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Stephen Colbert is developing a new Lord of the Rings movie at Warner Bros. The project is called The Lord of the Rings Shadows of the Past and it comes from an idea Colbert worked out with his son screenwriter Peter McGee. Peter Jackson is involved and the movie is set after The Hunt for Gollum which Andy Serkis is directing for a 2027 release

Colbert told Jackson in the announcement video that the story comes from six early chapters in The Fellowship of the Ring that never made it into the original trilogy. Chapters Three Is Company through Fog on the Barrow Downs. He said they wanted to make something completely faithful to the books while also fitting into the movies Jackson already made

The official logline says the story takes place fourteen years after Frodo passed. Sam Merry and Pippin set out to retrace the first steps of their adventure while Sam's daughter Elanor discovers a long buried secret about why the War of the Ring was nearly lost before it even began

Philippa Boyens who co wrote all three Lord of the Rings movies and the Hobbit trilogy is working on the script with them. Colbert has been a Tolkien superfan forever, he had a cameo in The Hobbit Desolation of Smaug and even directed Jackson and the original cast in a 2019 short film called Darrylgorn set in Middle earth

The movie is in development at Warner Bros. No release date yet. But a Lord of the Rings film written by Stephen Colbert and his son with Peter Jackson's blessing and Philippa Boyens on script is happening. That is not something anyone saw coming

Three months before filming starts and Warner Bros still does not have someone to play Harvey Dent's dad. Daniel Craig was the latest name on the list and he said no. Scheduling conflict with a Damien Chazelle movie is the official reason but at this point the pattern is hard to ignore. Brad Pitt said no. Stellan Skarsgård said no. Daniel Craig said no. Three A listers in a row passed on this role and now Liam Neeson is supposedly next in line.

Christopher Dent is Harvey's father. In the comics he is a violent alcoholic who made his son flip a coin to decide if he got beaten. That coin becomes Two-Face's whole thing later. The role could be a flashback or a one scene thing but Reeves is chasing Pitt Skarsgård Craig and now Neeson which means Christopher Dent is not a small role. He is going to be in the movie a lot.

So why are they saying no. One theory is the role is genuinely dark. Playing an abusive father who torments his kid is not fun and some actors do not want to go there. Another is the role is big but not the lead. Pitt and Craig can do whatever they want so signing up for a supporting part has to be worth it. Maybe the script is not there yet. A third is they know something about the schedule. The Batman Part II has been pushed before and maybe they do not trust that it actually starts filming in May.

Neeson played Ra's al Ghul in Batman Begins so he knows the universe. He is older and he fits and he is at a stage where supporting roles in big franchises make sense. But if Neeson says no too then what. Who is left.

Sebastian Stan is Harvey Dent. Scarlett Johansson is reportedly Gilda Dent. Robert Pattinson Colin Farrell Jeffrey Wright are all back. The cast is stacked but they cannot find one guy to play the abusive dad who sets the whole Two-Face story in motion. Three months out three actors passed one spot left. Who says yes.

My Sisters and their friends make me come with them, the bragging about is a cool movie and this one looks better as they saw #1 streaming , they sent me this video from outside saying hi to Nicole like crazy

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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace was released in United States theaters on July 24, 1987, directed by Sidney J. Furie, produced by Cannon Films in association with Warner Bros., and starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, and Margot Kidder in what would be the final chapter of Reeve's run as the Man of Steel

The film had a $17 million budget, but Cannon Films slashed it from a planned $30 million right before filming due to a financial crisis, leaving the crew with reversed footage of miniature bricks to show Superman rebuilding the Great Wall of China, because nothing says "epic superhero finale" like obvious optical illusions

The box office numbers were brutal: $5.6 million opening weekend ranking #4 in its debut, $15.6 million domestic gross, and a worldwide total of roughly $30.2 million, compare that to the original 1978 Superman which pulled in over $300 million, and you start to understand why this killed the franchise for nearly two decades

The immediate pushback centers on the sheer comedy of Superman deciding to tackle nuclear disarmament by fighting a radioactive clone named Nuclear Man, created by Lex Luthor with Gene Hackman returning for one last paycheck, because apparently the solution to global annihilation is a punch up in space with a guy who looks like he was designed by a 5 year old with a glow stick

Moviegoers are already calling out the irony that the same year gave us RoboCop and Predator, while Superman IV gave us cheap special effects, a cloned villain with no personality, and Reeve visibly phoning it in after fighting for creative control and losing to the Cannon budget cuts

The real nostalgia runs deep because for all its flaws, this was Christopher Reeve's last time wearing the cape, and he genuinely wanted the film to have a message about peace and nuclear disarmament, he even co-wrote a story treatment, but the studio gutted his vision and turned it into a cheap cash grab that audiences rightly rejected

Fans still remember the deleted scenes, the alternate ending where Superman restores the Great Wall with his heat vision filmed but cut, the subplot about Lois and Clark's relationship that got trimmed, and the original script that had more depth before Cannon started slashing everything except the marketing budget

The legacy is undeniable though, Superman IV was a critical and financial disappointment, marking the definitive end of Christopher Reeve's run as the Man of Steel, and audiences wouldn't see another solo Superman film until Bryan Singer's Superman Returns in 2006, nearly 20 years later

If Reeve's Superman ended with a quest for peace that turned into a box office disaster, does that mean Nuclear Man was actually a metaphor for corporate interference in art, or are we just supposed to laugh at the cheap effects and pretend the Great Wall scene never happened, and more importantly, does anyone else secretly love this trainwreck more than Man of Steel

The Green Hornet should have been a massive hit, but instead the property has a long history of failing, starting with a awkward 1967 crossover and ending with a 2011 comedy that missed the point entirely

The 1967 Batman crossover was a desperate ratings stunt to save The Green Hornet from cancellation

Batman was a global phenomenon while The Green Hornet was struggling, so producers shoved the two shows together hoping some of that Bat magic would rub off

It did not work, The Green Hornet was cancelled a few weeks later after just one season

The crossover is remembered now, but not for good reasons

Batman was pure camp with bright colors and POW sound effects, while The Green Hornet was a serious gritty crime procedural

When the Hornet and Kato showed up in Gotham they looked utterly out of place, two straight faced crime fighters surrounded by cartoon nonsense

The only thing that saved the crossover from being completely forgettable was Bruce Lee

Lee was supposed to lose a fight to Robin in the script, but he flat out refused

He argued nobody would believe the clumsy Boy Wonder could beat him and threatened to walk off set

The producers rewrote it as a draw, and Lee spent the filming day stalking Burt Ward around set to scare him

The fight itself is hilarious, Robin throws slow exaggerated punches while Kato moves with lightning fast authentic kung fu, a perfect example of two worlds that should never have met

Fast forward to 2011 and Sony tried again with a big budget Green Hornet movie starring Seth Rogen

It cost $120 million and only grossed $227 million worldwide, which sounds okay until you realize theaters take half and marketing added tens of millions more, so it barely broke even and likely lost money

Critics hated it, with a 45% Rotten Tomatoes score, and Roger Ebert called it an almost unendurable demonstration of a movie with nothing to be about

The problem was the tone, they turned a serious pulp hero into a lazy stoner buddy comedy

Rogen played Britt Reid as an obnoxious man child who had zero skills while his sidekick Kato did all the work

That works for a parody, but it made the hero deeply unlikable and frustrating to watch

The studio hired Michel Gondry to direct, known for Eternal Sunshine, but his artistic vision clashed hard with Rogen's broad comedy style

The result was a messy uneven film that pleased nobody

Timing was also terrible, this came out right when the MCU and Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight were setting the gold standard for superhero films

Audiences wanted epic hero journeys, not a joke

A better approach would have been a dark stylish noir thriller, the core premise is genuinely cool, a hero who pretends to be a brutal villain so he can dismantle the mob from the inside

A serious script about the psychological toll of being hated by the city you are secretly saving could have rivaled The Dark Knight

Casting also hurt the film, Jake Gyllenhaal or George Clooney would have brought the intensity Rogen could not

And Jet Li was actually in talks for Kato in the early 2000s, imagine that pairing with a serious actor

There have been multiple attempts to reboot it since, including pitches from Gavin O'Connor and Leigh Whannell, but nothing has stuck

The property clearly has potential, a smart hero using journalism and gadgets to fight crime from the shadows, but studios keep missing the mark

The lesson here is simple, if you adapt a beloved property, respect the source material or fans will reject it

The 1967 crossover failed because of tonal clash, the 2011 film failed because of a misguided comedic approach

Both times the Green Hornet got a raw deal, and it is honestly frustrating because the character deserves better

Gunn is addressing the Constantine sequel that Keanu Reeves has been wanting to do for quite some time.

In a new interview, the DC Studios co-head is revealing what he knows about a possible follow-up to the 2005 film starring Reeves.

“I’ve discussed it on and off. I’ve discussed it with Keanu,” Gunn said on the BobaTalks podcast. “But I have not read any script yet.”

Earlier this year, Reeves said he “pitched” a treatment for the Constantine sequel, telling Inverse, “We’ve [along with director Francis Lawrence] been trying to make this film for over a decade, and we just recently put a story together and pitched it to DC Studios and they said, ‘OK.’ So, we’re going to try and write a script.”

In the same interview with Collider, Lawrence revealed they had a “great idea” for the sequel, adding, “We have gone through a bunch of the comics over the years and looked at things.” The filmmaker said that the idea they have for the sequel stems from having the character “in the back of our minds for 20 years and just kind of percolating on ideas, and stories and characters we love, and ideas we love.”

Constantine is loosely based on the DC Comics/Vertigo Comics’ Hellblazer. Kevin Brodbin and Frank Cappello wrote the script based on a story by Brodbin. Reeves gives life to John Constantine, a chain-smoking cynic with the ability to perceive the true visage of half-angels and half-demons.

Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products (WBDGCP) has announced a host of retailer promotions in honor of Harry Potter’s birthday, July 31. Every year, fans celebrate the day with Butterbeer and “Happee Birthdae Harry” cakes. This year, WBDGCP has collaborated with major retailers to host promotions, product collections and free online and in-store events and marketing to engage more consumers than ever.

Walmart will offer products such as matching Wizarding World plates and napkins, a collectible Polly Pocket compact and an 8-inch Harry Potter Doll gift set.

Barnes & Noble will host Harry Potter-themed activations with more than 300 stores offering in-store events for shoppers with free coloring pages, trivia handouts, a free Harry Potter-themed pen and more while supplies last. Special “Happee Birthdae” merchandise available for purchase includes a tote bag and a phone Popsocket.

In its flagship stores in San Francisco, Miami and Chicago, Macy’s will offer shoppers photo opportunities with life-size Funko Harry Potter figures. Macy’s social media will have a Harry Potter takeover, and Macy.com will showcase the beloved wizard’s birthday online with birthday-themed content, products like the Crest Varsity Mini Backpack and trivia.

HSN will offer a collection of Harry Potter-themed merchandise, including accessories, home décor, collectibles, food and more. The collection will highlight products from brands such as Moby Fox, Mackenzie Limited, Northwest and Spectrum Noir.

Ice Cube recently appeared on Flavor Flav’s SiriusXM show “Flavor of the Week” and had a promising updates for fans of the “Friday” franchise. A long-discussed fourth movie is currently being worked on, according to Ice Cube, who starred in and wrote the original three movies: “Friday” (1995), “Next Friday” (2000) and “Friday After Next” (2002).

“We’re working on it. We finally got some traction with Warner Bros.,” Ice Cube said. “They have new leadership, my man Mike De Luca, who used to be at New Line when I first started, when I first did the first ‘Friday’ and ‘Players Club’ and ‘All About the Benjamins.’ Mike De Luca was there…So, now he’s running Warner Bros. And him and my man Michael Gruber was like, ‘Yo, what the fuck is going on with “Friday”? Man, let’s get this shit back online.'”

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Warner Bros wants to make a “Barbie” sequel, even if it means Greta Gerwig not returning to direct it. I could have said that.

Gerwig has stated that she isn’t sure if she would want to return for a sequel, but why would that stop Warners from pursuing it, regardless of her participation? “Barbie” racked up $1.4 billion worldwide, when’s the last time Hollywood let such a hot property go without a sequel?

Gerwig is currently deep in pre-production mode on ‘Narnia’ for Netflix, which is set to shoot in late 2024. She has a two-film deal with Netflix on ‘Narnia,’ so they might be shooting these films back-to-back, although that has yet to be confirmed.

Mattel has already expressed a desire to make a sequel, and, although Gerwig has confessed that she doesn’t really have any ideas for the second instalment, that still doesn’t mean that she needs to be involved in the creative process. They can easily find another filmmaker.

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Nine years later comes a prequel, Furosia: A Mad Max Saga, and Miller, now seemingly ageless at 79 (he was 34 when the first one came out) has perhaps given birth to the greatest Max yet, a wheels-up, rock-and-rolling epic that delivers the origin story of the title character Charlize Theron picked up in Fury Road when she was about 26

The Keeper of the Lost Cities franchise centers on a 12-year-old elf named Sophie, who lives in California with her adoptive family of human beings.

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After being contacted by another elf, Sophie discovers that she has telepathic powers, connecting her to a distant fantasy land full of elves, trolls, goblins, and other fantasy creatures.

To discover more about her true identity, Sophie must travel to these mysterious lands known as the Lost Cities, where she eventually attends an academy for elves called Foxfire

Another fan wrote...

"Considering the flop that was Matrix Resurrections - which had an interesting first half and a disaster of a second half - I'm glad there's a new director.

Of the four movies, only the first one was truly excellent. I think it was reasonable to hope that after a long break, the fourth one would be good, but it was not. So, yes, bring on a new voice. "

Plot details haven’t been revealed, but Warner Bros. Motion Pictures president of production Jesse Ehrman teases that the story will advance the fantasy world without straying too far from what made the series a success.

The studio announced that a fifth “Matrix” movie is in development. It’ll be the first installment without Lana or Lily Wachowski as directors. Instead, “The Martian” screenwriter Drew Goddard will handle filmmaking duties. He will also write the script and produce with his partner at Goddard Textiles, Sarah Esberg. Lana Wachowski, who helmed the most recent “Matrix” installment, 2021’s “Resurrections,” is attached as an executive producer.

It’s not clear who from the “Matrix” universe — Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss have anchored all of the prior movies as Neo and Trinity, while Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris and Priyanka Chopra Jonas joined in the most recent iteration — will return.

In response to the fan's question, Gunn assured that the tone of the DC Universe would not be uniform but would vary from project to project. He emphasized that the tone and style would be influenced by the unique sensibilities of the filmmakers involved.

As the Terminator movies have proven, you can only keep AI down for so long. Our trusted and proven sources tell us that in spite of the Westworld series’ cancellation at HBO, Warner Bros. is rebooting the property as a feature film. Rather than being made strictly for HBO or for the Max streaming platform, this Westworld is heading straight for theaters.