More Human Than Human: A ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Spoiler Review (In ourSpoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry: Denis Villeneuve’sBlade Runner 2049.)Any review ofBlade Runner 2049is by default a spoiler review. Warner Brothers and directorDenis Villeneuvehave gone to extreme lengths to keep the majority of details about their sci-fi sequel asecret, including limiting press screenings and issuing stern warnings to the press who did see the film to not reveal anything....

New Willy Wonka Movie Might Be An Origin Story A few weeks ago, we got word of anotherWilly Wonkamoviein the worksfrom Warner Bros., withHarry Potter’sDavid Heymanproducing. So naturally, when I had the chance to sit down with Heyman at the recentFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themjunket, I had to ask him about it. During our conversation, Heyman offered a minor status update, offering hints about what the movie might be (hint: not a remake), and explaining why he wanted to make a newWilly Wonkamovie in the first place....

Paul Reubens Says Pee-Wee Herman Film Will Be Based On All-New Script When news brokelast nightthatJudd Apatowis producing a newPee-wee Hermanfilm to be written byPaul ReubensandPaul Rust, I speculated that this might be one of the two Pee-wee scripts Reubens has talked up over the past few years. But comments from someone who saw a recent Reubens Q&A suggested that this is an all-new, third script. And now comments from Reubens confirm that the Apatow-produced movie is indeed different from the other Pee-wee projects we’ve previously known about....

Pete Davidson Seems To Be Leaving Saturday Night Live After This Season Pete Davidson has becomeone of the fan-favorite cast memberson “Saturday Night Live” despite not having a large repertoire of memorable characters or a penchant for sketch comedy. But the young comedian does havea flair for comedic hip-hopand Weekend Update segments, with a little bit of Adam Sandler charm thrown in for good measure. Unfortunately, if a report fromVarietyturns out to be accurate, it sounds like Davidson will be leaving “SNL” after the current 47th season comes to an end this weekend....

Peter Jackson Turned Down Directing ‘Aquaman’ – Twice Don’t even think about askingPeter Jacksonto direct a superhero movie, because he’s not interested. TheLord of the Ringsfilmmaker recently revealed that he’s not interested in directing a superhero film, so much so that he turned down the opportunity to directAquamantwice. To be fair, Jackson doesn’t say hehatessuperhero movies – just that he’d rather not spend his time making one. Peter Jackson hasn’t directed a big scale feature film since 2014’sThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and while he might return to blockbuster filmmaking again some day, don’t expect his next project to feature superheroes....

Rejoice, The Steven Spielberg Vs. Netflix War Is Over! After several bloody days of theSteven Spielbergvs. Netflix war, we may have finally arrived at a ceasefire. Despite reports to the contrary, Spielberg friend and colleagueJeffrey Katzenbergsays that the filmmaker has no desire to change Academy rules to hinder Netflix. Apparently, this entire thing was a huge misunderstanding, with someone misquoting something someone else – not Spielberg – said. Is that it then?...

Rian Johnson Is Still Working On His Own ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy, Contrary To Rumors Otherwise Back in the fall of 2017, Lucasfilm announced thatStar Wars: The Last JedidirectorRian Johnsonwould be at the helmof an entirely newStar Warstrilogy. Since then, we haven’t heard anything about the project other than the first moviemight arrive in 2020. That’s largely because he’s been busy bringing together an incredible cast for hismurder mystery thrillerKnives Out. But a new rumor recently emerged that gave another reason for the lack of updates on the trilogy....

Ridley Scott May Give ‘All The Money In The World’ To Mark Wahlberg & Michelle Williams As always,Sir Ridley Scotthas more than a few options on his plate. He’s next directing a movie about the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, which is currently attracting a trio of fine actors, includingMichelle WilliamsandMark Wahlberg, and he’s signed on to direct a movie about the Battle of Britain. Production onAll The Money In The World, the Getty project, is expected to begin production next month in Italy....

Samuel L. Jackson Was As Surprised By The Ending Of ‘Split’ As You Were Warning: Spoilers forSplitfollow, so turn back now if you haven’t seen it yet.M. Night Shyamalan’s 2017 psychological thrillerSplithas one of the most surprising endings of the past decade, stealthily setting up an unexpected sequel that fans have been wanting for years. And though he wasn’t directly involved withSplit,UnbreakablestarSamuel L. Jacksonwas just as surprised atSplit’sending as we were....

Sequel Bits: Robert Rodriguez Talks ‘Machete Kills’ And ‘Sin City 2’, Plus: ‘Tangled 2’, ‘Tron: Uprising’, ‘Men In Black 3’, ‘Iron Man 3’ Three sequels, two threequels, and a TV show spinoff feature in today’s Sequel Bits. After the jump: UntilTangled 2gets going, though, Moore already has Disney XD’s upcoming animated seriesTron: Uprisingto keep her busy. While much of the marketing so far has focused on the lead character of Beck (voiced byElijah Wood), Moore dropped lots of details about her character, Beck’s best friend Mara:...

Sex, Love And Goop Trailer: 10 Things I Hate About Goop As the modern day prophets Lit once said, “I am my own worst enemy.” And with the news that Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle magazine/website/luxury cult has (another) brand new Netflix show, I am ready to disappoint myself once again. With this blink-and-you’ll-miss-it teaser trailer, Netflix has announced their newest hot Goop collab, “Sex, Love and Goop.” The show description promises a lusty and sex positive romp through the modern world of sex, where couples team up with “experts” to take their sex lives to the next level....

Sundance Movie Review: Smart People Dennis Quaid plays Lawrence Wetherhold, a miserable and pompous college professor who suffers a head trauma while trying to jump the fence at a car impound lot. Unable to drive himself around, his screw-up adopted-brother Chuck (played by the incomparable Thomas Haden Church) moves in and becomes his personal chauffeur (if he can ever remember to pick his brother up). Chuck tries to expose Lawrence’s conservative daughter Vanessa (Ellen Page) to beer and drugs, and in the process, a complicated relationship develops....

Superhero Bits: Civil War, The Flash, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Arrow, Iron Man, Batman V Superman Is Marvel launching anotherCivil War? DoesDave Bautistawant anAvengers/Guardians of the Galaxycrossover? What wouldBatmanlook like as an old-timey Spartan warrior? Which Earth-2 villain is coming inThe FlashSeason 2 premiere? What’s the next stage in theS.H.I.E.L.D./CarterDubsmash War? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits. Talk about minimalist: ArtistQui BedrawsBatmancharacters with a single line. (H/tComicBook.com.)...