae Barnes-Cowan. Deadline reports that they’re on “a quest to battle the last colony of vampires in the middle of the South Australian desert....

Francis Ford Coppola Used A Mafia Move To Escape Getting Fired From The Godfather Late last year, we delved into a bit of Hollywood history and examined how director Francis Ford Coppola wasnearly fired during the productionof “The Godfather.” The arrival of 2022 brings the 50th anniversary of “The Godfather” and a theatrical rerelease and 4K restoration of “cinema’s most beloved masterpiece,” asParamount’s new trailercalls it. Coppola is doing press to promote it, and he has again shared the story of watching the Oscars in 1971 with friend and fellow filmmaker Martin Scorsese....

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Scores Estimated $40.5 Million Opening Weekend, Lower Than 2016 Reboot Hold on to your proton packs, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is at the top of this week’s box office. Varietyreports that the fourth film in the “Ghostbusters” franchiseis estimatedto earn around $40.5 million on its opening weekend, outperforming the original projection of $27-$30 million. Heading toward the Thanksgiving weekend, Sony is anticipating the film will continue to rake in the marshmallows thanks to positive word-of-mouth and the reunion of families for the holiday looking for entertainment they share together....

Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai First Look: Series Will Debut At The Annecy International Animation Film Festival It seems that gremlins will bejoining the Minionsat the 2022 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. According to Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Television, the animated prequel series “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai” will be making its global debut at the event, with the show’s first episode being screened at the Grande Salle de Bonlieu....

Guillermo Del Toro Developing Projects For DreamWorks Animation And Television To callGuillermo del Toro"prolific" becomes more of an understatement each and every day. He’s gotJulia’s Eyesat the Toronto Film Festival andDon’t Be Afraid of the Darkcoming out early next year. Then he’s attached to co-write/produceThe Haunted Mansionand directAt the Mountains of Madnesswith James Cameron producing. And don’t forget that he was developingThe Hobbittoo before that turned into a mess. Now, the director ofPan’s LabyrinthandHellboyhas revealed he spends time each week atDreamWorks Animationdeveloping upcoming projects and is even working on cable themed television content that hasn’t yet to be announced....

How Much Different Is The Theatrical Cut Of Wolverine From The Leaked Workprint? After the workprint ofX-Men Origins: Wolverineshowed up online, Fox headTom RothmantoldEntertainment Weeklythat “the version that went out” was “about 10 minutes shorter” and “doesn’t have key scenes” that would be included in the final theatrical cut of the film. Earlier this week people onlinenoticedthat both the leaked “unfinished” workprint and the final cut have the same running time of 107 minutes....