Quentin Tarantino’s scrapped ‘Star Trek’ film compared to unlikely Marvel movie

Earlier this week, rumors about Steven Yeun leaving the upcoming MCU film “Thunderbolts“ were proved true. And it was a shock of sorts to start 2024 for Marvel Studios.

Steven Yeun is speaking out about his departure from Marvel’s “Thunderbolts.” While celebrating the opening of the Louis Vuitton pop-up in West Hollywood on Wednesday night, Yeun spoke to Variety‘s Marc Malkin about his “Thunderbolts” exit, citing last year’s SAG-AFTRA strike as one reason behind his decision to drop out of the upcoming antihero film. “I think for me, time passing and things shifting kind of pulled me out of it,” Yeun explained.

The 2024 Sundance Film Festival is right around the corner and that means it’s time to finalize guests and, most importantly, jurors. The festival has a long tradition of honoring its multiple competition slates and over the years has recruited jurors such as Jane Campion, Sarah Polley, Edgar Wright, Jon Hamm, Darren Aronofsky, Quentin Tarantino, Parker Posey, and even RuPaul Charles.

Star Trek actor Mickey Cottrell has passed away at the age of 79 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

Mickey Cottrell has sadly passed away at the age of 79 on New Year's Day, his sister has announced. Mickey was perhaps best known for his roles as Chancellor Alrik Star Trek: The Next Generation and Dumah in Star Trek: Voyager, he also appeared in My Own Private Idaho, Hellraiser: Bloodline, and the video game Terror T.R.A.X.: Track of the Vampire. He also worked as a producer and publicist on a number of films and TV shows.

The Happy Sad Confused podcast is the end-of-year gift that keeps on giving this week. This week, the podcast’s guest was Academy Award winner Gary Oldman (“The Darkest Hour”).

As recently covered in a conversation about “Batman Begins,” Academy Award winner Gary Oldman (“The Darkest Hour”) was recently on the Happy Sad Confused at 92 Street Y In New York. In the selection we covered, Oldman revealed that he was up for a villain role in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Batman’ movie but was sick of playing villains, and through his agent, they suggested Commissioner Jim Gordon instead, one of Batman’s most trusted allies.

At 77 years old, you know by now that filmmaker Paul Schrader (“Taxi Driver,” “First Reformed”) has long entered his DGAF era. His Facebook posts are always controversial (he still wants to hire the disgraced Kevin Spacey, for example), and you could essentially dedicate an entire blog to what he says on social media every day, including all the politically incorrect things he says.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “If you really missed not seeing us on screen together, then ‘The Goldfinger’ is your opportunity to do so,” says Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau of his new crime movie where he is again paired with Tony Leung Chiu-wai (“In the Mood for Love”). The film releases at the end of the month in different parts of Asia and North America (from Dec. 30).

The Holiday and Last Christmas are among the film highlights on TV for Christmas Eve.In the run-up to Christmas Day, TV channels will be showing a range of both festive and non-festive fare.Highlights for Christmas Eve include The Holiday starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black. Director Paul Feig’s 2019 film Last Christmas, meanwhile, is showing on BBC Three, which stars Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding.If you fancy violence, Film4 has the best options between Taken starring Liam Neeson and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.See all the films available to watch on Christmas Eve below.If you want some new festive offerings, streaming services have added a bunch of new films in recent weeks.

Jude Law's onscreen daughter from The Holiday, Miffy Englefield has grown up since her time playing the role of Sophie.The child star has since become a mum herself and said the film "still feels like a fever dream". After starring in The Holiday alongside Cameron Diaz, Jack Black and onscreen sister Emma Pritchard, Miffy took a step back from acting. She welcomed her first child Frances with partner Alex Whivley-Conway in April 2020.

Quentin Tarantino was close to directing a bloodier Star Trek movie but opted out of making it because he didn’t want that to be his last film.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Quentin Tarantino fans were sent into a frenzy in late 2017 after it was announced that Paramount and “Star Trek” producer J.J. Abrams had accepted Tarantino’s pitch for a new “Star Trek” movie and were working with “The Revenant” screenwriter Mark L. Smith to iron out the script.

Quentin Tarantino is said to have abandoned his Star Trek film because he didn’t want it to be the final film of his career.The director, who is currently working on his tenth and supposedly final film The Movie Critic, has previously spoken about the existence of an R-rated film in the sci-fi franchise, dating back to 2019. At one point, it was reported to have been one of the three Star Trek films Paramount was considering to reboot the franchise.In a new interview with Collider, screenwriter Mark L.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is returning for a third season on Paramount+, hopefully in 2024.

Taika Waititi has already clarified he won’t be back for “Thor 5“ if Marvel Studios wants one. So who will take his place in the directing chair for that hypothetical sequel? Don’t look at “The Creator” director Gareth Edwards who, despite rumors to the contrary, insists he’s not connected to the project.

Kurt and Wyatt Russell stopped by the Happy Sad Confused podcast recently to discuss “Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters,” Wyatt’s upcoming “Thunderbolts” movie for Marvel, and more.

Avengers: Endgame, after she stopped watching Marvel movies “at some point”.The actor, who played Pepper Potts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, explained why she hadn’t seen the 2019 superhero crossover blockbuster during a career retrospective talk at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia.Speaking at the festival on Wednesday (December 6) about Marvel movies (via Deadline), Paltrow said: “To be honest, I stopped watching them at some point. I’ve never seen Endgame. I can’t keep track of who’s what.

EXCLUSIVE: Emma Myers has a closed a deal we hear to star in Warner Bros and Legendary’s Minecraft feature film.

There were SO many celebs on the red carpet at the 2023 The Fashion Awards and we have a recap of everyone who attended!