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More Live-Action Disney Movies Are Coming, With Emma Stone as Cruella de Vil

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"Irrational Man" - Press Conference - The 68th Annual Cannes Film FestivalDisney is turning more of its classic stories and characters live.

The studio announced it is making nine new live-action films, following the tremendous success of "The Jungle Book," which followed the success of "Cinderella" and "Maleficent." The new projects join the upcoming "Alice Through the Looking Glass" (opening May 27) and Emma Watson's "Beauty and the Beast" (opening March 2017).

The slate boasts a slew of A-list stars, including Emma Stone in "Cruella," Dwayne Johnson in "Jungle Cruise," Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda in a "Mary Poppins" sequel, and Reese Witherspoon in "Tinkerbell."

There's also "Maleficent 2," with Angelina Jolie reprising her role; "Dumbo," directed by Tim Burton; "A Wrinkle in Time," directed by Ava DuVernay; "The Nutcracker and Four Realms," directed by Lasse Hallstrom; and "The Jungle Book 2."

None of the newly-announced movies have release dates as of yet.

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6 Days of the Year That Will Probably Be Movies Soon

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We've seen "Valentine's Day" and "New Year's Eve," and now we prepare to welcome Garry Marshall's latest rom-com "Mother's Day," which hits theaters April 29th.

We eat these delightful star-studded ensemble films up like buttered popcorn, and chances are we probably haven't seen the last of these holiday-themed love stories on the big screen. What other days-of-the-year movies can we expect in the future? Here are our pitches for 6 "holiday" flicks that we could see being produced. And we'd totally watch them, by the way.

Your move, Hollywood. We'll be waiting for your call.

1. "April Fool's Day"
Synopsis: Ashton Kutcher acts as the chorus of this fable, in the super-meta role of the host of a formerly popular celebrity pranking show called "Burned" (a la "Punk'd.") In order to revive the near-forgotten series, a live April Fool's extravaganza is planned and will epically "burn" the world's biggest and most scrutinized (supposed diva) pop star, Skylar Costa, in a nasty "Carrie" pig's blood moment when she opens a major awards show that definitely doesn't exist in real life. She will be played by Selena Gomez. Dev Patel portrays a PA setting up the whole thing who obviously falls hard for Skylar when he sees the real her behind-the-scenes, including one sequence where he follows her to a family homeless shelter, where she goes to on her free time to volunteer "because it's the only place she can be away from the cameras and be herself." He spends the entire day trying to stop the prank. Will he? For sure! And they'll kiss. Billy Eichner plays Skylar's annoyed assistant. Taylor Swift's entire squad makes a brief cameo for no reason.

Tagline: Everybody plays the fool...this April.


2. "National Grilled Cheese Day"
Synopsis: Patrick Wilson and Taraji P. Henson play rival food truck owning chefs who came up together in the same Michelin starred restaurant once upon a time. They find themselves competing at the Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational (on April 12th, National Grilled Cheese Day, duh) and sexual-tension-turned-true-love ensues. See, Taraji's cooking technique is fancy and stuff, so her truffle-infused eppoisses on artisanal dark rye is sure to impress! But is she any match for old school Patrick's classic style American with secret ingredient (cut up hot dogs) in it? Doesn't matter, because they fall hard by the end of the day and Jacob Tremblay plays a precocious culinary wunderkind who ends up beating them both. Demi Moore plays his mom, who tries to distract Wilson with her hotness and make Taraji jealous when she gets wind of their flirty situation. She ends up with Vince Vaughn, who plays a Guy Fieri-esque celeb chef who's hosting the whole contest.

Tagline: The cheesiest love story ever told.


3. "Super Tuesday"
Synopsis: Imagine this: Kevin Hart, Ellen Barkin, and Pierce Brosnan are all vying for the presidential candidacy on a sweltering March day in Texas. Anna Kendrick plays the Hart's driven junior campaign manager and Topher Grace is Ellen Barkin's. Clearly they will bicker the entire day until they realize they have major hots for each other. Wilmer Valderrama plays Brosnan's assistant, and he and Ellie Kemper (his social media manager) spend the day trying to undo the damage from an embarrassing accidental Snapchat in the B-story of this jumbled fairytale. Lance Bass plays a wise caterer.

Tagline: All's fair in love and politics.


4. "Super Bowl Sunday"
Synopsis: Margot Robbie is an up-and-coming TV journalist determined to prove herself in the cutthroat world of sports reporting! Her jerk producer, played by Colin Hanks, says her promotion from strictly sidelines to main panelist on the famed sports debate show "Shot Callers" is contingent on an interview with a notoriously private quarterback Mac "The Mack" Dobson, who is projected to be the game's MVP. He's played by The Rock, whose name is featured prominently on the poster but is really only in the movie for 2 minutes. She spends the game tracking him in tandem with seemingly-sleazy-but-actually-sweet James Marsden, an agent who is trying to sign "The Mack" to a huge endorsement deal. Bella Thorne plays a cheerleader who comes off confidently on the field, but is actually super shy and needs Margot's help to talk to a cute camera man, played by her real-life BF Gregg Sulkin. Everything works out obviously and Katy Perry and the left shark make a cameo and she makes out with Colin Hanks in the final scene because movies.

Tagline: The players aren't the only ones who'll score.

5. "Cyber Monday"
Synopsis: Sofia Vergara is the fashionable CEO of a failing flash sale site that's on the verge of being bought by a major online retailer, which is run by Simon Baker. In a last ditch effort to maintain ownership, Sofia uses "groundbreaking" new marketing tactics (um, there's a flash mob at one point...) to show her new bosses who's, well, boss. The pressure builds when he shadows her for 24 hours, critiquing her on all the business's shortcomings along the way. He'll eat his words when they realize it was the most financially successful Cyber Monday in website history! She blows up at him for all his cocky antics in the end but they've already gone past of the point of no return and will probably get married in like three months. Lucy Hale plays a PR assistant who ends up falling for an up-and-coming jewelry designer featured on the site, played by America Ferrera. Ian Somerhalder is a hunky IT guy who uses a lot of bad sexual innuendo unknowingly when he fixes everyone's computers.

Tagline: Do you believe in love at first byte?


6. "That Night Before Thanksgiving When You Stay in Your Childhood Home and Go Out With High School People"
Synopsis: Mandy Moore and Amanda Seyfried are sisters who return home to stay with their newly single mom, Sigourney Weaver, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Seyfried is a former high school "Mean Girl" (get it?) who pens a wildly influential lifestyle blog. Mandy Moore is the overlooked sis in this scenario, a "nerdy" reader who is trying to write the next great American novel while working in book store. They decide to go out to their old local hang (Moore's never been because she's huge loser) and meet up with Josh Duhamel, Seyfried's former high school basketball star ex, now the town's middle school guidance counselor. Moore always thought he was "just a jock" but over the course of the night they hit it off and discover what they were missing back in the day. Blake Griffin plays Duhamel's goofy pal who used to be the school's dorky mascot, but is now an actual NBA player following a growth spurt. He and Seyfried get together after she breaks down and reveals she pays college students to write her blog. Sigourney ends up at the same bar on an online date (awkward!) with a wealthy businessman (played by Sting), but he ends up being a total douche and she hits it off with a hilarious and humble bartender played by Tony Shalhoub. They all have Thanksgiving together the next day!

Tagline: Home is where the (sweet)heart is.

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Meryl Streep Is a Terrible Singer in 'Florence Foster Jenkins' Trailer

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Florence Foster JenkinsMeryl Streep can sing. The character she plays in "Florence Foster Jenkins" cannot. Like, really cannot. "It defies medical science," someone else says of Florence's terrible singing voice.

Paramount released the trailer for the movie, which is based on the true story of a New York socialite in the 1940s. Florence loves singing, and declares "music is my life." The problem is that she can't hit a note. Her husband, British actor St. Clair (Hugh Grant), is determined to help her fulfill her dream of performing at Carnegie Hall -- all while shielding her from scathing reviews.'Florence Foster Jenkins' (2016) Trailer
The trailer is quite sweet and gently humorous, and the love story between Florence and St. Clair is very touching. It's nice seeing Grant play a stand-up guy, and Streep looks like she's having a ball screeching off key.

"Florence Foster Jenkins" opens in theaters August 12.

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Maisie Williams and Tony Hale Analyze Their Hilariously Awkward Baby Photos

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All babies are beautiful blessings ... except for the ones that aren't that beautiful at all. Some just seem born for AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com. Tony Hale and Maisie Williams are now both successful HBO stars ("Veep" and "Game of Thrones," respectively), but they just showed off and analyzed their own awkward early photos on "The Late Late Show with James Corden." Ice Cube was there, but for some reason they didn't show off one of his baby pics -- maybe his photos are too normal.

James Corden broke out a photo Maisie had shared on Instagram with hashtags like #swag #baller #bitches #paper. He wanted an explanation for the hashtags. "Well, look at that face," Williams said. "I just feel like that face is the face of a child baller." Ice Cube said she was wearing a "pimp cape" with a "bitch better have my money" face. Corden said it could make a good rap album cover, but he wanted to know how old the camera was since it looked like a photo from the 1940s. (True!)

Tony Hale volunteered one of his own baby photos, with an adorable little drunk tilting Santa pose he called "sassy." Then he did his own modern-day pose to match. Too cute.

Watch the video:


Now watch Maisie talk about crashing a "Game of Thrones" viewing party for Sunday's big premiere:


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Netflix's 'Wet Hot American Summer' Will Return in 2017, But 10 Years Later

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How will the "Wet Hot American Summer" gang look in 1991? We'll find out in the second season on Netflix, this time following everyone 10 years after the events of the film and Season 1.

This all started as a 2001 movie, set on the last day of camp in 1981, which slowly became a cult classic comedy. In 2015, Netflix brought back the cast for "Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp," the hilarious prequel starring actors who were nearly 15 years older.

Now they're doing something that, age-wise, makes more sense: "Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later," a series of eight 30-minute episodes set in 1991, and scheduled to arrive in 2017. (We should probably expect an unhealthy dose of grunge and teen spirit.)

According to Netflix, David Wain and Michael Showalter will return as writers, with Wain also directing. There are no cast details at this point, but this series announcement video from Netflix is a big hint:


Of course we hope to see as many originals as possible, including Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Rudd, David Hyde Pierce, Christopher Meloni, and Janeane Garofalo, plus "First Day of Camp" newbies like Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Josh Charles, Jason Schwartzman, and John Slattery. Maybe even Chris Pine?

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Nails Voice of 'Snowden' in Oliver Stone Film Trailer

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The official trailer for "Snowden" is here, showing director in full political paranoia mode, and doing an impressive job as the titular hero/traitor.

If you've spent any time listening to Edward Snowden talk about his experience leaking classified intel from the National Security Agency (perhaps in the documentary "Citizenfour") you have an idea of his voice and cadence. JGL nails it in the trailer, which starts with Snowden being discharged from Special Forces training after breaking both legs, and taking him through his employment at the CIA to his decision to leak information about NSA surveillance activities.

The trailer illustrates Snowden's shock about the level of government spying, painting him as a brilliant, almost Bourne-style operative. But we also see more of Snowden's personal life, with as his girlfriend Lindsay.

Here's the trailer:

And here's the synopsis from Open Road Films:


"Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone, who brought Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Wall Street and JFK to the big screen, tackles the most important and fascinating true story of the 21st century. Snowden, the politically-charged, pulse-pounding thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley, reveals the incredible untold personal story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others. No matter which you believe, the epic story of why he did it, who he left behind, and how he pulled it off makes for one of the most compelling films of the year."


Apparently the real Snowden approves, since he tweeted this out:


"Snowden" -- which co-stars , , , , , and -- is now scheduled to open September 16.

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Film Casting May Reveal Who Negan Killed on 'The Walking Dead'

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If it's true, and this film casting does reveal who Negan killed on "The Walking Dead," then it's another reason why they should've gone ahead and just shown the death in the Season 6 finale. If it's not a reveal, well ... congrats on the new role!

"Walking Dead" usually films its 16-episode seasons from early May to late November. According to The Spoiling Dead Fans, filming for Season 7 officially starts Monday, May 2 in Georgia.

TWD stars always pick up other gigs throughout the year, but they usually shoot when TWD is not filming down in Atlanta. In the past, some casting announcements -- like Chad Coleman booking a role in "The Expanse" and Tyler James Williams in the "Criminal Minds" spinoff -- have been spoilers for the upcoming deaths of their TWD characters.
So, with that in mind, some fans are raising their eyebrows at two new casting announcements for Steven Yeun (Glenn).

On March 16, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Steven Yeun would star in the movie "Mayhem," with principal photography beginning later that month on location in Serbia. Yeun recently posted some Instagram photos from Serbia, which hints to some "Mayhem" filming.
On April 22, just a few days ago, The Hollywood Reporter said Steven Yeun was cast as one of the stars of "Okja," the new movie from "Snowpiercer" director Bong Joon-Ho. Production began that day for a later Netflix release, with filming set for South Korea (where Yeun was born), Canada, and the U.S.

Since at least "Okja" should be filming during TWD's schedule, in locations around the world, it's hard to imagine how Yeun could balance that with the AMC show, unless perhaps Glenn has a smaller role in Season 7 and they worked out a deal to make sure he could do these projects.

Even if Glenn is the one Negan kills, Yeun would most likely have to return to the Georgia set to be the battered body, so we can see with our own eyes what happened. But that may just be a few days worth of work. We could also get flashbacks too, though, from whoever is killed.

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*SPOILERS AHEAD FROM THE COMIC BOOK*

In Robert Kirkman's "Walking Dead" comic book, Glenn is the one Negan kills. But the TV show does not always follow the books, and some fans have guessed that maybe Negan will kill Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) instead, since he is not in the comic, or other characters like Abraham (Michael Cudlitz), Eugene (Josh McDermitt), or maybe even Michonne (Danai Gurira).

The final answer will arrive in October when TWD Season 7 premieres.

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Neil Patrick Harris Is Unrecognizable as Netflix's Count Olaf in 'Unfortunate' Set Photo

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2015 Summer TCA - NBCUniversal Red Carpet - Day 2Legendary! Anyone who squinted at the casting of Neil Patrick Harris as dastardly Count Olaf for Netflix's adaptation of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" should be pleasantly surprised by the photo that recently leaked from set. NPH does not look anything like himself, which -- for maybe the only time in history -- is great news.

Netflix is adapting the 13 dark children's books by Daniel Handler/"Lemony Snicket" for a 13-episode run to stream ... whenever. There's no premiere date yet, but they are now filming. A photo leaked from the set, giving us a glimpse of NPH as the evil Count Olaf:


Yep, that's Olaf! It'll be interesting to see how NPH's version compares to the campy devil played by Jim Carrey in the 2004 film "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events."


Anyone who watched "Gone Girl" knows NPH can play both sweet and sinister, but we'll have to wait for the first "Unfortunate" footage to see what kind of tone they're going for in the full Netflix series.

[via: Collider]

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Man Punched in the Face for Looking 'Exactly Like Shia LaBeouf'

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Shia LaBeouf once wore a paper bag over his head to announce "I am not famous anymore," but he's still famous enough that strangers are willing to punch other strangers on the streets of New York simply for resembling him. That's when you know you are actually quite infamous.

A NYPD spokesperson confirmed to People that Mario Licato, 26, now has a black eye after being punched by a man in his 20s while walking down the subway stairs at the corner of Essex and Delancey. According to the NYPD rep, the punching man stated, "This is because you look like Shia LaBeouf."

So he never thought the guy was Shia LaBeouf, he just apparently hates the "Transformers" actor so much that he's now on a hunt through the streets, punching anyone who even comes close. It's like the Terminator taking out any and all Sarah Connors. Casualties are inevitable.

The victim took to Instagram to share a photo of his black eye. He doesn't seem to resent Shia for the association; in fact, he takes it as a compliment:



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