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M. Night Shyamalan’s Old surprises Snake Eyes to top the U.S. box office

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It was a twist befitting of the man whose film sits atop the U.S. box-office this weekend, because despite predictions that the honour would either belong to last week’s champ Space Jam: A New Legacy or Paramount’s G.I. Joe spin-off Snake Eyes, it was M. Night Shyamalan’s tides of time tale Old which took the […]

Kristen Stewart’s Princess Diana drama Spencer to premiere at Venice Film Festival, full line-up announced

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The 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival runs from September 1-11 and it appears that this year’s line-up contains some of the most eagerly anticipated movies of 2021, including Edgar Wright’s oft-delayed horror Last Night in Soho, Ridley Scott’s medieval epic The Last Duel, and Pablo Larraín’s Kristen Stewart headlined drama Spencer. Taking place over […]

Green light given to The Wandering Earth 2 as Andy Lau joins blockbuster sequel

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A sequel to China’s fourth highest grossing film of all time was announced at the end of last year, but now Variety report that registration records on the National Film Bureau’s website show that censors have approved production for The Wandering Earth 2, and that Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs) has joined the […]

Face Your Demons in the official teaser for Netflix’s The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

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Following the phenomenally successful first season of Netflix’s adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s world of The Witcher, the streaming giant has decided to expand the universe while you wait for the Henry Cavill headlined sophomore outing with an animated prequel following the trials and tribulations of Vesemir, Geralt’s eventual mentor and travelling companion. Check out the […]

Freaky’s Christopher Landon to direct Anthony Mackie, David Harbour and Tig Notaro in We Have a Ghost

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Netflix have tasked Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Happy Death Day 2U) with writing and directing their family adventure film We Have A Ghost, as well as rounding up an impressive ensemble of Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), David Harbour (Stranger Things), Jahi Di’Allo Winston (Charm City Kings), Tig Notaro (Army of […]

John Cena crashes Lil Rey Howery’s wedding in red band trailer for Vacation Friends

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20th Century Studios has released the trailer for John Cena’s return to the kind of R-rated comedy that served him so well with Blockers. Directed by Silicon Valley‘s Clay Tarver, Vacation Friends is the story of a straight laced couple, played by Lil Rey Howery (Get Out) and Yvonne Orji (Insecure), who befriend the party-going pair […]

Under The Shadow’s Babak Anvari lines up George Mackay, Kelly Macdonald & Hugh Bonneville for Netflix thriller I Came By

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George MacKay (1917), Kelly Macdonald (Trainspotting), and Hugh Bonneville (Paddington) are set to headline Netflix thriller I Came By, which will be directed by the BAFTA winning filmmaker Babak Anvari (Under The Shadow, Wounds). I Came By is a London set neo-noir thriller will follow a rebellious young graffiti artist who targets the homes of […]

Jodie Comer, Adam Driver, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck star in trailer for Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel

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When he gets it right (Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven – The Director’s Cut) few directors can orchestrate a historical epic like Ridley Scott, and if this trailer is anything to go by then there’s a lot to get excited about when it comes to The Last Duel. Starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck (reunited in chainmail […]

Set photos show DiCaprio and De Niro in costume on Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon

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Filming is well underway in Fairfax, Oklahoma on Martin Scorsese’s $200M budgeted Killers of the Flower Moon, with some new set photos depicting stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro in their 1920’s costumes. 16.07 l Leonardo DiCaprio no set de seu novo filme “Killers of the Flower Moon” em Fairfax Oklahoma pic.twitter.com/oF8DtkuGUq — 𝑵𝒆𝒘𝒔 […]

M. Night Shyamalan says Old is “disturbing and dark” in new featurette

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Much like the characters marooned on M. Night Shyamalan’s mysterious beach, it will feel like the blink of an eye before the passing of time results in OLD being released in cinemas this Friday. However, Universal have found enough time to squeeze in a final featurette in which the director talks about his filmmaking process, […]