Flickering Myth

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Gary Collinson

Comic Book Preview – Star Trek: Year Five – Odyssey’s End

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IDW Publishing explores the final year of the original five year mission by collecting the first six issues of its Star Trek: Year Five series this week in the trade paperback Odyssey’s End; check out a preview here… The crew of the Enterprise left Earth four years ago. They’ve traveled to strange new worlds, defeated […]

Marvel showcases The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision and Loki in Super Bowl TV spot

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As the Marvel Cinematic Universe prepares to expand onto the small screen, Disney has offered fans a first look at this year’s three live-action Disney+ series from Marvel Studios with a Super Bowl spot for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision, and Loki; check it out here… Following the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” Sam […]

Ron Howard sets action thriller The Fixer as next feature

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Having completed work on Netflix’s Hillbilly Elegy, director Ron Howard looks to have locked down his next feature directorial project, with Variety reporting that the filmmaker is set to helm the action thriller The Fixer for Paramount. Scripted by Tyler Hisel, The Fixer “is based on the incredible true story of a disgraced FBI agent, […]

Jason Statham and Kevin Hart to team for action comedy The Man From Toronto

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After briefly sharing the screen in last year’s Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Jason Statham (The Meg) and Kevin Hart (Jumanji: The Next Level) are now set to team up for The Man From Toronto, an action comedy set up at Sony Pictures. Patrick Hughes (The Expendables 3, The Hitman’s Bodyguard) is set […]

Seth Rogen producing movie adaptation of horror comic Memetic

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Seth Rogen and his producing partner Evan Goldberg have signed on to produce another comic book adaptation, the duo teaming with Lionsgate for a movie based upon the Boom! Studios horror-thriller series Memetic from writer James Tynion IV (Batman) and artist Eryk Donovan. Memetic is being written by Mattson Tomlin (The Batman) and revolves around […]

1917 leads the winners of BAFTA’s 2020 British Academy Film Awards

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Hollywood descended upon London this evening as BAFTA hosted the 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards, with Sam Mendes’ World War I epic 1917 enjoying a fantastic night with seven awards in total including Best Film. Along with the top honour, 1917 was also awarded Outstanding British Film, Director (Mendes), Cinematography (Roger Deakins), Production Design, […]

Imelda Staunton to portray Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown’s fifth and final season

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Although it was initially intended to run six seasons, Peter Morgan, creator of The Crown, has announced that the acclaimed Netflix series will instead come to an end with a fifth and final season next year, with Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake, Harry Potter) set to succeed Claire Foy and Olivia Colman in the role of […]

Oni Press announces new Rick and Morty comics

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Oni Press has announced the upcoming launch of two new Rick and Morty comic books in the five-part miniseries Rick and Morty Go to Hell from Ryan Ferrier and Constanza Oroza and the one-shot Rick and Morty Presents: The Council of Ricks. Check out the cover art and solicitations here… Well, it finally happened. Rick […]

Original Mission: Impossible actor Henry Czerny returning for two new sequels

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Mission: Impossible director Christopher McQuarrie has revealed on Twitter that Henry Czerny is set to reprise his role as Eugene Kittridge in the two upcoming sequels, having sat out every instalment of the series since his appearance in the original 1966 film. https://twitter.com/chrismcquarrie/status/1223637341224476674 Rogue Nation and Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie is returning to helm Mission: […]