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Gary Collinson

Chloe Zhao wins the 2021 DGA Award for Nomadland

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The BAFTA Awards for Best Film and Best Director weren’t the only gongs that Nomadland and its director Chloe Zhao picked up this past weekend, as the filmmaker was also honoured with the DGA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film at the 2021 Directors Guild Awards. Chinese-born filmmaker Zhao is the first woman […]

Comic Book Preview – Locke & Key/The Sandman Universe: Hell & Gone #1

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IDW Publishing and DC Comics launches its crossover series Locke & Key/The Sandman Universe: Hell & Gone from Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez this Wednesday, and you can get a sneak peek at the first issue right here… If you think you can unlock the gates of Hell and just invite yourself in, you must […]

Comic Book Preview – Riverdale: The Ties That Bind

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Archie Comics releases Riverdale: The Ties That Bind, the publisher’s second original graphic novel tying into the world of The CW’s hit series Riverdale, this Wednesday, and we have the official preview for you here… Four interconnected stories trap each of our main characters in a unique high-stakes conflict over the course of a few […]

Powerpuff Girls set photos offers first look at live-action Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup

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With filming on Powerpuff now underway, a spy photo from the set of The CW’s live-action Powerpuff Girls series has made its way online giving us our first look at Dove Cameron (Descendants), Yana Perrault (Jagged Little Pill) and Chloe Bennet (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) as the now-adult superhero sisters Bubbles, Buttercup and Blossom. Chicos, os […]

John Logan to make directorial debut with Blumhouse horror Whistler Camp

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Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan is set to make his directorial debut with Whistler Camp, a new horror film from Blumhouse Productions. While specific details are being under wraps, the film is described as “a queer empowerment story set at a gay conversion camp.” Casting is underway, with Blumhouse’s Jason Blum producing alongside Michael Aguilar (Penny […]

Nomadland continues its march to the Oscars with British Academy Film Awards success

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It was another fruitful night for Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland at the British Academy Film Awards, with BAFTA honouring the awards favourite with Best Film, Best Director (Zhao), Leading Actress (Frances McDormand) and Best Cinematography. Other winners from this year’s awards include Promising Young Woman (Outstanding British Film, Original Screenplay), The Father (Leading Actor – Anthony […]

Dwayne Johnson announces start of production on DC’s Black Adam movie

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It’s been close to seven years since Dwayne Johnson was first cast in the role of the DC Comics villain / antihero Black Adam, and after numerous delays, The Rock has taken to Instagram to announce that cameras are finally rolling on the comic book movie.   View this post on Instagram   A post […]

Marvel announces Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters – Jabba the Hutt, headshot variant covers

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The hunt for Han Solo begins this May as Marvel Comics launches its new Star Wars crossover event Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters,  and the publisher has announced that the infamous Tatooine crime lord will be getting in on the act with the one-shot comic Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters – […]