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Leslie Odom Jr. and Cynthia Erivo time travel drama Needle in a Timestack gets a poster, images and synopsis

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Academy Award winning 12 Years a Slave scribe John Ridley graduates to the director’s chair for his forthcoming adaptation of Robert Silverberg’s short story Needle in a Timestack, and Lionsgate have released a poster, images and synopsis ahead of its October release. Starring Cynthia Erivo (Bad Times at the El Royale) Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton), […]

Get front row seats to the end of the world in the epic final trailer for Marvel’s Eternals

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The Disney marketing machine is in overdrive at the moment, with What If?… hitting their streaming service, Anthony Mackie penning a deal for Captain America 4, and the imminent arrival of Shang-Chi. However, there is very little preamble needed when it comes to a trailer as epic as the one Marvel Studios has just unveiled […]

Halloween Kills debuts “Unkillable” track from John Carpenter’s score

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Michael Myers was locked up for 40 years between the events of John Carpenter’s seminal slasher film and David Gordon Green’s 2018 retcon sequel, so you can imagine how frustrated Halloween‘s boogeyman must have been to get caught up in the pandemic delay. Fear not however, because on October 15th his wait is over when […]

Shang-Chi’s Simu Liu hits back at Disney CEO’s “experiment” comments

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As first reactions for Marvel’s Shang-Chi begin to hit social media, calling it “awesome” and the “perfect balance of fun, heart and action”, the film’s star Simu Liu has hit out at recent comments made by Disney’s CEO Bob Chapek, who called the the superhero blockbuster “an interesting experiment” when referring to the company’s decision […]

Hotel Transylvania 4 skipping cinemas and heading to Amazon for $100 million

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Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania franchise has scared $1.3 billion from the pockets of families around the world since the first film launched in 2012, but appears that the next chunk of change might have to be wire-transferred from Amazon Studios, because it’s being reported that Hotel Transylvania: Transformania is skipping a theatrical release altogether […]

Free Guy levels up with a $28.4 million opening weekend as The Suicide Squad plummets

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Going into the weekend a lot was riding on Ryan Reynolds videogame adventure comedy Free Guy, with many studios pushing back their late-summer tentpoles in the wake of a pandemic surge, and strong rumours that the performance of this Disney property would dictate the release strategy of Marvel’s forthcoming Shang-Chi and the Legend of the […]

Philéas Frog sets sail in the trailer for Around the World in 80 Days

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Just when you think you’ve had enough adaptations of Jules Verne’s 1873 classis novel Around the World in 80 Days, another one circumnavigates the globe to arrive in a cinema near you. This time it’s via France, courtesy of StudioCanal, who have released a trailer for their animated take on the classic exploration adventure, which […]

First look at Florence Pugh in Netflix’s psychological drama The Wonder

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Florence Pugh clearly learned nothing from her Midsommar jaunt, because she has once again found herself slap-bang in the heart of another small community with strange goings on for Sebastián Lelio’s The Wonder, and Netflix has just released this first still as filming gets underway in Ireland. An adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s novel, The Wonder is set […]