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Knights Of The Zodiac Movie Casts Sean Bean And Famke Janssen In Live-Action Anime Adaptation Mackenyu, the mononymous Japanese actor, and Madison Iseman are set to headline “Knights of the Zodiac,” a live-action adaptation of the manga, “Saint Seya,” by Masami Kurumada. It’s the supporting cast, however, that might be of interest to James Bond fans, since it reunites Sean Bean and Famke Janssen from “GoldenEye.” It’s been over 25 years since Janssen’s character, Xenia Onatopp, squeezed men to death with her thighs in “GoldenEye....

Lena Headey To Make Directorial Debut With Psychological Thriller Violet Inan announcement from Deadline today, actressLena Headey, star of “Game of Thrones,” the hit film “300,” and the recent Netflix actioner “Gunpowder Milkshake” will make her directorial debut with a psychological thriller called “Violet,” based on the 2019 novel by SJI Holliday. Holliday is the author behind the Banktoun book series, and most of her psychological thrillers take place in that fictional town, itself based on the real-life Scottish town of Haddington....

Mark Wahlberg To Officially Produce Non-Poe ‘The Raven;’ Ricardo De Montreuil To Direct ‘Lowriders’ ConsideringThe Ravenis so well-known as a poem by Edgar Allen Poe, one would think using those two words as a title would be off the market. Unless, of course, you were actuallymaking a movieabout the famous macabre author. That’s not the case, however, asMark Wahlberghas locked down a deal with Universal to produce and possibly star in a feature length adaptation of a short film byRicardo De Montreuilalso calledThe Raven....

Matthew McConaughey Wanted Audiences To Think His Super Bowl Ad Was For Interstellar 2 Matthew McConaughey is teaming up with the software company Salesforce for a new ad that will air during the Super Bowl, but the actor wanted people to think they were seeing a TV spot for “Interstellar 2.” According to McConaughey, hooking viewers with a tease of the non-existent sequel to his 2014 science fiction film with Christopher Nolan was all part of his greater agenda to raise awareness of deeper societal problems....

Michael Bay Gives Sneak Peak At ‘Six Underground’ Trailer, Which Drops Tomorrow Michael Baytook to Instagram to post a video of himself looking, and sounding, very sleepy, all in the name of teasing his upcomingSixUndergroundtrailer. You get about a split-second look of someone (maybeRyan Reynolds?) jumping off a building, but mostly you just get Bay in his editing suite/screening room, hyping up the Bayhem to come. A post shared by Michael Bay (@michaelbay)...

Mondo ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Poster Takes Down An AT-AT Walker Mondohas unleashed a cool newEmpire Strikes Backposter from artistJock. The poster recreates a moment from theStar Warsfilm in which Luke Skywalker takes down an AT-AT Walker. See the MondoEmpire Strikes Backposter, and its variant, below.Artist Jock has a brand-newEmpire Strikes Backposter for you to drop some money on, and it looks pretty darn cool. Mondo unveiled a look at the poster, as well as a variant, to whip up excitement before tomorrow’s sale....

New ‘Inherent Vice’ Image Reveals Reese Witherspoon As Penny Kimball Paul Thomas Anderson’sInherent Vicefeatures some very colorful characters, and to fill them out he’s hired some immensely talented actors, includingJoaquin Phoenix,Benicio del Toro, andJosh Brolin. One we haven’t seen much of yet isReese Witherspoon, who plays Penny Kimball. That changes today with a brand-new image. Get your first look at Witherspoon inInherent Vicewith her giant 1970 hair after the jump....

New ‘Warcraft’ Trailer: How Does A Realm Deal With An Orc Infestation? When I say thatWarcraftlooks like theJohn CarterorJupiter Ascendingof 2016, I say that as someone who unabashedly adores both of those films and finds their singular, off-kilter, and frequently oddball worlds fascinating, charming, and drunk on imagination. However, both of those films were too weird to attract mainstream audiences and died painful, ugly, public deaths at the box office. When I watch the newWarcrafttrailer, I see so much that I like…and I can’t help but wonder if anyone other than me is fully prepared to give this wacky-looking movie a big ‘ol bear hug....

Rain To Star In Enter The Dragon Remake, Awaken The Dragon? Update:There’s currently some debate as to whether Rain is up for the Bruce Lee role, or the villain role of the film. While it would honestly make more sense to have Rain take up Lee’s mantle instead of an “established American actor”, I can’t say for certain since the source article isn’t entirely clear. We will keep you posted....

Sequel Bits: ‘Minions’, ‘22 Jump Street’, ‘Dark Crystal’, ‘Better Call Saul’ After the jump: Ju-On: The Beginning of the Endwill open in Japan next month. No U.S. release date has been announced. This is the seventh installment in theJu-Onfranchise, which has also been remade in the U.S. asThe Grudge. [Variety] Not long ago, we heard that theDark CrystalsequelThe Power of the Dark Crystalwasstill in the works. Today, we’ve got a few more updates on that front....

Spike Lee To Be The First Black Cannes Film Festival Jury President – Again Early last year,Spike Leewas all set to make Cannes history. TheDa 5 Bloodsfilmmaker was going to be the first African-American to serve as jury president for the Cannes Film Festival, at its 73rd annual fest taking place in May 2020. Then the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit. And the prestigious film festival — after several delays and talks of a virtual version — wascanceled....

Superhero Bits: Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Batman Vs. Superman, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Iron Man, Magneto When will we find out Coulson’s secret onAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? What happened whenBatmanandSpider-Manmet in Times Square? Did theAmazing Spider-Man 2viral site change names? IsLee Pacepumped forGuardians of the Galaxy? Who wins when LegoBatmanfights LegoSuperman? What did theBatman vs. Supermanproducer have to say about aWonder Womanspin-off? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Justice League Batmobile, Aquaman Cinematographer, Spider-Man Merch & More Will we seeAqualadmake an appearance inAquaman? Does aSpider-Man: HomecomingLEGO set hint at an action scene we can expect from the movie? Which superhero movie director doesJames Cameroncite as a young inspiration? Want to see the upgradedBatmobilefromJustice League? Who is the cinematographer onAquaman? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. A new featurette forThe Flashgives us a sneak peek into the upcoming adventure into Gorilla City next week....