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Quentin Tarantino finally confirms that Adam Sandler was originally set to star in Inglourious Basterds

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Quentin Tarantino is, without a doubt, a talented filmmaker known for casting some of the best in the business. Now, we have confirmation we almost got a Tarantino collab with The Sandman himself, Adam Sandler. While appearing on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast alongside Judd Apatow, the trio got into a conversation about Inglourious Basterds. […]

Nick Cutter’s The Deep adaptation heading to Amazon

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The deep-sea thriller from Nick Cutter, The Deep, is getting a small screen adaptation from Amazon. Deadline reports C. Henry Chaisson will pen the adaptation. Chaisson is best known for writing the Keri Russell-fronted horror film Antlers and M. Night Shyamalan’s Servant on Apple. He’s currently penning Diary of a Murderer, the English-language feature adaptation of Young-ha […]

The new Escape From New York movie won’t be a remake

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Radio Silence, the filmmaker group that includes Tyler Gillett, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, and Chad Villella, is set to direct a new Escape From New York. Thankfully for many fans, Entertainment Weekly has reported that the film wouldn’t be a remake. Radio Silence is adding to their ranks of “requels” (a term coined in their 2022 film […]

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse poster teases the various versions of Spidey

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We saw the explosive and high-energy debut trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; now we are diving more into all the Spideys featured. In the first-look poster of the upcoming new Sony Pictures animated film, there’s a more detailed look at the heroes and (possible antagonist) that Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy will come across. The […]

DC confirms Superman ’78 and Batman ’89 exist in same universe

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Did you know Tim Burton’s Batman and Richard Donner’s Superman took place on the same DC Earth? Well, now we have confirmation from DC Comics themselves. In Dark Crisis: Big Bang #1 by DC Comics, there was a brief blurb that put Michael Keaton’s Batman and Christopher Reeve’s Superman on Earth-789, meaning these two icons exist […]

Warner Bros. cuts Henry Cavill and Gal Gadot cameos from The Flash

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If you were hoping to see a Zack Snyder’s Justice League reunion between three of DC’s most popular characters, you are about to be disappointed. The Hollywood Reporter has broken a story saying that Henry Cavill and Gal Gadot’s cameos in Andy Muschietti’s The Flash, the upcoming film featuring the Ezra Miller version of the […]

Westworld creators turned down offer to do Season 5 with a smaller budget

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Westworld is another casualty in the game David Zaslav is playing at Warner Bros. Discovery, though it seems like it’s not all on Zaslav on why Westworld is ending as it looks like the masterminds behind the series opted out of making a fifth season for a lot cheaper. THR reports that showrunners Lisa Joy […]

Five Nights At Freddy’s movie casts Matthew Lillard, Josh Hutcherson and more

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For years, the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie has been in development. Now with the announcement of casting, it finally feels real. Deadline broke the story that Matthew Lillard and Josh Hutcherson would join the cast of the video game adaptation. While there’s no official confirmation, rumors say that Lillard will play William Afton, the […]

Watcher’s Chloe Okuno set to helm Fear Street 4 for Netflix

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After helming one of 2022’s best horror films, Chloe Okuno could join Netflix for their cult horror hits. Okuno, the filmmaker behind Watcher, is reportedly directing Fear Street 4 – the fourth installment in the film franchise that took over Netflix in 2021. Leigh Janiak directed and co-wrote the first three films, 1994, 1978, and […]