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Directors: Roman Polanski Will Next Make ‘D;’ David Slade Directing ‘Villain,’ Nick Cassavetes Making ‘Cali’ We’ve got a few announcements of projects that got new directors today, or of films that are getting off the ground because of the names now attached to make them happen. After the break there’s info on: In 1894 a French Army officer, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, was court-martialed for giving military secrets to Germany. The so-called Dreyfus Affair found the officer convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil’s Island....

Dwayne Johnson Really Wanted To Play ‘Jack Reacher’ Here’s a passage fromA Wanted Man, where authorLee Childdescribes the character ofJack Reacher:“He was one of the largest men she had ever seen outside the NFL. He was extremely tall, and extremely broad, and long-armed, and long-legged. The lawn chair was regular size, but it looked tiny under him. It was bent and crushed out of shape. His knuckles were nearly touching the ground....

First ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Footage Debuts In New IMAX Featurette Fans of theTransformersfranchise have been waiting to see the first footage fromTransformers: The Last Knightever since cameras started rolling earlier this year. Even people who aren’t all that excited about another sequel in the franchise are likely at least curious to see how this movie brings togetherKing Arthurand his knights,Hitler and some mini-Dinobotsand mch more. Thankfullya trailer is coming very soon(likely this week), and we’ve got a sneak peek to hold you over until then....

Golden Globes Altering Eligibility Rules Due To Coronavirus Complications, Oscars And More Likely To Follow Suit With most major releases indefinitely delayed, film festivals postponed, and studios dropping their theatrical releases on digital left and right due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, awards season is going to look very different by the time it rolls around in the fall. And no, it won’t beBloodshotandSonic the Hedgehoggunning for best picture, as many online have joked....

How Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’ Saved My Relationship With My Mother (Welcome toThe Soapbox, the space where we get personal, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: how the new filmLady Birdhelped one writer salvage his relationship with his mother.)Greta Gerwig’s new movie,Lady Bird, opens in theaterstomorrow. It’s a stunning piece of work, beautifully felt, ambitious both in its scope and intimacy, with striking performances fromSaorsie RonanandLaurie Metcalf....

Hulk And Iron Man To Appear In The Avengers Movie? In the past I’ve viciously bashed Zak Penn as an overrated hack. He gets a lot of credit for being one of the writers on Bryan Singer’sX2, which many consider to be one of the best comic book adaptations of all time. But truth be told, he’s written a lot of crap, including theElektramovie,X-Men: The Last Standand an early draft ofFantastic Four....

IFC Films Picks Up Fantastic ‘Shining’ Doc ‘Room 237’ For film fans, one of the most enticing films coming out of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival wasRoom 237,an experimental documentarydirected byRodney Ascherwhich explores wild theories buried deep inStanley Kubrick’s masterpieceThe Shining. It mademy best of the festbut there were doubts fans would ever get to see it because of all the licensed footage in the film. Apparently, that’s not an issue as IFC Films has acquired the awesome film and will release it theatrically and on VOD later this year....

James Gunn Is Developing Another DC Project After Peacemaker Few people are able to say they’ve experienced the same sort of career rollercoaster that James Gunn has found himself on in the last few years. Plucked from relative anonymity as he produced schlocky low-budget horror films for Troma, Gunn’s idiosyncratic work on the “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies for Marvel quickly turned him into an in-demand blockbuster filmmaker.Gunn’s subsequent firingafter bad-faith commentators unearthed old tweets as a form of political revenge is widely known by now, but his professional life has gotten back on track after Warner Bros....

Last Night In Soho Soundtrack Features ’60s Deep Cuts: Listen To Anya Taylor-Joy’s Cover Of Downtown In tandem with Edgar Wright’s latest feature, “Last Night In Soho,” Back Lot Music has dropped a single, sung by none other than the film’s star. Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Witch”) steps behind the microphone and croons a soulful, downtempo cover of Petula Clark’s ’60s chart-topper, “Downtown,” in a crisp new music video dropped first on Taylor-Joy’s Instagram, then on Focus Features' YouTube channel....

LOL: Listen To Adam West’s Punk Cover Of ‘The Thing’ In Honor Of Dr. Demento We’ll admit that we’re reaching a little bit outside of our wheelhouse with this one, but considering the talent involved in this special musical project coming in 2018, we just couldn’t resist. There’s a chance that in your life experience of pop culture, you’ve heard the nameDr. Demento. He’s an American radio broadcast best known for novelty songs and sketch comedy, the kind that inspired"Weird Al" Yankovicto become the master song spoofer that he is today....

Marvel Studios Planning Venom Spin-Off Movie A random news symbiote has infested the Nets today and, as Ned Ryerson would squeal, “it’s a doozy.“IESBreports thatMarvel Studiosis prepping aVenomspin-off and has already met with “several A-list writers.” Before you fire off the sirens to alert the strikers, you may recall that a bit ago Marvelcut a dealwith the WGA. Apparently the superhero studio has retained the rights to the character, as he/it previously appeared last summer in Sony’s wobbly webbing cake that wasSpider-Man 3, in the human form ofEddie Brock, played by actorTopher Grace....

Mayor Of Kingstown Season 2: Everything We Know So Far Put on your mayor … hat? Sash? Pin? (I’m very engaged in local politics) and get ready for another season filled with crime, corruption, and systemic injustice, because “Mayor of Kingstown"is coming back. The mayor has been “reelected” for another season, and if you’ve been looking forward to spending office hours withJeremy Renner, you’ve come to the right place. Okay, so the “Mayor of Kingstown” isn’t about an actual mayor and the show has far more to do with the prison industrial complex than pure local politics, but that’s not fun to joke about....

Mike Newell To Direct ‘On Chesil Beach’ By ‘Atonement’ Author Ian McEwan Back when MGM’s financial woes put plans for Bond 23 onindefinite hiatus, directorSam Mendessigned on to direct aquick featuretitledOn Chesil Beach, based on a 2007 novella byAtonementauthorIan McEwan. But now that thoseBondissues have worked themselves out, Mendes ishard at workonSkyfall, andOn Chesil Beachhas fallen into the hands of another filmmaker.Mike Newellis now attached to helm the picture, an intimate drama about a young couple on their wedding night....