Paul Rudd Joins Final Season Of ‘Parks and Rec,’ Stallone Announces a ‘Rambo 5,’‘Kickboxer’ Remake Stiffs Its Crew, Disney Crosses $4 Bil Mark

Chris Pratt Won’t Be the Only Movie Star On the Final Season Of ‘Parks and Rec’

Paul Rudd will return to the show and reprise his role as candy fortune heir, and total idiot, Bobby Newport in two episodes during the show’s final season. The first of 13 episodes premieres January 13th. (ITV)

Yes, Virginia, There Will Be a ‘Rambo 5’

Sylvester Stallone confirms that he will be making Last Blood: Rambo after he finishes shooting Creed, with Michael B. Jordan and director Ryan Coogler, though he didn’t say exactly when. (COL)

‘Kickboxer’ Remake Not Exactly Knocking Out Payments To Its Crew

The movie, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme in a remake of the movie that put him on the map, has still not paid about 150 union crew members, even though filming wrapped in New Orleans several weeks ago. (VAR)

Disney Crosses the $4 Billion Mark For the Second Year In a Row

It’s the third consecutive and fourth year overall that Disney has surpassed $1.5bn in North America and the fifth consecutive year for a $2 billion-plus international result, which was set in record time in 2014 on August 4th. (SD)

A Moment Of Quiet Repose For the Retiring Nikki Rocco

The Universal Pictures head of distribution will retire tomorrow, bringing to an end her legendary 47-year career with the studio, which began when she was 17. The final 19 of those years were in her current position. She rallied Universal past the $1 billion mark nine times. (DH)

Emily Blunt Is Not Necessarily Playing ‘Captain Marvel’ For Marvel, But They Do Like Her a Lot

The actress reveals that the studio has previously offered her two roles, both Black Widow and Peggy Carter, but “it just didn't work out scheduling-wise with those two.” She says that there is nothing official about any other roles she might play for the company. (GR)

Paul Feig Has Some Things To Say About That Female-Led ‘Ghostbusters’ Reboot

The director says he wants to embrace the “horror” part of the horror/comedy hybrid, as well as the “ghost” part of the title. He says that he and co-writer Katie Dippold “don’t want to hold back.” (MF)

After Some Initial Confusion, Ryan Gosling’s Directorial Debut Will Actually Play In Theaters

Lost River, which the actor also wrote, received mostly negative reviews when it debuted at Cannes in May, and will instead get a release on home entertainment platforms in April. (TOH)

Speaking Of On Demand Viewing, It’s Time For ‘The Year In VOD Numbers’

The number are incomplete, to be sure, but do give a good notion of the winners and losers of pay-per-view home entertainment in 2014. Among the big successes were Snowpiercer, The One I Love, and, of course, The Interview. (IW)

Podcast Buzz: Fans Of ‘Serial’ Will Be Interested In This Interview With Jay Wilds

The man who says he helped Adnan Syed cover up the murder of Hae Min Lee in 1999 finally breaks his silence for an interview that raises more questions than it answers. (TI)