‘48 Hours’ Remake Coming From ‘Good Time’ Directors The Safdie Brothers Walter Hill’s 1982 action comedy48 Hrs.is getting the remake treatment, and filmmaker brothersBennyandJosh Safdie– the directing duo behind this year’s critically-acclaimed indie thrillerGood Time– have the unenviable task of bringing the remake to life. The original film is considered a modern classic, with memorable performances from stars Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte, and that movie is partially responsible for popularizing the buddy cop genre as we know it today....

‘Aladdin’ Clip: Ready For A Magic Carpet Ride? Even though most Disney fans are probably much more excited about the prospect ofThe Lion Kingremake coming to theaters later this summer, one of the other studio’s remakes of an animated classic is arriving first. Aladdintakes the beloved 1992 animated fantasy romance and brings it into the live-action word with newcomerMena Massoudplaying the titular street urchin who wants nothing more than to marry the beautiful princess Jasmine (Naomi ScottofPower Rangers)....

‘Andor’ Casts ‘Chernobyl’ And ‘His Dark Materials’ Actor Robert Emms Andorhas added another cast member to its rogueish ensemble.ChernobylandHis Dark MaterialsactorRobert Emmshas joined theAndorcast, boarding the Disney+ spin-off series ofRogue Onethat is currently in production in the U.K. Deadline reports that Emms has been cast in a supporting role inAndor, though there were no further details available about his character. Emms is best known for his appearances in TV shows likeAtlantis,Happy Valley,Chernobyl,His DarkMaterials, andCleaning Up, though he’s also popped up in feature films likeWar Horse,Apostasy,andJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom....

‘Aquaman’ Gets A Spoonful Of Sugar From Julie Andrews WithMary Poppins Returnsheading to theaters next month, you might think that it’s a no-brainer that the original film’s starJulie Andrewswould be making some kind of appearance in the Disney sequel. However, the actresshas already confirmedshe didn’t want to take away from Emily Blunt inheriting the role of the magical nanny, so she’s not popping up inMary Poppins Returns. Instead, another major December release has been graced with the talents of Julie Andrews....

‘Backtrace’ Trailer: Sylvester Stallone Chases A Bank Robber With Amnesia Sylvester Stallonewill appear in the highly-anticipatedCreed IIthis month, and then next month, he’ll be seen the much-less-anticipatedBacktrace. This low-rent thriller finds Stallone playing a cop trying to solve a mystery surrounding a bank robbery gone wrong. The only suspect he has is a man with amnesia (played byMatthew Modine). Complicating matters is a doctor and a patient who want to exploit Modine to find his missing money....

‘Barry’ Trailer: Assassin Bill Hader Becomes An Actor Ever felt like you need a career change? So doesBarry, a low-rent assassin who finds a new calling: acting!Bill Haderstars in the upcoming HBO comedy series as a hitman-turned-actor, with a cast that includesHenry WinklerandStephen Root. Hader directs the series, which will arrive on HBO next year. The firstBarrytrailer gives us a very quick look at the series. FormerSaturday Night Liveco-star Bill Hader makes his directorial debut withBarry, a new HBO comedy series that Hader co-wrote withSeinfeldandSilicon ValleywriterAlec Berg....

‘Cloak And Dagger’ TV Series Coming To Freeform The Marvel Cinematic Universe had its big bang on the big screen in 2008, but over the past couple of years it’s been spreading out over the small screen as well — first withAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.andAgent Carteron ABC, then withDaredevilandJessica Joneson Netflix. Now it’s branching out into the world of basic cable, as Freeform (the channel formerly known as ABC Family) gives a straight-to-series order toMarvel’s Cloak and Dagger....

‘Coming To America’ Had One Cast Member Forced Into The Movie By Paramount Pictures Coming to Americais full of comedy heavy hitters and a handful of up-and-coming comedy stars. But one of the film’s supporting cast members wasn’t originally intended to be in the movie until Paramount Pictures forced them into it. Since nearly the entire cast ofComing to Americawas Black, the studio wanted a white actor with a somewhat prominent role in the movie....

‘Daddy’s Home 2’ Trailer: A Christmas Comedy At Maximum Volume The newDaddy’s Home 2trailer makes two things immediately clear. First, this is very much a holiday movie, a comedy that leans heavily into its Christmas iconography and looks to attract families who want to sit in silence and not talk to each other for a few hours. Second, this movie looks loud. Seriously. LikeTransformersloud. Everything in this trailer is pitched to 11 and I’m pretty sure it broke my old man ear drums....

‘Detective Pikachu’ Trailer: Ryan Reynolds Is A Lonely, Mystery-Solving Pokemon This is not a dream (or a drug-induced nightmare) –Detective Pikachuis a real movie. Somehow. For some reason. Twenty years ofPokemon’s world-wide domination and pop culture legacy, and the first live-action movie we get for the franchise is about a smart-talking Pikachu voiced byRyan Reynolds. Warner Bros. has released the firstDetective Pikachutrailer, and now we can no longer deny the reality....

‘Dune’ Director Denis Villeneuve Spent A Year Perfecting The Sandworm Design There has not yet been a truly successful adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi classicDune. Directors have tried and failed to bring Herbert’s dense sci-fi novel to the small and big screen, but ended up stumbling over the more audacious and weirder parts of his story. That is whyDenis Villeneuveis working hard to get every little detail right about the sandworms for his upcoming feature film adaptation....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Creators David Benioff And D.B. Weiss Will Make “Star Wars On Acid,” Emilia Clarke Says Game of Throneswill soon close out its buzzy, critically acclaimed eight-season run next year, putting an end to the zeitgeist that the HBO series creatorsDavid BenioffandD.B. Weissruled over for nearly a decade. But Benioff and Weiss will soon find themselves in the cockpit of yet another beloved franchise. LucasfilmannouncedtheGame of Thronescreators’Star Warsproject earlier this year, but details on their new series remain scarce....

‘Just Dance’ Is The Next Movie Adaptation To Try To Break The Video Game Curse Just Danceis becoming a movie. You heard that right: the Ubisoft dancing game first released in 2009 will be getting a movie adaptation from Screen Gems. Maybe this will be the one to break the video game adaptation curse.Deadlinereports that Screen Gems has acquired the motion-picture rights toJust Dancefollowing a competitive bidding situation with multiple studios....