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‘Kung Fu’ Movie In The Works From ‘Hobbs And Shaw’ Director David Leitch Universal Pictures has acquired the film rights toKung Fu, the 1970s TV series starring David Carradine, and the studio has hiredDavid Leitchto direct a contemporaryKung Fumovie. Leitch, who has previously directed films likeAtomic Blonde,Deadpool 2, andHobbs and Shaw, seems like an obvious choice to infuse this story with the kind of frenetic, action-packed choreography we’ve seen across his filmography....

/Film Has Arrived At Sundance Film Festival 2010 Yesterday, I arrived in Park City, Utah for my very first Sundance Film Festival. I’ve only been toone film festival beforein my life, but I don’t think anything can possibly prepare me for the two weeks ahead. There’s a ton of great movies that we at /Film plan to bring you coverage of, and we’ll be doing it through every conceivable form of media possible....

RZA, Misty Upham And Anthony LaPaglia Join Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’ Quentin Tarantinocontinues to fill his upcoming film,Django Unchained, with a sprinkling of his regulars and a great many excellent actors you’d never expect to play in his universe. For example he’s just cast theRZA, who scored bothKill Billfilms for Tarantino, in a small role as a mean slave named Thaddeus. That makes sense. Making less sense, but equally awesome, are the additions ofMisty Upham(who held her own against eventual Oscar-winner Melissa Leo inFrozen River) as a bar owner named Minnie andWithout a Trace’sAnthony LaPagliaas an evil Australian who buys slaves to fight....

‘Deadpool 2’: What Did You Think? The second coming ofDeadpoolhas arrived. The Merc with a Mouth has returned in a sequel that is just as raunchy and silly as the first, but brings a bigger dose of blockbuster comic book action along with it. But what did you think? Deadpool 2was directed byJohn WickandAtomic BlondehelmerDavid Leitch, and moving on from the first film’s director Tim Miller worried some fans. But withRyan Reynoldsstill on board, and writersRhett ReeseandPaul Wernickreturning to script, they hoped for the best....

‘Old Guard’ Comic Book Movie From Gina Prince-Bythewood Coming Before ‘Silver & Black’ With the future of Sony’s comic book movieSilver & Blackis currently up in the air, directorGina Prince-Bythewoodis looking to helm a different comic book adaptation for a different studio. New reports indicate that Prince-Bythewood (Beyond the Lights, Love and Basketball) has signed on to directThe Old Guard, a movie version of writerGreg Ruckaand artistLeandro Fernandez’s comic about a batch of immortal soldiers....

‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Teaser: Spike Lee Adapts His Debut Film For A Netflix Series Continuing the trend of talented, mid-budget directors making their way to TV,Spike Leeis making his television debut with a Netflix adaptation of his groundbreaking 1986 debut filmShe’s Gotta Have It. A short teaser was released for the television adaptation ofShe’s Gotta Have It, showcasing that trademark Spike Lee look: a bold style, vivid colors, and even the same graffiti-inspired title card of the original film....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Visual Effects Supervisor Roger Guyett On Marrying The Practical And The Digital [Interview] There’s one particularly telling and effective moment inThe Skywalker Legacy, the feature-lenght documentary that’s included on theStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerhome release that sums up much of the ambivalence and consternation that some had with J.J. Abrams' return to theStar Warsuniverse. After showing the intricate construction of a giant, practical snake monster, the doc cuts back to footage of Jabba The Hutt, that old analogue beast that slithered its way into our hearts....

Superhero Bits: ‘Venom’ Trailer Coming Soon, New ‘Black Panther’ Soundtrack Single & More CouldRa’s Al Ghulbe coming to the live-actionTitansseries? Want to hear a new single off Kendrick Lamar’sBlack Panthersoundtrack? When can we expect to see the first trailer forVenom? What’s the latest opening weekend box office prediction forBlack Panther? Want to see a newBatman: Gotham by Gaslightclip withSelina Kyle? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Anew 4K Blu-ray coverforJustice Leaguein some international shows the superhero team in Wayne Manor....

The Morning Watch: Motion Capture Characters Before VFX, ‘The Wrong Missy’ Gag Reel & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, see what the motion capture performances looked like behind the scenes of movies likeBeauty and the Beast, the Shape of Water, Call of the Wild, and more....

‘Hellraiser’ TV Series Brings Creator Clive Barker On Board As Executive Producer TheHellraiserTV series is bringing back a familiar face, and I don’t mean Pinhead.Clive Barker, the originalHellraiserfilmmaker and creator, is now on board as an executive producer for the HBOHellraiserTV series being directed byDavid Gordon Green(Halloween). And it sounds like Barker will have actual involvement with the project and not just an honorary producer credit. Okay, let me tell you an inside secret about executive producers: sometimes they don’t do anything....

‘The Crown’ Season 5 Won’t Premiere Until 2022, Which Is When The Final Sixth Season Starts Shooting Netflix recently announced thatThe Crownwas getting six total seasonsbefore bringing the series about the royal family to an end. Funnily enough,The Crownwas originally intended to have six seasons from the beginning, but creatorPeter Morgandecided to pull it back to five seasons, only to reverse that decision. However, even though it’s great news that there are two more seasons ofThe Crownin the works, we’ll be waiting quite awhile before they arrive on Netflix....

Alden Ehrenreich And David Krumholtz Have Boarded Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer The cast of Christopher Nolan’s latest movie “Oppenheimer” continues to grow, with the list of names surpassing impressive and becoming downright incredible. Cillian Murphy is leading the way but a couple of more names have just signed on for the big-budget biopic, which is set up at Universal Pictures given Nolan’s break-up with Warner Bros. following the release of “Tenet.”...

Funny Story For Half Nelson’s Fleck And Boden LikeHalf NelsonandSugarbefore it,It’s Kind of a Funny Storyis to be directed byRyan Fleckand produced byAnna Bodenfrom a screenplay that they wrote together. We knew the picture was in the works some time ago butThe Hollywood Reporteris today announcing that Focus Features will “finance, produce and distribute” it. Of course, with the label ‘indie’ not in any way being related to independence, the film will ultimately be considered an ‘indie’ film....