Exec Shuffle For 12/05/14, Dueling Robin Hood Projects Emerge, Mike Colter Lands Luke Cage Role

Exec Shuffle For 12/05/14: Jasmine Madatian To DreamWorks, Kevan Turen To Phantom Four, and More

Universal Pictures, the MPAA, eOne, the E! network and Live Nation all make big moves, while Yahoo hires a seasoned pro to be its new TV critic. (SSN)

Is Robin Hood the New Potential Franchise For the Studios? Disney Seems To Think So

The Mouse House has acquired the Brandon Barker spec Nottingham & Hood, which follows Sony staking a claim to Sherwood Forest as it bought a pitch by Cory Goodman and Jeremy Lott earlier this fall for high price. (DH)

On the Heels Of Marvel and Netflix Announcing Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones Comes News Of a Luke Cage Casting

Mike Colter, best known for his work on The Good Wife and in the upcoming Halo: Nightfall, has nabbed the coveted role, and will not only appear in the upcoming Jessica Jones series, but also star in is own spinoff series. (SAA)

The ‘Wonder Woman’ Movie Is Closing In On Nabbing Itself a Writer

Jason Fuchs, who wrote the currently in post-production Pan for Warner Bros., is closing in on a deal to work with director Michelle MacLaren on the script for the upcoming superhero flick, to star Gal Gadot. (CBR)

Not To Tell You Something You Didn’t Already Know, But Now It’s Official: Cumberbatch Is Doctor Strange

After weeks of speculation, Marvel has confirmed that the actor — a probable Oscar nominee for his work in The Imitation Game — will star as the Sorcerer Supreme in its upcoming film, scheduled to hit theaters November 4th, 2016. (NSA)

Fox and Ryan Reynolds Are Closing a Deal For the Actor To Return as Deadpool

The film, a standalone for the popular comic character introduced on screen in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, is being directed by Tim Miller, from a script by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Film is tentatively scheduled for February 2016. (CB)

That ‘Walking Dead’ Spinoff Has Found Its Lead Actor

Cliff Curtis has been cast as the anchor of the show, which doesn’t yet have an official title, but is codenamed Cobalt, focuses on Curtis’ divorced teacher, a good man trying to do right as civilization crumbles around him. (EMP)

Trailer Buzz: ‘While We’re Young’

The first full-length trailer for the comedic drama from Noah Baumbach, starring Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts and Adam Driver, and in theaters March 27th, 2015. (TP)

A Brief and Entertaining Look At the 30 Most Important Sex Scenes In Movie History

Some of the scenes here are to be expected (like Don’t Look Now and Last Tango In Paris), but there are some fun surprises, as well. (VUL)

Screenwriters: ‘The Lion In Winter’

The 141-page second draft of the Oscar-winning screenplay by James Goldman. (DS)