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The CW announces new season schedule and premiere dates

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Having pushed back its 2020-21 schedule to midseason due to the coronavirus pandemic, The CW has now officially unveiled its new schedule set to get underway this January.The month will see the return of DC show Batwoman (with Javicia Leslie taking over crimefighting duties from Ruby Rose), along with Riverdale, Nancy Drew, Legacies and Charmed, […]

Vampirella, Red Sonja and Dejah Thoris Cosplay covers for December 2020 unveiled

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Dynamite Entertainment has unveiled its Cosplay variant covers for the month of December, which includes the first issues of the new series Vampirella: The Dark Powers and Red Sonja: The Price of Blood, along with Vampirella #17, Dejah Thoris #11, Red Sonja #22, and Vengeance of Vampirella #13; take a look at the covers here…Welcome […]

R.I.P. Sean Connery (1930 – 2020)

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Legendary Scottish actor Sean Connery has passed away aged 90, his family has announced today. As reported by the BBC, the BAFTA and Oscar-winning screen icon died in his sleep while in the Bahamas, having been unwell for some time. No specific cause of death has been revealed. Born in Edinburgh in 1930, Connery worked […]

Matt Damon reteams with Steven Soderbergh for No Sudden Move

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Deadline is reporting that Matt Damon is set to reteam with his Ocean’s Eleven, Behind the Candelabra and The Informant director Steven Soderbergh for the filmmaker’s latest project, the crime thriller No Sudden Move.Scripted by Ed Solomon and Casey Silver (Mosaic), No Sudden Move follows “a group of small-time criminals who are hired to steal […]

Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway set for Mothers’ Instinct

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Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway are set to star in Mothers’ Instinct, director Olivier Masset-Depasse’s English-language remake of his 2018 Belgian psychological thriller Duelles.Based on Barbara Abel’s novel Derrière la Haine, Mothers’ Instinct will take place in the 1960s and sees Chastain and Hathaway as “best friends and neighbors who both live an idyllic traditional […]

Legendary developing TV adaptation of Chinese webcomic I’m a Killer Maid

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Variety is reporting that Legendary Entertainment has acquired the rights to Tencent Comics’ hugely popular Chinese webcomic I’m a Killer Maid and is in development on a TV series adaptation targeted at the international market.Described as “a Mary Poppins turned John Wick adventure with shades of Freaky Friday and Killing Eve“, the comic follows Bacai, […]

Ginger Snaps TV series in development from Killing Eve producer

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Early noughties cult horror franchise Ginger Snaps looks to be heading to the small screen, with Deadline reporting that Sid Gentle Films, the production company behind Killing Eve, is teaming with Copperheart Entertainment, producers of the original movie trilogy, for a TV adaptation.As per the trade, Ginger Snaps director and Orphan Black co-creator John Fawcett […]

Jennifer Lopez and Armie Hammer set for Shotgun Wedding

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The Wrap is reporting that Lionsgate has set Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers) and Armie Hammer (Rebecca) to star in Shotgun Wedding, an action comedy which is being directed by Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect).According to the trade, the film will see Lopez and Hammer as “a couple hosting a destination wedding with their lovable but opinionated families, […]

John Ridley to direct Project Poltergeist for Blumhouse

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Along with the news that Patrick Wilson is set to make his directorial debut with Insidious 5, yesterday’s virtual BlumFest event from Blumhouse Productions also brought word that Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Salve) is set to write and direct an adaptation of the recent Truly*Adventurous article, Project Poltergeist, written by Saleah Blancaflor.Project Poltergeist […]