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Mysterious creatures stalk Dakota Fanning in Ishana Night Shyamalan’s The Watchers trailer

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Warner Bros. has dropped a creepy first trailer for Ishana Night Shyamalan’s debut feature The Watchers, which stars Dakota Fanning (War of the Worlds) as a young woman who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland, only to be pursued by mysterious creatures each night. Based in the novel by A.M. Shine, The […]

Tom Cruise to lead new Alejandro G. Iñárritu film for Warner Bros.

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It seems Tom Cruise may have just landed his first project at Warner Bros. under his new deal with studio. Per Deadline, WB and Legendary Entertainment are in talks for an original film from The Revenant director Alejandro G. Iñárritu with Cruise as the lead. The untitled film, which Iñárritu wrote with Sabina Berman and his Birdman co-writers […]

Paul Thomas Anderson to direct Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn & Regina Hall in untitled Warner Bros. film

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Here’s some news to get cinema aficionados excited; Paul Thomas Anderson has lined up Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and Regina Hall to star in his as-yet-untitled movie for Warner Bros.  According to Deadline the There Will be Blood director will begin production on January 21 in California, and will work from his own script, as […]

Hellraiser’s David Bruckner reimagining The Blob for Warner Bros.

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A reimagining of horror-classic The Blob is bubbling away at Warner Bros., and they’ve tasked Hellraiser and The Night House filmmaker David Bruckner with writing and directing the film.  According to The Wrap, Bruckner will bring the amorphous shape to the big-screen for a third time. The original was released in 1958 and featured Steve […]

Warner Bros. chief says dropping Batgirl and more took a lot of “courage”

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If you think scrapping projects like Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme as tax right-offs was easy, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav says think again. Zaslav appeared at the New York Times Dealbook Summit in New York this past week and dropped some major headlines concerning his controversial choice to can Batgirl, the Scoob! sequel […]

Bow to Your New King with the poster for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

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With Kaiju making waves on the small screen in the form of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, and Toho’s OG (Original Godzilla) earning rave reviews for his big-screen return in Godzilla Minus One (read our ★★★★★ take here), Warner Bros. and Legendary have decided to get in on the monster mash by dropping the first poster […]

Paul Greengrass to adapt Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 for Warner Bros.

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Paul Greengrass is set to return to the world of aviation based terror with the news the Bourne helmer is to write, direct and produce an adaptation of T.J. Newman’s novel Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 for Warner Bros.  According to Deadline the studio won a hotly contested bidding war for the rights, paying $1.5 […]

The Fugitive director Andrew Davis on why Hollywood doesn’t make films like his Harrison Ford hit anymore

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A short while ago we posted a feature focusing on The Fugitive at 30, which looked at the 1993 blockbuster as an example of “they don’t make ‘em like they used to” filmmaking. Well, it appears to be a common question in this day of IPs and opening weekends, and now director Andrew Davis has […]

Coyote Vs. Acme could be sold to potential buyers after tax write-off scandal

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As internet backlash once again made Warner Bros. cave to another decision? Only time will tell, but the heated decision by the studio to trash the completed Coyote Vs. Acme and use it as a tax write-off could be reversed in the coming weeks. Per Puck News, WB will now reportedly allow the filmmakers to shop […]