Dwayne Johnson And Jason Statham Are Getting A ‘Fast And Furious’ Spinoff Buckle up,Fastfamily. There’s a newFast and Furiousspin-off in the works, and it features two of the series' biggest names and breakout stars:Dwayne Johnson’sLuke Hobbs andJason Statham’sDeckard Shaw. Hit your NOS tank and read all of theFast and Furiousspinoff details below. Deadlinebrings word that it’s still early in the process, but Universal has had discussions with writer/producerChris Morgan, who’s written all of theFastfilms since 2006’sTokyo Drift, to return to write the screenplay....

Exactly Why Did Bill Murray Keep Repeating His ‘Groundhog Day?’ Some readers might have been reminded that today isGroundhog Daybecause their morning news had a live broadcast from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. That’s where the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter. For me, I was reminded because my Twitter feed has been nothing but a live blog of quotes from the classicHarold Ramisfilm. Either way, todayisGroundhog Day and in the 1993 film of the same name, Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is forced to live the same day over and over again, improving himself a little bit each and every time until he finally gets it right....

Exploring The Strange And Absurd True History Of ‘The Favourite’ The Favouriteis, predictably, a somewhat fictionalized telling of the story of Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) and the rivalry between two of the most important women in her life: Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) and Abigail Masham (Emma Stone). But you might be surprised to learn that the latest work of darkly comedic idiosyncrasy from Yorgos Lanthimos is actually more faithful to history than most period dramas....

For All Mankind Season 3 Trailer: The Alternate History Space Race Heads To Mars What if Russia beat the U.S. to the moon back in the 1960s? What if, in turn, that pivotal moment led to the Cold War heating up to the point of militarizing NASA in the 1980s and the threat of all-out nuclear disaster spilling over into space? And to keep this ripple in the time pond going, what if another decade went by and the frantic space race finally took the competing world powers all the way to the distant and dusty orb of Mars?...

Hans Zimmer Forms Supergroup To Create ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Score Hans Zimmerhas inheritedThe Amazing Spider-Man 2scoring duties from James Horner, and he’s going about the job in an unusual way. Zimmer isn’t just writing a score himself; he’s formed a supergroup of sorts to great the score. Sony announced today that Zimmer and directorMarc Webbare working withPharrell Williams,Johnny Marr(The Smiths),Michael Einzinger(Incubus), andDave Stewart(Eurythmics) on music forThe Amazing Spider-Man 2....

Jennifer Lawrence And Gary Ross Re-Team For ‘East Of Eden’ And ‘Burial Rights’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. BeforeThe Hunger Games, the namesJennifer LawrenceandGary Rosscarried weight in Hollywood. But after the film made $400 million domestic, each got significantly bigger. So big in fact each can now pick and choose projects at will. Ross decided not to continue with the franchise, while Lawrence took that popularity to the Oscars....

Jonathan Glazer’s Next Sexy Beast Wants To Get Under The Skin Sexy BeastandBirthdirectorJonathan Glazeris working on a feature film adaptation ofMichel Faber’s sci-fi horror novelUnder the Skin. It seems that aliens must be really hot with production execs right now as some of the most interesting upcoming projects seem to revolve around otherworldly thingimajigs, from Greg Mottola’sPaul, through Joe Cornish’sAttack the Blockand on to this one which, according to Film4 is “a groundbreaking story about aliens in Scotland looking for human prey”....

Keanu Reeves Talks Cowboy Bebop Script Rewrites, Currently Too Expensive For Production Speaking toMTV News,Keanu Reeveshas offered up a slight update on the live-action adaptation of the anime seriesCowboy Bebop, in which he’ll be playing the lead role of Spike Spiegel. Reeves mentions that a draft of the script currently exists, penned by Peter Craig, but it’s apparently too elaborate to be filmed. The current script would require a budget of near-Avatarproportions—Reeves mentions that Fox thinks it would cost around $500 million....

Kurtzman And Orci Negotiating Xombie For Dreamworks We’ve seen a feature where zombies are pets, and one where they’re used as cheap labor. NowAlex KurtzmanandRoberto Orcimay be casting one of the undead as a cop, as they’re negotiating a buy of the comic book / animated web seriesXombiefor Dreamworks. THRreports the deal, which came about through a pitch by cop turned writerWill Beall. The writer already has a deal to adapt his own novelL....

LA Comic-Con Not Happening In December, Will Return In September 2021 Not too long ago, Comikaze Entertainment Inc. announced that they were somehow planning on havingLA Comic-Conhappen as an in-person event this December. This was rather shocking to a lot of fans, and had plenty of people questioning the logic behind such a decision considering the precarious times we’re all living in due to the coronavirus pandemic. Thankfully, they’ve now canceled their plans for the event to take place later this year, and it will return in the fall of 2021 instead....

Lionsgate Interested In ‘John Wick’ TV Series Prequel John Wick: Chapter 2has yet to open in theaters, but we’ve already heard some rumblings of a potential third chapter. If we’re lucky enough to see the third installment, directorChad Stahelskiplans onbringing backWinston (Ian McShane), Charon (Lance Reddick), and Aurelio (John Leguizamo) with bigger roles to play in the story. The director has more than a few ideas for the future of John Wick, including a potential television show....

LOL: Matt Damon Recreates Most Of His Film Career In Just Over 8 Minutes When British comedian and actorJames Cordentook the stage atThe Late Late Showfor the first time earlier this year, he had some help from American treasure Tom Hanks. The two teamed up torecreate the Oscar winner’s entire film careerin less than seven minutes, andArnold Schwarzenegger did the same thingin just six minutes a couple months later. Well,Matt Damonhas been making the publicity rounds forThe Martianhitting theaters this weekend, and he decided to have some fun onThe Late Late Showby reliving all the Matt Damon movie roles we know and love (and some we don’t) in about eight minutes....

Machete’s Crazy Cast Confirmed: De Niro, Lohan, Seagal And More Not too long ago there were rumors thatRobert RodriguezandEthan Maniquiswere looking at someoutrageous namesforMachete, the full-length version of the greatGrindhousetrailer starringDanny Trejo. We basically knew thatLindsay Lohanwas confirmed after she said as much the other day via Twitter. But now aVarietyreport on Overnight Productions, the outfit financingMachete, seems to confirm most of the great cast rumors. Details after the jump....