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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 […]

Phil Lord and Chris Miller discuss their Solo: A Star Wars Story credit

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Phil Lord and Chris Miller were speaking about their careers at the GLAS Animation Festival this past week, and have revealed the extent to which they will be credited on the forthcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story. The duo, who were fired from the project last summer after creative differences, having reportedly clashed with producer […]

Tiffany Haddish joins The LEGO Movie Sequel

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Tiffany Haddish will be joining Chris Pratt’s Emmet Brickowski and Elizabeth Banks as Wyldstyle in 2019’s The LEGO Movie sequel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Haddish will continue the meteoric rise that has seen her steal Keanu, Girls Trip, and this year’s Academy Awards, by voicing an important new character in the Mike Mitchell (Trolls, […]

Chris Evans hints he’s hanging up Cap’s shield after Avengers 4

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It’s no secret that Chris Evans’ Marvel contract ends after the sequel to Avengers: Infinity War, but now the actor has given his clearest indication yet that he intends to step away from the Stars ‘n’ Stripes superhero when Avengers 4 has completed its reshoots later this year. In an actor profile by The New […]