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Joseph Gordon-Levitt returning to the small screen for Mr. Corman

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt is teaming with A24 and Apple for a new half-hour comedy series entitled Mr. Corman, which will be released on the upcoming Apple TV+ streaming service.The series is being written, directed and executive produced by Gordon-Levitt, who will also star in what is described as “a deep cut into the days and nights […]

Will Smith to reunite with Akiva Goldsman for sci-fi Brilliance

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THR is reporting that Will Smith is set to reunite with writer-producer Akiva Goldsman (I, Robot, I Am Legend) on the sci-fi feature Brilliance, which is in the works at Paramount Pictures.Based on Marcus Sakey’s novel of the same name, Brilliance takes place in a world where 1% of the population are born with special […]

LEGO Star Wars Battles coming to mobile devices

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Get ready to enter the brick arena, as LEGO Star Wars Battles is coming to mobile devices next year, bringing with real-time multiplayer PvP arena battles featuring characters, vehicles and locations from every era of the Star Wars saga.LEGO Star Wars Battles combines competitive combat, character collecting, and tower building with the classic charm and […]

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 Carpenter’s […]

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 Sorry […]

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 of […]

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 Op […]

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 and […]

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 Supes […]