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Top Gun 3, much discussed but still firmly on the drawing board, shows signs of life according to recent comments fromJerry Bruckheimer, the powerhouse producer behind the scenes. During the promotion of his latest project,Daisy Ridley’sYoung Woman and the Sea, Bruckheimer also shed light on the future of theTop Gunseries. Despite the eagerness of fans for another sequel, Bruckheimer tempered expectations with a candid remark. The producer said: We had preliminary stuff....

In a bombshell deal, Netflix is set to acquireKnives Out 2, as well as a planned third sequel in the budding franchise. It had previously been revealed that writer/director Rian Johnson had been working on a follow-up to his hit whodunnit. Now, it seems Netflix has beat out the competition by pulling up a dump truck full of cash to reunite Johnson with Daniel Craig for not one but two additional movies....

Yesterday brought the rather unexpected news that Warner Bros. is currently developing a Joker origin story movie with Martin Scorsese producing and Todd Phillips directing. One of the most interesting parts of the report, beyond the fact that Scorsese is making aJokermovie, is that it won’t be Jared Leto’s version of The Joker featured in the movie. That’s because Warner Bros. is looking to start an entirely new DC production banner that will take place outside of the DC Extended Universe....

The one and onlyWes Andersonis back after a short break from feature filmmaking. After releasingAsteroid Cityin the summer of 2023, Anderson has been hard at work developing his portfolio. Anderson is truly a modern auteur, known for his rich, unique style that is injected into every shot of his films. According toVariety, Focus Features is distributing Anderson’s next film,titledThe Phoenician Scheme,set to be released on May 30, followed by an expanded release on June 6....

Have you ever awoken in the night, sat up in bed, and found yourself wondering why the hellTom Hankshas never played a villain? Well, if you’re like me and have experienced just that kind of nocturnal phenomena, then today you’ll be interested to hear, from the horse’s mouth, just why Hanks never plays villains. It turns out he realized somewhere in the last 40 years, that he doesn’t scare anyone. It makes sense to me....

Zac Efronhas become the latest actor to wind up in hot water with PETA. The organization, whose name is an acronym for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has put theHigh School Musicalstar on blast after the release of a video ad featuring Efron interacting with a bear. PerTMZ, the video has drawn criticism from PETA as the bear who co-starred with Efron in the clip has spent its entire life in captivity, making the video ironic....

Luca Guadagnino is rounding out the cast of his next movie,Challengers, which delves into the sport of tennis. PerDeadline, final negotiations are in place for Zendaya to star in the lead role, with the film also starring Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist. MGM recently picked up the rights to the project with Rachel O’Connor of Pascal Pictures producing. The script comes from Justin Kuritzkes. Challengerswill followZendayaas Tashi, a tennis player turned coach who has taken her husband, Art, and “transformed him from a mediocre player into a world-famous grand slam champion....

With the launch ofJurassic Park, and its numerous sequels, the 1990s was a great time to be alive for paleontology nerds. The Steven Spielberg franchise, based on the books of Michael Crichton, helped spark new interest in the discipline.Funny enough, the most clever references probably went over the average viewer’s head in the 1997 sequel,The Lost World: Jurassic Park,Spielberg’s in-joke satirizing the showdown between the two leading American paleontologists.If you thought the director didn’t take science seriously just because this is a monster movie, think again....

Supermanis headed to theaters this summer, but James Gunn has already revealed several major cameos that fans of his MCU franchise will instantly recognize. The filmmaker is known for working with longtime collaborators on his superhero projects, and it seems his upcoming DCU film is no exception. Per Buzz Feed, Gunn revealed during an early preview screening that Superman features several cameos from theGuardians of the Galaxycrew. Pom Klementieff, Bradley Cooper, and Michael Rooker all voice robots in the Fortress of Solitude, which was previewed ina five-minute clipearlier this year....

Fans of the epic time-traveling saga that isOutlanderhave had a lot to look forward to in recent years. It’s a love story, politically entangled in 18th-century Scotland, that made its debut in 2014 and claimed a piece of your heart by giving you enough emotional trauma to fill a Jacobite war chest. With Season 8 officially slated for release in 2026, fans are bracing themselves for the final chapter of Claire and Jamie’s journey....

The origins ofactionsportslay in the work of stunt performers of yesteryear, as performers like Evel Knievel gave way to a new generation combining board sports, climbing, and skydiving into some of the world’s most dangerous feats. By the 1970s, skiing, snowboarding, parachuting and climbing were allmoving into uncharted territories— and the necessity to document these pursuits became paramount in bringing them to the masses. In the process, filmmaking innovators have hoisted their cameras up mountainsides, dangled from helicopters, and dipped underwater to examine these disciplines....

It’s official: the 2017 box office was dominated by strong women. There were a lot of big movies released in 2017, but the ones that featured female characters in the lead roles came out a cut above the rest at the domestic box office. With the strong numbers put up byThe Last Jediover the past couple of weeks, the top three movies at the2017 box officenow all feature female leads....

Ever sinceMarvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.returned with the back half ofSeason 2,Entertainment Weeklyhas been debuting a new poster for every new episode. Today, we have the one-sheet for"One Door Closes", airing Tuesday, March 31, featuring none other thanAdrianne Palicki’s Bobbi Morse, a.k.a. Mockingbird, designed by Chicago artistsDelicious Design League. Executive producer Jeffrey Bell also teased new details about"One Door Closes", which will give fans more insight into Bobbi and Mack (Henry Simmons)....