Fall Hollywood news keeps coming in, and it's time for another round-up!

Legendary actor James Earl Jones passed away at his home on September 9, 2024, according to media reports.  He was 93.  Jones was well known to Star Wars fans as the voice of Darth Vader, and to Disney fans as the voice of Mufasa from The Lion King.  Other notable roles included playing Jack Jefferson in The Great White Hope, King Jaffe Joffer in Coming to America, and Thulsa Doom in Conan the Barbarian (see "'Thulsa Doom'").  Jones was the rarest of show business successes, an EGOT winner, with two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, an honorary Oscar, and a Grammy Award (for a spoken word album).

Media adaptations of works by Neil Gaiman have been paused in the wake of a series of sexual assault allegations against him, which he has denied, according to Deadline.  The projects on hold include the third season of Prime Video’s Good Omens, based on the novel by Gaiman and Terry Pratchett; Gaiman has offered to step back from the series to allow production to continue without him, according to the report.  The series was renewed for a third and final season late last year (see "’Good Omens’ Renewed").  A long-gestating feature adaptation of Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book has also been paused, by Disney, due to the allegations.  The Netflix series Dead Boy Detectives, based on a comic series by Gaiman and Matt Wagner, was canceled after one season earlier this month; no reason was given (see "’Dead Boy Detectives’ Series Killed Off").

Destin Daniel Cretton is in talks to direct Spider-Man 4, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  The new movie would be a co-production between Sony and Marvel Studios, and would star Tom Holland as the lead.  Cretton recently left the helm of another Marvel project, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, to write and direct the upcoming Naruto live-action movie (see "'Naruto' Live-Action").

Amazon Studios announced that Jack Huston has been cast in the Spider-Man Noir live-action series, according to Variety.  He joins the recently ordered series (see "'Spider-Man Noir'") alongside fellow cast members Nicolas Cage, Brendan Gleeson, Lamorne Morris, Abraham Popoola, and Li Jun Li.

Sony Pictures Entertainment released a final trailer for Venom: The Last Dance (see below).  The new trailer reveals Knull, from the King in Black comic series (see "New Venom Story"), as the main villain of the movie.  This movie hits theaters on October 25, 2024 (see "'Venom: The Last Dance'").

Universal Pictures revealed a new trailer for Wolf Man (see below).  This movie is a new, modern telling of the classic Wolf Man Universal monster tale.  It will hit theaters in January 2025.

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