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Director Alan Taylor Cites ‘Batman Begins’ As Inspiration For ‘Terminator’ Reboot Alan Taylor, the director ofThor: The Dark World, won’t confirm or denyif he’s directing the 2015Terminatorfilm. “I’m under the personal policy to say it’s a rumor,” he told me at the junket for his new Marvel film. Taylor did, however, admit talks have been progressing and if hewasto direct the film – hypothetically, of course – fans should regard it likeBatman Beginsin relation to the Joel SchumacherBatmanmovies....

Discovery To Re-Air 2004 BBC Movie Starring Benedict Cumberbatch As Stephen Hawking Science was big at the movies late in 2014. At one point,Interstellar, The Imitation GameandThe Theory of Everythingwere all playing simultaneously, representing three different eras -well, two eras and one potential – in science. Removing the big budget film, you’re left withBenedict Cumberbatchplaying the man who invented the computer as a way to break code in World War II and Eddie Redmayne in a biopic of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking....

French Movie Trailer: Julian Schnabel’s ‘Miral,’ Starring Freida Pinto Miral, the new film fromJulian Schnabel, was picked up recently by The Weinstein Company, who will release the picture in December. That’s far enough out that there isn’t a domestic trailer yet available. But a French trailer has arrived, and you can get a very good idea of the film by checking it out. Schnabel directed from a script byRula Jebreal, who adapted her own novel about Miral (Freida Pinto), a teen resident of a Jerusalem orphanage run by a Palestinian woman (Hiam Abbass)....

Gentleman Jack Is A Speed-Walking Contradiction In ‘A Lucky And Narrow Escape’ We interrupt your regularly scheduled lesbian period drama to bring you this breaking news update: Anne Lister was a Tory. This is certainly not new information (see: Anne in the pilot, putting her tenants in their place. Or Anne last week, telling a crying preteen servant girl to accept her lot in life and work harder), but given the political uproar in Halifax, her politics are especially front and center in “A Lucky and Narrow Escape....

Gore Verbinski Ditches Pirates 4, Directing BioShock Movie Next Gore Verbinskiis one of those directors who fills his plate with so many projects, that you’re not quite sure which ones, if any of them, will actually go into production. I think right now Verbinski is attached toproduce an American remake of The Host, directa segment of Heavy Metal,a live-action adaptation of the board game Clue, a film abouta married guy who spends too much time with an MMORPG, a cowboy drama titled Big Hole, a big screen adaptation ofBioShock, andPirates of the Caribbean 4....

Hasbro PulseCon Coming This Week With ‘Star Wars’, Marvel, And ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Reveals & More This week will bring the first everHasbro PulseCononline for fans in the United States and Canada. It’s basically Hasbro’s virtual substitute for the lack of conventions available for them to announce the latest merchandise for properties likeStar Wars,Marvel,Transformers,G.I. Joe,Power Rangers,Ghostbusters,Magic: The Gathering, andDungeons & Dragons. The full schedule for the event unfolding on Friday and Saturday has been revealed, so check it out below and get ready for a bunch of toys and collectibles news this weekend....

HBO Confirms Jennifer Coolidge Will Lead White Lotus Season 2 Last October, we reported that Jennifer Coolidge would bereturning for season 2of “The White Lotus.” Several industry sources indicated that this would be the case, but HBO itself held off on making any official announcement to confirm Coolidge’s return … until now. The day after theScreen Actors Guild Awards, in which Coolidge lost the award for “Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series” to Kate Winslet, HBO has confirmed (viaVariety) that Coolidge is returning for “The White Lotus” season 2....

Here’s What Simu Liu Wants To See In Shang-Chi 2 “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” was a box office success (despite the pandemic), and a wonderful addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We saw the line about the Ten Rings returning at the end of the film, and in the mid-credits scene, Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) welcomed Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) to the team. He’s now a part of all the Marvel opening credits and very much here to stay!...

How James Gunn’s Peacemaker Pushes The Limits Of Superhero Television Writer and director James Gunn’s HBO Max series “Peacemaker” pushes a lot of boundaries. Gunnpreviously saidon-set that he couldn’t believe the studio was letting him film the series, and he later called it a “funeral for Warner Bros.” during Comic-Con. “Peacemaker” toes the line betweenbeing funny and offensive, and often revels in its own vulgarity. Yet, somehow, it manages to have a warm squishy center full of introspection and socially relevant themes....

I Am Legend Sequel To Star Will Smith And Michael B. Jordan Maybe every little thingwillbe alright: an “I Am Legend” sequel is reportedly in the works fifteen years after the first film debuted. The news comes according to Deadline, which reports that Will Smith is set to return, with Michael B. Jordan starring alongside him. “I Am Legend,” loosely based on the 1954 novel by Richard Matheson, followed a man as he traversed post-apocalyptic Manhattan after a genetically engineered virus started turning people into vampiristic cannibals....

Ian McKellen Gives Report On Hobbit Casting And Other Progress Last night saw a special marathon screening of the extended editions of all threeLord of the Ringsfilms at London’s BFI IMAX cinema, which is where where I caught theAvatar Dayfootage as it happens. I wasn’t present for theRingsovernighter, but some friendly snoops were and they’ve tipped me off as to something very exciting that started the proceedings off with a bang....

Ivan Reitman Says The Only New ‘Ghostbusters’ Movie Is Paul Feig’s Film What’s the deal withGhostbusters?Paul Feigis shooting his new film now, but there has also been talk of another movie,possibly directedbyJoe and Anthony Russo, with story input fromDrew PearceandChris PrattandChanning Tatumas possible stars. Reid Carolyn, who is Tatum’s creative partner,has commented on the development,as has Pearce. Pratt even fanned rumorsby posting goofy/cryptic goat pictureson Instagram. NowIvan Reitman, director of the first twoGhostbustersfilms and producer of the current one, is here to bust the rumors....

Let’s Break Down All The Little Details From The Final Scene In Moon Knight Episode 4 This article containsmajor spoilersfor episode 4 of “Moon Knight.” If you thought you knew where"Moon Knight"was going before this week’s episode, guess again. DirectorsBenson and Moorheadsteered us down a pretty wild (and at times gross) road that seemed to follow the previously established vibes of “The Mummy” and “Indiana Jones.” However, things took apretty sharp turnaround the 36-minute mark....