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Pedro Pascal joins Nicolas Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

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Wonder Woman 1984 and The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal has signed on to star alongside Nicolas Cage in Lionsgate’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, The Wrap has revealed.Directed by Tom Gormican (Ghosted) from a screenplay by Gormican Kevin Etten, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent will see Nicolas Cage playing a fictionalised version of […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars Adventures: Clone Wars – Battle Tales #4

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IDW Publishing has unveiled a preview of Star Wars Adventures: Clone Wars – Battle Tales #4 ahead of its release on Wednesday; check it out here…This exciting weekly series explores a time of great upheaval in the galaxy—the Clone Wars! While Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and other Jedi Knights fight against incredible odds, Commander Cody, […]

Comic Book Preview – Stephen King and Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties #3

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IDW Publishing’s comic book adaptation of Stephen King and Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties continues this week with the release of the third issue, and you can check out the official preview here…Based on the horror novel by Stephen King and Owen King and adapted by Rio Youers (The Forgotten Girl) and Alison Sampson (The Hit […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Trek: Hell’s Mirror

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This week sees the release of Star Trek: Hell’s Mirror, a new one-shot from IDW Publishing which sees the Mirror Universe’s Khan Noonien Singh waging war against the Terran Empire; check out a preview here…Legendary writer J.M. DeMatteis returns to Star Trek for the first time in nearly 40 years! And it’ll be well worth […]

5 Horrifying Scenes in Superhero Movies

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The superhero genre has always been a misnomer. Yes, there are common tropes involving characters in tights fighting against evildoers, but outside of that basic parameter we have seen such radical differences. From western tropes in Logan to the spy thrills of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, there are many facets the genre can explore.One […]

Blindspotting producers developing Firewatch adaptation

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Snoot Entertainment, the production company behind Blindspotting and Little Monsters, is partnering up with video game developer Campo Santo for a feature adaptation of the latter’s 2016 title Firewatch.The critically acclaimed game, which has sold over 2.5 million copies, is a first-person mystery taking place in 1989 and follows a fire lookout called Henry, who […]

Yelena Belova, Red Guardian and Taskmaster return to Marvel Comics to coincide with Black Widow movie

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Coinciding with their appearances in Marvel Studios’ Black Widow, the characters of Yelena Belova, Red Guardian and Taskmaster are set to make their return to Marvel Comics this November with the launch of two new series, Widowmakers: Red Guardian and Yelena Belova and Taskmaster.Writer Devin Grayson, one of the creators of Yelena Belova — the […]

Vampirella, Red Sonja and Dejah Thoris pay tribute to Batman on Dynamite’s October variants

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Dynamite Entertainment is set to pay tribute to the Dark Knight this December with a series of Batman-inspired variant covers across six of its titles in DIE!namite #1 (paying tribute to Batman: Year One), Dejah Thoris #9 (Batman: Gotham By Gaslight), Red Sonja #20 (Batman #497), Vampirella/Red Sonja #12 (Batman #9), Bettie Page #4 (Detective […]