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revealed to Yahoo! that he didn’t even know at the time that Selleck had originally been attached to — and subsequently left — the project. Han Solo himself had just polished off filming the “Star Wars” flick “The Empire Strikes Back,” and director George Lucas asked him to read for the character of Jones.

Harrison Ford is not leaving acting anytime soon. The Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny star is opening up about his future and retiring is not a possibility.

At long last, a sequel to the universally beloved “Paddington 2” is on the way. And Deadline has the scoop on some of the new faces moviegoers should expect in the upcoming film.  Olivia Colman leads the recently announced newcomers, with Rachel Zegler, Antonio Banderas, and Emily Mortimer also joining the cast.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Rachel Zegler and Emily Mortimer are in talks to join the cast of “Paddington in Peru,” the third opus of the beloved bear’s adventures. Set to start filming on July, the third installment film will also star Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Madeleine Harris and Samuel Joslin. Ben Whishaw and Imelda Staunton will also be back as the voices of Paddington and Aunt Lucy, respectively. Filming locations will include the UK, Peru and Colombia. The movie will mark the feature film directorial debut of Dougal Wilson, and reteams Studiocanal with Heyday Films following their collaboration on the first two films of the Paddington franchise. Studiocanal is fully financing and will distribute in the UK, France, Germany, Benelux, Poland, Australia and New Zealand as well as through partners in China and Japan. Sony Pictures will distribute in the USA, Canada and other key international territories including Latin America.

Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Rachel Zegler, and Emily Mortimer are all in talks to star in the long-awaited movie threequel Paddington In Peru. The quartet will join series favorites Ben Whishaw and Hugh Bonneville, who are set to return.

Charna Flam Saban Films has acquired the rights to Art Camacho’s action thriller “Ruthless” starring Dermot Mulroney and Javier Reyna’s “Palido” starring Kellan Lutz. Saban will distribute the titles throughout North America, the United Kingdom, Germany, Benelux and Australia. Jonathan Saba, CCO of Saban Films, negotiated the deal with Devin Carter, SVP of sales at Premiere Entertainment. “Ruthless” follows a high school coach (Mulroney) who takes matters into his own hands by going after the men who kidnap his female student for their human trafficking operation, according to a snyopsis.

final installment of the long-running franchise to include Ford, 80, is titled “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” and is set to be released on June 30.The star explained to Digital Spy in a recent interview why there is a 15-year gap between the fourth and fifth films.He noted that the studio wasn’t clamoring to release another flick so soon after “Crystal Skull” debuted.“Well, it wasn’t as though we sat around for 10 years waiting to come up with an idea,” Ford said.  “When we finished the last film, I don’t think anybody thought about going and doing another film for some time,” he added.The length of time between the last two movies could also be attributed to “Crystal Skull’s” not-so-good reviews.While it was regarded as 2008’s second highest-grossing film and took in about $790 million, it holds a 53% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.Critics’ reviews were mixed, with one person even calling it “the most lifeless of the series” and “simply [not] a very good motion picture.”Ford continued to tell the entertainment news outlet that “there were some interesting ideas that were floated” for a fifth movie over the last few years, however, producers weren’t too keen about them.“And then we found an idea, and a script, and a strong story that we wanted to tell,” he gushed about “Dial of Destiny.” “Dial of Destiny” takes place in the mid-1960s with Indiana joining his goddaughter Helena Shaw (played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge) as they go on a quest to find a dial that can change history.“The Wolverine” director James Mangold is helming the feature and it also stars the talents of Antonio Banderas, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Ethann Isidore and Mads Mikkelsen.Ford was also digitally de-aged for the flick, as the new story

John Bleasdale Guest Contributor The 69th Taormina Film Festival boasts an impressive lineup of Italian and world premieres as it seeks to reboot and re-establish its status as a date to watch on the festival circuit. Located in the historical Sicilian town – its visibility recently getting an unlooked for boost with the second season of HBO’s ”The White Lotus” – will be hosting a series of screenings. The outdoor Teatro Antico will provide a suitably antique background for the Italian premiere of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” with Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, and Mads Mikkelsen in attendance. The directorial debut of Italian artist Marco Perego, “The Absence of Eden,” will receive its world premiere. The film stars Perego’s wife Zoe Saldaña, Garrett Hedlund and Adria Arjona. The thriller tells the story of an undocumented immigrant fleeing a drug cartel whose path crosses with a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in a crisis over the moral dilemmas of his job. An unlikely alliance forms as the two endeavor to save the life of a young girl.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has revealed how she managed to overcome stage fright.The actor and screenwriter, who is best known for creating comedy drama series Fleabag, recalled how she was hit with nerves while performing Noël Coward’s play Hay Fever in the West End in 2012.Speaking to The Mirror, Waller-Bridge said: “I suddenly got stage fright. And this amazing actor could see I was getting nervous.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Javier Bardem is the first recipient of San Sebastian’s prestigious Donostia Award for this year’s 71st edition. He will accept the prize, San Sebastian’s highest accolade, granted for career achievement, at the festival’s opening gala on September 22. His image will also feature on the poster of this year’s edition, unveiled today in San Sebastian.  The only surprise about Bardem’s Donostia Award is that it hasn’t come earlier. A rugby player for Spain’s national team, Bardem first came to fame as a local village hulk playing opposite his now spouse Penélope Cruz in Bigas Luna’s 1992 flamboyant social critique “Jamón, Jamón.” 

Live drip painting artist Mark Rios, known as Mr. Dripping, will be the subject of a new docuseries being produced by Uri Singer’s Passage Pictures.

Steven Spielberg has shared his reaction after seeing Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny for the first time.The upcoming fifth instalment is the first entry in the franchise not directed by Spielberg, who instead serves as an executive producer. James Mangold, who previously helmed Logan and Ford v Ferrari, takes up the role of director on the sequel.During the Time 100 Summit (via Variety), Spielberg was asked what it was like watching an Indiana Jones movie he didn’t direct.“I just had that experience two nights ago,” the director said.

A pre-taped message from Harrison Ford introduced an extended action clip from Lucasfilms’ highly anticipated Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny during Disney’s CinemaCon presentation here in Las Vegas this morning. Said the veteran actor, “Hello CinemaCon! Playing Indiana Jones all these years has meant the world to me. (The movies) have adventure and heart — and for some reason snakes.” In a charming call back to the original Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ford added, “Why did it have to be snakes?”

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Steven Spielberg has seen “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” the fifth installment in the long-running adventure franchise and, notably, the first entry not to be directed by Spielberg himself. “The Wolverine” and “Ford v Ferrari” director James Mangold took over filmmaking duties on “Dial of Destiny.” Anyone worried a Spielberg-less “Indiana Jones” movie might not deliver the goods can now rest easy, as Spielberg himself loved the latest sequel. “I just had that experience two nights ago,” Spielberg said at the Time 100 Summit when asked what it’s like watching an “Indiana Jones” movie he didn’t direct. “Bob Iger had a screening for a lot of the Disney executives and I came to the screening along with the director James Mangold. Everybody loved the movie. It’s really, really a good Indiana Jones film. I’m really proud of what Jim has done with it.”

Harrison Ford reprises his role of Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny for what the actor says is his last time playing the character.

Harrison Ford is revealing that Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will be the last time he plays the archeologist.

Santiago Miter’s political thriller Argentina, 1985, and the Colombian series News of a Kidnapping, created by Andrés Wood and Rodrigo García, swept the top awards at the tenth Platino Awards Saturday evening.

Benicio del Toro will be recognized with the Platino Honorary Award. The award celebrates Ibero-American filmmaking, being one of the few recognitions that considers Latin American and Spanish talent.

Stella Banderas, Grace Johnson, and Dakota Johnson are working together, and it is so sweet. Dakota started an independent entertainment company with Ro Donnelly called Teatime Pictures and, for their recent collaboration with “Good Time” wine, she enlisted the help of her sisters to make a short film, which she posted on Instagram Wednesday.A post shared by TeaTime.Pictures (@teatime.pictures)Melanie Griffith is Dakota and Stella’s mom. Dakota and Grace share the same father, Don Johnson, but Grace’s mom is his current wife Kelly Phleger.

A new trailer for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” was unveiled at Star Wars Celebration Europe, currently underway in London.

Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones is goin out with a bang — and a whip! On Thursday, during the Star Wars Celebration in London, Disney premiered the official trailer for the final installment of the franchise, .The trailer begins with Jones in the present day, getting ready to celebrate his retirement, when he is met by his goddaughter, played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who pulls the archeologist back into action. After he is betrayed by his goddaughter, Jones sets out on a quest to finish the one mission he has had his sights on during his entire career — retrieving he dial of destiny.In the extended trailer, fans are treated to a horse chase through a New York City subway, a helicopter scene that sees Jones trying to rescue his goddaughter before she falls completely out. And Jones cracking his whip across a table full of bad guys.The official trailer also gives fans a look at the digitized effects, that make Jones look decades younger for flashback scenes.  is directed by James Mangold. Joining the cast for the final round is Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Thomas Kretschmann, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Olivier Richters and Ethann Isidore.