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Gary Collinson

Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers movie to be directed by Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer

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Lonely Island member and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping co-director Akiva Schaffer has signed on to helm Disney’s Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers movie, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The live-action/CG-animated hybrid film will reimagine the classic 1989 animated series Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, which saw the long-running Disney characters starting their own detective […]

DC announces Batman vs. Ra’s al Ghul miniseries from Neal Adams

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As part of its Year of the Villain celebrations, DC Comics has announced the six issue miniseries Batman vs. Ra’s al Ghul, which will be written and drawn by legendary artist and Ra’s al Ghul co-creator Neal Adams. Batman vs. Ra’s al Ghul shows a Gotham City under siege by terrorists, with Batman determined to […]

James Wan and Lindsey Beer to adapt Mark Millar’s The Magic Order for Netflix

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Aquaman director James Wan and screenwriter Lindsey Beer (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser) are teaming for an adaptation of the Mark Millar comic book series The Magic Order. The comic, which Millar’s first publication following Netflix’s acquisition of his Millarworld company, is described as a “multigenerational story follows five families of magicians who are sworn […]

King of the Monsters director wants to make a prehistoric Godzilla movie

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Godzilla makes his return to the big screen this month courtesy of Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures with their MonsterVerse sequel Godzilla: King of the Monsters, after which the iconic kaiju will go head-to-head with the Eighth Wonder of the World in next year’s monster mash-up Godzilla vs. Kong. Warner and Legendary’s deal with Toho […]

The Batman reportedly features up to six villains, including The Penguin and Catwoman

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With reports circulating that Robert Pattinson is all but officially on board to become the latest actor to don the cape and cowl as The Dark Knight, attention is starting to turn towards which members of the Rogue’s Gallery we can expect to see showing up in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. According to an article […]

John Wick: Chapter 3 dethrones Avengers: Endgame to top the box office with franchise best opening

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After three weeks of decimating the box office, Avengers: Endgame has fallen from the top of the charts this weekend courtesy of Keanu Reeves and the hotly-anticipated John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. The third instalment in the acclaimed action series opened in first place in North America and topped tracking estimates of $50 million […]

Natalie Portman reflects on the negative reception to the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

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Exactly 20 years ago today, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace arrived in theaters, simultaneously introducing a new generation to the galaxy far, far away whilst leaving another with a range of feelings, stretching from mild disappointment through to a level of anger and vitriol the likes of which wouldn’t be seen again […]

Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood goes Spaghetti Western with new poster

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The marketing campaign for Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood took an interesting turn this week with the release of a poster for Operazione Dyn-O-Mite!, a ‘movie within the movie’ featuring Leonardo DiCaprio’s actor Rick Dalton, and now Sony has unveiled another faux one-sheet, this time for the Spaghetti Western Kill Me Now […]

Elizabeth Olsen on her “terrible” audition to play Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones

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While Game of Thrones has propelled Emilia Clarke into the A-list with her role as Daenerys Targaryen, it’s widely known that she wasn’t the first choice to play the Mad Queen, with Tamzin Merchant (Pride and Prejudice, The Tudors) actually portraying the character in the 2009 pilot. Merchant was ultimately dropped from the show once […]

Paramount looking to get in on the superhero movie business with Atlas Comics

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Paramount Pictures is looking to get itself in on the superhero business, with producer Steven Paul (Ghost Rider, Ghost in the Shell) announcing at Cannes that he has acquired a majority holding in Atlas Comics and signed a co-production and co-financing deal with the studio to develop, produce and distribute superhero movies based upon the […]