Paramount Pictures has scheduled Skydance Media’s Mission: Impossible 6 to be released on July 27th, 2018. You know what that means? It means that Tom Cruise might battle Jason Momoa at the box office because that’s the same date that Warner Bros. is looking to release James Wan’s Aquaman. 

I’m a big fan of Cruise’s Mission: Impossible franchise. The last movie, Rogue Nation, was pretty awesome, so it’s good to know that writer and director of that film, Christopher McQuarrie, is coming back to helm the sixth film in the franchise as well. He will be the first director in the franchise to direct two films.

When talking about the sequel at CinemaCon last year, Cruise said that there will have "more incredible set pieces, stunts…and what I think is a very entertaining and compelling story.” The director later explained that the film would have its own unique style.

I’m excited to see what mission Ethan Hunt and his team take on next. Rebecca Ferguson is also set to reprise her role as the mysterious Ilsa Faust from the last film. I’m sure the rest of the usual suspects will return as well. 

Paramount has also set a December 22, 2017 release date for Alexander Payne’s next film, Downsizing.

"Witness" is a mesmerizing CG animated short film that tells the story of a man who is tracking down a mysterious killer to avenge the death of his wife. There's no dialogue used or needed to tell this emotional, powerful, and dark story. The visual storytelling is extremely well-done, and I really loved how it came together. I especially like the unsettling twist at the end. 

The short was created by three filmmakers from the L'école Georges Méliès art school in France named Alexandre Berger, Christ Ibovy, and Hugo Rizzon. As you'll see, this is a talented and creative team that gave us something that's truly impressive. This is a must watch film, so I hope you take the time to watch it. 

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It looks like we are getting at least one more game in the Metro series. The announcement was made on the official website after a passage from the final book, Metro 2035, was teased in English...read more on Gametyrant

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Ever since Michael Keaton was cast as a villain in Marvel's Spider-Man: Homecoming, fans believed that he would be taking on the role of the Vulture. Until today, there's been no official word on who Keaton would be playing, but Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige confirmed that Keaton is indeed playing Vulture in the film. 

During an interview with The Toronto Sun, Feige talked about his wish list of actors that are playing villains in their films, and that's where he dropped the news:

"We’ve had a wish list and most of them in the near-term are coming together. Cate Blanchett is playing Hela in Thor: Ragnarok. Michael Keaton’s Vulture in Spider-Man is something. And of course, finally, we’re showcasing Josh Brolin’s Thanos (in Avengers: Infinity War). We’re looking forward to that very much."

We have yet to see any photos of Keaton in the role, so Marvel has done a good job keeping the Vulture reveal under wraps. However, yesterday we posted a leaked piece of concept art featuring one of the designs for Vulture that you can see here.

I have no doubt that Keaton is going to be awesome in the role of Vulture. The guy is one of my favorite actors, and it's so cool that he landed a role like this. I can't wait to see what he does with it!

Spider-Man: Homecoming is set to be released in theaters on July 7, 2017.

Fox has had a solid run with their X-Men film franchise under the guidance of Bryan Singer, but it looks like they are looking to move on and try something different. A recent report from THR says that Fox sees "signs of wear and tear on a franchise." X-Men: Apocalypse didn't do as well as they had hoped. On top of that, Hugh Jackman is about to end his run as Wolverine with Logan and the contracts for Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, and Nicholas Hoult are up. If Fox wants them back they are going to have to fork over a lot of money to re-up their contracts. 

Box-office analyst Paul Degarabedian told the site, "You're gauged by the success of the franchise. This one [X-Men: Apocalypse] didn't engender the love of previous movies. It's time to go back to the drawing board." It sounds like Fox understands this and is looking to really shake things up. THR goes on to report that Fox is looking to reboot the franchise... without Singer. They say:

Elsewhere, the reset button has been pressed. Sources say the flagship series will be reconfigured, with Simon Kinberg, overseer of the franchise as producer and writer, working on a new script. Singer, who directed four X-Men movies, will not be returning, according to insiders, but the script is being written with Lawrence, Fassbender and McAvoy optimistically in mind.

So even though Singer isn't expected to return, they are still hoping to reboot the franchise with Lawrence, Fassbender, and McAvoy. Only time will tell if that will happen. It'll be interesting to see how they plan to restart the franchise with or without these main cast members. I assume the new young versions of Cyclops, Jean, and Nightcrawler will return, but the report doesn't say anything about that.

The report goes on to say that Fox is also already planning Deadpool 3, and they are "readying a filmmaker search for a storyline that will involve another X-team, X-Force." The studio still hasn't officially announced a director for Deadpool 2 since Tim Miller dropped out, but David Leitch (John Wick), Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods, Daredevil), and Magnus Martens (Luke Cage) have all been mentioned as possibilities. 

It's kind of cool to hear that Deadpool will help launch the X-Force franchise. I wonder if that means director Jeff Wadlow's X-Force film project is going to be shelved to make room for these possible new plans. Fox has also been developing a Gambit film and a New Mutants film, and I have no idea what the fate of those projects will be. 

It sounds like Fox has some big decisions to make, and I'm curious to see what they end up doing. What would you like to see Fox do with the X-Men franchise? 

Kevin Smith has been making geek-friendly movies for more than twenty years, and because of his career experience, his passion for those kinds of projects, and his extensive history writing comics, he's become something of a go-to guy to direct The CW's comic book TV shows like The Flash and Supergirl. Yesterday, Smith was directing season 2, episode 9 of Supergirl and decided to let us all in on the process with a Facebook Live video that took us into the production's sound stage and revealed how Melissa Benoist's Supergirl flies on the show. Take a look below (and as you'd probably expect from Smith, there's some NSFW language here):

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Footage of a pitch for a sequel to Diddy Kong Racing has now hit the web. For those who may be familiar with this before, this is NOT the same game that came...read more on Gametyrant

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The Uncharted film will begin shooting next year, and director Shawn Levy isn't taking your casting suggestions to heart. Collider spoke to the director who confirmed it is the next film he is working on:

"Yes, that’s my next project. Normally, as a director, you’re attached to something—I know of at least one director in this room—it’s like, the dance we always do is, 'Oh, I’m attached to this,' and then you look at my IMDb page and it looks like I’m making 19 movies. Uncharted, I am not messing around. I am so committed to this thing and I’m in it on the script level with Joe Carnahan, who knows what he’s doing; that’s been a really frickin’ fun collaboration."

Good to hear he's passionate about it! As for who the studio is keeping an eye out for an actor to portray the leading man, Levy says they haven't made any solid offers or decisions for who will play Nathan Drake:

"The truth is, the conversations that are happening right now are with the studio and the producers talking about who feels right to us and to me."

The bad news is all those tweets you've sent him about how you think your favorite actor would be good for the film are falling upon deaf ears:

"I’ve been pitched everyone. God bless you, Twitter, but I made a joke that, “You’re saving me the money of hiring a casting director, Twitter,” because from Nikolaj [Coster-Waldau] to Oscar Isaac, [Nathan] Fillion, everyone that you would, [Chris] Pratt, Chris Evans, Chris Pine, I mean the suggestions are... It’s every actor who is ruggedly handsome, which is to say every movie star, and who looks anything like the square-jawed, chiseled-featured Drake. I’m not actually going to base my casting on Twitter suggestions. Maybe I’ve even said the name in this room; who knows. Eventually, if people keep suggesting ideas and actors, one of them will prove to be true. We’re very hard at work on the script right now."

From that list, I would be cool with Chris Evans. He's not the most high profile guy on the list, but I think his acting style best fits Nathan Drake. Who's your pick for the leading man? Mind you, Shawn Levy isn't listening either way. 

From like age 5-9 I didn't have cable television and used to watch Entertainment Tonight on the regular. Now, in the age of the Internet? Not so much. As movie media reporting has progressed they've lost their teeth and edge in reporting on relevant news anymore, but they did manage to snag some behind the scenes footage from Ghost In The Shell!

There's one line in particular from leading lady Scarlett Johansson that I think was incredibly honest and as much a message to the viewer as it was her daughter:

"I think more than anything...I want my daughter to feel comfortable taking risks...and know that sometimes you fail and when you win it's awesome...peaks and valleys!"

I paraphrased that so it made more sense in text, but I think Scarlett Jo is well aware the mountain she has to climb in winning fans over with this film. I think that self-awareness means that she's gonna put more of herself into a film to prove us wrong...at least I hope that, anyway. Check out the interview and the action footage in the clip below.

Ghost Rider is one of the best things that could have happened to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I really like what they are doing with the character and fans seem to like Gabriel Luna in the role of Robbie Reyes a.k.a. Ghost Rider. 

It turns out Marvel actually has bigger plans for the character. It seems Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. may have been a way to test the waters for something bigger for the character. During a recent interview with CB, Luna revealed that Ghost Rider could be going solo in a possible Netflix series or movie. He says:

"I don't have a preference. People talk about 'Ah man he'd be great as a feature,' which is [an] idea too... It could be in the cinema, it could live on Netflix, whatever it is."

That statement was followed by something a little more concrete, saying that the are deals in place for a spinoff project:

"It's been talked about, there's definitely deals in place for that potential. But I just take it one day at a time. I have so much fun now I just want to make sure I get these episodes right. If they throw more episodes on my plate, I will do my best to do well with those stories as well."

I think it'd be a lot of fun to see something happen with this version of Ghost Rider. He's a really fun character and there's so much more they could play with if they expand his story into a solo project.

What do you think about a possible Ghost Rider spinoff? Would you rather see a film or a Netflix series for the character? 

Kevin Feige has confirmed yet again that Doctor Strange will, in fact, play a role in Avengers: Infinity War. Slashfilm had a chance to speak to the producer who revealed a few, albeit very small, details. He talked the most about Infinity Stones and how their presence is becoming increasingly pronounced in the films:

"I think that’s there are a couple of reasons for that. One is as you’re introducing the fourth and fifth versions of these MacGuffins that we’ve been playing with for a long time, you wanna do something different with them and not just have them be an object passed around. So the notion that something is inherent in the literal body of one of your lead heroes is interesting. And the idea that the Eye of Agamotto’s a great relic over the course of Doctor Strange comics anyway. That seemed like it had fun potential to say, you know why it can do a lot of those things? Because it’s this other thing. As we then get into future movies, it also becomes certainly ripe with potential for conflict and drama that it’s not something buried in a cave it’s something he has to go get, but rather something in a beloved hero’s head."

I'll try to leave spoilers out of this for those who haven't seen Doctor Strange...although I have no idea why the hell you are reading this if you haven't seen the movie! Other than stating that Strange will 100% be in the upcoming Avengers film, he didn't say much more. 

One statement that WAS worth mentioning was Feige's teasing of what's to come and somewhat quelling comic book fans expectations:

"I think it clearly is setting up certain things. In the immediate future, being the movies, we’ve announced… I think those with knowledge of the comics may expect things that will not be happening in the movies. Those who don’t know what has happened in the comics will be shocked at what we do. But yeah, once that Gauntlet is on, as the poster of Doctor Strange says, “the impossibilities are endless.” How do you fight that? How can you defeat that? So we play into all of that. We play into all that stuff. I don’t know that we’ll get into Earth 1 thru 616 in any one moment anytime soon."

Sounds like the only thing we can really expect is the unexpected. 

Full disclosure: I think I'm more than a little sleep-deprived and may not find this as funny when I finally get some rest, but I think this might be the greatest thing on the Internet right now! A tortoise acting like Owen Wilson...it's genius. 

If you're sleep-deprived like me or just looking for a distraction from a crazy day, give it a watch and forget the world for a minute!

Even if you didn't think Captain America: Civil War wasn't all that great, I think it's safe to say that the majority of people who walked out of that movie did so with a newfound excitement about Spider-Man. A lot of us had burned out on the character after seeing five solo movies and two different actors playing him on the big screen over a twelve year period, but Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures' unprecedented deal to bring the web-slinger into the Marvel Cinematic Universe under the supervision of Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal has provided a major jolt of life back into Spider-fans around the world.

It helped that the script was strong, but one of the main reasons people are psyched about seeing the ol' webhead again is because 20-year-old Tom Holland completely knocked it out of the park with his performance. His youthful energy, childlike awe, and impressive physicality has us chomping at the bit to see more, and though Marvel is known for excellent casting, they really outdid themselves with that one.

But to hear Holland tell it, he learned that he got the role doing the same thing a lot of us do right before we go to bed:

When we did the screen tests, there were six of us all in this room waiting to audition. It felt like The Hunger Games. [laughs] It was a real weird atmosphere because there's all these kids who really, really want this role. They were like, "We'll let you know tomorrow." Then you find out a month later what the verdict was. I was in my bed scrolling through Instagram. It had been about a month since my audition. And Marvel just posted a photo saying go to our website and find out who the next Spider-Man is. I went on the Marvel website on my computer and there it was: The new Spider-Man is Tom Holland. I went ballistic, like absolutely nuts.

OFFICIAL: Marvel Studios + Sony Pictures have found our #SpiderMan star + director! Head to Marvel.com to see who they are...💥

A photo posted by Marvel Entertainment (@marvel) on Jun 23, 2015 at 9:11am PDT

I remember it being a hard-fought battle between Holland and Asa Butterfield, and it must have been crazy to find out about the results that way. I'm not totally convinced this is actually how it went down. I'd like to think the studio would have called him beforehand to prep him for the onslaught of attention he was about to receive. Maybe Holland tells it this way because it makes for a better story, or maybe he's actually being truthful and Marvel straight up didn't tell him beforehand (which would be weird, but stranger things have happened).

Elsewhere in the same interview with THR, Holland commented about how many movies he's signed on for:

They give you options, and those could be exercised whenever. Like a cameo in Avengers. I'm unclear as to which movies, though. I do know I have three Spider-Man movies and three solo movies contracted. But if you have another movie, Marvel is so good at working around it. They're very respectful of your life, really. They understand that you have to work on other movies, and they try and fix it up so you can work around each other.

Sony better get moving on those solo movies, because Holland isn't getting any younger, and the older he gets, the more they'll have to start inching back toward the types of stories they've already told. The best part about this casting is that he looks like a high school student right now...but that won't last forever.

If you're wanting to jump in and try Mass Effect: Andromeda before anyone else, you have that opportunity. Mass Effect producer sent out a tweet linking to their "beacon program" which...read more on Gametyrant

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Ian Fleming's super spy James Bond has been making waves on our movie screens for more than fifty years, but despite the character's cinematic legacy, I don't see a lot of modern fan art dedicated to Bond or the Bond movies. Perhaps the character is too old fashioned for the hip young artists of today, or maybe the Bond community simply isn't as interested in fan art as other pop culture communities. Either way, today we actually do have a handful of cool Bond-related artwork to share with you, and a lot of them revolve around the recent set of films starring Daniel Craig.

This is the handiwork of artist Ibrahim Moustafa, whose work you can purchase here.

Additionally, I tracked down a few other Bond mini-posters on Moustafa's website that go back beyond Craig's tenure in the tux. These are pretty sweet, also.

Click here to listen to The 5Cast episode in which we discuss the Top 5 James Bond movies of all time.

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A week or so ago, we heard that the J.J. Abrams-produced sci-fi film God Particle (which is probably just a temporary working title) is going to be the third entry in the Cloverfield franchise. But that's news to Gugu Mbatha-Raw, the actress who starred in the movie. Production has wrapped, and when ScreenCrush asked how the new movie would fit into the slowly-emerging "Cloververse," she seemed surprised:

I actually have no idea. That is news to me. When I did the project it was a total standalone sci-fi, space thriller. So I couldn’t tell you how it’s connected. I don’t know if that’s just a rumor.

Remember, this is an Abrams-produced project, so secrecy is of the utmost importance. Of course she's not going to let any details slip this early. But this isn't too surprising. If you remove a couple of very small references to companies like Kelvin Gas and Bold Futura from 10 Cloverfield Lane, that movie wouldn't have any direct correlation to the first Cloverfield film from 2008. I imagine this film will feature similarly small connections, maybe even some so small that they could be added digitally in post after production wrapped, theoretically leaving the actors in the dark about what kind of film they were really making.

God Particle is directed by Julis Onah (The Girl Is in Trouble) and stars Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelewo, John Krasinski, Chris O'Dowd, Daniel Bruhl, Ziyi Zhang, and Elizabeth Debicki. It arrives in theaters on February 24, 2017. Here's the synopsis:

After a physics experiment with a large hadron accelerator causes the Earth to seemingly vanish completely, the terrified crew of an orbiting American space station is left floating in the middle of now-even-more-empty space. When a European spacecraft appears on their radar, the Americans must determine whether it’s their salvation, or a harbinger of doom.

If you've ever wondered if Werner Herzog is as mellow and hypnotic as he is when he's not shooting a documentary, wonder no longer. A video circulating on Reddit captures a 2006 scene from The Culture Show in which Herzog takes a particularly savage shot from a pellet gun that breaks through his clothes and into his skin in the midst of the interview! 

You totally won't know that until after the fact as Herzog acts as though he just heard a car backfire and continues on like nothing happened! See the strange moment and the even stranger man below. Can we all agree Werner Herzog is a badass? 

It's been a pretty slow news day in the entertainment world so far, so you'll have to forgive me for writing an entire article about a single bit of information from a report in Reuters. But that bit could prove fairly interesting down the line, and the statement in question is that Yves Guillemot, the chairman of video game company Ubisoft, told reporters that the company is "in talks with Netflix over a series."

A Ubisoft TV series, hmm? OK, so naturally the question becomes "what game are they considering adapting for the small screen?" With the Assassin's Creed movie finally coming out next month, there's a chance they could be looking into a spin-off series to keep that franchise alive between sequels (assuming it performs well enough to earn one). With games like Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, The Division, Watch Dogs, and more being eyed for the big screen, that only leaves a few Ubisoft properties left for TV. Far Cry, Call of Juarez, and Rainbow Six have potential, and since this is Netflix we're talking about, I wouldn't even put it past them to maybe develop a children's show around a game like Just Dance that's specifically designed to keep kids active and entertained.

Which game do you think is the best fit for a TV series?

This video is a little bit old, but I'm just catching up with it and figured some of you may not have seen it yet. YouTuber My VCR is Not Dead put together this countdown video of ten different ways archaeologist badass Indiana Jones uses his whip in the four films in the franchise so far. I hadn't really considered the true versatility of Jones' iconic weapon of choice until this video, but seeing all of its uses back to back like this is pretty impressive.

I'd never heard of The Duelist before, but Sony Pictures has just unveiled a full trailer for the upcoming foreign film that looks pretty damn cool. It's set in 1800s Russia and follows an incredibly effective gunfighter who stands in as a duelist for nobles whose honor is slighted by others. But things take a turn when he falls for the sister of a young prince.

This movie looks crazy expensive, with some gorgeous sweeping landscape shots and rad-looking costumes, and it feels a little like a cross between a period romance and an almost steampunk-style take on something like The Count of Monte Cristo. I'm interested to hear what you all think about this trailer.

The Duelist is written and directed by Alexey Mizgirev, and it stars Petr Fedorov, Vladimir Mashkov, Martin Wuttke, Julia Khlynina, Yuri Kolokolnikov, and Franziska Petri. It hits theaters on December 2, 2016.

This deceptively glossy production is also a highly proficient and effective epic set in 19th-century Czarist Russia. It focuses on a handsome, ruthless protagonist who is a professional duellist at a time when the nobility settled disputes and slights against honour by taking up swords or pistols against each other in highly regulated rituals. There was a strict code of behavior applied to the practice of duelling; one rule was that a substitute was allowed, another was that nobles would fight only fellow nobles. Both conditions are central to this film's narrative.
 
Returning to Saint Petersburg after a long exile, the dashing Yakovlev, a retired army officer, makes a comfortable living by winning other people's duels. An enigmatic, focused, and extremely skilled professional, he leaves a trail of dead bodies behind him as he swirls through polite society, frequently called upon to wield a pistol as a surrogate in duels at dawn. But when Yakovlev meets the naïve young Prince Tuchov and his beautiful sister, Princess Martha, the normally cold-hearted mercenary is surprised by hitherto undetected emotions. What transpires uncovers a series of revelations about his past and his present self.
 
Employing a cast whose credits include films such as Stalingrad, Inglourious Basterds, Game of Thrones, and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, director Alexey Mizgirev relishes in the twists and turns of a story where the surprises come thick and fast. Featuring exceptional art direction, costume design, and cinematography, The Duelist delivers an engrossing story set against both the glittery high society of aristocratic Russia and a shadowy netherworld of ambition.