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It’s a Wonderful Life to receive fully restored 4K release in October

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Paramount Pictures has announced the upcoming release of Frank Capra’s beloved Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life in a brand new 4K Ultra HD edition which has been fully restored from the original film negative.Paramount spent over a year painstakingly restoring the perennial favourite, using the original nitrate negative along with two fine grain masters […]

Horror anthology XX is being developed as a TV series

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Syfy has announced that the female-crafted 2017 horror anthology film XX is in development as a TV series courtesy of producers Jovanka Vuckovic, Todd Brown, and Raquelle David.“Raquelle [David], Todd Brown and I, are developing XX as a television series,” said Vuckovic, who directed one of the four segments of the original movie alongside St. Vincent, Karyn […]

Shin Godzilla directors reteaming for Shin Ultraman

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Variety is reporting that Shin Godzilla co-directors Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi are set to reunite for Shin Ultraman, a live-action feature based upon the classic Japanese TV series.“A baton has been entrusted to me that has been shining ever since I was small child,” said Higuchi. “I will solemnly strive to fulfill my responsibility […]

The 100 to end next year with season 7

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The 100 showrunner Jason Rothenberg has announced that the post-apocalyptic drama series is set to come to an end next year with a seventh and final season on The CW.Rothenberg made the announcement on Twitter, stating: “With The 100 season 6 finale just days away, I have some bittersweet news to share: Season 7 will be […]

Black Lightning and Kevin Conroy join The CW’s DC crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths

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During The CW’s Television Critics Association press tour presentation, the network announced that characters from Black Lightning are set to make their first Arrowverse appearance as part of the upcoming Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover.“The whole theory of Crisis on Infinite Earths is that alternative universes collapse,” said The CW boss Mark Pedowitz. “This is […]

Iron Man 3 screenwriter on The Mandarin’s introduction in Marvel’s Shang-Chi

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Marvel Studios threw fans a major curveball back in 2013 when, after teasing his introduction in the promotional material, Iron Man 3 revealed that Ben Kingsley villain The Mandarin was actually a phony – a drunken British actor by the name of Trevor Slattery portraying a role created by AIM and Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce).It […]

Tom Hiddleston excited to further explore Loki in the Disney+ Marvel series

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Despite having portrayed the character in six movies to date, Tom Hiddleston has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that he believes there’s still much to explore when it comes to the God of Mischief, and as such he’s thrilled to get the opportunity to do so in the upcoming Marvel series Loki.“It’s very, very exciting because […]

Black Adam producer gives an update on Dwayne Johnson’s DC movie

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It’s been almost five years now since Dwayne Johnson first signed on to join the DC Extended Universe in the role of Black Adam, originally as the villain in Shazam!, before plans were switched up and the decision was made to introduce the character via his own solo movie.Shazam! has of course come and gone, […]