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First images of Angelina Jolie in Taylor Sheridan’s Those Who Wish Me Dead

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Following his work as a writer with Sicario and Hell or Highwater, and then director on Wind River, Taylor Sheridan films have quickly moved into the category of must-see, and now Entertainment Weekly have stoked the fires of anticipation for his next film, Those Who Wish Me Dead, by releasing some first look images of […]

2021 SAG Awards sees big wins for Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, and The Trial of the Chicago 7

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It was a huge win for diversity at the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night, with the late great Chadwick Boseman winning Best Leading Male for his performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a feat matched by his co-star Viola Davis, who took home female actor for her role in the Netflix […]

Godzilla vs. Kong hits $285 million worldwide following $48.5 million U.S. opening weekend

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Nobody appears to have told Godzilla or King Kong that there’s an ongoing global pandemic which has stalled the moviegoing business for over a year, because the two warring giants have stomped all over box-office predictions to generate receipts totaling $285 million since Godzilla vs. Kong opened 12 days ago. This total includes an impressive […]

Jamie Lee Curtis explains why the Thrombey family won’t be in Netflix’s Knives Out sequels

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Like Benoit Blanc cracking a huge case, the news broke last week that Netflix had teamed with Rian Johnson and a Thrombey Estate’s worth of cash to develop two sequels to 2019’s box-office smash Knives Out. Now the matriarch of that duplicitous family, Lynda Drysdale, aka Jamie Lee Curtis, has posted an entertaining statement on […]

John Woo to produce Stan Lee-created Monkey King Chinese superhero movie

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Legendary action director John Woo is set to produce a Chinese superhero movie based on an unpublished story created by the late Stan Lee. According to THR, the film will be an adaptation of Monkey Master, an unreleased comic book series which Lee created alongside his longtime collaborator Sharad Devarajan in 2016, and which tells […]

Godzilla vs. Kong roars its way to the biggest pandemic-era opening day at the U.S. box office

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Warner Bros. and Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong opened on Wednesday in the U.S. and set about conquering cities across North America with a pandemic-era single-day record of $9.6 million. The numbers reflect the fact that the Adam Wingard directed monster-mash is opening in more theatres than any other movie during the pandemic, and it’s about […]

Oscar-winning animation studio LAIKA moving into live-action movies with Seventeen

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The Academy Award-winning animation studio LAIKA, the stop-motion geniuses behind Coraline, Paranorman, The Boxtrolls, Missing Link, and animated all-timer Kubo and the Two Strings, have announced their intention to move into live-action filmmaking with an adaptation of upcoming novel Seventeen. The novel, the first from screenwriter John Brownlow (Sylvia, Fleming), will be published sometime in […]

Ahmed Best says Jar Jar Binks will not be making an appearance in Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi

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There was much excitement when Disney announced the cast for the upcoming Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi series last week, adding new faces and confirming the prequel reunion of Ewan McGregor’s Jedi Knight and his former Padawan learner Anakin Skywalker, aka Hayden Christensen. However, there is one member of the old Phantom Menace crew who definitely […]

Joe Manganiello supports #RestoreTheSnyderVerse campaign with new Deathstroke photo

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If you thought the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League might be the punctuation to the long drawn out saga of getting his vision to the masses, then think again. Deathstroke actor Joe Manganiello has thrown his weight behind the “#RestoreTheSnyderVerse” campaign by tweeting the hashtag along with a never-before-seen look at his character. #RestoreTheSnyderVerse […]