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Neil Gaiman Calls Out Disney For Failing To Pay Royalties To Writers And Artists Ever read a “Star Wars” novel, a"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" graphic novel, or a “Spider-Man” comic? These different IPs have at least two things in common — they are owned by Disney, and Disney has stopped paying royalties to some of the writers and artists who created them. This has been an ongoing issue, and one that the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has beencampaigning about for months, at first for author Alan Dean Foster’s “Star Wars” and “Alien” novelizations....

Netflix’s Solution To Its Money Woes Is To Just Make Expensive Movies Its solution? Make more expensive movies, of course! That’s not even an exaggeration. PerThe Hollywood Reporter, Netflix’s co-chief executive officer and chief content officer Ted Sarandos provided an update on the company’s plans in its April earnings call, stating it would strive to make both costlierandbetter movies while reducing the total number of films its produces. Here’s his direct quote:...

New ‘The Wolverine’ Image Features A Bone Claw Flashback Whether or not you like this new image ofHugh JackmaninThe Wolverinemight depend to some extent on your feelings about the character’s claws. See, in early Wolverine comics appearances the guy was a mutant whose skeleton had been enhanced with adamantium, and his claws were added during that process. Later, Marvel wrote in a big change: the claws are actually bone, and have been with Wolvie since birth; they were coated with adamantium when the guy’s skeleton was tweaked....

Olivia Colman To Star In Sam Mendes' Romantic Drama ‘Empire Of Light’ Olivia Colmanis teaming up withSam Mendesfor a love story. The Oscar-winning actress has signed on to star inEmpire of Light, a romantic drama for Searchlight Pictures that will reteam the1917director with his Oscar-winning cinematographerRoger Deakins. Deadline reports that Sam Mendes has found his follow-up to his Oscar-winning 2019 war drama1917inEmpire of Light, a new romantic drama which he also wrote, for Searchlight Pictures....

On Set Interview: Director James Bobin Talks ‘The Muppets’ In January, I had the awesome opportunity to visit the set ofThe Muppets. Over the course of the week, I’ll be posting some of the round table interviews we conducted on set with the cast and crew. We’ve posted interviews withJason Segel,Amy Adams,co-writerNicholas Stollerand now we bring you directorJames Bobin(Ali G, The Flight of the Conchords). Here is a short excerpted quote:...

PGA And SAG Awards Announced; Could ‘Argo’ Take Best Picture After All? With awards season in full swing, both the Screen Actors Guild and the Producers Guild of America handed out prizes for their favorites of 2012 this past weekend. The big winner at both ceremonies turned out to beBen Affleck’sArgo, which had also previously picked up Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Motion Picture – Drama earlier this month....

Richard Linklater’s ‘Before Midnight’ Has Finished Shooting In Greece; See The First Image Ethan Hawke,Julie Delpy, andRichard Linklaterhave been terribly wishy-washy about the secondBefore Sunrisesequel over the past year. Hawke was the first tolet slipthat something was in the works, but the trio immediately backpedaled by insisting that nothing was set in stone. Then wegot wordthat shooting would start this summer, but none of the three said a peep as June and July went by....

Rumor: ‘Fantastic Four’ Reboot Is Based On An Unpublished Mark Millar Children’s Book Back in June, itwas rumoreda more kid-friendlyFantastic Fourwas in the works after audiences didn’t flock to see 20th Century Fox’s bleak take on the property. After the rocky experiencing making Josh Trank’s butchered comic book movie, the studio wanted to go in an entirely different direction inspired by Pixar’sThe Incredibles. A new rumor from the same source says 20th Century Fox is basing the new reboot offMark Millarand artistCurtis Tieg’s unpublished children’s book,Kindergarten Heroes....

Sequel Bits: ‘Sin City’, ‘Goonies 2’, ‘Insurgent’, ‘Fast & Furious 7’ Everyone wants to make a sequel in this edition of Sequel Bits. It’s just that some of these sequels are less theoretical than others. After the jump: I find it a bit odd. It seems like it’s all just publicity — a lot of noise for nothing. You have so many more violent things in the movie business and this is kind of soft....

Sequel Bits: ‘Spider-Man’, ‘Stranger Things’, ‘Enchanted’, ‘The Mask’, ‘White Chicks’ In this edition of Sequel Bits: Before the current MCU-relatedSpider-Manseries, and before the rebooted franchise with Andrew Garfield,Sam Raimimade three Spidey films. The first two of Raimi’s films were widely celebrated.Spider-Man 3, however, rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. Still, the movie made money, and there was talk of Raimi making a 4th entry – but it never happened....

Seth Gordon To Help Melissa McCarthy And Jason Bateman Commit ‘Identity Theft’ Two of comedy’s most marketable faces, teaming up for a little Internet humor, have now found a host. DirectorSeth Gordon(Horrible Bosses, The King of Kong) has signed on to direct a Universal comedy calledIdentity TheftstarringArrested Development’sJason BatemanandBridesmaidsbreakout actressMelissa McCarthy. Thecasting was announceda few months back but the title has now changed, along with the addition of a director....

Star Wars Bits: New ‘Episode 8’ Location, Great New ‘Star Wars’ Posters, Harrison Ford To Introduce Disney’s Star Wars Land You may have noticed thatRogue Onenews stories are becoming common enough that we’ve had tospin them off into their own separate series. Does that mean Star Wars Bits is any less crammed full of cool stuff? Nah. In today’s edition: According to the good folks atMaking Star Wars,Rian Johnson’sStar Wars: Episode 8will film in Dubrovnik, Croatia....

Stephen King’s ‘The Mist’ Inspires A New TV Series Just because aStephen Kingstory has been adapted in one medium doesn’t make it off-limits for another, especially in the peak TV year of 2015.The Shiningis the most obvious example of a successful film that was mounted on television, and now there’s a development effort to createThe Mistas a TV series. But this doesn’t sound like a script re-adaptation of the novella. Rather,The MistTV series may be something more inspired by the original story than directly based on it, and therefore a story (or set of stories) that can sit alongside Frank Darabont’s excellent film....