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James Mangold talks about his Force origins Star Wars movie Dawn of the Jedi

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James Mangold is currently doing the rounds promoting his franchise-ending duties with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, so naturally questions have turned towards another Lucasfilm IP with which he has been entrusted – Star Wars.  Back in April at the Star Wars Celebration in London, it was announced that Mangold, who for a […]

Blue Beetle promo teases DC’s latest origin story

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With The Flash (read our review ★★ here) racing into cinemas worldwide today, Warner Bros. and DC Studios are wasting no time in promoting their next blockbuster in the shape of Blue Beetle, and they’ve dropped a new promo that teases the origin story for Jamie Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) titular superhero. Making up the cast […]

Aardman announces when Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget will fly onto Netflix

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Aardman Animation have used the Annecy International Animation Film Festival to present the first footage from their 23-years in the making sequel Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, and also announced when the feathery follow-up will be available to stream on Netflix.  Aardman founder Peter Lord and director Sam Fell took the stage as part […]

Patrick Wilson undergoes terrifying CT scan in Insidious: The Red Door promo

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Sony Pictures has released another peek behind the red door into The Further with a new TV spot for the final installment of the $500 million grossing horror franchise Insidious: The Red Door.  The original cast return with Patrick Wilson (who is also making his directorial debut), Ty Simpkins, Rose Byrne, and Andrew Astor. Insidious: […]

John Boyega, Teyonah Parris and Jamie Foxx get caught up in a crazy conspiracy in the They Cloned Tyrone trailer

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Netflix has dropped a brand new trailer for their crime conspiracy caper They Cloned Tyrone, which stars John Boyega, Teyonah Parris and Jamie Foxx as Slick Charles, Fontaine and Yo-Yo, an unlikely gang thrust into the middle of a genre-hopping government mystery. Directed by Juel Taylor, who co-wrote the film alongside Tony Rettenmaier, They Cloned Tyrone […]

Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell and more feature on Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One character posters

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to set aside your dismay at this tired introduction to a piece of Mission: Impossible news and feast your eyes on the character posters dropped by Paramount Pictures for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Featuring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, Hayley Atwell as Grace, […]

Yellowjackets star Sophie Thatcher to headline sci-fi thriller Companion

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Currently riding high off the sophomore season of small-screen smash Yellowjackets and box-office success of The Boogeyman, Sophie Thatcher is in talks to join sci-fi thriller Companion.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, Thatcher, arguably the MVP of Showtime’s hit-series, will headline Companion, which comes from the team behind 2022’s standout horror Barbarian.  Also in talks […]

Spider-Man holds strong, but Transformers Rises to the top of the box office

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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts won a hard fought battle with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse over the weekend, outperforming expectations with a $60.5 million opening.  Paramount/Skydance/Hasbro’s relaunch of the robots in disguise landed with $170.5 million worldwide, with an impressive $40 million of that coming from China. While it was a positional victory for Rise of […]

Richard Ayoade introduces us to beasts and vegetables in the Fable trailer

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Xbox has used their Games Showcase to release the teaser for the first installment of their choose-your-own way RPG series Fable for 13 years.  Introduced by Richard Ayoade’s Dave, a vegetable enthusiast who believes that the age of the hero is over, the teaser takes us back to the world of Albion, where players can […]