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Jeremy Renner Confirmed for ‘Captain America: Civil War’

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Hidden in the last paragraph of our earlier report on actor Jeremy Renner, the actor, it seems, has been confirmed reprise his role of Hawkeye in the upcoming Captain America: Civil War by The Hollywood Reporter. In addition to Renner, the film will star Chris Evans as Captain America, Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Anthony Mackie as The Falcon, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Chadwick Boseman in his MCU debut as Black Panther, Daniel Bruhl in a mystery role believed to be Baron Zemo, Frank Grillo as Crossbones, and a spankin brand new Spider-Man! Why not just call it Avengers 3.1!

Fans of the comics will note that Hawkeye was not present during the original Civil War storyline so his inclusion is interesting. According to reports, the events of the upcoming Avengers sequel will explain everything. If I had to guess I would expect him to join Steve Roger’s side, but only time will tell.

Earlier this week, the character poster for Renner’s Hawkeye was released for the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron which is set for release May 1, 2015. You can check out the poster below.

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Captain America: Civil War is set for release on May 6, 2016

Jada Pinkett Smith Not Returning for Season 2 of ‘Gotham’

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Well now this is a shocking development. During her visit to “Live with Kelly and Michael” on Friday, actress Jada Pinkett Smith dropped a bombshell about her future on the hit Fox show “Gotham.” When asked about her return for a second season, the actress responded:

“I don’t think so, no,” Smith said. “I signed for a year and the year is up.”

Whoa?! Is this the end of Fish Mooney?! With five episodes left in season one, I guess we will find out sooner than later. But one thing’s for sure, the actress believes there’s a lot more in the cards for season one:

“There are some great things coming ahead on ‘Gotham,’” Smith stated, “Believe you me. There’s a lot of good stuff coming.”

Gotham returns April 13th at 8pm

You can check out the interview below

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Jeremy Renner and Amy Adams to Star in Sci-Fi Film ‘Story of Your Life’

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The Hollywood Report is reporting that Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner are teaming up to star in a big screen adaptation of Ted Chiang’s Story of Your Life with Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners) set to direct. The two recently starred opposite of each other in David O. Russell’s American Hustle.

After aliens land around the globe, an expert linguist, to be played by Adams, is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat. As she learns to communicate with the aliens, she begins experiencing vivid flashbacks that become the key to unlocking the greater mystery about the true purpose of their visit.

According to the report, Renner will play a physics professor paired by the government with the linguist, played by Adams, to help communicate with the aliens.

No release date has been announced

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Disney’s Upcoming ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Adaptation Has Found its Beast..and Gaston!

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The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Walt Disney Pictures has selected Dan Stevens (The Guest) to play the iconic Beast in it’s upcoming adaptation of the Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s classic fairy tale. Stevens will work opposite Emma Watson’ as she is set to take on the role of Belle in the upcoming live-action film. But wait! There’s more! Luke Evans (Dracula Untold) is set to take on the role of Gaston! The film will be directed by Bill Condon (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn) and produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville Films.

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This continues the trend of live action Disney adaptations that have been hitting theaters of late, which started with the highly successful Alice in Wonderland in 2010 and continued with last years Maleficent. Next week marks the live action return of Cinderella as the Kenneth Branagh directed film hits theaters. Disney also will release a live action Jungle Book in early 2016.

‘Independence Day 2’ Finds It’s Lead and Adds A Familiar Face!

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Jessie Usher, star of the Starz original series Survivor’s Remorse, has taken the lead role in director Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day 2 according to The Hollywood Reporter  Usher will be playing Dylan Hiller, the son of Will Smith’s Captain Steven Hiller from the original film. Joining Usher in the film will be Liam Hemsworth. who has also been cast in in a lead role and Jeff Goldblum will reprise his role from the original film.

Production begins in May from a script recently re-written by Carter Blanchard. Previous script versions were written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin, as well as James Vanderbilt.

The film is set to hit theaters June 24, 2016

Don’t Look Now, But A New DC Comics Team-Up TV Series is Coming with Some Familiar Faces!

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DC TV universe is about to get bigger as the CW looks to create it’s own team-up spin-off of it’s successful Arrow and Flash franchises. A list of familiar actors and actresses planned to reprise their roles on the new show has surfaced and *SPOILER* one of the names will surprise you!

Arrow creators Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim are working with the network to create the show with Brandon Routh reprising his Arrow role as Ray Palmer/The Atom, Victor Garber reprising his Flash role as Dr. Martin Stein/Firestorm , Wentworth Miller as Flash villain Leonard Snart/Captain Cold and Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/Black Canary. The project will also include three major DC Comics characters who have never appeared in a TV series!

Whoa whoa whoa…wait a minute….Caity Lotz? Fans of the show Arrow will remember it was Lotz’s character Sara who met her demise this season on the show, so how could this be? And why would Captain Cold be part of this superhero team up? Could they be re-creating his character as Citizen Cold persona from the comics? And Martin Stein is only HALF of Firestorm in the Flash series, how will they work without Robbie Amell’s half! What in the crap is going on here?!

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The project is in early stages of development, so obviously a lot could change from now until production so we’ll let the creative minds behind this idea work it all out, but I can honestly say I am extremely interested to see what they come up with.

Word is that the show could go straight to series, possibly for next midseason debut

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‘Boardwalk Empire’ Star Eyed for ‘The Crow’ Reboot

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This reboot of The Crow has gone through many changes since it’s announcement so all information about the project should be taken with a grain of salt, but news today has surfaced that the film may have finally nailed down its lead. Deadline is reporting that Jack Huston is now the front runner for the titular role. James O’Barr’s dark comic book antihero has seen many re-creations since the original film was released, but none that have merited any critical acclaim. This reboot has been met with a lot of fan skepticism since originally attached star Luke Evans departed the project a few months back, but the possible addition of Huston might just calm the waters.

No release date has been announced, although it is widely rumored that the film will go into production before the end of the year.

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Harrison Ford Aboard ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel with Denis Villeneuve to Direct

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Alcon co-founders and co-CEO’s Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson have announced that Harrison Ford will return to reprise his role as Rick Deckard in the sequel to Blade Runner and Academy Award nominated director Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners) is set to direct. A lot could still change with the project, but all signs point to principal photography starting in summer of 2016. Hampton Fancher, who co-wrote the original film, returns to co-write an original screenplay,along with Michael Green, based on an idea by Fancher and Ridely Scott.

“We are honored that Harrison is joining us on this journey with Denis Villeneuve who is a singular talent, as we experienced personally on ‘Prisoners,’” said Johnson and Kosove, “Hampton and Michael, with Ridley Scott, have crafted a uniquely potent and faithful sequel to one of the most universally celebrated films of all time, and we couldn’t be more thrilled with this amazing, creative team.”

Very little more is known about the story other than that it takes place several decades after the conclusion of the 1982 original.

Alcon Entertainment acquired the film, television and ancillary franchise rights to Blade Runner in 2011 from producer Bud Yorkin to produce prequels and sequels to the science-fiction thriller. Yorkin will serve as a producer on the sequel along with Kosove and Johnson. Cynthia Sikes Yorkin will co-produce.

More as it becomes available…

Lady Gaga to Star in American Horror Story: Hotel

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Don’t look now, but a certain pop star will be checking into the newest incarnation of the hit show American Horror Story! Lady Gaga will star in the upcoming fifth season of hit show titled American Horror Story: Hotel. The singer took to twittter to announce the news and even included a small teaser video. You can check it out below!

 

Gaga has previously appeared in such movies as Machete Kills, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, and last years Muppets Most Wanted, but this will be her first major television role.

The series will premiere this October

Steven Spielberg May Direct Next ‘Indiana Jones’…Is Chris Pratt Joining Him?

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chris-pratt-indiana-jonesSounds as if we have a marriage made in Disney heaven. Deadline is reporting that Steven Spielberg (at least his team of people) is potentially interested in directing the fifth installment into the Indiana Jones franchise and he would like to bring Chris Pratt along with him. This news comes mere months after it was reported that Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm were eyeing the Guardians of the Galaxy star as the successor to Harrison Ford’s famous character.

Ford, now 73 years old, has been quite vocal about wanting to return to the franchise for one more go, but if these reports are true, it would appear that the legendary actor was being forced out. This would not come as a surprise to many as the last installment, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, is widely considered an epic failure by fans and critics alike, despite making close to $800 million globally.

We will next see Chris Pratt star in this summers blockbuster Jurassic World, a movie produced by Spielberg, who is said to have selected Pratt to star in the film.

More as it becomes available…keep it here for all your movie news!

Laura Benanti Tapped to Play Supergirl’s Mother

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Deadline is reporting that Nashville star Laura Benanti has been cast to play Alura Zor-El, the birth mother of Kara, aka Supergirl (Melissa Benoist). The article provides a short description of the character:

A strong noblewoman, Alura sends Kara to Earth to escape Krypton’s destruction. Her wisdom and guidance echoes across space and time, proving invaluable on Kara’s journey toward becoming Supergirl.

Warner Bros. TV and Berlanti Productions, best known for bringing successful DC properties Arrow and The Flash to the CW, are partnering on this Supergirl project for CBS.  The project centers around Kara Zor-El (Benoist), who escapes the destruction of Krypton and arrives on Earth where she finds out that she has the same powers as her now famous cousin, Superman. As the years pass, Kara soon learns to harness her powers and use them to become a hero in her own way.

Since the show takes place after the destruction of her home planet, my guess is that we will see Laura Benanti’s appear in some hologram messages sent along with Kara on her escape much in the same vein as Kal-El. Only time will tell though.

No word on the premiere date for the pilot, which was written by Ali Adler and Greg Berlanti, the producers on the show, along with Sarah Schechter and Warner Bros. TV.

Look for Supergirl to appear on the CBS lineup in the coming months

Mel Gibson’s ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Purchased by Lionsgate

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The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Lionsgate is in final talks for North American rights to Hacksaw Ridge from Academy Award-winning director Mel Gibson and starring ole Spiderman himself Andrew Garfield. The film is Gibson’s first directorial outing since 2006’s Apocalypto.

The story centers around WWII veteran Corporal Desmond Doss (Garfield), who became the first conscientious objector in American military history to receive the Medal of Honor even though he refused to bear arms on religious grounds. Doss is responsible for saving countless lives during the Battle of Okinawa.

Hacksaw Ridge is written by Robert Schenkkan and We Were Soldiers‘ Randall Wallace. Terry Benedict, Bill Mechanic, Steve Longi and David Permut are all attached to produce the film. No date has been set for release

Chris Pratt as Indiana Jones?

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Well spank my tush and call me a priest! Deadline is reporting that current Hollywood darling, Chris Pratt, is being courted by Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm to take over the icon role as Indiana Jones in a future incarnation of the franchise. The outlet notes that plans are in very early stages but it’s Deadline so…we believe it’d credible.

This news is breaking so more as it unfolds…keep it here to Reel News Daily for all your entertainment news!

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The ‘Ghostbusters’ Reboot Cast Revealed

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Hollywood can’t let classic films lie undisturbed and the mining of my childhood continues..today the official cast announcement came on director Paul Feig’s twitter feed, and your new Ghostbusters has been announced, and as expected, it’s an all female cast. Who ya gonna call? Well, Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids), Melissa McCarthy (The Heat), Leslie Jones (Top Five), and Kate McKinnon (Life Partners) is who.

The remake of Ivan Reitman’s 1984 comedy classic is said to detach itself from the original film and its sequel and will instead focus on a more scarier tone.

The new Ghostbusters film is scheduled to shoot this summer in New York.

Check back for further details on the production as they become available!

Camp Counselors Confirmed in the Teaser for ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ Netflix Series Coming This Summer

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wet hot americcan summerThe counselors are confirmed in this teaser for Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, a limited 8-episode series coming to Netflix just in time for summer. Elizabeth Banks, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper, Judah Friedlander, Janeane Garofalo, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, Christopher Meloni, Marguerite Moreau, Zak Orth, Amy Poehler, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, and Michael Showalter are among some of the cast joining the series, which tells the story of the first day of Camp Firewood’s famous summer season, now fourteen years after the film’s debut. The series is directed by David Wain and co-written by Wain and Michael Showalter.

I’m so excited for this! Who’s your favorite counselor? Read More →

CBS Has Found Their Supergirl!

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Well…it’s official! Melissa Benoist (Glee, Whiplash) has been hired to play the DC comics character according to The Hollywood Reporter. Read More →

Milla Jovovich Set for ‘Resident Evil- The Final Chapter’

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After announcing the birth of her second child with husband/director Paul W.S. Anderson, the future of the Resident Evil franchise was put on hold by Screen Gems, but word comes that the delay may be short lived. Milla has taken to social media with word that she is already preparing to return as Alice and the movie plans to shoot in August. Read More →

[UPDATE] Tom Hardy Exits DC’s ‘Suicide Squad’ Movie

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UPDATE: Variety reports that Jake Gyllenhaal has passed on the offer to play Rick Flagg. The search for a Tom Hardy replacement continues.

According to The Wrap actor Tom Hardy has been forced to drop out out of Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Entertainment’s upcoming Suicide Squad movie due to scheduling conflict, but word has it that David Ayer has reached out to his End of Watch star Jake Gyllenhaal to replace him. Hardy was slated to play Rick Flagg in the film. Read More →

Report: Spider-Man is Coming to the Avengers!!!!

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According to Latino Review, the deal for Spider-Man to appear in the Avengers is complete and web head is joining the team in the next installment of the Avengers franchise… Read More →

Ryan Reynolds is Back as Deadpool

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Much to no ones surprise, Deadline is reporting that Ryan Reynolds is set to reprise his role as the Merc With A Mouth in 20th Century Fox’s upcoming Deadpool feature film. If you will recall, Reynolds played the role of Wade Wilson in Fox’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine which was widely jeered by comic book fans. Interest was sparked in the project earlier this year when test footage of Reynolds as Deadpool popped up on the internet. Read More →