On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (Thursday, April 27th, 2017) John Campea, Kristian Harloff, Perri Nemiroff, Brooke Chavez and Wendy Lee discuss the following: 1) McG exits Masters of the Universe; David S Goyer writing the script 2) David Fincher close to directing World War Z 2 3) Alien Covenant prologue released 4) Opening This Week 5) New trailer released for Cars 3 6) Ewan McGregor in talks to play Christopher Robin in Disney’s Winnie the Pooh retelling 7) Rian Johnson no longer involved with Episode 9 script 8) Mail Bag According to a report from Entertainment Weekly, Terminator Salvation director McG, is no longer attached to direct the long in development adaptation of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. The report states that Sony is currently meeting with potential directors and that David S Goyer has been brought in to write the script. This comes just as Sony dated Masters of the Universe for a December 18th, 2019 release. According to Variety, Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions are moving forward with their World War Z sequel, tapping David Fincher to direct and Brad Pitt to star. After previously taking the film off its calendar, the studio’s new chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos, has made this one of his first moves as the new CEO and is expected to greenlight the movie for production in the coming weeks. As part of the Alien Day celebration yesterday, 20th Century Fox released “The Crossing”, a new and official prologue to Ridley Scott‘s Alien: Covenant. The short picks up after the events of Prometheus and reveals the fate of Noomi Rapace’s Elizabeth Shaw as well as David, Michael Fassbender’s android character from the previous movie. OPENING THIS WEEK BUY OR SELL Disney-Pixar has released a new Cars 3 trailer for their upcoming second sequel featuring Lightning McQueen, voiced by Owen Wilson. In the new movie, Lightning must find a way to get back on the track after losing to the hotshot new racer Jackson Storm, voiced by Armie Hammer. THR is reporting that Ewan McGregor is in talks to star in Disney's Christopher Robin, the live action retelling of Winnie the Pooh. McGregor will play the adult Christopher Robin, who's loses his sense of imagination because he’s too focused on work and success. When Winnie the Pooh reappears in his life, Christopher is reintroduced to the magic in the world again. Back when it was originally announced that Rian Johnson would be helming Episode 8, now entitled The Last Jedi, it was also reported that he would be handling scripting duties that would then lead to a treatment and story for Episode 9. Now, according to the director himself, that’s not the case. In a brief twitter exchange with Johnson, a fan asked if he did write the "story treatment" for Episode 9 or if it was old info. The director then confirmed that it was old info saying he hasn’t been involved in the writing of Episode 9. MAIL BAG LIVE TWITTER QUESTIONS All new Awesometacular: https://www.go90.com/videos/3ULWz989RJ3 Check out the YouTube Playlist for Awesometacular: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLayt6616lBckuUHPMdwFINi_vcyc-ysnC Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ColliderVideo Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ColliderVideo Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/colliderdotcom Follow John: https://twitter.com/JohnCampea Follow Kristian: https://twitter.com/KristianHarloff Follow Perri: https://twitter.com/PNemiroff Follow Brooke: https://twitter.com/BrookeSolizTV Follow Wendy: https://twitter.com/WendyLeeSzany As the online source for movies, television, breaking news, incisive content, and imminent trends, Collider Videos is more than an essential destination. Visit Collider: http://collider.com Follow them on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Collider SUBSCRIBE TO THE SCHMOES YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE: https://www.youtube.com/user/schmoesknow Collider Show Schedule: MONDAY: TV Talk | http://bit.ly/29BR7Yi TUESDAY: Heroes | http://bit.ly/29F4Job Team Schmoedown | http://bit.ly/29C2iRV WEDNESDAY: Nightmares | http://bit.ly/29BQUV3 THURSDAY: Jedi Council | http://bit.ly/29v5wVi FRIDAY: Schmoedown | http://bit.ly/29C2iRV SATURDAY: Mailbag | http://bit.ly/29UsKsd Behind the Scenes/Bloopers | http://bit.ly/2kuLuyI SUNDAY: Mailbag | http://bit.ly/29UsKsd Crash Course | http://bit.ly/2l66Dkv MOVIE TALK: Every week day | http://bit.ly/29BRtOO

• published: 27 Apr 2017
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