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‘Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance’ Co-Director Brian Taylor Clarifies Rumors About The Film Earlier this weekGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeanceco-directorBrian Taylorcaused a bit of confusion when he said via Twitter that “The dual role of blaze/zarathos will be a nic cage classic.” Cue minor consternation and/or excitement. SuddenlyNicolas Cageis playing two roles? Where did this come from? That isn’t quite what is happening — Nicolas Cage won’t really be playing both the hero and the villain in the film, as some have surmised....

‘Hotel Transylvania’ Director Genndy Tartakovsky To Helm R-Rated Comedy For Sony Sony is venturing into R-rated animation under the guidance ofSamurai Jackcreator andHotel TransylvaniadirectorGenndy Tartakovsky. The Russian-American animator best known for creating the acclaimed Cartoon Network seriesSamurai Jackhas signed on to helm two new feature films for Sony following the box office success ofHotel Transylvania 3. Tartakovsky has signed on to direct two original feature films for Sony, one of which will be the studio’s first major R-rated animated movie, according toDeadline....

‘John Carter’ Review - Rich Mythology And Expensive Visuals Can’t Quite Hide A Hollow Center On a surface level, there’s much thatAndrew Stanton’sJohn Cartergets right — much more than you’d expect, given Disney’s exasperatingly incompetent marketing campaign. The visual effects are imaginative and seamless, the action is appropriately flashy, and the source material byEdgar Rice Burroughsseems rich enough in mythology to make even the most jaded sci-fi and fantasy geek drool....

‘Last Samurai’ Helmer Ed Zwick In Talks To Direct ‘Jack Reacher’ Sequel TheJack Reachersequel is about to take a big step forward.Ed Zwick(The Last Samurai) is reportedly in talks to direct the follow-up to theTom Cruisethriller. In addition, Zwick andMarshall Herskovitzwill take a pass at the script. More on the Ed Zwick Jack Reacher sequel news after the jump. Deadlinereports Zwick and Herskovitz are in negotiations to rewrite theJack Reachersequel script byRichard Wenk(The Equalizer), and that Zwick will direct....

‘Mank’: It’s Once Again Time To Point Out David Fincher Shoots Many Takes You know the drill: anytime there’s a newDavid Finchermovie we are all required by law to talk about how many takes he shot. Cast members of the film in question come forward and say, “I shot a lot of takes!” We report it. Fincher rolls his eyes. Then we move on, only to revisit the story again whenever Fincher gets around to making another movie....

‘Miracle Workers’ Trailer: Steve Buscemi Is God And Daniel Radcliffe Is An Angel In New TBS Series Though they might not be huge hits in the ratings department, TBS has curated some fantastic comedies with incredible talent in recent years. Along with their consistently great late night presence featuring Conan O’Brien and Samantha Bee, they’ve also had outstanding shows likeDetour, Wrecked, Search Party, Angie Tribeca, andThe Final Space. But their latest offering looks like it takes things to another level....

‘Ray Donovan’ Movie In The Works At Showtime, Dads Everywhere Rejoice Showtime’s seriesRay Donovancame to an end at the beginning of 2020. But the story of the professional fixer played byLiev Schreiberisn’t over. Ray Donovan will return in a feature film that will debut on Showtime and finish what the series started. Showtime announced theRay Donovanmovie will begin production later this year in New York. The original series followed the titular character’s life as a professional fixer who arranges menacing bribes, payoffs, threats, crime-scene clean-up, and other illegal activities to protect high-profile clients....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Has A Music-Only Cut Available As A Bonus Feature Star Wars: The Last Jediis available to bring home today on digital download. That means you can watch the movie as many times as you want, and also check out thefeature-length documentaryThe Director and the Jedithat comes with it. But there’s another cool bonus feature that Rian Johnson only just revealed yesterday after the premiere of the aforementioned documentary at SXSW....

‘Suicide Squad 2’ Loses Its Top Choice Director To ‘Jungle Cruise’ Jaume Collet-Serra(The Shallows, Non-Stop, Orphan) has signed on to directDwayne Johnsonin Disney’sJungle Cruise. Taking on the movie adaptation of Disneyland’s classic theme park ride means that Collet-Serra must withdraw himself from possible directing duties onSuicide Squad 2. Jaume was the top choice for the Warner Bros' superhero sequel, and with his departure from the running, this now puts the DC team back to the drawing board....

‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Featurette Goes Behind The Magic Of The VFX RememberThe Mandalorianseason 2? I’m sure you do, but it almost feels like that season came and went a full year ago, when in reality it wrapped-up in December. Since then, Disney+ viewers have moved on to obsess overWandaVision, andThe Falcon and The Winter Soldieris dropping tomorrow. But in case you forgot about old Mando, ILM has just released a behind-the-scenes video that highlights the show’s VFX....

‘There Will Be Blood’ At 10: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Monster Movie Masterpiece At the height ofa certain meme,you could name-dropThere Will Be Bloodand casual filmgoers would actually scrunch their noses and say, “Is that the milkshake movie?” In the intervening years, however, Daniel Day-Lewis’s powerhouse performance as Daniel Plainview has continued to cast a long shadow over cinema. In many ways, writer-directorPaul Thomas Anderson’s oil drama/“milkshake movie” is actually a monster movie, with a dissonant score by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood and a title that deliberately invokes horror....

‘Wolverine 3’ Reveal Coming Soon; Hugh Jackman Teases “Very Different” Tone It’s hard to believe the nextWolverinemovie is less than six months away, especially given how little we’ve seen or heard about it. We’ve yet to see a single teaser, poster, or official still. Heck, the movie hasn’t even revealed an official title. But we can expect a big reveal soon, according toHugh Jackman. The star says we’ll get more details “in the next week or so....

(Untitled) Movie Trailer There are a bunch of movies opening this Friday, which explains the abundance of new movie trailers hitting the interwebs today:Gentleman Broncos,Law Abiding Citizen,The Fourth Kindand now the trailer for(Untitled). Yes, that’s the name of the movie — Untitled. And I’m not talking about the brilliant but flawed director’s cut of Cameron Crowe’sAlmost Famous, which yes, too, was released under the non-title Untitled (but without the brackets)....