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Mike Tyson and a CGI Bruce Lee to appear alongside Donnie Yen in Ip Man 3

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With principal photography getting underway on Ip Man 3, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has signed on to appear alongside Donnie Yen in the cast of the film, while Bruce Lee is also set to make an appearance, with the film’s producers employing CGI technology to create a […]

Legendary announces Pacific Rim: Tales From the Drift miniseries

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Legendary Comics is set to release a new four-issue Pacific Rim miniseries entitled Pacific Rim: Tales From the Drift, which will be based on a story from screenwriter Travis Beacham, with Joshua Hale Fialkov (The Bunker) writing and Marcos Marz (Batman Confidential) providing the artwork. Here’s the official synopsis: Following the best-selling graphic novel Pacific […]

Marvel announces new Secret Wars series Hail Hydra

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Peace through strength! Honor through obedience! Continuance through conformity! Marvel Comics has announced its latest Secret Wars tie-in, with Rick Remender and Roland Boschi set to deliver a strong, better, superior Hydra this July with Hail Hydra. “This is what we’ve seen in All-New Captain America taken to its logical but exponential conclusion,” says writer […]

Wes Craven and Steve Niles teaming up for The Disciples TV series

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Horror maestros Wes Craven (Scream) and Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) are joining forces for a TV adaptation of Black Mask’s upcoming comic book series The Disciples, which is being produced by Universal Cable Productions. Created by Niles and Christopher Mitten (Umbral), The Disciples has been described as “True Detective in space” and is […]

Ben Mendelsohn wanted for Star Wars: Rogue One

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According to Deadline, Ben Mendelsohn (The Dark Knight Rises, Starred Up) is wanted for a lead role in Star Wars: Rogue One, the upcoming spin-off movie from Disney and Lucasfilm. Given the secrecy surrounding all things Star Wars, there’s no detail on a potential character for Mendelsohn, but should he sign on for the project […]

Steven Spielberg to direct Ready Player One

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Deadline has revealed that Warner Bros.’ adaptation of Ernest Cline’s cult favourite sci-fi book Ready Player One has found a director, with Steven Spielberg signing on to helm the project for the studio. It will mark Spielberg’s first movie for Warner Bros. since 2001’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence, and will go into production once the director […]

Lana Condor to play Jubilee in X-Men: Apocalypse

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It looks like we can add another mutant to the ever-expanding roster of X-Men: Apocalypse, with Bryan Singer taking to Instagram to reveal that newcomer Lana Condor will play the character Jubilation Lee, a.k.a. Jubilee… Jubilee has previously made cameo appearances in the original three X-Men movies, with Katrina Florece portraying her in X-Men and […]

Joseph Gilgun cast as Cassidy in AMC’s Preacher

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British actor Joseph Gilgun (This Is England, Misfits) has joined the cast of AMC’s Preacher pilot, where he’ll play the role of Irish vampire Proinsias Cassidy. Deadline describes his character as “the most wild-ass, bestest “bro” you’d ever want to meet. He may be 100 years dead but no one’s more boisterously alive than Proinsias Cassidy. […]

Home defeats The Divergent Series: Insurgent at the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 20th March to Sunday 22nd March 2015… DreamWorks Animation’s Home fended off competition from YA sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent to take top spot at the UK box office this past weekend with a hefty £6,025,917 opening, although that did include £3.4 million […]