Wes Ball’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” is seemingly being turned into a trilogy over at 20th Century. Studio boss Steve Asbell is telling THR that the sequel is set for release in 2027. This means that production should begin sometime in 2026.

It’s been confirmed by Variety that Warner Bros. does not plan to expand Clint Eastwood’s “Juror #2” beyond its November 1 theatrical rollout in just 50 theaters. So far, ‘Juror’ has only booked showings in New York, L.A. and Chicago.

20th Century boss Steve Asbell is telling THR that a sequel to ‘Romulus’ is already in the works, and that Fede Alvarez, Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson are all set to come back.

This ‘Naked Gun’ reboot is being directed by Akiva Schaffer (Lonely Island) and written by Dan Gregor and Doug Mand. Schaffer directed “Hot Rod” and “Popstar: Never Stop Stopping.” Schaffer, Gregor and Mand all worked together on 2022’s “Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers.”

This coming Friday’s “Venom: The Last Dance” is Kelly Marcel’s feature directing debut. She’s also written all three ‘Venom’ movies. Her other screenplay credits include “Fifty Shades of Grey,” “Cruella” and “Saving Mr. Banks.”

Warner Bros has finally acquired the rights to release Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights,” starring Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie. Netflix’s $150M bid for the film has been confirmed, but the producers went with a lower offer from Warners to ensure a global theatrical release.

Iannucci is the creator behind HBO’s “Veep.” He’s also dabbled in political film satire with acclaimed films such as 2009’s “In the Loop” and 2017’s “The Death of Stalin.” All of these works are well worth checking out, Iannucci is one of the best political satirists out there.

After “A Star is Born” and “Maestro,” Bradley Cooper has set up his third feature as a director. Cooper will be teaming up with Will Arnett on the Searchlight-produced “Is This Thing On?”

In an interview with Collider, Vaughn is saying that the film has been slightly delayed and will now be shot in early 2025. This is most likely due to the sudden surge of Brody in the awards race with “The Brutalist.”

In June, it had been reported that Sony was exploring all options for the “St. Elmo’s Fire” sequel. Rob Lowe is now saying that the entire original cast, which included Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Andie MacDowell, and Ally Sheedy, are confirmed to come back.

The first two movies got panned as well. However, “Venom: The Last Dance” might be the worst reviewed of them all — it currently stands at 42 on Metacritic and 37% on Rotten Tomatoes.

“Dawn of The Jedi” will explore the origins of the Jedi taking place in the earliest era in the “Star Wars” franchise. This film is set 25,000 years in the past. Beau Willimon (“Andor”) was recently tapped to co-write ‘Dawn of the Jedi’ alongside Mangold.

Zemeckis was a guest on Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast, and when asked whether he has any other projects currently lined up after “Here” the usually busy filmmaker responded, “I don’t know,” and added that this uncertainty is due to the industry being in total creative turmoil.

Some were wondering why John Turturro didn’t reprise his “The Batman” role as mob boss Carmine Falcone in HBO Max’s “The Penguin” — he was replaced by Mark Strong in the show. It turns out, misogyny was the main issue for Turturro.

A source recently told me that Disney is trying to create its own “Barbie” phenomenon with this film — they see high potential in this becoming a major hit. Paul King (“Wonka,” “Paddington”) is set to direct the film.

THR’s Scott Feinberg is firmly staying on the “September 5” bandwagon, despite the film not really having much traction at the moment — he believes it’s still the film to beat for Best Picture.

Seven years ago, Liam Neeson claimed he was quitting the action genre. Now, years later, and with an additional nine films in the bag, Neeson really wants us to believe that he’s now actually done.

Hans Zimmer’s score for Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part 2” was going to heavily contend for the Original Score Oscar, but it’s sadly not met the eligibility requirements to be nominated for an Academy Award, according to Variety.