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‘Stranger Things’: Shawn Levy To Return As Director In Season 2, Already “Thinking Ahead” To Season 3 Stranger Thingsannounced the start of production on season two, last week with a photo that revealed most of the returning cast members. But they’re not the only ones coming back for the next run of episodes. Executive producerShawn Levy, who directed a couple of the first season, will be back to helm two more installments in season two....

‘The Avengers’ Will Be On Blu-Ray September 25, With New Short And Copious Extra Footage Some of you might remember that a few weeks back, one interview withJoss Whedongave up some details on his first cut ofThe Avengers, mentioning the amount that was trimmed from the film, with promises for an eventual DVD release. His first rough cut ran almost three hours — and don’t get delusions of some ideal director’s cut here, as it was likely never intended to be screened at that length — with a good half hour trimmed before the film was pounded into final shape....

‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ Early Buzz: Another Spooky Outing For The Warrens The Conjuringhas become a monster franchise since the first James Wan-directed film debuted in 2013. Spawning several spin-off films over the past eight years, the story of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren has been limited to mostly the original film and its sequel, which was released in 2016. Now the Warrens are finally back, in the highly anticipatedThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It....

‘The Post’ Q&A: Streep, Hanks, And Whitford On Making Spielberg’s Latest Masterpiece Steven Spielberg’s upcoming movieThe Postis one of the most vital, compelling pieces of filmmaking of his career. Full reviews are still under embargo, but the early buzz from critics who’ve seen early screenings isoverwhelmingly positive. I managed to get into one of those early screenings last night on the 20th Century Fox studio lot, where starsMeryl Streep,Tom Hanks, andBradley Whitfordappeared for a Q&A after the movie....

‘Tribes Of Europa’ Trailer: A Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Series Inspired By Brexit In the German sci-fi seriesTribes of Europa, a global disaster has resulted in warring tribes emerging from the wreckage of Europe. The idea for the series came to creatorPhilip Kochafter the Brexit vote resulted in the United Kingdom deciding to leave the European Union. As the production notes state, Koch was so “shocked by the Brexit decision that a few days later he would spontaneously write a short concept about the end of Europe....

/Film Showdown: Morbius Or Edward Cullen Two brooding bloodsuckers enter, but can they both survive? Edward Cullen burst onto the scene back in Stephanie Meyer’s 2005 novel “Twilight.” He was turned into a vampire in 1918 after contracting a nasty case of influenza. The doctor who non-consensually sired him, treated him as a son, and taught him to survive on animal blood, but Edward wasn’t so keen on a “vegetarian” lifestyle in his younger years....

Actors Are Knocking On ‘Fuller House’s Door To Guest Star [TCA 2016] Netflix did not present a session forFuller Housefor the Television Critics Association, as they have not decided when the second season of the show will premiere on the streaming service. However,Candace Cameron Burewas at a TCA party for Hallmark Channel, where she stars inThe Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, and was happy to preview the second season ofFuller House. “We have some really, really fun guest cast on this season,” Bure said....

Al Pacino Finally Confirms His ‘Heat’ Character Was Chipping Cocaine This year doesn’t mark a special anniversary forMichael Mann’s action-thrillerHeatas it’s been 21 years since the movie starringAl PacinoandRobert De Nirohit theaters. But last night, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held a special screening of the film, remastered in 4K, ironically reminding us how criminal it is that the film didn’t receive a single Oscar nomination. But that’s a conversation for another day....

AMC Theatres Launching AMC Artisan Films To Boost Smaller Movies As superhero blockbusters dominate one half of the movie industry and Disney the other half, there leaves no room for the small independent films. But while online we can only opine the meager box office numbers ofBooksmart,AMC Theatresis doing something about it. AMC Theatres, the world’s largest exhibitor, is launching a new marketing and programming initiative called AMC Artisan Films that will boost smaller films and hopefully get more people in the the theaters to see mid-budget, critically acclaimed hits likeLate Nightinstead ofAvengers: Endgamefor the50th time....

Another Amityville Horror Remake? BloodyDisgustingis reporting that the Weinstein Co and Dimension Films are planning to remakeThe Amityville Horror… yes… again. The Platinum Dunes' remake of the 1979 cult favorite grossed over $108 million worldwide in 2005, and is still somewhat fresh in audiences minds. Why launch into another remake, so soon? It seems to me that the Weinstein’s are desperate to push some franchise sequels/remakes back to the big screen....

Apple Orders Sara Bareilles Musical Series ‘Little Voice’ From J.J. Abrams And Bad Robot Apple continues to cultivate an impressive list of actors and filmmakers for their upcoming streaming service.J.J. AbramsandSara Bareillesare the latest names to sign on – the pair will collaborate on a half-hour musical comedy seriesLittle Voice. Deadlinereports that J.J. Abrams and theWaitressduo of Sara Bareilles andJessie Nelsonare joining forces for a show that will debut on Apple’s streaming service....

Apple’s Wool Series Builds Out Its Dystopia With Rashida Jones And David Oyelowo “Foundation” isn’t the only sci-fi adaptation Apple TV+ is bringing to the small screen. The streaming service — which launched only a couple of years ago, but is getting industry recognition for shows like “Ted Lasso” — is also developing “Wool,” a series based on the popular books by Hugh Howey. We’ve already knew that"Wool" will star Tim Robbins and Rebecca Ferguson, the latter of whom was announced right when the show was picked up for a direct-to-series order in May....

Archive 81 Season 2 Isn’t Happening, So Check Out The Podcast Instead “Archive 81” is no longer alive at Netflix. The streaming service confirmed that the show has beencanceled after only a single season. It’s a cancelation that has folks wondering about the massive black box of Netflix’s metrics, given that the public-facing side of those metrics pointed to a very successful series. “Archive 81"was developed for streaming by showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine and produced by James Wan’s Atomic Monster....