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Rian Johnson wants to direct a third 'Knives Out' movie.

The 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' director is set to return to work to turn the films starring Daniel Craig as Detective Benoit Blanc into a trilogy. The second part, starring Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Janelle Monae and Kathryn Hahn, recently opened in cinemas and will be available on Netflix on December 23rd.

The 48-year-old filmmaker told 'Total Film': "I had thought for a while that maybe I should do something else first [...] But the honest truth is that I enjoyed making this film so much and the creative challenge of developing a third film that's completely different from this one and the first - that's the most interesting creative challenge for me right now. Maybe I'll just jump in and see what we can think of."

Rian, who also directed the 2019 original starring Christopher Plummer, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson and LaKeith Stanfield, wants to make sure the films are "new and surprising," whole in the style of crime master Agatha Christie. "The moment we feel like we're repeating ourselves or just cranking a machine, we stop. Because to me, the whole concept of this series is like Agatha Christie did with her books - us always do something new and surprising," says the filmmaker.

With the Netflix film "Falling for Christmas", Lindsay Lohan (36) not only returns as an actress. She is also making her comeback as a singer. She has now announced on Instagram that she is behind the comedy's Christmas song, which will be available on the streaming service from November 10th. And that's not the first time Lohan has sung it...

The song is a new version of the Christmas classic "Jingle Bell Rock", which also features the voice of rapper Ali Tomineek (25). The actress also performed the song in her film "Girls Club - Caution biting!" (2004) alongside Rachel McAdams (43), Amanda Seyfried (36) and Lacey Chabert (40) for Best.

For the new "Jingle Bell Rock" edition, a video has also been edited from numerous scenes from the Netflix film. "It's such a refreshing, heartwarming, romantic comedy and I miss making movies like this," Lohan gushed about her new film in an interview with Netflix.

What is Falling for Christmas about?
Lindsay Lohan portrays rich, spoiled and newly engaged hotel heiress Sierra. In a skiing accident, she loses her memory and ends up in the care of the attractive and down-to-earth pension owner Jake (Chord Overstreet, 33). He takes care of her together with his precocious daughter Avy (Olivia Perez).

In addition to acting, Lohan has already realized numerous music projects. In 2004 and 2005 she released the studio albums "Speak" and "A Little More Personal (Raw)" and also recorded several singles. In the movie "Freaky Friday" (2003) with Jamie Lee Curtis (63), Lohan also sang himself.

Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav wants to make more 'Harry Potter' films.

The media executive confirmed that the organization will currently focus on franchises and on J.K. Rowling's approval hope to make another magic film. The author had caused controversy with comments on Twitter that many believed were transphobic. Some cast members have distanced themselves from Rowling, but the studio has indicated it would be willing to work with her again.

During an investor call on Thursday (November 3), Zaslav said: “We will focus on franchises. We haven't had a Superman movie in 13 years. We haven't done a 'Harry Potter' in 15 years. The DC movies and the 'Harry Potter' movies have brought Warner Bros. a majority of its profits... for the last 25 years." He added, "If we do anything with J.K. If we could do Harry Potter, we would."

Zaslav also stated that Warner Bros. Discovery should leverage big franchises like 'Sex and the City' and 'Lord of the Rings'. The 62-year-old studio boss explained: "What are the films that have brands that are understood and loved around the world? Outside of the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia combined have about 40 percent of the theaters that we have here in the US and there is local content. So if you have a franchise movie, you can often make two to three times the money you can make in the US by getting a slot and focusing on big movies. On the tent poles that people love and people will leave home and go to dinner early to watch the movie afterwards. And we have a lot of those.”

Film producers Anthony and Joe Russo are planning a live-action adaptation of the Disney classic Hercules. According to the brothers, the new version will be a musical and a special one at that: The social video platform TikTok will serve as the main source of inspiration.

In recent years, some Disney classics have been filmed for real: "Mulan", "Aladdin" or "The Lion King" are just three examples. Now another such project is pending: the story about the Greek hero and demigod Hercules was already implemented by the studio as an animated film in 1997. Now the material is to be reopened under the direction of Guy Ritchie.

Brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, best known as directors of Marvel's Captain America and Avengers films, are on board as producers. The Russos now revealed the first details about the planned live-action adaptation to Variety magazine. One aspect in particular makes us stop here.

"Pushing the boundaries of a modern musical"
The new version of the Disney film is supposed to be a musical. "It begs the question of how to do it as a musical," explains Joe Russo. Fortunately, he also has an answer ready: With TikTok as a source of inspiration. "Today's audiences have been educated by TikTok, right? What are their expectations of musicals, how they look and how they feel?" The Russos' considerations aren't just about keeping up with the spirit of the times, because such a project could be "a lot of fun and help us to push the boundaries of the realization of a modern musical a little".

Whether this concept will be crowned with as much success as the brothers' Marvel films is yet to be seen. But it has already been shown in the past that TikTok can offer successful inspiration. Users of the video platform created their own musical based on the Pixar film "Ratatouille".

Henry Cavill revealed he had no idea author Stephanie Meyer wanted to cast him in the 'Twilight Saga' movies.

The 39-year-old actor has revealed he was the writer's choice to play Edward Cullen in the theatrical adaptations of her vampire novels, although the role ultimately went to Robert Pattinson.

Speaking on the 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast, Cavill said: "I didn't know they wanted to cast me and the internet wasn't quite the tool it is now. I only found out afterwards. I was like, 'Oh okay, that would have been cool.'" Henry insisted he wouldn't mind missing out on certain roles, as it could be "a good thing" rather than a career detriment.

" Basically, I got close to a lot of stuff and didn't get it, but it's funny that people think that's a bad thing, in Hollywood -- or in the acting industry -- everybody's trying to get a part, and they're don't necessarily always get them, so actually having the opportunity to grab the spotlight by missing out on the big roles is a good thing, not a bad thing.” In a blog post in 2007, before the 'Twilight ' Cast was decided, but Stephanie insisted that she had "no control over how the film proceeded," particularly in regards to who "should play the lead role."