So here we go with “The Jungle Book,” as THR reports Disney has hired Justin Marks, who penned an early draft of the studio’s “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea” reboot, to write the script. Hooray! Listen, it’s just the bare, franchise necessities which is why this is happening, though since Rudyard Kipling‘s stories are in the public domain it means they have competition from Warner Bros. who have their own Mowgli feature brewing, penned by “Harry Potter” dude Steve Kloves.

Hmm. I’m not sure how much I care about this. Of course the headline caught my eye because I’ve only watched the…

CBS has extended its multi-year licensing agreement for its library content with Netflix. Under the revised deal, new titles such as L.A. Complex, 4400, and CSI: NYwill be available to Netflix subscribers. The agreement also includes several CBS series already on Netflix including Jericho, Medium, andFlashpoint, along with episodes from all generations of Star Trek as well as Twin Peaks.

Good news! The more content available on Netflix, the happier a camper I will be. I would really like to get all my content via Netflix and Hulu, I’m tired of these companies and providers that draf…

Responding to reports of a nascent boycott against the upcoming movie version of his beloved 1985 sci-fi novel Ender’s Game because of his stated opposition to same-sex marriage, author Orson Scott Card has released a statement exclusively to EW.

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Ender’s Game is set more than a century in the future and has nothing to do with political issues that did not exist when the book was written in 1984.

With the recent Supreme Court ruling, the gay marriage issue becomes moot. The Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution will, sooner or later, give legal force in every state to…

Despite admitting that he is a fan of the Star Trek universe, Blomkamp told Filmz that he is not interested in franchise filmmaking.

“I used to be a Star Trek: The Next Generation fan. Like, big time,” he explained. “But no, I probably wouldn’t do that.

“I don’t know if me getting involved with a franchise is the best thing for me. When studios smell franchises, they smell money. And they’ll try to do what they can to the franchise to make it make the most money it can make, and a lot of those interesting ideas kind of fall by the side of the road. 

“Do I like Star Trek on its own…

Disney’s The Lone Ranger has ended up in the box office stockades, with the studio and even producer Jerry Bruckheimer facing a substantial loss after the meek opening of the Johnny Depp-Armie Hammer Western in North America and in its first overseas markets.

Just as Lone Ranger began rolling out in theaters July 3, Cowen & Co. analyst Doug Creutz predicted a $100 million write-down for Disney. Now, box office experts and rival studio insiders tell The Hollywood Reporter that the loss could approach or even surpass $150 million based on final opening numbers, although they add that…

Russell Crowe has been receiving a lot of questions from his fans on Twitter asking him if he’d consider reprising his role of Jor-El from Man of Steel in a prequel and the actor says he’s game.

“A lot of you are asking about a KRYPTON prequel, if that’s something you feel strongly about let @Legendary pictures know your thoughts,” he said. He added, in response to someone, “Just getting sick of reading the same question mate, however, if it came up, i’d give the tights another go.”

Huh. Now that’s an interesting thought, although I find prequels to often be very challenging,…

Here’s one from last week I meant to post and never got around to.

Shortly before the release of Taken 2, star Liam Neeson sounded deeply skeptical about the prospect of a Taken 3. “I don’t think it’s going to happen,” he shrugged. “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 next Taken movie, which is being scripted once again by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen.

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For Taken 3, Deadline reports that…

Deadline reports that Julianne Moore is being lined up to star in the two-parter conclusion “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.” She would be taking the role of President Alma Coin, the head of District 13, who leads rebellion against the Capitol and factors very heavily in the lines of Katiness, Prim, Peeta and more. It’s a major role, and while the paycheck is probably nice, we’d have to imagine the fact that the script is being written by “Game Change” scribeDanny Strong (you’ll recall she played Sarah Palin in that film to great acclaim) is likely a nice incentive as well.

I honestly…

Jackson and his team are currently finishing the second film, The Desolation of Smaug, as well as the Extended Edition of An Unexpected Journey.

This is presumably because the film had been cut so short and they left so much on the cutting room floor because of the amount of discipline they exercised in editing this film…

Will it enhance the film or just make it feel longer?

Well…

• “You are going to get some serious Dwarvish disrespect of the elves at Rivendell.” – Peter Jackson
• “You are going to get more of Hobbiton. We always wanted to wend our way through Hobbiton,…