A24 And Netflix Dominate 2019 Gotham Awards With ‘The Farewell,’ ‘Uncut Gems,’ ‘Marriage Story’ Leading Nominations Awards season has officially begun with the announcement of theGotham Awards 2019nominees. The awards ceremony from the Independent Filmmaker Project has always marked the unofficial start of movie awards season, and from the looks of it, this will be A24 and Netflix’s year. The independent studio and the streaming giant dominated the indie honors, with A24’sThe Farewell, Uncut Gems, andThe Last Black Man in San Franciscoleading the charge with three nods each, and Netflix’sMarriage Storyscoring the same....

Andrew Adamson Producing Comic Book Adaptation ‘Beasts Of Burden’ The old indie comic nerd in me is pretty happy to see anEvan DorkinandJill Thompsonbook being optioned and developed for a feature film. The source material isBeasts of Burden, and the plan is for Reel FX, a company started by ex-ILM and Walden Media execs, to produce a CGI animated film, withAndrew Adamsonproducing. THRsays that Andrew Adamson, who directed the first twoShrekfilms and the first twoNarniafilms (which were both Walden Media productions, which is probably the link to this project) is producing the adaptation, but does not say whether he will be credited as director....

Armie Hammer Offers A Few Insights Into Clint Eastwood’s ‘J. Edgar’ Clint Eastwoodwill soon be shootingJ. Edgar, withLeonardo DiCapriostarring as FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, andArmie Hammer(The Social Network) as his right hand man and rumored lover, Clyde Tolson. We haven’t known a great deal about the film, but now Mr. Hammer has talked a bit about the film, letting us know a bit of what we can expect to see....

Ben Affleck’s ‘Batman’ Had A Script Draft By ‘Argo’ Writer Chris Terrio The news thatBen Affleckwould no longer directWarner Bros.' soloBatmanmovie came as something of a surprise, particularly since we knew he’d already put considerable time and effort into it. As far back as 2015, there were reports that he waswriting the scriptwithGeoff Johns. And more recently, it turns out, Affleck had even brought in hisArgowriterChris Terriofor additional help. Terrio previously contributed to the scripts forBatman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeandJustice League, and nowDeadlinehas revealed that he turned in a draft of the Batman movie shortly before Affleck’s departure....

Bryan Fuller Still Wants The ‘Hannibal’ Cast To Take On ‘The Silence Of The Lambs’ There has never been another television show quite likeHannibal, which redefined what a horror television show could look and feel like across three grand, glorious, and gory seasons. But even the show’s most ardent fans must have realized that the writing was on the wall when the third season went full arthouse Grand Guignol – you don’t venture down a rabbit holethatweird and twisted without scaring off the normals....

Director Todd Phillips Questions The ‘Joker’ Backlash, Compares Film’s Violence To ‘John Wick’ Jokerhasn’t even hit theaters yet, but the dark, gritty comic book movie has already stirred up a hornet’s nest of controversy. Many people are questioning the film’s reported violence, and showing concern thatJokeris going to glorify its villainous lead character. Things got so heated that Warner Bros. actually released a letter whichflat-out stated: “It is not the intention of the film, the filmmakers or the studio to hold this character up as a hero....

Disneyland Is Reopening On April 30 With Limited Capacity And Enhanced Health & Safety Measures It’s been almost a full year sinceDisneylandclosed last yearat the start of the coronavirus pandemic. But now that the COVID-19 vaccine is being distributed far and wide, it’s finally time for the happiest place on Earth to lift people’s spirits by reopening for the spring. Disneyland Resort has announced the Disneyland park and Disney California Adventure park will be reopening to the public with limited capacity starting onApril 30....

DreamWorks To Remake Alfred Hitchcock’s Only Best Picture Winner: ‘Rebecca’ Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography reads like an all-time best of list:Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Notorious, The Birds, it goes on and on. But out of all of Hitchcock’s movies, only one received the Academy Award for Best Picture: 1940’sRebecca. Hitchcock’s first American project,Rebeccafeatured Laurence Olivier as a widower whose new wife (Joan Fontaine) is overwhelmed by the spirit of his late wife, the title character....

Every Stephen King Movie Cameo Ranked Stephen King isn’t known as theMaster of Horrorfor nothing. He’s terrified readers for almost 50 years with some of the scariest horror stories ever written. He’s penned over 75 books to date with many of them adapted for film and TV … turning his literary creations into some ofthe greatest horror movies of all time. Clearly, Stephen King loves movies. He’s written many of his own adaptations, not to mention a handful of original screenplays, starting with"Creepshow"in 1982....

Extended ‘Stranger Things’ New Coke Ad Teases Steve And Dustin’s Season 3 Friendship Nothing’s more refreshing than cracking open a cold Coke — apart, perhaps, from Steve and Dustin’s unlikely friendship inStranger Things.And this extendedStranger ThingsNew Coke ad delivers on both of those things, giving a glimpse at the duo’s hilarious season 3 dynamic as they bicker over girls and the right way to eat popcorn. Yes, it’s blatant product placement posing as viral marketing, but you can’t help but love these two....

First ‘Godzilla’ Trailer Lands Tomorrow; New Viral Videos Hit The Web It seems like we’ve been hearing about Warner Bros. and Legendary’s plans for aGodzillareboot for ever and ever, but this week we’ll finally get to see what’s come of all that talk. The first official trailer will be released tomorrow, Tuesday,December 10, in advance of the creature feature’s summer 2014 bow. But first, theGodzillamarketing team would like to invite you to explore the film’s world with several viral videos and a mysterious website....

First Official Look: Russell Brand And Helen Mirren In ‘Arthur’ The hook here, I suppose, is that after astringofphotostaken by photographers outside the production, we’ve now got the first ‘official’ look atRussell BrandandHelen Mirrenin the remake ofArthur. Brand plays the Dudley Moore role — a rich, spoiled drunk — and Mirren takes over for John Gielgud as the butler-turned-nanny charged with looking after Arthur. But beyond the photos are some new details that paint the production as a rather freewheeling one which, to my mind, makes it a slightly more interesting, and definitely more risky, proposition....

Future Of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man Universe Is Still Up In The Air, Sony CEO Says With the first wave of “Spider-Man: No Way Home"reactions hitting the web, it looks like Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have another winner on their hands. Our own Hoai-Tran Bui praises it for having"fan service with heart,“while the initial batch of reviews atRotten Tomatoeshave earned it a rare 100% rating. This is not only a terrific bounce back from the relative failure of “Eternals,” but also makes the case for why Sony should continue its lucrative joint venture with Disney’s Marvel Studios....