After two rounds playing the ex-military cop Jack Reacher on the big screen, Tom Cruise is officially out of the franchise. British author Lee Child, who created the character, told BBC Radio that he has decided “There won’t be any more movies with Tom Cruise… Cruise, for all his talent, didn’t have that physicality.”

My father used to close out his emails with these incredible words by Hunter S Thompson: “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly worn-out and screaming “WooHoo, What a Ride!” I didn’t truly know Stan Lee. I typically connected with him at comic conventions where I would find myself utterly worn-out and growing ragged or weary.

Ennio Morricone has distanced himself from a series of comments he allegedly made about Quentin Tarantino, saying he was never interviewed by the publication in question. Just yesterday, it was reported that legendary film composer Ennio Morricone had allegedly savaged iconic director Quentin Tarantino in an interview with Playboy Germany.

A new chapter in Breaking Bad is in the works. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan is working on a two-hour movie, though it remains unclear if that will be released theatrically or made for television. Representatives for Gilligan and Breaking Bad producers Sony Pictures Television did not immediately respond to THR's requests for comment.

With the Disney shifting Jungle Cruise's release date to July 24, 2020, the studios simultaneously removed the scheduled July 31, 2020 Marvel Studios film from the slate. With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 having been put on hold seemingly indefinitely since the firing of its director James Gunn in July, the shift might mean only two Marvel Studios films will arrive in 2020. Whether or not the film was slated for July 31, 2020 or the May 1, 2020 date (therefore having the July film moved up) is unknown. It's unlikely Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3's shift did not play a role in the shake up.

Universe and Blumhouse’s Halloween may be a sequel to the 1978 original but time hasn’t tempered the film’s zealous following; with an impressive $77.5 million dollar opening, the film sliced its way to the franchise’s best debut weekend of all time, the second highest October opening weekend of all time (second only to Sony’s Venom), and the highest ever for a horror movie with a female lead.

Halloween night can be a frightening time. Only a fool would dare leave the house and brave the inky black outside, teeming as it is with ghouls, goblins and all manner of undesirable. The safest move would be to stay in, where all a person has to worry about is whether that sound – there it is again! – is the washing machine or a murderer closing in on his prey. In that spirit, the Guardian has assembled a guide to the spookiest films produced and/or released by Netflix for those with a taste for thrills and chills. Leave out the customary take-one candy bowl and hit play on one of the following:

According to Sigourney Weaver, James Cameron was a fan of Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5 plans. Blomkamp’s plans for the sequel ultimately fell through, but not due to any lack of support from the director of Aliens. If anything, Weaver and Cameron would still like to see Blomkamp’s vision make it onto the big screen. Back in 2015, Blomkamp – who is best known for District 9 – was signed on by Foxto create Alien 5. The film would have been a direct sequel to Aliens, thereby eliminating the events that happened in Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection. Not much was ever revealed about the plot, but concept art showed that Ripley would have reunited

Wesley Snipes continues to tease a future appearance as Blade, either as a continuation or even in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Although Marvel Studios receives plenty of credit for kicking off this current age of superhero movies, they were hardly the first. The success of the original X-Men trilogy and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy both made it possible, but neither of those would've happened without the success of Blade in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Snipes made three appearances as the vampire hero, but fans of his portrayal continue to want more.

An Italian director has worn a homemade t-shirt showing its support for disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein at Venice Film Festival. Luciano Silighini Garagnani, a Conservative D-list Italian casting director turned filmmaker, proudly paraded a t-shirt which read “Weinstein is Innocent” with a photo of the mogul himself.

Those expecting confirmation of a downgrade to Marvel's Spider-Man when assessing final code should probably look away now. Having stacked up the final game against the E3 2017 presentation, our overall conclusion is that Insomniac is on the money here - there have been changes, as there are during production of any game - but there has been no technical downgrade. In fact, we'd say that the final presentation is upgraded in key respects, both technical and artistic.

Paul Feig has ruled out the idea of sitting in the director's chair for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The team of misfits and outlaws first appeared in the comics back in 1969, but with a vastly different line-up. The modern incarnation debuted in 2008, before bursting onto the big screen back in 2014. The success of Vol. 1 made household names of such characters as Star Lord, Drax the Destroyer, and Groot. It also officially launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe away from Earth and deeper into the cosmos. An equally successful sequel was released in 2017.

American filmmaker S. Craig Zahler is back at Venice Film Festival for a second year running, this time with his Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn cop drama Dragged Across Concrete. Screen caught up with Zahler at the festival to talk about working with controversial figure Gibson, getting projects made outside of the studio system, and why he won’t compromise on the runtime of his films.

In a male-dominated industry, Geneva Robertson-Dworet is as rare as the female superhero characters she helps craft. The breakout action-genre screenwriter will be adding a historic project to her resume with Captain Marvel, Marvel's first female-led movie, due out next year. Robertson-Dworet, who penned the Tomb Raider blockbuster reboot, has also been tapped to work on Sherlock Holmes 3, Gotham City Sirens and the new Dungeons & Dragons adaptation.

One of the many questions surrounding Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is whether Disney will use the script completed by writer/director James Gunn shortly before his firing in July. An early report suggested the studio likely intendds to do just that, something now confirmed by the filmmaker’s brother Sean Gunn.

One of the most iconic film franchises of all time almost looked quite a bit different, with news that Michael Jackson once tried to nab the title role in a James Bond movie. While most music fans are well aware of Michael Jackson’s status as one of the world’s most successful musicians, others might not be too well-versed in his acting career.

A user on Reddit was watching Ant-Man and The Wasp and he discovered that after Scott Lang absorbs the Quantum Particles into the device, more orange energy orbs appear around him…right when the people outside turn to dust. Syncing up that scene with the scenes of The Snap in Avengers: Infinity War showed that when people began turning to dust, more Quantum Particles appeared in the Quantum Realm:

In order to teach sites like this one a lesson about leaking things they don’t want out there, there are rumors Marvel may have gone to an alternate title for Avengers 4, but those are not confirmed. Last night prior to me running the rumor of the Annihilation title, I learned the Marvel was really mad that it leaked out and they planned to announce it today. That’s why I ran the rumor last night.

As the contracts of Avengers stars Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., and others are starting to expire, Marvel studios is already locking down its next wave of franchise faces. Captain Marvel's Brie Larson is certainly a major part of the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the studio has already locked her down for several upcoming movies.

Michael Giacchino is set to return as the composer of Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Far From Home. The film is directed by Jon Watts who helmed the previous installment in the series and stars Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Zendaya, Marisa Tomei, Jake Gyllenhaal, Cobie Smulders, Samuel L. Jackson, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Hemky Madera, Numan Acar and J.B. Smoove.

After the recent revelation/insinuation that Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi was poorly received because of Russian Bots (?), a Solo film that no-one wanted, and the announcement of 64,000 new projects in the works – we take a look at the onset of what we like to call Star Wars Fatigue. It surely is unlike a studio to milk a franchise for all it is worth. So we were quite surprised when Disney announced they would be releasing a slew of new releases on various outlets for their acquired flagship franchise Star Wars.

It appears that Marvel's Doctor Strange sequel may be much further along than we may have thought as Benedict Wong has seemingly revealed that the film could begin filming as soon as this December!

I managed to get to a preview screening of First Man this week! And as someone who has been steeped in Apollo and space history for the better part of her life (I learned about the Moon landing when I was seven and have been obsessed ever since) I have some thoughts about it… Heads up: there are spoilers. I wanted to love this movie

The state of Star Wars fandom is currently complicated, to say the least, leading Lucasfilm to seemingly struggle to determine the best way to not only appease as many fans as possible but also push the saga in new directions. Recent reports regarding the licenses that Lucasfilm is seeking for its upcoming live-action Star Wars: The Mandalorian series could confirm they expect the show to become the key to reviving excitement about the galaxy far, far away.

Tony Stark's Scarlet Witch-induced vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron wasn't a foreshadowing of the events of Avengers: Infinity War, Elizabeth Olsen said. In the said nightmare, Wanda heightened Stark's fear of seeing his Avengers pals die on his watch after they failed to defeat an unknown threat. The horrifying nightmare was capped off with Captain America telling him that he could've done more - further fueling his motivation to push through with the Ultron Program.

Every summer the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors hunkers down and reviews and approves proposed rule changes from the branches.

BBC Culture polled film critics from around the world to determine the best American movies ever made. The results are surprising – Gone With the Wind appears at 97.

'Pee-wee's Big Adventure' turns the big 3-0 this week. Ha! Ha!

Sky Atlantic will show a controversial documentary on Scientology, despite pressure from the church.

The desire to be scared or disgusted is odd. So why do audiences enjoy the unpleasant in horror fiction and film?

The year 2015 heralded a number of notable Internet milestones -- the humble .com domain name reached 30 years of age, while both eBay and Amazon reached the grand old age of 20. That the Internet Movie Database, a gargantuan film and TV show encyclopedia better known as IMDb, began 25 years ago as a pre-Web hobby project and is now one of the top 50 most visited websites on the Internet is a notable achievement.

Studio Ghibli's animated works have won acclaim around the world, and we're sure many of our readers are familiar with their hit films like Spirited Away and Castle in the Sky. But have you ever wondered what it may be like to actually work in the famous studio?

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JJ Abrams, director of the new Star Wars movie, is among the high-profile film-makers going back to using traditional means of scene-setting instead of relying on the relative ease of CGI.