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John Woo And Oliver Stone Had A Kung-Fu Project That Never Made It To Production While some folks might boil him down to dual-wielding handguns and doves, John Woo has had a long and varied directing career. His first full directorial debut was way back in 1974 on the kung fu action flick “The Young Dragons.” After directing several action and comedy films, Woo finally found his calling with 1986’s “A Better Tomorrow....

Life & Beth: Release Date, Cast, And More (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Remember Amy Schumer? Remember Michael Cera? Well, they’re back baby and they’re falling into vaguely twee love in Hulu’s upcoming series “Life & Beth.” Cera even has a beard! It’s wild! And by wild, I mean this looks like a very tame if slightly sad coming-of-age story combined with a romcom that’s been dragged out over a few episodes....

Marvel And ABC Developing Live-Action ‘Incredible Hulk’ Series Upon hearing the news ofthe recastingof Mark Ruffalo in the role of Bruce Banner/The Hulk for Marvel’sAvengersmovie, I recall thinking about how strange it is that there are going to be three different incarnations of the character within ten years of each other. Little did I know at the time that there are actually going to be four. That’s right;The Incredible Hulkis heading back to television....

Marvel’s ‘Blade’ Reboot Will Be Penned By ‘Watchmen’ Writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour Marvel is finally revealing some movement on theirBladereboot set to starMahershala Alias the human-vampire hybrid originally made famous on the big screen by Wesley Snipes.Stacy Osei-Kuffour, who wrote episodes of HBO’sWatchmenseries and served as the show’s story editor, has been announced as theBladereboot screenwriter, with a report revealing that Marvel has spent the last six months working with Ali to find the right writer for the project....

More Female Directors Were Worthy Of A Best Director Nod Than Ever, But Got Shut Out Of The Oscars you’re able to count on one hand the number of female directors who have been nominated for a Best Director Oscar in the award’s 90-year history. You can count on one finger the number of female directors who have won the Best Director prize. But despite their meager showing at awards ceremonies, female directors are thriving in the independent and film festival circuit, with films likeLynne Ramsay’s lean thrillerYou Were Never Really Herewinning the Cannes screenplay prize orDebra Granik’s quietly devastating survival dramaLeave No Traceearning raves at Sundance....

Naomi Watts Suggests That Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe Biopic Is Still Happening Earlier this year,Andrew Dominik(Chopper,The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) was one of two filmmakerslined up to make films based on the life of Marilyn Monroe. He was preppingBlonde, based on theJoyce Carol Oatesspeculative biography of the actress, withNaomi Wattsset to star. The Weinstein Company and Simon Curtis were preppingMy Week With Marilyn, with Michelle Williams....

New ‘Deadpool 2’ TV Spot May Tell Us Who Julian Dennison Is Playing Who is “the kid” that everyone is so up in arms about inDeadpool 2? Played byJulian Dennison, the identity of the mysterious fire-controlling mutant has remained a mystery, even as Cable (Josh Brolin) tries to kill him and Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) assembles a whole team to protect him. A newDeadpool 2TV spot may have finally given us a hint about the identity of Dennison’s character....

New Blu-Ray Releases You Should Check Out: ‘Labyrinth’ 4K, ‘Luca’, ‘Brotherhood Of The Wolf’, ‘Jakob’s Wife’ I’ve rounded up some great Blu-ray releases you should check out right now. Right this very second. Drop everything that you’re doing and check these Blu-rays out, or there will be trouble! I mean it! Or you can take your time. In either case, I will continue to beat the drum of physical media until they pull me away from my computer and throw me in the loony bin....

New Photos: Official Shots From ‘The Lone Ranger’ And Comedy Anthology ‘Movie 43’ There are two big batches of official images to pass along this afternoon. One is forGore Verbinski’sThe Lone Ranger, and while the pics are technically new, they don’t show off much we haven’t seen. That is,Johnny Depp’s Tonto looks intense and more than a bit weird;Armie Hammerlooks heroic and idealistic, and their world is one well-known to followers of classic Westerns....

Pen15 Season 2 Will End The Series Sad news for my mutual fans of nostalgic coming-of-age shows about junior high in the 2000s starring full-grown adult women, as Hulu’s Emmy-nominated “Pen15” is closing up shop following the release of thesecond half of season 2. The series created by and starring Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle as their 13-year-old selves will come to a close on July 13, 2025. The decision comes not from Hulu or Awesomeness TV, who produce the show, but from Erskine and Konkle, who are looking to take a break from the series....

Poster Posse Pays Tribute To ‘Star Trek’ 50th Anniversary With Dazzling ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Artwork & More It’s a good year to be aStar Trekfan. Not only doesStar Trek Beyondhit theaters in less than a couple of weeks, but fans are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the creation of the original series all year long.Star Trekwill have a huge presence at Comic-Con with plenty of anniversary goodies along with the world premiere ofStar Trek Beyond, and nowPoster Possehas revealed some outstanding original artwork to help ring in the festivities....

Robert Eggers Saw The Batman For His Friend Robert Pattinson, But Actually Kind Of Liked It Please stop asking filmmakers what they think about superheroes. For the love of anything you want, find new questions to ask them — maybe something about the movie they just made. We don’t need to know what Clint Eastwood thinks of “Captain Marvel,” or what Ryusuke Hamaguchi thought of “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” But, you know what?...

Robert Pattinson Would Love For A Batman Sequel To Adapt One Infamous Comic Storyline It feels like we’re legally mandated to have a new Batman movie every few years, so it’s no surprise that Matt Reeves, director of the upcoming “The Batman” movie starring Robert Pattinson, is already talking about his film’s franchise material. Maybe one day we’ll run out of Batman storylines to explore, but today is certainly not that day and luckily for Reeves, it sounds like Pattinson is fully onboard....