‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Crew Announced As the Disney earnings call approaches, Disney finally decided to announce publicly that screenwriterMichael Arndtwas officially offStar Wars Episode VII, and that directorJ.J. AbramsandLawrence Kasdanare busy working on the current screenplay. (If you havent yet, read more about that here.) But the press release also featured details of the crew that is on board for the upcoming sequel. Lets take a look at the list of names after the jump....

‘Stargirl’ Sequel In The Works At Disney+ With Grace VanderWaal Returning Stargirlis coming back to Earth. Disney+ has ordered a sequel to the 2020 feature film that adapted the best-selling 2000 book by Jerry Spinelli. StarGrace VanderWaalis set to return as the titular ukulele-playing teen girl in a feature film helmed by returning directorJulia Hart.The Hollywood Reporterreports that aStargirlsequel is in the works at Disney+ with the creative team behind the original movie returning at the helm....

‘The Exorcist’ TV Series: Rupert Wyatt Will Direct The Pilot Over a week agowe learnedFox was moving forward with a pilot based onWilliam Peter Blatty’s bookThe Exorcist. The new adaptation ofThe Exorcisthas been in the works for a few years now. Originally,Martha Marcy May MarlenedirectorSean Durkinwasa partof the series. Then, after Durkin’s departure, screenwriterJeremy Slater(Fantastic Four) stepped in to the write the adaptation. The ExorcistTV series has picked up some more steam now, because Fox just enlistedRupert Wyatt(Rise of the Planet of the Apes) to direct the pilot....

‘Van Helsing’ Co-Writer Eric Heisserer Went For Real Scares Universal’s lastVan Helsingmovie didn’t do any favors for the monster hunter’s name, but the stench of that misfire is now long gone. While director Stephen Sommers made Helsing’s world largely ridiculous and low on scares, screenwritersJon Spaihts(Passengers)andEric Heisserer(Arrival) are interested in grounding the character. As Heisserer recently put it, he wants to make Van Helsing someone with no extraordinary powers saving the day in a story that’s “as scary as possible....

‘WarGames’ Reboot Teaser: The ’80s Hacker Movie Gets Upgraded As An Edgy Interactive Series If you ever watched the 1983 sci-fi hacker movie starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy and thought, “I could totally beat that computer,” then you’re in luck. AWarGamesreboot is coming in 2018, as an “experimental interactive series” in which the viewer can finally answer the AI’s iconic taunt: “Shall we play a game?” MGM and the interactive video company Eko have teamed up with theHerStorycreator Sam Barlow to put a modern spin on the campy ’80s sci-fi film....

‘We Can Be Heroes’ First Look: Pedro Pascal, Christian Slater Are Superheroes In Robert Rodriguez’s New Netflix Movie Robert Rodriguezcan be Hollywood’s favorite family-friendly director…just for one day. Every few years or so, theAlita: Battle Angeldirector will deliver a new family movie out of nowhere —Spy Kidswould become a minor phenomenon in 2001, spawning a four-film series and an animated reboot, andThe Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirlhas gained a small but passionate following....

/Response: Your Favorite Car Chases In Movie History (Welcome to/Response, the companion piece to our/Answersseries and a space where /Film readers can chime in and offer their two cents on a particular question.) Earlier this week, the /Film teamwrote about their favorite car chases in movie history. We then opened the floor to our readers: what is your favorite movie car chase? And you let us know! We have collected our favorite answers (edited for length and clarity) below....

15-Second Reviews Of All The Movies We Saw At The 2017 Sundance Film Festival The /Film team of Angie Han, Ethan Anderton, and myself have returned from the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Over the six days we were in Park City, we screened over 36 movies (with only one movie having been watched by all three of us). Here are 15-second capsule reviews of all the movies we saw at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival....

5 Brilliant Ray Liotta Movies And Where You Can Watch Them It came as quite a surprise when the news broke ofthe deathof actor Ray Liotta. He was only 67 years old and was in the middle of something of a career resurgence as an elder statesman character actor. Just last year, he turned two tremendous performances in “No Sudden Move” and “The Many Saints of Newark.” His career had been thriving in the last few years, both in showcasing the livewire energy that made him a star in his younger years and occasionally eschewing that for some lovely, controlled performances....

Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’ Eyeing Late 2013 Release; Will Forte And Bruce Dern Run Around Billings, MT In First Set Photos Alexander Paynedoesn’t have a horse in this year’s Oscar race, but look for him to get back in the game next year. ProducerAlbert Bergerrevealed that Payne’sNebraskais eyeing a November or December 2013 release date, because “You know his films do well at the Academy Awards.” We won’t have to wait quite that long for a peek at the new film, however....

Andrew Adamsom Directing ‘Mister Pip’ Adaptation With Hugh Laurie Starring Andrew Adamson, director ofShrek 2and the first two Narnia movies, has set his sights onLloyd Jones' novelMister Pip. He has already written the script based on the book about " the last white man left on the war-torn island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, who reopens a school and reads his favorite novel, Great Expectations, to the students," and will produce and direct the film....

Anne Hathaway In Talks To Replace Amy Schumer As A Barbie Girl In A ‘Barbie’ Movie Anne Hathawaymay soon find that life in plastic, it’s fantastic. TheColossalactress is reportedly eyeing the lead role in Sony’sBarbiemovie, whichAmy Schumerwas originally slated to play before shedropped out of the comedyin March. But before you start praising the film for casting someone who’s more classically beautiful, I just want to remind you: theBarbiemovie is a subversive comedy about a woman who doesn’t fit in, in the land of Barbies....

Ben Stiller And ‘Extremely Loud’ Writer Jonathan Safran Foer To Team For HBO Comedy ‘All Talk’, Alan Alda In Talks HBO has developed quite a reputation for attracting high-profile, high-quality talent, with the likes of Steve Buscemi and Dustin Hoffman leading shows on the network, and now they’ve brought on one of their biggest names yet.Ben Stillerhas signed on to star, direct, and executive produceAll Talk, a comedy fromExtremely Loud and Incredibly ClosenovelistJonathan Safran Foer, withAlan Aldain talks to co-star....