Cool Kids Casting - Anton Yelchin In The Beaver, Sarah Polley In Queen Kristina Okay,Sarah PolleyandAnton Yelchinare only kids in the sense that, heck, I’m an old man but I’ll stick by that ‘cool’ label. They’ve each just been cast in an interesting upcoming project – Yelchin in Jodie Foster’sThe Beaver, Polley in Mika Kaurismaki’sQueen Kristina. The screenplay forThe Beaveris absolutely fantastic and, I’m pretty convinced, going to make for a really great film that should easily outpace the rest of Ms....

Cool Stuff: New ‘Star Wars’ And ‘The Mandalorian’ Hot Toys And Sideshow Collectibles Items Revealed Star Wars Daymight be getting more expensive than Christmas. Whenever May the 4th rolls around, you can always expect to open up your bank account for some newStar Warsmerchandise, and today is no different thanks to a batch of new collectibles unveiled by the quality creators at Hot Toys and Sideshow Collectibles. Hot Toys has unveiled a trio of new figures (including a gnarly steed) inspired by the live-actionStar WarsseriesThe Mandalorian, as well as the animated seriesThe Bad Batch....

Could Channing Tatum Direct ‘Gambit’? IfChanning Tatumplays his cards right, he could add “director” to his long and colorful resume. But that’s if luck is a lady toGambit, the long-gestating 20th Century Fox superhero movie that has seen a revolving door of directors while Tatum grew out his hair to no avail. With Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox ongoing, it seemed likeGambitwas out for the count. But a new report about Tatum’s departure from his longtime talent agency suggests thatGambitmay see action after all....

Deep Water Review: A Return To Thrilling, Trashy Erotica “Deep Water” is a genuine instance where the old adage “They don’t make ‘em like they used to” applies all too well. Based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith, best known for her stories about the sociopathic Tom Ripley, “Deep Water” is a blend of internal character study and trashy erotica that hasn’t been a common type of adult drama since the mid-1990s....

Devotion Trailer: Jonathan Majors And Glen Powell Are Navy Pilots In The Korean War We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Sony Pictures has released a new trailer for the upcoming film “Devotion.” It’s based on the bestselling non-fiction book “Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice” by Adam Makos, and is directed by J.D. Dillard. In the trailer, we meet two pilots; Jesse Brown played by Jonathan Majors (“Loki”), and Tom Hudner, played by Glen Powell (“Top Gun: Maverick”), fighting in the Korean War....

First Plot Details Revealed For Delayed ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean 5’ Though 2010’sPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tideswas a billion dollar global blockbuster, critics hated it. It sits at a rotten 33% on Rotten Tomatoes. Might the producers think “if the movie was adored, maybe we could have made more”? That possibility was certainlypart of Tuesday’s news thatPirates of the Caribbean 5, originally scheduled for a July 2015 release date, has been delayed....

Friday Box Office: Game Plan To Edge Kingdom; Lee’s Lust, Caution Huge! A “Disney-fied” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has beaten Universal’s big budget Middle East-set action-thriller The Kingdom for a weekend box office win.The Game Plan (Buena Vista) generated $5.7M on its opening day, and the family movie will likely score an estimated $19.38M after kids flood America’s multiplexes on Saturday and Sunday. Meanwhile, the Peter Berg-directed The Kingdom won’t get any “kiddie bounce,” and it will finish with a softer $16....

Greta Gerwig Writing And Directing ‘Lady Bird’ Greta Gerwig, who we just saw in thelatest trailerforMistress America, is prepping to tackle her first solo directorial gig. She previously co-directedNights and Weekends(with Joe Swanberg, back in 2008) and has co-written films including the Swanberg-directedHannah Takes the Stairs,Frances Ha, and the aforementionedMistress America. So we’re excited to see her take the directorial chair onLady Bird, her own solo film. And with that primary duty hers, this will be a project for which Gerwig finds someone else to star....

Guillermo Del Toro To Produce Video Game Trilogy Called ‘inSANE’ WheneverGuillermo del Torohas done interviews in the past few months, he’s talked about learning and becoming well-versed in all the different entertainment mediums. In particular, he’s pointed to video games as a place where story telling has great potential but he’s never gotten more specific than that. We now know what del Toro has been talking about. The director behindPan’s Labyrinth, Hellboyandthe upcomingAt the Mountains of Madnesshas partnered with THQ to produce a potential trilogy of video games calledinSANEwhich he describes as “Lovecraftian horror adventure” with a “pulp narrative and creatures with tentacles....

Hack/Slash To Become An ‘Illustrated Film’ While The Live-Action Version Is Stuck In Development When is a motion comic not a motion comic? When it is an ‘illustrated film.’ I’ll leave it to you, our readers, to ponder the difference between those terms while you think about the upcoming illustrated film version of the comicHack/Slash. A film based on the comic has been slowly working through development for a couple years, and we haven’t heard much about it sinceStephen Suscowas hired to write a new draftalmost a year ago....

Holding On To My Butt, 25 Years Later: ‘Jurassic Park’ Revisited (Welcome toNostalgia Bomb, a series where we take a look back on beloved childhood favorites and discern whether or not they’re actually any good. In this edition: Steven Spielberg’sJurassic Parkis 25 this year, so let’s make sure we’re not crazy about still loving this one.)The great film truant Ferris Bueller once said, “Life comes at you pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it....

Jared Leto In Talks For ‘Bloodshot’ Comic Book Adaptation Jared Letohas the lead role in Sony’s adaptation of the Valiant comic book seriesBloodshotin his sights. TheSuicide Squadactor can’t seem to get enough of comic book roles, looking to follow up his role as the DC Extended Universe’s Joker with Bloodshot, the vengeful former soldier who gains superhuman strength and healing powers. According toDeadline, Leto is in talks to star in Sony’sBloodshot, the first big screen adaptation of the Valiant comic book character created by Kevin Van Hook, Don Perlin, and Bob Layton in 1992....

Jason Statham Teases His Expendibles 4 Showdown With The Raid Star Iko Uwais “Expendables” come and go, but Jason Statham always remains. In"The Expendables 4,“he’s squaring off against martial arts star Iko Uwais, the star of “The Raid,” “The Raid 2,” and “The Night Comes for Us,” among other bloody actioners. Statham took to Instagram to share an image from the upcoming sequel, where he’ll also be joined byreturning co-starsSylvester Stallone, Dolph Lungdren, Randy Couture, and some new faces....