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A photo posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday shows the cast posing together under the caption, “Stranger Things 5 production has officially begun!”A script is visible on the lap of Finn Wolfhard, who plays Mike Wheeler in the Netflix megahit.It’s a welcome sight for fans of the series, which hasn’t released new episodes since the second half of Season 4 in July 2022.“Excited to watch!” exclaimed a fan on X underneath the photo of the cast and crew.“Yess! Let’s go team Stranger Things! Let’s gooo!” another fan tweeted.Fans are expecting big things from Season 5, which was close to starting production last May but was delayed due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.The show’s writers, Matt and Ross Duffer, had already completed scripts for Season 5, but, at that point, there was no sense in trying to film anything without actors, so production was put off until now.Even then, though, fans likely won’t see the new episodes until 2025, according to reports.“Terminator” co-star Linda Hamilton has joined the cast and can be seen in the photo posted on X.“I don’t know how to be a fangirl and an actress at the same time,” Hamilton said during her video announcement on Tudum, the Netflix online newsletter.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Jack Black has joined the cast of “Minecraft,” a live-action adaptation of the popular video game. As previously announced, Jason Momoa is starring in the movie alongside “Wednesday’s” Emma Myers and “The Color Purple” actor Danielle Brooks. Production is expected to begin imminently in New Zealand.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer are shutting down at least one fan theory about the upcoming ending to their blockbuster Netflix series. On the red carpet for the new “Stranger Things” play in London, the duo went on record to Metro saying the series will not end with a reveal that all the events in the Upside Down were just a dream. One fan theory about the “Stranger Things” ending alleges all the events on screen during the show’s run were actually just the main characters playing an elaborate and very long game of Dungeons and Dragons, a favorite among the characters since the show’s first season.

Stranger Things is now a stage play in London and a star-studded crowd stepped out for the world premiere’s opening night performance.

One day after Deadline revealed that Netflix beat out seven other bidders for an untitled international heist comedy package built around Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy has boarded as director and joined the roster of producers headed by Genre Films’ Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon, Reynolds through his Maximum Effort banner, and Dana Fox, the Lost City scribe who will write the script.

Stranger Things‘ final season will begin production in January, sources have suggested.Deadline reports that production on the hit Netflix show is expected to start in early January, but that date is still subject to change. January 8 is reportedly a target date, with January 5 also being mentioned.The cast are believed to be in Atlanta, where the show is filmed, for prep work and table reads in the next couple of weeks.Filming was slated to start earlier this year but was delayed by over seven months due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.

EXCLUSIVE: John Patton Ford is writing to direct an untitled film for Netflix with 21 Laps producing. Ford wrote and directed the Aubrey Plaza-starrer Emily The Criminal. Here, he will tell the Civil War story of a Union spy named James Andrews who, with infantry volunteers, conspired to hijack a Confederate locomotive named the General. Racing along at speeds up to 60 MPH, they destroyed track to the main southern supply route behind them and shut down communications by cutting telegraph lines, all to disrupt the Confederacy’s supply line to end the war. The six surviving raiders became the first to receive the Medal of Honor, awarded by Abraham Lincoln. The caper would also be the historical basis for Buster Keaton’s silent film The General.

Disney+ Star Wars series architect Dave Filoni has been named Chief Creative Officer of Lucasfilm.

All The Light We Cannot See brings the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to the small screen.Based on Anthony Doerr’s novel of the same name, the historical drama follows the lives of two teenagers, a blind French girl named Marie-Laure (Aria Mia Loberti) and German soldier Werner (Louis Hofmann), whose paths cross in occupied France at the height of World War II.Alongside its two leads, the four-part series stars Lars Eidinger, Hugh Laurie, Mark Ruffalo and Marion Bailey. The series is written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, with Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy serving as a director and executive producer.A synopsis reads: “Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, All the Light We Cannot See tells the story of Marie-Laure Leblanc, a blind French girl taking refuge with her father and reclusive uncle in St.

What are the chances of Harry Styles returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Taylor Swift joining it? Marvel president Kevin Feige just addressed both rumors!

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer The Merc With a Mouth can speak again.

Stranger Things season five has been shared by the show’s writers.After announcing work had begun on the fifth and final season’s script in September, the Stranger Things writer’s room account on X posted a description of the opening establishing shot from the script.“DARKNESS. The sound of COLD WIND,” the script reads. “GROANING TREES.

Winona Ryder asked “What is Netflix” in the first meeting she had about appearing in Stranger Things.Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, series director and executive producer Shawn Levy recalled Ryder’s meeting about the show, remembering how she asked bosses to explain exactly what Netflix was.“She opened by asking, ‘What is Netflix? What is streaming? Is it like TV but different?’” Levy explained. “That was the starting point…Winona took a little onboarding to explain this emerging form of storytelling called Netflix and streaming.”Ryder went on to be cast in the show as Joyce Byers and will return for filming the fifth and final season of the show next year.Check out Levy’s interview in full here:Elsewhere in the interview, Levy went on to say season five will be “epic in its cinematic scope.”He continued: “But it’s very much ‘Stranger Things’.

Deadpool 3 director Shawn Levy is using a key Star Wars scene as the inspiration for what he wants to do in his new film.

What To Watch. Today we recommend a mix of new releases and newly available titles, from movies and shows, all available to stream on the most popular platforms.5 Latin horror movies to watch this HalloweenWhat to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week — Oct 27The new Netflix mini-series is a curious blend of things. Directed by Shawn Levy, known for his upbeat and nostalgic work in “Stranger Things,” “Free Guy,” and “The Adam Project,” “All The Light We Cannot See” is a tone shift.

Don’t go into Netflix‘s adaptation of All The Light We Cannot See expecting it to be a direct translation of Anthony Doerr’s bestselling novel.

The final season of Stranger Things is still on pause, but even as the principal cast gets older, executive producer Shawn Levy doesn’t think the team will need to go to any extreme lengths to de-age them.

Season one of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” came out of nowhere and became a pop culture phenomenon fast in the summer of 2016. By this point, Netflix had already had a big hit with 2013’s “House Of Cards,” which earned the company its first Emmy nominations.

Stranger Things fans believe that Jonathan Byers will get more screen time in season five.The character, portrayed by Charlie Heaton, was given limited screen time in season four, but he has been spotted in a number of pre-vis teasers that have been shared on X, including one with Steve (Joe Keery) and another with Nancy (Natalia Dyer) and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) driving a car through the Upside Down world.He played a significant role in the Netflix show particularly in the first series when he first appeared as the older brother of Will Byers (Noah Schnapp).But he has had less screen time as the seasons have gone on.One more week without a deal. One more week closer to this: pic.twitter.com/YoisWTVIA3— stranger writers (@strangerwriters) October 20, 2023The show will end after its fifth upcoming season.

new style era may be , but that doesn't mean she's a teacher's pet.Okay, that was cheesy, but her latest look was anything but. On the evening of the release, the 33-year-old pop school stepped out in New York City wearing an ensemble that fits perfectly into her while breaking a longstanding fashion rule.

Taylor Swift has fuelled more speculation that she will appear in the upcoming Deadpool 3 film after she was spotted with the film’s director this week.It’s long been speculated that the singer will feature in the film as musical mutant Dazzler, a rumour that began all the way back in 2016 when Swift’s likeness was used for the character’s album cover in a scene from X-Men: Apocalypse.Swift’s involvement in the upcoming film has neither been confirmed nor denied, but the pop megastar was recently spotted at a Kansas City Chiefs versus New York Jets football game with Reynolds, Jackman and director Shawn Levy, sending speculation into overdrive.This week, Swift was spotted walking around New York City with the film’s director Shawn Levy, fuelling speculation that she will make an appearance in the long-anticipated sequel.Check out the image here:Taylor Swift spotted with ‘DEADPOOL 3’ director Shawn Levy. https://t.co/LhUuo4GjNc— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) October 26, 2023In an interview with TheWrap recently, Levy was asked about the rumour, but the director remained tight-lipped.“They sure are loud,” Levy said of the rumours.

fall wardrobe just got a lot more daring.On October 26, the 33-year-old pop star was photographed in New York City's West Village with Deadpool 3 director (and ) Shawn Levy. In the snaps, Swift can be seen wearing Stella McCartney's with her favored , a camel-colored Tod's mini satchel, and some rich reddish-brown riding boots (the 2010s are truly back, baby).

Taylor Swift is having a superstar-filled afternoon.

With “All The Light We Cannot See” hitting Netflix next week, Shawn Levy is making the press rounds to promote his miniseries. And that gives him a chance to talk about his upcoming projects, too, like “Deadpool 3” and the “Star Wars” project he has in development.

Shawn Levy stopped by “Happy Sad Confused” to promote his new film “All The Light You Cannot See,” but he talked about loads of other stuff, too. And yes, Marvel fans, he talked a lot about his upcoming MCU installment, “Deadpool 3.” When prompted about how much heart and emotion the film might have, perhaps a little facetiously, Levy quipped back, “there’s a f*ckload more than you think.” Sounds like the third “Deadpool” film may be the best so far.

Stranger Things executive producer and director Shawn Levy was asked a question that fans have been asking for the past year or so.

At this point, given the ongoing SAG-AFTRA guild strike, who knows when Shawn Levy will shoot “Stranger Things” Season 5? But the longer the wait to shoot the Netflix show’s final season, the older its troupe of once-child actors will look. Fear not, says Levi: EW reports (via Variety) that the director and series executive producer promises he’ll use “all the tools available to us” to keep the “Stranger Things” teen looking like, well, teens, even if they’re in their early twenties.

It’s Ryan Reynolds‘ birthday, and the actor is stepping out to celebrate with Shawn Levy!

As you’re probably aware, “Star Wars” and Lucasfilm are at an inflection point. Having pivoted towards streaming for several years, “The Mandalorian,” etc., “Star Wars” Celebration earlier this year indicated that the new future would return to cinemas, announcing three “Star Wars” movies by Dave Filoni, one formerly from Damon Lindelof that will include Daisy Ridley’s Rey Skywalker, and a prequel set in ancient Jedi times from filmmaker James Mangold.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Shawn Levy, whose limited series “All The Light We Cannot See” is premiering on Netflix on Nov. 2, was supposed to have a packed year, between the filming “Deadpool 3” and Season 5 of “Stranger Things” of which he’s an executive producer and director. With both productions paused due to the SAG-AFTRA strikes, Levy has instead been busy promoting “All the Light We Cannot See,” an adaptation of Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.