Will “The Old Guard 2” ever hit Netflix? As the sequel’s future remains uncertain, star Charlize Theron puts a different thriller on her schedule with the streamer. Deadline reports that the actress is in final talks to star in “Apex,” a buzzy survivalist thriller, with Baltasar Kormákur negotiating a deal to direct. And Kormákur is a solid choice to helm this one: after “Everest,” “Beast,” and “Adrift,” he knows his way around the singular tension of this kind of movie.

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When “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” was first announced, there was a bit of controversy because filmmaker George Miller decided to recast the lead role instead of working some movie magic to allow for Charlize Theron to return years later. According to Miller, he didn’t believe de-aging techniques would fully work for what he wanted, and instead, he brought in Anya Taylor-Joy. There were some interviews where it seemed like Theron was a bit hurt by that.

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If you have a lot of free time (and perhaps a degree in copyright law), then you should really try to unravel the mess that is the “Friday the 13th” rights. Without getting stuck in the weeds, it appears various people own various parts of the franchise. But one thing is for sure — Peacock (aka NBCUniversal) and A24 are currently working on bringing a series to screen called “Crystal Lake,” which would be a new telling of the Jason Voorhees franchise.

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Apparently, it’s really difficult to shoot a ‘Mad Max’ film. Just yesterday, we shared a story about Anya Taylor-Joy describing her experience shooting “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.” And now, we have yet another wrinkle in the previously known clash on the set of “Mad Max: Fury Road.” 

READ MORE: ‘Furiosa’ Star Anya Taylor-Joy Talks Difficulty Behind The Scenes: “I’ve Never Been More Alone”

In a new interview with The Telegraph, filmmaker George Miller offered his insight in the apparent war between Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy.

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Largely beloved upon its arrival in 2015, George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” is now considered a 21st-century classic. And while the adrenaline-pounding film was supposed to be a Mad Max story, clearly one of the more compelling characters was Charlize Theron’s Furiosa, who went toe to toe with Tom Hardy’s Max in the movie. When Hardy announced a sequel or rather a prequel centered on Furiosa, fans had hoped that Theron would reprise the role; Theron herself was also dying to give the wasteland another try.

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“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” isn’t due in theaters until the beginning of the summer. However, given that it is most likely making its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in mid-May, the promotional machine for the George Miller-directed film is already underway. On the cover of Empire this month, Miller revealed all kinds of little details about the film, such as that it spans 15 years of Furiosa’s life (now played by Anya Taylor-Joy, as it is a prequel) and the qualities of the villain (played by Chris Hemsworth).

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It seems like anytime a bidding war breaks out these days, the only ones who can truly win it are Netflix, Amazon, or Apple, the streamers with essentially the biggest coffers. And true to this posit, Apple has won another big one in “Two For The Money,” a heist thriller with an enticing package: Charlize Theron and Daniel Craig starring with filmmaker Justin Lin (“Fast & Furious 6” “F9,” and “Star Trek Beyond”) directing.

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You will either watch “Fast X” or you won’t. It’s not a film series that people are on the fence over, and they’ve probably made up their minds long before now. The multibillion-dollar franchise that kicked off over 20 years ago has left what it originally was far behind, eating its dust. However, this penultimate entry in the series has an ace up its sleeve that few will have seen coming.

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Remember “Aeon Flux“? No? Don’t worry, nobody does, and star Charlize Theron and director Karyn Kusama still try to forget it. Critics hated the action flick on its release in 2005, with it currently holding a 9% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It didn’t make back its budget at the box office either, taking in only $52 million on a $62 million budget. In a word, yikes.  

READ MORE: Charlize Theron Used To Make Fun Of Marvel “Nerds” Before She Saw The Films: “Oh My God, They’re So F*cking Good”

And according to Theron, she knew she and Kusama had a bomb on their hands from the start, and that’s why she quickly joined the cast of “Arrested Development” soon afterward.

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As revealed at the end of “Doctor Strange in the Mulitiverse of Madness,” Charlize Theron is now firmly set up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That film introduced Theron’s Clea, another powerful sorcerer on the level of Doctor Strange and hinted that the duo will be jumping around universes trying to keep things in order. But before she signed on to show up as Clea, Theron doesn’t hide the fact that she was “ignorant” about the MCU and prejudged fans of the franchise.

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Brace yourselves, movie fans: George Miller’s “Max Max: Fury Road” prequel “Furiosa” just wrapped production in Australia. And while audiences must wait until 2024 for the movie to hit theaters, Anya Taylor-Joy’s recent interview with IndieWire has all sorts of updates about the production. The biggest news? Taylor-Joy did all her car-related stunts without a driver’s license, and the actress wasn’t afraid to get down and dirty during the movie’s shoot.

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Inspired by the young adult novel of the same name by Soman Chainani, the latest from Paul Feig, “The School for Good and Evil,” is a major departure for the director most known for his riotous comedies like “Spy” and “Bridesmaids“. Co-written by Feig and David Magee (“Mary Poppins Returns”), the magical adventure, unfortunately, feels each excruciatingly slow minute of its two-and-a-half-hour-long runtime. 

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Do you ever wonder where every great fairytale begins? Coming this fall, the new Netflix film “The School For Good & Evil” from director Paul Feig (“Bridesmaids”) and based on the string of novels by author Soman Chainani tries to answer those questions.

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The supernatural adventure pic boasts a rather impressive cast with Charlize Theron, Michelle Yeoh, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Sophia Anne Caruso, Sofia Wylie, Kit Young, Peter Serafinowicz, Ben Kingsley, Rachel Bloom, Rob Delaney, Patti LuPone, and Cate Blanchette will lend her voice as the film’s narrator.

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What’s Alfonso Cuarón been up to since his 2018 Netflix film “Roma“? Well, he’s working on his Apple TV+ thriller series “Disclaimer” at the moment, about a TV journalist who discovers that a book that features her as a character also reveals a secret she’s tried to keep hidden. That sounds excellent, especially with Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, and Sacha Baron Cohen starring.

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The versatile Academy Award-winner Charlize Theron has done her share of prestige dramas, studio comedies, and offbeat indies. But she might be best known for her action movies. 2005’s “Æon Flux” didn’t quite grab hold at the time, but it led eventually to the epic “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Since then, Theron’s Liam Neeson-esque pivot to action has been solidified with roles in “Atomic Blond” and “Fate Of The Furious.” 

READ MORE: Victoria Mahoney To Direct ‘The Old Guard 2’ For Netflix With Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne & More Returning

2020’s “The Old Guard” from Netflix only cemented that status.

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Netflix’s Geeked Week got off to a flying start yesterday, with new trailers dropping for some of the most highly-anticipated series of the year, including “The Umbrella Academy,” “The Sandman,” and “Resident Evil.” Today, it’s all things movies, and the most star-studded among the streaming giant’s lineup is “The School for Good and Evil.”

Originally a series of six books written by Soman Chainani, “The School for Good and Evil” charts the fantastical misadventures of two girls, Sophie (Sophia Anne Caruso) and Agatha (Sofia Wylie), during their time at the titular School for Good and Evil, a place where children are taken to become either fairytale heroes or villains.

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There’s bound to be a critically reviled premiere at every film festival. But no debut in recent years has been more horrific than the premiere of Sean Penn’s “The Last Face” at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival (our F-grade review here). Penn’s passion project, starring Javier Bardem as a relief doctor in Africa who falls in love with Charlize Theron’s international aid worker, was torn to shreds by the Cannes audience.

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*You may call this a spoiler, and we’d be inclined to agree, but well, Charlize Theron has said, “the cat’s out of the bag” and posted publicly on social media, so it’s unfortunately, for some, fair game.*

Director Sam Raimi’s (“Evil Dead“) return to the world of Marvel Comics has been one of his biggest box office successes as “Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness” has already earned $479 million globally, which is quite the feat given the first film’s total was $677.7 million.

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Charlize Theron is getting into the “superhero business,” but we should clarify, an atypical one that doesn’t seem all that connected to the superheroes you know. At least not yet. According to Variety, she is producing an adaptation of the young adult graphic novel, “You Brought Me The Ocean,” a gay YA high school love story, ala, “Love, Victor,” that is essentially the origin story of the character Aqualad.

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It’s been well documented that the development and production of George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” were nearly disastrous, leading to multiple headaches and hiccups delaying the film’s start, along with ditching a proposed 4th film with Mel Gibson and instead, starting a new story with Tom Hardy mid-stream after the events of “The Road Warrior.” When cameras finally began rolling, the problems didn’t end there as Hardy, and Oscar-winner Charlize Theron ended up despising each other, which may have helped illustrate the characters’ tension in the film’s story.

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It’s no surprise that Netflix is working on a sequel to “The Old Guard.” Right after the first film debuted last year, the streaming platform was quick to tout massive viewership numbers and say it is one of the most-watched pieces of original content the streamer has released. So, while we are definitely getting “The Old Guard 2,” it doesn’t appear that the original film’s director, Gina Prince-Bythewood, is going to return to the new franchise.

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It’s starting to become extremely obvious to most that George Miller‘s “Mad Max: Fury Road” wasn’t just rebooting the world and character by having British actor Tom Hardy (“Dunkirk,” “Inception,” “The Dark Knight Rises“) replace Mel Gibson, but also introducing a brand new leading character, Charlize Theron‘s Furiosa.

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Even though he probably doesn’t realize it, it appears Andy Muschietti is following in the footsteps of James Wan, a filmmaker that started with popular horror films and then transitioned into DC superheroes. And just like Wan (who has “Malignant” coming this fall), it appears that after he gets done with his superhero film (“The Flash”), Muschietti is heading back to horror for the new series, “The Final Girl Support Group.”

READ MORE: Ray Fisher Says WB Only Offered Him “Cameo” Money For A Two-Week Shoot On ‘The Flash’

According to Deadline, HBO Max has landed the rights to Grady Hendrix’s new novel, “The Final Girl Support Group,” which is being developed into a TV series for the streaming service.

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Typically, filmgoers associate the arrival of autumn with prestigious awards fare.  It’s when the big guns come out when studios present their shiniest and most exciting projects.  For theaters, this fall will see added stakes as the first significant season of the post-pandemic period.  With the moviegoing tradition in such a precarious position, it’ll be more important than ever that the films draw a sizable audience.  October will feature the premiere of highly anticipated movies like “Dune,” Ridley Scott’s “The Last Duel,” and the new James Bond film “No Time to Die.” And yet, the most profitable of them all might end up being “The Addams Family 2,” the follow-up to 2019’s successful adaptation. 

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Animated family comedies continue to be the most reliable money-makers in the business.  Despite the upcoming sequel arriving closer to Halloween than summer break, its plot isn’t dissimilar from the 1983 comedy classic “National Lampoon’s Vacation.”  Here’s the official synopsis:

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“Everyone’s favorite spooky family is back in the animated comedy sequel, The Addams Family 2.

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Any other year, it wouldn’t be a massive surprise that a ‘Fast & Furious’ film debuted with a huge box office total. But after a year of basically no theatrical releases and no major blockbusters, the fact that “F9” debuted with a $70 million estimated opening weekend is noteworthy. Not only is it the 3-day pandemic-era record for a major film, but when you combine it with the debuts of recent films like “A Quiet Place Part II,” “Cruella,” and “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard,” it’s clear that the North American theatrical industry is making a strong comeback.

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