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ZACK SNYDER TO ADAPT THE FOUNTAINHEAD: Zack Snyder has announced his post-Justice League project. He will adapt Ayn Rand‘s 1943 novel The Fountainhead. The novel is cited as one of Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump‘s favorites and follows a young architect who refuses to conform to expectations. Snyder has been gunning to do the project for years. He told The Hollywood Reporter in 2016: “I have been working on The Fountainhead. I’ve always felt like The Fountainhead was such a thesis on the creative process and what it is to create something,” he said. “Warner Bros. owns [Ayn Rand’s] script and I’ve just been working on that a little bit.” The novel was adapted in 1949 by King Vidor, and starred Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal. (Vulture – Click our Twitter or Facebook buttons to share this link!)

ROBERT LINDSAY JOINS MALEFICENT II: Just as Maleficent II starts production, Robert Linsday and Chiwetel Ejiofor are confirmed as joining the cast, toplined by Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning. Jolie and Fanning are reprising their roles as the dark fairy and Princess Aurora, respectively. They are based on characters in the animated Sleeping Beauty classic.

DYLAN SPROUSE TO STAR IN TURANDOT: Dylan Sprouse is set to star in Turandot, a China-produced film directed by Xiaolong Zheng. Chinese actress Guan Xiaotong will also star. The film is an adaptation of Giacomo Puccini‘s opera of the same name.

THE BACHELORETTE PREMIERE LOWEST IN HISTORY: Yikes. The premiere of Season 14 of The Bachelorette on ABC Monday was the lowest in the show’s history, down 22% over last season’s premiere. But competition was stiff as it was the final day of the Memorial Day Weekend holiday and Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals was airing on NBC. Did you tune in?

NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS LASHES OUT AT CBS: Shari Redstone‘s National Amusements has laced into CBS and its CEO Leslie Moonves in a new filing in U.S. District Court in Delaware, Deadline reports. “This case is about extraordinary, unjustified and unlawful actions by certain of the Directors” of CBS, the complaint says, “to unilaterally dilute the voting rights of its controlling stockholder, NAI, for all purposes and for all time. It is undisputed that the Director Defendants’ actions are unprecedented under Delaware law.” In a statement, CBS responded, “Today’s reactive complaint from NAI was not unexpected. The amended complaint filed last week by CBS and its Special Committee details the ways in which NAI misused its power to the detriment of CBS shareholders, and was submitted after careful deliberation by all involved. We continue to believe firmly in our position.” CBS claims National Amusement, which controls 80% of it, has degraded the value of CBS by trying to force a merger.

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NEW ANT-MAN TEASER DROPS: A new Ant-Man and the Wasp teaser has buzzed into town. “If you wanna do something right, you make a list,” Paul Rudd instructs his teammates as Scott Lang. Ant-Man lands in theaters July 6^th.