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Gary Collinson

Halloween Kills bringing back yet another character from John Carpenter’s original film

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It looks like director David Gordon Green and co-writer Danny McBride are bringing back another character from the 1978 original for next year’s Halloween Kills, with Bloody Disgusting reporting that Robert Longstreet (The Haunting of Hill House) has been cast in the role of Lonnie Elam. Lonnie was played by Brent Le Page in John […]

Marvel’s Hawkeye enlists Mad Men writer as showrunner

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Having officially announced the series at the San Diego Comic-Con back in July, Marvel Studios has enlisted Jonathan Igla to write and executive produce the Jeremy Renner-healdined Hawkeye series for Disney+. Igla was a writer and executive story editor on AMC’s Mad Men, while his other credits include Masters of Sex, Pitch, Shut Eye and […]

Jonah Hex to appear in Arrowverse crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths

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The CW is adding another familiar face to the roster of Crisis on Infinite Earths, with Johnathon Schaech set to reprise his DC’s Legends of Tomorrow role as Jonah Hex in the five-part DC crossover event. In addition to the main casts of the five shows – Supergirl, Batwoman, The Flash, Arrow and DC’s Legends […]

Adam Devine, Rachel Bloom, Zazie Beetz and Ken Jeong set for animated feature Extinct

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Adam Devine (The Righteous Gemstones), Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2) and Ken Jeong (Crazy Rich Asians) have signed on to the voice cast of Extinct, an animated feature from director David Silverman (The Simpsons) and China Lion, HB Wink, Huayi Tencent Entertainment Ltd, Tolerable Entertainment and Timeless Films. The adventure comedy follows […]

The Nightingale’s Jennifer Kent to direct Alice + Freda Forever

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The Babadook and The Nightingale director Jennifer Kent is teaming with Amazon Studios for an adaptation of Alexis Coe’s non-fiction book Alice + Freda Forever. Taking place in Memphis, Tennessee in the 1890s, the thriller will tell the story of Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward, two teenage girls who fell in love, only for jealousy […]

Shazam! director reveals original plans for Henry Cavill’s Superman cameo

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While Warner Bros. and DC Films were unable to reach a deal with Henry Cavill to have him make Superman a cameo appearance in this year’s DC superhero adventure Shazam!, that didn’t deter the filmmakers from including the Man of Steel in the film’s final scenes. As it turns out, we only got to see […]

Joker wins top prize at the Venice Film Festival

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After scoring an eight-minute standing ovation following its premiere last weekend, Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Joker has been selected for the top prize, the prestigious Golden Lion, by the jury at the Venice Film Festival. “They took a comic book mythology that has been done in so many ways and overturned it and revitalized […]

Marvel’s new Ghost Rider series gets a trailer

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With the devil’s bounty hunter returning this October, Marvel has released a trailer for the new ongoing Ghost Rider series featuring comments from Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski, Assistant Editor Chris Robinson and Writer Ed Brisson. “One thing we’re really diving into is what this really means to [the Ghost Riders’] lives,” says Brisson, with Cebulski […]

Iko Uwais to play the Hard Master in G.I. Joe spinoff Snake Eyes

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The Raid and Wu Assassins star Iko Uwais looks set to become the latest addition to the cast of Snake Eyes, with THR reporting that the actor is in talks to portray the Hard Master in the G.I. Joe spinoff film. Should the deal close, Uwais will join Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians), who is […]