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J. Michael Straczynski rebooting Babylon 5 for The CW

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Original series creator J. Michael Straczynski is teaming with Warner Bros. Television and The CW for a “from-the-ground-up reboot” of his classic 1990s sci-fi series Babylon 5. As reported by Deadline, the reboot will follow John Sheridan, ” an Earthforce officer with a mysterious background, who is assigned to Babylon 5, a five-mile-long space station […]

Icelandic action comedy Cop Secret gets a poster and trailer

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Ahead of its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, distributor alief has shared a poster and trailer for Cop Secret, an Icelandic action comedy from director Hannes Þór Halldórsson which follows a tough super-cop in denial about his sexuality, who falls in love with his new partner while investigating a string of bank […]

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett gets a poster, premiere date and synopsis

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The Mandalorian is taking a break this year, but fear not Star Wars fans as Disney+ is still set to take us to the galaxy far, far away with the spinoff series Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett, and today has brought us a poster and synopsis for the show, along with a premiere […]

Marvel’s Eternals boasts an epic running time

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With the film spanning millennia and introducing an entirely new cast of characters into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it will come as little surprise that Marvel Studios’ Eternals isn’t going down the Venom: Let There Be Carnage route with a swift a 90-minute running time. In fact, if a listing from Russian film distribution site […]

New poster for John Ridley’s Needle in a Timestack

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Lionsgate has released a new poster for director John Ridley’s time-travelling romantic drama Needle in a Timestack starring Leslie Odom, Jr. (Murder on the Orient Express), Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), Cynthia Erivo (Widows) and Orlando Bloom (The Lord of the Rings). If love is in the form of a circle, what lines would you cross […]

Found footage horror V/H/S/94 unleashes creepy gallery of images

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Ahead of the film’s debut next week, Shudder has released a creepy gallery of images from V/H/S/94, the latest chapter of the found footage horror anthology series; check them out below, then read our review here… V/H/S/94 is the fourth installment in the hit horror anthology franchise and marks the return of the infamous found […]

Watch an exclusive clip from Crazy About You featuring John Cleese and Angus McLaren

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Coinciding with its digital release today, we’ve got an exclusive clip from Crazy About You, a new comedy from Saban Films and starring Angus McLaren, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Megan Smart and John Cleese; check it out below… Jake is dumped, fired, and humiliated. To win back his ex, he embarks on a hilariously wild charity […]

Brad Pitt and George Clooney team with Spider-Man director Jon Watts for new thriller

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The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that buddies Brad Pitt and George Clooney are set to reunite on a new thriller from Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts, with the package currently the subject of a hotly-contested bidding war around Hollywood. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but THR’s sources suggest that the movie will see […]

Comic Book Preview – Transformers: Halloween Special 2021

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IDW releases the spooky one-shot Transformers: Halloween Special this Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview here… Whispers of a disembodied spark howling alone in the desert are floating around Cybertron. Whispers of Starscream’s loyalty to Megatron’s cause are also floating around. Frustrated and needing some space to clear his head, Starscream visits […]