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Reno 911! The Hunt For QAnon Cast And Creators Share The Vital Truths Of Their Crass Cop Comedy [Interview] “Reno 911!” has always been a subversive treat, a series about a group of cops so incompetent that they’ve never actually solved a crime. The show heavily spoofs reality TV shows like “Cops” and “Live P.D.”, both of which were cancelled in the wake of the George Floyd protests. (Unsurprisingly, Fox News' streaming service is bringing backthe former....

Ridley Scott Is Not A Fan Of Superhero Movies, Is “Concerned” For The Future Of Cinema At the age of 79,Ridley Scottis still going strong. After completing his last film, 2015’sThe Martian, he wasted no time diving right into the upcomingAlien: Covenant. But although Scott continues to like making movies, it seems he doesn’t have much use for modern moviemaking trends. The director admitted that he is “concerned” about the future of cinema — expressing a particular distaste for superhero films, which he says have “no story....

Robert Pattinson Teases A Sequel To The Batman, But Is Unsure If It Needs One A superhero movie setting itself up for more sequels? Get out of here! What’s next, another “Batman” movie that goes out of its way to depict the murder of Bruce’s parents in all its gory detail? Actually, wait, “The Batman” director Matt Reeves has heavily implied in the past thatwe won’t be seeing that all over againin this next movie, so perhaps there’s reason to hope about this sequel talk!...

Second Draft Of ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ Reboot Completed, Peter Segal To Direct? It’s been a while since we heard about thatNational Lampoon’s Vacationreboot, but if you were hoping Hollywood had forgotten all about it, I’ve got bad news for you. Last year, wereportedthatJohn Francis DaleyandJonathan Goldstein(the duo behind this summer’sHorrible Bosses) had been tapped to write the screenplay, titledVacation(no “National Lampoon’s”). As of now, the two have completed the second draft of their script, and New Line is actively seeking a director for the project....

Sony Launching Cloud-Based Playstation Streaming Service Sony is getting into the cloud-based TV game via a new PlayStation streaming service calledVue. Planned for an invite-only soft launch in New York City this year, the service will be available to PlayStation 3 and 4 users in 2015. Vue is intended as a competitor to cable, with agreements in place to deliver shows from 75 major network providers. Perhaps most important to cord-cutters, Vue will stream live television....

Spectre Was Going To Make M A Villain, But Ralph Fiennes Refused How many Blofelds does it take to change a lightbulb? What if that lightbulb were one that had gone off over the head of director Sam Mendes, telling him that James Bond’s new boss, M, played by Ralph Fiennes, should turn out to be his greatest nemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, in disguise? That’s the thought process that was going on behind the scenes in “Spectre,” the 24th Eon production and second-to-last Bond movie before this year’s"No Time to Die....

Steven Spielberg Picks Next Two Films: A Cold War Thriller And ‘The BFG’ After several years releasing movie on top of movie,Steven Spielberghas taken his time choosing his next project. Around half a dozen films were under consideration, but now two films have gotten release dates, officially announcing them as his next two projects. The firstis no surprise, theUntitled Cold War ThrillerstarringTom Hanks. It’s been scheduled for release Aug 19, 2025....

Taron Egerton Playing Elton John In ‘Rocketman’, And Other Biopic News Rocketman, a long-in-the-works biopic about superstar musicianElton John, has finally found its star:Taron Egerton, who worked with John inKingsman: The Golden Circle. Read more about this below, along with news about a few other biopics brewing in Hollywood, includingDamien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong movie, a film aboutShia LaBeouf’s childhood, and more. Rocketman – Elton John First up,Deadlinereports that Taron Egerton will portray Elton John inRocketman, which will be directed byDexter Fletcher(who directed Egerton in another biopic,Eddie the Eagle)....

The 2019 Black List Showcases This Year’s Best Unproduced Screenplays – Here Are Our Ten Favorites The 2019 Black List has arrived. This fifteenth annual edition surveyed more than 250 executives in the film industry, of the year’s most-liked scripts that have not started or will not begin production in this calendar year. This list has long been an indicator of great scripts which could result in great movies, and previous entries have included scripts for films likeWhiplash,The Social Network,The Prestige,Arrival,Manchester by the Sea,Argo,Juno,In Bruges, and countless more....

The Batman Clip: A Funeral Gets A Puzzling Interruption Riddle me this: If the team behind"The Batman"starring Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader is setting out to make"the best Batman ever made,“then why would you strip The Riddler down to his core and redress him as demented serial-killing agent of chaos? Of course, I say this as someone who has yet to see the movie featuring Matt Reeves' take on The Dark Knight, but based on everything we’ve seen so far, Paul Dano’s version of the criminal mastermind with an affinity for puzzles makes it seem like it would be more fitting if the “Little Miss Sunshine” and “Ruby Sparks” star were playing a different member of Batman’s rogues gallery altogether....

The Daily Stream: The Daredevil Season 3 One-Take Prison Fight Scene Makes Me Nostalgic For Great Marvel Action (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Series:“Daredevil” Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch:Blinded in a chemical spill accident as a child, Matt Murdock gains heightened senses that allow him to see the world differently....

The Daily Stream: The North Water Offers A Baptism Of Blood And A Bearish Colin Farrell (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Series: “The North Water” Where You Can Stream It: AMC+ The Pitch: If you watched the first season ofAMC’s “The Terror,“thought it was one of the best shows of 2018, and almost wished it never ended, then “The North Water” is the series for you....

Tom Tykwer’s ‘3’ Trailer – Not Your Everyday Love Affair In3, a man and a woman, married for twenty years, both fall into extramarital affairs. Seems like a fairly straight forward premise to a movie. But this isTom Tykwer, the man who directedRun Lola Runand isteaming up with the Wachowskisto makeCloud Atlas. There’s gotta be a catch. In 3, this husband and wife both end up having an affair with the same man....