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‘The Mandalorian’ Delivers Its Best Episode Yet With “The Prisoner” Naturally, there arespoilershere.With nowhere left to turn, the Mandalorian looks up an old ally from his days working on a crew. This character, played by Mark Boone Junior, has a job for him: breaking onto a New Republic prison ship, breaking out a prisoner, and escaping. The Mando is sent with a crew that consists of an ex-Imperial sharp-shooter (Bill Burr), the Devaronian muscle (Clancy Brown), a droid (Richard Ayoade), and his old flame, a purple Twi’lek played by Natalia Tena....

‘The Matrix 4’ Gives ‘Aquaman’ Star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II The Red Pill Everyone was totally caught off guard when news of a new installment inThe Matrixfranchisewas announced back in August.Keanu ReevesandCarrie-Anne Mossare reprising their roles as Neo and Trinity for the sequel, but onlyLana Wachowskiis said to be coming back to direct, with Lily Wachowski seemingly sitting this one out. But along with familiar faces returning inThe Matrix 4cast, there will be some new ones in the mix too, and one of them isAquamanvillainYahya Abdul-Mateen II....

‘Trial 4’ Trailer: Netflix Tackles Police Corruption In Docuseries About A Wrongfully Convicted Man Netflix’s latest true crime docuseries tackles an upsettingly relevant topic and a distressingly urgent deadline.Trial 4is an upcoming eight-part documentary series that tells the story ofSean K. Ellis, who has spent 22 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted at age 19 of the 1993 murder of Boston police detective John Mulligan. Three trials later — two with hung juries and one that got him freed from jail on bail in 2015 — Ellis is facing a fourth trial that will decide whether he will be put back behind bars....

Bill Skarsgard Cast As Iconic Pennywise The Clown In Stephen King’s ‘It’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Warner Bros has been trying to remakeStephen King’sItfor over seven years now. Last year,MamadirectorAndrés MuschiettireplacedCary Fukunaga, who had left over creative differences with the studio. And now it seems like the adaptation/remake is actually happening as casting is being locked down as we speak. Find out who will play Pennywise the Clown and more, after the jump....

Bond Watch: ‘Bond 25’ Screenplay Being Worked On By ‘Trainspotting’ Writer Danny Boylemay be the frontrunner to helmBond 25, and if he takes the gig, it could reunite him withTrainspottingscreenwriterJohn Hodge. More on theBond 25screenplay below. Bond Watch! It’s been less than 24 hours since word broke thatDanny Boylewas the frontrunner to direct the nextJames Bondfilm. Now, here’s an update: not only is Boyle the likely frontrunner, but the job might reunite him with screenwriter John Hodge....

Comic-Con 2012 Sunday: Drew Struzan, ‘Doctor Who,’ ‘Sons Of Anarchy,’ ‘Supernatural’ After anincredibly busy SaturdayatSan Diego Comic-Con 2012, Sunday is a breeze. There are no major movie panels, but there are some huge TV show events in Hall H and plenty of behind the scenes panels to ease you out of one year and start to get ready for 2013. After the jump, check out a few of Sunday’s highlights includingDoctor Who, Sons of Anarchyandthe documentaryDrew: The Man Behind the Poster....

Confirmed: Tim Burton In Talks To Direct The ‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel [Updated] Update from Editor Peter Sciretta:The Wraphas confirmed thatTim BurtonIS in talks to directMichael Keatonin Beetlejuice 2. The Geffen Company will produce the sequel withSeth Grahame-Smith. So while its confirmed Burton’s in talks, its not a done deal. Original story follows below. We’ve hoped from the start thatTim Burtonwould be involved with theBeetlejuicesequel in one way or another, and now it seems he may be even more involved than we had originally anticipated....

Director Options For ‘Tales From The Gangster Squad’: Ruben Fleischer, Scott Cooper, Jose Padilha The question to ask about the Warner Bros. filmTales From the Gangster Squadmight not be ‘who will direct,’ but ‘why didn’t all these other guys want to direct?’ There has been a lot of talk about possible directors, includingBen AffleckandDarren Aronofsky, but the WB film keeps looking for someone to sign on. The two new choices areRuben Fleischer(Zombieland) andJose Padilha(Elite Squad), withScott Cooper(Crazy Heart) still hanging on....

Early ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Designs Reveal A “Perpetually Surprised” Star-Lord If we were to rank all of the major Hollywood filmmakers based on how good they are with social media,Guardians of the GalaxydirectorJames Gunnwould rank somewhere near the top. Whether he’sinteracting with fansorshooting down rumors, Gunn uses Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram better than just about anyone who is making massively expensive blockbuster movies. From time to time, he also shares behind-the-scenes photos and anecdotes from set....

Enchanted Will Finally Be Available To Stream On Disney+ That’s How You Know! Though many assumed that the launch of Disney+ meant thateverytitle under the studio’s vast umbrella would immediately be made available for streaming, several pre-existing deals made years beforehand made that dream impossible. Among the many casualties of these pesky copyright situations was “Enchanted,” the Disney princess musical starring Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon, Patrick Dempsey, and James Marsden.We here at /Film haven’t exactly been shyabout recommending that 2007 musical/comedy or questioning why it has never been made available for streaming on Disney+ … until now, that is....

Gary Busey’s Explanation Of What Predator 2 Is About Is As Ridiculous As You’d Expect John McTiernan’s 1987 sci-fi actioner “Predator” is a clever, satirical, gloriously ultraviolent takedown of military-inflected supra-masculinity. The film is populated by sweaty, muscular, weapon-fetishizing soldier types who finally encounter something they cannot merely blast out of the trees: a strong, towering, laser-armed alien game hunter who picks off humans for sport. Ultimately the film’sFinal Girl(Arnold Schwarzenegger) manages to best the beast, but that’s not before the creature kills and/or skins all of his compatriots....

Guillermo Del Toro To Produce ‘The Secret Garden’ By ‘Beasts Of The Southern Wild’ Writer Lucy Alibar Pretty much everyone involved with screenwriterLucy Alibar’s first film,Beasts of the Southern Wild, was a virtual or total unknown. That won’t be the case for her next project, however. Alibar is set to team withGuillermo del ToroonThe Secret Garden, Universal’s adaptation of the classicFrances Hodgson Burnettnovel. While the pair are coming from different levels of the Hollywood hierarchy, they should make for a good match....

HBO’s Rome To Be Resurrected As A Film? Fans of HBO’s historical epic seriesRomemay soon have a reason to give their DVDs a rest. It seems that creator Bruno Heller is interested in revisiting the series as a theatrical film. Heller, who is currently helmingThe Mentaliston CBS, told THR earlier today that he’d love to wrap up the storyline that was cut short due to the show’s cancellation. Despite getting decent ratings and several awards, the show was cancelled in the middle of its second season of production....