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Gary Collinson

Shane Meadows’ The Gallows Pole announces its cast

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This Is England director Shane Meadows is set to reunite with actors Michael Socha and Thomas Turgoose on The Gallows Pole, a historical drama series based upon the novel of the same name by Benjamin Myers. Socha and Turgoose will star alongside a cast that includes George MacKay (1917), Tom Burke (Mank), Sophie McShera (Cinderella), […]

Benedict Cumberbatch praises Marvel directors Jon Watts and Sam Raimi

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Following his starring turn in the fourth episode of Marvel’s What If…? [read our review here], fans of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange are in for a double dose of big screen Sorcerer Supreme in the coming months with appearances in both Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Having just […]

David Tennant set for Jekyll & Hyde conspiracy thriller Hide

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Deadline is reporting that David Tennant is set to headline Hide, a new Jekyll & Hyde thriller series in development at streaming service Peacock, which he’ll also executive produce with his wife Georgia Tennant, showrunners Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters (Agent Carter), and director Julie Anne Robinson (Bridgerton). Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures – The Monster of Temple Peak #2

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Ahead of its release tomorrow, we have the official preview of Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures – The Monster of Temple Peak #2, which you can find below courtesy of IDW Publishing… Follow former Jedi turned saber-for-hire monster hunter Ty Yorrick in this adventure-packed High Republic miniseries by Cavan Scott and Rachael Stott! Ty […]

Teddy Ruxpin returning for movie and animated series

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, 80s animatronic bear Teddy Ruxpin is set for a return to the screen, with DJ2 Entertainment acquiring the rights to the IP with plans for both a movie and new animated television series. DJ2 – the company behind the video game adaptation Sonic the Hedgehog – are currently meeting with […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Trek: Year Five #24

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The Five Year Mission comes to an end this week as IDW Publishing releases Star Trek: Year Five #24; check out a sneak peek preview of the issue here… Their journey has taken them to the edge of the known universe and beyond. They’ve faced down impossible odds, conquered incredible enemies, and now, here in […]

Hayley Atwell is Lara Croft in Netflix’s Tomb Raider anime series

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Captain America and Agent Carter star Hayley Atwell is set to lend her voice to the iconic video game character Lara Croft in Netflix’s upcoming anime series adaptation of Tomb Raider. As per Deadline, the animated series from Netflix and Legendary takes place after the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy, taking place some 25 years after […]

Dan Harmon’s Krapopolis announces its voice cast

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FOX has announced the voice cast for Krapopolis, the new adult animated comedy series from Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon and showrunner Jordan Young (Bojack Horseman). Krapopolis takes place in Ancient Greece and follows a flawed family of humans, gods and monsters as they try to run one of the world’s first cities without […]

Juno Temple joins Doug Liman’s Everest movie

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Ted Lasso star Juno Temple has signed on to portray Ruth Mallory, the wife of Ewan McGregor’s George Mallory, in Everest, an adventure thriller from director Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow). The official synopsis for the film reads: 1921. Everest remains the very last great unconquered challenge on earth. Many have sacrificed their sanity and […]