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Disney Films Coming Soon To YouTube Have a late night craving to watchPirates of the Caribbeanbut neither the DVD or hard drive space to do so?YouTubeis partnering withDisneyto put hundreds of titles on its semi-new rental service,YouTube.com/movies. Though Warner Bros., Sony and Universal were on board with the service when it launched in May, Disney’s addition is the first major once since and means a massive amount of affordable family films just appeared at your fingertips....

Everything We Know About Lando So Far (The Upcoming Disney+ Show, Not The Character Himself) As the folks at Lucasfilm attempt to figure out what the next era of “Star Wars” movies will look like, the beloved sci-fi franchise is starting to make significant inroads on the small screen. Last year, Disney and Lucasfilmannounced a slew of new projectscoming to a galaxy far, far away, including “Lando,” a new show that focuses on the beloved scamp first seen in “The Empire Strikes Back....

Fantastic Beasts 4 Uncertain As Warner Bros. Navigates J.K. Rowling, Ezra Miller Controversies Warner Bros. has a franchise that virtually every other studio in Hollywood would kill for in the form of the Wizarding World of “Harry Potter.” The original movies dominated the box office for a decade and have generated plenty more cash in merchandising, licensing and other revenue streams. The “Fantastic Beasts” spin-off films were supposed to be the next great chapter in the Wizarding World....

First Look At Blue Sky’s ‘Epic’; New Art From DreamWorks' ‘Turbo’ Thanks to the ongoing licensing expo in Vegas, we’re getting early looks at a couple of films on our radar. The same event gave us the first tiny and not at all revealing glimpse ofFast & Furious 6promo artearlier this week, and today we’re getting an eyeful of two animated projects that have been on our radar. The first is Blue Sky’sEpic, a 3D CG-animated adventure about a teenage girl caught up in a battle between good and evil, while the other is DreamWorks’Turbo, which features the voice ofRyan Reynoldsas a garden snail with racing ambitious....

Footloose Remake Cast Set Our long national nightmare is over! TheFootlooseremake finally has a cast. Now I can rest easy tonight. Mostly because no one I care too much about is in the movie, whichCraig Brewer(Hustle and Flow,Black Snake Moan) is still directing. OK, there’sDennis Quaid, playing John Lithgow’s role, but he’s been in worse. The rest of the names, each of which is sure to thrill you in different ways, after the break....

Former ‘Billion Brick Race’ Director Jorge R. Gutierrez Reveals His Unused Concept Art Warner Bros.‘Billion Brick Racehas all but stalled, and with the LEGO franchise set toleave Warner Bros. for Universal,The LEGO Moviespin-off may never make it to the finish line. So as a late holiday gift, former directorJorge R. Gutierrezhas unveiled someBillion Brick Raceconcept art for his take on the film that never came to be. LEGOis in talks to move their big screen operations to Universal Pictures, ending the deal with Warner Bros....

Geoff Johns To Retell Superman’s Origin In the 2006 filmSuperman Returns,Bryan Singer chose not to retell Superman’s origin story. I mean, heck, we’ve all seen the original Richard Donner classic, right?Newsaramareports that DC Comics will be releasing a six-issue stand-alone series called Superman: Secret Origin, which will retell the Man of Steel’s origin story.Geoff JohnsandGary Frankhave been hired. DC Universe Executive Editor Dan Didio compares Geoff’s new take on the origin story to that of John Byrne made in the 1980’s, stating that it will make the “same imprint now, for 2009 and past that....

HBO Max Streaming Service Sets Official Launch Date For May 27 WarnerMediahas set the official launch date for its buzzy streaming platformHBO Max. The streaming service, which will contain library content from Warner Bros. and its ancillary movie studios and TV networks including HBO, New Line, DC Entertainment, CNN, TNT, TBS, truTV, The CW, Cartoon Network, and more, will debut half a dozen original titles on day one. WarnerMedia announced that HBO Max will officially launch onMay 27, 2020with a slate of six Max Originals and “10,000 hours of premium content,” including the entire HBO service as well as acclaimed movie titles....

James Bond Casting Director Breaks Down How You Cast A New 007 Have you ever wondered how our many James Bonds were discovered and thrust into the spotlight of all spotlights? Considering I have a deep interest in casting, I have — so I was delighted to get a look inside casting director Debbie McWilliams' brain in an incredible interview she did withEntertainment Weeklypublished on September 14. The casting pro has been working in the James Bond franchise for a whopping 30 years....

John Malkovich Seemingly Confirms Spidey 4 Casting; Also Replaces John C. Reilly In Red Spider-Man 4has beenbeset by rumor and delay of late, most of which seems to center around the villain for the piece. DirectorSam Raimireportedly hated the last script draft, and wants to hinge the film on classic bad guy the Vulture. Sony has been said to want any other character as the antagonist. And in the midst of all this,John Malkovichwas reportedly cast, or at least eyed for the Vulture....

Jordan Peele’s Nope Has Wrapped Production Good news, Jordan Peele fans. The acclaimed helmer of “Get Out” and “Us” has officially wrapped production on his third directorial feature, “Nope.” There’s still not much word on any plot specifics, butIndiewire(by way ofVariety) reports that Hoyte van Hoytema served as the film’s cinematographer and that he and Peele shot “Nope” on Kodak film, including 65mm in IMAX. Hoytema has an impressive list of credits that includes “Let the Right One In,” “The Fighter,” “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” “Her,” “Spectre,” and “Ad Astra....

Kevin Smith Brings Back More Actors For ‘Mallrats 2’ Kevin Smith’sMallrats 2is a long way away, but the director is already having a ton of fun with it. Over the past few weeks, he’s been in contact with the bulk of his original cast and tweeting images announcing they’ll be back for the sequel. At first, his tweets suggested he was trying to get 12 members of the original cast back but recently that number ballooned to 15....

Legendary Poster Artist Drew Struzan Is Coming Out Of Retirement UPDATE: Drew Struzan released a statement. Read it after the jump. In 2008, one of the most prolific poster artists of all-time decided to put down the paintbrush.Drew Struzan, the man who made the iconic posters for theIndiana JonesandStar Warsfilms,Back to the Future, The Goonies, The Shawshank Redemption, Harry Potterand so many more, decided he’d had enough and retired from professional art after 40 years....