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Boba Fett to wage the War of the Bounty Hunters in new Star Wars event

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Having made his grand return to the galaxy far, far away in the second season of The Mandalorian, Boba Fett is now set to take centre stage in Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters, a new comic book event from writer Charles Soule (Star Wars: The High Republic) running from May through to October. […]

My Little Pony new animated movie skipping theaters and heading straight to Netflix

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Variety is reporting that Hasbro and Entertainment One’s new My Little Pony animated movie is set to skip its previously planned theatrical release and will instead debut on Netflix. First announced back in 2019, the latest feature outing for the Mane Six was originally slated to open in cinemas this September, with Paramount Pictures distributing. […]

HBO Max’s Gotham City PD series will cross over with The Batman

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Last summer it was announced that director Matt Reeves will expand the world of The Batman with an HBO Max spinoff series based around the Gotham City Police Department, and now the streamer’s chief content officer Casey Bloys has confirmed that the plan is to have characters cross over between the movie and TV show. […]

John Cena’s DC series Peacemaker to premiere on HBO Max in January 2022

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WWE Superstar John Cena is set to make his DC Extended Universe debut this August when he takes on the role of Peacemaker in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, and it seems that fans won’t have long to wait before we see the character back on the screen. As revealed by THR, the eight-episode small […]

Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 reportedly no longer shooting back-to-back

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Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures’ plan to shoot the seventh and eighth instalments of the Mission: Impossible franchise has been hit with scheduling conflicts due to star Tom Cruise’s promotional commitments to another upcoming sequel in Top Gun: Maverick. Despite production on Mission: Impossible 7 going on hold for several months due to the […]

Zack Snyder says Warner Bros. has “no interest and/or appetite” in a Justice League follow-up

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Warner Bros.’ parent company WarnerMedia may have pumped anywhere up to $70 million into completing The Snyder Cut of Justice League ahead of its premiere on HBO Max next month, but that doesn’t mean that the studio has backtracked on its decision to move the DC Extended Universe away from Zack Snyder’s vision. Last month […]

Detective Chinatown 3 topples Avengers: Endgame for biggest ever opening weekend from a single market

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The coronavirus pandemic may be strangling the life out of the theatrical industry across most of the world, but studios, distributors and exhibitors will be seeing a glimmer light at the end of the tunnel with the news that Detective Chinatown 3 has just smashed box office records in its opening weekend in China. The […]

Zack Snyder’s Justice League Trailer Discussion and Reaction | Flickering Myth Movie Chat

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We discuss the trailer for Zack Snyder’s Justice League… More than three years on from its intended release date, Zack Snyder fans got a brand new look at The Snyder Cut of Justice League yesterday with the arrival of the official trailer for the four-hour DC superhero epic ahead of its HBO Max premiere next […]

Rumour: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness to feature magical minotaur Rintrah

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There’s little doubt that we’ll be seeing some weird and wonderful sights as the Sorcerer Supreme ventures through the Multiverse of Madness in Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange sequel, and it seems one of those could be a magical alien minotaur! According to a report from The Direct, actor Adam Hugill (The Watch, 1917) has joined […]