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Official film posters forJeanne du Barrydropped on the Instagram ofpost-production partnerRSIFF this Sunday, following recent announcements that the historical period drama will open up Cannes this year. The sixth film from French actress/director Maïwenn (The Fifth Element),Jeanne du Barryfeatures Maïwenn in the title role of King Louis XV’s (Johnny Depp) scandalous royal mistress. The film follows the tale of Madame du Barry’s rise to court as the choicest companion of Louis XV from her most humblest of beginnings....

As we wind down the year 2017, one group’s campaign to get Warner Bros. to release theJustice Leaguecut by original director Zack Snyder is just getting started. After launching an online petition to releaseZack Snyder’s Justice League cut, which may not even exist in the first place, this group has taken things to another level by launching a new website to continue their crusade. As of now, there is nothing on this site except a countdown to New Year’s Day, when the site will supposedly launch in full, with a brief message stating that this website is still “under construction....

It really isn’t summer time yet, not by a long shot, but the blockbuster movie season is getting ready to kick off in just a couple of weeks. March is going to be loaded down with huge movies this year, but everyone is going to have to make room for the king, becauseKong: Skull Islandis coming. Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have just unleashed an absolutely action-packed final trailer for the movie, which should be enough to get fans of monster movies very excited....

A permanentJeopardy!host has yet to be named following the death of Alex Trebek, and LeVar Burton would be up for the job if the opportunity comes his way. When Trebek passed away last year after a battle with pancreatic cancer, the decision was made to use revolving guest hosts to keep the show going until a permanent host is picked. Ken Jennings, Katie Couric, Aaron Rodgers, Dr. Oz, and Anderson Cooper are among the temporary hosts....

With a careerspanning more than seven decades, legendary actor and filmmakerClint Eastwoodhas starred in one unforgettable hit after another, and in 1993, he headlined the riveting political thrillerIn the Line of Fire. In the acclaimed film, Eastwood portrays a haunted veteran Secret Service agent who must track down a madman threatening to assassinate the President of the United States, with the great John Malkovich appearing as his demented adversary. In the Line of Firefeatures the additional talents of stars like Rene Russo,Gary Cole, and Dylan McDermott, and became a massive box office success while earning three Academy Award nominations....

The three-time Grammy Award-winner Raphael Saadiq has been named executive music producer forMarvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, the highly anticipated animated series following 13-year-old super-genius Lunella Lafayette (aka Moon Girl) and her 10-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur, as they protect New York City’s Lower East Side from danger. Saadiq, who is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer, rose to fame as a member of the multi-platinum soul/R&B band Tony! Toni!...

At the end ofDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness(2022), the good Doctor is visited by a new sorcerer seeking his assistance with an incursion brought forth in the Dark Dimension. This sorcerer is known to comic book fans as Clea, Doctor Strange’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) primary love interest and an exceptional practitioner of the mystic arts. Clea would be portrayed byCharlize Theron, making Theron one of the many stars to make their debut in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)....

Wyatt Russelland fatherKurt Russellmay both portray the same character forMonarch: Legacy of Monsters,but don’t expect to see Wyatt step into any of his father’s past roles. Kurt is a veteran actor whose most notable credits include roles in John Carpenter’sEscape from New York, its sequelEscape from L.A.,The Thing, andBig Trouble in Little China.According to the younger Russell, revisiting those characters for any revival or reboot would be a bad idea. In a recent conversation withComicBook....

With many of us longing for simpler times, it’s sometimes easy to overlook things from the recent past. As of late, I have been mired in lists from decades ago about films that never got the sequels they deserved. Well, no longer! Nowadays, it seems like it’s never too early to miss something, so why not long formovies from the 2000s? We are in 2018 after all! So some of the films on this list that deserve sequels are almost 20 years old....

Disney has now released a new trailer for the upcomingMulanlive-action remake, which includes the recently revealed release date of September 4, as well as the fact that the movie will be available on Disney+. In the trailer, the release to the popular streaming service is referred to as “Premier Access” with the small print stating, “Additional Fee Required.” The footage in the trailer itself teases the kind of epic battle sequences and martial arts action that you would want fromMulan, with the movie clearly having been shot with the big screen in mind....

We are slowly inching toward the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and, while we wait for a new trailer, we’ll take anything we can possibly get our hands on. Not long ago, Vanity Fair released a very in-depth feature piece from behind-the-scenes ofStar Wars 8, which included a ton of photos and little informational bits about the next chapter in the Skywalker saga. Now, the publication has revealed a few additional photos, but this time, they are from Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and her daughter....

As Paramount’s CinemaCon presentation was coming to a close, the studio confirmed a number of movies that are on the studio’s expansive production slate, including the long-gestatingComing to America 2starringEddie Murphy, which will be called Coming 2 America, and the expected follow-up of the studio’s current low-budget hitA Quiet Place 2. Other projects confirmed during a montage of various movie logos includeWorld War Z 2, the long-gestatingDungeons & Dragons,Gemini Man, which had been in development at Disney back in the 1990s,Terminator 6,Top Gun 2,Sonic the Hedgehog,What Men WantandMicronauts, just to name a few....

In just two weeks, 20th Century Fox will bring one part of theX-Men universeto a close withLogan, which marksHugh Jackman’s final performance as the iconic Wolverine. The cast and crew are starting to do press for the movie, withPatrick Stewartthrowing down the gauntlet, and throwing some shade, at another superhero team,The Avengers. During a recent interview,Patrick Stewartwas asked, if there should come a day where theX-Menhave to square off againstThe Avengersin a fight, who would win?...