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Disney Developing A ‘Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride’ Live-Action/CG Hybrid Movie When the character of Brodie in Kevin Smith’sMallratssaid “Everyone wantsMr. Toad’s Wild Ride,” turns out Disney executives were listening. They’re now developing a live-action/computer generated hybrid movie based on the classic attraction that’s been at Disneyland since the park opened in 1955. Commercial and music video directorPete Candelandhas been attached to oversee the project,Justin Springer(Tron: Legacy) will produce and the search for a writer has begun....

Everything We Learned At The ‘Aquaman’ Press Conference “Whoa!“Jason Momoa’s deep, raspy voice exclaimed upon setting his eyes on the Madame Tussaud wax mannequin of himself at theAquamanpress conference in New York City. Suddenly, the 39-year-old actor was like a kid in a candy store, staring deeply at his incredibly accurate wax likeness with the kind of sparkle in his eyes reserved for children seeing a superhero for the first time....

Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary Celebration Will Include Shiny New Stuff To Spend Your Galactic Credits On Come 2021,Lucasfilmwill have been around for 50 years! That’s a big deal, because Lucasfilm is a big deal. It’s changed the face of the cinematic landscape as we know it, and that’s definitely something worth honoring. But instead of talking about Lucasfilm’s major achievements, the announcement about the Lucasfilm 50th anniversary celebration is all about…toys. And other consumer products....

‘Aliens’ Director James Cameron Reviews ‘Prometheus,’ Tried To Buy Rights To ‘Jurassic Park’ You can’t make the movies thatJames Cameronmakes and not be a huge movie fan yourself. The director of the two highest grossing films of all time is currently stumping for theTitanic 3DBlu-ray and has been talking all abouthisAvatarsequelsamongstother things. For example, as the first man to tackle theAlienfranchise afterRidley Scott, Cameron has some thoughts on Scott’s return to the franchise withPrometheus....

‘Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Takes Place After ‘The Avengers,’ How Does Agent Coulson Fit In? One of the biggest mysteries in regards to the upcoming ABC pilotMarvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.has just been answered. ABC President Paul Lee confirmed that the story takes place after the battle of New York inThe Avengers. When the show was first announced a post-Avengerstimeline was what most fans expected. Then came thesurprise announcementthatClark Greggwould be starring on the show. Gregg, of course, played Agent Coulson inThe Avengersand several other Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase One films but met an untimely end inJoss Whedon’s 2012 blockbuster....

‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Season 7 Premiere Date Revealed A new year means a whole bunch of new content will be coming to Disney+ in 2020. WhileStar Warsfans will be waiting untilthis fall to get new episodesof the hit new seriesThe Mandalorian, they’ll get something else to whet their appetite in the meantime, something they’ve been waiting a long time to see. The animated seriesStar Wars: The Clone Warswill return for a seventh season on Disney+ in February, and thanks to a promotional video for some of Disney’s most anticipated offerings, we know exactly when new episodes will start hitting the streaming service....

‘War Magician’ Recruits Benedict Cumberbatch For Colin Trevorrow’s World War II Movie Benedict Cumberbatchis going from Sorcerer Supreme toWar Magician. The actor will star in the new film fromJurassic WorlddirectorColin Trevorrow, based on the true-ish story of Jasper Maskelyne, a world-famous magician and illusionist who used his stage skills to help the British Army during World War II. The story was turned into a book by David Fisher. Deadline has the scoop onWar Magician, a new film from director Colin Trevorrow that will star Benedict Cumberbatch....

2021 Had Even Fewer Movies Than 2020 — Here’s What That Means In the realm of entertainment journalism, we writers have our things. Some people are clever and use that to their advantage. Others are quite good at asking famous people questions and do that frequently. I, on the other hand, obsess over the “business” side of the movie business, and if any of you fine readers have paid attention to my byline, you’ll surely noticeI write a lot about box officeand things of the like....

Mrs. American Pie: Apple’s Latest Has Good Taste, Involves Laura Dern And Kristen Wiig Apple Studios has given a greenlight to a new 10-episode comedy starring Kristen Wiig, announcing a full series order for “Mrs. American Pie,” to be a streaming exclusive on Apple TV+. The series, which follows a socialite named Maxine seeking upward mobility in Palm Beach, Florida in the early 1970s, hails from creator Abe Sylvia (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”), and it has Laura Dern on board as an executive producer....

Theme Park Bits: Cinderella Castle Makeover, Frozen In Disneyland Paris, And More In this edition of Theme Park Bits: We’re still about 18 months away from the 50th anniversary of the Magic Kingdom in Orlando. The landmark symbol of the Orlando theme park is the Cinderella Castle, and as the old saying goes, make it blue! Oh, sorry, I was too busylookingat this concept art of the Cinderella Castle after the royal makeover that was absolutely dominating Disney Twitter earlier this week....

Why Netflix’s Away Was Canceled — Here’s What We Know “Away” was seemingly poised to be Netflix’s next big sci-fi hit. Released in 2020 when all of us were still in desperate need of things to binge while locked away in our homes, the show starred Hilary Swank at the head of a killer ensemble cast. It had an interesting premise involving the first manned mission to Mars, and it was all over Netflix’s daily top 10 lists upon release....

Nicholas Hoult Joins ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ And ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ What a lovely day forNicholas Hoult. TheMad Max: Fury RoadandX-Menfranchise star is the latest recruit of theMission: Impossiblefilm series, with filmmakerChristopher McQuarrieand Hoult jointly announcing that the actor will be joining the cast of bothMission: Impossible 7andMission: Impossible 8. Here’s how it played out on Instagram this morning, with McQuarrie posing a question and Hoult quickly answering: A post shared by Nicholas Hoult (@nicholashoult)...

Watch Jimmy Kimmel Ride A Dragon, Do Carpool Karaoke & More In 2016 Emmy Opening Last night ABC’s late night hostJimmy Kimmelhosted the68th Annual Emmy Awards, and he made the typically long-running ceremony a little more tolerable with his quick wit. As is customary for the show’s host, Kimmel partook in a fun opening number that saw him meeting up with some familiar faces from the world of television, all of which were nominated in some form for the awards handed out throughout the night....