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James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad adds Flula Borg

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As director James Gunn continues to assemble the cast of his DC Extended Universe reboot / sequel The Suicide Squad, Deadline is reporting that German actor, comedian and musician Flula Borg (Pitch Perfect 2, The Good Place) has signed on to appear in the supervillain team-up.Details on Borg’s character are being kept under wraps, but […]

Sony blames Disney for breakdown in Spider-Man negotiations

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Yesterday brought us the rather disappointing news that negotiations have broken down between Sony and Disney over Marvel Studios’ continued involvement with Spider-Man, seemingly bringing to an end Tom Holland’s time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after five hugely successful appearances in Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: […]

Stephen King’s The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is getting the movie treatment

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Another day, another newly-announced Stephen King adaptation…Sanibel Films – the production company founded by the late George A. Romero and his ex-wife Chris Romero – is teaming with Vertigo Entertainment and Origin Story on an adaptation of King’s 1999 novel The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.“I’m thrilled that my book is being brought to the […]

Star Wars Battlefront II roadmap takes us through to The Rise of Skywalker

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Despite the fact its fast approaching its second birthday, Electronic Arts continues to deliver a steady stream of content for the multiplayer shooter Star Wars Battlefront II, and a new roadmap was unveiled at Gamescom yesterday which highlights the updates through to December and the arrival of content from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker; […]

Universal rebooting Sudden Death as buddy comedy with Michael Jai White and Gary Owen

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Universal 1140 has announced that Michael Jai White (Spawn, Black Dynamite) is set to star in Welcome to Sudden Death, a reboot of the original 1995 movie Sudden Death from director Peter Hyams and star Jean-Claude Van Damme.The reboot is being directed by Dallas Jackson (Thriller), and will put a comedic twist on the plot […]

Comic Book Writing with Carlos Giffoni (Strayed) | The Writer Experience Podcast #63

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Listen to the latest episode of The Writer Experience Podcast…In this episode of The Writer Experience, Court and Harry are joined by Carlos Giffoni, a comic book writer whose work includes the new sci-fi series Strayed at Dark Horse Comics, and Space Riders: Vortex of Darkness for Black Mask.Listen to the episode here…You can subscribe […]

MCU Spider-Man No More! Disney and Sony fail to reach new Spider-Man deal

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Well, here’s the news that fans of the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man have been dreading… after steering the franchise to its highest-grossing instalment – and indeed, Sony’s biggest movie of all-time – with Spider-Man: Far From Home, Disney and Sony have failed to reach a deal to continue sharing the web-slinger and Marvel Studios will no […]

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss reuniting for The Matrix 4

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Well here’s some rather surprising news for this evening, as Variety has revealed that Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are set to re-enter The Matrix for a fourth outing as Neo and Trinity, reuniting with franchise co-creator Lana Wachowski for The Matrix 4.“We could not be more excited to be re-entering ‘The Matrix’ with Lana,” […]

DC and Mattel announce He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse

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Following hot on the heels of yesterday’s announcement that Kevin Smith is producing a new Masters of the Universe anime series for Netflix, we’ve now got some more good news for fans of He-Man and company as DC and Mattel have unveiled the upcoming six issue limited comic book series He-Man and the Masters of […]