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Gary Collinson

The Golden Age Vision comes to Marvel Contest of Champions

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Kabam has released its latest character update for Marvel Contest of Champions, which introduces the Jack Kirby-created Golden Age Vision, Aarkus; check out his gameplay trailer, bio, and stats and abilities here… Vision, whose true name is Aarkus, is an alien law enforcement officer from a dimension known as Smokeworld. After being accidentally contacted by […]

House Party remake finds its director

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Deadline is reporting that Calmatic, the MTV Video Music Award-winning director of ‘Old Town Road’, is set to make his feature directorial debut with a remake of the cult 1990 comedy House Party from New Line Cinema. The original film was directed by Reginald Hudlin and starred Christopher “Kid” Reid and Christopher “Play” Martin of […]

Vince Vaughn to star in Hulu comedy feature The Binge

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Hulu has snapped up the rights to the teen comedy film The Binge, which will see Vince Vaughn starring alongside Skyler Gisondo (Santa Clarita Diet), Eduardo Franco (American Vandal), and Dexter Darden (The Maze Runner). Jeremy Garelick, co-writer of The Break-Up starring Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston, is directing the film, which takes a leaf out […]

Jai Courtney says The Suicide Squad will be “tonally different” to the first movie

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Although James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad has been described as “a total reboot”, we know from the film’s casting that isn’t going to be exactly the case as several members of David Ayer’s 2016 film are returning including Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman and Viola Davis. Still, given Gunn’s sensibilities, it seems a pretty […]

Rob Zombie describes his “miserable experience” on the Halloween franchise

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Rob Zombie is currently out and about on the promotional campaign for his new film 3 From Hell [read our review here], and during an interview with Forbes the musician and filmmaker has been reflecting on his “miserable experience” working on the Halloween franchise for Bob and Harvey Weinstein’s Dimension Films. “Making Halloween with the […]

The Boondocks reboot gets two season order at HBO Max

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Earlier this year it was confirmed that Sony Pictures Animation was working on a reimagining of Aaron McGruder’s animated comedy series The Boondocks, and now comes word that the project has secured a two season order from Warner’s new HBO Max streaming service. “The Boondocks was a revolutionary series that sparked conversations on hot button issues […]

Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds team for A Christmas Carol musical reimagining

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Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds are set to team up for a musical reimagining of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol from Daddy’s Home team of director Sean Anders and writer John Morris. A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, […]

Emily Beecham joins Emma Stone in Disney’s Cruella

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Following her Best Actress win for Little Joe at Cannes earlier this year, British actress Emily Beecham (Daphne, Into the Badlands) has signed on to star alongside Emma Stone in the live-action 101 Dalmatians prequel Cruella. Beecham’s role is being kept under wraps at present, but she joins a cast that includes Stone as a young version […]

DC’s Tales from the Dark Multiverse to reimagine Teen Titans: The Judas Contract

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DC Comics has announced that December’s Tales from the Dark Multiverse offering is set to reimagine one of the most renowned stories in comic book history, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, with a prestige one-shot from writers Kyle Higgins and Mat Groom and artist Tom Raney. In this shocking tale, Terra’s betrayal starts not with […]