Back-To-Back ‘Independence Day’ Sequels Will Happen With Or Without Will Smith Everything else we loved growing up is getting a belated sequel, so why notIndependence Day? Fifteen years afterRoland Emmerich’s alien-invasion movie became a smash hit, grossing $800 million worldwide, Fox is gearing up to produce two back-to-back sequels. Emmerich and his writing and producing partnerDean Devlinare said to be close to completing the scripts, which will tell one story in two parts....

Behind The Scenes Of Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights 2017 For the past 13 years,John Murdyhas acted as the Director of Creative Development for Universal Studios in Hollywood, California. And while that title comes with a ton of responsibilities within the park, his main claim to fame is the revitalization and continued success of Universal’s huge Halloween-themed event,Halloween Horror Nights. Each year in Los Angeles, a bevy of haunts vie for the public’s attention during the Halloween season....

Bronson Domestic Movie Trailer: It’s Inglourious! It isn’t difficult to see the influence of thosebloody red and white postersforInglourious Basterdsin this first trailer for Magnolia/Magnet’s domestic release of the excellentNicolas Winding RefnfilmBronson. A Tarantino vibe kicks off the thing, too, as music kicks in that must have been chosen to recall promos forPulp FictionandKill Bill.Hulujust premiered the clip, which shows off a lot more of the craziness lead actorThomas Hardyput into Refn’s movie than we’ve seen in any prior international ads....

Bryan Fuller Keeps Teasing Us With A ‘Hannibal’ Revival Like the rest of us Fannibals,Bryan Fulleris eager to bringHannibalback from its watery grave. The formerHannibalshowrunner has confirmed that “conversations” have begun around revivingHannibalfor a potential fourth season after NBC canceled the series after its third season in 2015. While that’s exciting news for any cannibal serial killer lover, Fuller did caution fans that it could still be some time before the show returns....

Catherine Hardwicke To Direct ‘The Bitch Posse’ Catherine Hardwickewill forever be known as the director ofTwilight, but she has been and hopefully will again be more than that. (EvenRed Riding Hood, which was more likeTwilightthan not, was at least much weirder one than I expected.) She’s now set to direct an adaptation ofThe Bitch Posse, a 2006 novel byMartha O’Connorthat tells of a set of three friends who bonded in high school, then live through an event that shatters their friendship....

D.J. Caruso Will Direct ‘Invertigo,’ Which Has Nothing To Do With Alfred Hitchcock DirectorD.J. Carusomay have begun to establish himself with the filmThe Salton Seaand some episodes ofThe Shield, but his real big break came thanks to the success ofDisturbiain 2007. The film was a modern teen-targeting thriller that riffed on Alfred Hitchcock’s classic movieRear Window. It nearly established a pattern of films that are modern updates of other Hitchcock thrillers, though so far we’ve seen a lot more of those go into the development process than we’ve seen emerge as actual films....

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Gives The MCU An Immediate Course-Correction After Moon Knight It’s no coincidence, perhaps, that Marvel Studios released"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness"in the days immediately following the season finale (maybeseries finale) of its Disney+ series, “Moon Knight.” During Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we’ve seen some previous overlap between movies and streaming shows; however, in the case of “Black Widow” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” they hit theaters between episode 5 and 6 of “Loki” and “Hawkeye,” respectively....

Early Buzz: Over 30 /Film Readers ‘Attack The Block’ Since the film’s premiere at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival, you’ve been hearing some incredible hype for theEdgar Wright-producedJoe Cornish-directed sci-fi action filmAttack the Block. You’ve already heard me and others on the site rave about this film, but what about the readers? A couple weeks agowe offered /Film readersa special ticket to advance screenings in the most populated 25 cities in the US and Canada (minus Los Angeles)....

Edgar Wright’s ‘Baby Driver’ Picks Up Jon Bernthal; More Plot Details Revealed Edgar Wright’s name alone is enough to get us interested in any project he’s involved with, but it certainly doesn’t hurt when he pulls together a fantastic cast to help bring his vision to life. Shooting on his latest,Baby Driver, is already underway withAnsel Elgort,Lily James,Kevin Spacey,Jon Hamm,Jamie Foxx, andEiza Gonzalez, and now it’s pulling over to pick up one more:Jon Bernthal, whom we’re about to see as the Punisher inDaredevilseason 2....

Find Out Which Supporting Character On ‘The Simpsons’ Talks The Most & More [Infographic] The Simpsonsjust began its 28th season this past weekend, which is quite an achievement. Though the show is named for the family who acts as our main characters,The Simpsonshas a cavalcade of supporting characters who have appeared throughout the show’s long history. Surely one of you out there once wondered which of those characters outside The Simpsons themselves talked the most, and now we have an answer....

Find Out Who Will Play Star Lord’s Father On The Guardians Of The Galaxy Animated Series James Gunn’sGuardians of the Galaxyintroduced a question that has been the center of obsession of some fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Who is Star Lord’s father? While we still don’t know which character is Star Lord’s dad in the movies, we do know thatKurt Russellwill be playing the roleinGuardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, which is currently filming....

Fox Developing Archie Comics TV Series ‘Riverdale’ Following the successes ofArrow,The Flash,Gotham, andAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D., yet another comic book series is being turned into a TV show. Only this one’s not based on Marvel, DC, or indeed any superhero franchise at all. Fox is developingRiverdale, a new drama based on characters from the Archie comics.Greg Berlanti(ofArrow,The Flash, and the upcomingSupergirl) is producing andRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa(the chief creative officer of Archie Comics) is writing....

Guillermo Del Toro Working On HBO Series Based On Manga ‘Monster’ A project once intended to be a feature film is getting a new, different life at HBO.Naoki Urasawa’s mangaMonster— about a disgraced doctor’s global search for a warped young criminal to whom he has very particular ties — is something thatGuillermo del Torowas once negotiating to make at the movie studio. Now he and HBO are working together to turn it into a TV series....