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‘Sea Of Trees’ Japanese Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Finds Himself In Purgatory Gus Van Sant’sSea of Treespremiered almost a year ago at the Cannes Film Festival. The drama, which starsMatthew McConaugheyandKen Watanabe, wasn’t particularly well received. Booing from critics was reported, but you can’t really take booing, especially at the Cannes Film Festival, seriously. Plus, what kind of an adult really feels the need to boo after a movie? Roadside Attractions picked up Seaof Treesfor U....

‘Sex Education’ Trailer: A Netflix Comedy About A Reluctant Teenage Sex Therapist RememberCharlie Bartlett, the 2007 high school movie that starred Anton Yelchin as a teen therapist who dishes out advice and prescription drugs to become popular? The new eight-episode Netflix seriesSex Educationseems to be a sort of British riff on that film, withAsa Butterfield(Ender’s Game, Hugo) playing a kid who offers sex therapy to his classmates to gain social status at his own school....

‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Almost Featured A Jedi Character It’s been almost a year sinceStar Wars: Rogue Onecame out, yet rumors surrounding the film still abound. After a production filled with heavy reshoots, and discussions about drasticallydifferent endings,Rogue Onebecame a big blockbuster hit, albeit one that could’ve stood a much better script. Now comes word that the Jedi character Rahm Kota from theForce Unleashedvideo games might have made an appearance in an earlier draft....

‘The Adventures Of Superman’ Radio Series Being Revived For DC FanDome In case you forgot, DC FanDome isn’t over just yet. The big event celebrating all-things-DC was split in half, with the first installment – DC FanDome: Hall of Heroes – arrived in August. Now, DC FanDome: Explore the Multiverse is set to arrive this weekend, and bring with it all sorts of new things for fans to nerd out about....

‘The Godmother’ Will Turn Jennifer Lopez Into A Drug Lord Jennifer Lopezis going to build herself a drug empire inThe Godmother, a new movie based on the true story of Griselda “La Madrina” Blanco. Blanco was a Colombian drug lord of the Medellín Cartel and a major part of the Miami cocaine drug trade during the ’80s. Blanco was a major focus of theCocaine Cowboysdocumentaries. A feature inspired by the documentaryCocaine Cowboyshas been knocking around Hollywood for a while now....

‘The Honeymooners’ Remake Not Moving Forward At CBS [TCA 2017] New CBS President Kelly Kahl and new SVP of Programming Thom Sherman met the Television Critics Association for an executive session. After the panel, /Film approached Sherman to ask about the status of their previously announced remake ofThe Honeymooners, but Sherman indicated that it is off the development slate. “I don’t believe that that’s going forward,” Sherman said. “It’s not on my development slate right now....

‘The Mandalorian’ Spinoff ‘Rangers Of The New Republic’ Is No Longer In Development At Disney+ There seems to be some trouble in a galaxy far, far away. Rangersof the New Republic, one of severalStar Warsshows that were announced during Disney’s big investor presentation last December, is no longer in active development at Disney+. Lucasfilm promotedThe Mandalorianexecutive producerDave Filonito the position of “executive creative director,” which inspired several fans to take to Twitter to celebrate the beloved executive’s promotion yesterday....

‘Tron 3’ Petition: 10,000 Fans And Counting Rally Behind Cancelled Sequel On Friday word got out that Disney hadpulled the plugonTron 3. The studio had been dragging its feet on greenlighting the film, even as development continued for a fall shoot. But the reaction from fans was much swifter and more definitive. An online petition asking Disney to reviveTron 3has been making the rounds, with 10,000 signatures so far and counting....

‘Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series’ Coming To PlayStation VR This Summer Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Serieshas been available on the Oculus Quest for awhile now. The three-episode VR series is an immersive video game experience created by ILMxLAB that allows players to step into the shoes of a smuggler who is recruited for a mysterious job by Darth Vader himself. Now those who have PlayStation VR will be able to experience the video game themselves with the title launching on the Sony console sometime this summer....

Amy Pascal & Kevin Feige Explain How Spider-Man Ended Up In The MCU Once upon a time, in ye olde 2014, the movie rights to Spider-Man belonged to Sony, and Marvel Studios couldn’t bring the arachnid hero to the big screen without setting off a torrent of lawsuits. Somehow, Sony president Amy Pascal and Marvel president Kevin Feige came to an understanding, sharing Spidey across their respective properties in an IP-lending move that had never really been done before....

Boba Fett’s Star Wars Story Expands In ‘Star Wars: From A Certain Point Of View’ Bounty hunter and helmet enthusiast Boba Fett is aStar Warsfan favorite, even though he really didn’t do a whole lot in the films and was easily defeated by being knocked into a Sarlacc pit. But people have longed for more and more Boba Fett, and now they’re in luck: the anthology bookStar Wars: From a Certain Point of Viewis set to deliver an entire new story devoted to the character written byBatman: The Animated Seriesscribe and comic book writerPaul Dini....

Casting Bits: Mary-Louise Parker In ‘R.I.P.D,’ Danny Trejo In ‘Haunted High,’ Abigail Breslin In ‘Class Project,’ Michael Fassbender In ‘Prisoners’ Little known fact: casting never stops in Hollywood because movies constantly need actors. See? You learn something new everyday. Here’s one such update with five films that have all made major additions to their cast. After the jump read much more about: R.I.P.D., directed byRobert Schwentke(Red), is based on a comic book and will star Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges as dead detectives who investigate murders from beyond the grave....

Comic Book Legend Harley Quinn Was Inspired By A Dream – In A Soap Opera Margot Robbie has now portrayed beloved comic book character Harley Quinn in multiple DC films and is so fond of playing the role that we probably haven’t seen the last of the Oscar-nominated actress in the part. You may have seen all of those films, but do you know the story of how “Batman: The Animated Series” writer Paul Dini cooked up the idea for Harley Quinn in the first place?...