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Gary Collinson

Sarah Paulson may sit out American Horror Story: 1984

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Back in April, Evan Peters announced that he’d be sitting out the ninth season of American Horror Story, and now Variety is reporting that the show’s only other cast mainstay may also be absent from American Horror Story: 1984. According to the site, Paulson “will not appear in a significant role” in season nine, if […]

Momo horror film in development at Orion Pictures

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Deadline is reporting that Orion Pictures is teaming with Roy Lee’s Vertigo Entertainment and producer Taka Ichise to develop a horror feature based upon the Momo viral hoax. Inspired by Japanese artist Keisuke Aiso’s sculpture Mother Bird, the Momo hoax went viral earlier this year with fake rumours about Momo’s Challenge, a sordid game said […]

WarnerMedia officially unveils HBO Max streaming service

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WarnerMedia has officially announced HBO Max, its upcoming direct-to-consumer streaming service to rival the likes of Netflix, Disney+ and Apple TV+. The new service will feature a mixture of exclusive original programming under the Max Originals banner, along with a host of programming from WarnerMedia’s vault of content, including Warner Bros. Pictures’ feature film library […]

Matteo Garrone’s Pinocchio gets a first trailer

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A first trailer has arrived online for Pinocchio, director Matteo Garrone’s (Gomorrah, Dogman) upcoming live-action adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s classic children’s novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, which features a cast that includes Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni as Geppetto and Federico Ielapi as Pinocchio alongside Gigi Proietti, Rocco Papaleo, Massimo Ceccherini, Marine Vacht. Check it out here… […]

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #40 gets a SDCC variant cover to benefit Make-A-Wish

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Boom! Studios and Hasbro have unveiled a special edition variant cover for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #40, which will be available exclusively at this month’s San Diego Comic-Con International to benefit Make-A-Wish. The Beast Morphers Orange Ranger is inspired by Tyler, an 8-year old boy from New Jersey, whose greatest wish is to be an […]

Check out a preview of controversial comic book Second Coming #1

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Having been dropped by DC Comics, AHOY Comics picked up the controversial new series Second Coming – which sees Jesus continuing his Holy Mission to clean up mankind by teaming with the world’s greatest superhero – earlier this year, and now the first issue is available in comic book stores; check out a preview here… […]

Marvel releases trailer for Absolute Carnage

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With Marvel set to unleash Absolute Carnage this August, the publisher has released a trailer for the all-encompassing Venom event which promises “to shake the symbiote world to its core”. “We’ve given a serial murderer a nuclear bomb, essentially, and Cletus is gonna try and kill every single character that has ever worn a symbiote,” […]

R.I.P. Rip Torn (1931 – 2019)

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Emmy Award-winning American actor Rip Torn has passed away aged 88, his representatives have announced. Born in Temple, Texas in 1931, Torn moved to Hollywood in the 1950s, making his feature film debut in 1956’s Baby Doll before studying at the prestigious Actors Studio in New York and earning a Tony Award nomination for his […]

The Writer Experience Podcast #57 – Adrian McKinty, author of The Chain

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Listen to the latest episode of The Writer Experience Podcast…  In the latest episode of The Writer Experience, Court and Harry are joined by Adrian McKinty, an Edgar Award-winning novelist whose new novel The Chain is Amazon’s Best Book of the Month for July. Listen to the podcast here… The Chain is available everywhere now. […]