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Briefs : New Puss & Memory trailers, Kirk cast, Maul axed, Radcliffe on Wolverine rumor and more!

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It was Darth Maul, not Darth Vader, originally battling Obi-Wan Kenobi in the new Disney+ series. Following a clash with actor Ray Park over creative differences, the studio opted to bring in Hayden Christensen’s Darth Vader instead. [More…]

 

A new featurette on Paramount’s “The Lost City”, starring Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock and opening March 25, has been released.

Isla Fisher will reunite with her “Wedding Crashers” co-star Will Ferrell in Josh Greenbaum’s “Strays”, an adult comedy about talking dogs. [More…]

 

Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis”, starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, will premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. [More…]

 

Former “Vampire Diaries” star Paul Wesley will play James T.Kirk in Paramount+’s “Star Trek : Strange New Worlds”. [More…]

 

Before falling out with the studio over his vaccination status, Emilio Estevez was said to be in talks with Disney + about a new “Stakeout” movie. [More…]

 

Daniel Radcliffe has responded to rumors that he’s been cast as the new Wolverine in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” : “Mate, I don’t know anything about it … I appreciate that somebody is clearly going like, ‘Wolverine’s actually short in the comics’, but… I don’t see them going from Hugh Jackman to me. Who knows? Prove me wrong, Marvel”” [More…]

 

“Loki” actor Jonathan Majors is set to play the main protagonist in a film adaptation of Walter Mosley novel “The Man In My Basement”. [More…]

 

Jeff Davis’s “Wolf Pack”, his follow-up to “Teen Wolf”, is gearing up for casting ahead of a shoot in Atlanta this May.

 

Several new trailers have hit the web this week, including “Puss in Boots : The Last Wish”, Maika Monroe starrer “Watcher”, Liam Neeson’s latest “Memory”, and Jersey Devil horror movie “Reed’s Point”.

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