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Go behind-the-scenes of Wicked with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in new promo video

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Ahead of the release of the official trailer on Wednesday, Universal Pictures has given audiences a behind-the-scenes look at their blockbuster musical adaptation of Wicked.  Directed by Crazy Rich Asians filmmaker Jon M. Chu, Wicked‘s magical ensemble features Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, alongside Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode,  and Jeff Goldblum […]

Third Downton Abbey movie heading to the big screen

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Polish your finest silver, because Downton Abbey is set for a third big-screen outing from series creator Julian Fellowes.Per The Hollywood Reporter, Focus Features and Carnival Films are organising another elite gathering for the inhabitants of Downton Abbey, with Simon Curtis returning to direct following his work on 2022’s Downton Abbey: A New Era.Downtown Abbey […]

Edgar Wright officially in talks to direct Sydney Sweeney’s Barbarella remake

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Following the announcement that Edgar Wright is set to direct Glen Powell in a remake of The Running Man, the Hot Fuzz director hasn’t had to look far when it comes to inspiration for his next project, with news emerging that he is in talks to take the reins on Powell’s Anyone But You co-star […]

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes rules the worldwide box office with $129 million opening

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Apes and humans can live together if this weekend is anything to go by, with audiences turning out in huge numbers for 20th Century and Disney’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.Wes Ball’s continuation of the $1.7 billion grossing Apes franchise swung to a domestic debut of $56.5 million and $72.5 million international, for […]

First poster for Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch starring Amy Adams

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Searchlight Pictures has released the first poster for Can You Ever Forgive Me? director Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch, which stars Amy Adams as a stay-at-home mum who starts going through a quite a radical change. Nightbitch is an adaptation of of Rachel Yoder’s debut novel, which follows Adams as a suburban mom thrown into the stay-at-home routine […]

June Squibb’s OAP action flick Thelma gets a kick-ass trailer

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Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing have released the trailer for their nonagenarian action flick Thelma, which stars Academy Award nominee June Squib (Nebraska) as an elderly grandmother turned unlikely action hero.The feature directorial debut of Josh Margolin, we called Thelma “a quirky, elderly action-adventure tale” when it debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival (check […]

Garfield attempts to board a train in The Garfield Movie clip

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Sony Pictures has let the cat out of the bag and onto a train by dropping the first clip from their upcoming animated comedy The Garfield Movie.Based on Jim Davis’ iconic comic-strip, The Garfield Movie features the voice talents of Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillén, Brett […]

Shark series 47 Meters Down to become a trilogy with The Wreck

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There’s chum in the water with the news that a third installment in the hit shark thriller franchise 47 Meters Down has swum into production. Deadline reports that the threequel will be titled 47 Meters Down: The Wreck, and that it will be directed by My Bloody Valentine‘s Patrick Lussier. Franchise creator Johannes Roberts (Resident Evil: Welcome […]

Michelle Yeoh set to star in Blade Runner 2099

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Academy Award winning Everything Everywhere All at Once star Michelle Yeoh has landed a role in Prime Video‘s limited series Blade Runner 2099. According to Deadline Yeoh has signed on to Prime Video’s sequel series, which will be set fifty years after the events of director Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049.Following strike-related delays, production on the sequel […]