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Exclusive Interview – Director Brian A. Metcalf on Adverse starring Mickey Rourke

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Adverse is the latest film from Asian-American film maker Brian A Metcalf. This gritty LA crime thriller combines a slow burn narrative, with stripped back locations and an understated performance from Mickey Rourke. Simmering with powder keg intensity and primed to ignite, Adverse is propulsive indie fare well worth the investment. Writer, director, producer and […]

Marvel announces Star Wars: The High Republic – Trail of Shadows

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Marvel Comics has announced the upcoming launch of Star Wars: The High Republic – Trail of Shadows, a brand new limited series taking place in Lucasfilm’s High Republic era publishing initiative from the creative team of New York Times Bestselling author Daniel José Older and artist David Wachter. Star Wars: The High Republic – Trail […]

New poster and trailer for Chris Pratt action sci-fi The Tomorrow War

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Following yesterday’s character posters, Amazon has now unveiled a new trailer for the Chris Pratt-led sci-fi action film The Tomorrow War, which we have for you below along with a new one-sheet featuring Pratt and fellow recruits Yvonne Strahovski, Sam Richardson and Edwin Hodge… In The Tomorrow War, the world is stunned when a group […]

The CW passes on Black Lightning spinoff Painkiller

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The CW may be moving forward with Ava DuVernay’s Naomi adaptation, but the network has passed on another of its potential DC series, opting against a series order for the Black Lightning spinoff Painkiller. The potential spinoff aired as a backdoor pilot during the fourth and final season of Black Lightning, and would have saw […]

SpongeBob’s Sandy Cheeks set for spinoff movie

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Collider is reporting that SpongeBob SquarePants’ Southern squirrel friend Sandy Cheeks is set to headline her very own spinoff movie which is said to be a live-action/CG-animated hybrid feature. The site reports that Liza Johnson (Hateship Loveship, Elvis & Nixon) is set to direct the feature from a script by SpongeBob SquarePants regular Kaz and […]

Blumhouse’s Stephen King adaptation Firestarter begins production

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Blumhouse Productions has announced the start of principal photography on Firestarter, the new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic sci-fi thriller novel of the same name. Walking into the first day of production like…. #firestarter @jason_blum @ZacEfron @AkivaGoldsman @StephenKing @MichaelGreyeyes pic.twitter.com/bOtUWd4k56 — Blumhouse (@blumhouse) May 25, 2021 As with the novel, Firestarter revolves around a young […]

Red Sonja: Black, White, Red heats up with all-star creators

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Dynamite Entertainment has announced the creators who’ll be taking the reins for the second, third and fourth issues of the upcoming prestige anthology series Red Sonja: Black, White, Red. Check out the full press release along with covers to issue #2 here… Gail Simone marks her long-heralded return to Red Sonja, once more joined by […]

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds returns this June with animated movie

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The swashbuckling swordsman Dogtanian makes his return this summer, with Altitude announcing that the CG-animated Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds is set for release in UK and Irish cinemas in June. Check out a batch of images from the animated feature here… Based on the beloved 80s animated series and inspired by Alexandre Dumas’ classic […]

Comic Book Preview – My Little Pony/Transformers II #2

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IDW’s latest crossover My Little Pony/Transformers II continues this Wednesday, and the publisher has rolled out the official preview of issue #2, which we have for you here… The Seekers and the Wonderbolts have formed an uneasy alliance-can Starscream and Rainbow Dash work together to stop the evil attacking Cybertron?! Plus, Applejack and Wildwheel come […]