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The star of “Downton Abbey” thinks it might be time to hang up the bowler hat.

of a report from Australian gossip site Poptopic, alleging that Depp, 59, is hammering out $301 million deal with Disney to appear in the sixth pirate movie. The media outlet attributed the intel to an industry insider. Depp’s legal team argued at his defamation trial against Amber Heard that he was dropped from the franchise after his ex-wife penned a 2018 Washington Post op-ed, calling herself a victim of domestic abuse.During Depp’s cross-examination, Heard’s lawyer Ben Rottenborn confronted the actor with a statement he had made to the press.“If Disney came to you with $300 million and a million alpacas, nothing on this earth would get you to go back and work with Disney on a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ film, correct?” asked Rottenborn, referring to the interview.“That is true,” he replied.

Are they casuals or super fans? The Challenge: USA cast seem to be all over the map when it comes to their knowledge of the game. And just in case, they reached out to past players for advice.

Warning: Spoilers below.Disney+‘s “Star Wars” series “Obi-Wan Kenobi” ended its six-episode run on Wednesday and fans saw the return of a popular character that many were hoping to see all along.Liam Neeson’s character from 1999’s “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” Qui-Gon Jinn made a surprise appearance in the miniseries’ finale.Despite the cameo being a brief one, Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) had tried on countless occasions to connect with Qui-Gon, but much time had passed since the Padawan apprentice saw his mentor.In the last minutes of the show, Obi-Wan finally reunited with Qui-Gon, even though he was a Force ghost.Neeson, 70, reassured Obi-Wan that he was in fact, watching over him the whole time.Qui-Gon was slaughtered by Darth Maul (Ray Park) in “The Phantom Menace.” The Disney+ episode also featured an appearance from Ian McDiarmid, who reprises his role as Emperor Palpatine. Can we get more Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson please? @starwars #ObiWan pic.twitter.com/ErTt0T9fv3Shortly after the episode aired, viewers rushed to social media to collectively gasp at the shocking cameo.

supports HTML5 videoNaomie Harris has spoken out on whether she’d reprise her role as Eve Moneypenny in the James Bond franchise… and it sounds like fans could have reason to be excited in future.In 2012, the actor made her debut as the character in Skyfall, during which she accidentally shot Bond (Daniel Craig), resulting in him being presumed dead.She returned in Spectre and the 2021 release No Time To Die, but now that Daniel is set to be replaced as 007, the question of whether the rest of the cast will also be replaced remains unanswered.While attending the UK launch of Paramount Plus in London on Monday to promote her new TV show The Man Who Fell to Earth, Metro.co.uk asked Naomie if she could be back as Moneypenny in future, a character previously played by actors including Lois Maxwell and Samantha Bond.While that’s down to the brains behind the franchise, Naomie is very keen to return as the former field agent-turned-secretary.‘If they ask me absolutely! Love to.

Even though it isn’t on the Warner Bros release calendar until June 23, 2023, The Flash is becoming Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s first movie crisis, because of the escalating coverage of incidents of volatile and odd behavior involving the film’s star, Ezra Miller.

For just shy of three decades, four directors - including Spielberg himself - have tried, and failed, to recapture the magic of the seminal classic Jurassic Park .

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterJosh Silverman has been named chief franchise officer and global head of consumer products at iconic toymaker Mattel.Silverman will oversee global consumer products licensing, franchise management, retail development, publishing and live experiences. Reporting to Mattel President and COO Richard Dickson, he joins from The Walt Disney Company, where he spent more than a decade in consumer products.“Josh is an exceptional and talented leader and widely regarded as one of the most accomplished executives in consumer products.

As it boosts the number of film and TV adaptations of its properties, Mattel has hired Disney and Marvel veteran Josh Silverman as global head of consumer products and chief franchise officer.

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and The Sandbox have formed a partnership to create a film and TV destination in the metaverse, describing it as “part virtual real estate, part amusement park.”

Wilson Chapman editorGrowing up, Rod Roddenberry wasn’t a huge fan of “Star Trek.”Although the series was created by his father Gene Roddenberry, and starred his mother Majel Barrett as Nurse Christine Chapel, Roddenberry was born after the original show was cancelled, and spent his childhood watching series like “Kamen Rider” and “Dukes of Hazzard.”Roddenberry spoke about his relationship with the “Star Trek” franchise at the Variety’s Changemakers virtual summit. In a keynote conversation, Roddenberry talked to Steve Shapiro, senior vice president of City National Bank, about his work as the CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment and his Roddenberry Foundation.The episode of the series that really showed Roddenberry the power of the series was the Season 1 episode of TOS “The Devil in the Dark,” which finds the crew of the USS Enterprise faced with a bizarre, seemingly violent creature in a mining colony.

Silent Hill movie, revealed in an interview that Konami is planning a large-scale reboot of the franchise.The Internet is awash with rumours of the return of the beloved horror franchise, with potential leaks circulating of an upcoming game and the strategic partnership Konami entered with horror specialists Bloober Team raising questions on whether they will be taking the reigns of a new Silent Hill game. Well, it looks like more fuel has been thrown on the fire from an unlikely source.Gans was the director of the original Silent Hill movie released in 2006 and in an interview given to French outlet JEUXACTU (thanks, PCGamesN), he revealed some interesting details about Konami’s upcoming plans for the franchise.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorOn Pluto TV, there’s now more than meets the eye. The free streaming service from Paramount has launched a dedicated channel for animated series based on the iconic Transformers toy franchise, available 24 hours a day.Transformers TV initially hosts more than 200 hours of content, spanning iconic moments from more than 30 years of the franchise’s history.

Scream fans were delighted when Paramount announced a sixth entry in the franchise, but the news came with a caveat: Neve Campbell wouldn’t be coming back.

EXCLUSIVE: Mila Kunis has partnered with superhero creator Sharad Devarajan of Graphic India to launch Armored Kingdom Media Inc.—a new entertainment franchise spanning a Web3 trading card game, digital comics, animation and film, which will be built on the carbon-neutral, community-driven blockchain, NEAR. To commemorate the launch of the sci-fi/fantasy franchise, a limited-edition Issue #0 comic book NFT will be made available for free, for seven days only, at this link.

A new animated Ghostbusters series was just announced earlier today during Netflix Geeked Week and confirmed by Variety.The ghost-busting animation will be in the hands of Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan, who will both act as producers for the series.The two filmmakers are not strangers to the ghoulish franchise, and have previously worked on the 2021 box office hit, Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Back again! A new animated Ghostbusters was just announced and confirmed to be in the works during Netflix Geeked Week earlier todayReitman directed Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and also collaborated with Kenan to co-write the script.Jason followed in his father, Ivan Reitman's footsteps, who was famously known for directing the first Ghostbusters film.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticWith 1990’s “Jurassic Park,” novelist Michael Crichton took a hard look at what was happening in the field of genetic research and warned, via mathematician Ian Malcolm, “Scientists are actually preoccupied with accomplishment. So they are focused on whether they can do something. They never stop to ask if they should do something.”Across six movies and massive advances in visual effects technology, Hollywood has been wrestling with a version of that same craven because-they-can impulse.

Knowing her worth. More than two decades after bringing the OG final girl to life, Neve Campbell shocked Scream fans when she announced her departure from the franchise.

Zack Sharf Tim Burton finds it comical to see the Batman movie franchise embracing its darkest tone yet in Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” when such a tone forced him out of the franchise following 1992’s “Batman Returns.” Speaking to Empire magazine, Burton revealed he has yet to see “The Batman” (he noted, “I’d like to see it”) but added, “It is funny to see this now, because all these memories come back of, ‘It’s too dark,’ So, it makes me laugh a little bit.”Burton’s “Batman Returns” was met with some resistance by Warner Bros. because of its dark tone, which the studio did not want to continue with on a third Burton movie. The director left and was replaced by Joel Schumacher, who went in a complete opposite direction than Burton with the over-the-top camp in “Batman Forever” and “Batman & Robin.” “[Back then] they went the other way,” Burton said.

On Monday, actress Neve Campbell announced she will not be returning for the upcoming “Scream 6” due to an offer that “did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise.” Now, franchise co-star David Arquette is reacting to the news.

Reigning scream queen Neve Campbell isn’t returning to Woodsboro for "Scream 6." Campbell, who plays the perpetually targeted Sidney Prescott in the long-running slasher series, will not be reprising her role in the upcoming installment because she felt "the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise." "Sadly, I won’t be making the next ‘Scream ‘film," Campbell said in a statement to Variety. "As a woman I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes to ‘Scream.’ I felt the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise.