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EJ Moreno

Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Blue Beetle movie finds its director

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Blue Beetle, the Latino DC superhero, is coming to the big screen with Angel Manuel Soto, the director behind Charm City Kings, signing on to direct a feature film adaptation of the comic for Warner Bros. and DC Films. Miss Bala writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer will pen the script, and Zev Foreman is executive producing. Angel Manuel […]

Focus Features acquires Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers

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Sundance darling The Sparks Brothers has found a home with Focus Features. The documentary received rave reviews from critics and audiences and will now see a wide release through the distribution company. The Sparks Brothers offer a look at siblings Ron and Russell Mael, the duo that makes up the enigmatic rock-pop duo known as […]

Nickelodeon & Mattel team for Monster High live-action movie and animated series

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The toy line filled with fierce and fabulous horror-inspired creatures will make their way to both big and small screens as Deadline reports that Monster High is set to be adapted into a live-action movie and an animated series.The animated Monster High series will follow the ghoulish girls –  Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura, and Frankie Stein […]

Frogger competition show heading to Peacock

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The popular video game Frogger is heading to the small screen, though not in the way you’d expect. In what is described as a “wild and whimsical” series, Peacock will bring Frogger to television. In a report from Variety, the NBCUniversal streamer will adapt the 80s video game into a competition series.Frogger is “an hour-long […]

Mortal Kombat reboot director discusses his take on Scorpion and Sub-Zero

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Following on from the impressive first trailer for Mortal Kombat, the film’s director Simon McQuoid has been chatting to IGN about his take on two of the most iconic characters in the video game franchise in Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada) and Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim).“We really wanted to be very true to his heritage and make it […]

The United States Vs. Billie Holiday: Pure Lee Daniels Insanity | Video Review

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The United States Vs. Billie Holiday, 2021.Directed by Lee Daniels. Starring Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Melvin Gregg, Natasha Lyonne, Leslie Jordan, Tyler James Williams, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Rob Morgan, Miss Lawrence, Evan Ross, and Tone Bell.If you enjoy the work of Lee Daniels, then you’ll love what he offers up in The United […]

Zack Snyder’s zombie action movie Army of the Dead gets May release date

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While Zack Snyder awaits his Justice League release this March, we are getting new information about his upcoming Netflix zombie movie as today we have learned that Snyder’s Army of the Dead will see its release on May 21st, 2021.The film is one part heist action movie, another part zombie thriller, and will see Snyder […]

Tom Hardy teams with director Gareth Evans for Netflix’s Havoc

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The Raid’s Gareth Evans is back with another new film, and he’s bringing along with Tom Hardy. Evans will write and direct Havoc, a crime thriller for Netflix. Tom Hardy will star, and he’ll produce alongside Ed Talfan and Aram Tertzakian.The Hollywood Reporter notes that in Havoc, we’ll see Hardy “play a bruised detective who, […]

Sasha Calle cast as Supergirl in the DCEU, will debut in The Flash movie

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A new actor is donning the Supergirl cape, and her name is Sasha Calle. Today, Deadline has reported that Calle has been cast as Supergirl for the live-action DCEU films. She’ll make her big screen debut in the Ezra Miller-led The Flash from It director Andy Muschietti.“I saw more than four hundred auditions. The US, […]