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Gary Collinson

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker novel confirms that Palpatine was a clone

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While Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker offered very little by way of an explanation for the return of Emperor Palpatine, thanks to the official novelization we have official in-canon confirmation that it wasn’t Old Palpy’s decaying corpse we saw in the movie, but rather a clone body inhabited by the spirit of the Sith […]

Cover art and creative team revealed for Marvel’s new Ultraman comic book

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Back in November it was announced that Marvel Entertainment and Tsuburaya Productions are teaming up to bring brand new Ultraman adventures to comic books and graphic novels, and now we’ve got a look at the cover art and story details for the first series, titled The Rise of Ultraman, from the creative team of writers […]

Alison Brie denies rumour linking her to Marvel’s She-Hulk

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Earlier in the week a report began circulating online which claimed that Marvel is looking to cast Alison Brie (or an ‘Alison Brie-type) for the lead role of Jennifer Walters in the Disney+ series She-Hulk, but now the GLOW actress has moved to dismiss the rumour. “I woke up with a bunch of Instagram posts […]

Paul Hogan returns on poster for The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee

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Okay, so it’s not quite Crocodile Dundee 3 (although it’s certainly not shying away from letting anyone assume so…), but Paul Hogan is set to make his return this year portraying a fictionalised version of himself in the comedy The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee, and you can check out the official poster for the film […]

The CW sets its leads for The Lost Boys retooled TV pilot

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After two failed attempts to bring the beloved 1987 vampire flick to the small screen (including last year’s pilot, which failed to get a pick-up but was put back into development), The CW is taking another crack at adapting The Lost Boys as a TV series this year, and now we have word that the […]

Batman prequel series Pennyworth adds five series regulars for season 2

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Epix has announced that production is underway on the second season of Pennyworth, with the Batman prequel series adding five new series regulars to its cast in James Purefoy (Sex Education), Edward Hogg (Taboo), Jessye Romeo (In the Long Run), Ramon Tikaram (Brassic) and Harriet Slater (Faunutland and the Lost Magic). Created by Gotham’s Bruno […]

The Batman adds Gil Perez-Abraham in mystery role

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THR is reporting that up-and-coming actor Gil Perez-Abraham (Orange Is the New Black, The Walking Dead: World Beyond) has joined the cast of Warner Bros. and DC Films’ The Batman. Details on Perez-Abraham’s role are being kept under wraps, but he joins an impressive cast that includes the likes of Robert Pattinson as Batman, Zoe […]

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War gets a first-look image, synopsis and voice cast

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Thanks to Comic Book, we’ve got a first-look image from the next entry in Warner Bros. DC Universe Animated Original Movies series, Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, which is set to pit the Justice League, Justice League Dark, and other heroes (and villains) of the DC universe in a battle with the villainous Darkseid. The […]

Josh Brolin heading to TV for Amazon’s Outer Range

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Josh Brolin is set to executive produce and star in the TV drama series Outer Range, which is being produced for Amazon by Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment. The series will see the Deadpool 2 and Avengers: Endgame star portraying Royal Abbot, described as “a Wyoming rancher fighting for his […]