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Warner Bros Rebooting ‘Fletch’ Warner Bros have pre-emptively picked up the movie rights toGregory McDonald’s 11-bookFletchmystery novel series.Chevy Chaseoriginally played Irwin “Fletch” Fletcher in Michael Ritchie’s 1985 filmFletch, and the 1989 sequelFletch Lives.Heatvisionis reporting that no writer or director has been attached but the studio is “aiming for a reimagining, not a remake, and hope to make an smart action comedy that plays out on a bigger canvas than the previous movies....

Watch: ‘Jurassic World’ Short Film ‘Battle At Big Rock’ Brings Dinosaurs To The U.S. Mainland Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdomended with a fascinating cliffhanger: dinosaurs were set free and roaming around the United States.Jurassic World 3won’t hit theaters until 2021, but you can see how filmmakerColin Trevorrowcapitalizes on that cliffhanger ending inBattle at Big Rock, a newJurassic Worldshort film that aired on FX last night. Check out the full short film below....

Watch: Disney’s New ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Ride Puts You Inside The Animated Classic A couple of years ago, we got ourfirst lookatThe Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast, the first ride-through theme park attraction based on the 1991 Disney animated classic. Now, just a few days before the ride’s official opening at Tokyo Disneyland next month, a complete video of the experience is here to show off what the developers have been working on....

“Philosophy Of Film And Television Narrative”: How NBC’s ‘Community’ Shatters The Boundaries Between Reality And Fiction [The following contains spoilers for the first four episodes of Season 3 ofCommunity.] Every year, I eagerly anticipate any film or TV series that will engage me in the trials of its characters, and encourage me to consider how its using those trials to communicate something perceptive, challenging or entertaining about the world around us....

‘Batman V Superman’ Turkish Airlines Spots Emphasize The Charms Of Metropolis And Gotham City We’ve heard that Warner Bros. didn’t actually buy any airtime during Super Bowl 50, but that doesn’t meanBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justicewas left on the sidelines during Super Bowl Sunday’s big ad bonanza. Thanks to partner Turkish Airlines, they managed to drop not one, but two promos today, and pretty clever ones at that. TheBatman v SupermanTurkish Airlines spots take the form of tourism ads for the twin cities of Metropolis and Gotham, spotlighting local celebrities Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) and Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck)....

‘Dash And Lily’ Trailer: An Unlikely Teen Romance Begins In Netflix Christmas Series A slew of new Netflix Christmas movies hit the streaming service every year, but how about a whole series set around the holiday? Check out the trailer forDash and Lily, a young adult romance set at Christmastime in New York City, when a budding relationship begins in a most unlikely manner: through the pages of a notebook passed back and forth throughout the city....

‘F9’ Easily Speeds To The Top Of The Box Office Charts, Smashes Pandemic Records With $70 Million Debut If there was any lingering concern about movie theaters coming back in a big way as we come out of the coronavirus pandemic,F9just smashed right through them. Universal’s latest installment of theFast and Furioussaga had no trouble speeding to the top of the box office charts and smashing pandemic records. In fact, the blockbuster action sequel had such an impressive debut (all things considered) that it’s the biggest opening weekend sinceStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerin 2019....

‘Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air’ Spin-Off Series In The Works At Will Smith’s Westbrook Production Company Over three years ago, rumors were swirling aboutWill Smith’s production company developing a possibleThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Airreboot that would have put “a new spin on the fish-out-of-water tale while maintaining the spirit of the original series.” However, once Smith finally got asked about the project, hesaida reboot of the NBC sitcom that he led back in the 1990s would probably happen “when hell freezes over....

‘Hobbs And Shaw’ Cast Adds Frequent David Leitch Movie Actor Eddie Marsan David Leitchreally likes working with character actorEddie Marsan. So much so that he’s gone ahead and added him to theHobbs and Shawcast. Marsan has appeared in Leitch’s two previous films, and will have a “small but significant” role in theFast and the Furiousspin-off. The film featuresDwayne JohnsonandJason Stathampunching each other and frowning. Other stuff probably happens in the movie too, I guess....

‘Pride And Prejudice And Zombies’ Trailer: Jane Austen Gets Zombie-Fied There have been many attempts to modernizeJane Austenover the years, perhaps the most successful of which is Amy Heckerling’sClueless. ButPride and Prejudice and Zombiestakes a different approach. Instead of moving the action to the present day, it just unleashes an ever-trendy horde of zombies into Regency-era England. Lily JamesandSam Rileyplay Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, whose familiar struggles with romance and social class are further complicated by the presence of the “sorry stricken....

‘Super 8’ To Sneak Preview Thursday June 9; Brand New Illustrated Poster Did you get shut out of tonight’s free#Super8Secret screenings? While you are going to miss something very cool, you’ll get a chance to see the movie itself sooner than you think. Paramount has teamed up with Twitter to promote the fact thatSuper 8, theSteven Spielberg/J.J. Abramscollaboration will open in several hundred regular and IMAX theaters Thursday at noon in advance of its wide opening on Friday....

‘The Addams Family’: Tim Burton To Get Creepy And Kooky With His First Major Live-Action TV Series Tim Burtonis about to become the latest major filmmaker to make the jump to television – and he’s doing it with perhaps the least surprising property of all. Burton is developing a new version ofThe Addams Family, the classic franchise featuring a creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky family living in suburbia. If the deal goes through, the eccentric director ofBatman,Beetlejuice, andEdward Scissorhandswill be working on this iteration of the show withAlfred GoughandMiles Millar, the guys behindSmallville,The Shannara Chronicles, andInto the Badlands....

‘The Creature From The Black Lagoon’ Gets A Water-Friendly Screenwriter This summer’s new take onThe Mummydoesn’t even open for a few more months, but Universal keeps on digging in their heels and doubling down on their new monsters universe. And while the studio waits with bated breath to see if there’s a blockbuster-sized audience for this new venture, they keep on hiring writers to shepherd new characters to the screen. And for their new take onThe Creature From the Black Lagoon, a writer already very familiar with lead characters who are more able in water than on land has nabbed the job....