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Why Disney Shot Down Adam Driver’s Ben Solo ‘Star Wars’ Sequel: “It Is No More”
The actor claimed that Lucasfilm initially "loved the idea" for the Steven Soderbergh-directed sequel, which would have taken place after 2019’s 'The Rise of Skywalker.'
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‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Director Michael Chaves Talks ‘Logan’ Influence and the Cameos That Got Away
A Taissa Farmiga cameo was on the table, reveals the filmmaker: "We were trying to get everybody who has ever been in a 'Conjuring' movie into that wedding scene, but we just couldn't."
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Box Office: ‘Black Phone 2’ Dials It in for Blumhouse With $27.3M U.S. Opening and $43M Globally
Elsewhere, Aziz Ansari's R-rated comedy 'Good Fortune,' starring Seth Rogen and Keanu Reeves, didn't find any gold, while holdover 'Tron: Ares' officially landed in bomb territory.
Drew Struzan, Iconic Movie Poster Artist and Favorite of Spielberg and Lucas, Dies at 78
He created some of the most memorable movie posters of all-time in his own signature style as Steven Spielberg and Guillermo del Toro pay tribute.
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Evil AI Is Boring Now — Which Is Kind of Scary
From 'Mission Impossible 8' to 'Megan 2.0' and 'Tron: Ares,' Hollywood's "evil AI" trope has fizzled at a time when warnings about real-life AI have never been more alarming.
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Box Office: ‘Tron’ in Big Trouble With $35M-$37M Opening, ‘Roofman’ Eyes Bland $8M Bow
The faith-based 'Soul of Fire' is looking at a nationwide debut of $3 million, while Luca Guadagnino’s 'After the Hunt' is opting to roll out slowly at the specialty box office
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New ‘Jumanji’ Movie to Begin Shooting in November, Brittany O’Grady Joins Returning Cast (Exclusive)
Jake Kasdan is once again in the director's chair for the Sony action adventure feature.
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‘Eddington’ Filmmaker Ari Aster Talks Script-to-Screen Changes, Including the Real-Life Big Tech CEO Role He Scrapped
At one point in an early script, a Mark Zuckerberg character appeared in the fictional New Mexico town at the center of the movie.
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Sigourney Weaver Has Met With Disney About a New ‘Alien’ Script: “It’s a Very Strong First 50 Pages”
The actress also spoke at New York Comic Con about what was really behind the crew clashes with James Cameron on the sequel.
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Edgar Wright Offered Glen Powell ‘Running Man,’ but Then Told Him Stephen King Could Kill the Deal
King spent the evening watching Powell's 'Hitman,' leaving the actor hoping "that I still had the role in the morning.”
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How Peter Safran Changed the ‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 Ending
James Gunn played a pretty considerable role himself, of course.
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‘The Curse of La Llorona’ Sequel Finally Gets Underway, Jay Hernandez, Monica Raymund Among the Cast (Exclusive)
Santiago Menghini, the filmmaker behind the award-winning horror short 'Milk,' is in the director's chair for New Line's latest horror movie.
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‘Roofman’ Director Derek Cianfrance Says Ryan Coogler Identified a Theme In His Work Before He Did
The filmmaker also addresses his new film's stranger-than-fiction coincidences, including a 'Spider-Man 2' connection.
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‘Chainsaw Man’: Watch the Anime Movie’s Opening Sequence Ahead of U.S. Release
The film, which continues the story from the first season of the series, hits theaters stateside on Oct. 24.
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True-Crime Horror Film ‘Dorothea’ Gets Halloween Release and Trailer (Exclusive)
Susan Priver stars as real-life grandmother and 1980s serial killer Dorothea Puente in director Chad Ferrin's film that is set to hit theaters from Dread.
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Matt Kindt, Oni Press Sign Publishing, Media Partnership for “Bigger, Bolder, Weirder” Comics (Exclusive)
The deal comes with two new titles out of the gate: a relaunch of the creator's acclaimed 'Mind MGMT' series and action comic 'Fort Psycho.'
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Jared Leto’s ‘Tron: Ares’: First Reactions From the Premiere
The Joachim Ronning-directed film, the third entry in the 'Tron' movie franchise, hits theaters Oct. 10.
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Ridley Scott Says Movies Today Are “Drowning in Mediocrity”
The 'Gladiator' director on how the "mediocrity" of modern films has sent him fleeing back to his own.
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