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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 to direct […]

Hot Wheels movie revving its engines as screenwriters sign on

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Over a year and a half on from the news that Mattel and Warner Bros. would be teaming for a Hot Wheels movie, we now have some movement on the planned feature film adaptation of the iconic toy brand.As reported by THR, up-and-coming screenwriters Neil Widener and Gavin James have signed on to script the […]

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 his […]

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. “Shifting […]

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 a […]

Marvel and Fortnite collide on Avengers #37 wraparound variant

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With an epic crossover currently taking place on Fortnite, Marvel has announced that it is celebrating the team-up with a series of variant covers across some of its most popular titles, and the publisher has now unveiled a look at Mark Brooks’ cover for Avengers #37 which sees the worlds of Marvel and Fortnite colliding. […]

Jason Blum says Spawn reboot will “definitely” happen, but he doesn’t know when

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After what seemed like an eternity of development, it finally seemed that Todd McFarlane’s long-gestating Spawn reboot was about to become a reality when it found a home at Blumhouse Productions back in July of 2017, yet here were are more than three years on and it still seems no closer than ever. Despite the […]

Michelle Monaghan to star in Brad Anderson psychological thriller Blood

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Michelle Monaghan (True Detective, The Path) is set to lead the cast of Blood, a new psychological thriller from Session 9 and The Machinist director Brad Anderson.The film will see Monaghan playing Jess, “a separated mother and nurse who moves with her daughter and young son Owen back into her old family farmhouse. Shortly after […]

M. Night Shyamalan begins shooting his next film Old, shares teaser poster

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Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan has announced today that filming is now underway on his next project for Universal Pictures, with the director taking to social media to share a teaser poster for the thriller and revealing its title as Old.As he did with his recent films The Visit, Split and Glass, Shyamalan is self-financing Old, […]