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Jenna Ortega to join Glen Powell in J.J. Abrams’ secret movie

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In today’s edition of Glenn Powell-related casting news it has been been revealed that Jenna Ortega (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) is being lined-up as his co-star in J.J. Abrams secretive comeback movie.  According to Deadline Ortega is in final talks to star in the untitled Warner Bros. movie, which will be J.J. Abrams first film since 2019’s […]

Video Review – Batman: Caped Crusader is a Saturday Morning Cartoon for Grown Ups

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EJ Moreno reviews Prime Video’s Batman: Caped Crusader… If you loved what we saw cooked up with X-Men ’97 and were an X-Men: The Animated Series fan, then OG fans of Batman: The Animated Series will love this new series. Batman: Caped Crusader takes the noir stylings of the classic ’90s series and gives them a […]

Batman: Caped Crusader gets a first trailer and poster ahead of Prime Video premiere

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Prime Video has released the first trailer for Batman: Caped Crusader, the hotly-anticipated animated series from Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series), Matt Reeves (The Batman) and J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), which promises to put a noir-infused new spin on the Batman mythology; check out the trailer and poster below… Welcome […]

J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek at 15: An Action-Centric Reboot with Surprising Heart & Depth

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15 years on from the release of the J.J. Abrams-directed reboot, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind 2009’s Star Trek… Star Trek is an IP that requires little introduction. The iconic 1960s television series created by Gene Roddenberry became a pop-culture phenomenon of unparalleled proportions transforming the likes of Williams Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest […]

David Robert Mitchell’s new film with Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway titled Flowervale Street

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After casting Ewan McGregor (Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi) and Anne Hathaway (Interstellar) in his new film, David Robert Mitchell’s new film has been given a title and release date. Flowervale Street will star McGregor and Hathaway in the lead roles in a film described as “a family adventure set in the 1980s involving dinosaurs.” No other […]

Ian McDiarmid defends Emperor Palpatine’s return in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Almost five years on and the decision to resurrect Emperor Palpatine as the ultimate ‘big bad’ for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker remains a controversial one, coming as it did as part of a hastily-cobbled together final chapter of not only the Disney Sequel Trilogy, but the entire ‘Skywalker Saga’. In the wake of the […]

James Gunn confirms J.J. Abrams-produced Superman movie is still happening

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DC Elseworlds will be a considerable part of the upcoming DC slate, and one of the most intriguing projects is still in development. Back in 2021, it was reported that J.J. Abrams and Ta-Nehisi Coates were teaming up for a Superman project, but it’s been some time since an update. Since that original announcement, DC […]

Paramount sets Star Trek prequel movie from Star Wars: Andor director

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As the warp speed continues to malfunction on Paramount’s attempts to bring a fourth installment of the Star Trek franchise to the big-screen, the studio has decided to set a course for a different direction by announcing a prequel-film. According to Deadline the studio has assigned the task of expanding their cinematic universe to Star […]