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The Odyssey topples The Dark Knight Rises to become Christopher Nolan’s highest-grossing movie at the box office

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The box office is on fire this summer, and while Spider-Man: Brand New Day is leading the charge with $1.67 billion globally coming out of its second weekend, Christopher Nolan is also celebrating a landmark this morning with his epic The Odyssey pushing its global haul to $1.105 billion, giving the acclaimed filmmaker the highest-grossing […]

New Leprechaun reboot in the works at Lionsgate

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Having failed to get its planned reboot from director Felipe Vargas (Hive) off the ground in recent years, Lionsgate is taking another shot at relaunching the cult horror-comedy franchise Leprechaun. The as-yet-untitled reboot is being produced by Saw franchise producer Oren Koules and his son Miles Koules through their Koulest Productions banner, with Saw regulars […]

Joe Dirt animated sequel series in development at Fox

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As the cult comedy celebrates its 25th anniversary, Deadline is reporting that David Spade looks set to reprise the title role from 2001’s Joe Dirt once more, lending his voice to an animated sequel series in development at Fox. The logline for the series reads: “It’s now 25 years later, and Joe Dirt (Spade) keeps […]

Comic Book Preview – Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre Presents: Roar of the Worlds #1

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The King of the Monsters takes on H.G. Wells this week with the release of Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre Presents: Roar of the Worlds #1, and you can get yourself a sneak peek at the issue with the official preview below… The explosive literary mashup series continues — Godzilla is taking on the classics one story […]

The Mummy 4 sets more returning cast and new additions

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As directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett gear up for production on the film, we’re starting to get word on the supporting cast set to feature alongside the returning trio of Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz and John Hannah in the fourth instalment of Universal Pictures’ action-adventure franchise The Mummy. As reported by Deadline, Michael Johnston […]

Don’t fall asleep with the trailer for Shudder’s supernatural nightmare Parasomnia

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Shudder has unveiled a trailer for the supernatural horror Parasomnia, which marks the feature debut of Gotham Award-winner James Ross II (Don’t Blink) and features a cast that includes Jasmine Mathews, RJ Brown, Sally Stewart, Stephen Barrington, Danny Brown, and Simon Longnight; watch it below… PARASOMNIA follows Riley, a young woman tormented by night terrors and […]

Comic Book Preview – Gargoyles #1

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Dynamite Entertainment launches a new volume of Disney’s Gargoyles this Wednesday, and you can get yourself a sneak peek at the first issue with the official preview below… ALL-NEW STORIES BY SERIES CREATOR GREG WEISMAN AND RISING STAR ARTIST GERARDO GAMBONE! THE STARS OF THE SENSATIONAL ANIMATED TV SERIES RETURN WITH NEW, IN-CONTINUITY ADVENTURES! One […]

The Legend of Zelda movie fills out its cast with Uli Latukefu, Yvonne Strahovski, Dichen Lachman, Lydia Peckham and Sam Neill

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With Illumination’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie banishing the ghost of its infamous 1993 predecessor, Nintendo seems to have got over its aversion to adaptations of its IP, the video game giant unlocking its vault and wasting little time in bringing the second brightest jewel in its crown to life by teaming with Sony’s Columbia […]

Batman and Harley Quinn DC Multiverse Gold Label figures launch pre-orders from McFarlane Toys

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Launching pre-orders alongside the newly-revealed trio of Deluxe Theatrical Edition figures for Gary Oldman’s Commissioner Gordon, Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman and Robert Pattinson’s Batman, McFarlane Toys has also unveiled two Gamestop exclusive DC Mutliverse Gold Label figures for Ben Affleck’s Batman (Justice League) and Harley Quinn; check out the official promo images and details for the […]