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Brandi rises to the forefront in Selling The Oc seasons 2 and 3 by showcasing her assertiveness and not backing down in conflicts. Sean Marshall, Brandi's supportive husband, transitioned from a basketball career to starting his own company aiding aspiring NBA players. Despite maintaining a private life online, Brandi and Sean are still happily married post-Selling The Oc, focusing on their family and careers.

Brandi Marshall has been a part of Selling The Oc since season 1, and now her husband, Sean Marshall, is in the spotlight. Even though Brandi had a leading role during season 1, she didn't jump out on screen like the other realtors did. However, for Selling The Oc season 2, Brandi made her mark by getting in the mix and not backing down in a fight. Plus, her husband was always there to support her. For Selling The Oc season 3, Brandi was in the background more but wasn't afraid to make her opinions known.

The debate over “Who is the better Superman?” is one that has been raging for as long as one can remember. Ever since David Corenswet was officially announced as the replacement for Henry Cavill in the iconic role in James Gunn’s version of the DC Universe, fans have been conflicted about who the better one is.

(L-r): Henry Cavill and David Corenswet

While this debate is yet to be sorted out with a final answer, there have been quite some additions to this debate. Like the most recent raging one about whose symbol is better between the two hotshots, one of whose is from the SnyderVerse, while the other is from Gunn’s universe. And this time, most fans seem to have the final answer.

Hot Topic: Whose Superman Symbol is Better — Henry Cavill’s or David Corenswet’s?

Recently, another hot debate has taken the DC fans by storm.

Brandi Marshall's husband Sean had a successful pro basketball career, and played for Boston College. He wasn't drafted by the NBA in 2007. He went on to play internationally in Japan, Turkey and beyond. He's also played in Greece, France, and the American NBA D-League. Sean now runs his own sports-themed company, Pro's Vision, which focuses on helping younger players to develop their skills. Selling The Oc star Brandi is a realtor who specializes in Newport Beach, California properties.

Brandi Marshall stars in Selling The Oc season 2, and it's time to talk about her husband Sean Marshall's pro basketball career. In the new season of the Selling Sunset spinoff, Oppenheim Group realtors (including Brandi) sell glitzy properties in sun-soaked Newport Beach, California. Sean's been spotted onscreen, mostly in the background, and there are plenty of interesting things to learn about the former pro athlete. He's currently running his own sports-themed company,...

Let's be real: Dragons are awesome! Since ancient Mesopotamians whispered about Tiamat and Marduk's red serpent servant, the legend of dragons thrived. For generations, these scaly creatures have induced fear and delight. Tolkien drew from these myths to bring the creature into the modern fantasy canon, with his childhood love of Fafnir, Siegfried's legendary foe, transformed into the prideful Smaug. Now the fantasy genre is almost synonymous with dragons. Of course, the '70s introduction of Dungeons & Dragons helped, too! Today, there's a resurgence of love for these big fellas -- starring in movies like "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Raya and the Last Dragon."

Putting dragons on the big screen is a huge technical challenge. Not every movie's budget can commit to that feat. For decades, animation came to the rescue -- pitching price-conscious versions to younger and more accepting viewers. But after the release of "Jurassic Park,...

Most fans were expecting several surprises at the D23 Expo's Worlds, Galaxies, and Universes: Live Action at The Walt Disney Studios panel yesterday, and they were not disappointed. When the official schedule was released last month, the studio announced that upcoming movies such as Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass, The Jungle Book, Marvel's Captain America: Civil War and Star Wars: The Force Awakens would be presented, but fans were treated with much more than that. Along with the surprise additions of The Finest Hours, Beauty and the Beast, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Marvel's Doctor Strange, the studio presented Pete's Dragon to the D23 crowd, with star Bryce Dallas Howard taking the stage in a Disney t-shirt.

Bryce Dallas Howard joined President of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production President Sean Bailey on stage to talk about her starring role in Pete's Dragon,...

The Hunger Games star Wes Bentley has joined the cast of Disney's Pete's Dragon remake. No details were given regarding his character, but he joins a cast that includes Oakes Fegley, Robert Redford, Bryce Dallas Howard and Oona Laurence. David Lowery (Ain't Them Bodies Saints) is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Toby Halbrooks.

The original Pete's Dragon hit theaters in 1977, a live-action/animation hybrid that followed the adventures of a young New England orphan named Pete (Sean Marshall), who escapes from his abusive adoptive parents and encounters a dragon named Elliot. The duo make their way to Passamaquoddy, Maine, where they find refuge with a lighthouse keeper named Nora (Helen Reddy) and her father Lampie (Mickey Rooney). The remake is said to remove all of the musical elements of the original, setting this new story in a logging village, instead of a fishing village. The story follows Pete,...

Disney has cast Oakes Fegley as the new Pete in their upcoming Pete's Dragon remake, along with newcomer Oona Laurence in an unspecified role.

The original Pete's Dragon, which debuted in 1977, starred Sean Marshall as Pete, a young boy whose best friend Elliot just happens to be a massive dragon. The story follows Pete and Elliot as they run away to a new town, to escape Pete's abusive foster parents. No plot details were given for the remake, except that it will reinvent the core story and remove all of the musical elements. The remake will be a live action project with CGI elements being utilized to bring the dragon to life.

David Lowery (Ain't Them Bodies Saints) is directing from a screenplay he is co-writing with Toby Halbrooks, with James Whitaker producing. No production schedule was released.

Oakes Fegley stars in two different movies that both open today, Warner Bros.

Just over one year after he signed on to co-write the script for the Pete's Dragon remake, David Lowery is now in negotiations to direct the live-action feature.

The original Pete's Dragon, which debuted in 1977, was a live-action/animated hybrid that followed a young boy and his pet dragon, as they run away to escape his abusive adoptive parents. This new version, written by David Lowery and Toby Halbrooks, will reinvent the core of the original, removing all of the musical elements.

David Lowery made his feature debut with 2009's St. Nick, about a group of runaway children who learn to fend for themselves in the wild. Last year, his indie Ain't Them Bodies Saints debuted at Sundance before it was picked up by IFC Films and released in August. The filmmaker also produced Listen Up Philip, which debuted at Sundance this year and stars Jason Schwartzman, Krysten Ritter and Elisabeth Moss.

Over a year ago, we learned that Ain't Them Bodies Saints director David Lowery was heading into drastically different territory by scripting a remake of the live-action and animated hybrid Pete's Dragon for Disney along with his writing partner Toby Halbrooks. Now The Wrap reports Lowery has also entered talks to direct the film as well. The original film followed an orphan boy who ventures into the fishing village of Passamaquoddy with his invisible dragon Elliott. Though several accidents get blamed on Pete by those who don't believe in this dragon, when Elliott makes a daring rescue, everyone begins to believe. Read on! Lowery's script is a reimagining of the film that won't have any musical elements like the original film that featured Mickey Rooney, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons and Sean Marshall. But as of now, it's not clear if this will be Lowery's next project since he's also working...

Disney has decided to remake their classic 1977 live-action/animated film Pete's Dragon. I can't really say that I'm a big fan of the original because I've probably only really seen once, maybe twice. What makes this production interesting is the person they hired to write it, David Lowery. Lowery is the writer and director of one of this years Sundance hits Ain't Them Bodies Saints which starred Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, and Ben Foster. This was a dark and gritty drama about an outlaw who escapes from prison to reunite with his wife and the daughter who he's never met.  So Lowery didn't seem like the kind of filmmaker I would ever seen take on something like Pete's Dragon. But that's what he's doing, and he'll be tackling it with his writing partner Toby Halbrooks.

The original film starred Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters, Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, and...

Film fads come and go. One day everyone is making movies about robots, the next day they're all making movies about vampires. And today? Well, thanks to the overwhelming success of family fare like "How to Train Your Dragon" and mature entertainment like "Game of Thrones," the big thing right now is dragons. If it breathes fire, someone in Hollywood is going to give it a development deal.

All of which is a roundabout way to justify this bit of news: According to Deadline, the director of the edgy Sundance indie thriller "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" has just been tapped by Disney to reimagine their 1977 kiddie film "Pete's Dragon."

Sure. Why the hell not?

For those of you who are too young to remember drive-ins, here's a little rundown for you: "Pete's Dragon" was a hybrid musical comedy that starred child actor Sean Marshall as an orphan who runs away...

Ain't Them Bodies Saints' writer-director David Lowery and producer Toby Halbrooks are teaming up to write the screenplay for a remake of the Disney classic Pete's Dragon.

The original 1977 movie, which featured a mixture of live-action and animation, followed a young boy and his pet dragon who run away to a new town to escape Pete's abusive adoptive parents. While it isn't known if this remake will feature the same blend of live-action and animation, the story is being completely reinvented, discarding the musical elements of the plot. No production schedule was given at this time.

David Lowery made his feature directorial debut with Ain't Them Bodies Saints, which IFC Films picked up at Sundance this year, which is set for release on August 16. The gritty drama starring Rooney Mara, Ben Foster, and Casey Affleck, centers on an outlaw who escapes from prison and goes on a quest across...

David Lowery ("Ain't Them Bodies Saints") and writing partner Toby Halbrooks have come onboard to pen a remake of the Disney family classic "Pete's Dragon".

The original 1977 film combined an animated dragon character with a live-action cast including Sean Marshall, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons and Shelley Winters.

The story the orphan boy who comes to a town with his magical dragon, his abusive adoptive parents in hot pursuit.

The writers are expected to reinvent the core story. Jim Whitaker will produce.

Source: Deadline...

When Disney released the first six volumes of its Animation Collections it wasn’t surprising to see Mickey and the Beanstalk or The Prince and the Pauper headlining two of the releases. After all, they represented two of the crown jewels of Disney’s short films collection. What was alarming was the omission of Mickey’s Christmas Carol, the beautifully animated take on Dickens’ seminal classic using some of the best old time Disney characters. There are a precious few animated Christmas films worthy of annual viewing. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Merry Christmas Charlie Brown are two of them and Mickey’s Christmas Carol rounds out the trio.

Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)

Directed by Burny Mattinson and written by Burny Mattinson and Tony Marino

Starring Alan Young, Wayne Allwine, Hal Smith, Will Ryan, Eddie Carroll, Patricia Parris, Dick Billingsley

Ebenezer Scrooge, ghosts of Christmas past, present and future...

As far as Disney reissues go, they seem to be breaking that "Seven Years in the Vault" a bit as the last time Pete's Dragon hit DVD was a "Gold Collection" release in 2001, just over 8 years ago.

Now the film is back, sans the usual "Platinum" packaging with Pete's Dragon - The High-flying Edition, which arrived at retail last week.

The story of an orphan (Pete, played by Sean Marshall) and his invisible best friend, Elliott (a kind-hearted fire-breathing dragon), this 1977 film was nominated for two Academy Awards, numerous Saturns, and a Golden Globe. The duo finds themselves on the run from Pete's adoptive parents, landing in a coastal town where they take shelter in a lighthouse cared for by a young woman and her father. Pete and Elliott have a habit of creating mischief, and naturally a good-natured adventure ensues - but not without placing the titular dragon in...

Let’s pretend for a moment that somewhere inside the central office of the Disney Corporation, there is a vault. Out of this vault comes classic, beloved releases that have stood the test of time and will continue to register as childhood treasures. They come digitally remastered, packed with special features and commentaries. Now let’s imagine that next to this vault is a smaller more cumbersome cellar of sorts. It’s dark and damp and the floorboards creak when you step across them; now, browse the isles and remove director Don Chaffey’s pseudo-animated 1977 musical, Pete’s Dragon. I’d never heard of the film prior to having to review it, and now I know why. This is a slow moving, by the numbers, easily forgettable musical comedy, with the titular dragon having none of the staying power of prior and future Disney mascots.

The story of orphaned Pete...

Pete.s Dragon is from a period when the Disney Studios seemed to have lost its way. The film doesn.t seem to have the same magic as when Uncle Walt was in charge but it does have its charms. Pete (Sean Marshall) is an orphan .adopted,. with a bill of sale, into the vile Gogan family, Ma (Shelly Winters), Pa (Charles Tyner), and their dull sons (Gary Morgan and Jeff Conaway). The Gogans keep Pete as a slave, but Pete.s made a friend who gets him away from his servitude. His friend just happens to be an invisible dragon named Elliott (voiced by comedian Charlie Callas but animated by Don Bluth). Pete and his dragon set out on...

In this incarnation of our Videolog column (which began in 1982 with VHS and Betamax and later laserdisc), Starlog posts information usually (though not always) on Tuesdays regarding selected genre titles being released (or re-released) now on DVD and Blu-ray. Prices listed are Msrp, though the clickable links lead to Amazon where the savings is significant. Here’s what’s out this week:

DVD Releases for August 18, 2009

Icons Of Sci-fi: Toho Collection (Sony, $24.96): Toho, the most famous of all Japanese movie studios, struck box office gold with the kaiju eiga (monster movies) that began in 1954 with the original Godzilla (Gojira), the creation of director Ishiro Honda and special FX wizard Eiji Tsuburaya. Now for the first time on DVD—and in their original Tohoscope aspect ratios—Sony Pictures presents three Honda films made during Toho’s glory years. The H-man, Battle In Outer Space and Mothra are presented in both their Japanese and U.