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Dwayne Johnson confirms Black Adam will shoot in July 2020

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More than five years after he was first linked to the role, Dwayne Johnson has confirmed on social media that he’ll be suiting up as the DC villain / antihero Black Adam for his long-gestating solo movie next year.The Rock made the announcement on Twitter, responding to a fan who’d created a sculpture of him […]

Joker hits $737 million worldwide, on course to become biggest R-rated movie ever

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It may have fallen from the top of the box office in its third weekend in cinemas, but Warner Bros. Joker movie continues to laugh all the way to the bank.Adding a further $29.2 million domestically (where it finished second behind Disney’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil) and $77 million internationally, the Joaquin Phoenix-led comic book […]

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness enlists new screenwriter

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Having officially announced the sequel at the San Diego Comic-Con this summer, Collider is reporting that Marvel has now enlisted up and coming screenwriter Jade Bartlett to work on the script for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.Bartlett broke onto the scene with her script Miller’s Girl, which made the 2016 Black List (a […]

Francis Ford Coppola slams Marvel movies, brands them as “despicable”

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Martin Scorsese’s recent comments about Marvel caused plenty of controversy, with the likes of Robert Downey Jr., James Gunn and Kevin Smith speaking out to defend Marvel Studios after the legendary director dismissed the MCU as “not cinema”.However, it seems Marty does have one supporter in his fellow filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, with The Godfather […]

Vince Gilligan originally planned darker ending for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Story

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Spoilers for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie follow. You have been warned…Last weekend, Netflix debuted El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, a feature-length follow-up to AMC’s acclaimed series Breaking Bad, which served as both an epilogue to the show, and a conclusion to the story of Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman.And while Jesse got the […]

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil opens soft at the box office

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Walt Disney Pictures’ fairy tale sequel Maleficent: Mistress of Evil dethroned Joker from the top of the box office this weekend, but its soft domestic opening weekend of $36 million was down 48% on the $69.4 million debut of its 2014 predecessor.The film – which sees Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning reprising their roles as […]

Bloodshot teaser reveals first trailer for Vin Diesel comic book movie will arrive on Monday

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Fast & Furious star Vin Diesel is set to bring Raymond Garrison, a.k.a. the super soldier Bloodshot, to the big screen next year, and Sony has announced that we’ll be getting our first look at the Valiant Entertainment comic book adaptation this Monday with the release of a first trailer.Sony made the announcement on Instagram, […]

Stranger Things season 3 delivers Netflix’s highest ever viewing figures

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As part of its quarterly shareholder update, Netflix has announced that the third season of its acclaimed supernatural drama series Stranger Things delivered record viewing figures for the streaming service, having been viewed by 64 million households in its first four weeks of release.In addition to Stranger Things, Netflix also touted the success of several […]

Jurassic World 3 adds DeWanda Wise and Mamoudou Athie, filming to get underway February 2020

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Following last month’s news that Jurassic Park stars Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill are set to reprise their roles alongside Jurassic World’s Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, we now have word of two new additions to the cast of the as-yet-untitled Jurassic World 3.According to Variety, DeWanda Wise, star of Netflix’s She’s […]