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THR: Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth have walked away from contract negotiations for the fourth installment of Paramount's "Star Trek" reboot series.
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TheWrap: Ava DuVernay has completed casting for his Netflix limited series, "Central Park Five."
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YahooEntertainment: Nichelle Nichols, who played "Uhura" on the original "Star Trek" series, is reportedly suffering from dementia.
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WeGotThisCovered: Sony owns the films rights to "roughly 900 characters" of Marvel Comics' characters, including Spider-Man and characters associated with him. Sony is creating their own cinematic universe of Marvel Comics characters. They are calling it the "SUMC."
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People: In this first photographic image of Tom Hardy as real-life gangster, Al Capone, Hardy is non-recognizable. Hardy will play Capone in the director Josh Trank's film, "Fonzo."
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WeGotThisCovered: A few more details leak about Patrick Stewart's return to "Star Trek" as Jean-Luc Picard.
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THR: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced sweeping changes to the Academy Awards/Oscars, including announcing a new category, "Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film."
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Deadline: Showtime boss and CEO David Nevins says that this upcoming eighth season of its hit show, "Homeland," will be its last.
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BleedingCool: The CBS All Access series, "Star Trek: Discovery," is coming to Blu-ray and DVD, with all 15 episodes from the first season and bonus content. Release date is set for November 13th, 2018.
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BleedingCool: "The Disney Streaming Service" will offer original movies and remakes of older Disney films.
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BoxOfficeMojo: "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" is the winner of the 8/3 to 8/5/2018 weekend box office with an estimated take of $35 million.
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ShadowandAct: It is official. "Black Panther" is just the third film to gross $700 million in the United States.
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ShadowandAct: Storm Reid ("A Wrinkle in Time") and Niecy Nash (TNT's "Claws") are among five actresses taking supporting roles in Ava DuVernay's Netflix series, "Central Park Five."
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TheGuardian: In an interview about his new film, "BlacKkKlansman," director Spike Lee says, "This guy in the White House has given the green light for the Klan."
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Movieweb: "Halloween" franchise producer, Malek Akkad, wants William Shatner to make a cameo in a future "Halloween" film. Find out why... if you don't already know.
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TheWrap: Actor Patrick Stewart will reprise his role as "Captain Jean-Luc Picard" in a new "Star Trek" series for CBS All Access, the CBS streaming service. Stewart played Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generations (1987 to 1994) and in "Next Generation" spinoff films.
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IndieWire: FX CEO John Landgraf says "we would have done that show" about Donald Glover and his brother Stephen Glover's proposed "Deadpool" animated series, which Marvel, the rights holder of the Deadpool character, nixed
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YahooNews: The Foreign Ministry of Russia has appointed action movie star, Steven Seagal, a "special envoy for humanitarian ties" with the United States.
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TVLine: FX has approved a tenth season of "American Horror Story."
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Variety: Oscar-winner, Emmy-winner, and Tony Award-winner Jessica Lange will appear in "American Horror Story" Season 8.
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Variety: Chris Rock to star in FX's "Fargo" Season 4.
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JoBlo: Len Wiseman ("Underworld") says "Die Hard: Year One," the franchise reboot is happening "fairly soon."
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BleedingCool: The "Metal Gear Sold" movie will keep the weird stuff from the games.
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IndieWire: Oscars 2019: The 31 Movies You Need to Keep an Eye On During Fall Film Festival Season.
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Deadline: Writer-director Matt Reeves provides a few updates on his "Batman" stand-alone film.
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Variety: "Spin the Wheel," a game show from executive producer Justin Timberlake, ordered by FOX.
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CBR: After his abuse accusations nearly derailed his career, Chris Hardwick has been reinstated as host of NBC's primetime game show, "The Wall," and will return this fall. Hardwick was also reinstated as host of AMC's "Talking Dead."
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BleedingCool: Carl Lumbly and Alex Essoe join Warner Bros. "Doctor Sleep" film. Based on the 2013 Stephen King novel, "Doctor Sleep" is a sequel to "The Shining."
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Variety: Diane Guerrero ("Orange in the New Black") joins "Doom Patrol," based on the DC Comics series. The "Doom Patrol" series is headed for the "DC Universe" streaming service.
OBITS:
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Variety: The actress
Charlotte Rae died at the age of 92, Sunday, August 5, 2018. Rae was best known as the housemother, Mrs. (Edna) Garrett, on the long-running NBC sitcom, "The Facts of Life" (1979-1988). She also appeared on the short-lived, 1960s sitcom, "Car 54 Where Are You?" (which is one of my favorite TV shows - Ed.)
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THR: The actress
Mary Carlisle has died at the age of 104, died at the age of Wednesday, August 1, 2018. She was Bing Crosby's co-star in three delightful musicals of the 1930s, including 1937's "Double or Nothing." She co-starred with several big names of the "Golden Age" of Hollywood films, including Jack Benny in "It's in the Air" and John Barrymore in "Should Ladies Behave." Carlisle retired from acting after appearing in the 1943 horror film, "Dead Men Walk."
