Lucasfilm “Knives Out” filmmaker Rian Johnson has shut down a claim by his former Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy in a recent interview. In a recent Deadline exit interview, Kennedy spoke about Johnson not returning to the franchise following the divisive reception to his 2017 film “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”. Reflecting on the experience of […]

Netflix Snoop Dogg will star in and produce Eli Roth’s upcoming horror feature “Don’t Go in That House, B*tch!”. Roth himself confirmed Dogg’s onscreen role in the film on Thursday to Variety. Roth says he finished the script over the holidays, and no other cast has signed on as yet. Shooting is expected to kick […]

Sony Pictures Stellar reviews weren’t enough to help Nia DaCosta’s “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” at the box-office. The horror film is coming in decidedly under expectations. Earlier this week, the title was projected to hit over $20 million for the four-day holiday weekend. Now, those estimates are being revised downward to $13.2 million […]

Netflix Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are out promoting “The Rip,” the action thriller which just hit Netflix, and say that the way people are consuming films now – especially on streaming – is quite different. The new film, directed by Joe Carnahan, sees the pair on a team of Miami cops who turn on […]

Lucasfilm The other day, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy announced that she is stepping down from that position, with Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan taking over as co-Presidents. In the wake of that announcement, Kennedy gave an interview with Deadline talking about the current state of the various “Star Wars” projects in development at the company. […]

Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures has set Jorge R. Gutiérrez as director of an animated feature centered on the classic Looney Tunes character Speedy Gonzales reports THR. Gutiérrez himself previously teased the possibility on Instagram last month, posting a photo of himself holding a Speedy Gonzales figurine and adding: “Guess what movie I might […]

Marvel Spider-Man: Brand New Day“The Punisher” star Jon Bernthal says that his character’s turn in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” will be in line with the darker TV version we’re all familiar with: “What was really important to me… is we believed the Punisher that could walk off of the Spider-Man set could walk onto the […]

Universal Pictures Mike Flanagan’s new “The Exorcist” film, starring Scarlett Johansson and Jacobi Jupe (“Hamnet”), has locked down a March 12th 2027 release date. “Doctor Sleep” and “Gerald’s Game” director Flanagan, the creator of acclaimed Netflix series like “The Haunting of Hill House” and “Midnight Mass,” wrote the script and is directing and producing the […]