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‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ To Focus On Mystique, Close Out ‘First Class’ Trilogy X-Men: First ClassandX-Men: Days of Future Pastwere really the tales of Charles and Erik, two men who are almost as bad at being mortal enemies as they are at being BFFs. But according toSimon Kinberg,X-Men: Apocalypsecould focus on a completely different X-relationship. The screenwriter hinted thatJennifer Lawrence’s Mystique could come front and center in the upcoming movie, which he says will close out the trilogy started byFirst Class....

1408 Screenwriter Remaking Stephen King’s Pet Sematary We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. 1408screenwriterMatthew Greenberghas been hired to pen a remake of another Stephen King adaptation,Pet Sematary. Transformers/G.I. Joe/1408 producerLorenzo di Bonaventurais attached, and the project is set up at Paramount Pictures. Aside from the previous King adaptation, Greenberg’s screenwriting credits include a bunch of subpar genre efforts:Reign of Fire, Halloween H20andThe Prophecy II. No director has been attached....

A New ‘Star Wars’ Holiday Special Is Coming To Disney+ In Animated LEGO Form This Fall The Star Wars Holiday Specialis a stain on the legacy of the sci-fi saga, but it’s also beloved by fans for being such a weird piece of the franchise’s history. Now a newStar Warsholiday special will be coming to Disney+ this fall, but this time it will be in the style of LEGO animation.The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Specialwill take place after the events ofStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerand follow Rey and BB-8 as they head off on a quest to gain a deeper knowledge of the Force....

AMC Networks Streaming ‘The Walking Dead’, ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’, And More For Free AMC has decided to follow HBO’s lead and provide some free streaming content for folks stuck at home (AKA everyone). AMC Networks is now offering several programs to stream for free, includingThe Walking Dead,Mystery Science Theater 3000,Comedy Bang Bang, and more. So please, stay the hell home so we can flatten the curve and get beyond this current situation....

Antoine Fuqua And Will Smith Pull ‘Emancipation’ Production From Georgia Due To New Voting Restrictions Georgia seems to be on everyone’s mind these days as the state has recentlyenacted new voting restrictionsthat make it far more difficult for citizens to make their voices heard, especially Black voters living in the state. In response to the new voting restrictions signed into law on March 31, Georgia-based corporations like Coca-Cola and Delta Airlineshave spoken out againstthe new laws, and now it’s starting to impact film productions that bring jobs and revenue to the state....

Celebrate The 2020 Oscar Nominees With These Pop Art Posters We’ll all be pulling for our favorite movies to win big at the Academy Awards this weekend, but first, Shutterstock is putting the 2020 Oscar nominees for Best Picture in a whole new light in a series of pop art posters. Check them out below, along with a new Oscar illustration from artistOlly Gibbs. According to a press release, “each of the posters features photos, vectors, textures and illustrations from Shutterstock’s diverse collection of over 300 million images while drawing inspiration from world-famous pop artists,” including recognizable names like Saul Bass, David Hockney, Thierry Guetta (aka Mr....

Dancing With The Stars Sashaying Away From ABC, Landing On Disney+ As The Streamer’s First Live Series After 16 years and 30 seasons on ABC, everyone’s mom’s favorite show, “Dancing with the Stars,” is leaving the cable network in favor of the Disney+ streaming service. The popular celebrity dance competition show was given a two-season pickup, and will be the first live series to debut on Disney+. “We are excited to bring this beloved show exclusively to Disney+ as the platform’s first-ever live series,” said Kareem Daniel, chairman, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution in an official statement....

Disney Producer Reveals Motivation, Method Behind Beauty And The Beast 3D We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I recently had the opportunity to speak with legendary Disney producer Don Hahn while he was promoting his new fabulous book,The Alchemy of Animation. Don Hahn has produced a few small, low-budget animated Disney movies during his career (not sure if you’ve ever heard of them, but they include films such asThe Lion King,Beauty and the Beast,The Hunchback of Notre Dame, andThe Emperor’s New Groove)....

Dolby, Royal Philips, And James Cameron Team Up To Bring Glasses-Free 3D To The Home Even under the best of circumstances, watching films in 3D is kind of a pain. Those clunky glasses never quite sit right on anyone, and they’re hideous to boot. That goes double if you have to wear them over your normal glasses. And then on top of all that, the picture may still look off if you’re not sitting in the right part of the room....

Don’t Worry, The World’s First Vertical Blockbuster Will Complete Production Remotely During The Coronavirus Outbreak As the coronavirusshuts down film and TV productionsandcinemas(among many, many other businesses) around the world, director/producerTimur Bekmambetovis finding a way around social distancing restrictions to keep hope alive for his World War II filmV2. Escape From Hell. A new report says the Russian filmmaker will continue production on his war epic remotely, directing his lead actor in a dogfight scene using the Microsoft Teams collaboration platform....

Exclusive: 8 New Photos From Pixar’s WALL-E Disney has provided /Film with Eight Exclusive images from Pixar’sWALL-E. You might recognize some of these images, as a couple leaked onto the interwebs last month in a low res. As always, click to enlarge. Official Plot Synopsis:What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? Academy Award®-winning writer-director Andrew Stanton (“Finding Nemo”) and the inventive storytellers and technical geniuses at Pixar Animation Studios (“The Incredibles,” “Cars,” “Ratatouille”) transport moviegoers to a galaxy not so very far away for a new computer-animated cosmic comedy about a determined robot named WALL•E....

Francis Ford Coppola Found His Patton Script Was Used In The Most Unusual Way Francis Ford Coppola won his first Oscar in 1971 for writing"Patton,“but he was not involved with the film’s production and it came as a surprise when he first learned that it had been made. Coppola wrote the script for the movie in 1963, based on two books, Omar Bradley’s “A Soldier’s Story” and Ladislas Farago’s “Patton: Ordeal and Triumph....

Hawkeye Season 1 Ending Explained: So This Is Christmas? (As the headline indicates, this article is all about the big spoilery details of the “Hawkeye” finale, so from here on outBEWARE OF SPOILERS!) Now that the first season of Marvel Studios' “Hawkeye” series has been wrapped up with a neat little bow (and arrow), we can dig into all the significant happenings of the sixth and final episode. In a nod to John Lennon’s song"Happy Xmas (War Is Over),“the season (series?...