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Jonny Quest finally has somebody steering the ship. ​Warner Bros. has hired The Lego Batman Movie director Chris McKay to direct the live-action adaptation of the Hanna-Barbera animated series, which aired for only one season in 1964. The picture has been in the works for some time.

The Watchmen just scored a big bump in prestige. Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons has officially been cast in the role of Adrian Veidt (better known as Ozymandias) in HBO's Watchmen series. Irons will appear as an older version of the character after a time jump of several decades.

Netflix is moving forward with some pretty anime-zing new projects. The streamer has put into development five anime series -- here are two of those.

Eggsy will be taking a break from the Kingsman series. Taron Egerton has confirmed that Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, the character he originated in 2015's Kingsman: The Secret Service and returned to for 2017's Kingsman: The Golden Circle, will not play a part in the third installment of the series.

If by his life or his death he can protect those keen to star in Amazon's Lord of the Rings series, Viggo Mortensen will. Mortensen has offered sage advice to those interested in joining the adaptation — particularly the person who lands the role of the man who ultimately becomes the King of Gondor.

The 4400 are returning... again.

What do the cast of Aquaman and the members of Italian music group Eiffel 65 have in common? They're blue (da ba dee da ba da). Warner Bros. has released a collection of colorful new character posters for the James Wan-directed superhero flick, sharing them with the world on Wednesday, November 7.

This is not a test, this is your Emergency Broadcast System announcing that USA Network has ordered a second season of The Purge. The network renewed The Purge TV series on Tuesday, November 6, just hours before the James DeMonaco-created horror show aired the final episode of its freshman season.

Vince Gilligan is about to break bad again — this time in an even bigger way. Breaking Bad series creator Gilligan is developing a feature-length film set in the Breaking Bad universe. Gilligan is attached as screenwriter and executive producer, and may even step up to direct as well.

Swamp Thing has officially found its Swamp Thing... the man and the monster. The forthcoming DC Universe streaming series has cast Andy Bean (Transformers: The Last Knight) in the role of Alec Holland, the scientist whose work leads to his transformation into the titular creature.

Cary Fukunaga is exploring the possibility of bringing an underrated Joe Dante classic to the small screen. The True Detective auteur is teaming with writer-director David Lowery to adapt 1985's Explorers into a pilot for Paramount Television.

It's a-them, the Mario Brothers.

When there's no more room on television, the dead will walk the big screen. After 50 years, a direct sequel to the genre-defining George A. Romero classic Night of the Living Dead is in the works — from a lost screenplay by the writing team behind the original.

A Shrek reboot? Shrek, yeah! A Puss in Boots reboot? More like Puss in Re-Boots! Puns aside, Universal Pictures had some serious news to deliver on Tuesday, when the studio announced that reboots of Shrek and Puss in Boots are in the works from Minions and Despicable Me producer Chris Meledandri.

Following the announcement that 20th Century Fox had plans to rework the raunchy Deadpool sequel into a more family-friendly, appropriate-for-most-ages movie to be released this holiday season, the studio has revealed the title of and release date for the PG-13 cut of Deadpool 2.

The swamp just got a little more crowded. Veteran actor Will Patton has been cast in a co-leading role opposite Crystal Reed in Swamp Thing.

Buzz around A Quiet Place 2 is getting louder. A Quiet Place co-writer, director, and star John Krasinski and actress Emily Blunt (Krasinski's real-life wife) recently opened up about potential storylines and plot details the highly anticipated sci-fi horror sequel.

Deadwood is no longer dead in the water. Deadline reports that 12 years after the conclusion of the acclaimed HBO series, a two-hour film continuing the story is finally before the cameras, with no fewer than a dozen original cast members returning.

Everyone's favorite cuddly bear from Peru is coming back for another adventure -- but he'll probably have to embark on his third journey without a familiar friend holding his hand. Work has begun on Paddington 3, but, much to fans' dismay, series director Paul King likely won't be behind the helm.

Playing the Clown Prince of Crime really takes it out of a guy. Director Todd Phillips recently shared a photo of Joaquin Phoenix relaxing in between takes on the set of Joker, the forthcoming film in which Phoenix stars as Arthur Fleck, the struggling comedian who eventually becomes the Joker.

Bohemian Rhapsody rocking the box office this past weekend? It's the real life, not just fantasy. The Rami Malek-starring biopic, which centers around legendary British rock band Queen and its frontman Freddie Mercury, earned a cool $122.5 million worldwide when it opened on Friday, November 2.

The Walking Dead will live on.

When plans were announced for a Freddie Mercury biopic, plenty of fans screamed "Galileo!" in sheer delight. But when the film opened, it hit a few flat notes.