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Four join HBO’s Westworld

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Following on from the first batch of images from HBO’s Westworld remake, news has been announced about new cast members who are joining the Jonathan Nolan-produced show. Mirando Otto (The Lord of the Rings) has recently departed the show after filming the pilot and is to be replaced by The Duke of Burgundy star Sidse […]

Watch HitRecord on TV’s Sidekicks featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anne Hathaway

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A few years on from their brush with the Caped Crusader, The Dark Knight Rises stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anne Hathaway have teamed up again as part of Gordon-Levitt’s Hit Record on TV for the parody short Sidekicks. The second episode of the new sketch show, which features Gordon-Levitt and Hathaway alongside the BriTANick crew […]

Minions enjoys massive $115.2 million US opening; global total already at $395.7 million

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A new number one entered the US box office chart this weekend with those loveable yellow Minions slaying everything in their path to sit atop the charts with a massive opening. The prequel to Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2, Minions took an estimated $115.2 million in its opening weekend, the second-highest of all time […]

SDCC: Marc Webb talks Spider-Man, director “sad to surrender” franchise

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MTV caught up with director Marc Webb this week at Comic-Con to talk about his upcoming directing duties on new TV show Limitless, but couldn’t resist asking him about Spider-Man and his views on the franchise now moving in a different direction. With the web-slinger now firmly in the mix with the Marvel Cinematic Universe […]

SDCC: The Big Bang Theory to go “ghostbusting”, creators silent on season 8 cliffhangers

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Television’s biggest comedy, The Big Bang Theory, returned to Comic-Con today with another hilarious panel, which had surprise guest Mayim Bialik (Amy) and Kunal Nayyar (Raj) in attendance, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Set to start its ninth season in the fall, the show ended Season 8 with a few big cliffhangers, including Amy and Sheldon’s […]

Minions races past $200 million internationally, set for $110 million US opening

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Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s smash-hit film Minions has already raced past a milestone today at the international box-office ahead of its US opening this weekend, reports Variety. In the US, the hit animated prequel took in around $6.2 million in Thursday night previews – the highest ever preview total for an animated film. If […]

SDCC: Halle Berry keen for a Storm spin-off X-Men film

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With 20th Century Fox’s big panel coming up over the weekend – where we may see our first glimpses of Bryan Singer’s upcoming X-Men sequel, X-Men: Apocalypse – former X-Woman Halle Berry said that she would love to reprise her role as Storm, perhaps in her own film. Speaking at her SDCC panel for CBS […]

SDCC: William Shatner talks Star Trek 3 rumours

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At a panel at SDCC, William Shatner was asked by an audience member about the rumours that he is set to share the screen with young Captain Kirk, played by Chris Pine, in the new film Star Trek Beyond, which is set for release next summer. Word on his potential cameo had surfaced as early […]

Greenlight for Ben Affleck’s Live By Night, set for fall shoot

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Variety is reporting that Ben Affleck’s long-awaited return to the director’s chair is now moving forward, with news that Live by Night has been given the green-light by Warner Bros. Affleck, who is to appear at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend for the Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice panel, is set to star and […]