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Lucy Hale’s Katy Keene to guest star in Riverdale crossover episode

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It seems that fans won’t have to wait until the launch of Katy Keene to catch a glimpse of Lucy Hale’s title character, as executive producers Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Michael Grassi have announced that Hale’s Katy will be making a guest appearance in Riverdale the day before the premiere of the spinoff show this February. “Before Katy Keene […]

Iwan Rheon to play “a charming, good-natured leprechaun” in American Gods season 3

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Game of Thrones star Iwan Rheon has signed on for a role in the upcoming third season of Starz’s American Gods, where he is set to play the “charming, good-natured leprechaun” Liam Doyle. The official character description from Starz calls Doyle “a charming, good-natured leprechaun who once embraced his stereotypical Lucky Charms, St. Paddy’s Day […]

Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux set for Watergate series The White House Plumbers

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HBO has tapped Woody Harrelson (True Detective) and Justin Theroux (The Leftovers) to star in The White House Plumbers, a five-part limited series which is set to explore the Watergate scandal, Deadline has revealed. Created by Veep executive producers Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck and David Mandel, the series “tells the true story of how Nixon’s […]

Crisis on Infinite Earths producers reached out to Nicolas Cage for Superman guest appearance

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Tonight sees the beginning on this year’s hotly-anticipated Arrowverse crossover, a small screen adaptation of the iconic – and DC Universe-altering – Crisis on Infinite Earths featuring heroes not only from Arrow, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl and Batwoman but also Black Lightning, Smallville, The WB’s short-lived Birds of Prey, and even the […]

The Favourite leads the winners at the 2019 European Film Awards

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A year after its triumphs on the awards circuit, The Favourite was the toast of the town again last night in Berlin as the movie was named Best European Film and Best European Comedy at the 32nd annual European Film Awards, while Yorgos Lanthimos and Olivia Colman were named Best European Director and Best European […]

John Cena, Meredith Hagner and Lil Rel Howery are Vacation Friends

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John Cena (Bumblebee), Meredith Hagner (Search Party) and Lil Rel Howery (Good Boys) have signed on to star in 20th Century Fox and Hulu’s new comedy film Vacation Friends, Deadline has revealed. Based on a spec script from Tom and Tim Mullen which Fox first acquired in 2014, Vacation Friends follows “a straight-laced couple that […]

Joe Johnston in talks to direct Josh Gad in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids reboot

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Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Joe Johnston is in talks with Disney to direct a reboot of his 1989 comedy Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, which has Josh Gad (Frozen) attached to star. The new film, titled Shrunk, was first revealed back in May of this year, and will see Josh Gad taking on the […]

Disney developing Aladdin spinoff featuring Billy Magnussen’s Prince Anders

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Given the billion dollar success of Aladdin, it will come as little surprise to hear that Disney has announced a spinoff from this year’s live-action reimagining of the classic animated movie – although what may come as a surprise is that it’s set to revolve around the minor character Prince Anders, played by Billy Magnussen. […]

Netflix officially announces The Christmas Chronicles 2

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Having been rumoured back in August, Netflix has now officially announced that Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn will be reprising the roles of Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus for a sequel to the holiday comedy The Christmas Chronicles. The sequel is being directed by Chris Columbus (Home Alone), who produced the first movie, and will […]