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First look at Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington in David O. Russell’s newly titled Amsterdam

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With a cast list to rival Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, David O. Russell’s previously untitled ensemble piece has now been given the title of Amsterdam, and we’ve also been treated to a first look at the film during 20th Century Studios’ CinemaCon panel. Described as a “romantic crime epic”, what few details that were ascertained about […]

Tom Cruise announces Mission: Impossible 7 title

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The Mission: Impossible franchise had attempted the impossible by continuing to shoot throughout much of the pandemic, leading to reports that the budget for the seventh intallment had ballooned to around $290 million, but now that the eighth film in the blockbuster franchise is officially in-production, Tom Cruise has used a break in filming to […]

Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes secures a 2023 release date

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The Hunger Games trilogy grossed nearly $3 billion at the worldwide box-office, so it’s little surprise that Lionsgate are moving forward with their planned prequel to the Jennifer Lawrence headlined blockbuster franchise, and it has just been announced that The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will be released in theatres on November 17th, 2023. The Hollywood […]

Kubo’s Travis Knight to direct The Night Gardener for Laika

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Of all the news we’ve been getting over the past few days about Batmen and Barbies, few announcements are as exciting as the one made by Laika Animation Studios about their next movie, because they’ve just tasked CEO Travis Knight with directing a gritty neo-noir stop-motion folktale called The Night Gardener. The Hollywood Reporter reveals […]

Lesley Manville chases her dreams in the trailer for Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

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Hoping to corner the market for counter-programming this summer, as well as surely winning Best Film Title of the Year, Universal and Focus Features have just released the trailer for period comedy Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. The film follows Lesley Manville’s widowed housekeeper Ada Harris, who decides to get up off her hands and […]

Haunting new trailer for Justin Kurzel’s critically-acclaimed Nitram

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Picturehouse Entertainment has dropped the UK trailer for Justin Kurzel’s critically-acclaimed drama Nitram, the film that won Caleb Landry Jones (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) the Best Actor award at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Nitram, which we said was “executed with restraint, terror, and sensitivity” in our ★★★★ review, tells the story of events […]

Warner Bros. reveals that The Nun 2 is on the way

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It has been a while since something spooky has stepped forth from The Conjuring Universe, but Warner Bros. have just used their CinemaCon panel to summon The Nun 2 into production. According to Collider, little more than an image was shown during the Warner Bros. sizzle reel, with no further details, including release date and […]

Netflix releases trailer for anime adventure Drifting Home

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Netflix has just launched the trailer for Drifting Home, the third feature-length anime film from Studio Colorido, known for Penguin Highway and A Whisker Away, which tells the story of a group of children who wake up to find that their apartment block is now floating at sea; check out the fantastical trailer here…  […]

Wicked movie adaptation to be split into two parts

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Jon M. Chu has cast a spell over fans of blockbuster stage musical Wicked by announcing on Twitter that his forthcoming adaptation will now be split into two movies released over consecutive Christmases, with the first arriving in December 2024. Chu cited the fact that they were finding it “impossible to wrestle the story of […]

Sony hires Hawkeye director Rhys Thomas to helm Robotech adaptation

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Sony Pictures have finally found the director they want to bring their long-gestating adaptation of Japanese anime Robotech to the big-screen; Hawkeye‘s Rhys Thomas. Having once been a project with Aquaman‘s James Wan at the helm, before Andy Muschietti took over the controls in 2017, Deadline report that Rhys Thomas, who did such a fantastic […]