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Gary Collinson

HBO Max teams with Amblin for Rashomon-inspired TV series

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In December 2018 it was announced that Steven Spielberg’s Amblin was in development on a TV drama inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s classic 1950 film Rashomon, and now comes word that HBO Max has boarded the project. Billy Ray (Captain Phillips) and Virgil Williams (Mudbound) are scripting the drama, which will not be a direct adaptation of […]

Exclusive poster for sci-fi thriller Every Time I Die

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Ahead of its release next month through Lightbulb Film Distribution, we’ve got an exclusive poster for Every Time I Die, a sci-fi thriller from director Robi Michael and starring Drew Fonteiro (The Last Ship) and Marc Menchaca (Ozark). Check it out here, along with the trailer and official synopsis… After Sam (Drew Fonteiro) is murdered, […]

Avatar 2 has wrapped filming and Avatar 3 is “95%” done, says James Cameron

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Having resumed production in New Zealand back in June following the global production shutdown, director James Cameron has offered an update on the status of his Avatar sequels, with the filmmaker revealing that shooting on the first two follow-ups is now in its closing stages. “Covid hit us like it hit everybody… We lost about […]

Comic Book Preview – Justice League Annual #2

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DC Comics has shared a preview of Justice League Annual #2 ahead of its release tomorrow; check it out here… It’s a locked-room murder mystery in the Hall of Justice! Superman, an investigative journalist; Batman, the World’s Greatest Detective; the Flash; a CSI technician; Wonder Woman; a mystical detective for the Justice League Dark; and […]

Ryan Gosling teaming with David Leitch for stuntman drama

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Deadline is reporting that Ryan Gosling is teaming with director David Leitch (John Wick, Deadpool 2) for an as-yet-untitled stuntman drama which has just found a home at Universal Pictures. The film is being scripted by Drew Pearce, who previously wrote Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw for Leitch and Universal. Plot details are […]

Amazon adapting erotic drama podcast Dirty Diana starring Demi Moore

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Deadline is reporting that Amazon has snapped up the rights to the Demi Moore-led erotic drama podcast Dirty Diana for a TV series adaptation. Dirty Diana is created by Shana Feste (Run Sweetheart Run) and “explores how two partners can find their way back to each other through perseverance, connection, and sex.” Feste is set […]

The gentleman thief returns in teasers for CG-animated Lupin III: The First

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GKIDS has released two teasers for Lupin III: The First, the upcoming CG-animated anime feature from writer-director Takashi Yamazaki, which are available with both subtitles and English-language dub; check them out below along with the poster and official synopsis… The iconic “gentleman thief” Lupin III returns in an action-packed, continent-spanning adventure, as Lupin III and […]

Vampirella kicks off Year Two with new arc this November

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Dynamite Entertainment has announced that it will kick off Year Two of Christopher Priest’s run on Vampirella with a brand new story arc this November, ‘Interstellar’, which begins the pages of Vampirella #16. “The overwhelming reception to our 50th-anniversary launch prompted Dynamite to expand our take on America’s favorite space vampire,” said writer Christopher Priest. […]

Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Jurnee Smollett set for Netflix’s Spiderhead

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Back in February of last year it was announced that Tron: Legacy and Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski is set to direct Spiderhead for Netflix, and now we have word that Chris Hemsworth (Avengers: Endgame), Miles Teller (Whiplash) and Jurnee Smollett (Lovecraft Country) have signed on to star. As revealed by Deadline, Spiderhead takes place in […]