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Details Revealed For Bryan Singer’s Failed ‘Star Trek’ TV Pitch A little while back,Star Trek: The Next Generationactor and director Jonathan Frakes revealed that directorBryan Singer(X-Men) once had a pitch for a Star Trek television show that never came to fruition. Singer is a well-knownTrekfan, and thanks to some string-pulling byX-MenandStar Trekstar Patrick Stewart, has even appeared in an uncredited role onStar Trek: Nemesis. Recently, more details have come to light about Singer’s failedStar Trekproposal....

Force Awakens Bits: What We’ve Learned From The Books, Fans Are Waiting 12 Days In Line, BB-8 Poster And Much More Another day, another post filled withStar Wars: The Force Awakensgoodness. In today’s edition: All this and more. Hit the jump to hyperspace! BB-8 Character Poster Disney hasreleaseda newStar Wars: The Force Awakenscharacter poster featuring BB-8. What We’ve Learned About The Force Awakens From the Books Vulturehas an awesome in-depth article about what we’ve learned aboutStar Wars: The Force Awakensfrom the bevy of new books (all considered canon) that have been released so far....

FXX Pays $750 Million For Syndication And VOD Rights To ‘The Simpsons’ Gone are the days of being able to watchThe Simpsonsin syndication every single evening. The show has been on the air for so long (25 seasons) that many of the original syndications deals have sputtered out. Cable TV companies saw that as an opening and, in recent months, a bidding war began for the rights to air the classic cartoon....

George Clooney Heads To ‘The Tender Bar’ For New Directing Gig At Amazon George Clooneyhas found his next directing gig. The acclaimed actor/director/producer is in talks to direct and produce a film adaptation of author J.R. Moehringer’s coming-of-age memoirThe Tender Barfor Amazon Studios, which would mark his first directing collaboration with that company. Get the details about the story below. Deadline reports that Clooney is in negotiations to directThe Tender Bar, which has a script written byThe Departed’sWilliam Monahan....

Guys And Dolls: Guy Ritchie Version Is (Surprise!) BS; Hugh Jackman Could Remake Not too long ago a ridiculous rumor percolated up, sourced from British tabloidThe Sun:Guy Ritchiewants to make his own version ofGuys and Dolls. Not that anyone believes a damn thing The Sun creates as ‘news’, and with good reason. According to the paper, he’d been given the ‘green light’ to cast the film, and he had his eye on both Jason Statham and Justin Timberlake....

Interview: ‘Gotham’ Producer On Leaving Gotham City, Valerie Vale And Council Of Owls Gothamreturns for its third season tonight. What began as “Batman without Batman,” the story of Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie)’s rise to commissioner in the Gotham City Police Department, has embraced its comic book roots. Season two featured “Rise of the Villains” and “Wrath of the Villains.” The third season’s “Mad City” promises to see Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) prepare to suit up and introduce characters like Valerie Vale (Jamie Chung) and an aged up Poison Ivy (Maggie Geha), with the Council of Owls enacting their machinations throughout the season....

Is ‘Wonder Woman’ A Victory For All Women…or Just Some Of Them? (Welcome toThe Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, and opinionated about something that makes us very happy…or fills us with indescribable rage. In this edition: will the existence ofWonder Womancount as a victory for all female filmmakers and fans…or just some of them?) We’re less than a week away from one of the most important theatrical releases this year,Wonder Woman, and the excitement for it just shows the staggering level of dedication for the decades-old brand and the power of women audiences....

Jennifer Lawrence Cast As Mystique In X-Men: First Class X-Men: First Classhas an actress to play Mystique, and a very good one at that:Jennifer Lawrence, who is currently impressing the hell out of everyone who seesWinter’s Bone.Amber Heardwas previously said to be in talks for the role.THRsays Fox has been ‘furiously casting’ the movie, and in addition to announcing Lawrence, confirms thatNicholas Hoult,Alice Eve,Caleb Landry JonesandAaron Johnsonare all in the cast....

Joe Vs Carole Trailer: The Tiger King Story Gets The Limited Series Treatment Nearly two years after the world emerged from its “Tiger King”–watching fugue state, a fictionalized portrayal of the Joe Exotic/Carole Baskin feud is coming to Peacock in the form of a limited series. A new trailer digs into “Joe vs Carole,” showing off the series' fantastic cast and a story that seems poised to go deeper than the Netflix docuseries ever did....

Joel Edgerton Will Direct Russell Crowe And Nicole Kidman In ‘Boy Erased’ Two years after making his excellent directorial debut,The Gift, actorJoel Edgertonis getting back behind the camera forBoy Erased. His adaptation ofGarrard Conley’s memoir, “Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family,” will starLucas Hedges(Manchester by the Sea)as Conley, the son of a Christian Baptist Minister who was pressured to go to a gay conversion program. Below, learn more about the next Joel Edgerton film....

Lindsay Lohan’s Next Project Is ‘Inconceivable’ Lindsay Lohan’s planned comeback hasn’t gone quite as planned. Her 2012 Lifetime movieLiz & Dickgot laughs in all the wrong ways, while 2013’sThe Canyonsfailed to do even that. Hardly anyone noticed at all as it came and went from theaters. Nevertheless, she’s not giving up. Lohan’s next project is a psychological thriller calledInconceivable, as revealed at Sundance. And no, this isn’t just an actor talking up a pipe dream....

Minions: The Rise Of Gru: Release Date, Cast, And More Kids just can’t get enough of those adorable yellow henchmen known as Minions. In fact, they’re so popular that the “Despicable Me” franchise name has disappeared in favor of “Minions” branding. Even with a story that focuses on young Gru’s origin story as a young child who dreamed of being part of the super-villain group known as the Vicious 6, the movie has been dubbed “Minions: The Rise of Gru....

Movie Trailer: Catherine Hardwicke’s ‘Red Riding Hood’ Starring Amanda Seyfried Catherine Hardwickemay not have really been given the chance to play with werewolves in theTwilightseries, but she’s done the next best thing: she’s directedRed Riding Hood, in whichAmanda SeyfriedandGary Oldmanare inhabitants of a medieval village that is beset by a werewolf. Sadly, if predictably, the film looks to be going for tone and content that is very similar to Twilight. The first trailer just hit, and you’re able to see it after the break....