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17 Directors Who Could (Or Should) Make ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ Yesterday,Star Wars: Episode 9lost its director.Colin Trevorrow and Lucasfilm parted ways, the latest in a series of behind-the-scenes upheavals surrounding the massively popular franchise. It’s not entirely clear what’s going on, but between this andthe firing of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from the Han Solo spin-offmovie, it seems that producer Kathleen Kennedy has a very different vision forStar Warsthan her collaborators....

Adam Schlesinger, Fountains Of Wayne Co-Founder And Songwriter For ‘That Thing You Do’ And ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,’ Dies Of Coronavirus Complications Adam Schlesinger, the co-founder of rock bandFountains of Wayneand the Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning songwriter ofThat Thing You DoandCrazy Ex-Girlfriend,has died from coronavirus-related complications. He was 52. Adam Schlesinger was hospitalized on Tuesday after contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19) amid the global pandemic. The musician, who in addition to being a Grammy-nominated bassist for the band behind “Stacy’s Mom” earned acclaim for his original music collaborations for film and TV, died Wednesday from complications related to the virus....

Arnold Schwarzenegger Netflix Spy Series Rounds Out Its Cast, Including Jay Baruchel And Gabriel Luna Netflix’s untitledspy seriesstarringArnold Schwarzeneggerofficially has a cast. The spy adventure series was ordered by the streaming service in May of 2021, but we haven’t heard too much since then. So the cast announcement is a big step forward for the project, which will be the first time Schwarzenegger has starred in a TV series. Skydance Television and “Jack Reacher” creator Nick Santora are behind the project, so its action pedigree sounds promising....

Cool Stuff: Bring Home A Life-Size Baby Blue Velociraptor Statue From ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Remember thelife-size hatching velociprator eggstatue fromJurassic Park? Well, now you’re able to pick up the next stage in growth of the speedy, intelligent dinosaur in the form of the best thing to come out the franchise revival withJurassic World. Both Prime 1 Studio and Chronicle Collectibles are releasing their own life-size statues of the baby velociraptor named Blue, seen in video form inJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom....

Denzel Washington Negotiating Antagonist Role In ‘Safe House’ Denzel Washingtoncan make a hell of a bad guy, and he’s now negotiating a new role where he’d play the antagonist — a lethal prisoner, in fact — in a buzzed-about script calledSafe House.David Guggenheim’s story was snagged by Universal in a bidding war, and hasSnabba CashdirectorDaniel Espinosaset to helm.Vulturereports that Washington is the negotiating for one of two roles in the film....

Every Day On The Revenant Set Was A Race Against Time Working on Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “The Revenant” was grueling, causing numerous crew members to quit.Leonardo DiCaprio, who would go on to win the Oscar for his rugged performance, confessed inThe Hollywood Reporter: “I can name 30 or 40 sequences that were some of the most difficult things I’ve ever had to do. Whether it’s going in and out of frozen rivers, or sleeping in animal carcasses, or what I ate on set....

First Look: Daniel Craig In ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’; More News Of Unpublished Fourth Novel In The Series Hot on the heels of the massive debut ofThe Social Network, directorDavid Fincheris already shooting another film. His new version ofThe Girl With the Dragon TattoostarsDaniel CraigandRooney Mara, and the first set photos of both actors have shown up online. The Daily Mailisn’t so good with news scoops, but the paper has been great of late with getting shots of studio productions that are shooting in the UK....

First Order Founder Rae Sloane Is The Antihero Future ‘Star Wars’ Projects Need To Explore (Welcome toA Different Point of View, a column where we explore the supporting characters of theStar Warsuniverse and discuss why they deserve more time in the spotlight.)With Star Wars Celebration — Chicago Edition officially over, fans around the world have seen their first look atStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerand how Rey’s (Daisy Ridley) story might play out....

For $20 Million, Liam Neeson Is Willing To Star In ‘Taken 3’ Shortly before the release ofTaken 2, starLiam Neesonsounded deeply skeptical about the prospect of aTaken 3. “I don’t think it’s going to happen,” heshrugged. “I can’t see a possible scenario where audiences wouldn’t go, ‘Oh, come on…! She’s taken again?'” But for an eight-figure salary, he’s apparently willing to keep an open mind. Neeson is in final negotiations to star in the nextTakenmovie, which is being scripted once again byLuc BessonandRobert Mark Kamen....

Hellbound: Release Date, Cast, And More Following the success of “Squid Game,” Netflix is ramping up their K-drama content on the streaming service. “Hellbound” is a South Korean original streaming series directed by Yeon Sang-ho, the director of the critically and fan-acclaimed horror film “Train to Busan.” Hellbound Release Date and Where to Watch It “Hellbound” premiered at the 2021 Toronto Film Festival in September, becoming the first Korean drama series to make it to the fest....

How The Fantastic Beasts Franchise Stumbled After many months of delays and a furor of controversy, the third film in the “Fantastic Beasts” series, “The Secrets of Dumbledore,” limped into theaters in North America. While the reviews were mildly kinder than those for its predecessor, “The Crimes of Grindelwald,” thebox office grosses have fallen hard. The film raked in $58 million from 22 overseas markets, according to box office data viaVariety, which is well below the $191 million international opening for the second movie....

Interview: ‘Legends Of Tomorrow’ Showrunner Phil Klemmer On Time Travel, DC Easter Eggs, And More Legends of Tomorrowis the latest show from DC Comics. They have a good track record withArrow,The FlashandSupergirl, and producersGreg BerlantiandAndrew Kreisbergremain involved.Phil Klemmeris the showrunner for this one, and /Film got to sit down with him after a panel for the Television Critics Association.Legendsunites Arrowverse characters Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh), Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), Leonard Snart (Wentworth Miller), Mick Rory (Dominic Purcell), Carter Hall (Falk Hentschel), Kendra Saunders (Ciara Renee), Martin Stein (Victor Garber) and Jefferson Jackson (Franz Drameh)....

J.J. Abrams And Daisy Ridley Reunite For ‘Kolma’, To Be Directed By Marielle Heller J.J. AbramsandDaisy Ridleyfirst joined forces to explore a certain galaxy far, far way, but now they’re looking to extend their relationship beyond theStar Warsuniverse. The pair are reuniting onKolma, a fantasy thriller to be produced by Abrams' Bad Robot. But Abrams isn’t directing this time around. Instead, that job will go toMarielle Heller, who broke out last year with the superb coming-of-age storyDiary of a Teenage Girl....