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Gary Collinson

James Marsden and Ben Schwartz talk Sonic the Hedgehog movie

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The iconic video game character Sonic the Hedgehog is set to race onto the big screen this November, and during Paramount Pictures’ presentation at CinemaCon, Comic Book got the chance to speak to James Marsden about his role in the film as the sheriff of Green Hills. “So Tom, he’s a small town cop and […]

Sylvester Stallone says Rambo V: Last Blood is “coming together beautifully”

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Having brought the curtain down on his role as Rocky Balboa with last year’s Creed II, Sylvester Stallone will be saying goodbye to his other iconic character later this year with the release of Rambo V: Last Blood. Sharing a post to Instagram, Stallone has provided an update on post-production on the new film, stating […]

BBC Studios developing The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe drama series

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Variety is reporting that BBC Studios is in development on a new drama series entitled The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe, which will tell the story of the final months of the screen icon’s life, and her relationships with the likes of Joe DiMaggio, John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy. The series will be based […]

Book Review – The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas

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Michelle Herbert reviews The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas… The Psychology of Time Travel begins in 1967 when four women manage to develop a way to travel through time. There are a few rules that seem to be unyielding; you can only travel to places where the machine has been built and is […]

Jack O’Connell joins Colin Farrell in The North Water

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Back in February it was announced that Colin Farrell has signed on to star in a BBC adaptation of Ian McGuire’s novel The North Water, and now comes word that the Dumbo star will be joined in the cast by Jack O’Connell (Unbroken, Godless). The four-part adaptation of the Man Booker Prize longlisted novel is […]

Simon Kinberg says he always envisioned Dark Phoenix as the “culmination” of the X-Men series

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With The Walt Disney Company’s takeover of 20th Century Fox now complete, it’s expected that Marvel Studios will soon reboot the X-Men (and Fantastic Four) into the MCU, bringing to an end the near-twenty year series that is Fox’s X-Men franchise. The final instalment (of the main series, at least – assuming The New Mutants […]

Bumblebee director discusses his original plans for Megatron appearance

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This past December, every Generation One fan’s childhood was brought to life on the big screen by director Travis Knight in the all-too-brief Cybertron battle sequence in Paramount Pictures’ Transformers spinoff Bumblebee. The sequence featured cameo appearances from some of the franchise’s most beloved characters in their classic 80s designs. Unfortunately, the film’s ties to […]

Linda Hamilton talks Terminator: Dark Fate return as first footage shown at CinemaCon

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This week, Paramount Pictures brought Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton to Las Vegas for its Terminator: Dark Fate presentation, with the studio pulling back the curtain on the sixth instalment in the sci-fi action series. During the panel, Hamilton explained why she was tempted back to the franchise, reprising her role as Sarah Connor for […]

Kumail Nanjiani joins Angelina Jolie in Marvel’s The Eternals

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After kicking off the casting process last week by signing up Angelina Jolie (Maleficent), THR is reporting that Marvel Studios is now in talks with Silicon Valley and The Big Sick star Kumail Nanjiani for its cosmic superhero ensemble The Eternals. Details on Nanjiani’s role are being kept under wraps, but the article suggests that […]