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The duo who directed
Captain America: The Winter Soldier and are preparing to shoot
Captain America: Civil War are on board to take over for Joss Whedon, who helmed
The Avengers and the upcoming sequel,
Avengers: Age of Ultron. The two-part movie will be released in 2018 and 2019, and will apparently be written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who wrote those same two Captain America movies.
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Studio is dismantling its microbudget film branch, reducing it from a separate division although it intends to keep the name for use as a label on future genre pictures. Amy Powell, who was hired as president of Insurge Pictures when it launched in 2010, will focus on her TV and digital responsibilities as president of Paramount TV and Digital Entertainment.
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Sarah Johnson, daughter of billionaire Charles B. Johnson, is one of its major backers and is now suing the company, alleging fraud and mismanagement of a $25 million investment. It’s the fourth suit involving Worldview that has been filed since last summer, when founder Christopher Woodrow was ousted. The company has largely ceased operating.
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Former BBC drama controller Ben Stephenson is finalizing his long-rumored move to Hollywood to run J.J. Abrams’ production company. Kathy Lingg, who had been overseeing TV development for Bad Robot, is expected to segue to a producing pod deal with the company. Abrams’ long-time partner and collaborator at Bad Robot, Bryan Burk, is staying put though he may focus on feature projects going forward.
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Corin Hardy is directing the reboot of the film franchise, the first film of which starred the late Brandon Lee, who was killed in an accident during shooting. Story is based on the 1980s comic book that tells the tale of a musician murdered by criminals who is brought back from the land of the dead by a mysterious, mystical crow to get revenge against those who wronged him and his fiancée.
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Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata has thrown doubt on talk of the
Zelda TV show, saying it was all based on wrong info, saying in an interview, “As of now, I have nothing new to share with you in regard to the use of our IPs for any TV shows or films, but I can at least confirm that the article in question is not based on correct information.” This implies the Netflix show might not be a go, after all.
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The 62-year-old actor, who recently said he’d stop making action films when he turns 65 in June of 2017, has signed on for
Narco Sub, with
Game Of Thrones director Brian Kirk on to direct. Story follows Neeson’s disgraced American Naval officer when a notorious Ecuadorian drug lord forces him to navigate a submarine full of cocaine past the U.S. Coast Guard. Ricky Scott and Simon Kinberg are producing.
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During a shareholder meeting last week, CEO Bob Iger revealed that the company's on screen smoking ban was now being extended to every shingle under their umbrella — Lucasfilm, Marvel, and Pixar. Meanwhile, the announced title of the new Tom Cruise movie,
Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation has led Disney and Paramount to make a deal, wherein the
Star Wars standalone movie
Rogue One will not be marketed until 2016.
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The
Nashville star, who was in the first season of Murphy’s
American Horror Story, will play Faye Resnick in the Emmy-winning creator’s take on the O.J. Simpson trial. The 10-episode miniseries, based on Jeffrey Toobin's book,
The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson, will follow the real-life 1995 murder trial of Simpson. Britton joins Cuba Gooding Jr., Sarah Paulson and David Schwimmer.
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On the 30th anniversary of the film’s release comes this Blu-ray release, with stars of the film Judd Nelson and Anthony Michael Hall discussing the film with DVD feature producer Jason Hillhouse.
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