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Gary Collinson

Carey Mulligan is a Promising Young Woman in trailer for new thriller

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Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for Promising Young Woman, a new thriller from Killing Eve showrunner Emerald Fennell in her feature directorial debut, which sees Carey Mulligan leading a cast that also includes Laverne Cox, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Connie Britton, Jennifer Coolidge, Max Greenfield, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chris Lowell, Sam Richardson, Molly Shannon […]

The Illuminatus! Trilogy in development as TV series

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Hivemind is teaming with writer-director Brian Taylor (Happy!, Crank) for a TV adaptation of The Illuminatus! Trilogy, the sci-fi franchise created by authors Robert Anton Wilson & Robert Shea. “Illuminatus! is a kind of mind-blowing literary miracle… It manages to be completely seminal while as relevant today – if not more so – than the […]

Film noir-inspired buddy cop adventure Chicken Police gets a trailer

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The Wild Gentlemen and Handygames have announced the upcoming release of Chicken Police: Paint It Red – a film noir-inspired buddy cop adventure which looks to ruffle gamers’ feathers with a mysterious crime in a grim and gritty 1940s-style world. A story- and dialogue-heavy game combining elements of the visual novel and classic adventure genres, […]

The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Bombshell lead 2020 SAG Awards nominations

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The Screen Actors Guild has announced the nominations for the 2020 SAG Awards, with The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Bombshell earning four nods apiece to lead the feature film nominees, and Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel also leading the TV pack with four. Check out the full list of nominations here… […]

Kathleen Kennedy addresses criticisms of a lack of pre-planning for the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

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One of the biggest criticisms of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy (second only perhaps to the treatment of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi) is the fact that Disney and Lucasfilm embarked on the series of films without a clear road map as to where the story was heading. After raising several questions […]

George Miller says “there’s certainly another Mad Max coming down the pike”

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Although director George Miller initially planned to follow up 2015’s acclaimed action blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road with at least one sequel, a legal dispute between the filmmaker and Warner Bros. over Fury Road finances appeared to put the brakes on any further outings for Tom Hardy’s Max Rockatansky. However, with that now settled, Miller […]

Watch an exclusive clip from mockumentary Reality Queen

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Thanks to High Octane Pictures, we’ve got an exclusive clip from writer-director Steven Jay Bernheim’s mockumentary Reality Queen, which sees newcomer Julia Faye West leading a cast that also includes Denise Richards, Mike Tyson and the late John Witherspoon; check out the clip and trailer here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AsxKGqap-c In the tradition of Best in Show and A Mighty Wind, […]

SPOILERS: Tracklisting for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker score leaks online

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker spoilers follow… With just seven days to go until Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker begins its worldwide roll out, the track listing to John Williams’ score for the final chapter of the Skywalker Saga has made its way online. While there’s no ‘Qui-Gon’s Funeral’-level spoilers on display, the […]

Disney becomes first studio to gross over $10 billion in a single year at the global box office

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It already set a new record for the biggest haul in a single year back in July, and with the animated sequel Frozen II currently tearing up the box office, Walt Disney Pictures has now become the first studio to surpass $10 billion at the global box office with its cumulative takings in 2019. Alongside […]