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HBO Max is getting a Hellraiser series. Directed by David Gordon Green (Halloween), AND not a reboot. This will exist as part of the existing Hellraiser universe. Though it somehow will also NOT have anything to do with the new movie that is in development.

https://deadline.com/2020/04/hellraiser-david-gordon-green-directing-hbo-series-halloween-pilot-1202918558/ 

Season 3 will only have 2 directors for the whole season. This is relatively speculative, because it hasn’t been announced from the official Orville camp. But it DOES come from an interview Jonathan Frakes did with ComicBook.com. He said they didn’t ask him back because Seth McFarlane and John Cassar (producer/director) will be directing all the episodes.

https://comicbook.com/startrek/news/star-trek-jonathan-frakes-picard-discovery-movies-orville-marvel/#6 

Peri Gilpin, who played Roz in the show, said that the reunion event is still in the works.

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/23/frasier-reunion-ros-star-peri-gilpin-something-works-12599802/ 

Producer Neal H. Moritz is turning the $2 Billion franchise into another TV series for sony. What kind of series? TBD

https://deadline.com/2020/04/goosebumps-live-action-series-in-works-by-neal-h-moritz-scholastic-1202919091/ 

No Cypher in the movie. Joe Pantoliano said he “lobbied” Lana Watchowski, and received no response.

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2495020/one-original-matrix-star-has-been-asking-lana-wachowski-to-join-matrix-4?pv=related_list 

Not happening, according to writer Gina Prince-Bythewood. She says that it might have pivoted into a series instead. 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/love-basketball-gina-prince-bythewood-wanting-make-a-black-harry-met-sally-1291248 

Spider-Man 3 Nov 5  2021

Doctor Strange 2 March 25 2022 (Now the end of Phase 4)

Thor 4 Feb 11 2022

Spider-verse 2 Oct. 7 2022

Not to be outdone by Amazon’s teaming up with SXSW, the Google subsidiary is teaming with 20 other film festivals to bring a digital film festival to the world for free and sans ads. We Are One: Global Film Festival will be 10 days long, starting on May 29 on its own YT channel.

https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/youtube-free-film-festival-cannes-tribeca-sundance-1234590501/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_content=203150_04-27-2020_headline&utm_term=3006305 

Kevin Smith’s EPIC book might be getting a sequel? Joe Quesada is teasing that it might be true on his socials, as well as specifically on his YouTube channel.

Netflix is reportedly looking to cast Angelina Jolie as the villain for the sequel to 2017’s most panned movie.

James Gunn is reportedly looking to bring in Arnold Schwarzenegger as one of the Ravagers alongside Sylvester Stallone.

Rumored that the flashpoint will bring back Black Mask (Ewan Macgregor’s version) and he will play a part in the sequels to Matt Reeves film.