How’s this for a huge news story before the weekend commences? Deadline reports that Christopher Nolan has added two more A-List names to the cast list of his upcoming blockbuster at Universal.  And it’s two intriguing names joining Matt Damon and Tom Holland.  The first?  Anne Hathaway, who worked with Nolan twice on “The Dark Knight Rises” and “Interstellar.” The other?

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After four successful “LEGO” movies at Warner Bros.— “The Lego Movie,” “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part,” “Lego Batman,” and the “Lego Ninjago Movie”— Universal, who signed a five-year deal to make films between 2020 and 2025, are taking a crack at it finally.

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Today, Universal announced that it is making three untitled live-action movies with directors Jake Kasdan, Patty Jenkins, and “Attack the Block” filmmaker Joe Cornish.

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Last November, Universal Pictures announced a new “Jason Bourne” movie was in the works, with “Conclave” director Edward Berger in talks to direct. Big news, for both star Matt Damon and Berger, a German film industry veteran who only recently gained stateside traction for his take on “All Quiet On The Western Front.” But in a new interview with Cinema Daily US, Berger wouldn’t confirm if he’s shooting the upcoming actioner.

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Tom Holland was recently on the Men’s Wellness/Mental Health Rich Roll Podcast, and one of the main themes from the podcast was “launching a second career” and how he’s “more than [just] ‘Spider-Man’”—and dude wasn’t kidding. While “Spider-Man 4” is definitely in the works, the actor is starting to look at the next phase of his career, and it seems like it’s about to begin with Christopher Nolan’s next film.

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With the massive success of “Oppenheimer” behind him, Christopher Nolan is ready to move onto the next project, and apparently, he’s found a star to lead the cast.

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According to Variety, Christopher Nolan has a new film in the works through Universal with a 2026 release date. To add to the intrigue, it appears that Matt Damon is the filmmaker’s choice to lead the cast.

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Steven Spielberg may have found his lead for his upcoming blockbuster, and it’s an actress in high demand right now. Deadline reports that Emily Blunt is in talks to star in Universal and Amblin‘s upcoming summer tentpole, set to hit theaters on May 15, 2026.  Ms. Blunt teaming up with Mr. Blockbuster himself? It could be a match made in heaven, and in several ways.

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For one, Blunt is arguably in the best stretch of her career.

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Moviegoers may not remember, but back in February 2020, right before the COVID-19 pandemic took over the globe, Leigh Whannell‘s “The Invisible Man” raked at the box office. The horror remake was a mega-hit for Blumhouse and Universal, making over 20x its budget at the box office before movie theaters shuttered their doors for months just a few weeks later. So that begs the question: why haven’t Whannell and star Elisabeth Moss made a sequel?

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Thanks to “Ready Or Not,” their two recent “Scream” movies, and entries in the “V/H/S” series, the Radio Silence team are the new “it” guys of horror. So what do Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett & co. have in store for audiences next? How about a creature feature that’s a twisted take on the classic “Cat And The Canary” premise?

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Almost a year after they conquered the Oscars with 2022’s “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” filmmaking duo The Daniels— Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert— are gearing up to make their next film, and this one is set up at Universal. Unfortunately, no details have been made other than that it’s an “Untitled Event Film,” likely meaning some blockbuster-sized venture or franchise or considerable scope, and it’s been set for June 12, 2026.

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Sometimes, the call of nostalgia and influential blockbusters is too tempting to ignore. Despite his intended desire to stay away from blockbusters and big-brand I.P., and try and stick to original films, filmmaker Gareth Edwards is stepping in to direct the new “Jurassic World” film from writer David Koepp, the original screenwriter of Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park.”

Edwards is “replacing” “Deadpool 2” and “Bullet Train” filmmaker David Leitch, who was briefly engaged in negotiations to direct the film but fell out over creative differences.

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While Chad Stahelski has been content to stay in the “John Wick” universe ever since he launched the franchise in 2014, his co-director David Leitch has done anything but stay planted. Having already directed five movies since—running the gambit of franchises among them like “Deadpool 2,” “Hobbes And Shaw” and this summer’s “The Fall Guy”—for his next magic trick, stunt director turned filmmaker David Leitch will be turning his attention to the new “Jurassic World” trilogy that Universal is very bullish on.

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Antoine Fuqua‘s Michael Jackson biopic deviates from the director’s usual modus operandi of actioners. But with the cast he’s accrued for “Michael,” the upcoming film could be a sleeper hit. Now Deadline reports that Miles Teller is the latest to join the movie’s cast, playing an attorney of the titular King Of Pop.

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Who Teller plays exactly isn’t known yet, but the actor joins Colman Domingo, Nia Long, and Jaafar Jackson in the film’s cast.

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One small ember can burn down everything. Wondering what Oscar-nominated actor Dev Patel’s (“Lion,” “Slumdog Millionaire”) new action thriller, his directorial debut, “Monkey Man” is all about? Well, we finally have our answers. For one, Jordan Peele and his Monkey Paw production shingle have suddenly announced they have come onboard the film just as Universal announced the new trailer today. And that’ll undoubtedly boost its profile.

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Where the Dark Universe failed before it even started—you know, the big shared universe with Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, Angelina Jolie, etc.—Blumhouse has shown they have the Midas Touch with horror. Look at what they did, for example, with Leigh Whannell’s terrific and inventive traumatic gaslighting horror, “The Invisible Man,” starring Elisabeth Moss. Whannell is back with Blumhouse for another adaptation of a Universal Horror classic, this time, “Wolf Man,” and it’s building up quite the cast.

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As 2023 draws to a close, the Barbenheimer phenomenon still resounds as the year’s most important film event. Two highly anticipated blockbusters, poised in a head-to-head battle in the thick of summer movie season, from two of Hollywood’s premier directors; no wonder the double feature became so highly meme-able. But memes aside, Barbenheimer was a huge success for an industry in crisis, and “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” rank as two of 2023’s best films.

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No surprise here: after Jason Blum teased a potential sequel to “The Black Phone” at CinemaCon earlier this year, the film now has an official release date. Granted, it’s almost a year and a half away. THR reports that Universal has set Blumhouse‘s “The Black Phone 2” for a June 27, 2025 release date. But that doesn’t necessarily mean director Scott Derrickson or star Ethan Hawke will return for the sequel.

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Alright, “Exorcist: Believer,” Universal and Blumhouse Pictures’ legacy sequel of 1973’s “The Exorcist,” directed by David Gordon Green hit theaters last weekend and the results were, well, kinda mid. Yes, it’s a legacy sequel, so much like the newest “Halloween” trilogy (also made by Green, Universal and Blumhouse), it disregards all the other sequels and essentially only takes place after the original film).

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After “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” made over $1.3 billion at the global box office, it’s safe to say that Illumination is pretty pleased with its partnership with Nintendo. The new film now ranks as Illumination’s highest-grossing film, surging past 2015’s “Minions” at $1.159 billion to top that list. So will the computer animation studio embark on another project with Nintendo soon, like a rumored “The Legend Of Zelda” movie?

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If you were ever questioning just how powerful Christopher Nolan is in Hollywood, look no further than the situation that developed between the filmmaker and Warner Bros. during the pandemic. After the release of “Tenet” in theaters during the height of COVID, WB entered 2021 with a new idea to release films both in theaters and on streaming at the same time. This reportedly upset Nolan, who then left WB to go work under the Universal banner for his next film, “Oppenheimer.” The bidding war that erupted after Nolan left proved that the filmmaker is one of the hottest commodities in the film industry right now.

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Christopher Nolan‘s “Oppenheimer” is one of the movie events of the summer for several reasons. Reason #1: it squares off again Greta Gerwig‘s “Barbie” at the box office on its opening weekend; who wins there may also be 2023’s biggest summer film. Reason #2: It’s Nolan’s film since 2020’s “Tenet,” which got lost in the shuffle theatrically due to the COVID-10 pandemic.

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The Radio Silence filmmaking team had another big horror hit this year with “Scream VI,” their follow-up to last year’s franchise “re-quel” “Scream.” Now Deadline reports its members will team up with Project X Entertainment as they did on those films for a new untitled Monster movie at Universal.  

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Radio Silence had this project lined up after “Scream” last year but had to postpone it after Paramount greenlit “Scream 6” quickly after the 2022 film’s box office success.

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With “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” now out in theaters, it’s time to see if Universal‘s animated feature performs better than the 1993 live-action film. That should be pretty easy, as the earlier film with Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo was a critical and commercial bust, not even making back its budget at the box office. And Seth Rogen certainly hasn’t forgotten his disappointment over the 1993 film, which he commented on at the world premiere of the new animated movie.

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You might not have kids, and you may not watch children’s animated movies, and that’s fair. But in case you’re unaware, Illumination Entertainment, the animation studio that Universal distributes, is a huge, profitable hit factory, producing blockbuster animation hits like the “Minions,” franchise, “Despicable Me,” “Sing” and “The Secret Life of Pets.” If they’re not for you, fair, but look at the numbers.

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After three massively successful films, we can safely pronounce that new Jordan Peele film releases are special events. However, unlike many directors working today, Peele is steadily releasing new films like clockwork, after only two or three years. And it appears he’s keeping that trend going with his fourth film, which is expected to arrive on the big screen in 2024. 

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According to Variety, Universal has announced the release date for the next Jordan Peele film.

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It’s contest time again!  Earlier this week, on February 28, 2023, DreamWorks and Universal Home Pictures released the newest film from the “Shrek” universe, “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” on 4K UHD, Blu-Ray, and DVD. For the first time, though, everyone’s favorite adventurous cat is found in a collectors edition featuring exclusive bonus content! 

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The film, directed by Joel Crawford and co-directed by Januel Mercado, has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Film.

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