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‘Nowhere Boy’ Helmer Sam Taylor-Johnson To Direct ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ Briefly:Even a casual observer knows that women direct far fewer big Hollywood films than men. So it’s interesting to see that the developing adaptation ofFifty Shades of Grey— an extended S&M-lite sexual fantasy that has been decried as “mommy porn” as it tops sales charts — will be directed bySam Taylor-Johnson.She has made only one major feature,Nowhere Boy, from 2009....

‘Red State’ One Night Only Screening, Q&A Plus Live Podcast September 25 One of the major selling points of theRed Statescreenings scheduled in advance of the full theatrical release has beenKevin Smithhimself. For the past few months he’s been touring with the film and doing live question and answer sessions after each screening. If you aren’t in a major city, however, you’ve been shut out of theRed Statetour. This past week the film opened On Demand, but even then it’s the movie sans Smith....

‘Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins’ Delayed To 2021 Paramount Picturesrecently pushed backthe release of bothA Quiet Place Part IIandTop Gun: Maverick, two anticipated sequels that already had their release dates delayed previously thanks to the coronavirus pandemic shutting down movie theaters around the world. Now the studio is delaying another one of their major theatrical releases intended for later this year withSnake Eyes: G.I. Joe Originsvacating its October 2020 date for a release sometime in2021....

‘Stranger Things’ Originally Had A Much More Violent Eleven For a series filled with young stars and suffused with nostalgia for simpler times,Stranger Thingsgoes to some pretty dark places. (Sometimes even literally dark places, like the Upside Down.) Even so, it’s largely a family-friendly show, provided you’re not watching with very young children. But series creatorsMattandRoss Dufferrevealed that their original vision leaned more R-rated, especially when it came to Eleven. Find out how below....

‘The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special’ Shows Us A Future Beyond ‘The Rise Of Skywalker’ When it was announced that there would be a newStar Wars Holiday Special,everyone scratched their heads and said, “Well, this is sort of cool, I guess.” The originalStar Wars Holiday Special,released in 1978 and aired only once because of how utterly awful it was, has lived on in bootlegs and become something of an ironic favorite....

‘The Other Side Of The Door’ Trailer: Sarah Wayne Callies Fears The Piano-Playing Dead Sarah Wayne Callieshas plenty of experience avoiding the walking dead, but her new film sends her running from dead people of a more spiritual sort. InThe Other Side of the Door, she plays a mother who has lost her son in a tragic accident. In grieving desperation, she turns to a supernatural ritual that will allow her to speak to her son through a portal located in an ancient temple....

‘Wonder Woman’ Trailer: She’s The Hero Mankind Doesn’t Deserve Now thatGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2is in theaters, the road is clear for Warner Bros. Pictures to push their marketing campaign forWonder Womanto full throttle. Over the past week, the studio has really ramped up the promotion for their summer blockbuster, which marks the first time a female superhero is getting their own movie. Now a new trailer shows off even more from the next installment of the DC Extended Universe....

‘Zodiac’ Writer James Vanderbilt Sells ‘White House Down’ To Sony, Will Polish ‘RoboCop’ James Vanderbilthit the screenwriter big time when he wroteZodiacfor David Fincher, and he was eventually tapped to work on theSpider-Manseries for Sony. Now he’s one of a few people credited onThe Amazing Spider-Man. He has developed a working relationship with the studio, doing work on theTotal Recallremake as well. Now has sold an original script to Sony:White House Downis an action film Vanderbilt wrote on spec that the studio just paid three million bucks to acquire....

‘Zootopia’ Land Announced For Shanghai Disneyland Zootopiawill finally become a real-life Zootopia atShanghai Disneyland. Disney Parks announced that the 2016 animated hit will be part of the theme park land expansion at the themed resort in Pudong, Shanghai, marking the development of the world’s firstZootopia-themed land The Shanghai Disney Resort announced that aZootopia-themed land was coming to the Chinese theme park, according to theDisney Parks blog. The new land will be part of the second major expansion since the resort opened in 2016....

107 Reasons You Need To See Richard Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ Richard Linklater’sBoyhoodis one of my favorite movies of the year so far. The film tells the story of a young boy’s childhood from age 5 to age 18. You’ve probably also heard that the movie was filmed over the course of 12 years using the same actors. But it is an independent film which I understand is a hard sell for some of you....

Amy Adams, Rashida Jones And Chris Cooper Will Appear With Jason Segel In ‘The Muppets’ UPDATE:THRhasRashida JonesandChris Cooper(hooray!) joining the cast as well. Mr. Cooper will play the villain. Not long ago we heard that the rather popularAmy Adamswas looking ata few different possible roles, one of which would be in the upcoming Muppet movie that Disney is assembling withForgetting Sarah Marshallscribe/starJason SegelandGet Him to the Greek/Sarah MarshalldirectorNicholas Stolleras co-writersFlight of the ConchordshelmerJames Bobinas director....

An “Amazing” ‘Rocky IV’ Director’s Cut Is Coming, Sylvester Stallone Promises Rocky Balboa may have hung up his boxing gloves, butSylvester Stallonehasn’t left theRockyfranchise behind just yet. Stallone revealed that he is working on a director’s cut of the 1985 classicRocky IV, which he says will be “amazing.” The news comes in the wake of the success ofCreed 2, which continues theRockyfranchise through the story ofMichael B. Jordan’s Adonis Creed, and following the release of an extended cut of Stallone’sRambo: Last Blood....

Bad Weather And Bill Murray Made For A Perfect Storm On The Set Of Stripes P.J. Soles is celebrated by fans for her darker genre work, voice-over work, and comedic roles alike. She’s crossedCarrie, she’s been carjacked by Captain Spaulding, and she’s one of the first teens killed by Michael Myers in John Carpenter’s “Halloween.” But few are quoted more than “Stripes,” Ivan Reitman’s 1981 knee-slapper starring Bill Murray and Harold Ramis....