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DC Comic Book Bits: Early ‘Wonder Woman’ Logo Revealed; All Five ‘Superman’ Movies In One Blu Box Set; Diane Lane Talks ‘Superman’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We’ve got quite a few little updates on comic book related projects today — enough that DC Comics characters get their own post. First up is a possible logo forWonder Woman, seen above. This was snapped on set, but that doesn’t mean it is final....

DC’s ‘The Flash’ Is Getting A Page-One Rewrite Last year, Warner Bros.‘The Flashlost not one but two directors, as first Seth Grahame-Smith and then Rick Famuyiwa dropped out. Instead of racing to find a new one, though, the studio is using this as an opportunity to take things in a new direction.Joby Harold, the scribe behind the studio’s upcomingKing Arthur: Legend of the Sword, has been tapped to do a page-one rewrite of the script....

Disney Developing ‘Sword In The Stone’ Live-Action Movie With ‘Game Of Thrones’ Writer Thathelpful guide to Disney’s animated remakes, spin-offs and sequelswe reblogged over this weekend is already outdated. Walt Disney Pictures is developing a live-action feature film remake of their 1963 animated fantasy filmSword in the StonewithGame of Throneswriter/producerBrian Cogmanworking on the screenplay. Sword in the Stonewill be produced by former Disney development executiveBrigham Taylor(Tron Legacy, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Tomorrowland), who has more recently moved on to producing upcoming Disney features like Jon Favreau’sThe Jungle Bookand Guerillmo Del Toro’sThe Haunted Mansion....

Final Blockbuster In Australia To Close, Leaving Only One Location On The Planet We all knew this day would come. Hell, some of us thought it had already happened. There were twoBlockbuster Videostores left in the entire world: one in Perth, Australia, and one in Bend, Oregon. Now, the Australian store has confirmed they’ll be closing by the end of the month, which will make the Oregon location the final Blockbuster on the planet....

First Footage: ‘Unbroken,’ From Director Angelina Jolie And Cinematographer Roger Deakins Unbrokenis the story ofLouis Zamperini, an American Olympian who competed in 1936, and a World War II veteran who survived a plane crash at sea during the war only to be picked up by the Japanese Navy and interred in a POW camp.Angelina Joliedirects the film as her follow-up toIn the Land of Blood and Honey, but it’s a few of the other names in the crew roster that might get your attention:Roger Deakins(No Country For Old Men,Skyfall,Prisoners) shot the film, andJoel and Ethan Coendid some work on the script....

Full Length TV Trailer: Mike Judge’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Update from Editor Peter Sciretta:HBO has released a new full length trailer for Mike Judge’s new seriesSilicon Valleyalongside a behind the scenes featurette. I have included both of those videos after the jump.Full length trailer: Behind the scenes featurette: Angie’s original post follows A decade and a half after Peter Gibbons left Initech behind for good,Office Spacewriter-directorMike Judgeis delving back into the world of computer programming with HBO’sSilicon Valley....

George Miller Says He Won’t Direct Another ‘Mad Max’ Sequel Mad Max: Fury Roadwas not an easy movie to make. Very few movies are, but last year’s sequel had an especially bumpy ride to the big screen. Developed for over a decade and originally shot in 2012, directorGeorge Millerspent a lot of his time working onFury Road, so it’s understandable he wouldn’t want to make anotherMad Maxfilm. Read Miller’s comments on theMad Maxsequel after the jump....

Interview: Dave Filoni Talks ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 3 The third season premiere ofStar Wars Rebelswill air over the weekend. As you probably know, fans went crazy when it was revealed thatGrand Admiral Thrawn had been resurrected from Legendsand has rejoined theStar Warsuniverse canon as the season’s big villain. The morning after the episode was screened at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016 I was lucky to get a chance to sit down with Star Wars Rebels creatorDave Filoniand talk about the upcoming season....

Jamie Dornan Becoming ‘The Tourist’ For HBO Max Limited Series From ‘Fleabag’ Producers After breaking out in theFifty Shades of Greyfranchise,Jamie Dornanhas made a concerted effort to take a wide variety of roles. He appeared in the biographical dramaA Private War, went medieval with a new take onRobin Hood, dug into his Irish roots in an odd way withWild Mountain Thyme, and even voiced a character inTrolls World Tour. Soon we’ll see the comedic side of him inBarb and Star Go to Vista Del Marwith Kristen Wiig, but after that, he’ll be leading a new limited series calledThe Touristat HBO Max....

John Carpenter Preparing To Direct Hilary Swank In Fangland John Carpenterlast had a feature in theaters in 2001 withGhosts of Mars, but he’s been working his way back to the multiplex in the long years since. There were a couple of episodes of Showtime’sMasters of Horrorseries, for example. And he’s got the featureThe Ward, starringAmber Heard, in post-production right now. Now Carpenter will take on vampires once again with an adaptation of the novelFangland, which is an update (of sorts) of Bram Stoker’s originalDracula....

Jonathan Glazer And A24’s Secret Short Film ‘The Fall’ Is Now Available Online Jonathan Glazerdirected one of the best films of the last ten years,Under the Skin. Now he’s closing out the decade with a disturbing, nightmarish short film:The Fall. For seven-plus-minutes, Glazer’s short film draws you into a story of mob-mentality at its absolute worst – a story that has unfortunate and terrifying connections to the current reality we find ourselves in....

Kristen Bell Joins Whales Kristen Bellis in talks to joinDrew BarrymoreandJohn KrasinskiinKen Kwapis' (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, He’s Just Not That Into You) big screen adaptation ofWhales. Based on Tom Rose’s nonfiction book “Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World’s Greatest Non-Event” about three California Gray whales who were discovered imprisoned in the Arctic ice in 1988, and media madness that spawned around the rescue which “captured the imaginations of hundreds of millions of people....

Mark Hamill And Daisy Ridley Announce ‘Star Wars’ Fan Experience Contest Mark HamillandDaisy Ridleyawakened America to announce a charity fundraiser in celebration of 40 years ofStar Wars. In an a widely-hyped announcement onGood Morning America, the twoStar Wars:Last Jedico-stars revealed that they will be giving away three “fan experiences” in collaboration with Omaze, the latest iteration of the charity program “A Force For Change.” “To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars, we’re offering fans the chance to win not one, but three once-in-a-lifetimeStar Warsfan experiences,” Ridley announced on a video onGood Morning America....