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Channing Tatumis set to star in Disney’s long-gestating musical comedyBob the Musical, Collider has learned. Allan Loeb(Rock of Ages) wrote a draft of the script, which follows a regular guy who can suddenly hear the inner songs of everyone’s heart after suffering a blow to the head. His reality instantly becomes a musical, much to his dismay. Bob the Musicalhas been in development since 2004 and over the past decade, several filmmakers have circled the project includingPhil LordandChris MillerandHairspray’sAdam Shankman....

FilmmakerChristopher McQuarriehas just made one of the most critically acclaimed blockbusters of the year inMission: Impossible – Fallout, but in the lead-up to the film’s release, he found himself embroiled in the toxicity surroundingStar Wars: The Last Jedi. McQuarrie is friendly withLast JedifilmmakerRian Johnson, and is also active on Twitter, so he recently got caught up in the vitriol that’s being spewed at Johnson daily for “ruiningStar Wars.” But the toxicity surroundingThe Last Jediisn’t exactly new, and as iconic properties are starting to be mined in unique ways, longtime fans of the source material are having intense reactions that can sometimes verge on the unacceptable....

Clint Eastwoodis an artist unlike any other.Over the course of his long career, he has contributed to world cinema, inspiring young and established filmmakers as an actor, writer, and director. Even at 94 years old, the filmmaker is going strong with his latest release being last year’sJuror #2starringNicholas Hoult. One of the gems from his long filmography is now arriving on Netflix. The Mule,directed by and starring Eastwood is based on the 2014 articleThe Sinaloa Cartel’s 90-Year-Old Drug Muleby Sam Dolnick....

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk, John Campea, Mark Ellis, and Jon Schnepp discuss the following: It’s Monday which means it’s time for our weekend box office report brought to you by our friends at AMC Theatres. Coming in at #1 is the final installment ofThe Hunger GamesfranchiseMockingjay Part 2which made $101 million dollars, by FAR the lowest opening weekend total for the Hunger Games series. Coming in at #2, the James Bond filmSpectremaking $14....

I’m oddly fascinated byCraig Gillespie’sCruella, not because the movie is good, but because it’s such a perfect case study of every tired trend and trope currently infecting mainstream blockbusters. It’s like the way the Disney greenlit the project is that they looked across the company’s vast array of intellectual properties (IP), pickedOne Hundred and One Dalmatians, and said, “This is a box. Fill it with something that is popular.” And that’s how you get a movie likeCruellawhere it’s part superhero origin but also a supervillain origin and also a tepid girl-power message and also the inevitable twist that shows a revelation about the protagonist’s lineage while also dumping on loads of style like dunking a rice cake in a vat of chocolate to mask the lack of taste....

Editor’s Note: The following contains Fast X spoilers.Paul Walkerhasn’t appeared in any of theFast & Furiousmovies sinceFurious 7. However, since his passing in 2013 during the production of the seventh installment,the franchise hasn’t forgotten about the actor and his character Brian O’Conner. Even asFast Xmarks the “beginning of the end” for the franchise,Vin Dieselpromises that Paul Walker’s Brian O’Conner will still play an important rolein the finale. Diesel toldTotal Film, “That moment in 2013 when the world was struggling with his loss, the studio made a very bold and righteous and daring decision to keep Brian O’Conner alive....

The FlashstarEzra Miller’s future within the DC Cinematic Universe is tenuous following a recent arrest in Hawaii for disorderly conduct and harassment. Executives from Warner Bros. and DC met March 30 in an emergency meeting to discuss Miller’s and the franchise’s future ahead of the $43 billion Discovery-WarnerMedia merger. The incident in Hawaii on March 28 allegedly began as Miller grew agitated at patrons singing karaoke in the Margarita Village bar....

Albert Einstein.Pablo Picasso. And now, joining these two notable figures in being documented in the National Geographic biographical anthology seriesGenius, is the Queen of SoulAretha Franklin. We’ve got the first image fromGenius: Arethafeaturing incredible actorCynthia Erivo(Harriet,Widows) playing the revolutionary musician. And Erivo takes this role seriously. “Over the last few months, I’ve been preparing myself to embody the Queen of Soul, from relistening to her music to discovering her rare interviews and reading some amazing books on her — all to really capture Aretha’s attitude and spirit,” she said in a statement....

Five decades after its release,Francis Ford Coppola’sfilm,The Conversation,is returning to the UK. In honor of its 50th anniversary, the film will arrive at UK cinemas and release a new addition on 4K. While the director’s legacy may often be remembered for classics such asThe Godfather,The Conversationremains monumental in his filmography. StarringGene Hackmanas surveillance expert, Harry Caul,The Conversationrevolves around his realization that an apparently innocuous recording of an adulteress and her lover may contain something of more importance....

Tom Kennyis an American actor who has likely voiced a good number of characters from your childhood. Beginning with small live-action roles in the late 80s, he broke into voice acting in 1993 with the Nickelodeon showRocko’s Modern Life.While Nickelodeon has been his main source of work on television, Kenny has also found success in video games and animated films. Related:10 Most Memeable SpongeBob Moments & The Best SpongeBob Memes Kenny is most recognized for his comedic roles but is more than capable of dipping into drama when needed....

I adoredFrozenwhen it was released back in 2013, but it’s a film that I find gets weaker on repeat viewings. There are certain elements that just don’t fit together quite right or feel cobbled together from previous versions like starting off the movie with what sounds like an indigenous peoples’ chant before swapping over to fully Nordic look and sound. And yet despite these emerging flaws,Frozenstill has that special Disney magic that allows it to overcome those shortcomings and wrap you up in the characters, story, and songs....

WhileFrozenfans will have to be satisfied with the recentFrozen IItrailer for the time being, lucky attendees of this year’sAnnecy International Animated Film Festival got an extra sneak peek at the highly anticipated sequel arriving this fall. Disney debuted the film’s first footage and a look at key artwork, courtesy ofhead of animationBecky Breseeand head of effectsMarlon West. The team also revealed that the story picks up three years after the ending of the first film, along with additional plot details....

BetweenSnow White and the Huntsmanand nowGhost in the Shell, I have no doubt that directorRupert Sanderscan craft some impressive visuals. Unfortunately, he also shows himself to be fairly uninterested in story and subtext, preferring to dazzle his audience without much attention to what the visuals represent. Although the first half of his new film leans into interesting notions about consent, control, and the female body, the second half reveals this subtext to be largely accidental....