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Gary Collinson

FX’s What We Do in the Shadows season 2 premiering in April, Mark Hamill to guest star

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As part of the Television Critics Winter Press Tour, FX has announced that its acclaimed vampire mockumentary series What We Do In the Shadows will be returning for its second season this April. The second season of the series, based upon Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s cult 2014 film of the same name, will get […]

Doctor Strange director exits In the Multiverse of Madness over creative differences

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Marvel Studios’ plans for the Sorcerer Supreme’s next outing have hit a bump in the road with the news that Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson has vacated the director’s chair on 2021’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness due to creative differences. “Marvel Studios and Scott Derrickson have amicably parted ways on Doctor Strange in the […]

Exclusive variant cover for Stephen King and Owen King comic book adaptation Sleeping Beauties

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Thanks to IDW Publishing, we’ve got an exclusive variant cover for the first issue of the upcoming comic book adaptation of Stephen King and Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties from artist Jana Heidersdorf; check it out here… Sleeping Beauties explores a world where women have sunken into a deep, cocooned slumber, their dreams taking them to an […]

Watch an exclusive clip from coming of age comedy Bully

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Thanks to Gravitas Ventures, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the comedy Bully, which features a cast that includes Tucker Albrizzi, Ron Canada, Jack DiFalco, with Vincent Pastore, and Danny Trejo. Check it out here and be sure to head on over to our YouTube channel for more exclusive clips and videos… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpHOcxuy8RA A coming-of […]

Marvel Contest of Champions goes nuts for Squirrel Girl

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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl has become the latest addition to the roster of Marvel Contest of Champions, and you can check out Doreen Green’s gameplay trailer, bio, and stats and abilities here… Doreen Green’s squirrel-like abilities made her an outsider in her teenage years. She escaped the insults of her classmates by hiding in the […]

ABC gives pilot order to “sexy contemporary Dracula reimagining” The Brides

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ABC has granted a pilot order to The Brides, a reimagining of Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel Dracula from Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina executive producer Robert Aguirre-Sacasa and Greg Berlanti’s Berlanti Productions. The Brides is described as “a sexy contemporary reimagining of Dracula” and “a vampire soap about empowered, immortal women and the […]

First trailer for Jared Leto-headlined Morbius rated and expected soon

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Having launched its ‘Universe of Marvel Characters’ back in 2018 with Venom, Sony Pictures is expanding the Spider-Man spinoff franchise this year with a live-action adaptation of Morbius, the Living Vampire, and it seems we’ll soon get our first look at the film. As reported by Comic Book, Alberta Film Ratings has granted a PG […]

The CW renews 14 shows for 2020/21 schedule

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With the possibility of a writers strike looming, The CW has wasted little time in setting its schedule for the 2020/21 TV season with early renewals for fourteen of its shows. With Arrow drawing to a close this month, next season will see the return of all of the network’s other DC shows in The […]

Rumour: Marvel may have regained full rights to the Hulk and Namor

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When Marvel first launched its Cinematic Universe, it did so without the rights to many of its biggest characters, the comic book giant having previously signed a number of deals with various studios before deciding to go at it alone. Since then, we’ve seen the rights to many reverting back to Marvel Studios (see Daredevil, […]

The Batman spy photos offer first look at Robert Pattinson on set as Bruce Wayne

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Following on from Monday’s first images (which included a possible glimpse of Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot, a.k.a. The Penguin), some new photos from the set of The Batman has surfaced online, which seemingly give us our first look at Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne. According to reports, the first image in the Twitter embed […]