CINEMA SQUAD 10/08/17UPDATES, CORRECTIONS, & TIDBITS-New trailers released for: “Paddington 2” “The Babysitter” “The Star” “Newness” “Replicas” “Mayhem” “Pacific Rim: Uprising” and “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”-Kate Winslet has joined James Cameron’s “Avatar” sequels.-Jared Leto will star as Hugh Hefner in an untitled biopic.-Judy Greer will star in David Gordon Green's "Halloween" re-launch.-Anna Paquin will join Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman" for Netflix.-Jenny Slate will join Sony’s “Venom.”-Ansel Elgort to lead Warner Bros. & Amazon Studios' “The Goldfinch."-Fox is developing a "Bob's Burgers" movie.-Joachim Ronning to direct the "Maleficent" sequel for Disney.-Gore Verbinski to direct "Gambit" at Fox.-Universal has moved “Fast and Furious 9” to April 10th, 2020. -Universal has dated the Dwayne Johnson/Jason Statham “Fast and Furious” spinoff for July 26, 2019.-Universal has removed its “Bride of Frankenstein” reboot from its release schedule. THE BOX OFFICE REPORT1st with $31-Million is BLADE RUNNER 20492nd with $10-Million is THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US3rd with $9-Million is IT4th with $8.8-Million is MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE5th with $8.1-Million is KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLETHEATER - NETFLIX - OR NEVER Opening next weekend: “Marshall” – “The Foreigner” – “Happy Death Day” – “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” – “Breathe” – “Goodbye Christopher Robin”– “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” THE HOT LIST-Will Speck & Josh Gordon have signed on to direct the Amblin Partners’ thriller "The Travelers."-FilmNation Entertainment has set "Mudbound" director Dee Rees to next helm "An Uncivil War."TRIVIA – DENIS VILLENEUVEWith “Blade Runner 2049” hitting theaters this weekend, I thought we’d test some Cinema Squad Trivia on one of the hottest directors currently working today: Denis Villeneuve.DEVELOP, DITCH, OR TURNAROUND-Daisy Ridley has signed on to star in the spec package “Daddio."-Liz Hannah, the screenwriter of Steven Spielberg’s "The Post" starring Meryl Streep & Tom Hanks, has just signed on to pen "Only Plane in the Sky" for MGM. CLOSING SEGMENT – INTERVIEW W/GUEST JOSHUA CALDWELL