‘Lost In Space’ Reboot To Come From ‘Dracula Untold’ Writers

‘Lost In Space’ Reboot To Come From ‘Dracula Untold’ Writers
Angie Han — /Film

Lost in Space is getting rebooted again. This time, the people doing the rebooting are Legendary TV and writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, the scribes behind this weekend’s Dracula Untold.

Irwin Allen‘s TV series ran for 83 episodes across three seasons from 1965 to 1968. Previous efforts to revive the property have included the 1998 movie directed by Stephen Hopkins and a failed 2003 pilot directed by John Woo.

Rebooting Lost In Space with the writers who wrote (what looks like) the stupidest movie of 2014. What could go wrong?

‘LEGO Batman’ Is a Thing That is Happening

‘LEGO Batman’ Is a Thing That is Happening
Kevin Jagernauth — The Playlist

In hugely shocking news, a popular, marketable character from a smash hit film is being spun off into his own movie. Yep, it’s just another day in Hollywood, but still, this is pretty big news.

THR reports that Warner Bros. has put “Lego Batman” on the fast track. It will be a spinoff from the massive hit “The Lego Movie,” and finds Will Arnett reprising his role as the self-centered, sarcastic hero who always seems a little too good for whatever situation he finds himself in. His character was a lot of fun in the Christopher Miller and Phil Lord-directed film, and giving him his own…

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Robert Downey Jr. Says ‘Sherlock Holmes 3’ Is Happening

Robert Downey Jr. Says ‘Sherlock Holmes 3’ Is Happening
Bruna Nessif — EOnline

Robert Downey Jr. may have backtracked on the idea that he’s willing to do Iron Man 4(sorry, Tony Stark fans!), but it looks like he’s serious about this one.

The actor participated in the ever-so-popular Reddit AMA yesterday to promote his upcoming film The Judge, and to answer a number of fans’ burning questions—like are we ever going to see a Sherlock Holmes 3 or what?!

“Yes, we have a Sherlock 3 in development. We want it to be the best of the series, so that’s a pretty tall order,” RDJ answered, “Also, Perry Mason is a property I’m looking forward to developing further, going back to…

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Michael Dorn Talks ‘Captain Worf’ Series

Michael Dorn Talks ‘Captain Worf’ Series
Ronan O’Flaherty — TrekMovie.com

TrekMovie: Regarding the proposed ‘Captain Worf’ TV series, is there any update on that? Has there been any progress?

Michael Dorn: We have a script. We have idea. We have all the framework. But we are waiting for Paramount to say yes or no. Not in terms of doing it, but in terms of having to shoot something. Because if they say “no, you can’t do it” there is no need to keep going…So we are asking them, can we do this? Can we make money? Can we sell it as a pilot? And if they say “no, forget it,” then it’s over.

Yes, please! Who can I talk to over at paramount to make this happen. Look,…

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Robert Downey Jr. Confirms ‘Iron Man 4’ Negotiations

Robert Downey Jr. Confirms ‘Iron Man 4’ Negotiations

He’s doing Iron Man 4. No, he’s not doing Iron Man 4. No, wait, he is. No, Marvel has no plans for a Robert Downey Jr. Iron Man 4. Blah blah blah.

There’s been a lot of back and forth on this, but now RDJ seemingly confirmed that he is in negotiations for a fourth film — which would indicate there are plans for one. I’ve personally always sort of thought there would be. It’s a pretty big cash cow for Marvel to not do anything with.

See the quick video where he sort kind of hems and haws then confirms it.

Sony Developing ‘Avengers’ Like ‘Robin Hood’ Franchise

Sony Developing ‘Avengers’ Like ‘Robin Hood’ Franchise
Kevin Jagernauth — The Playlist

Producer Michael De Luca has managed to get Sony to make a seven-figure deal for “Hood,” via a pitch from Cory Goodman (”Priest,” “The Last Witch Hunter”) and Jeremy Lott (”The Falling”). And as you might guess from the title (which isn’t to be confused with the project The Wachowskis tried to get moving a few years ago), this project will apply the superhero treatment to Robin Hood, Little John, Friar Tuck and Will Scarlett, creating an Avengers-esque, interconnected cinematic universe, with a tone said to be between “Mission: Impossible” and “Fast & Furious.” Lol.

LOL indeed. This sounds…

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‘Life of Pi’ Cinematographer To Shoot ‘Star Trek’ — Film to Be Shot Digitally

‘Life of Pi’ Cinematographer To Shoot ‘Star Trek’ — Film to Be Shot Digitally
Anthony Pascale — TrekMovie.com

Now sources have confirmed with Trekmovie that director Roberto Orci and his fellow Star Trek producers have picked Claudio Miranda to be the Director of Photography. Miranda won an Academy Award for his work on Life of Pi in 2012. He also picked up a BAFTA, a Critics Choice Award and a number of local critics awards for Life of Pi. Miranda also has an additional Academy Award nomination for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, along with a number of other award nominations, including two from the American Society of Cinematographers.

Star Trek will not be Miranda’s first time in genre…

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Adam Sandler Reaches Four Picture Deal with Netflix

Adam Sandler Reaches Four Picture Deal with Netflix
Rodrigo Perez — The Playlist

…this evening the streaming video company announced another bold move with with respect to original movie programming: a four-picture deal with Adam Sandler. Sandler will star and produce four untitled movies for Netflix exclusively.

“People love Adam’s films on Netflix and often watch them again and again. His appeal spans across viewers of all ages —everybody has a favorite movie, everyone has a favorite line— not just in the U.S. but all over the world,” Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said in a press release.

In general I’m all in favor of Netflix disrupting the…

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‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Concludes a “Trilogy” That Started With ‘First Class’

UPDATED:

The original headline to this article mistakenly said “That Started With ‘Days of Future Past’”. That was a complete mistype on my part. The trilogy obviously started with ‘X-Men: First Class’.

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Concludes a “Trilogy” That Started With ‘First Class’
Germain Lussier — Film

Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg and the whole team are hard at work in pre-production on X-Men: Apocalypse. Filming starts this April up in Montreal for a summer 2016 release. The film will be set in the ’80s, following the old timeline from the end of X-Men: Days of Future Past with the stars of that movie returning: Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy and more. It’ll be the biggest X-Men movie yet, introducing the character Apocalypse.

In a new interview, Kinberg suggests the new film might be the end of that story. The writer and producer says the creative time is looking…

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“Quote from Satan” on Latest ‘Left Behind’ Poster

“Quote from Satan” on Latest ‘Left Behind’ Poster
Jonathon Dornbush — Entertainment Weekly

From what’s been revealed thus far, Left Behind appears to have two key qualities of a classic Nicolas Cage film: All the dialogue is either whispered or screamed, and everything in the movie is on fire. But in case that wasn’t enough to attract audiences, the film’s promotional campaign has enlisted the help of the prince of evil whose entire world is on fire — Satan.

Opening this Friday, Oct. 3, Left Behind tells the story of the biblical Rapture, in which millions of people have disappeared. Remaining groups of survivors attempt to recover from the ensuing chaos, including a pilot played…

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