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Universal to adapt Ernest Cline’s Armada for the big screen

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With Ready Player One hitting high score levels of box-office receipts, it’s no surprise to learn that rival studios wish to hit ‘continue’ on Ernest Cline adaptations, with Universal keen to move ahead with a movie based on his 2015 novel Armada. Variety report that the studio have hired Dan Mazeua (Wrath of the Titans, Van […]

Shane Black reveals when we can expect The Predator trailer

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Originally intended for release in February of this year, Shane Black’s The Predator is currently undergoing reshoots as it works towards a September 14th opening. With very little emerging from the project beyond the original promotional shots and news of delays, Black has taken to Twitter to respond to questions about the status of the film. […]

Joaquin Phoenix responds to The Joker casting rumours

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While Joaquin Phoenix has been on the promotional trail for You Were Never Really Here (read our ★★★★★ here) he has been speaking about the rumours linking him with the Todd Phillips directed and Martin Scorsese produced Joker origin film. In discussion with Fandango, he was asked whether he’d be playing The Joker, to which the […]

John Krasinski expresses desire to play a superhero

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John Krasinski is about to be seen playing a superhero of a different kind, as a father struggling to keep his small family alive in the deservedly buzzed about horror A Quiet Place. However, the former Dunder Mifflin employee has been speaking to ScreenRant about his desire to get involved in “the whole superhero thing”. […]

Ready Player One opens with $3.8 million in Wednesday previews

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Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One got off to a solid start at the North American box-office, with its Wednesday night previews collecting $3.8 million worth of coins for the Warner Bros. blockbuster. Box-office analysts have the adaptation of Ernest Cline’s book reaching between $38 to $42 million over this four-day weekend. Ready Player One will […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story gets earlier UK release

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When you read that there’s been a release date change on Solo: A Star Wars Story, knowing the asteroid field style bumpy ride to the big-screen that Ron Howard’s movie has taken, your mind can’t help but immediately flip to the dark side. However, on this occasion there’s some good news for certain territories, which […]

Paramount explains decision to sell The Cloverfield Paradox to Netflix

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At a recent Q&A, Paramount Pictures COO Andrew Gumpert has been shedding some light on the first of the studios two high-profile Netflix deals for films originally intended for a theatrical release, the J.J. Abrams produced space station monster mash, The Cloverfield Paradox. Stunt released amidst the fanfare of the Superbowl, The Cloverfield Paradox debuted […]

Second Opinion – Blockers (2018)

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Blockers, 2018. Directed by Kay Cannon. Starring John Cena, Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz, Geraldine Viswanathan, Kathryn Newton, and Gideon Adlon. SYNOPSIS: When three inseparable best friends decide that they want to lose their virginity on Prom Night, their intrusive parents do all they can to ensure that it doesn’t happen. From the outside, Blockers appears […]

Steven Spielberg insists Peter Jackson’s Tintin sequel “is not dead”

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At the moment we’re getting a lot of exposure to one of the greatest directors of all time, as Steven Spielberg continues to do the rounds on the Ready Player One (read our review here) press circuit. Now, in-between discussing whether Netflix movies deserve awards recognition, or the importance of the MeToo movement, Spielberg has squeezed […]