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Jason Batemanis set to direct supernatural detective dramaThe Pinkerton. The film is the first film project to be produced forJJ Abrams’production company Bad Robot after Warner Bros signed a deal with the production company. Warner Bros. and Bad Robot acquired the rights for the film two years ago fromFast & Furious 9screenwriter Daniel Casey. The film tells the tale of the Pinkertons, a private security guard and detective agency in the United States that was founded in the 1850s....

Filmmaker James Gunn’s upcoming sequel/rebootThe Suicide Squadwill feature some familiar faces and a whole lot of new ones. Chief among the newcomers is John Cena in the role of Peacemaker. The wrestler-turned-actor had previously described his character as a “douchey Captain America.” Joel Kinnaman, who will be playing the returning character of Rick Flag, revealed in a recent interview that Cena’s on-set improvisations were a source of much entertainment, and also wonder at their filthy nature....

Academy Award winnerKate Winsletis one of the most respected actresses of our time, but that didn’t spare her from hurtful comments during her rise to stardom. Winslet became a household name following her starring role in 1997’sTitanic. At the time, the James Cameron film became the highest-grossing film and the first to bring in over one billion dollars to the global box office. It also earned Winslet an Academy Award nomination....

Martin Scorsese’sKillers of the Flower Moonand Christopher Nolan’sOppenheimerseem destined to duke it out in several categories at the Academy Awards, but the big one they seem most in line for is Best Picture. As Oscar experts continue to weigh in on their potential, the film’s critical responses are so closely in line with each other that it would suggest that come Oscar night, it will come down to these two heavyweights of cinema for the night’s biggest prize....

For more than a week now, fans all over the world have been rewatching and picking apart every single frame of the first trailer forStar Wars: The Last Jedi. Since Disney and Lucasfilm had been very quiet on the details about the movie up to that point, there was an awful lot of excitement, but there has also been some concern that this movie will just be repeating the story beats ofThe Empire Strikes Back....

We’ve just lost another great performer as actressLee Fierro, widely known for her role as Mrs. Kintner in the 1975 horror classicJaws, has passed away. Reportedly, Fierro died at the assisted living facility where she’s been living in Ohio for the past few years due to complications from the coronavirus. She was 91 years old. In addition to appearing in one of cinema’s all-time greatest movies, Fierro also spent many years working with theIsland Theatre Workshop program at Martha’s Vineyard, helping more than a thousand young students to begin their acting careers....

Like an Imperial probe droid, personally owned drones caused quite a problem on the set ofStar Wars: The Force Awakens. They were spotted flying over various shooting locations, making it even more difficult for directorJ.J. Abramsto keep everything locked in his infamous mystery box. He did a pretty good job of keeping all of the actors away from the prying eyes of these robotic paparazzi machines, but the occasional image or photo did eventually leak onto the Internet, as we saw over the course of last year....

Ok, so we know that theThe Matrix 4is not a reboot or a remake. That leaves three options. It’s either a prequel, sequel or the less popular side-quel, which would show the actions of a new character during the same timeline of events that followed Keanu Reeves' Neo. Well, if some well place inside sources at Warner Bros. are right, this first in what is supposed to be manynew Matrix movies, will be a prequel centered on a pre-existing character....

Matt Damon has signed to take on real-life doctor John R. Brinkley in the independent dramaCharlatan. Matt Damon will star as Brinkley, and also produce alongside his longtime partner Jennifer Todd through their Pearl Street Films company, with Kimberly Steward’s K Period Media also joining in. Both Matt Damon and Kimberly Steward previously worked together in producing last year’s Best Picture nomineeManchester-By-The-Sea. Varietyreports that the project will be based on the 2008 book “Charlatan: America’s Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam,” which was written by Pope Brock....

Recently, news broke thatMichael Keaton is in talks to return as Batmanin multiple DCEU movies. While there is no official confirmation, the DC Comics fandom has gone into overdrive speculating about the exact nature of Keaton’s work in the DCEU. THR reporter Borys Kit has hinted on Twitter that the actor might ultimately be seen in the role of the elder statesman of the DCEU rather than a practicing superhero....

Welcome to today’s edition ofNerd Alert, where we have all the quirky, nerdy news that you crave in one convenient spot. What do we have in store for you on this fantastic Friday? A number of today’s stars reenact scenes from the 1995 classicClueless,Jimmy KimmelblamesMatt Damonfor Oscar diversity controversy andThe Walking Deadmocks Glenn’s controversial story line. But wait, there’s more!Fifty Shades of GreystarDakota Johnson"breaks up" withStar Warsvillain Darth Vader and a cat that bears a striking resemblance to Kylo Ren goes viral....

The horror genre has seen everything from terrifying dolls to Ouija boards. The practice of twisting viewers’ sights to entice fear is something that has been done on screen for years. One of these concepts has been used over and over again – vampires. These classic creatures with their pointed teeth have graced the big screens for decades. Each version of these night stalkers has its own unique take on the classic tale....

So often, in the last four to five months of the calendar year, theaters become consumed by films put out by studios chasingOscarglory. It is an institution, a historical account of the history of movies, and because of this, the self-importance thrust onto it by Hollywood becomes one of great weight. But, the Oscars tend to nominate a particular group of films more so than others: costume dramas, true stories, musical biopics, uplifting tales of overcoming historical bias — otherwiseknown as Oscar bait....