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Todd Phillips spent a year convincing Warner and DC of his Joker vision

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Having just debuted at the Venice Film Festival to an eight-minute standing ovation and rave reviews, Warner Bros. and DC Films are surely rubbing their hands together with glee over Joker, the upcoming origin story for the iconic Batman villain from director Todd Phillips (The Hangover) and starring Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of […]

His Dark Materials TV series finds its Iorek Byrnison and dæmon voice cast

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The BBC and HBO’s hotly-anticipated TV adaptation of Philip Pullman’s beloved fantasy series His Dark Materials has announced its animal voice cast, including Joe Tandberg (The Innocents) who will lend his voice to Iorek Byrnison, the fierce warrior polar bear and heir to the throne of Svalbard. Along with Iorek, the voice cast for the […]

Another original Halloween actor returning for Halloween Kills

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Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode) and Nick Castle (The Shape) aren’t going to be the only original stars from 1978’s Halloween returning for the next instalment in the slasher series, as actress Kyle Richards has announced on Instagram that she’ll be reprising her role as Lindsay Wallace – one of the young children babysat by […]

Rumour: Disney and Marvel overhauling The New Mutants to remove all ties to Fox’s X-Men

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The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone’s X-Men spinoff The New Mutants has certainly proven a headache for 20th Century Fox, and it’s one the studio has since passed on to Disney following the studio’s acquisition by the Mouse House earlier this year.Shot in the summer of 2017, The New Mutants was delayed twice […]

Anthony Mackie says Sam Wilson is “not Captain America” in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

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Given the events of Avengers: Endgame, fans have assumed that the upcoming The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series will see Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson taking on the mantle of Captain America, his character having been handed the shield by an elderly Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) at the conclusion of the Marvel Studios blockbuster.However, according […]

Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho wraps filming, first look image revealed

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Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver helmer Edgar Wright has taken to Twitter to update fans on his next project Last Night in Soho, with the filmmaker announcing that he has wrapped principal photography on the movie ahead of its release next September. That is a wrap on main unit photography on my next […]

Richard Linklater to spend 20 years making Merrily We Roll Along

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After spending twelve years filming the Oscar-nominated coming of age drama Boyhood, it seems that director Richard Linklater is thinking even longer term for his next project, with Variety revealing that the filmmaker is teaming with Ben Platt (Pitch Perfect) and Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart) for an adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll […]

Rumour: Marvel Studios may be considering a reboot of Inhumans

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Having originally planned to bring the group to the big screen as part of its Phase Three slate of theatrical films, Marvel Studios pulled the plug on Inhumans, instead passing the property over to Marvel Television which teamed up with IMAX and ABC to produce a rather poorly-received TV adaptation featuring Black Bolt and family.Slammed […]

Leaked Birds of Prey images featuring Harley Quinn, Huntress, Black Canary and Black Mask

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Yesterday it was announced that the first trailer for the DC girl gang movie Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) has been classified and expected to be attached to the Warner Bros. horror sequel It Chapter Two this coming week.Well, we don’t need to wait until then for a peek […]