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In perhaps one of the best feel-good stories in Hollywood this year, a coalition of 35 filmmakers have invested in a coalition to save Los Angeles’ fabled Westwood Village Theater. Organized by Jason Reitman, the group will book first-run features and repertory programming from the theater’s directors/caretakers.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor UPDATED: Jason Reitman has gathered more than two dozen filmmakers to help acquire Westwood’s historic Village Theater, which will program first-run and repertory programming. The group includes JJ Abrams, Judd Apatow, Damien Chazelle, Chris Columbus, Ryan Coogler, Bradley Cooper, Alfonso Cuarón, Jonathan Dayton, Guillermo del Toro, Valerie Faris, Hannah Fidell, Alejandro González Iñárritu, James Gunn, Sian Heder, Rian Johnson, Gil Kenan, Karyn Kusama, Justin Lin, Phil Lord, David Lowery, Christopher McQuarrie, Chris Miller, Christopher Nolan, Alexander Payne, Todd Phillips, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Jay Roach, Seth Rogen, Emma Seligman, Brad Silberling, Steven Spielberg, Emma Thomas, Denis Villeneuve, Lulu Wang, and Chloé Zhao.

Concept art and pitches are generally not our bag, but what if some of the team members behind Sony’s dynamic and visually arresting “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” franchise could do for Batman, what the ‘Spider-Verse’ team did for Spider-Man? That’s kind of the pitch, it seems. Yuhki Demers, a production designer at Netflix and visual development member on both ‘Spider-Verse’ films, revealed that he and director Patrick Harpin (“My Dad The Bounty Hunter”) pitched a “Batman Beyond” animated movie to Warner Bros.

Bassem Youssef is addressing the Superman Legacy controversy after he suggested he was dropped from the DC movie for supporting Palestine.

Bassem Youssef is setting the record straight on the Superman Legacy controversy after he suggested he was dropped from the DC film following his public support for Palestine.

Isabela Merced is dishing on her and Bella Ramsey‘s chemistry!

Isabela Merced is an understatement. The 22 year old actress has just starred in her first superhero film alongside Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney, and is now primed to make an ever bigger splash as a part of the cast of “The Last of Us” season 2 and “Superman: Legacy.” The Last of Us: Isabela Merced is the latest star to join Season 2 of the seriesIsabela Merced wears Versace dress worn by Naomi Campbell to ‘Madame Web’ premiereThis week, Merced attended the premiere of “Madame Web,” where she discussed the film and her career with different journalists. She revealed that in the coming months she’d be working on both “Superman: Legacy” and “The Last of Us,” a movie and a TV show that will be taking up a lot of her time.

James Gunn is clearing the air about casting for his new movie Superman: Legacy.

Thanks to his public support of Palestine, comedian Bassem Youssef claims he lost out on a role in James Gunn’s upcoming “Superman: Legacy.” But Deadline and IGN report that a source close to the Warner Bros. blockbuster stated Youssef was never offered the role at all. That’s because when Youssef made his comments on an October 17, 2023 interview on “Piers Morgan: Uncensored,” the studio couldn’t formally communicate with him due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.

Egyptian-born comedian Bassem Youssef claims he lost a role in James Gunn‘s Superman Legacy movie due to his public support of Palestine, however, a source close to production tells Deadline, that’s not the case: Youssef was never formerly offered the role.

Angelique Jackson In “Madame Web,” Isabela Merced stars as Anya Corazon, a teenager who learns she’ll one day develop spider-like superpowers. But given Merced’s incredibly busy production schedule over the next few months, she might want to look into the power of teleportation. On Monday night, Merced posed on the black carpet outside the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood with “Madame Web” stars Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney and Celeste O’Connor for the world premiere of Sony and Marvel’s superhero movie.

Isabela Merced is one of the stars of Sony and Marvel’s Madame Web. However, the actress will soon cross over to the DC Universe to play the role of Hawkgirl in Superman Legacy.

We’re moving into a new era of Superman with James Gunn‘s Superman: Legacy, but Henry Cavill‘s portrayal of the iconic hero holds a special place in our heart.

Well, that was relatively fast. After a few weeks of screen-testing, James Gunn and Peter Safran, the co-CEOs of DC Studios, have found their Supergirl: it’s Milly Alcock, known for her breakout turn in HBO’s “House Of The Dragon.” Alcock played the younger version of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in the first half of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” spin-off (later, Emma D’Arcy took over the teenage and adult versions of the character as the series went through a time leap forward.

Sundance Film Festival premiere. It’s an interesting home for the documentary, because Reeve experienced his greatest commercial success playing the Man of Steel in the first four Superman movies, which Warner Bros. produced.

The Witcher star Freya Allan has told NME what to expect from the Netflix fantasy show’s upcoming fourth season, which introduces new lead Liam Hemsworth as the titular monster hunter previously played by Henry Cavill.Cavill played Geralt for three seasons from 2019, but announced he would be vacating the position in October 2022. It was widely speculated that he had made the move in order to reprise the role of Superman in upcoming DC films.

Jesse Eisenberg brought the villain Lex Luthor to life in the DC film universe, and the role has been passed off to Nicholas Hoult.

After “Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom” ended the DCEU with a whimper (albeit a successful whimper relative to the DCEU’s other three 2023 releases), it’s time to look ahead to James Gunn and Peter Safran‘s franchise reboot. And the DCU can’t be a middling, clunky, and visually uninspired as the DCEU right? Well, let’s wait and see on that, considering audiences must wait until July 11, 2025 for Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy.”   READ MORE: ‘Superman: Legacy’: María Gabriela De Faria To Play Villain The Engineer As ‘Supergirl’ Finds New Writer But Variety reports (via Entertainment Tonight) that new Lois Lane Rachel Brosnahan at least promises Gunn’s film will have more life and humor than many of the DCEU entries.

Is the era of the superhero movie over? After the MCU‘s rough year last year a string of poor showings to end the DCEU‘s run, it’s up for debate. But the worst may be yet to come for the genre next decade, even if James Gunn and Peter Safran‘s DCU franchise reboots goes well.

Rachel Brosnahan is dishing on her upcoming superhero movie role!

Danielle Brooks is teasing the upcoming season of Peacemaker and her new film Minecraft.

Superman: Legacy is set to launch a new era in DC‘s film universe, and it will do so with several stars from the Marvel Cinematic Universe as part of its cast.

Margot Robbie had some thoughts about Lady Gaga taking over one of her most iconic roles.

Just the other day, we noted that James Gunn has launched a multi-year expansion of DC Studios: five films, five TV series, and that’s already about as long as a ten-year plan that’s reportedly not all he has to unveil in his “Gods And Monsters” phase of his DC Universe reboot. But so far, only one film has a release date, “Superman: Legacy,” due in summer 2025, which Gunn will write and direct himself.

Casting is reportedly getting underway to find the new DCU’s Supergirl!

EXCLUSIVE: We are hearing that DC Studios is planning to test actresses to play Supergirl and that Milly Alcock, Emilia Jones and Meg Donnelly are in the mix.

Rachel Brosnahan was cast as Lois Lane in Superman: Legacy and will be sharing the screen with David Corenswet.

James Gunn has responded to rumours that Viola Davis might return to Superman: Legacy.The upcoming DC movie directed by Gunn will launch DC’s new film universe. It is set to be released on July 11, 2025, after fears that the SAG-AFTRA strikes could delay its release date.

Yesterday, Margot Robbie made headlines when she was interviewed by Variety and was asked whether she would reprise her iconic role as DC anti-hero Harley Quinn in the upcoming DC Studios plan, given DC is mostly rebooting and reimagining their film universe. And frankly, her answer was pretty evasive.

Are there outstanding questions about the nature of James Gunn’s DC Studios and what characters are moving forward and which ones aren’t? It depends on who you ask.