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Why Steven Spielberg Resented Filming Jurassic Park Directing a movie to completion is a real challenge. Directingtwomovies to completion and releasing them within the span of a single year could be called “Pulling a Spielberg.” (Or maybe a Ridley Scott). Yes, Steven Spielberg has not only performed this trick multiple times over the course of his filmmaking career, the resulting movies have often been good or even great. Of course, he’s never managed this maneuver as successfully as the time he did it in 1993, with “Jurassic Park” and “Schindler’s List....

‘Black Widow’: Ray Winstone’s Character Has An ‘Avengers’ Connection Marvel Studios’Black Widowhas beendelayed indefinitelydue to the coronavirus, but that doesn’t mean the passion has abated for fans who have been wanting a Natasha Romanoff solo film for years. Now a detail about one of the movie’s supporting characters has made its way online, and it turns out that theRay WinstoneBlack Widowcharacter has a connection to Joss Whedon’s groundbreaking 2012 team-up movieThe Avengers....

‘Deadpool 3’ Will Introduce X-Force 20th Century Fox’s coreX-Menseriesmay be struggling, but apparently, they’re still feeling pretty good about one of the franchise’s spinoff properties. Even asDeadpool 2recently suffered a couple big setbacks behind the scenes, the studio is already looking ahead toDeadpool 3, with plans to introduce the X-Force team. In their wide-ranging piece about Fox’sX-Menfranchise woes,The Hollywood Reporternoted that “Fox already is planningDeadpool 3, readying a filmmaker search for a storyline that will involve another X-team, X-Force, say sources....

‘Fargo’ Season 3 Adds ‘Harry Potter’ Actor David Thewlis As if the cast ofFargoseason three weren’t good enough already, the extraordinarily talentedDavid Thewlis(Naked,Harry Potter) has been enlisted to play a mysterious loner on the hit series. Thewlis is in good company, as he’s joining the likes ofEwan McGregor,Carrie Coon,Mary Elizabeth Winstead,Jim Gaffigan, and others. Below, learn more about theFargoseason three cast. According toEntertainment Weekly, Thewlis will play a series regular in the next chapter ofFargo....

‘Goonies’ House Shut Down By Angry Owner The house from the 1980’sRichard Donner-directedSteven Spielberg-produced classicThe Goonieshas been shut down by the property owner after she was sent over the edge by movie fans. The Goonieshouse, located in Astoria Oregon, the exterior of which can be seen in the classic “Truffle Shuffle” sequence, had been attracting up to 1,500 visitors a day. Some visitors to the movie location apparently were not respectful, leaving cigarette butts and beer bottles all over the property....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Clip: Drax’s Thick Head Goes Up Against A Monster’s Thick Neck It’s that time of the press tour — we’re getting an influx ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2material, and it won’t stop until we’re foaming at the mouth screaming “I am Groot” and/or we finally see the movie when it drops in theaters in two weeks. But until that happens, here’s a brief new clip from the much-anticipated sequel toJames Gunn’s 2014 superhero hit....

‘Humans’ Renewed For Second Season Humans, the show that explores new developments in tech and artificial intelligence by creating a vision of London in which Synths, or extremely human-like androids, are the latest tech development, has turned into a hit for AMC in the States and Channel 4 in the UK. Today the companies announced thatHumanswill get a second season. WithHumansrenewed, eight episodes are planned for season two, and the series will go before cameras in 2016....

‘Knives Out 2’ Adds ‘Hamilton’ And ‘One Night In Miami’ Star Leslie Odom Jr. Rian Johnsonis not throwing away his shot at assembling the best ensemble for a murder mystery movie. And he’s doing pretty good so far with his highly anticipated sequelKnives Out 2, which has now recruitedLeslie Odom Jr.to the cast. Fresh off his Oscar nomination for his role inOne Night in Miami, Leslie Odom Jr. has already landed his next gig as part of the star-studded cast for Rian Johnson’sKnives Outsequel....

‘Like Crazy’ Team To Make Sci-Fi Romance ‘Through To You’ Most of you have yet to seeLike Crazy, abeautiful and frightening taleof lost distance love starring Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones and Jennifer Lawrence. Itwon the Grand Jury Prizeat the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and got several rave reviews,including one by yours truly. Paramount will be releasing the film later this year and it’s bound to get a ton of Oscar buzz....

‘MacGruber’ Series Finally Ordered At Peacock, Ya Friggin' Turds The game has changed. But the players are the same.MacGruberis officially coming back as a TV series exclusively on NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock. The series wassaid to be in developmentback in January, and now it’s officially been given a series order. Peacock announced theMacGruberseries order at NBCUniveral’s Television Critics Association virtual press day today,nearly eight months after the series went into development....

‘Narcos’ Showrunner On Hitting Reset For Season 3 And What To Expect From Season 4 [Interview] The second season finale ofNarcostold viewers what season three was going to be about. Javier Pena (Pedro Pascal) was recruited to pursue the Cali Cartel.Narcosseason 3picks up the Cali Cartel story, who celebrated the demise of their rival (and seasons 1 and 2 lead) Escobar. Narcosshow runnerEric Newmanspoke with /Film by phone about the show’s third season....

‘Neighbors 3’: Zac Efron Pitches His Idea For A Sequel With Zombies This weekend broughtNeighbors 2: Sorority Risingto theaters, the sequel to the hit comedy from 2014. Usually, comedy sequels aren’t anything to write home about, but this one has a61% on Rotten Tomatoes. That’s a good score for an R-rated comedy, especially one that’s a sequel. While there’s no indication that Universal will attempt to capture the comedic magic fromNeighborsfor a third time, a new video shows thatZac Efronhas an idea forNeighbors 3that involves he andSeth Rogenfacing zombies....

‘Riverdale’ Teaser: The Time Has Come For A Reckoning Archie is under a lot of pressure in the messyRiverdalepilot. He can’t get over what happened between him Miss Grundy and he clashes with his dad (Luke Perry), as he struggles between going into the family business or pursuing his musical aspirations. The town of Riverdale is even worse off, following the death of Jason Blossom. There’s a lot of angst and misery going on inRiverdale, which gets off to a rough start but isn’t without potential....