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Gary Collinson

Saved by the Bell revival explains Screech’s absence

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While Peacock’s Saved By the Bell reboot has brought back the majority of the old Bayside gang, including Jessie (Elizabeth Berkley), Slater (Mario Lopez), Zack (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Kelly (Tiffani Thiessen) and Lisa (Lark Voorhies), there’s been no sign of one of the show’s most famous characters – that of Screech, played by Dustin Diamond. Diamond’s […]

George Clooney on potential Batman return in The Flash movie: “They did not ask for my nipples”

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While Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen is set to encounter multiple Batmen on his journey through the DC multiverse in next year’s The Flash movieincluding both Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck’s incarnations of the Dark Knight, it seems – thankfully! – that we can rule out a return to the world of 1997’s Batman & Robin. […]

Marvel pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman with new Black Panther intro

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To mark what would have been the 44th birthday of Chadwick Boseman yesterday, Disney and Marvel have unveiled a new Marvel Studios logo intro for 2018’s Black Panther on Disney+, with the sequence paying tribute to the late actor by showcasing Boseman’s work as T’Challa in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Disney’s Bob Iger announced the […]

Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series adds 20 to its cast

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Amazon Studios has announced that it is filling out Middle-earth with the addition of twenty new cast members to its upcoming Amazon Original series based upon J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings. The new cast members include Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Maxim Baldry, Ian Blackburn, Kip Chapman, Anthony Crum, Maxine Cunliffe, Trystan Gravelle, Lenny […]

Ana de Armas joins Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in The Gray Man

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Deadline is reporting that Ana de Armas has signed on to star alongside her Blade Runner 2049 co-star Ryan Gosling and Knives Out co-star Chris Evans in The Gray Man, a big budget Netflix action thriller from Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo. Based on the 2009 novel by Mark Greaney, The Gray Man […]

The Witcher reportedly casts its Queen Meve for season 2

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According to a report from fan site Redanian Intelligence, Netflix’s The Witcher has cast Scottish actress Rebecca Hanssen (Enola Holmes, Lore) as Queen Meve of Lyria and Rivia for its upcoming second season. According to the site, Hanssen will portray the fan favourite character in multiple episodes of season two of the hit fantasy series. […]

Ahsoka Tano voice actress Ashley Eckstein reacts to the character’s live-action Star Wars debut

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Ahsoka Tano made her hotly-anticipated live-action Star Wars debut this past week with an appearance in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, and while Rosario Dawson’s portrayal of the fan-favourite former Jedi Padawan won plenty of plaudits, there still remains some disappointment that Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels voice actress Ashley Eckstein […]

Ray Fisher believes Joss Whedon’s exit from The Nevers is due to Justice League investigation

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Earlier this week it was announced that HBO has “parted ways” with Joss Whedon on The Nevers, an upcoming sci-fi series he’s created and co-written with his Buffy The Vampire Slayer colleagues Jane Espenson and Doug Petrie, which would have marked his first foray into TV since 2009’s Dollhouse. Whedon released a statement blaming exhaustion and the […]

Sasha Banks reveals how she was cast in The Mandalorian

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Sasha Banks swapped the Squared Circle for the Galaxy Far, Far Away earlier this month with her guest appearance in The Mandalorian, and now the WWE Superstar has revealed how she came to be cast in Disney’s live-action Star Wars series. “One day, for some reason, I was going through my Instagram DMs, which I […]