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F9 revving up for a huge $150M overseas opening weekend

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F9 gets to speed out of the blocks in overseas territories this weekend, leaving the U.S. release stuck on the grid awaiting a July 25 greenlight, followed a few weeks later by the stalled U.K. getaway on July 8th. Experts are predicting that the latest entry in Universal’s phenomenally successful franchise will make the most […]

Alexandre Aja provides an update on the sequel to alligator hit Crawl

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While doing the rounds for his Netflix thriller Oxygen (read our ★★★★ review here), Alexandre Aja has been speaking about another of his projects, the alligator action hit Crawl, and providing an update on a potential sequel. Crawl made over $90M at the worldwide box-office off a $13.5M budget, so a follow-up was always likely, and […]

Warner Bros to remake Tony Scott vampire flick The Hunger

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Warner Bros. are moving ahead with their long-gestating remake of Tony Scott’s 1983 vampire film The Hunger, with True Blood writer Angela Robinson set to direct. According to Deadline, Robinson, who also helmed D.E.B.S. and has most recently worked on How to Get Away with Murder, will direct from a script by American Horror Story and […]

Universal releases trailer for Broadway adaptation Dear Evan Hansen

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Universal have released the trailer for Stephen Chbosky’s adaptation of the Broadway musical smash Dear Evan Hansen. Starring Ben Platt (Pitch Perfect), here reprising his Tony Award-winning titular role alongside a cast that features Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, and Amy Adams, Dear Evan Hansen is released in cinemas on September 24th, and you can check […]

Mike and Sully are back in first teaser trailer for Disney+’s Monsters at Work

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Twenty years after the scream factory first opened its multitude of doors to the world in Pixar’s 2001 animated blockbuster Monsters Inc., Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and James P. Sullivan (John Goodman) are back in the first look teaser for Disney+’s spin-off series Monsters at Work. Check it out here… “Monsters At Work” takes place […]

Movie Review – Army of the Dead (2021)

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Army of the Dead, 2021. Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring Dave Bautista, Ana de la Reguera, Omari Hardwick, Matthias Schweighöfer, Tig Notaro, Nora Arnezeder, Ella Purnell, Huma Qureshi, Raúl Castillo, Samantha Win, Theo Rossi, Richard Cetrone, Hiroyuki Sanada, Garret Dillahunt, Michael Cassidy, Lyon Beckwith, Sarah Minnich, Richard Cetrone, Athena Perample, Chelsea Edmundson, Lora Martinez-Cunningham, and […]

Marvel’s Secret Invasion Disney+ series has found its directors

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Marvel’s Secret Invasion hasn’t been too covert of late, what with the news that Olivia Colman and Emilia Clarke have joined Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn and Kingsley Ben-Adir in the eagerly-anticipated Disney+ series. Well now we also know who’ll be directing the series, with THR exclusively revealing that Thomas Bezucha and Ali Selim have […]

Oscar Isaac revenge thriller The Card Counter sets September release date

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One of many films caught up in the fallout from the global pandemic was Paul Schrader’s latest offering The Card Counter, which saw its production halted for months as the industry adjusted to new working practices. Now that Hollywood is starting to come-to-life Focus Features has set an Autumn date for the revenge thriller and […]

Venom: Let There Be Carnage unleashes an international poster

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Sony Pictures unleased that bonkers first trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage earlier in the week, and now we’ve got a look at some of the overseas marketing with the release of an international poster for the September 24th sequel. Venom: Let There Be Carnage will see Tom Hardy once again reprise his role as Eddie […]

Jeff Fowler confirms that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has wrapped filming

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At a speed befitting of the spikey blue hedgehog himself, director Jeff Fowler has confirmed that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has wrapped filming in Vancouver. It only feels like five minutes ago that Sonic the Hedgehog was collecting all of the gold rings as one of the last pre-pandemic blockbusters, making $319M globally just as […]