Things We Saw Today: Deadpool 2 Hopes To Begin Filming Early Next Year

Collider had the opportunity to speak to writer-producer Simon Kinberg on the red carpet at the Saturn Awards, and Kinberg confirmed that the team hopes to begin filming the sequel to Deadpool early next year–although he’s not entirely sure where it will be filming yet: “I can only tell you that it’s going extremely well and that’s about all I will tell you about it.” Hey, I’ll take that news. (via Collider).

• Critics are really enjoying that Blake Lively shark movie. That being said, has anyone seen it yet? (via Moviepilot)
• Lena Dunham and Sheryl Sandberg are launching the Lean In Together campaign, which encourages women to have each other’s backs in the workplace. (via Variety)

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Now we can finally confirm the status of Star Wars Episode VIII as a real movie, because they’ve officially got their own swag. Director Rian Johnson

tweeted a close-up of what looks like an embroidered logo on maybe a jacket of some kind? I know they’re probably only giving this out to cast and crew, but if there are any left over…? (via io9)

• Beasts of No Nation‘s Abraham Attah is joining the cast of Spider-Man: Homecoming! This movie is going to have some amazingly diverse casting, and hopefully it’s a sign of more to come in the MCU. (via Deadline)
• If you can’t get to London right now, you can pre-order the special rehearsal script for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. (via The Daily Dot)

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