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F1 races to $144 million worldwide as M3GAN 2.0 bombs at the box office

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Apple Original Films’ had their first bonafide box-office success at the weekend with Joseph Kosinski’s F1: The Movie taking pole-position with a $144 million worldwide debut.  The Brad Pitt starrer achieved what other $200 million budgeted high-profile underperformers Killers of the Flower Moon ($158M) and Napoleon ($221M) couldn’t for the studio, and opened above expectations […]

Doug Liman to adapt Stephen King’s The Stand for Paramount Pictures

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Doug Liman is set to attempt the impossible by adapting Stephen King’s The Stand for the big-screen. Per The Hollywood Reporter The Edge of Tomorrow and Bourne Identity director will try and condense King’s iconic 1978 novel into a feature film. Despite being adapted into an excellent 1994 miniseries, and a not-so-great 2019 limited series, […]

Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby and Sydney Sweeney find trouble in paradise in the trailer for Ron Howard’s Eden

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Vertical has released the trailer for Ron Howard’s survival thriller Eden, which puts a star-studded cast on a remote island, only for them to discover that this idyllic location brings out the worst in each other. Based on a true story, Eden‘s stellar ensemble is comprised of Jude Law (Star Wars: Skeleton Crew), Ana de […]

Everything Goes With Blue in new clip and character posters for Smurfs

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Paramount Pictures has dropped a dollop of blue in your day by releasing a set of character posters and a music video clip from the forthcoming big-screen outing of the Smurfs.  Smurfs boasts an all-star voice cast that includes Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman, Daniel Levy,  Natasha Lyonne, Hannah Waddingham, and John Goodman. All of […]

Things are getting sticky for Alison Brie and Dave Franco in the latest Together teaser trailer

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Neon has released a new teaser for their critically-acclaimed body-horror Together. Written and directed by Michael Shanks, the film stars Alison Brie (Community) and Dave Franco (Bad Neighbours) as a married couple who relocate to the countryside, only to find that a malevolent supernatural force is trying to bring them closer together in unimaginable ways. […]

Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona star in trailer for couples-comedy Splitsville

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Neon has released the first trailer for Splitsville, a couples comedy that stars Hit Man breakout Adria Arjona and Materialists Dakota Johnson in a film about the trappings of open relationships. The sophomore feature from Michael Angelo Corvino following his cycling comedy The Climb, Splitsville also stars David Castañeda, O-T Fagbenle, Charlie Gillespie, Nicholas Braun, […]

There’s something very very wrong going on in the creepy new trailer for Zach Cregger’s Weapons

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Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema has dropped a brand new trailer that ups the ante, the horror, and the anticipation for Zach Cregger’s Weapons. Written and directed by the Barbarian filmmaker, Weapons tells the “true story” of a small town community who struggle to deal with the fallout of what happens when all but […]

MobLand gets second season renewal at Paramount+

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Paramount+ has renewed its star-studded crime drama MobLand for a second season.  Starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren, the Guy Ritchie-directed series has become the streamer’s second most watched original of all time, with the first episode generating 26 million views since it debuted in March.  Created and written by Ronan Bennett (The […]

HTTYD soars, 28 Years Later sprints to $60 million, and Elio sets unwanted records for Disney-Pixar at the box office

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Aside from How to Train Your Dragon’s continued dominance at the worldwide box-office, this weekend felt like a tough one to call. How would Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s 23 years in the making horror-sequel fare when released smack-bang in the middle of blockbuster season, and what would happen to Disney-Pixar’s $150 million sci-fi adventure […]

Go on an adventure of a night time with Netflix’s In Your Dreams trailer

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Netflix has dropped the trailer for the magical adventure In Your Dreams, their upcoming animated feature which focuses on two siblings who venture through an absurd world of their own imagination to build a new family.  Written and co-directed by Alex Woo and Erik Benson, In Your Dreams voice cast is led by Craig Robinson (The Bad […]