Yep, you read right — Todd Phillips is looking to re-team with the film’s star Joaquin Phoenix on a follow-up to the $1 billion-grossing original movie. 

Sources tell the outlet that Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich proposed to develop a portfolio of DC characters’ origin stories.

Joker is the fourth DC title to cross $1 billion mark. It joins 2018’s Aquaman with $1.15 billion, 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises with $1.08 billion and 2008’s The Dark Knight $1 billion. 

Warner Bros. has yet to comment on the report. 

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Entertainment Weekly reports that both producer Gareth Neame and creator Julian Fellowes that they think that all the love that’s out there for Downton, could make a sequel possible.

“We’ve got some ideas about what we do next if it happened,” Neame told the outlet. “The fans have been used to watching all six seasons of the television show at home in the comfort of their living rooms and for this to work, the fans have to be motivated to get out and buy tickets and go to the theater. If the fans do that, then the movie will do well, and there will be an appetite amongst all of us to maybe revisit the whole thing.”

Fellowes added that he would “never say never” to the idea of another Downton film. “We just have to see if there’s an appetite for it if there’s a taste for it, and see where we would want to go with the different stories,” he said.

Downton Abbey debuted to the tune of $31 million and earned an “A” CinemaScore and 95% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Grillo has added another acting gig to his slew of projects, including Donnybrook, Boss Level opposite Mel Gibson and Naomi Watts, Point Blank and Once Upon a Time in Staten Island.

The Captain America star has been cast in the sequel to The Hitman’s Bodyguard. The 2017 original proved to be a success hauling  $75.5 million in the US and more than $176 million globally.

Grillo joins returning stars Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson as leads, as well as Salma Hayek. According to Variety, Grillo will portray an Interpol agent who recruits Bryce (Reynolds), Kincaid (Jackson) and Sonia (Salma Hayek) to help stop a cyber attack. The story is set in the Amalfi Coast, a stretch of coastline in southern Italy.

Australian filmmaker Patrick Hughes Tom O’Connor also return as director and screenwriter respectively. 

The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard begins filming this month. 

There is no official release date for the film yet.

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Variety confirms that a VR game is being developed by Tequila Works in partnership with Sony Pictures Virtual Reality.

The classic comedy is coming back as Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son is a “virtual reality adventure game.” The original 1993 film starred Bill Murray as Phil Connors, a weatherman who’s trapped in an endless loop as he relived the same day over and over again.

The outlet reports that the game will drop players into a reoccurring day in the life of Phil Connors Jr., son of Phil Connors. 

“We are not developing a new ‘Groundhog Day’ movie,” Jake Zim, senior vice president of the Sony Pictures VR group, told Variety. “This is us expanding the storyline into a new format. We’ve taken Groundhog Day and put it into a musical, now we’re putting it into an immersive experience. 

Groundhog Day is a real attempt to make a real game,” he added.

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The Lethal Weapon alum joins original stars Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan and the previously announced Awkwafina and Danny DeVito.

The Jake Kasdan return to direct form a script he co-wrote with Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner. 

The first sequel was a box office success, grossing $404 million domestically and $557 million internationally. Despite being against Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the sequel to the 1995 original climbed to no. 1 in its fifth weekend, and remained at the top for the following three. 

The sequel opted for a more modern and up-to-date version on the original, which saw Robin Williams sucked into a board game. The sequel, set in the present day, followed four high school in detention together, who was transported into the Jumanji video game. 

No other details have been released by the studio regarding the sequel’s plot line and characters. 

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MGM Pictures has partnered with Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions to bring back Candyman, the hook-wielding killer who appears after his name is said five times by a person facing a mirror. The news was announced by MGM Motion Picture Group president Jonathan Glickman Tuesday.

The 1992 horror classic, Candyman, based on the short story The Forbidden, is being rebooted and the Get Out filmmaker has been set to co-write the script alongside Win Rosenfeld. The re-imagining of the horror pic will be directed by Nic DaCosta.

According to Deadline, the film will be a “spiritual sequel” to the original, returning to the neighborhood where the legend began: the now-gentrified section of Chicago where the Cabrini-Green housing projects once stood.

“We cannot wait for the world to see what the mind-blowing combination of Jordan, Win, and Nia bring to the legend of Candyman,” said Glickman in a statement. “They have created a story that will not only pay reverence to Clive Barker’s haunting and brilliant source material but is also thoroughly modern and will bring in a whole new generation of fans.”

“The original was a landmark film for black representation in the horror genre,” said Peele. “Alongside Night of the Living Dead, Candyman was a major inspiration for me as a filmmaker — and to have a bold new talent like Nia at the helm of this project is truly exciting. We are honored to bring the next chapter in the Candyman canon to life and eager to provide new audiences with an entry point to Clive Barker’s legend.”

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Variety confirms that Katie Holmes will star in The Boy 2 a sequel to the 2016 original. The original starred Lauren Cohan and Rupert Evans. It was produced for under $15 million and grossed $68 million worldwide.

The feature from STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment is helmed by original director William Brent Bell from a script penned by Stacey Menear.

According to the outlet, the story will follow a family that is unaware of the terrifying history of the estate into which they move, where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, a doll he calls Brahms.

Producer Gary Lucchesi said, “Following the success of The Boy, we are thrilled to be working on the next chapter of this chilling Brahms story with Stacey and William. We are also delighted to be continuing our relationship with STX, on this, our third partnership”

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James Gunn has been tapped to pen the Suicide Sequel, just months after he was fired from Disney. Expectations are high as the first installment of the Warner Bros. and DC franchise was not received well by the critics. 

Disney fired the 52-year-old filmmaker after a series of offensive tweets he had written a decade prior resurfaced. The tweets made offensive jokes and Gunn, who had the support of almost the entire Guardians cast was let go by Disney. Following that, production on the Marvel sequel was put on hold indefinitely. 

“Regardless of how much time has passed, I understand and accept the business decisions taken today,” he wrote apologetically. “Even these many years later, I take full responsibility for the way I conducted myself then. All I can do now, beyond offering my sincere and heartfelt regret, is to be the best human being I can be: accepting, understanding, committed to equality, and far more thoughtful about my public statements and my obligations to our public discourse. To everyone inside my industry and beyond, I again offer my deepest apologies. Love to all.”

Gunn is also in talks to direct the film.

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Back in July, it was reported that the 47-year-old actress was in talks to join the film, a sequel to the 1986 original. But now ET has gotten the official confirmation from Cruise at the Mission: Impossible Fallout premiere in Washington DC over the weekend.

“Look, she’s a great actress, obviously. …When you see the film, you’ll see why she’s perfect for it,” Cruise told the outlet. “She has such a very talented, very vibrant, and, you know, see we’re just going to have a great cast. Gonna be a lot of fun.”

Top Gun: Maverick named after Cruise’s nickname in the film is directed by Joe Kosinski, with original producer Jerry Bruckheimer on board to produce the second installment. The sequel will be set in a world of drone technology and will explore the end of the era of dogfighting. Back in June, Cruise teased, “Aviators are back, the need for speed. We’re going to have big, fast machines. It’s going to be a competition film, like the first one … but a progression for Maverick.”

Val Kilmer will reprise his role as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky and Miles Teller has been tapped to play the son of Goose. 

Top Gun: Maverick is set to release on July 12, 2019.

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The highly anticipated animated sequel will be helmed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck who will return as directors. Lee is also penning the script and Peter Del Vecho will produce the animated film.

Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad and Jonathan Groff are returning to reprise their roles as Elsa, Anna, Olaf, and Kristoff respectively.

Frozen, released in 2013, still holds the record for the highest-grossing animated movie of all time, bringing in the worldwide box over $1.27 billion. The film has also been adapted for the stage and has become a Broadway hit.

Frozen 2 is set to hit theaters on November 27, 2019. 

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Yep, you read right — Todd Phillips is looking to re-team with the film’s star Joaquin Phoenix on a follow-up to the $1 billion-grossing original movie. 

Sources tell the outlet that Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich proposed to develop a portfolio of DC characters’ origin stories.

Joker is the fourth DC title to cross $1 billion mark. It joins 2018’s Aquaman with $1.15 billion, 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises with $1.08 billion and 2008’s The Dark Knight $1 billion. 

Warner Bros. has yet to comment on the report. 

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Entertainment Weekly reports that both producer Gareth Neame and creator Julian Fellowes that they think that all the love that’s out there for Downton, could make a sequel possible.

“We’ve got some ideas about what we do next if it happened,” Neame told the outlet. “The fans have been used to watching all six seasons of the television show at home in the comfort of their living rooms and for this to work, the fans have to be motivated to get out and buy tickets and go to the theater. If the fans do that, then the movie will do well, and there will be an appetite amongst all of us to maybe revisit the whole thing.”

Fellowes added that he would “never say never” to the idea of another Downton film. “We just have to see if there’s an appetite for it if there’s a taste for it, and see where we would want to go with the different stories,” he said.

Downton Abbey debuted to the tune of $31 million and earned an “A” CinemaScore and 95% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

The post “Downton Abbey” Team is Already Talking Sequel! appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

Grillo has added another acting gig to his slew of projects, including Donnybrook, Boss Level opposite Mel Gibson and Naomi Watts, Point Blank and Once Upon a Time in Staten Island.

The Captain America star has been cast in the sequel to The Hitman’s Bodyguard. The 2017 original proved to be a success hauling  $75.5 million in the US and more than $176 million globally.

Grillo joins returning stars Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson as leads, as well as Salma Hayek. According to Variety, Grillo will portray an Interpol agent who recruits Bryce (Reynolds), Kincaid (Jackson) and Sonia (Salma Hayek) to help stop a cyber attack. The story is set in the Amalfi Coast, a stretch of coastline in southern Italy.

Australian filmmaker Patrick Hughes Tom O’Connor also return as director and screenwriter respectively. 

The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard begins filming this month. 

There is no official release date for the film yet.

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Variety confirms that a VR game is being developed by Tequila Works in partnership with Sony Pictures Virtual Reality.

The classic comedy is coming back as Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son is a “virtual reality adventure game.” The original 1993 film starred Bill Murray as Phil Connors, a weatherman who’s trapped in an endless loop as he relived the same day over and over again.

The outlet reports that the game will drop players into a reoccurring day in the life of Phil Connors Jr., son of Phil Connors. 

“We are not developing a new ‘Groundhog Day’ movie,” Jake Zim, senior vice president of the Sony Pictures VR group, told Variety. “This is us expanding the storyline into a new format. We’ve taken Groundhog Day and put it into a musical, now we’re putting it into an immersive experience. 

Groundhog Day is a real attempt to make a real game,” he added.

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The Lethal Weapon alum joins original stars Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan and the previously announced Awkwafina and Danny DeVito.

The Jake Kasdan return to direct form a script he co-wrote with Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner. 

The first sequel was a box office success, grossing $404 million domestically and $557 million internationally. Despite being against Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the sequel to the 1995 original climbed to no. 1 in its fifth weekend, and remained at the top for the following three. 

The sequel opted for a more modern and up-to-date version on the original, which saw Robin Williams sucked into a board game. The sequel, set in the present day, followed four high school in detention together, who was transported into the Jumanji video game. 

No other details have been released by the studio regarding the sequel’s plot line and characters. 

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MGM Pictures has partnered with Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions to bring back Candyman, the hook-wielding killer who appears after his name is said five times by a person facing a mirror. The news was announced by MGM Motion Picture Group president Jonathan Glickman Tuesday.

The 1992 horror classic, Candyman, based on the short story The Forbidden, is being rebooted and the Get Out filmmaker has been set to co-write the script alongside Win Rosenfeld. The re-imagining of the horror pic will be directed by Nic DaCosta.

According to Deadline, the film will be a “spiritual sequel” to the original, returning to the neighborhood where the legend began: the now-gentrified section of Chicago where the Cabrini-Green housing projects once stood.

“We cannot wait for the world to see what the mind-blowing combination of Jordan, Win, and Nia bring to the legend of Candyman,” said Glickman in a statement. “They have created a story that will not only pay reverence to Clive Barker’s haunting and brilliant source material but is also thoroughly modern and will bring in a whole new generation of fans.”

“The original was a landmark film for black representation in the horror genre,” said Peele. “Alongside Night of the Living Dead, Candyman was a major inspiration for me as a filmmaker — and to have a bold new talent like Nia at the helm of this project is truly exciting. We are honored to bring the next chapter in the Candyman canon to life and eager to provide new audiences with an entry point to Clive Barker’s legend.”

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Variety confirms that Katie Holmes will star in The Boy 2 a sequel to the 2016 original. The original starred Lauren Cohan and Rupert Evans. It was produced for under $15 million and grossed $68 million worldwide.

The feature from STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment is helmed by original director William Brent Bell from a script penned by Stacey Menear.

According to the outlet, the story will follow a family that is unaware of the terrifying history of the estate into which they move, where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, a doll he calls Brahms.

Producer Gary Lucchesi said, “Following the success of The Boy, we are thrilled to be working on the next chapter of this chilling Brahms story with Stacey and William. We are also delighted to be continuing our relationship with STX, on this, our third partnership”

The post Katie Holmes to Star in Horror Sequel “The Boy 2” appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

James Gunn has been tapped to pen the Suicide Sequel, just months after he was fired from Disney. Expectations are high as the first installment of the Warner Bros. and DC franchise was not received well by the critics. 

Disney fired the 52-year-old filmmaker after a series of offensive tweets he had written a decade prior resurfaced. The tweets made offensive jokes and Gunn, who had the support of almost the entire Guardians cast was let go by Disney. Following that, production on the Marvel sequel was put on hold indefinitely. 

“Regardless of how much time has passed, I understand and accept the business decisions taken today,” he wrote apologetically. “Even these many years later, I take full responsibility for the way I conducted myself then. All I can do now, beyond offering my sincere and heartfelt regret, is to be the best human being I can be: accepting, understanding, committed to equality, and far more thoughtful about my public statements and my obligations to our public discourse. To everyone inside my industry and beyond, I again offer my deepest apologies. Love to all.”

Gunn is also in talks to direct the film.

The post James Gunn to Write “Suicide Squad” Sequel appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

Back in July, it was reported that the 47-year-old actress was in talks to join the film, a sequel to the 1986 original. But now ET has gotten the official confirmation from Cruise at the Mission: Impossible Fallout premiere in Washington DC over the weekend.

“Look, she’s a great actress, obviously. …When you see the film, you’ll see why she’s perfect for it,” Cruise told the outlet. “She has such a very talented, very vibrant, and, you know, see we’re just going to have a great cast. Gonna be a lot of fun.”

Top Gun: Maverick named after Cruise’s nickname in the film is directed by Joe Kosinski, with original producer Jerry Bruckheimer on board to produce the second installment. The sequel will be set in a world of drone technology and will explore the end of the era of dogfighting. Back in June, Cruise teased, “Aviators are back, the need for speed. We’re going to have big, fast machines. It’s going to be a competition film, like the first one … but a progression for Maverick.”

Val Kilmer will reprise his role as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky and Miles Teller has been tapped to play the son of Goose. 

Top Gun: Maverick is set to release on July 12, 2019.

The post Jennifer Connelly Is Joining “Top Gun” Sequel appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

The highly anticipated animated sequel will be helmed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck who will return as directors. Lee is also penning the script and Peter Del Vecho will produce the animated film.

Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad and Jonathan Groff are returning to reprise their roles as Elsa, Anna, Olaf, and Kristoff respectively.

Frozen, released in 2013, still holds the record for the highest-grossing animated movie of all time, bringing in the worldwide box over $1.27 billion. The film has also been adapted for the stage and has become a Broadway hit.

Frozen 2 is set to hit theaters on November 27, 2019. 

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