Paul Thomas Anderson May Have Financing For ‘Inherent Vice’ And ‘The Master’ This article could have an alternate title: Megan Ellison, movie savior. Allow me to explain. Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, has two children with movie business aspirations. David Ellison appeared inFlyboys, was trying to get that Taylor Lautner movieNorthern Lightsmade, and heput up some of the moneyfor Paramount films likeTrue GritandMission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. His 25-year old sister Megan is following in his footsteps, and is also listed as an exec producer onTrue Grit....

Producer David Heyman Discusses ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’ Theteaser trailerforFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themwas slightly underwhelming, but it did its job informing audiences they’ll soon have the opportunity to return authorJ.K. Rowling’s wizarding world. The first chapter in the planned trilogy opens in theaters in less than a year, but according to producerDavid Heyman, they’re approaching these movies one picture at a time. After the jump, David Heyman discussesFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themand a potential adaptation ofThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time....

Quentin Tarantino Already Has Ennio Morricone Scoring His Next Movie, Whatever It May Be We don’t know yet whatQuentin Tarantino’s next movie will be, but we now have some idea of what it might sound like. ComposerEnnio Morricone, who previously worked with Tarantino onDjango UnchainedandThe Hateful Eight, has revealed that he’s planning to reunite with Tarantino for a future project. Though it’s not clear if even Morricone knows what that is at this point....

Rick Moranis Returning For ‘Honey, I Shrunk The Kids’ Sequel Starring Josh Gad In what has the potential to be the most exciting news of the week, the mostly retiredRick Moranishas been confirmed to reprise his role as inventor Wayne Szalinski inShrunk, the forthcoming legacy sequel toHoney, I Shrunk the Kids. Deadlinehas confirmed news of Rick Moranis returning forHoney, I Shrunk the KidssequelShrunk, whichwe exclusively revealedwas in the works back in May of last year....

Road To Endgame: ‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Breaks From The Marvel Formula, But Does It Matter To The Larger MCU? (Welcome toRoad to Endgame, where we revisit the first 22 movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ask, “How did we get here?” In this edition: Ant-Man and the Waspis an easy, breezy, meaningless entry.)As the Marvel Cinematic Universe increases in bombast, it needs the occasional palette-cleanser. The bloatedAvengers: Age of Ultronwas followed byAnt-Man, a heist film in the vein of a studio comedy....

Sam Mendes Teaming With Christopher Hampton For Netherland This story reminds me of something funny I sawSam Mendessay on TV once, but we’ll have to build up to that, I’m afraid. It seems that Sam Mendes has recruited screenwriter, and sometime director,Christopher Hamptonto adapt Joseph O’Neill’sNetherlandinto a script for him. The rights to the novel are held by Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo films and they have spent much of this year pursuing Mendes for the director’s chair and then helping him set the project up....

Sequel Bits: ‘Fast 7’, ‘Mission: Impossible 5’, ‘The Wolverine 2’, ‘Beetlejuice 2’ Today’s action-packed Sequel Bits contains news about spies, martial artists, giant alien robots, tortured mutants, and so much more. After the jump: As such, there’s still no word on whether directorMichael Baycould return. Although the filmmaker previously stated thatTransformers: Dark of the Moonwould be his last for the franchise, Moore explained that they got him back forAge of Extinctionby giving him new challenges: the launch of a whole new storyline, plus the opportunity to shoot in China....

Sequel Bits: ‘Frozen 2,’ ‘Kingsman 2,’ ‘Space Jam 2,’ ‘Jarhead 3’ In today’s edition of Sequel Bits: Collidersat down with Kristen Bell to talk about her upcoming comedyThe Boss, but their conversation eventually shifted toward the sequel toFrozen. Although this has been an awfully quiet production, Belle revealed that the script was just about ready and that she was going to to reprise her role as Princess Anna very soon:...

Spider-Man: No Way Home Promo Breaks Down The Big Smashy Green Goblin Fight The Marvel Cinematic Universe loves a good hallway fight. All ofthe Defenders’shows had their own version of it, but the one in the first season of"Daredevil"definitely stands out as one of the best. However,“Spider-Man: No Way Home"comes along and doesn’t just have a fight in one hallway. No, the friendly neighborhood web-slinger and his multiversal mayhem spilled out into all the hallways of Happy Hogan’s condo building....

Star Trek Bits: IMAX Limited Edition Poster, New Clip, And Chance To Meet J.J. Abrams Have you noticed that most of the late night IMAX screenings for the past year or so have been giving out limited edition posters? That tradition will continue, and expand, will the release ofJ.J. Abrams’Star Trek Into Darkness. IMAX is launching a new program calledIMAX FanFix, which teams up with talented artists and curators to give fans high-quality, limited edition art....

Star Wars Bits: William Shatner Calls J.J. Abrams “A Pig,” Plus: Simon Pegg, Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Rian Johnson, Jane Espenson In this edition, everyone has an opinion onEpisode VII. After the jump: Unsurprisingly, his response is far from definitive. “Well, there’s no script yet,” he said. “I’ve spoken to him and congratulated him, but it’s not written so there’s no casting or anything. That just hasn’t come up.” Pegg also riffed on the similarity of the franchise names....

Superhero Bits: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Roundtable Interview, ‘Captain Marvel’ Rumor Debunked & More Want to watch a couple extensive interviews from theAvengers: Endgamepress tour? Did you believe that rumor aboutCaptain Marvel’s score having trouble behind the scenes? What comic arc do the writers ofAvengers: Endgamewant to tackle next? When willBlack Widowstart filming? How long was the original cut ofAvengers: Endgame? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Here’s your look at the exclusive@EWcovers for Marvel Studios'#AvengersEndgame....

Superhero Bits: Ant-Man 3 Gets A New Logo, Ruby Rose Batwoman Drama Continues & More (Superhero Bitsis a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” logo revealed....