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Ben Affleck And Matt Damon Are Teaming Up Again For An Untitled Nike Biopic About Sonny Vaccaro Your favorite Boston boys are teaming up againto make a movie about Nike… your favorite sneaker? Look, I don’t know where you fall in thechecks versus stripesdebate. In fact, I don’t know much about Nike at all — I’ve only read the first page of Phil Knight’s “Shoe Dog” and I have no idea if I’ll ever go back and finish the rest....

Bobby Cannavale On Playing The Reluctant Guest And Digging Into Trauma In ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ [Interview] Based on the book byLianne Moriarty, author ofBig Little Lies, comes the very trippy, drama-soaked miniseriesNine Perfect Strangers.Just as the title indicates, the series brings nine complete strangers together for a 10-day wellness retreat at Tranquillum House, which promises “mind and body transformation.” Headed by the mysterious and scarily perceptive Masha (Nicole Kidman), the resort quickly proves to be much more than her guests expected....

Cool Stuff: ‘Attack The Block’ Soundtrack Gets A Collectible Vinyl Release From I Am Shark John Boyegamight be a huge star now thanks to his leading role as the defected Stormtrooper FN-2187 in the newStar Warstrilogy, but back in 2011 he was a little known name at the center of the sci-fi horror comedy with some incredible monsters, a fantastic ensemble cast and a fantastic score.Attack the BlockmixesGremlinswithGooniesand sets the action in South London where an alien invasion must be thwarted by a street gang of young miscreants....

Cool Stuff: Welcome To LEGO ‘Jurassic Park’ With Massive Gate And Buildable Tyrannosaurus Rex Jurassic Worldhas gotten the focus of LEGO when it comes to building playsets, but the originalJurassic Parkis finally getting some time in the spotlight with a massive new set that brings to life one of the most iconic setpieces from the film. LEGO has announced theJurassic ParkT-Rex Rampage set (albeit under theJurassic Worldbanner), which allows builders to create the huge gate that Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) drive through when they first enter John Hammond’s (Richard Attenborough) unique and soon-to-go-wrong theme park....

Crazy Rumor: Steven Spielberg To Make Bee Gees Biopic? I’m not sure exactly how some rumors get from point A to point B. We’ve heard before that there might be a film about disco superstarsThe Bee Gees, the band who sold millions of records in the ’70s and provided the soundtrack toSaturday Night Feverin 1977. That was the biggest-selling soundtrack for fifteen years, until eclipsed by Whitney Houston andThe Bodyguard. And now there’s a rumor that the film will be produced or directed bySteven Spielberg....

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Is Being Shown In 35mm At Quentin Tarantino’s LA Theater It truly is a multiverse of madness when you have Doctor Strange invading the New Beverly Cinema. The historic Los Angeles theater, owned by writer-director Quentin Tarantino, has carved out a reputation as one of the last bastions for 35mm. It’s a place where true film, as opposed to the modern proliferation of digitally shot movies, lives on in the light of projection booths....

Fantastic Fest 2020 Offering Free Virtual Screenings Of Films To Anyone In The United States Fantastic Fest 2020 is going (mostly) virtual this year, and unlike many of the other film festivals of the pandemic era, this one is opening its digital doors to every person in the United States. While there will be a couple of in-person events in Austin, Texas, the annual home of the festival, most of the screenings will be free for anyone to watch in the U....

FX Orders New Ryan Murphy Anthology Shows ‘American Love Story’ And ‘American Sports Story’ Back in 2018, Netflixtore open the purse stringsfor a chance to snagRyan Murphyaway from Fox and its fellow cable channel, FX. And though the prolific showrunner has signed on for a multi-year deal with the streaming service, that doesn’t mean he’s done with the empire he’s been building at FX. Murphy is expanding theAmerican Storyfranchise with two brand new spinoffs —American Love StoryandAmerican Sports Story....

Hey Star Wars Fans, Supreme Leader Snoke Is Not Darth Plagueis, So Move On Who isSupreme Leader Snoke? This is one of the biggest questions fans had after watchingStar Wars: The Force Awakens. There are plenty of theories out there, some crazy, some sensible. But one of the more predominant guesses from fans about the origins of the First Order villain who has trained Kylo Ren in the ways of the dark side has just been debunked....

John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Robert Patrick And Ray Stevenson Join Billy Bob Thornton’s ‘Jayne Mansfied’s Car’ Looks likeBilly Bob Thorntonis set with cast and financing for hisnext directorial effort,Jayne Mansfield’s Car. But it also looks like neither of therecently reported additions, Dennis Quaid and Dwight Yoakam, might be in the movie. Get the full new roster after the break. We’ve known thatRobert Duvallwould have a key rolealongside Mr. Thornton, andDeadlinereports thatJohn Hurt,Kevin Bacon,Robert PatrickandRay Stevensonwill also appear....

Joss Whedon On ‘Batgirl’ Casting: ‘I Doubt It Will Be A Name’ Joss Whedonall but confirmed that he is helming Warner Bros.‘Batgirlfilm, going so far as to humor the inquisitive reporter asking him about casting for Barbara Gordon. In the midst of his media-trained reply, Whedon implied that he won’t be looking at a “name” actress, but rather an unknown actress to embody the police commissioner’s daughter-turned-vigilante. We previously reported that Whedonwas in negotiationswith Warner Bros....

Judd Apatow Developing Pee-Wee Herman Film SincePaul ReubensasPee-wee Hermanstarted to work his way back to the spotlight, he’s been talking about making two movies. One would be for adults, and one for kids. And now there’s word that one of these two films is being developed for Universal byJudd Apatow, with Reubens andPaul Rustwriting. The question is: which film is it? (I’m assuming this won’t be calledThe 50-Year Old Virgin.)...

M. Night Shyamalan Will Create TV Thriller Series For Apple M. Night Shyamalanis the latest big name to head to Apple. TheSixth Sensefilmmaker will produce a straight-to-series thriller for Apple’s new streaming service. In their quest to compete with Netflix, Apple has already signed several big names for new projects. Apple’s streaming service continues to grow.Varietyconfirms that M. Night Shyamalan, the twist-ending loving filmmaker behindThe Sixth Sense,Unbreakable,The VisitandSplit, has signed a straight-to-series deal with Apple for a new thriller....