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Ben Affleck To Direct ‘Live By Night,’ Based On Novel By ‘Gone Baby Gone’ Author Ben Affleck’s third directorial effort,Argo, opens this week, and as far as I’m concerned the guy is three for three in the director’s chair. His solid track record so far makes Affleck a big choice as possible director for a lot of different projects, big and small, but so far the only one that has seemed like it might happen isThe Stand....

Bridgerton Season 2 Clip: How About Some More Period Romance? Netflix packed a lot into its Tudum event over the weekend, and “Bridgerton” fans weren’t left wanting. The streaming platform released a clip from the highly anticipated second season of the Shondaland show, where we see the eldest Bridgerton, Anthony (Jonathan Bailey), get dressed down by the witty Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley). We already knew that season 2 of “Bridgerton” would focus on Anthony’s travails in love now that Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon Basset (Regé-Jean Page) are happily wed....

Channing Tatum Says ‘Gambit’ Won’t Be Your Usual Save-The-World Superhero Tale We already know who is playing the newGambitin Fox’s X-Men universe. The question is when we’ll see him. While we don’t have a concrete answer yet,Channing Tatumwould like to assure you it’s still coming. “We’re finding a writer and sort of beating it out,” he offered. Interestingly, it sounds like Gambit’s first solo outing won’t be the usual save-the-world origin story....

Check Out ‘Inherent Vice’ Character Posters And Intro Videos Inherent Viceis a big movie with a lot of moving parts. Even though it cuts out a lot of material from the novel byThomas Pynchon, the film still has a wealth of characters with odd names, many of whom are given pretty breezy introductions. But a set ofInherent Vicecharacter posters and brief video introductions for many of the major characters might help you sort people out ahead of time....

Comic-Con 2015: First Look At The Dark Knight’s Gadgets From ‘Batman V. Superman’ Comic-Conis officially underway here in San Diego, and Preview Night kicked off the pop culture convention last night giving us an early look at what all your favorite movies, TV shows, comic books and more have to show off. There’s plenty of cool sights to see on the show floor, but perhaps as a tease of the goodies to come from Warner Bros....

Cool Stuff: Mondo Reveals New ‘Ghostbusters’ Print By Ken Taylor, Stay Puft Tiki Mug, & Enamel Pins Mondo picked up the license toGhostbustersmerchandise last year, and they celebratedby releasing a new printfrom artistTom Whalen. But it sounds like this is the year that bustin' will really make them feel good. A brand newGhostbustersprint fromKen Taylorhas been revealed by Mondo – but that’s not all. They’ll also be releasing a set of Stay Puft Marshmallow Man tiki mugs and a new batch of enamel pins by Whalen (to go with the previous set released last year)....

Corey Feldman And Corey Haim Return For The Lost Boys 2 When Warner Bros announced that they were making a sequel toThe Lost Boys, we werefurious. Not only was it a sequel, but a direct-to-dvd sequel. Those are notoriously the worst because they usually became a remake of the original featuring an entirely new cast of bad actors and a horribly revamped script. But there is good news afterall, according toBloody-Disgusting– the two-Corey’s are back!...

David Letterman Is Coming To Netflix For A New Series, But Will His Epic Beard Come Too? David Lettermanstepped down from his longtime post as the host ofThe Late Showon CBS in 2015, replaced by comedian Stephen Colbert. But as any good comedian will tell you, it’s hard to stay away from the spotlight, and David Letterman is a great comedian, so it should come as no surprise that he’s coming out of retirement with a new show....

Disney Chief Wants ‘Lone Ranger’ To Ride; Will Gore Verbinski Be In The Saddle? Speculation continues as to whether Disney will or won’t bankroll a $200mLone Rangerfrom producerJerry Bruckheimer, directorGore Verbinskiand starJohnny Depp. The studiocanned thefilm just over a week ago thanks to budgetary concerns (it was running north of $250m) but various sources within Disney have indicated the projectremains a possibility. Johnny Depp, after all, has been part of some of the studio’s biggest movies in the past decade — thePirates of the Caribbeanseries andAlice in Wonderland— and is seen as one of the last bankable movie stars....

Fangoria Studios Announces Its First Movie With Creature Feature ‘Sitora’ You’ve heard of the werewolves of London, but what about the were-tigers of Malaysia? Fangoria Studios has announced its first feature film, and it’s a modern, practical effects-driven creature-feature. Sitorais inspired by a lost Malay horror film from 1964 calledSitora Harimau Judian.The film was written and directed by Malaysian auteurP. Ramlee, but it is rumored to have been destroyed in a flood....

Five Sundance Films To Premiere On Demand During Festival Can’t make it to Utah this month for the2011 Sundance Film Festival? Here are your options. One – keep it locked right here to Slashfilm.com because myself, Peter Sciretta and David Chen will be on the scene reporting daily. Two – head to one of the cities that’s hosting aSundance Film Festival USAscreening. Or three – just click the On Demand button on your remote and join in to theDirect from the Sundance Film Festivalinitiative....

Greg Kinnear To Play Bob Hope In Miss World Pageant Dramedy ‘Misbehaviour’ In case you haven’t heard,Keira Knightleyis taking a break from starring in period drams from the 1700s, 1800s and 1940s to star in a drama thatonlyreaches back into the 1970s. The project is calledMisbehaviour, and it focuses on the famous Miss World pageant from 1970. Greg Kinnear has been tapped to play comedian and hostBob Hope in the film, but he’s only a small part of the unprecedented events that unfolded on the Miss World stage during the live broadcast....

Harrison Ford In Early Talks For ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel When news first broke thatthe rights to make futureBlade Runnerfilms had been purchased, everyone was worried. When itwas later revealedRidley Scottwould likely direct the eventual film, worry turned to curiosity. And if this news ends up coming to fruition, I think fans can finally settle in for full blown excitement. Twitchfilmis reporting thatHarrison Ford, yes Deckard himself, is in “early talks” to appear in a newBlade Runnerfilm....