Another ‘City Of Lies’ Lawsuit Adds More Problems To An Already Troubled Production City of Lies, theJohnny Deppmovie about the murder of the Notorious B.I.G., has run into more trouble. Global Road Entertainment and Miramax are now being sued for failing to distribute the film, which was pulled from release at the start of August. Will the latestCity of Lieslawsuit finally lead to distribution, or is this one Johnny Depp film unlikely to ever see the light of day?...

Casting Bits: Steve Carell In ‘Conviction’, Ben Kingsley And Jena Malone In ‘A Doll’s House’, Ryan Kwanten And Amy Smart In ‘7500? Steve Carell’s been doing quite well for himself in his post-Officecareer. He’s already got several films lined up for the next couple of years, including Bennett Miller’sFoxcatcherand the magician comedyBurt Wonderstone. Now the latest addition to his slate isConviction, a heist film which he’ll produce and star in.Jonathan Herman’s Black List script centers around a convicted bank robber who’s forced by the FBI to entrap his former protege....

Cool Stuff: Mark Chilcott Brings Pop Culture’s Most Iconic Vehicles To Life If you’re in the market for some cool prints that pay tribute to some of the most iconic vehicles in film and television, then artistMark Chilcotthas an exhibition that you’ll want to seek out this weekend. In an art show calledRide On!, artist Mark Chilcott has applied a style reminiscent of Scott C.’s water color showdowns and applied it to vehicles like the DeLorean time machine fromBack to the Future, the Ecto-1 fromGhostbustersand the lightcycle fromTRON....

Dan Aykroyd Revealed The Secret ‘Ghostbusters’ Sequel Months Ago Fans were taken by surprise when news broke this week thatJason Reitmanwas directing a secretGhostbusterssequel that would directly follow the ’80s comedy classicsGhostbustersandGhostbusters 2. The secret project — which we’ll just callGhostbusters 3for now — was kept under wraps for months, to great success. But it turns out starDan Aykroydaccidentally crossed the streams (of communication) just two months ago. This week, it wasrevealedthat Jason Reitman had been working onGhostbusters 3in secret for a while now, helping write a directGhostbusters 2sequel that would follow four teenagers who become new Ghostbusters with the help of an old guy with a strange amount of spectral-themed machinery....

Danny DeVito Joins The ‘Jumanji’ Sequel In Mystery Role Danny DeVitois the latest high-profile actor to venture into the jungle for the thirdJumanjifilm, in an undisclosed role. The follow-up to the massively successfulJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, theJumanjisequel cast is steadily adding some comedy heavyweights, including DeVito and the recently announcedAwkwafina, who join original cast membersDwayne Johnson,Jack Black,Kevin HartandKaren Gillan.Varietyreports that Danny DeVito is joining theJumanjisequel cast as a mystery character that is “being kept under wraps....

David Fincher The Latest Name Interested In A ‘Star Wars’ Directorial Job; Jon Favreau Also In The Mix The speculation over who might directStar Wars Episode VIIis downright ridiculous. It’s at the point where people are analyzingevery single quotefrom actors and directors, word by word, to try and figure out who Kathleen Kennedy and Disney want to make the movie. But let’s face it: it’s fun, and a fantastic topic for discussion because we never thought anyone but George Lucas would make aStar Warsfilm ever again....

Don’t Call It A Reimagining: How The New ‘Creepshow’ Was Born [Set Visit] 1982’sCreepshowis a perfect gem of a horror movie. Legendary filmmaker George Romero directing a screenplay written by Stephen King that acts as a tribute to gnarly horror comics, complete with ghastly color schemes and outrageous gore? It’s a perfect thing, really. How do you even attempt to recreate that lightning in a bottle? So AMC’s Shudder streaming service can’t help but tempt fate with its new take onCreepshow, a streaming television series in which each episode tells two nasty horror tales from different filmmakers, some newcomers and some horror legends....

Exclusive ‘Blindspotting’ Clip Asks: What Is Blindspotting? What isBlindspotting? It’s one of the year’s most well-reviewed films, but it also seems like a movie that’s slipped through the cracks.Blindspottinghits VOD this week, though, and arrives on Blu-ray near the end of the month, giving audiences who missed it in theaters a chance to check it out. In an exclusiveBlindspottingclip below, the folks behind the film explain just whatBlindspottingis. Blindspotting Clip As the clip above explains,Blindspotting"hands you two different perspectives, and its writers, who are also its stars, throw themselves into these two people....

Funko Plans To Open Giant Store In Hollywood This Year In addition to gettingits own movie,Funko Popis finally getting its own brick-and-mortar location. The vinyl movie and TV show toys that have become a staple of Barnes & Nobles and Gamestops everywhere will be occupying their own giant Funko store set to open in Hollywood late this year. The Funko figurine maker company plans to open a nearly 40,000-square-foot store in Los Angeles in late 2019, according toCNN....

Happy Holidays, Satan! ‘Sabrina’ Christmas Episode Coming To Netflix, Along With Other Holiday Specials If you need moreChilling Adventures of Sabrinain your life, Netflix has an early holiday present for you. ASabrinaChristmas episode will be streaming next month, along with a sleigh-full of holiday-based entertainment. TheSabrinaspecial, titledChilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter’s Tale, will focus around the Church of Night’s celebration of the Winter Solstice, which means you probably shouldn’t expect your traditional Christmas special....

How Michael Gandolfini Prepared To Play His Father’s Iconic Character In The ‘Sopranos’ Prequel Movie The Many Saints of Newarkwill bring viewers back to the world ofThe Sopranos, and bring back many of the groundbreaking show’s characters in the process. But sinceMany Saintsis a prequel, all of those familiar characters are being played by different, younger actors. And perhaps the most interesting cast member isMichael Gandolfini, son of the lateJames Gandolfini....

IKEA Now Making Their Own Television: The Uppleva As Apple fans patiently wait for their favorite company to make a long rumored television, another major corporation is stepping into the TV game and this one isn’t even known for electronics. It’sIKEA, the Swedish company best known for affordableeasy-to-assemblefurniture. They’ve just revealed theUppleva, an all-in-one smart TV that’s already part of the furniture. Combining an LED screen with built-in Blu-ray player, speakers, wireless subwoofer and fully customizable housing depending on where you plan on putting it, the Uppleva does a lot of things very right....

Marvel Announces All Female ‘Avengers’ Comic Marvel is really changing up the roster of one of its major teams, using the new Secret Wars event to create an all-female Avengers team calledA-Force. (Yeah, the name is pretty terrible.) The line-up will feature a roster of characters including She-Hulk, Dazzler, Medusa, and Nico Minoru, with at least one new cosmic hero called Singularity. This isn’t the first all-female team in Marvel’s history — far from it, in fact — but it is getting a mainstream promo push unlike anything Marvel has done with other teams in the past....