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Sir Anthony Hopkins joining Tyrese Gibson and Laura Haddock in Transformers: The Last Knight… Dwayne Johnson orbiting The Wolfman… Sony eyeing Silver Sable movie as part of their Spider-verse, with a script by The Hour’s Abi Morgan… Justin Lin new frontrunner for live-action Akira… Bokeem Woodbine and Michael Mando joining Spider-Man: Homecoming… Ansel Elgort in the frame for Dungeons & Dragons… Sophia Lillis starring in It… ’70s comic strip Broom-Hilda heading to the screen… Eli Roth teaming with Jim Carrey on Aleister Arcane… Josh Radnor directing parallel universe tale Leaves… Giancarlo Esposito joining SF film Okja... Kellan Lutz up for Masters Of The Universe… Atlas Entertainment and MGM optioning J Michael Straczynski’s Rising Stars… Brad Peyton helming Malignant Man… Mackenzie Davis joining Blade Runner 2… Jason Fuchs writing the Lobo movie… Brian Grazer planning Splash remake… Lisa Joy writing Battlestar Galactica… Paramount prepping ’80s horror comedy Ghost Bros…