Soderbergh To Direct “Liberace” Biopic, Michael Douglas To Play Lead Steven Soderbergh’s career has always been incredibly diverse, ranging from the audaciousSex, Lies, and Videotapeto the fluffyOcean’strilogy. Now comes word from Variety that Soderbergh is helming a biopic based on pianist Liberace’s life, a film still in early stages of development. Soderbergh wants Michael Douglas for the lead role, while Matt Damon is in discussions to play Scott Thorson, who claimed to be Liberace’s live-in boyfriend and sued him for $113 million in palimony....

Steven Spielberg’s Pentagon Papers Movie Has A Ridiculously Talented Cast Sometimes directorSteven Spielbergcan toil away for years trying to find the perfect combination of elements to tell a story, and other times he’s able to fast-track the entire process from idea to finished product in less than a year. He’s doing the latter with a new film calledThe Papers(formerly known asThe Post): hesigned on in Marchand the movie comes out this December....

Summit And Lorenzo Di Bonaventura To Adapt Homelanders We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Summit Entertainment andTransformers/GI JoeproducerLorenzo Di Bonaventuraare in talks to acquire the feature film rights toAndrew Klavan’s young-adult book seriesHomelanders. THR, who broke the story, describes the series as being in the tone of “The Bourne Identity crossed with Disturbia.” The novel begins with a high school student who wakes up to find himself tied to a chair....

Superhero Bits: ‘Cloak & Dagger’ Heads To ‘Spider-Man’ Animated Series, ‘Teen Titans Go! Vs Teen Titans’ Clip & More Why areCloak & Daggercoming to theSpider-Mananimated series on Disney XD? Which two characters are having a surprising meeting inCrisis on Infinite Earths? DidScott Derricksonhint atScarlet Witchmeeting up withDoctor Strangea long time ago? How didAdam Savagecraft the perfectGuardians of the Galaxycosplay? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Emmy Magazine put a special spotlight on The CW’s upcoming DC Comics seriesBatwomanstarringRuby Rose....

Superhero Bits: Avengers 4 Theory Debunked, Wonder Woman 2 Announcement Soon & More Want to take a look behind the scenes of the making ofSpider-Man PS4? Is Warner Bros. going to announceWonder Woman 2at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend? IsTony Starkthe real villain ofSpider-Man: Homecoming? Is there any chanceAvengers 4is a soft reboot of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? CouldEnchantressbe brought back forSuicide Squad 2? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Justice League, Dark Knight Rises, Amazing Spider-Man, Dredd, The Riddler Is there a way you can try and seeThe RiddlerinChristopher Nolan’sBatmanuniverse? What doesMark Millarhave to say about the newly scriptedJustice Leaguemovie? Want to see a new TV spot fromThe Dark Knight Risesand a new clip fromThe Amazing Spider-Man? Where can you go to get someDark Knight Rises spoilers? Is it possible to buy prop replicas fromBatman: Arkham City? What does the pre-viz fromDreddlook like?...

Superhero Bits: Shi’ar Empire In X-Men, Infinity War In Wakanda, Dr. Poison’s Mask & More What was the hardest scene to score inWonder Woman? WhichX-Men: Dark Phoenixcast member is no longer able to be in the movie, and will theShi-ar Empirebe in the movie? WillAvengers: Infinity Wartake us to Wakanda? Which comic book movie is the most tweeted about movie of 2017? Who toldMichael Keatonto his face that he prefersSpider-MantoBatman? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Stan Lee Lashes Out At Press, Hawkeye Cropped From Infinity War Promo & More Why wasHawkeyecropped out of a shot fromThe Avengersin a newInfinity Warpromo? So who ended up becomingThe Jokeron last night’sGotham? IsStan Leereally going to sue the outlets reporting on alleged elder abuse of him? Need to be convinced thatZachary Levireally is buff as hell forShazam? What doesTitansstarAnna Diophave to say about negative reactions to leaked set photos?...

Tarantino Will Make Another Film Before Kill Bill 3; Perhaps A Western Or Gangster Picture Last weekwe heardthatQuentin Tarantinowould make another installment in hisKill Billseries (which would seem to necessitate a stretch in what the title means, since Bill is dead) but that will likely be a few years down the road. Which, being this being Tarantino, could mean it won’t happen at all. But while doing a press conference forInglourious Basterdsat the Morelia Film Festival the filmmaker said he’d do a film between now andKill Bill 3....

The Book Of Boba Fett Comes To A Dizzying Conclusion This will contain majorspoilersfor the final episode of “The Book of Boba Fett.” “The Book of Boba Fett” came to an end today with its seventh episode, “In the Name of Honor,” directed by Robert Rodriguez. The last six episodes of the show have put all of the pieces on the table to bring us a conclusion that ties up virtually all the loose ends introduced on this show....

The Daily Stream: Critters Is Still A Lean, Mean Entertainment Machine (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you may stream it.) The Movie:“Critters” Where You Can Stream It:HBO Max The Pitch:If you want a fun horror tale about tiny furballs with razor sharp teeth then “Critters” is the movie for you. They’re meaner than “Gremlins,” funnier than “Ghoulies,” and weirder than any of those little “Puppet Master” dudes....

The Daily Stream: Hannibal Puts A Terrifying Twist On Procedural TV (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you may stream it.) The Series:“Hannibal” Where You Can Stream It:Hulu The Pitch:Before he battled wits with Clarice Starling and helped take down Buffalo Bill in “Silence of the Lambs,” Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) was a renowned psychiatrist and FBI consultant....

This Week In Trailers: Father’s Day, The Trip, Life 2.0, Monster Brawl, Point Blank, You’ve Been Trumped Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...