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Rumours of Tom Holland’s departure from the Spider-Man franchise have been greatly exaggerated.

he could be stepping down as Peter Parker in the near future, producer Amy Pascal revealed in a new interview that this December’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is far from the last Spider-Man movie that will star Holland — at least if all goes according to plan. “This is not the last movie that we are going to make with Marvel,” Pascal told Fandango.

For months now there’s been speculation about the future of “Spider-Man” in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, given star Tom Holland said earlier this year, he had completed his obligations to his Spider-Man contract and recently told GQ he didn’t want to be playing the web-slinger into his ’30s. The thinking had been the Sony/Marvel relationship was done for now and perhaps Peter Parker would go back to Sony’s Spiderverse.

Tom Holland is talking about a possible end to his run as Spider-Man/Peter Parker.

Believe it or not, Tom Holland’s time as Spider-Man might be coming to an end after “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” At least, his contract is actually finished and he’s unsure if he’ll re-sign for more films. But if producer Amy Pascal has anything to say about it, Holland will stick around in his Spidey suit for years and years to come.

EXCLUSIVE: With her Emmy-winning show Pose coming to an end, write and director Janet Mock looks to have found her follow-up feature as she has signed on to direct and rewrite The International Sweethearts of Rhythm for Sony Pictures. A previous draft was written by Pulitzer Prize winning writer Suzan-Lori Parks with Amy Pascal, Susan Tarr, Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman will produce

One of the most interesting deals between studios in recent memory came several years ago when Sony Pictures worked out a deal with Disney/Marvel Studios to allow the latter to produce a series of ‘Spider-Man’ films. In hindsight, the deal was genius, allowing for Sony to reinvent its most popular superhero by allowing him to interact with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and for Marvel Studios, it gave the studio the chance to use one of the classic Marvel hero to spice things up.

The 4x Emmy nominated creator and star of HBO’s Insecure, Issa Rae, will have a voiceover in Sony’s sequel to its Oscar-winning feature, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Deadline has confirmed.

Lewis, who has written several books that have been turned into hit films like “The Big Short” and “Moneyball,” has just published “The Premonition,” which tells the story of three people — a biochemist, a public health worker and a federal government employee — that tried to warn about the impending COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, only to have their concerns fall on deaf ears in the Trump Administration.

Phil Lord and Chris Miller are set to direct the film adaptation of “The Premonition: A Pandemic Story.”Universal Pictures has optioned screen rights to the new book by Michael Lewis, about the early days of COVID-19 and those U.S. heroes who tried to warn against the dangers of underestimating the deadly seriousness of the killer virus.

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has optioned screen rights to The Premonition: A Pandemic Story, the new book by Michael Lewis about several U.S. heroes who tried to sound the alarm in the early days of Covid-19 about the dangers of underestimating the deadly seriousness of the killer virus.

Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers & Justin K. Thompson are directing the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Deadline has confirmed. The film is set to hit theaters on October 7, 2022.

Seth MacFarlane has teamed up with Amy Pascal to adapt Elan Mastai’s novel All Our Wrong Todays for Peacock.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: A podcast that documents the Hollywood con queen scam, which has seen hundreds of people in town taken in by a person impersonating the likes of Amy Pascal and Kathleen Kennedy, is leading a deal between producer Campside and Sony Music Entertainment.Campside, which struck an investment deal with Stacy Snider, Lis Murdoch and Jane Featherstone’s Chernobyl producer Sister earlier this year, has closed a slate deal with the record label for a number of

Madonna is set to direct a biopic telling the story of her life and career as one of the biggest pop stars in the world.

The Material Girl has lived long enough to tell and express herself on the big screen. Madonna has teamed with screenwriter Diablo Cody, producer Amy Pascal and Universal for a biopic on herself.

Often, when you see reviews of film biopics, there’s the criticism that the filmmaker took liberties with personal events and situations to make for better plotting. Most recently, you can see a lot of artistic license in the Oscar-winning film, “Bohemian Rhapsody.” However, one way to get around that criticism is to make sure the subject of the biopic writes and directs the film, which is what Universal is doing with the studio’s upcoming Madonna biopic.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmUniversal Pictures has signed on to be the home for a biopic of iconic singer Madonna, who will direct her own story from a script she is writing with Oscar-winning Juno scribe Diablo Cody. Madonna will produce the film with Pascal Pictures’ Amy Pascal.

recently teased that she is writing a biopic based on her life, but the feature film has now landed at Universal, and Madonna will not just write her own story but also direct the film at the studio.Madonna is co-writing the screenplay alongside Diablo Cody (“Juno”), and the untitled film will focus on her five-decade career and tell the untold story of her transformation as an artist, entrepreneur and feminist icon, as well as feature her music.Amy Pascal is producing the film alongside Madonna

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThandie Newton refuses to be silent.The “Westworld” actor made headlines last month with a no-holds-barred interview with Vulture.Among her targets were Amy Pascal, Tom Cruise and Hollywood’s overall systematic racism and misogyny.

Rebecca Rubin News Editor, OnlineUniversal has selected participants for the studio’s 2020 Writers Program, a paid initiative that spotlights up-and-coming scribes.Universal’s Global Talent Development and Inclusion, the division that runs the program, said 1,500 people applied, making it the biggest applicant pool since the program started six years ago.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterAfter a staggering 1,500 applications (the largest number of the submissions for the program ever), Universal’s Global Talent Development & Inclusion has selected Jennifer Coates, Angela Delgado, Satinder Kaur and Larry Santana as the participants in this year’s Universal Writers Program.

Olivia Wilde has closed a deal to direct and develop a secret Marvel film project revolving around a female character in the universe. While not confirmed, it is expected that the story will be centered on Spider-Woman.Sony had no comment.The film will be penned by Katie Silberman with Amy Pascal producing.

Marvel Studios just revealed that they’ve tapped Olivia Wilde to direct a brand new, female-led film in the MCU.

Former Sony Pictures boss Amy Pascal has distanced herself from racist claims made by Thandie Newton in a new interview, insisting she has no recollection of the conversation she allegedly had with the actress.

Charlie's Angels movie—telling that Amy Pascal used "stereotypes of how to be more convincing as a Black character" during a meeting.

Former Sony Pictures boss Amy Pascal has distanced herself from racist claims made by Thandie Newton in a new interview, insisting she has no recollection of the conversation she allegedly had with the actress.In a new Vulture interview, the Westworld star reveals she was in negotiations for a role in the 2000 Charlie’s Angels remake when she was called in to meet then-Sony boss Pascal, who was fired in 2015 over leaked emails that were deemed insensitive and problematic for the movie

Thandie Newton had revealed what made her pass on starring in "Charlie's Angels." The "Westworld" star, 47, opened up to Vulture recently, where she discussed encounters she had with the film's director Joseph McGinty Nichol -- also known as McG -- and Amy Pascal, the then-head of Sony Pictures, who distributed the film.

The 2000 movie “Charlie’s Angels” very nearly starred British actress Thandie Newton until her interactions with former studio head Amy Pascal and director McG led her to drop out.

Rebecca Davis editorLucy Liu opened up in a recent interview about the difficulties she faced earlier in her career due to racism in Hollywood.

Thandie Newton didn’t end up doing

Mackenzie Nichols Staff Writer“Westworld” star Thandie Newton revealed several stories about shocking behavior she’s encountered from Hollywood executives and creatives over the course of her career in a provocative interview with Vulture.

If the #MeToo movement, Time’s Up, and the recent BLM protests have proven anything over the past several years, it’s that society can be a pretty terrible place for those who are women and People of Color. And in the case of Thandie Newton, a Golden Globe-nominated actress, she’s apparently had to face issues due to both her ethnicity and her gender, as she revealed in a new, incredible interview over at Vulture.

Thandie Newton didn’t end up doing 2000′s Charlie’s Angels movie and is describing the interactions she had leading up to filming that caused her to turn it down.

By Justin Kroll

The reboot of 1935 iconic film Bride of Frankenstein has been in the pipeline at Universal studios for years and the project hasn’t seen any significant development yet. While the film hasn’t moved forward, the latest report by Variety suggests that actor John Krasinski and Oscar-nominated producer Amy Pascal have been secretly working on reimagining the film to finally kick start a reboot.