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Warner Bros. appears to be making moves to continue to expand the Ocean’s franchise. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Margot Robbie is set to star in and produce the new Ocean’s Eleven film. The script will be written by Carrie Solomon and the project, helmed by Jay Roach who directed Robbie in her best-supporting actress Oscar nomination for Bombshell. While there is still limited detail surrounding the script, the new film is expected to be an original Ocean’s Eleven set in Europe in the 1960s. Robbie will be producing the project alongside her partner LuckyChap Tom Ackerley. The project is still underway and has yet to be green-lit, however, the goal is to begin production in Spring 2023. The heist franchise first launched in 2001 with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt ...

Squid Game, the popular survival drama Netflix game series has an update. Show creator Hwang Dong-hyuk teased viewers with new insights on what’s to come for the show, sharing updates on the current writing process for the second season during an interview with Vanity Fair. He revealed that he currently has about three pages of initial ideas which he will use as the basis of the script for the upcoming season; Gi-hun, the imperfect protagonist, will inevitably return for season two, and the Front Man may possibly play a bigger role. “Humanity is going to be put to the test through those games once again,” said Hwang. “I want to ask the question, ‘Is true solidarity between humans possible?’” The Korean Netflix show received positive feedback for its first season which a...

Stan Lee‘s iconic Marvel Cinematic Universe cameo could make a comeback with the help of CGI and old footage. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel has signed a 20-year deal with Genius Brands International and POW! Entertainment’s joint venture Stan Lee Universe. This gives Marvel the right to license the likeness of Stan Lee in future films and TV productions and experiences worldwide, such as Disney theme parks, however it has not been confirmed if they will utilize this agreement to bring back his cameos. “We are proud to be the stewards of the incredibly valuable rights to Stan Lee’s name, likeness, merchandise, and intellectual property brand,” said Andy Heyward, Chairman & CEO of Genius Brands. “It really ensures that Stan, through digital technology and archival foot...

Netflix on Thursday dropped off the official trailer for season three of The Umbrella Academy, revealing that the superhuman Hargreeves siblings have discovered new enemies in the opposing Sparrow Academy. The first preview for the series’ upcoming season sees the Umbrella Academy — played by Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan and Aidan Gallagher — return home after believing they’ve evaded the apocalypse and stopped 1963’s doomsday. However, they quickly realize that they’ve created an entirely new predicament for themselves. “When we jumped here, we created a time paradox. Our little paradox brought forth a kugelblitz,” Number Five (Gallagher) says in the visual. “What the hell is a kugelblitz?,” Elliot Page’s Viktor Hargeeves responds....

Netflix on Thursday unveiled the final trailer for the third volume of its popular animated anthology series Love, Death + Robots. The series, which is created by Tim Miller and David Fincher, showcases various animation techniques by inviting different teams of artists and screenwriters to create short stories on the fantasy-meets-sci-fi spectrum. The trailer offers up a sneak peek at both ultra-realistic 3D episodes and fully 2D stories, while also paying homage to British philosopher Alan Watts by playing his “The Dream of Life” speech. According to the official logline, the next installment sees “terror, imagination and beauty combine in nine new episodes which stretch from uncovering an ancient evil to a comedic apocalypse, telling startling short stories of fantasy, horror and scienc...

Sacha Baron Cohen and King of the Hill creators Greg Daniels and Mike Judge have teamed up to develop an animated special for HBO Max and Cartoon Network. Entitled Chelm: The Smartest Place, the upcoming “family-oriented” project was created alongside Nathan for You’s Michael Koman and will reportedly feature Cohen as the narrator. The animated special is set in a place called the Town of Fools and will “nod to Jewish intellectual traditions” with “absurdist humor and interpretive questioning,” all the while maintaining the classic folktales. “Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth is a perfect pairing of comedy and satire, and no one does that combination better than Sacha, Greg, Mike, and Michael,” Amy Friedman, head of kids and family programming at Warner Bros., said in a statement. “This ...

Earlier this month, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that the live-action adaptation of Wonder Twins has been scrapped. The news comes just a month after KJ Apa and Isabel May were announced to play the lead roles in the DC Comics film. Now, Variety has learned that Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav canceled the Wonder Twins project because of its $75 million USD budget. The news also come after the company announced that it was considering a full overhaul of DC Entertainment. The project was first reported to be in the works in February this year and was expected to be led by Black Adam‘s Adam Sztykiel. Wonder Twins has long been a beloved story in the DC universe and follows a pair of alien siblings named Jayna and Zan from the planet of Exxor. The film was supposed to release on HBO...

Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy has officially confirmed that Star Wars and Disney will be “moving on” from the Skywalker saga. Speaking to Vanity Fair in a recent interview, Kennedy revealed that the Skywalker saga is no longer the focus of the studio. Instead, they’re looking to jump around the Star Wars timeline, exploring different eras in the galaxy far, far away. “Just staying within the construct of George [Lucas]‘s storytelling, to keep chipping away at that, I think would be wrong. It’s our job to step away now, but still have a connection to the mythology that George created,” she explained. “That won’t stop. But we are moving on from the Skywalker saga. That’s what’s taking a lot of time, discussion, and thought right now.” Aside from exploring the Star Wars universe’s...

It has just been reported that both Martin Shkreli and Billy McFarland have just received reduced sentences and have been released from prison early. McFarland, Fyre Festival founder, was originally sentenced to six years in 2018 but has now been moved to a halfway house where he must wait in community confinement until his full release. “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli originally saw a seven-year sentence for securities fraud in 2018 but that time has also been reduced where he was released from the Federal Correctional Institution Allenwood Low to community confinement on Wednesday. He will eventually be released from the halfway house on September 14. He announced this via Facebook with “Getting out of real prison is easier than getting out of Twitter prison.” In other entertainment news, St...

Rick and Morty are ready to get Schwifty as the beloved series takes on a twist with an anime spinoff. The 10-episode sci-fi cartoon sitcom is currently in production and is set to air on Adult Swim and HBO Max. According to Entertainment Weekly, the latest spinoff is directed by Takashi Sano, who previously directed Tower of God and has received the green light from Adult Swim. The decision comes after receiving positive feedback from “Rick and Morty vs. Genocider” and “Summer meets God (Rick meets Evil)”, both of which Sano directed. “The multiverse-straddling exploits of Rick and the gang pose challenges to the family bond, but they always rise to the occasion,” Sano said in a statement. “It’s such a life affirming sight, and Jerry is no exception. I am honored to have been given an opp...

Netflix is using its own subscribers as focus groups for upcoming new content. According to Variety, the streamer has been reaching out to small groups of subscribers and inviting them to watch unreleased content, after which they’ll reply with feedback in a panel. The feedback panels have reportedly been taking place only in the United States since around May 2021. By tapping into the minds of subscribers, Netflix is able to make edits to movies and TV shows before they’re released to the public. “We at Netflix are building a community of members to view and give feedback on upcoming movies and series, and we’d like to know if you’re interested in being a part of it,” Netflix reportedly wrote in an email to a group of subscribers, per Variety. “It’s simple, but an incredibly important par...

Netflix is using its own subscribers as focus groups for upcoming new content. According to Variety, the streamer has been reaching out to small groups of subscribers and inviting them to watch unreleased content, after which they’ll reply with feedback in a panel. The feedback panels have reportedly been taking place only in the United States since around May 2021. By tapping into the minds of subscribers, Netflix is able to make edits to movies and TV shows before they’re released to the public. “We at Netflix are building a community of members to view and give feedback on upcoming movies and series, and we’d like to know if you’re interested in being a part of it,” Netflix reportedly wrote in an email to a group of subscribers, per Variety. “It’s simple, but an incredibly important par...