Best costume I’ve seen all day. Guy said he has people coming up to him at the grocery store and thanking him for Star Wars.
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Writer for The Hollywood Reporter. Creator of award-winning geek blog, Heat Vision.
Hollywood, CAJoined June 2011
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Exclusive: ZOMBIELAND 2 is actually, for real, happening as Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg & Abigail Breslin sign on. Production to begin January for an October 2019 release. hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/zo
BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER animated series: The show is not cancelled, per sources, just not going to stream on HBO Max. The show is deep in production, nothing is paused. It will show up somewhere.
JOHN WICK 4 premiere: Guests are encouraged to wear the pin in honor of Lance Reddick who passed away Friday.
The fables men: Oscar voting began today and Universal threw an A-list star-stuffed celebration at the Sunset Tower. The highlight may have been seeing Steven Spielberg meet #RRR filmmaker SS Rajamouli and composer MM Keeravani. Not sure who was more excited to meet whom.
Interesting: Soon after Mahershala Ali won his GREEN BOOK Oscar, he called Marvel to meet with Kevin Feige. In the meeting he came right out and said he wanted to do Blade, Feige tells THR.
Breaking: In a major career milestone, Jesse Plemons will star in Scorsese's KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON. He takes the leading FBI agent role which was to have been played by Leo DiCaprio but who stepped into a more supporting part.
SHOCKER: James Gunn and Peter Safran to run DC Films, which will now be called DC STUDIOS. Will act as co-CEOs and co-chairs.
Excl w/ : Ice Cube has dropped out of Sony comedy OH HELL NO, which also stars Jack Black, after declining to get vaccinated. He walks away from a $9 million payday in the process.
Sad news: Joan Lee, the wife of STAN LEE, passes at the age of 93. Their love story spanned almost 70 years hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jo
No joke excl: LADY GAGA in early talk to play Harley Quinn opposite Joaquin Phoenix (who still doesn't have a deal to return, btw) in JOKER 2. Which is planned as a MUSICAL.
Crazy but true news: Ewan McGregor is in negotiations to return as OBI-WAN KENOBI for a Disney+ event mini-series. Would be 6 or 8 episodes according to a source. hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/st
Exclusive: With a rebel yell, sets his next movie, sci-fi adventure REBEL MOON at Netflix. Snyder will direct, co-write with collaborators Shay Hatten (Army of the Dead) & Kurt Johnstad (300). Plan is to start shooting early 2022.
Excl: (aka Guillermo del Toro) casts Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson and (aka Finn Wolfhard), among several other luminaries, in his stop-motion PINOCCHIO movie. At the same time, he signs an overall deal with Netflix
Meanwhile, right now on the Warners lot, James Gunn is screen-testing Nicholas Hoult, David Corenswet and Tom Brittney + Emma Mackey, Phoebe Dynevor and Rachel Brosnahan, in full wardrobe & makeup, for the roles of Clark Kent and Lois Lane for SUPERMAN LEGACY.
Standing ovation for a guy who says #Halloween saved his life during a home invasion. What would Jamie Lee Curtis do? he asked himself, describing his horrifying moment. "I'm a victor instead of a victim because of you," he tells , breaking into tears.
Harrison Ford asked during Q&A: "Is your life goal to reboot every major character you’ve done?"
His answer: "You bet your ass it is."
Excl: CAPTAIN MARVEL 2 officially in the works as Marvel hires #WandaVision scribe Megan McDonnell. An 2022 release date is being eyed as Marvel begins a search for a female filmmaker to helm the sequel.
True: Jonah Hill is no longer in talks for THE BATMAN. Warners and the actor were too far apart on a deal.
Exclusive: Taika Waititi to write and direct THOR 4. But AKIRA is now on hold. Details here.
Christopher Nolan's new movie has a name: TENET. Filming begins as Dimple Kapadia, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Clémence Poésy, Michael Caine and Kenneth Branagh join cast.
Bat-news now: THE BATMAN filmmaker Matt Reeves and BOARDWALK EMPIRE creator Terence Winter team for a GOTHAM CENTRAL-style police crime drama for HBO Max. Key to this: the series will be set in the same universe as Reeves’ forthcoming movie
Breaking: WONDER WOMAN 2 gets a release date: Dec 13, 2019. Gal Gadot is back. Patty Jenkins is in negotiations to return as director.
EXCLUSIVE: SPIDER-MAN divorce goes up a level as Sony responds, says it's Disney's decision to end partnership. "We are disappointed."
THE ETERNALS: cast on stage. is playing Sersi, the movie's lead. Playing a non-Eternal character in movie is Kit Harington.
Indiana Jones premiere surprise! Steven Spielberg gives nods to fellow creators of Indy - George Lucas, Harrison Ford, and someone who isn’t on stage, John Williams. Then the curtain rises to reveal Williams and a full-blown orchestra. Crowd goes ape!
Excl: NOMADLAND filmmaker Chloe Zhao tackling Universal's monsters with a new take on DRACULA...as a "futuristic, sci-fi Western"
FLASH MOVIE SHOCKER: IT filmmaker Andy Muschietti in talks to direct as John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein move on. Ezra Miller still attached but WB to go in new direction with new writer, Christina Hodson. All the details here:
Excl: J.K. Simmons is returning to the Bat-beat, is negotiations to reprise the role of Commissioner Gordon for WB's HBO Max feature, BATGIRL.
Item: Disney is giving ANDOR, it's critically acclaimed but less-splashy-than-the-others STAR WARS show (you know who we mean), a cross company push. First 2 episodes to air over Thanksgiving holidays on ABC (Wed), FX (Thur), Freeform (Fri), and Hulu.
Excl: Marvel Studios temporarily shutting down BLADE, which was in pre-production in Atlanta, while it conducts a deep search for a director and further develops the script.
EXCL: ZACK SNYDER, who stepped away from movies during the making of 2017's JUSTICE LEAGUE to deal with a family tragedy, is RETURNING to filmmaking with zombie action movie ARMY OF THE DEAD for Netflix.
Breaking: Michael Keaton in talks to reprise Batman for THE FLASH movie hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mi
Hollywood on Vine, Monday, March 16, 2020. In the 9 o’clock hour. Rush hour.
THE #SnyderCut is REAL. AND IT'S COMING TO HBO MAX in 2021. Zack and Deborah Snyder open up about their plans - a 4 hour movie? 6 episodes? – and the long road to making the SnyderCut a reality. hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ju
Story: Walter Hamada's last week, Dwayne Johnson's power move to bring back Superman, James Gunn pitches a secret movie. This is...DC AT A TURNING POINT. Did I mention Clayface, and that FLASH 2 is already written?
The Doctor is In Exclusive: Pierce Brosnan has been cast as DOCTOR FATE, will co-star opposite in BLACK ADAM hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/bl
HAWKEYE: first 2 episodes of the Marvel/Disney+ 6 episode series to drop Nov. 24.
Breaking: Christopher Nolan has a NEW movie. No title, no details, no nothing but...it has a release date: July 17, 2020.
BREAKING: SPIDER-MAN shocker: Sony and Disney kiss and make up, will make one more Spidey movie. Film dated for July 16, 2021. hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sp
Batman, Batman, Batman. Some of you are always asking for Batman news. Well, here you go…
EXCL: Jeffrey Wright (aka ) is in talks to play Commissioner Gordon opposite Rob Pattinson in THE BATMAN
Breaking: Michael B Jordan and KONG: SKULL ISLAND filmmaker team up for an original monster movie
Neat-o news: Margot Robbie, BIRDS OF PREY writer Christina Hodson, and their respective production companies, launch a female-driven action movie writing program
The moves underscore what a financial mess Warner Bros. Discovery is as the studio has only enough cash to release 2 movies from now to the end of this year (Don't Worry Darling and Black Adam).
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The hits keep coming for DC: SHAZAM 2 moves off from 2022 to 2023. March 17, 2023 to be exact. But that's AQUAMAN 2's date, right? Not anymore. That movie now pushed to Dec. 25, 2023. hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n
Marvelous vibe as the Black Panther () shows up to surprise Carol Danvers () at the #CaptainMarvel premiere.
Breaking (glass ceiling) news: Patty Jenkins signs historic deal to direct, co-write, produce WONDER WOMAN sequel hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/wo
Shocking exclusive: , who played Electro in an Andrew Garfield-led Spider-Man movie, is back as the classic villain in the latest SPIDER-MAN sequel, starring Tom Holland.
Item: ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE coming to digital on July 19 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
Patty Jenkins was paid $1 million to direct the 1st WONDER WOMAN. For WW2, she LEAPS to the $7M-$9M range, + backend hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/wo
Guess Henry's got something more important to do.
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Liam Hemsworth Replacing Henry Cavill for #TheWitcher Season 4
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More details: will do both THE SUICIDE SQUAD...and #guardiansofthegalaxy 3. SQUAD will go first, to shoot late fall of this year. Guardians 3 would follow.
Breaking: Paramount closes deal picking up Damien Chazelle's 1920s Hollywood tale BABYLON, with Brad Pitt and Emma Stone circling to star. Move happens after Chazelle cut over 30 pages of his initially 180-page script.
SCOOP! Geoff Johns exits DC Entertainment, gets exclusive writing and producing deal. Will write script and produce GREEN LANTERN CORPS movie.
Breaking: ZOE KRAVITZ nabs CATWOMAN for Matt Reeves' THE BATMAN
Excl: From the backstreets of O-Town, has synched himself with Paramount to go in one direction...BOY BAND, a comedy he co-wrote, will star in and produce.
Excl: Nicolas Cage is Dracula! The actor makes his big studio return, signing on to star opposite Nicholas Hoult in Universal monster movie, RENFIELD.
Excl: JAMES MANGOLD to write and direct a BOBA FETT Star Wars standalone movie
If these talks make, sources say Keaton could end up playing Batman in a mentor capacity, a bit like Sam Jackson's Nick Fury, and appear in multiple movies. BATGIRL is one of the possible projects.
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Breaking: Michael Keaton in talks to reprise Batman for THE FLASH movie hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mi
#SnyderCut: 4 parts, 1 hour each, says Snyder. And then there will be a version bundling it all together.
Breaking: Now that the BLACK ADAM cameo is behind him, Henry Cavill jumps on Instagram to announce in a vide that he is officially "back as Superman."
Excl: Deal talks crumble between Chris Pine, Chris Hemsworth and Paramount, Skydance over STAR TREK 4. Both sides walk away from the table over money, future of Kirk in doubt.
Excl: Marvel shakes up ARMOR WARS...Don Cheadle series now being developed as a movie. Cheadle and series writer Yassir Lester still on board.
News: Disney dates its LIVE-ACTION MULAN movie for November 2, 2018. Announces a global casting search to find a Chinese actress for Mulan.
People had lined up since early this morning for the #SpiderManNoWayHome trailer event and not all made it in. Before entering the theatre for his q&a, Holland took time to sign autographs for the 100+ in the overflow line (who later got to see the trailer separately).
Excl: You may never see BATGIRL but some select people are this week, as WB holds what is being described as "funeral screenings" on the lot for the movie. In fact, there's one happening right now.
Scoop: is bringing the gang back together for a new #JusticeLeague shoot in Oct. On the call sheet is expected to be Ray Fisher. It's a tricky situation as he is currently is a dispute with Warner Bros over abuse & his FLASH talks are stalled.
Breaking: Brad Pitt & Leonardo DiCaprio sign on to star in Quentin Tarantino's Sharon Tate drama, which now has a title: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
Angelina Jolie comes on stage as part of massive ETERNALS cast. Playing Thena.
Excl: in talks for the showy part of the dentist in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. He will even get to sing! (Steve Martin played the part in the 1986 movie.)
WB trying hard not to get into a Jack Nicholson/Batman situation where they overpay bigtime on the villain.
My take on #Dune , for what it's worth: It redefines the word "epic" for filmmaking and movies in a way not seen since the LOTR films. Like many Villeneuve works, it can be dispassionate a times but it has a heart in Rebecca Ferguson, who is a standout.
Excl: and his Stone Quarry Prods sign a first look film deal with Netflix. Expect more #ArmyOfTheDead - a sequel that Snyder would direct is in the works - and big sci-fi worlds. And more. Details here:
Back in 2010 I broke the news of being offered, then accepting, the role of CAPTAIN AMERICA. Funny revisiting those stories: One complication facing Evans at the time was scheduling shooting WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? with Anna Faris. web.archive.org/web/2010032219
All pulp, no fiction exclusive: This is it...QUENTIN TARANTINO readying period piece THE MOVIE CRITIC as his next and possibly final film. Project to hit the studios soon and eying a shoot this fall.
Hear him roar: First it was $125 million, then it was $150 million, now BLACK PANTHER tracking to a whopping $165 million opening, says hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/bl
This will likely sever Christopher Nolan's relationship with WB. He wasn't happy with how TENET rolled out but his theatres-first stance is well known. He will either carve out his own deal to insure theatrical or will go to another studio...if they don't follow this move.
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WB can call this a "unique one-year plan" but don't kid yourself, this is their plan for the future. twitter.com/Borys_Kit/stat…
WB can call this a "unique one-year plan" but don't kid yourself, this is their plan for the future.
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BOOM: Warner Bros moving its ENTIRE 2021 slate to a day & date theatrical/streaming release, with movies such as SUICIDE SQUAD, DUNE, MATRIX 4 and more, going to HBO Max in the US hollywoodreporter.com/news/warner-br
News now: JJ Abrams developing a series based on JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK characters for HBO Max (via )
Release date news:
THE FLASH to hit screens 07/01/22.
THE UNTITLED MATRIX FILM will be released 05/21/21. And AKIRA is officially off the calendar (it was scheduled to be released 05/21/21.
Breaking non-Cohen news: AQUAMAN 2 gets a release date...Dec. 16, 2022.
Sad news: Legendary comic artist Neal Adams, who revitalized Batman, Joker, and others with his realistic art & stories, has died at the age of 80. He was also a champion for artists' rights and fought for compensation for Superman's creators. hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n
Under the Gunn Exclusive: is officially heading back to the director's chair, and is in negotiations to direct the Suicide Squad sequel, THE SUICIDE SQUAD.
Excl: Disney's animated movie LILO & STITCH getting the live-action remake treatment. LEGO MOVIE producer Dan Lin to produce, to write script.
Strange Excl: has finalized a deal to direct DOCTOR STRANGE 2. Plan is for script to be written in 2019, start shooting in spring 2020...
Yes it's true: Jonah Hill in talks to play a villain in THE BATMAN. But which one? Hint: Not even Warners nor Hill know...because they can't decide on it! (That's why talks are in the super-sensitive stage and have been ongoing for a while.)
Breaking: Alec Baldwin to play Bruce Wayne's father, Thomas Wayne, in JOKER. Sources telling me in this version T. Wayne is a cheesy, tanned businessman a la 1980s Trump.
Excl: BATGIRL movie to be directed by BAD BOYS FOR LIFE filmmakers Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah. Story:
Walken on sunshine: Christopher Walken to play the emperor of the universe in DUNE: PART 2, joining Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya in Denis Villeneuve's adaptation.
The rumours are true: Charlie Cox is back as Daredevil, Vincent D'Onofrio back as the Kingpin in Marvel series ECHO, now shooting, continuing Marvel's integrating of the Netflix shows into its cinematic universe.
