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Joe Cornish to write and direct adaptation of Mark Millar’s Starlight

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While the rumours of an Attack the Block sequel continue to do the rounds, Joe Cornish has settled on his next project for 20th Century Studios with an adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic Starlight. According to Deadline, Cornish will write and direct Starlight, which tells the story of ‘a space hero who saved the universe […]

Eighth Grade’s Elsie Fisher to star in My Best Friend’s Exorcism

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Originally announced a couple of years ago, the adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s cult horror novel My Best Friend’s Exorcism has been summoned to the headlines again with the news that Eighth Grade‘s Elsie Fisher is set to star. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Fisher will head up an ensemble that includes Amiah Miller (War […]

Box Office: Mortal Kombat fights its way towards $11 million overseas as Godzilla vs. Kong tops $358 million

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Isn’t it nice to be reading about box-office statistics again? And not the depressing kind which have accompanied the decimation of the moviegoing business over the last year or so. We’re getting to report healthy numbers on a Monday morning, and long may it continue as the multiplexes of the world begin to sanitise their […]

Justin Timberlake to headline Confessions of a Dangerous Mind for Apple TV+

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Following the success of their recent collaboration, the redemptive tearjerker Palmer, Justin Timberlake has been tapped to star in Apple TV’s adaptation of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. As reported by Deadline, Timberlake will play gong-show host Chuck Barris, who revealed in his 1984 memoir Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, that his job as a […]

Trailer for stand-up horror-comedy Too Late

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Making its World Premiere at the forthcoming Seattle International Film Festival is Too Late, a horror-comedy set in the world of stand-up, which features an ensemble of comedy actors including Fred Armisen (SNL), Ron Lynch (Bob’s Burgers), and Mary Lynn Rajskub (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), and you can watch the trailer below… Helmed by […]

Writer Eric Roth calls Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon “one for the ages”

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Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, based on David Grann’s bestseller Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, was always going to be high on the audience’s most-wanted list having secured Robert DeNiro, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jesse Plemons before being snapped up by Apple. Now its writer Eric Roth […]

WarnerMedia CEO says their movies will hit theatres before HBO Max in 2022

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Despite Godzilla vs. Kong proving to be a huge box-office smash as well as simultaneously breaking streaming records on HBO Max, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar has delivered some news that will have Christopher Nolan arching his brow, as he revealed that from 2022 Warner Bros. biggest movies will debut in theatres first before winding up […]

Ghostbusters: Afterlife clip reintroduces a familiar foe in fun-size form

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife will finally be released November 14th, having been held in the pandemic-era containment unit for over a year, and now with Bill Murray recently declaring that the Jason Reitman sequel “really has the feel of the first one”, we’re starting to get a few more glimpses at the eagerly-anticipated film, including this clip […]

Borat breakout Maria Bakalova joins A24 slasher Bodies, Bodies, Bodies

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Maria Bakalova has already stolen Borat Subsequent Moviefilm from underneath the moustache of its star, in the process been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and signed on to appear in Judd Apatow’s Netflix lockdown comedy Bubble, and now she has continued the meteoric rise by joining A24’s slasher film Bodies, Bodies, […]

Olivia Colman to star in Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light

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Sam Mendes has chosen his first film since 1917 snared 10 Oscar nominations and $314 million at the worldwide box-office, and it looks as though fellow Academy-Award botherer Olivia Colman is set to join him for Empire of Light. Deadline reports that the Skyfall director has teamed with Searchlight Pictures to bring to life a […]