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Aardman announces when Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget will fly onto Netflix

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Aardman Animation have used the Annecy International Animation Film Festival to present the first footage from their 23-years in the making sequel Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, and also announced when the feathery follow-up will be available to stream on Netflix.  Aardman founder Peter Lord and director Sam Fell took the stage as part […]

Patrick Wilson undergoes terrifying CT scan in Insidious: The Red Door promo

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Sony Pictures has released another peek behind the red door into The Further with a new TV spot for the final installment of the $500 million grossing horror franchise Insidious: The Red Door.  The original cast return with Patrick Wilson (who is also making his directorial debut), Ty Simpkins, Rose Byrne, and Andrew Astor. Insidious: […]

John Boyega, Teyonah Parris and Jamie Foxx get caught up in a crazy conspiracy in the They Cloned Tyrone trailer

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Netflix has dropped a brand new trailer for their crime conspiracy caper They Cloned Tyrone, which stars John Boyega, Teyonah Parris and Jamie Foxx as Slick Charles, Fontaine and Yo-Yo, an unlikely gang thrust into the middle of a genre-hopping government mystery. Directed by Juel Taylor, who co-wrote the film alongside Tony Rettenmaier, They Cloned Tyrone […]

Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell and more feature on Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One character posters

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to set aside your dismay at this tired introduction to a piece of Mission: Impossible news and feast your eyes on the character posters dropped by Paramount Pictures for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Featuring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, Hayley Atwell as Grace, […]

Yellowjackets star Sophie Thatcher to headline sci-fi thriller Companion

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Currently riding high off the sophomore season of small-screen smash Yellowjackets and box-office success of The Boogeyman, Sophie Thatcher is in talks to join sci-fi thriller Companion.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, Thatcher, arguably the MVP of Showtime’s hit-series, will headline Companion, which comes from the team behind 2022’s standout horror Barbarian.  Also in talks […]

Spider-Man holds strong, but Transformers Rises to the top of the box office

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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts won a hard fought battle with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse over the weekend, outperforming expectations with a $60.5 million opening.  Paramount/Skydance/Hasbro’s relaunch of the robots in disguise landed with $170.5 million worldwide, with an impressive $40 million of that coming from China. While it was a positional victory for Rise of […]

Richard Ayoade introduces us to beasts and vegetables in the Fable trailer

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Xbox has used their Games Showcase to release the teaser for the first installment of their choose-your-own way RPG series Fable for 13 years.  Introduced by Richard Ayoade’s Dave, a vegetable enthusiast who believes that the age of the hero is over, the teaser takes us back to the world of Albion, where players can […]

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny tracking $60M-$70M of “fortune and glory” on opening weekend

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Indiana Jones is looking to dig up between $60M-$70M at the domestic box-office when Harrison Ford’s fifth and final outing as the iconic adventurer opens at the end of the month.  According to The Hollywood Reporter Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is tracking to open with $60 million to $70 million when it […]

Sisqó’s “Thong Song” breaks up a fight between John Doe and Sweet Tooth in first clip from Twisted Metal

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Peacock has released an exclusive clip from Twisted Metal, their live-action action-comedy based on the classic PlayStation video game franchise. The clip features John Doe (Anthony Mackie) and Sweet Tooth (Will Arnett/Samoa Joe) in a casino brawl, until Sisqó’s “Thong Song” unexpectedly brings them together.  Also starring Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church, and Joe Seanoa, […]