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Park Chan-Wook Credits His Filmmaking Career To An Alfred Hitchcock Classic Amazingly, it has been six years since the weird, wonderful mind of Park Chan-wook has graced the silver screen. His last film, “The Handmaiden,” was one of my top 10 favorite films of the 2010s, so I know I have been eagerly awaiting what he decides to follow it up with. Well, we only have to wait a little longer as this year sees the release of “Decision to Leave,” which is set to premiere at this year’sCannes Film Festival....

Pegg And Frost To Get A Makeover For Paul, Massively Famous Film Director To Make A Cameo? While not much is publicly known aboutGreg Mottola’sPaul, some lovely details are starting to filter up from very dependable sources. The film, written by and starringHot Fuzzbuddy copsSimon PeggandNick Frost, is a road movie sci-fi comedy. They will be playing two British geeks on a trip to the US for the San Diego Comic-Con who meet the titular Paul, an alien looking to go home....

Possible Harold & Kumar Spinoff Film With Neil Patrick Harris? It’s Saturday, it’s raining, college basketball is slowing down, andDoomsdaybelly-flopped: how about aNeil Patrick Harrispost? Why not, right? Peter didn’t exactly chug a pitcher of beer in totes aweafter watchingHarold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bayat SXSW, but I think it’s safe to say we’d both like to see this stoner comedy franchise continue.AICNreports thatH&K2directorsJon HurwitzandHayden Schlossbergare toying around with a spin-off to the “it’s not a bomb, it’s a bong!...

POTD: Summer 1985 Was A Great Time At The Movies July 4th weekendis always a bankable one at the box office. There’s always some kind of major release hitting the big screen to get people as they enjoy some time off for Independence Day, and people flock to theaters to see stuff they missed from the previous weeks or just to see something again with their friends and family. This past weekend,Jurassic Worlddominated the box office for a fourth weekend in a row, edging out Pixar’sInside Outagain and keepingMagic Mike XXLandTerminator: Genisysdown as well....

Rumor: Doctor Strange To Appear On ‘Iron Fist,’ Plus Daredevil Wants In On ‘Civil War’ Later this year,Scott Derricksonwill be directingBenedict CumberbatchinDoctor Strangefor a 2016 film. If rumor proves true, however, we might see the character in another setting, too. There’s a report that Doctor Strange will appear on the Marvel Netflix seriesIron Fist. Below, read more details about this potential Doctor Strange Iron Fist cameo, and also about a cameo concept that isn’t a rumor, but rather a request....

Scrapped Fox Marvel Movie Would Have Featured X-Men, Fantastic Four, Deadpool, And Daredevil Long beforeAvengers: Infinity Wardelivered the “most ambitious crossover event in history,” 20th Century Fox had an even bigger one planned with the Marvel characters that they had owned back in 2011. That means not only heavy-hitters likeX-MenandFantastic Four,butDeadpoolandDaredevil. But alas, their ambitions got ahead of them, and that massive Fox Marvel movie was ultimately scrapped. But nearly a decade later,X-Men First ClasswriterZack Stentzreveals what could’ve been....

Sequel Bits: ‘Independence Day 2’, ‘Bond 24’, ‘Bored To Death’, ‘Vacation’, ‘Star Trek 3’ Today’s Sequel Bits involves a bit of casting, a bit of un-casting, lots of movie star quotes and, best of all,Jeff Goldblum. After the jump: HBO’sBored to Deathmovie is “sort of on hold right now,” accordingJason Schwartzman. He explained: “Jonathan Amesis writing the script, but he’s also doing another show right now withSeth McFarlane.” Meanwhile, Schwartzman is just eager to return....

Star Wars Bits: Boba Fett Not In ‘The Mandalorian’, Matt The Radar Technician May Have Tried To Kill General Hux & More In this edition of Star Wars Bits: First up,The Mandalorianwriter and executive producer Jon Favreau was recently asked about whether or not the famous Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett was going to make an appearance in the first season of the live-action series heading to Disney+. And if you’re a Boba Fett fan, you might be disappointed....

Star Wars: Queen’s Hope Sheds New Light On Anakin And Padmé This will containspoilersfor “Star Wars: Queen’s Hope.” E.K. Johnston is no stranger to “Star Wars.” “Queen’s Hope” is her fourth book in the world and is the third in her trilogy about Padmé Amidala. This book should feel familiar to anyone who is a fan of “Attack of the Clones” and “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” “Queen’s Hope” starts in the hours after the Clone War has begun and before the wedding of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé, showing us the dynamic between the two love birds at the end of “Attack of the Clones” and carries on into the beginning of the war and the cloak and dagger secrecy behind keeping their marriage secret....

Steven Spielberg Teases ‘Jaws’ Sequel Scene In New Interview Over the weekend,we ran a story aboutSteven Spielbergconfirming that aJawsBlu-ray disc is on the way. The news broke in an interview that Quint, aka Eric Vespe, did with the legendary director onAin’t It Cool Newsin anticipation of the upcoming anniversary of the film’s 1975 release. He’s now published the full interviewand it’s a must read. Spielberg comes off as such a knowledgeable, awesome fan and he tells some riveting behind the scene stories....

Superhero Bits: Arrow, Supergirl, Jessica Jones, X-Men: Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, Heroes Reborn, Ant-Man After a couple days away, Superhero Bits is back with tons of goodies! Has a classicX-Menstar has been spotted on the set ofApocalypse? Which MCU actor recently hung out with theSuicide Squad? How did they makeMichael Douglaslook so young inAnt-Man? DoesBrian Michael Bendislike Netflix’sJessica Jones? Ever wonder what theMarvelsuperheroes would look like as dogs? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

The Complete ‘Phantasm’ Series Is Getting A Fancy Blu-Ray Box Set Physical media may be slowly succumbing to the digital age, but you can pry my Blu-ray library from my cold, lifeless corpse…a corpse that will have a frozen smile on its bloodless face because I died watching movies that didn’t need to buffer at key moments and actually allowed me to watch the ending credits before smash cutting to a recommendation....

The Morning Watch: ‘Legend Of The White Dragon’, Making The ‘Us’ Doppelganger Scenes & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, learn howJordan Peele’sUscrafted the doppelganger scenes to allows actors to play two characters in the same shot....