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EJ Moreno

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 […]

Darren Aronofsky wanted Joaquin Phoenix to play Batman in his Year One adaptation

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Many remember the long gap between Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin and Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, but few recall that Darren Aronofsky was once attached to helm a Batman film. Yes, the Black Swan and mother! director planned an adaptation of Frank Miller’s iconic Batman: Year One. When speaking with Empire Magazine, Aronofsky opened up […]

San Diego Comic-Con International has been cancelled

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It was only a matter of time before one of the most significant yearly events in pop culture fell to the on-going global health crisis. The 2020 San Diego Comic-Con, the largest fan convention in North America, is now cancelled. The event that sees more than 130,000 participants each year was scheduled to be held […]

New images from Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story include Rita Moreno

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Steven Spielberg’s next cinematic task is updating West Side Story for a modern audience, and by the looks of these news photos, it looks like he’s achieving the impossible. One of the film’s stars, Ariana DeBose, took to her Instagram to share some new photos from the upcoming movie. In these photos from People en […]

Disney+’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story spinoff adds Stellan Skarsgard and Kyle Soller

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Variety reports that Stellan Skarsgard (Chernobyl) and Kyle Soller (Brexit) will join the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story spinoff series at Disney+. The still-untitled series based on Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor is adding Skarsgard and Soller as as-yet-undisclosed characters; the two actors will join Luna and Alan Tuyduk as they reprise their roles […]

Bruce Campbell wants to join the Multiverse of Madness in Doctor Strange 2

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Never too far from a cameo in a Sam Raimi film, Bruce Campbell has made his intentions known that he wants in on Marvel’s Doctor Strange sequel. Only a few hours after news broke that Raimi is officially working on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the Evil Dead star took to Twitter to […]

Guardians of the Galaxy’s Michael Rooker rules out Yondu return, but open to new role in the MCU

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Even with the memorable death of his character Yondu in Vol. 2, it seems that Michael Rooker hasn’t ruled out the chance of returning to the James Gunn-directed Guardians of the Galaxy film series. During a recent interview with Michael Rosenbaum, Michael Rooker went on to explain that the door is closed to play Yondu […]

Tom Hardy is Al Capone in first trailer for Josh Trank’s crime drama

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Filmmaker Josh Trank has taken to his Twitter account to drop some major news about his upcoming Al Capone movie starring Tom Hardy in the titular role as the notorious mob boss. The crime drama, once called Fonzo, is now titled Capone and is set for a streaming debut this May. This biographical drama will […]