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Cool Stuff: NECA’s Radical ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Animated Series Figure Box Set San Diego Comic-Con is just a month and a half away, and as usual, /Film will be there to get all the big news that comes out of the convention. Along with all the big announcements that will be coming about the movies and TV shows on the way over the next couple of years, the next best thing about the convention is all the limited edition exclusives that you have wait in line to get your hands on....

Cool Stuff: Sideshow Collectibles ‘Evil Dead 2’ Figure Will Make You Hail To The King, Baby Starz has inspired a resurgence ofSam Raimi’s cult classic character Ash Williams thanks to their seriesAsh vs the Evil Dead. So if you’ve been going back to watch the originalEvil Deadmovies and now you’re itching for a groovy new collectible, Sideshow Collectibles have you covered with a new figure inspired by the chainsaw-armed version of the grocery store clerk fromEvil Dead II....

Doctor Strange 2 Writer Michael Waldron Has Total Faith In Loki Season 2’s New Head Writer “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” scribe Michael Waldron is no stranger to magical chaos or alternate MCU timelines. Along with penning the latest adventure from Benedict Cumberbatch’s sarcastic wizard — the one that hits theaters tonight (!) — Waldron also served as head writer for the debut season of “Loki,” where the Asgardian prince accidentally had a hand in breaking reality and unleashing utter chaos....

Dune Part Two Greenlit By Legendary Let the spice flow! Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune,” an adaptation of the first part of Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking sci-fi book, is finally in theaters worldwide (and also on HBO Max in the U.S.).Criticsand fans alike are loving the movie, and the film’s relative box office success and strongerstrong viewership on HBO Maxhas caused Legendary and Warner Bros. to officially greenlight a “Part Two,” which will cover the remaining pages of Herbert’s novel....

Harlan Ellison Suing New Regency, Claims ‘In Time’ Rips Off His Short Story Sci-fi writerHarlan Ellisonis suing New Regency overAndrew Niccol’sIn Time, claiming that the film is a ripoff of his story"‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman.“Ellison has a reputation for being lawsuit-happy — in the past, he’s successfullysuedto get a credit onThe Terminatorafter claiming the movie was based on episodes ofOuter Limitsthat he had written, and has also had brushes withAOLandABC....

Harry Potter New York Is Debuting Two Magical Virtual Reality Experiences — And We Got To Try Them It’s hard to imagine wandering through the cavernous halls of Hogwarts in the tiny, cramped block where theHarry Potter New Yorkstore resides. There is a line around the block to get into the recently opened Wizarding World flagship store, and even more people inside, almost shoulder-to-shoulder as they browse the chocolate-covered frogs or pick out custom-made wands....

HBO’s ‘The Last Of Us’ Loses ‘Chernobyl’ Director, Hires ‘Beanpole’ Filmmaker As Replacement HBO’s highly anticipated television adaptation of the mega-hit video gameThe Last of Ushas made a change behind the camera. Johan Renck, theChernobylandBreaking Baddirector who waspreviously hiredto helm the pilot for this series, apparently had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict. Now a new report says the show’s producers have found his replacement inKantemir Balagov, the director of the acclaimed Russian drama filmBeanpole....

How The Parallels Between Westworld And Shogun World Reflect Some Of The Most Famous Movies Of All Time This week’s episode ofWestworld, “Akane no Mai,” finally walked us into Shogun World, a sister park set in Japan’s Edo period. As different as the costumes, culture, and scenery are, viewers looking forward to the introduction of a brave new world, unlike anything we had seen on the show before, may have been slightly underwhelmed by some of the deliberately samey aspects of Shogun World....

Is Lucasfilm Finally Gearing Up For That Obi-Wan Spin-Off Movie? Finally, we may receive theObi-Wanspin-off movie we were looking for. Thelong-rumoredStar Warsstandalone movie centered around the Jedi Master first played byAlec GuinnessinA New HopeandEwan McGregorin the prequel films looked like it was finally getting off the ground last year when news broke thatThe HoursdirectorStephen Daldrywas in talks with Lucasfilm to direct. But then, as theStar Warsfandom attention turned toStar Wars: The Last JedithenSolo: A Star Wars Story, not a peep was heard from Lucasfilm about the potential Obi-Wan spin-off....

James Franco Directing Josh Boone-Scripted ‘The Pretenders’ BeforeJosh Boone’sThe Fault in Our Starsconquered the box office, one of the projects the busy writer-director wanted to make to wasThe Pretenders. Boone once described his script as “Carnal KnowledgemeetsUnbearable Lightness of BeingorThe Dreamers,” which doesn’t sound emotionally draining at all. In 2013, the director put together an impressive cast for the project, but due to scheduling, it may have fallen to the wayside....

Jeff Goldblum Wants The Grandmaster And The Collector To Star In Their Own Spin-Off Movie Thor: Ragnarokbestowed many gifts upon the world: Cate Blanchett vamping it up as a villain, that priceless"get help" gag, the hilarity of Korg, and a Chris Hemsworth superhero performance that finally capitalizes on his comedic talents. But one of my personal favorite contributions was The Grandmaster, played by the always-entertainingJeff Goldblum. The character’s fate is left hanging in the balance when the film comes to a close, but if Goldblum has his way, he’d love to see a Grandmaster Collector spin-off that teams him withBenicio del Toro’s wonderfully weird character fromGuardians of the Galaxy....

John Hillcoat’s The Wettest Country In The World Interests Johansson, Dano, Gosling And More John Hillcoat’s adaptation of theMatt BondurantnovelThe Wettest County in the Worldisn’t happening yet. It was set up at Columbia for some time, but put into turnaround by the studio. Now producersDouglas WickandLucy Fisher(who didJarheadandMemoirs of a Geishaand are working on Nicolas Winding Refn’sJekyllat Universal) are trying to make the film work as an indie. Because there is interest from a bevy of young stars (including, ahem,Shia LaBeouf) it might actually happen....

Kate Director Reveals The Anime That Influenced His ‘Rock And Roll’ Action Movie [Interview] Netflix’s “Kate” doesn’t hide its influences — it wears them loudly and proudly. For director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, those references aren’t the films the trailer suggests. It’s certainly no “Crank” or an excellent old-school noir, “D.O.A.,” but was inspired by the anime Nicolas-Troyan consumed as a kid in France, long before his days as a soldier and visual effects supervisor....