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‘Into The Blue 2: The Reef’ Forgets To Come Up For Air (Welcome toDTV Descent, a series that explores the weird and wild world of direct-to-video sequels to theatrically released movies. This week’s entry goes looking for fun in the sun in the form of skin, murder, and sunken treasure.) It’s usually hit films that earn the pleasure of direct to video sequels, but sometimes a movie that failed at the box-office proves too tempting a marketing opportunity to pass by....

‘Justice League’ Concept Art Offers A Better Look At The Whole Gang Earlier this month, our own Peter Sciretta visited the set of Warner Bros.‘Justice Leagueand returned withhopeful reportsof a movie with more heart and a more colorful personality than the divisiveBatman v Supermanhad. But as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. So today, we’ve got some art for you to feast your eyes on. A new bit ofJustice Leagueconcept art has been revealed thanks to the digital HD release of theBatman v SupermanUltimate Edition, and it offers a better look at the whole gang: Batman (Ben Affleck), Superman (Henry Cavill), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), the Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), and Cyborg (Ray Fisher)....

‘Living With Yourself’ First Look Photos Have Double The Pleasure, Double The Paul Rudd You can already get a healthy dose ofPaul Ruddon Netflix thanks toWet Hot American Summerand the prequel and sequel shows that Netflix delivered about a decade and a half after the indie comedy’s debut. Plus, he can also be seen in Duncan Jones' sci-fi movieMute. But his next Netflix project will bridge the worlds of comedy and sci-fi....

‘Oz: The Great And Powerful’ Character Posters Feature Three Lovely Witches And A Handsome Wizard A few weeks ago, Disney dropped a striking poster featuring the Wicked Witch of the West, adding fuel to the ongoing debate about whether it’s Evanora (Rachel Weisz) or Theodora (Mila Kunis) who goes green inOz: The Great and Powerful. A new batch of posters doesn’t answer that question, but it does give us a closer look at who the individual players in the movie are....

‘Pistol’ First Look: Danny Boyle Directs A New FX Series About The Sex Pistols Danny Boyle already took part in one FX series –Trust, which featured a cowboy-hatted Brendan Fraser breaking the fourth wall – and now he’s returned withPistol. This six-episode limited series is about the iconic punk band the Sex Pistols – specifically Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones. The series is based on Jones’s memoirLonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, and starsToby Wallace(Babyteeth,Acute Misfortune) as Steve Jones,Anson Boon(Crawl,1917,Blackbird) as John Lydon,Louis Partridge(Enola Homes,Medici) as Sid Vicious, andJacob Slateras Paul Cook....

‘Redwall’ Is Getting A Netflix Movie And TV Show From ‘Over The Garden Wall’ Creator It’s finally happening: the belovedRedwallbooks are coming to the screen. The epic fantasy novels by Brian Jacques will be adapted into a feature film and TV series forNetflixbyOver the Garden WallcreatorPatrick McHale, who has recently worked with the streamer as the writer on Guillermo del Toro’sPinocchio. Netflix announced that a deal betweenPenguin Random House Children’s UKand the streamer will bringRedwallto the screen for the first time ever....

‘Silence’ Silenced? Producer Sues Martin Scorsese For Choosing ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street’ As His Next Film We’ve waited for quite some time forMartin Scorseseto make his “Jesuit drama"Silence, based on the novel byShusako Endonovel. He had planned to do the movie almost fifteen years ago, and it has remained on the director’s “pending” slate ever since. After the release ofHugo, we thoughtSilencewould be next. So did the film’s producer, Vittorio Cecchi Gori of Cecchi Gori Pictures, who was surprised to read in the trades that Scorsese would instead be makingThe Wolf of Wall Streetas his next film....

‘Star Wars’ Script Complete; J.J. Abrams Confirms Jesse Plemons In Talks Weheardlast month that Disney was expectingJ.J. AbramsandLawrence Kasdanto turn in aStar Wars Episode VIIscript in January, and it looks like they’ve met their deadline. Abrams confirmed at a recent event that the script was indeed complete, and that they were “deep” into pre-production. Part of that process is finding some stars, of course. While Disney has yet to officially announce any new actors, Abrams verified a recent casting rumor thatJesse Plemonswas up for a part — though he dismissed a lot of other casting reports as “a lot of noise....

‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ Casts Matt Smith In Key Role Matt Smithis heading back to space for a key role inStar Wars: Episode 9. The British actor best known for his roles inDoctor WhoandThe Crownhas been cast in the next installment of theStar Warsfranchise in an undisclosed, but major, role.Varietyreports that Matt Smith is joining the cast ofStar Wars: Episode 9in a “key role.” The final installment of the Skywalker saga is currently in the full swing of production in the U....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’: Snoke Mystery, Captain Phasma, Canto Bight & More A slew of new information fromStar Wars: The Last Jediarrived this week from Vanity Fair’s big cover story on the sci-fi sequel. Since their reporterDavid Kampspent so much time hanging around Lucasfilm and talking to directorRian Johansonand the cast ofThe Last Jedi, he set up a Reddit AMA for fans to get any more details that might not have been included in his full report....

‘Taken’ TV Series Sets ‘Vikings’ Star To Inherit Liam Neeson’s Bad Luck With Terrorists Not too long ago, we found out that theTakenTV series in development at NBC had rounded up TV directorAlex Graves(Game of Thrones, The Newsroom, The West Wing)to be at the helm of the pilotfor the prequel story that will show us how Bryan Mills (the character originated by Liam Neeson in the film franchise) acquired his particular set of skills....

‘Terminator: Genesis’: Aaron Williamson Playing Younger T-800 Arnold Schwarzeneggerhas been set to play the titular T-800 in the newTerminatormovie since before there was even really a newTerminatormovie to talk about. But he might not be the only T-800 running around inTerminator: Genesis. Bodybuilder and trainerAaron Williamsonhas apparently been set to play a younger version of the T-800, as revealed by Williamson himself. Hit the jump to find out how he might fit in....

‘The Cabin In The Woods’ Director In Talks To Make Sci-Fi Thriller ‘The Martian’ Drew Goddard, who wroteCloverfieldand directedThe Cabin in the Woods, has almost locked down a new directorial project. He is now in talks to makeThe Martian, based on an e-book byAndy Weir. The film revolves around an astronaut stranded on Mars, who must find a way to survive and return home. Goddard will write the film as well, which is set up at Fox, with Simon Kinberg producing....