‘Midnight Rider’ Filmmakers Fight Train Company Charge, CBS and Dish Again Extend Deadline, HBO Docs Looks At Scientology, ‘Blade Runner 2′ a Go In 2015

The Civil Case Settled, ‘Midnight Rider’ Director and Producer Try To Dimiss Train Company’s Trespass Charge

Randall Miller and Jodi Savin are asking a Georgia court to dismiss them and their business entities from a cross-claim by CSX, whose remaining involvement in the ongoing civil suit filed by Jones’ family has kept the filmmakers tethered to the wrongful death case. (DH)

CBS and Dish Network Extend Their Talks Yet Again, So You Won’t Lose ‘Big Bang Theory’ Over Thanksgiving

The Eye and the satellite service had faced a Nov. 20 expiration of their previous deal that covered retransmission consent rights. As the clock ticked down last week, the sides agreed to a five-day extension to keep the lights on as talks inched along. (VAR)

HBO and Alex Gibney Are Taking On Scientology In New Doc

The director of The Armstrong Lie is teaming with the cabler to adapt Lawrence Wright's non-fiction look at the organization, “Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief,” which will air some time in 2015. (TOH)

‘Blade Runner 2’ Appears To Finally Be Moving Forward, but Ridley Scott Won’t Direct It

According to Scott, he will stay on as a producer, and Harrison Ford will make an appearance “in act three” of the story. The movie looks like it will finally go in front of the cameras in the second half of 2015. (TP)

Regina King Has Booked Herself the Lead Role In a New FX Pilot

The Southland actress will star opposite Bill Burr in Pariah, from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia writer/producers John Chernin and Dave Chernin. (SAA)

More Details Are Emerging For ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ and Now Frank Grillo Is Behind the Latest

One of the stars of The Winter Soldier reveals that Marvel has called him up and told him that his character, a villain known as Crossbones, will indeed be a part of the third movie in the franchise, due in theaters May 5, 2016. (EW)

Speaking Of Comic Book Movies, Guillermo Del Toro Has Turned In His ‘Justice League Dark’ Script

The Pacific Rim filmmaker, currently in postproduction on Crimson Peak, handed it in to Warner Bros. execs. Del Toro is attached to direct the project, but is scheduled to make his Pacific Rim sequel first, for a 2017 release. (SF)

Trailer Buzz: ‘Cake’

The first look at a decidedly un-glammed Jennifer Aniston in the drama that was a big hit at Toronto and launched the Friends star into the Oscar race. The film will get a limited qualifying run in December before a wider January launch. (IW)

A Couple Short Weeks Before the Final ‘Hobbit’ Film, Take a Digital Tour Of Middle Earth

Over the course of six movies, countless lands have been explored, many epic journeys have been undertaken and bloody battles have been fought — and won. (FCC)

Screenwriters: ‘Get Him To the Greek’

The 123-page first revision draft by Nicholas Stoller, based on a character created by Jason Segel. (DS)