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EJ Moreno

Halloween Kills writer calls the sequel “bigger, badder and meaner”

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With its scheduled October 16th release creeping ever closer, the hype for the upcoming sequel to 2018’s Halloween is increasing. Recently, Michael Myers actor James Jude Courtney spoke about how the Halloween Kills will “pump up the volume” on the 2018 reboot, calling it “Halloween on speed”, and now writer Scott Teems has echoed that sentiment […]

The Hunger Games prequel moving forward at Lionsgate

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The Hunger Games is making its return to the cinema, just five years since the last film entry, this time with a prequel set 64 years before the first film and focusing on Coriolanus Snow, originally played by Donald Sutherland. Series filmmaker Francis Lawrence is returning to helm the Lionsgate project, which is based on […]

Netflix nabs rights to Enola Holmes starring Millie Bobby Brown

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Millie Bobby Brown is staying at home with Netflix, as her next film will now hit the streamer. Announced early this week, Legendary Entertainment’s Enola Holmes will see its global release (excluding China) on the streaming service. The Stranger Things star will take on the role of Enola Holmes, the younger sister of Sherlock Holmes, […]

WarnerMedia’s streaming service HBO Max sets launch date

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WarnerMedia has finally announced its highly anticipated streaming platform HBO Max will officially launch on May 27th, 2020. On top of that, the streamer dropped its slate of premium Max Originals that will be available to viewers on day one. The subscription-based streaming service, with nearly 10,000 hours of content at launch, is priced at […]

Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae’s The Lovebirds gets new trailer and release date from Netflix

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A long delay won’t keep The Lovebirds from seeing the light of day. Netflix recently acquired the film starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae from Paramount Pictures and plans to release director Michael Showalter film next month. The romantic comedy initially set to hit theaters on April 3rd, is now coming to the streamer on […]

Warner Bros. shifts release dates for The Batman, The Flash and Shazam! 2

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Following the path of many film studios, Warner Bros. and DC Films are shifting some of their release dates around due to the ongoing global health crisis. The Batman starring Robert Pattinson and directed by Matt Reeves was originally slated for release on June 25th 2021, but will now launch on October 1st 2021. The […]

Netflix releases first trailer for new Ryan Murphy series Hollywood

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“What if you could rewrite the story?” That’s the central theme of Netflix’s Hollywood, and with the trailer just releasing, we have finally got our first look at Ryan Murphy and company’s rewritten Hollywood history. Hollywood, which co-creator Ryan Murphy has described as a “love letter to the Golden Age of Tinseltown,” will see its […]

The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers says the scale of his Viking epic The Northman is “massive”

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Just a week away from starting principal photography, Robert Eggers’ new Viking epic The Northman halted most of its production, with The Witch and The Lighthouse director explaining to Film Independent Coffee Talk that his cast and crew were assembling in Belfast and just about ready to go when the shutdown began. “There’s a very […]

Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop series will “deepen” the anime

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The upcoming Netflix live-action Cowboy Bebop series is off to a rough start in terms of production. After halting filming in October due to a severe knee injury to series lead John Cho, the team was gearing up to resume when the global health pandemic stalled things again. However, executive producer Jeff Pinkner is still […]