Actor Michelle Williams is in  early negotiations to star opposite Tom Hardy in "Venom".
According to Variety sources, Williams would essay the  role of a district attorney and possibly Hardy's love  interest.
"The Night Of" actor Riz Ahmed is also cast in the film,  set to be directed by Ruben Fleischer.
"Venom" will be a standalone movie and Sony Pictures has  confirmed it will not be a part of the Spider-Man universe.
Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner will write the script  for the film, which is set to begin production next month.
Venom made his first appearance on the big screen in Sam  Raimi's "Spider-Man 3" and was played by actor Topher Grace.
"Venom" will hit the screens on October 5 next year.

Michelle Williams in talks to feature in 'Venom'

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The sixth sequel of one of  Hollywood's biggest action movies, "Terminator" is all set to  release on July 26, 2019.
The film will see Arnold Schwarzenegger reunite with  actor Linda Hamilton, who played Sarah Connor in the first  film of the franchise.
According to Collider, the film currently does not face  competition on decided date other than an untitled Sony  Pictures Animation feature.
Plot details of "Terminator 6" have not been revealed  yet.
A week ago, producer James Cameron had announced  Hamilton's return at a private event, saying he aims to make a  statement on gender roles in action movies through her  comeback.
The film will be directed by Tim Miller from script  penned by Cameron.

'Terminator 6' gets July 2019 release

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Filmmaker Mohit Suri is scripting  his next, a two-hero film and has confirmed that he  approached Farhan Akhtar but denied he was in talks with  Aditya Roy Kapur.
There were reports that Suri had approached his  "Aashiqui 2" actor, along with Farhan for the film and had  almost locked the cast.
"Aditya has never been approached. He is a friend of  mine, he comes over to my house all the time, it's not to do  with work. But people confuse that with work and think I am  working with him," Suri told PTI.
"But yes, I did approach Farhan. But I need another actor  for the movie. Until I don't have that, I don't have a film.  It's a two-hero project," he added.
The 36-year-old director, whose credits also include  "Half Girlfriend", "Woh Lamhe", said the movie will touch upon  a father-son relationship.
"I am writing it at the moment. I am not sure if that's  going to be my next or not. I still have to submit the draft  to the actors and cast the film. It is a personal journey,  which I've 

Approached Farhan, not Aditya Roy Kapur: Suri on his next

Director James Cameron has  defended his critique on "Wonder Woman" and said he still  believes the Patty Jenkins-directed film was "a step  backwards".
Cameron had said that the Gal Gadot-starrer did no  service to the cause of equality as it presents Wonder Woman/  Diana Prince as an objectified icon.
In a new interview, the director, 63, said, "Yes, I'll  stand by that. I mean, she (Gadot) was Miss Israel, and she  was wearing a kind of bustier costume that was very form-  fitting.
"She's absolutely drop-dead gorgeous. To me, that's not  breaking ground. They had Raquel Welch doing stuff like that  in the '60s."
Cameron told The Hollywood Reporter that Linda Hamilton's  character, Sarah Connor from his "Terminator" franchise was  not treated like a sex object, despite her good looks.
"She just wasn't treated as a sex object. There was  nothing sexual about her character. It was about angst, it was  about will, it was about determination...
"As much as I applaud Patty directing the .

James Cameron stands by his 'Wonder Woman' critique

Director Denis Villeneuve is in  negotiations to helm a film based on the life of Egyptian  queen, Cleopatra.
The filmmaker has been approached by Scott Rudin  Productions and Pascal Pictures, according to The Hollywood  Reporter.
The movie will be based on Stacy Schiff's best-selling  book, "Cleopatra: A Life", which paints the Egyptian ruler as  a shrewd negotiator and powerful female figure that shaped  human history in her short life.
Scribe David Scarpa has penned the screenplay.
Sony Pictures has long battling to get the Cleopatra film  out and with Villeneuve almost onboard the studios' pet  project seems one step closer to production.
Sony's Cleopatra was one of the projects that was  maligned by hacking back in 2014, where in a leaked email  Rudin called then-rumoured star Angelina Jolie "out of her  mind" about the movie.
Directors including Ang Lee, David Fincher and James  Cameron have been considered to helm the period epic.
In 1963, legendary actor Elizabeth Taylor had ..

Denis Villeneuve in talks to direct Cleopatra movie

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian  will not attend Paris Fashion Week one year after she was  robbed at gunpoint in the French capital.
According to her representative, the 36-year-old TV  reality star will skip the fashion week, reported  Entertainment Tonight.
"She's not going as she has work commitments," the rep  said.
However, Kim's sister, Kourtney, will be attending the  fashion extravaganza.
This is the second Paris Fashion Week that Kim has  skipped in wake of the robbery, after not attending the Spring  2017 event in February.

Kim Kardashian will not attend Paris Fashion Week

The Mumbai civic body's fire  department has issued a notice to the owners of the iconic R K  Studio here for alleged violation of safety norms which, it  claims, led to a massive blaze on the premises.
The department has also cancelled the no objection  certificate (NOC) issued to the studio in 2014.
On September 16, a major fire broke out on the sets of  dance reality show "Super Dancer" at the RK Studio, founded by  legendary actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor in suburban Chembur,  in which its ground floor was gutted. No casualty was reported  in the mishap.
The notice was issued yesterday after it was observed  that fire safety guidelines were not followed at the studio,  Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's Chief Fire Officer  Prabhat Rahangdale said today.
It was issued for non-compliance of the fire safety  guidelines as mentioned under the Maharashtra Fire Prevention  and Life Safety Measures Act, he said.
The fire detection system in the studio was not  functional which led to ..

Notice to R K Studio owners for violation of fire safety norms

Bruce Willis is all set to  return as John McClane in the next installment of "Die Hard".
The movie, a part-prequel, part-sequel, will be directed  Len Wiseman, who confirmed the return of Willis.
Wiseman's movie will be a parallel story featuring Willis  in his iconic role as McClane in the present day and a new  actor playing the vigilante during his younger years as a New  York cop.
"The right casting for this role is crucial. Those bare  feet have some very big shoes to fill," Wiseman told Deadline.
Wiseman previously directed the 2007 film "Live Free or  Die Hard".
Willis, who first appeared as McClane in 1988 hit, last  played the role in 2013 movie "A Good Day to Die Hard", which  did not generate good reviews.
The actor is also working on reviving another character.  He is returning to M Night Shyamalan's sequel to  "Unbreakable", which will reunite him with co-star Samuel L  Jackson as they fight James McAvoy's Beast from "Split". The  movie is titled "Glass".

Bruce Willis to reprise his 'Die Hard' role

JJ Abrams is collaborating with  Paramount Studios for the Hollywood adaptation of "Your Name",  an anime film that is one of the biggest hits of all time in  Japan.
Written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, "Your Name" is  sci-fi love story, which revolves around a teenage boy and  girl belonging to different parts of Japan who discover they  can swap bodies.
Shinkai said he hopes that recreating the film in  Hollywood will open more avenues in the world of filmmaking.
"'Your Name' is a film created with the innate  imaginations of a Japanese team and put together in a domestic  medium.
"When such a work is imbued with Hollywood filmmaking, we  may see new possibilities that we had been completely unaware  of. I am looking forward to the live-action film with excited  anticipation," he said.
"Arrival"-fame writer Eric Heisserer will pen the script  for the live-action adaptation.
Abrams will back the film through his Bad Robot  Productions, along with Lindsey Weber.
The producer of the 

JJ Abrams teams up Paramount for sci-fi love story 'Your Name'

Hugh Hefner, the founder of the  iconic Playboy magazine has died, Playboy Enterprises  announced.
He was 91.
A statement from the company read that Hefner died from  natural causes surrounded by kith and kin at his home, The  Playboy Mansion, reported ABC News.
"Hugh M Hefner, the American icon who in 1953 introduced  the world to Playboy magazine and built the company into one  of the most recognisable American global brands in history,  peacefully passed away today from natural causes at his home,  The Playboy Mansion, surrounded by loved ones. He was 91 years  old," the statement read.
Hefner's son Cooper also issued a statement in which he  traced back his father's journey into spearheading a sexual  revolution, along with freedom of expression in the US.
"My father lived an exceptional and impactful life as a  media and cultural pioneer and a leading voice behind some of  the most significant social and cultural movements of our time  in advocating free speech, civil rights and .

Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner dead at 91

Actor Kristen Bell said in the  early stages of her relationship with Dax Shepard she used to  constantly pick fights with him.
The 37-year-old actor said she realised how "toxic" her  behaviour was after her then-boyfriend pointed it out,  reported Entertainment Tonight.
"When we first met, we fell madly in love and I love the  dramatic exit. There is nothing I crave more. The first year,  you are working out your kinks. I loved it.
"We'd get in a fight, because we would fight a lot, and  I'd, like, yell something then slam the bedroom door, then I'd  slam the front door, then I'd get in my car and then I'd skid  out the driveway and I would sit around the corner in my car  and it felt so good and I realised how incredibly toxic it was  only after he pointed it out," Bell said.
The "Frozen" star said that, three months into their  relationship, Shepard told her she could not leave during  fights anymore because he could not put up with it.

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard used to fight constantly

"Suits" actor Patrick J Adams  said his wife, Troian Bellisario, enjoys watching him get  weird in "Pillow Talk".
Adams plays a "tortured bachelor" in the original web  series from VICE, who wants to achieve spiritual  enlightenment, reported Entertainment Tonight.
"I'm more single than I think I've ever been in my actual  life. It's fun to play this, you know he's a completely  different human being than what I've been," Adams said.
The character is over sexualised but the actor said his  wife does not have any issue about it.
"She loves this stuff; she gets a kick out of it. She  loves to see me get weird. She had fun when I'd come home and  tell her what I was doing every day, she was like, 'Okay  that's different,'" Adams quipped.
"She'd be reading lines with me and she'd be like 'I  can't wait to see how this turns out,'" he added.

Patrick's wife loves to see him get weird in 'Pillow Talk'

Pop diva Beyonce sent a hoodie  from her Ivy Park clothing line to Lady Gaga as a get well  soon gift.
Gaga shared a picture of herself on Instagram, cuddled  up in the hoodie.
The singer revealed she was not having a great day  health-wise and found comfort in the sweatshirt from her  "honey B".
She wrote in the caption, "Not having a good pain day.  Thank you honey B for sending me this comfy sweatshirt. Keeps  me warm outside in a hammock so I can be with the trees, and  the sky, and the sun and take deep breaths."
"Feel so lucky to have so much love," she added.
Gaga, 31, also shared a picture of flowers she received  from Beyonce, thanking her for being a source of inspiration  to her in her early days as an artiste.

Beyonce's get well soon present for Lady Gaga

Singer Zayn Malik said his  girlfriend Gigi Hadid is a big fan of pop star Taylor Swift.
Zayn said Gigi made him listen to Swift's latest single,  "Look What You Made Me Do" and he found the song really cool,  reported Us magazine.
"She (Gigi) does she loves it. She is definitely a big  fan of Taylor. She played me the song actually, so yeah she  loves it," Zayn said.
The "Pillowtalk" singer, 24, who worked with the Grammy  winner on the "Fifty Shades of Grey" soundtrack's song "I  Don't Wanna Live Forever", said he loved the music video of  Swift's new single.
"I liked the video. I thought the video was really sick,"  he said.

Gigi Hadid is a big Taylor Swift fan: Zayn Malik

"Game of Thrones" season eight  has set the directors that will help in concluding the epic  HBO fantasy series.
David Nutter, Miguel Sapochnik, and series creators David  Benioff and D B Weiss will direct the final six episodes of  the series, reported Variety.
It is still unknown how the episodes will be divided, but  Benioff and Weiss are expected to helm the series finale.
Nutter directed "The Rains of Castamere", the episode  which contained the infamous Red Wedding Scene. Most recently,  he directed the season five finale "Mother's Mercy".
Sapochnik has directed some of the biggest episodes of  the series as well, including "Battle of the Bastards,"  "Hardhome," and the season six finale "The Winds of Winter."
Season eight will consist of six episodes, while season  seven comprised seven. Also like the seventh season, each  episode of season eight is expected to be over an hour long.

'Game of Thrones' season eight selects directors

Adam Pally is the latest  addition to the ensemble cast of director Ken Marino's  sophomore feature "Dog Days".
Pally joins a cast that includes Nina Dobrev, Vanessa  Hudgens and "Stranger Things" actor Finn Wolfhard, according  to The Hollywood Reporter.
The comedy follows a group of unwittingly interconnected  people brought together by their dogs.
Pally will play Dax, a guitarist in a struggling cover  band, who enjoys a carefree life until his sister goes into  labour with twins and forces him to take care of her large and  mischievous dog, Charlie.
Mickey Liddell will produce the project through his LD  Entertainment banner, along with Jennifer Monroe and Pete  Shilaimon.

Adam Pally joins Nina Dobrev in comedy 'Dog Days'

A court here today rejected an  application by a former forest officer who alleged that actor  Salman Khan misled the court to seek exemption from appearance  in the Arms Act case hearing.
"Khan had to appear in the court in a case against him  under the Arms Act on April 23, 2015. But he sought exemption  on the ground that he had been suffering from pain in his ear  and the doctors had recommended against air travel," said the  actor's counsel H M Saraswat.
The court of the chief judicial Magistrate, however,  granted him exemption.
The then forest officer Lalit Bora moved the application  in the court stating that Khan had misled the court by seeking  exemption because on the said day he had been shooting for his  film "Bajrangi Bhaijan" in Kashmir.
"We argued in the court that his pain did not bar him  from working but travelling by air. The doctors had prohibited  him from travelling by air as the pain in the ear could  aggravate," Saraswat said.
Magistrate Dev Kumar Khatri had ..

Plea against Salman rejected

Reliance Jio Infocomm and producer  Siddharth Roy Kapur's Roy Kapur Films have signed a multi-year  deal to curate, develop and produce original digital content  for the Jio platform.
The content will include finite and continuing series,  long form and short form content across genres, and over time,  'First on Jio' feature films.
It will be available to more than 128 million Jio  subscribers all over the country.
"This association with Roy Kapur Films will help us to  power forward towards our goal of delivering the highest  quality video entertainment content to our mobile  subscribers," Jyotindra Thacker from Jio said in a statement.
Kapur, whose upcoming projects include a biopic on Rakesh  Sharma with Aamir Khan, Nitesh Tiwari's next directorial  venture, said, "Our goal is to provide Jio subscribers with a  wide variety of content that caters to their diverse tastes  and sensibilities, and keeps them coming back for more.

Jio, Roy Kapur Films sign multi-year deal for digital content

Filmmaker Kabir Khan said the  Indian cricket team of the 1983 changed the face of the game  completely and it will be a great responsibility for him to  portray that on screen.
Kabir's next directorial "'83" is based on India's  first World Cup win in 1983.
"Once in a lifetime you get a story when every pore of  your body screams to tell the story. This is that story in my  life. This is a story which should never be forgotten," Kabir  told reporters here.
The "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" filmmaker said he wants his  son to be as proud of the victory as he was back then.
"For me, it's a great responsibility. I want to make  my son feel as proud of the team as I did back then as a  school boy."
Kabir said when he saw the cricket team's win, he  did not realise how big it is going to be.
"When I was watching this match as a young boy, I  didn't realise the implication of the win. I didn't realise  cricket was going to change forever from that day.
"That day in 1983, when these gentlemen were ...

1983 cricket team changed the face of the game: Kabir Khan

The pandal glitters with colour  and lights and the goddess gleams under the chandeliers. In  the shadows are the people who have moulded the idols, and  adorned the canopies which house them.
For the four-day festival of Durga Puja, thousands of  people have been working overtime to put everything in place.  For many, this is the season for joyousness -- for the  workers, this is the time of tension and toil.
"Puja is as hectic and important as a daughter's wedding.  You have to make sure everything goes without a hitch," says  idol-maker Manik Pal.
He and his team of 20 'murtikaars' (idol makers) worked  relentlessly, sometimes sleeping for only four hours a day, as  they shaped 50 Durga idols in time for the Pujas, which began  yesterday.
Deadlines, he points out, are all important.
"You can't shift the date or 'mahurat' of the ceremony,"  Pal says.
The 48-year-old artiste, like many others of his  profession, comes from Krishnanagar in West Bengal. His family  has always made ...

Durga Puja is like the wedding of a daughter: Artistes

Thousands of Wonder Woman fans  have signed a petition to make the DC superhero a bisexual in  its upcoming sequel.
Author Gianna Collier-Pitts, who belongs to GLAAD, a US-  based NGO founded by the LGBTQ people in media, has started  the social media campaign on Change.org which has been signed  by 5,885 people.
In her petition, Collier-Pitts said the DC comics  indirectly hinted that Wonder Woman/ Diana Prince, played by  Gal Gadot in the Patty Jenkins-directed film, is a bisexual  and that is why it was natural for her to be portrayed in her  real sexual orientation on the silver screen.
"The likelihood of Wonder Woman being bisexual has been  alluded to over the years, primarily in comics. Writer of  'Wonder Woman: Rebirth', Greg Rucka even confirmed that 'Diana  has been in love and had relationships with other women', so  why is it so hard to translate this for the silver screen?
"(She) hails from Themyscira, land of the Amazons and  inhabited exclusively by women. This alone ...

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