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James Marsden is opening up about coming back to the big screen as Cyclops. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Marsden spoke about how he feels to reprise his role as comic book character Cyclops in the upcoming film, Avengers: Doomsday. “I’m getting a little long in the tooth to put on the superhero costume. [Laughs.] I was excited because you’re a part of something gigantic,” he said. “I’ve spent 20 years listening to people say, ‘When are you coming back? When are you coming back? Are you coming back?’” The Paradise actor continued, “I’m dead. Well, maybe not. I’m…

New Line has no intention of trying to stop death. In fact, it’s inviting even more. The Warner Bros. division is moving forward with a follow-up to its horror hit Final Destination: Bloodlines, hiring that movie’s co-writer, Lori Evans Taylor, to pen the next installment. The hiring comes after Bloodlines, released in May, grossed over $286 million at the worldwide box office, $138.1 million of that domestically. That movie was the sixth installment of the horror franchise and the first one since 2011. It was by far the most successful outing of the movie series, with its domestic total more…

Scream 4 alum, Alison Brie, is sharing her thoughts on the revived franchise. While couple Brie and Dave Franco were promoting their horror film, Together, they appeared on the Shut Up Evan Podcast and Scream was brought up. Brie portrayed Rebecca Walters, Sidney Prescott’s (Neve Campbell) assistant in the 2011 film, which was the last Scream film directed by horror legend Wes Craven, before he died in 2015. Franco noted, “I feel like with new Scream rules, even though she dies brutally, we could bring her back,” to which Brie responded, “Yeah, where’s my role in Scream 7?” Indeed, the…

Clark Credle was living out the legacy of his great grandfather William Beaudine as an assistant director when he suffered a debilitating stroke on his 40th birthday in 2017. His life would never be the same. “Every time I see Clark, I remind him what a miracle he is,” longtime friend Marc Adelman tells The Hollywood Reporter. “Most people would not have survived what he’s gone through, let alone be able to thrive and contribute and be a present father and husband.” “He is a living, breathing miracle,” echoes assistant director Sunday Stevens. Credle’s documentary The First Family of Film…

Matt Smith is finally getting his turn in the Star Wars galaxy. The House of the Dragon star, who at one point was eyed to appear in 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has been tapped to join Shawn Levy’s Star War: Starfighter, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Lucasfilm could not be reached for comment. This is one of multiple villain roles, according to sources, with Levy still looking to cast a female antagonist that at one point had Mikey Madison eyed for the part. Ryan Gosling stars in Starfighter, which has a release date of May 28, 2027.…

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…