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| 'Penguin' show-runner in talks to produce Poison Ivy series for HBO | The Penguin show-runner and executive producer Lauren LeFranc reportedly is in talks to bring another DC Comics villain -- Poison Ivy -- to HBO. The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and Variety reported LeFranc plans to produce the live-action show, which would not be connected to Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson's current Batman franchise, the way The Penguin was. No casting or writing team have been announced yet. Poison Ivy has never had her own movie or TV series. Uma Thurman famously played the plant-controlling criminal in the 1997 movie, Batman & Robin. Clare Foley, Maggie Geha and Peyton List played her in the TV series, Gotham, while Bridget Regan and Nicole Kang played versions of the character in Batwoman. |
| 'Top Gun' star Tom Cruise to receive AFI Life Achievement Award | Digger, Mission: Impossible, Top Gun and The Outsiders star Tom Cruise is to receive the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award next spring. The gala honoring the 64-year-old actor is to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on April 24. "Tom Cruise is a global icon," Kathleen Kennedy, chair of the AFI Board of Trustees, said in a statement Wednesday. "As an actor and producer, he brings an extraordinary commitment to everything he does. What I especially admire is his deep belief in movies and their ability to bring people together," Kennedy said. "That passion has made him an extraordinary ambassador for American film around the world. It is AFI's honor to present him with the 52nd AFI Life Achievement Award." |
| Famous birthdays for Oct. 22: Deepak Chopra, Roddy Ricch | Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. |
| 'Green Room' returns to theaters Oct. 30 for 10th anniversary | Alamo Drafthouse announced Wednesday that it will show Green Room in theaters Oct. 30. The film has its 10th anniversary this year. In the film, the late Anton Yelchin plays the leader of a band that discovers they are playing a neo-Nazi club after they witness a murder. They barricade themselves inside the green room and fight their way out. Green Room premiered at the Cannes Directors Fortnight in 2015. It opened April 15, 2016 in theaters. The screening will include a Q&A with director Jeremy Saulnier, cast members Alia Shawkat and Macon Blair, and Special Effects artist Mike Fontaine. The event will also promote Saulnier's upcoming film Slayground. A Slayground popcorn bucket will be available at the Drafthouse event. |
| Sauron imagines victory in 'Rings of Power' Season 3 trailer | Prime Video is gearing up for the release of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 3. The streaming service shared a trailer for the season Wednesday featuring Charlie Vickers and Morfydd Clark. The Rings of Power is based on the writings of Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien. Set thousands of years before that trilogy, the show follows the return and rise of the dark lord Sauron (Vickers). In Season 3, Sauron imagines his victory as his armies war against the peoples of Middle-earth and he attempts to create the One Ring to rule them all. |