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J.J. Abrams Collaborating With Steven Spielberg On Next Movie? We’ve known thatJ.J. Abramshad a movie in mind to make for Paramount — thanks to Brad Grey fortalking about it in nebulous terms back in December— but we haven’t known any real details about it. Now, however, there is some interesting info. Supposedly Abrams, the guy who mastermindedCloverfieldin addition to a couple of TV shows you might have heard of, has a plan for a feature that will be a serious homage to the ’70s and early ’80s movies ofSteven Spielberg....

James Cameron Talks Avatar TV Series Possibility, Avatar Sequels, Neill Blomkamp’s Aliens, Abyss Blu-Ray And More DirectorJames Cameronappeared at San Diego Comic-Con International 2016 as part of a Hall H’sAliensanniversary retrospective on Saturday afternoon, and afterwards he did some press where he talked about his upcoming fourAvatarsequels, the possibility of anAvatartelevision series, his thoughts on filmmakerNeill Blomkamp’sAlienssequel, an update on the long awaitedAbyssBlu-ray release and more. Avatar Sequels Update Explaining how theAvatarsequels grew to four films, Cameron toldVarietythat theAvatarstory arc “was originally meant to be a trilogy but I overwrite, and my writers overwrote as well....

James Michael Tyler, Who Played Gunther On Friends, Has Died No one wants to say goodbye to a friend — but on Sunday, October 24, actor James Michael Tyler, who is best known for his role as Gunther on “Friends,” died at his home at age 59. His rep, Toni Benson, revealed ina statement to CNN: “The world knew him as Gunther (the seventh ‘Friend’), from the hit series ‘Friends,’ but Michael’s loved ones knew him as an actor, musician, cancer-awareness advocate, and loving husband....

Jim Caviezel, Chiwetel Ejiofor And Jack McBrayer Cast In ‘Savannah’ Annette Haywood-Carter, a former script supervisor who jumped to directing (Foxfire, with a young Angelina Jolie, for instance), is preparing to shoot the period dramaSavannahin the Georgia town of the same name, and has secured the final pieces of the film’s cast.Jim CaviezelandChiwetel Ejioforhave joinedBradley Whitford,Jaimie Alexander,Jack McBrayerandHal Holbrook. Back in November, the directortoldSavannah Magazine, It’s a story about this very eccentric, bigger-than-life hunter named Ward Allen and his friendship with a freed slave named Christmas Moultrie....

JJ Abrams To Direct Movie Version Of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower? Almost confirmed: Lost co-creator J.J. Abrams will direct a big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series. The recent rumors that Abrams would not be directing Star Trek XI seem to be true after all. Abrams will instead produce, while prepping The Dark Tower for the big screen. A few weeks back Entertainment Weekly ran an article on the meet-up of the Lost creators and the famous American novelist....

Legendary Wants To Make A ‘Hot Wheels’ Movie In the realm of toys and games that are being adapted into movies –Stretch Armstrong, Clue, Monopoly, Battleship, etc. –Hot Wheelsseems like a no-brainer. (There’s even something that is basically a Hot Wheels nod inGreen Lantern.) With theFast and Furiousfilms continually raking in the dough, any producer would be remiss not to take the well-known toy car brand and develop it into a big time action movie....

Matt Reeves Directed Robert Pattinson’s Batman Via Microphone, And It Worked Trying to fully encapsulate the impact the pandemic has had on the film industry feels like an impossible feat. For years, it seemed like every day there was a new headline to write about yet another delay or production shutdown related to a positive COVID case. The box office feels like it willnever be the same, and in the interest of safety for all involved, the way movies are made looks quite a bit different....

Movie Trailer: Little Fockers Not much to say here —Little Fockersis the third film in the unlikely series spawned byMeet the Parents. The upside is that, based on this trailer, the movie seems to be slightly less about the children ofBen Stiller’s character than you might guess. The downside is that, based on this trailer, the movie looks like another couple hours of watching Ben Stiller andRobert De Niromake antagonistic eyes at one another....

No Director Attached To Judge Dredd, Neither Dredd Nor Lobo Producers Or Writers Consulting The Comic’s Creators UPDATE:According to three sources close to the Judge Dredd film (two are employees at Rebellion, the publishers of 2000AD, the other is Jock, responsible for the concept art at the head of this post) a draft of Alex Garland’s Judge Dredd screenplay has been shown to John Wagner, who created Dredd alongside artist Carlos Ezquerra....

Park Chan-Wook’s Next Movie Is Lesbian Drama ‘Fingersmith’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. After a foray into English-language filmmaking withStoker, South Korean directorPark Chan-wookis taking inspiration from an English-language source for his next Korean-language film. He’s currently at work onFingersmith, based on a 2002 lesbian crime novel bySarah Waters. Get all the details on the Park Chan-wook Fingersmith movie after the jump. Varietyreports production onFingersmithbegan last week near Nagoya, Japan, and will continue for at least another 70 days....

Paul Greengrass And Tom Hanks Looking To Reunite For Civil War Western ‘News Of The World’ Paul GreengrassandTom Hanksworked together on the harrowingCaptain Phillips, and now they’re hoping to get the band back together forNews of the World,based on the novel by Paulette Jiles – a Western set in the aftermath of the Civil War. This would be a bit of a departure for Greengrass, who has spent the last few years helming either films based on real-life events and tragedies, orBournesequels....

POTD: What Does JJ Abrams' Apple Note Tell Us About Episode 7? If you didn’t thinkJJ Abramswas an Apple fan, then take a look at the Apple Store-looking design of the bridge of the USS Enterprise in hisStar Trekfilms. In his famous"mystery box" Ted Talk, Abrams enthused “I love Apple computers. I’m obsessed. My MacBook challenges me: ‘What are you going to write that is worthy of me?'” So it comes as no surprise that Abrams was glued to the Apple announcements yesterday morning as he prepped for another day of shooting onStar Wars Episode VII....

Rumors: Brainiac To Be ‘Justice League’ Villain, Suicide Squad Members Revealed Rumors have said that Darkseid, DC’s inter -dimensional villain who inspired Thanos over at Marvel, might be the bad guy for the upcomingJustic Leaguefilm. Now a new rumor changes that up, saying that the League will instead ally against Braniac. (Though there’s no reason we couldn’t see both in the film in some way.) Along with that info, there’s rumor on the lineup of DC’s upcomingSuicide Squadfilm, though anyone who read the late ’80s incarnation of that comic won’t be surprised by the roster....