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Matt Reeves wanted to make The Batman a “Batman movie that could be different”

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Though Matt Reeves’ The Batman has currently suspended its production (and pushed its release date back to October 2021) it hasn’t stopped the director from speaking about the film and his enthusiasm in making a Batman film. Speaking with The Daily Beast, Reeves revealed one of his biggest motivations in making The Batman, which he had pitched to […]

Trailer for Netflix’s All Day and a Night starring Jeffrey Wright and Ashton Sanders

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Netflix has released the trailer for its upcoming drama All Day and a Night. Written and directed by Joe Robert Cole, a co-writer of Marvel’s Black Panther, the film stars Jeffrey Wright (Westworld) and Ashton Sanders (Moonlight). The film sees Sanders as a young man who gets sent to prison and reconnects with his incarcerated father, played […]

Star Wars: Road to the Siege of Mandalore

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Ricky Church looks at the key stories on the road to the Siege of Mandalore… Back in 2012, just after Disney bought Lucasfilm and began plans on the next trilogy in the Star Wars saga along with spin-offs, television series and comics, an unfortunate casualty of Disney’s purchase was Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The beloved series […]

Chris Pine to star as Simon Templar in The Saint reboot

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Variety reports that Paramount and director Dexter Fletcher (Rocketman) have found their lead actor to star as Simon Templar in The Saint. According to the trade, Chris Pine (Wonder Woman 1984) will star as Templar in the reboot. Pine’s Simon Templar, better known as The Saint, is described as “a Robin Hood-esque criminal and thief for […]

Colin Trevorrow shares winter setting for Jurassic World: Dominion with Isabella Sermon returning

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With film productions currently shutdown until the health crisis improves, it has forced director Colin Trevorrow to work on the next instalment of the Jurassic World franchise from home. Trevorrow recently shared a behind-the-scenes photo of Jurassic World: Dominion, which not only shows a new setting for the franchise but the return of another actor from the […]

New images from Christopher Nolan’s Tenet released

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Though several summer films have been pushed back either a few months or a full year, director Christopher Nolan’s next film Tenet is still currently set for its July theatrical release and Warner Bros. has now released a few images from the upcoming sci-fi film which include new looks at stars John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman), Robert Pattinson […]

Blu-ray Review – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 2019 Directed by J.J. Abrams. Starring Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, Dominic Monaghan, Greg Grunberg, Jimmy Vee, and Billy Dee Williams. SYNOPSIS: […]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 9 Review – ‘Old Friends Not Forgotten’

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Ricky Church reviews the ninth episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 7… After years of teases and anticipation, the Siege of Mandalore has begun and if ‘Old Friends Not Forgotten’ is any indication, this final arc of Star Wars: The Clone Wars is going to be something special not just for the series, but for […]

Brian Herbert praises Denis Villeneuve’s Dune adaptation

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This week’s first-look reveal of Denis Villeneuve’s star-studded adaptation of sci-fi author Frank Herbert’s Dune impressed many fans of the franchise. One person in particular who is very happy with what they have seen is Herbert’s son Brian Herbert, who has continued writing Dune novels based off his father’s notes. With the release of the images, […]

Myst TV series in development with X-Men: First Class writer

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A TV series adaptation of the video game Myst is in the works. Deadline reports Village Roadshow Entertainment has hired writer Ashley Edward Miller (X-Men: First Class) to develop the series. Myst follows “Atrus, a brilliant, if a bit naïve, grandson of Anna, a woman who triggers a world-shaping set of events when she discovers the D’ni […]