Please don’t talk to me about anything but Poe Dameron until December, thanks.

Movies

Proud of @jjabrams on the killer final saga of @StarWars and for bringing @VictoriaMahoney on board to direct second unit of #TheRiseOfSkywalker. First woman director on any part of these films since 1977. First person of color helmer. Visited her on set last year. What a Queen! pic.twitter.com/QwsZs22TIS

— Ava DuVernay (@ava) October 22, 2019

DeWanda Wise (She’s Gotta Have It (Netflix), Shots Fired) will be playing a lead role in the upcoming Jurassic World 3. [Variety]

Vin Diesel isn’t quite recognizable as Bloodshot yet, but it’s happening.

According to Into the Spider-Verse co-director Peter Ramsey, Francis Ford Coppola is a man of discerning taste who was “very complimentary” of the animated flick. [CBR]

The Red Dwarf movie is actually happening. [Gizmodo Australia]

Indya Moore (Pose, Queen & Slim) and Holland Roden (my dear Teen Wolf) have been cast in Escape Room 2. [Deadline]

Robert Pattinson WILL be doing a voice for Batman and it will be that of The Lighthouse co-star Willem Dafoe’s grizzled lighthouse keeper. Or he’s fucking with us, something I think will be happening a lot on the on-going press tour. [IndieWire]

Very cool man, thank you.
Amazing detail.
This project has been with me for over 10yrs🖤⚡️
Production begins this July.
Appreciate the support. #blackadam #dc https://t.co/h8TPXMbcTx

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) October 18, 2019

Jason Momoa is HYPE for Aquaman 2, and talks about how Zoë Kravitz’s role as Catwoman is going to changer her life in this interview. [ET]

Natalie Portman defends her paycheck. [THR]

Bob Iger sounds like a real sore winner in attempting to clap back at Martin Scorsese and FFC’s criticism of Marvel movies. [PageSix]

Mike Molcher, 2000 AD’s PR director, sat down with ScreenGeek and talked about Judge Dredd: Mega-City One, an upcoming TV series that’s very much in its early stages. The Rogue Trooper movie seems slightly farther along, with director Duncan Jones’ (Moon, Warcraft) screenplay wrapping up soon. [ScreenGeek]

John Boyega will be starring in a Netflix original called They Cloned Tyrone and you know what? I’m sold. [THR]

Disney is curtailing distribution of old Fox films, which include staples such as Miracle on 34th Street, The Princess Bride, and more. Major first-run theatres and repertory houses will be losing access to running films from the Fox back catalog. Disney is still  yet to comment, and the only screenings Disney has yet to start shuttering appear to be those of Rocky Horror Picture Show). [Vulture]

TV

Cardi B (Hustlers) and Ozuna join a long list of musicians to play roles in the world of Fast & Furious. [StereoGum]

Production on Netflix’s live action Cowboy Bebop has been suspended for at least seven months after star John Cho suffered a severe knee injury performing a stunt on set. [Deadline]

Jeph Loeb is stepping down from his role as head of Marvel TV, which makes sense in the wake of Kevin Feige’s Marvel Studios taking the reins for Disney+’s non-movie content as well. Maybe he’ll write some comics? [THR]

Spinoff pilot day 1! 🏹💚💥 #ARROW #MiaSmoak #GreenArrow @CW_Arrow @TheCW pic.twitter.com/nXfe2IAx6Z

— Katherine McNamara (@Kat_McNamara) October 21, 2019

Arrow spinoff Green Arrow and the Canaries has started filming. [CBR]

Apple TV+ (?) will be adapting Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, starring Lee Pace (Halt and Catch Fire, Pushing Daisies) and Jared Harris (Chernobyl, The Terror). David S. Goyer (Batman Begins, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Constantine, Blade: Trinity, you know) will be the showrunner. [TVLine]

Rumors are buzzing that Jeremy Renner might be getting the axe over at Disney+, which of course raises the possibility of Hawkeye being recast. My vote is for Nyle DiMarco (Switched at Birth, America’s Next Top Model), a Deaf dreamboat. [ComicBookMovie]

Animation

Animation writers that are bad at art: would you be so kind as to attempt to draw a character from a show you've written on? This is solely for my own amusement. pic.twitter.com/cOwX4dehgr

— Gashly Lurch 🎃 (@ashly_burch) October 22, 2019

Adventure Time is coming back! Adventure Time: Distant Lands will premiere on HBO Max, which will air four hourlong specials next year. [THR]

Funimation will be distributing Robotech, Harmony Gold USA’s amalgamation of the animes The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA. A weird relic of anime, Robotech premiered in 1985. TBH I’m mostly curious if this means Macross series will eventually get releases, but we shall see. [Funimation]

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power‘s season 4 has a new, non-binary character named Double Trouble, a shape-shifter who will be voiced by non-binary author and actor Jacob Tobia. [Comics Beat]

Grab Bag

Disney is challenging the class action suit from 10 employees, arguing that the women suing over discriminatory pay should have to sue individually. [THR]

CW: transphobia, violent assault
Actress Rosario Dawson (Daredevil, RENT) and her family have been named in a discrimination lawsuit filed last Friday. Dedrek Finley, a transgender man who worked as a handyman for Rosario Dawson and her family, alleged in the suit that the family discriminated against him for being trans, and Dawson and her mother assaulted him last April. [NBC]