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‘Okja’ Trailer: Critics Sing Praises For Bong Joon-Ho’s Film Okjahas been at the center of many conversations — it’sBong Joon-ho’s next anticipated film after his critically acclaimed cult hitSnowpiercer, it’s Netflix’s next big gamble in the feature film business, and it has caused all kind of controversy at the Cannes Film Festival for its lack of a traditional theatrical release. But perhaps not enough has been said about how good the film actually is....

‘Riley’s First Date?’ Is Pixar’s First ‘Inside Out’ Short [Updated With New Images] Pixar’s filmInside Outis all about (spoiler) reconciling the seeming conflict between Joy and Sadness. So, for the first short film starring theInside Outcharacters, it makes sense to focus on the early dating life of the now 12-year old Riley, because Joy and Sadness will really get a workout as she starts to date. Disgust, Fear, and Anger will likely all get their due time in control, too, but hopefully that can wait a few years....

‘S-Town’ Podcast Is Becoming A Movie From ‘Spotlight’ Director Tom McCarthy AfterSerialbecome a podcast sensation, listeners were hungry for another story fromThis American Lifethat would keep them fascinated. Unfortunately, the second season ofSerialdidn’t deliver, but last spring brought us a worthy successor in the form of a podcast calledS-Town. That podcast will now become a movie. News of theS-Townmovie was first reported atDeadline, who says Participant Media has the feature rights to the project, and they’re currently in talks withSpotlightdirectorTom McCarthyto take the helm of the feature....

‘Sorry For Your Loss’ Suggests That Even Facebook Can Make Peak TV With each passing day, Facebook moves farther away from its long stint as the premiere social media platform. Millennials have taken to Instagram and Twitter while Gen Z-ers use Snapchat and apps most of us haven’t even heard of yet. It’s no secret Facebook was throwing a Hail Mary when they announced the launch of Facebook Watch, the site’s very own video-on-demand service....

‘The Eternals’ Eyes ‘Captain Marvel’ Actress Gemma Chan – But Possibly In A Different Role Marvel Studios has earned a lot of attention for announcing that one of the lead characters of the upcomingThe Eternalsmoviewill be LGBTQ, but now it’s turning heads because of a new casting report which indicates the studio may be doing something it’s rarely, if ever, done before. Gemma Chan, who played the Kree sniper Minn-Erva in this year’sCaptain Marvel, is reportedly in talks to joinThe Eternalscast – but potentially in a different role altogether....

‘The Girls I’ve Been’: Millie Bobby Brown To Star In And Produce Netflix’s Con Artist Thriller Millie Bobby Browncontinues to be Netflix’s darling, with theStrangerThingsbreakout star signing on to star in an adaptation of Tess Sharpe’s YA novelThe Girls I’ve Beenthat she’ll also produce alongsideOzark’s Jason Bateman. Described as a “twisty” con artist thriller,The Girls I’ve Beenis just the latest Netflix project for the rising star. Millie Bobby Brown might be playing the long con with Netflix....

‘The Irishman’ Trailer: A New, Somber Look At Martin Scorsese’s Latest Masterpiece So far, the footage released forThe Irishman,Martin Scorsese’s crime epic starringRobert De Niro,Al Pacino,Joe Pesci, has played up the film’s macabre sense of humor. And it’s true:The Irishmanis often very funny. But it’s also a surprisingly melancholy, somber affair – and that’s what this latest trailer is trying to convey. It’s a much slower burn, playing up the darkness and regret that plagues many of the characters....

‘Titanic’ Is Returning To Theaters For Its 20th Anniversary It’s been 20 years sinceJames Cameron’sTitanicbroke office records, melted hearts, and swept the Academy Awards. To celebrate this milestone, the film is returning to theaters for a limited run next month. And since this is a James Cameron re-release, you know what that means: some fancy technology will be involved to help sell this as a proper event. In this case, that means the film is being presented in “Dolby Vision” and will be screened in both 2D and 3D formats....

‘Wonder Woman’ Leaps Past ‘Batman V. Superman’ As The Highest-Grossing DCEU Movie Don’t mess with Diana of Themyscira.WonderWomanhasshattered box office recordsas the highest-grossing live-action film directed by a woman, and now it’s making leaps and bounds past its DC Film predecessors. In just four weeks,Wonder Womanbreezed past the 14-week run ofSuicide Squadand has has become the highest-grossing DC Extended Universe movie, beatingBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’s 12-week run just before the weekend....

‘Your Name’ U.S. Remake Will Be “Through The Lens Of A Western Viewpoint” It’s the word that we all dread when we hear about a Hollywood remake of a wildly successful foreign-language property: “Americanized.” Often it comes with the territory of making an English-language remake of a foreign movie — after all you have to cater to your audience. But for Bad Robot, which is currently developing the U.S.Your Nameremake withArrivalwriterEric Heissererattached, it’s a tricky line to walk in lieu of a history of bad anime remakes and recent controversies around whitewashing....

Akiva Goldsman Chooses Jessica Brown Findlay Of ‘Downton Abbey’ As ‘Winter’s Tale’ Lead Thanks to her performance as Lady Sybil Crawley in the two seasons ofDownton Abbey, which has become an unexpected smash hit for PBS in the US,Jessica Brown Findlayis on the cusp of being far more well-known than her otherwise limited on-screen resume would lead you to expect. Her sharp andAbbey-related career upswing is very likely what helped bring Findlay to the attention of writer producer and now directorAkiva Goldsman, who is about to make his feature directorial debut with an adaptation ofMark Helperin’s novelWinter’s Tale....

Avatar Land Opening Date Revealed, Star Wars Land Coming In 2019 During their quarterly earnings conference call earlier today, The Walt Disney Company CEOBob Igerconfirmed earlier the opening date for Walt Disney World’s Avatar-themed land.Pandora – The World of Avatarwill have its grand opening at Walt Disney World Resort’s Animal Kingdom theme park onMay 27th, 2017. Also, Iger also confirmed thatStar Wars Land, which is currently being constructed in both Anaheim’s Disneyland and Orlando’s Hollywood Studios are on target for a2019opening....

Brad Bird Linked To Naval Creature Feature ‘Here There Be Monsters’ Today is a big one for stories that boil down to “hey, this guy might do this movie.” (See Russell Crowe inNoahandRoboCop, and Ed Harris inPain and Gain.) The latest along those lines is a bit more exciting, however. Brad Birdhas got to be at the top of a lot of director wishlists after the performance ofMission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol....