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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle receives positive first reactions

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In this climate of remakes, reboots, and exhaustive franchises, there was one film that appeared to be about as welcome as a lump of coal at Christmas, and that was the follow-up to 1995 Robin Williams family flick Jumanji. Only this time it would transfer the board game to the video screen, and star the […]

Russell Crowe wants to set sail with Master and Commander sequel

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When The Truman Show director Peter Weir launched Master and Commander back in 2003, it was to be the first voyage of many, with a post-Gladiator Russell Crowe captaining a franchise based on Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey Maturin novels. Unfortunately, despite positive reviews, the $93 million domestic gross against a $150 million budget meant that 20th Century Fox […]

Chris Morris has shot a secret film with Anna Kendrick

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According to comedy site Chortle, Four Lions and Brass Eye creator Chris Morris has been secretly working on his first feature film in seven years. Details are scant, there isn’t even a title yet, but the movie stars Anna Kendrick, who sent the below picture via her Instagram account of her character wearing FBI body […]

Coco takes down Justice League with $70 million box office opening

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Disney-Pixar’s day-of-the-dead delight Coco conquered the Thanksgiving box-office with an estimated $71 million this weekend ($49 million 3-day total), knocking Justice League down a spot with $60 million over the same five-day period, and a running domestic total of $171 million after ten days of release. Coco‘s numbers gave it the third best Thanksgiving opening ever, […]

Joe Manganiello shares Deathstroke image

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Anyone who stuck around for the Justice League end-credits sequence will be aware that Joe Manganiello’s Deathstroke makes an appearance, presumably to set up his forthcoming solo outing as DC’s villainous super-assassin Slade Wilson. Now the True Blood actor has taken to Twitter to unveil the first official photo from his Justice League cameo. The […]

New footage of Captain Phasma, Chewie and the Porg in latest Star Wars: The Last Jedi TV spot

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There was more than just Thanksgiving to celebrate in the US this holiday season, as Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm have debuted a brand new TV spot for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Featuring sentiments that we can all echo from Gwendoline Christie’s returning Captain Phasma, who ushers in the brief teaser with “so good […]

Justice League failure to signal the end for Batfleck?

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Forbes have written a thorough insight into the box-office fallout of Justice League. It’s in no way an attack on the DCEU, and finds shards of hope within the darkness gathering around that cinematic universe. However, the most interesting snippet focuses on the continuing saga of Ben Affleck’s future as The Dark Knight. The article […]

First glimpse of a Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom dinosaur

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There have been rumours that the first trailer for J.A.Bayona’s dino-romp sequel, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, would be attached to The Last Jedi. Until life finds a way and that becomes a reality, we’ll have to settle for this brief glimpse of what appears to be a baby raptor upstaging the returning Chris Pratt, which […]

James Wan says Aquaman’s Atlantis scenes will be different from Justice League

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For a lot of people Justice League has seemingly undone the good work of the DCEU’s trail blazing Amazonian, Wonder Woman. Aside from the lacklustre box-office returns, fans have been speculating about how it will shape the future of this troubled cinematic universe, with The Hollywood Reporter writing a think piece on the job that awaits […]