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David Zucker, who directed the original Naked Gun film, sees the reboot’s positive reception as a sign that this is a good year — even if he has no plans to watch the new movie that stars Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson. Zucker has been outspoken about feeling burned that he and other members of the original 1988 film’s team were not involved in Paramount‘s latest The Naked Gun feature, given that he had previously worked on a script for a fourth installment in the franchise. Director Akiva Schaffer‘s new movie stars Neeson as the son of Frank Drebin —…

[This story contains spoilers for Netflix’s My Oxford Year.] When portraying King George in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, Corey Mylchreest left audiences in love and heartbroken after his character’s emotional arc. Now the actor is set to once again make the audience swoon and possibly cry in Netflix’s My Oxford Year. In the film, directed by Iain Morris and based on Julia Wheelan’s 2018 novel of the same name, Mylchreest stars as Jamie, an Oxford professor who falls in love with American student Anna (played by Sofia Carson). What begins as a fun fling evolves as the two grow…

Matt Rife is now the legal guardian of the late Ed and Lorraine Warren’s Occult Museum. Rife, a comedian known for his stand-up specials, most recently Lucid, took to social media on Friday to announce that he and ghost hunter, Elton Castee bought the paranormal investigators’ house and are now the legal guardians of their collection of artifacts that include supposedly haunted objects like the Annabelle doll and other artifacts that were used in the Warrens cases which inspired the Conjuring horror franchise. “I have officially purchased Ed and Lorraine Warren’s home and Occult Museum, including being the legal guardian…

Scott MacDonough, a veteran unit publicist who worked on films including Annie Hall, Norma Rae and Diner, died Tuesday at his home in New York, his family announced. He was 81. MacDonough did publicity for Woody Allen’s The Front (1976), Annie Hall (1977), Interiors (1978) and Manhattan (1979) and for the Martin Ritt-directed movies Conrack (1974), Casey’s Shadow (1978), Norma Rae (1979), Back Roads (1981) and Stanley & Iris (1990). In interviews, Kevin Bacon has given MacDonough credit for helping get Barry Levinson’s Diner (1982) released after the film tested poorly and was put on a shelf at MGM/UA. Scott…

Steven Knight is the latest bold faced name to join the James Bond creative team. Knight will write the script for filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, who is directing the next 007 film for Amazon MGM Studios and producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman. Knight’s hiring marks an end of an era for the Bond franchise, at least in terms of its writers. Actor Daniel Craig said goodbye to the character with 2021’s No Time To Die, which also was the last Bond movie to be shaped by longtime scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who worked on the franchise beginning with…

Lily James has joined Chris Hemsworth in Subversion, a submarine thriller that Patrick Vollrath is directing for Amazon MGM. Written by Andrew Ferguson, the story has been described as a “Die Hard on a submarine” style thriller that follows a once-promising naval commander (Hemsworth) who is blackmailed by a cartel-like organization into piloting a dangerous submarine carrying illegal cargo across international waters. Thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with a Coast Guard officer (James) in hot pursuit, the commander must outmaneuver blockades and navigate perilous threats both inside and outside the submarine. Production begins in September in Australia. Lorenzo…

Wedding bells may be ringing for Celine Song, who has been tapped to write a sequel to Sony’s My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The project is in early development, and at this stage, Song is attached to write, but not direct, and would not necessarily be her next project. The film would follow the 1997 classic starring Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney as Julianne and Michael, a pair of best friends who made a pact that if they were still single at age 28, they would get married. When Mulroney’s character becomes to another woman (Cameron…

Matthew Lawrence’s comment at San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend on Krypto, the canine star of James Gunn’s Superman, has sparked online debate about the importance of the CGI four-legged friend to the titular hero — and prompted some to suggest the actor rewatch the film’s final scene.  Lawrence was at Comic-Con to promote his new graphic novel with his brothers, The Lawrence Brothers Detective Agency, and during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter at our onsite suite, he drew a question from our popcorn bucket asking if he’s seen Superman. The actor took it as an opportunity to pontificate…

Adam Sandler found a way to subtly pay tribute to his former onscreen son, Cameron Boyce, in Happy Gilmore 2. Boyce died in 2019 at age 20 “in his sleep due to a seizure which was a result of an ongoing medical condition,” a family spokesperson shared at the time. He was most known for his roles in Descendants, Jessie and Mrs. Fletcher. Disney fans were quick to spot Boyce’s tribute in the Happy Gilmore sequel, with some taking to social media to share their touching reactions. Towards the beginning of the film, after Sandler’s character is seen approaching a golfing check-in booth,…

Project Hail Mary’s newly revealed footage was greeted with huge laughter during the Amazon MGM Studios feature’s San Diego Comic-Con panel. Ryan Gosling, directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, author Andy Weir and screenwriter Drew Goddard debuted various clips from the first third of the sci-fi movie that hits theaters March 20, 2026. Gosling stars as Ryland Grace, a middle school teacher who finds himself in outer space and tasked with saving humanity. Early in the presentation, the film’s team revealed its first five minutes. The footage opens with Gosling as he awakens on an apparent spaceship with a substantial…