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First ‘Gretel And Hansel’ Image Sends ‘It’ Star Sophia Lillis Into Darkness ItandIt Chapter TwostarSophia Lillisis sticking with the horror genre forGretel and Hansel, a dark reimagining of the classic fairytale.Osgood Perkins, director of the super slow-burn horror flicksThe Blackcoat’s DaughterandI Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, is helming what will surely be a creepy new take on a well-known story. The movie isn’t due out till January, but the firstGretel and Hanselimage has just arrived, and it’s atmospheric as hell....

Fox Orders Pilot Based On Cartoonist Peter Bagge’s Characters; Alt-Comics Fans From 1995 Express Amazement, Joy The me that is fifteen years younger is so thrilled right now. Fox has ordered a pilot for a potential animated series based onThe Bradleys, which were some of the characters created by cartoonist Peter Bagge in the comicsNeat Stuff,Hateand laterThe Bradleys.Hatewas centered around the drunken, socially fumbling antics of misanthrope Buddy Bradley, who has been Bagge’s signature character for years....

Fresh Air’s 37-Minute Interview With ‘Toy Story 3’ Director Lee Unkrich And Screenwriter Michael Arndt If you read /Film regularly, you know my love for long form interviews where filmmakers are allowed to go deeper into the art of storytelling and moviemaking. This weekToy Story 3directorLee Unkrichand screenwriterMichael Arndtappeared onNPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. The 37-minute interview delves into a bunch of interesting subjects. For example, here is the story from Unkrich’s life which inspired the story in the film:...

George Romero’s Son Crowdfunding ‘Night Of The Living Dead’ Prequel ‘Origins’ George A. Romero’s iconic zombies will shuffle across this earth again. Today, Romero’s sonG. Cameron Romeroannounced an Indiegogo campaign to fundOrigins— the prequel to his dad’s 1968 horror classicNight of the Living Dead. Hit the jump for all the details on theNight of the Living Deadprequel. Romero is teaming withBloody Disgustingfor theOriginsIndiegogo campaign, which kicked off this morning with a goal of $150,000 for pre-production costs....

Injury Lawyers Tally Up The Real-Life Cost Of Homer Simpson’s Medical Bills When I was younger, one of my favorite gags from “The Simpsons” came in the eleventh season episode called “Behind the Laughter.” A faux making-of documentary, the episode detailed the (totally fake) behind-the-scenes moments that made “The Simpsons” a success. At one point, Homer (Dan Castellaneta) gives commentary on a famous scene in which he tumbles down a rocky cliffside, hitting every rock along the way....

Joe Carnahan May Direct ‘Daredevil;’ Marvel Considering Allowing Fox More Reboot Time In Exchange For Galactus Big news on theDaredevilfront today:The GreyandThe A-TeamdirectorJoe Carnahanis looking like the next guy in line to direct the reboot of the red-costumed blind Marvel vigilante hero. But that’s just the beginning, and the news that Fox is likely to move forward withDaredevilhas a few more interesting facets. Last we heard, the next Daredevil film had to be in production by this fall if Fox wanted the keep the rights to the character....

John Chu Is Developing A Second Thai Cave Rescue Movie, Pledges To Avoid “Whitewashing” It’s an inspiring story fit for Hollywood: 12 brave young soccer players trapped in a flooded cave for two weeks, dauntless rescuers risking life and limb to save the team, a wave of support from dozens of countries as the world watched with bated breath for the rescuers to emerge victorious with the Wild Boars safe in hand....

Mel Gibson And John Lithgow Might Join The ‘Daddy’s Home’ Sequel; Release Date Announced Will FerrellandMark Wahlbergare returningfor aDaddy’s Homesequel. Who’s possibly joining them?John LithgowandMel Gibson. There’s no word if Lithgow and Gibson would, say, play Ferrell and Wahlberg’s characters' parents, although you could easily imagine them going that route. We’ll see what happens, but right now their casting appears as a strong possibility. Below, learn more about theDaddy’s Homesequel. According toDeadline,Daddy’s Home 2will open in theaters on November 10th....

Michael K. Williams' Role Cut From ‘Han Solo’ Movie During Reshoots Michael K. Williamshas been cut from theHan Solomovie amid reshoots with new directorRon Howard.The Emmy nominee forThe Night OfandThe Wirealum was a last-minute addition to theStar Warsstandalone movie, with his casting announcement only being revealed in March of this year. However, Williams could not accommodate the reshoots schedule currently being overseen by Howard, who stepped in after original directorsPhil LordandChristopher Millerleft the project....

Mitch Hurwitz Used Green Screen To Edit ‘Arrested Development’ Cast Together So far we’ve had plenty of reasons to look forward to seeing the Bluths get back together for Season 4 ofArrested Development. But now it turns out that the long-awaited reunion wasn’t actually much of a reunion at all. Due to scheduling issues,Mitch Hurwitzadmits, some scenes featuring multiple characters were actually shot at totally different times, with the actors' performances edited together in post-production....

Nate Parker’s ‘The Birth Of A Nation’ Enters Next Year’s Awards Race With A Fall 2016 Release Date The $17.5 million that Fox Searchlight paid forThe Birth of a Nationwas the single biggest deal in Sundance history. So of course the distributor has huge plans for the movie — including, it appears, a bid for next year’s awards race. Fox Searchlight has just announced a fall 2016 release date forNate Parker’s slave drama, which lit up this year’s Sundance Film Festival....

Neil Gaiman’s ‘The Sandman’ Audio Drama Gets Two More Seasons On Audible Audible has answered our dreams for moreSandman. The audio storytelling service announced two more seasons ofThe Sandman, their audio drama series adaptation ofNeil Gaiman’s acclaimed comic series. The first season, starringJames McAvoyas Morpheus, premiered last summer. The next two seasons will adapt the next five volumes ofThe Sandmanseries, up to theWorld’s Endstory arc. Audible announced the second and third installments ofThe Sandmanaudio drama series,The Sandman: Act IIandThe Sandman: Act III, have been greenlit....

New French Trailer For Inglourious Basterds Is Far, Far Better Than The US Versions The latest trailer forQuentin Tarantino’sInglourious Basterdsis streets ahead of the two US edits. It’s faster, it’s funner, it’s flashier… but it’s still not really representative of the film. In fact, you might even consider it the greatest misrepresentation yet. you’re able to see it embedded after the break. Don’t be worried that if you love this trailer – and Ilovethis trailer – that you won’t like the full film....