'Spider-Man' Trailer; How Trump Can Kill AT&T-Time Warner; 'True Detective' Update; What's Next in Writers Strike Talks

What's news: Sony brings out its big tentpoles, Jumanji, The Dark Tower and Blade Runner 2049, to Vegas for CinemaCon. Plus: A new season of True Detective is in the works, Amazon lands Barry Jenkins' Underground Railroad and Michael Wolff explains why Trump may kill the AT&T-Time Warner deal. — Matthew Belloni, Erik Hayden and Jennifer Konerman. [The Hollywood Reporter - Today In Entertainment]( March 28, 2017 What's news: Sony brings out its big tentpoles, Jumanji, The Dark Tower and Blade Runner 2049, to Vegas for CinemaCon. Plus: A new season of True Detective is in the works, Amazon lands Barry Jenkins' Underground Railroad and Michael Wolff explains why Trump may kill the AT&T-Time Warner deal. — Matthew Belloni, Erik Hayden and Jennifer Konerman. Sony's Big CinemaCon Slate Day 1 of CinemaCon is in, with a whirlwind of news, footage and bravado from studio execs and exhibitors. From Vegas, Rebecca Ford and Aaron Couch have details. What Sony brought to town: [The Dark Tower](: The first footage (image above) of the fantasy tentpole adapted from the Stephen King series was shown. The big bet, set for July 28, stars Idris Elba as the Gunslinger with Matthew McConaughey as the Man in Black. The footage gives a strong idea of just what The Man in Black is capable of, and it's scarily creepy. [Jumanji:]( The Rock himself presented footage of the new Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which finally describes how the new video game version of the story works. Kevin Hart appeared via a video message, with the team poking fun at their missing co-star. [Baby Driver:]( The studio said that Edgar Wright’s well-received titled is moving its release date up to June 28, in the heart of summer movie season. Theater owners also got to see the first six minutes of the film, which stars stars Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx. [Blade Runner 2049](: Sony head Tom Rothman showed off some new footage for Blade Runner 2049, but not before sharing some choice words for a certain streaming giant: "[Netflix, my ass.](" [Spider-Man: Homecoming](: The new trailer debuted a day early for those who were in the audience at CinemaCon, giving the first good look at Michael Keaton as the villainous Vulture. Also, Ford spoke with Spidey star Tom Holland and asked what could be expected from the new incarnation of the hero. [Q&A]( I [Full new trailer.]( Elsewhere in film... ► Justice League, Aquaman coming to virtual reality. Imax continues its [bullish move]( toward virtual reality, announcing a co-financing and production agreement with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment through which they will develop and release VR experiences. ► Bourne director tackling Al Capone-era project. Paul Greengrass is in talks [to direct](a feature project for Paramount centered on Eliot Ness, the lawman who chased the gangster. L.A. Confidential writer Brian Helgeland is penning the screenplay. ► Pharrell Williams-inspired musical in the works. Atlantis is being described as a Romeo and Juliet style story [inspired by Williams’ childhood](. The project will be helmed by Broadway director Michael Mayer. ► Cole Hauser reteams with Bruce Willis for action thriller. Acts of Violence [also stars]( Shawn Ashmore, Mike Epps and Sophia Bush, and began production this week. ↱ [As Writers Guild talks stall, what's next?]( Jonathan Handel's latest: One possible move could be a “last, best and final” offer with a kicker — an expiration date on retroactivity of wage increases. ↲ ^[Tomb Raider: first look at Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft.]( Images of Vikander in the upcoming MGM and Warner Bros pic are out, and she looks very much like the Lara Croft longtime fans will want to see. ► First look: Black Panther car chase scene. Walt Disney Company Korea unveiled a still of a key car-chase scene shot earlier this month in the South Korean city of Busan. [The photo.]( ► George Clooney-directed Suburbicon gets fall release. The crime comedy, starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Josh Brolin and Oscar Isaac, will get a wide release on [Nov. 3](. ► MGM, Annapurna Pictures ink distribution deal. The [multiyear partnership]( is set to start this year with Annapurna’s first distribution title, Kathryn Bigelow’s untitled Detroit riots project, scheduled for release in the U.S. in August. ► R.I.P., Allan Weiss. The screenwriter, who was on hand to witness Elvis Presley's first Hollywood screen test and worked on six of the singer's movies in the 1960s, has died. He was 90. [Full obit.]( George Lucas pledges another $10M to USC diversity effort. The latest donation by the director's foundation to the School of Cinematic Arts will offer priority financial aid to African-American and Hispanic students. [Details.]( How Trump Can Kill AT&T-Time Warner The surprise would not be if President Trump, with ham hand and big foot, jumped into the middle of the AT&T-Time Warner deal, but if he didn’t keep the promise he made to do exactly that, Michael Wolff writes in his [new column:]( Trump’s view on the deal has been so far quite unRepublican-like. Rather than giving the benefit of the doubt to big corporations, he’s taking the liberal view of media mergers: Big media stifles opposing views (liberals, of course, don’t think mergers stifle conservative views, but rather more liberal ones). Then, too, Trump has had a running feud with the media, often vowing to make life hard for the business. His central bete noire is CNN, a division of Time Warner, which, put together with AT&T, might suddenly have more clout. On top of that, AT&T joining with Time Warner proposes to further advance the merger of media and digital, another liberal-leaning industry that Trump has been cool on. And then there’s Rupert Murdoch, who has Trump’s ear and who has been dissing the deal, which he sees as disadvantageous to his 21st Century Fox. Also, the future of Jeff Zucker, CNN’s chief, toward whom Trump now often expresses a blood enmity, [could get rosier in a merger.]( Elsewhere in TV... ► Fox Broadcasting looks for new chief marketing officer. Angela Courtin is leaving to pursue other opportunities in what one source described as [an amicable departure](. The Relativity vet had been with the broadcast network for a year and a half. ► HBO plans more True Detective. Series creator Nic Pizzolatto is [working on]( a third season of the anthology series with Deadwood creator David Milch, although there has been no order. ► AMC renews Humans. A week after the finale aired stateside, AMC and Channel 4 have [renewed the sci-fi series](, with an eight-episode third season debuting in 2018. ► HBO's Big Little Lies outpacing The Night Of. The event drama du jour, approaching its finale Sunday, is attracting [north of 7M weekly viewers]( as live tune-in climbs. ► Amazon enlists Miles Teller for Nicolas Winding Refn series. The actor [will topline]( the original drama series Too Old to Die Young, a crime-thriller project from the Drive filmmaker that explores a hidden world of assassins. ↱ [Sarah Paulson to play POTUS?]( When asked who from American Horror Story's ensemble cast should step into the president's shoes for its upcoming election-themed season, Paulson volunteered. "I'd like to play Donald Trump." ↲ [^Netflix's 13 Reasons Why, reviewed.]( The teen suicide drama, directed and executive produced by Tom McCarthy (Spotlight), premieres Friday. The takeaway: "tackles its touchy subject in a thoughtful and interesting way." ► Amazon lands Moonlight director's Underground Railroad. Barry Jenkins is headed to television [to write and direct]( a limited series based on Colson Whitehead's novel. The hourlong drama will be exec produced by Brad Pitt's Plan B, which backed Moonlight. ► Hulu gets into talk game with Sarah Silverman. The service has given a [straight-to-series]( 10-episode order to a weekly half-hour topical show from the comedian tentatively titled I Love You, America. ► Discovery revives Cash Cab. Comedian David Steinberg is on board to EP and Lion USA is [returning]( to produce the series, set to debut later this year, which will feature stars from the worlds of comedy, film and TV. ↱ [Hulu's Harlots, reviewed](. By removing the sexy from its portrayal of 18th-century London sex workers, the new series "reaches beyond cliche and toward realism," writes chief TV critic Tim Goodman. ↲ ► Weinstein TV's Waco series adds to cast. House of Cards' Paul Sparks, Boardwalk Empire alum Shea Whigham, Birdman grad Andrea Riseborough and Rory Culkin (Signs) have signed on for the [six-part project](. It's set to air on Paramount Network in 2018. ► R.I.P. Noreen Fraser. The producer and one of the founders of the Stand Up to Cancer initiative that enlisted Hollywood luminaries to help raise millions of dollars to fight the disease, has died at 63. [Full obit](. How Bates Motel reinvented that Psycho shower scene. Director Phil Abraham talks about the high-wire act of reproducing Hitchcock, working with super-fan Rihanna and more insight into last night's episode. [Spoilers ahead](. Pay-to-Play Audition Lawsuits Loom Gary Baum's latest on casting workshops: As criminal court proceedings continue against dozens of individuals, civil class action filings are being explored to recoup money lost by actors in what many consider [a predatory labor practice.]( What else we're reading... — "How your (liberal elite) comedy gets made." Daily Show writer Dan Amira dissects one page of a show script about Trump: "the sweet spot is when our jokes add context to a larger issue." [[Wired](] — "Netflix’s stand-up boom upended the Louis C.K. model." Matt Wilstein notes: "the Netflix model is undeniably better for the comedians, but is it also better for viewers?" [[The Daily Beast](] — "Twilight of the rock gods." Neil Shah's data-rich feature: "As rock ‘n’ roll loses its founding megastars — and sales juggernauts — the music industry faces pressure to revamp." [[The Wall Street Journal](] — "Get Out and the death of white racial innocence." Rich Benjamin writes: "Both Jordan Peele’s hit movie and the art-house favorite I Am Not Your Negro mock and unmask white America’s show of naïveté at entrenched racism." [[The New Yorker](] — "Voices of America." Michelle Dean observes: "Podcasting is idiosyncratic by nature, and if we have learned anything in the last year, it is that the idiosyncrasies of America do not add up to a coherent American life." [[The New Republic](] Today's Birthdays: Lady Gaga, 31, Julia Stiles, 36, Vince Vaughn, 47, Brett Ratner, 48, Reba McEntire, 62, Mike Newell, 75. 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