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Aaron Sorkin “Strongly Considering” Sony’s Biopic Of Late Pal Steve Jobs About a month after we firstreportedthatSocial NetworkandMoneyballscreenwriterAaron Sorkinwas being courted to write Sony’sSteve Jobsbiopic, the scribe has said that he is “strongly considering” taking the studio up on its offer. While that’s not exactly a confirmation that Sorkin will actually do the project, the fact that he’s talking publicly about it seems like a step in the right direction, right?...

Alexis Bledel Confirmed For Teen Assassin Film ‘Violet & Daisy’ Difficult to believe that, just as Joe Wright’s filmHanna, about a teenage girl trained as an assassin, is readying to hit theaters, post-production will be under way onViolet & Daisy, abouttwoteenage girls trained as assassins. And now, confirming a report from a few days ago, we know thatAlexis Bledelwill co-star as one of the two killer lassies, alongsideSaoirse Ronan. Varietyhas the news, reiterating that Oscar-winningPreciousscreenwriterGeoffrey Fletcherwrote and makes his feature directing debut with the film, which is about " a pair of teenage assassins who are lured into what is supposed to be just another quick and easy job, only to find complications as the man they’re supposed to kill is not what they expected....

All Of ‘Samurai Jack’ Is Now Available To Stream For Free On Adult Swim’s Website Samurai Jackchanged the game when it debuted on Cartoon Network in 2001, paving the way for experimental, auteur-driven animated series on a network mostly known for kiddie fare. Following the story of a samurai (voiced by (Phil LaMarr) who is flung forward in time against an evil overlord (Mako Iwamatsufor seasons 1-4,Greg Baldwinin the final season),Samurai Jackis still beloved for creatorGenndy Tartakovsky’s striking animation and surprisingly mature storytelling....

Ben Mendelsohn To Play Yet Another Villain, This Time In Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’ We have no reason to believeBen Mendelsohnis anything but lovely in real life, but “menacing” is definitely his default mode in the movies. AndSteven Spielbergwill not be the one to change that. Spielberg is reportedly eyeing Mendelsohn for his ’80s nostalgia-festReady Player One, in which Mendelsohn would play (of course) the villain. If a deal closes, he’ll be the second actor cast afterOlivia Cooke, who plays the female lead....

Breaking Down That Heartbreaking Spider-Man: No Way Home Moment (Yes, That One) Warning:major spoilersahead for “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” “Spider-Man: No Way Home"is a movie that made me cry several times. It’s also a movie that, at its core, all about the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Peter Parker growing up and realizing what it truly means to be a hero. Throughout the film, we see Peter struggling to deal with the reality of his situation and the concept of accountability because he believes he can fix everything without any true repercussions … until the tragic death of Aunt May....

Captain Kirk Almost Fought Jesus Christ In ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’ The sad truth aboutStar Trekis that it took original creatorGene Roddenberrystepping away for the series to find its second wind. Although he will always rightfully be considered the genius who shepherded the finest science fiction franchise in history into existence, his later vision of whatStar Trekwas clashed not only with other creatives, but with much of what made the original television series so great in the first place....

Dark Harvest: Release Date, Cast, And More (Welcome to…And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Look out for Sawtooth Jack, because “Dark Harvest” will soon be coming to a theater near you. It was first reported way back in 2007 that the horror novel would be adapted by New Regency, but after being placed in turnaround, the project has since moved to MGM....

Dave Filoni Explains This Weekend’s Surprising ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Twist This week’s episode ofStar Wars Rebelshad a lot of mythology and introduced some massive changes to the DisneyXD animated series. Let’s take a look at some of executive producerDave Filoni’s comments on this big change, including the implications of possible returning characters and the big question: Will we get aStar Wars Rebelsseason 4? For those of you who have yet to watch the episode (I’m not sure why you’re reading this, but) here is what happened: After reconciling with her family and defeating Mandalorian leader Gar Saxon, Sabine Wren made a choice to leave the Rebellion and our beloved Ghost crew in favor of staying with her family to work on freeing Mandalore from the Empire....

Director Steve McQueen Is Creating A Trio Of Documentaries About Pivotal Events In Black British History Last year, “12 Years a Slave” and “Widows” director Steve McQueen directed thefive-film anthology series"Small Axe," telling different stories about the lives of West Indian immigrants in London from the 1960s to the 1980s. Now McQueen has embarked on another ambitious series of films, this time in the documentary world. In September, Amazon will be releasing three documentaries from McQueen, each focusing on pivotal moments in Black British history that explore key themes and events depicted in the “Small Axe” anthology films....

Disney Did Some Unusual Research To Recreate Ratatouille’s Kitchen Animation is a meticulous process, and attention to detail marks the difference between a good animated film and a great one. As large-budget animated features have continued to advance technologically, so too have animators' ability to add in a great deal more visual nuance. In high-profile productions like the onesPixarregularly produces, entire teams of designers and animators are devoted to conceptualizing and creating all the tiny details in the background of each shot....

Disney’s Live-Action ‘Aladdin’ Is Under Fire “Browning Up” White Extras So much for having acompletely diverse cast. The newAladdinmovie has caused a stir once again, and yes, it’s still related to race. Disney’s live-action remake of the 1992 animated classic has come under fire for “browning up” its white extras to look more Middle Eastern. This comes afterdirector Guy Ritchie initially struggledto find actors of Middle Eastern or Arab descent to play its lead roles of Aladdin and Jasmine, andBilly Magnussen’s casting as a Nordic princeprompted criticism....

FilmDistrict Takes Distribution Rights To Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Drive’ The first big sale out of the American Film Market is forDrive, the first big American film directed by the creator ofPusher,BronsonandValhalla Rising,Nicolas Winding Refn. Deadlinereports that FilmDistrict picked up distribution rights for a late summer or early fall 2011 release. What is FilmDistrict? That’s the new company put together by Graham King and Tim Headington of GK Films and run by Peter Schlessel and Bob Berney, who exited Appartition right before Cannes this year....

Four Transcendent Adam McKay Audio Commentaries If there’s one director who takes audio commentaries to a whole other level, it’sAdam McKay. The Academy Award-nominated director has a commentary that’s a musical scored by Jon Brion(Punch-DrunkLove),one set in the year 2031, and another with a series of arguments and feuds that end with Paul Rudd and Christina Applegate feeling slighted. Few directors bring this degree of imagination to their bonus features....