If the name Mattson Tomlin rings a bell, it should. After writing “Project Power” for Netflix starring Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tomlin’s career really took off. He was brought in to help Matt Reeves write on his first “Batman” film with Robert Pattinson, and while he eventually didn’t receive a credit when rewrites evolved, he is writing “The Batman – Part II” with Reeves.

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Call me crazy, but is it ok to be really excited for the “Terminator” franchise again? I know it’s like a terrible friend who comes into your life every few years, asking for money, and then treating you like shit. But, seriously, “Terminator Zero” looks like a lot of fun. Maybe this time the friend isn’t going to break my heart. 

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As seen in the trailer for “Terminator Zero,” the upcoming anime series has all the hallmarks of a ‘Terminator’ story.

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Thanks to the success of “House Of The Dragon,” expect many more “Game Of Thrones” spinoffs to make their way onto HBO over the next decade. And THR reports that the network has yet another “Game Of Thrones” prequel series in development. What’s new in the pipeline? A prequel to “House Of The Dragon” that covers Aegon Targaryen’s conquest of Westeros.

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And now HBO has found their writer for the possible series: “The Batman Part II” scribe Mattson Tomlin.

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Did you hear the news? Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson aren’t going to return for a new ‘Batman’ sequel! At least, that’s exactly what you’d think if you take a look at all the headlines on YouTube and less-than-reputable fandom blogs. Why would anyone think that especially after “The Batman” earned nearly $800 million worldwide earlier this year? Well, you see, there hasn’t been a greenlight given to a sequel, and to those who aren’t familiar with how studios operate, this means the film is deader than a doornail.

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It’s hard to believe that it will have been a decade next summer since Christopher Nolan ended his Batman trilogy with “The Dark Knight Rises.” While that movie has its detractors, Nolan’s films still successfully resurrected The Caped Crusader from the cinematic death-sentence of 1998’s “Batman & Robin.” Unfortunately, the DCEU‘s subsequent takes on Bruce Wayne and his crime-fighting alter-ego haven’t been quite as popular.

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Keanu Reeves made news when he launched his own comic book “BRZRKR” at BOOM! Studios, along with the announcement of a live-action film and anime series heading to Netflix. Both projects will star and be produced by Keanu Reeves, where he plays an immortal demi-god, B., a brute that is compelled to commit violence.

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The Canadian actor has given a bit of update on the film revealing to Collider that they’ve assigned screenwriter Mattson Tomlin to pen the film’s script, who co-wrote the upcoming D.C.

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After two great films, and four bad to mediocre ones, It’s clear the “Terminator” franchise has ground to a halt in live-action following, Tim Miller’s underwhelming “Terminator: Dark Fate.” But given the premium place spent on time-spent as a metric in streaming, Hollywood’s found a lot of success in animation and anime, and thus another way to keep I.P. content churn churning. Appropos then, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that rights holders Skydance are teaming with Netflix for a brand new anime series, based on the “Terminator” I.P., that will be handled by Japanese animation studio Production I.G, known for the “Ghost In The Shell” series and animated films. 

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Things seem to be going pretty well for Mattson Tomlin over the past couple of years. Not only is he celebrating the recent release of the Netflix action feature, “Project Power,” which he wrote, but he’s also basking in the adoration from DC fans after “The Batman” teaser trailer was released and people instantly fell in love with what he and director Matt Reeves have cooked up.

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In “Project Power,” a new supercharged, high-concept Netflix film and oblique run at the superhero genre; 1) disposable black and brown people in New Orleans are used as guinea pigs for a new experimental street drug that gives users unpredictable and fleeting superpowers for five minutes; 2) a sympathetic cop uses those same narcotics to “level the playing field” in a city riddled with crime and corrupt superiors who pass on amplified bad guys to secretive feds or men in black without accountability; 3) a white teacher tries to humiliate a black student who also moonlights as a teenaged street dealer by night; 4 Marvin Gaye songs play on the soundtrack to indicate the everyday struggle is real for BIPOC.

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For a screenwriter, to be featured on the coveted annual Black List is a tremendous accomplishment that has jumpstarted the career of many of the industry’s hottest writers. If you’re Mattson Tomlin, you’ve not only been featured on that list six times in the past four years, but you’ve done so before the age of thirty. Like the most accomplished athletes, Tomlin regularly exercises his creative muscles averaging anywhere from 8-12 scripts a year.

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On a cold January day (such as the one I’m experiencing now…), there’s nothing better than a good ol’ stew to warm you up inside. And over at Amazon, it appears the studio has put together all the ingredients for one tasty, sci-fi stew that people will want to gobble up, titled “Fear Agent.”

According to THR, the “Fear Agent” stew includes names such as Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, David F.

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