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Ransom Canyon renewed for second season on Netflix

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Over two months since its premiere on Netflix, the streaming giant has renewed its latest Western drama Ransom Canyon for a second season. Based on Jodi Thomas’ book series, the series stars Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly and follows the intersecting secrets, love and lives of three ranching families in the crimson mesas of Texas Hill Country. […]

Bookish trailer sees Mark Gatiss as bookshop owner-turned-detective

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Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, The League of Gentlemen) is starring in Bookish, another British mystery drama he is writing. The trailer for the upcoming series sees Gatiss as Gabriel Book, an eccentric bookshop owner who is also a detective helping the police solve various cases of scandalous nature. Watch the trailer below… Set in post-WW2 London, […]

Street Fighter movie casts Callina Liang as Chun-Li

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As Legendary’s Street Fighter film adaptation picks up steam, Deadline reports it has filled a major role. Callina Liang (Presence) will star as Chun-Li, one of the most recognizable characters in the Street Fighter games. Chun-Li was introduced in Street Fighter II as “a skilled martial artist and Interpol officer.” The franchise follows a fighting tournament organized by the evil […]

Cillian Murphy’s Steve to receive theatrical and Netflix release this fall

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Cillian Murphy’s drama Steve has received a theatrical release this fall ahead of its premiere on Netflix. Directed by Tim Mielants (Small Things Like These), the film is based on the novel Shy by Max Porter and sees Murphy as a teacher trying to reach his at-risk students to improve their lives.  Starring alongside Murphy in the film are […]

Outlander: Blood of My Blood given early season 2 renewal

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Ahead of the series premiere of the prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood this August, Starz has given an early second season renewal to the show with production now underway in Scotland. Outlander: Blood of My Blood follows dual narratives of the love stories between Claire and Jamie Fraser’s parents in World War I and 18th […]

Owen Wilson returns for Meet The Parents 4 as first plot details revealed

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Meet the Parents 4 will see the return of another original cast member as The Hollywood Reporter has announced Owen Wilson will reprise his role from the three previous films. Wilson joins original stars Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo and Blythe Danner with series co-writer John Hamburg directing and writing the new installment. Wilson […]

Russell Crowe to play Ramirez in Highlander remake

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After several years of being in development with Henry Cavill tapped as the lead star, Chad Stahelski’s upcoming Highlander remake has now added a new cast member with Russell Crowe (Gladiator) joining the film. Crowe will star as Ramirez, an immortal warrior who trains newfound immortal Connor MacLeod to fight in an ancient war that is secretly […]

Dune 3 casts Paul Atreides and Chani’s children

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Denis Villeneuve is getting ready to return to Arrakis with Dune 3 and has cast two significant roles. Joining the film as the twin children of Paul Atreides and Chani are Nakoa-Wolf Momoa and and Ida Brooke (Silo). Momoa will join his father Jason Momoa in the film, the latter of whom is returning as a […]

Batman is James Gunn’s “biggest issue” and he’s working to get The Brave and the Bold “right”

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While DC Studios co-head James Gunn is getting the new DC film universe off the ground with next month’s Superman and next year’s Supergirl, among the other TV projects in various stages of development, one of the biggest question marks in all this is where does the Dark Knight stand in the new DCU? Batman is not […]

DC’s Supergirl officially drops Woman of Tomorrow subtitle

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Earlier this year a report suggested the upcoming DC Studios film Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow may drop its subtitle, so it should come as no surprise then that DC Studios co-head James Gunn has now confirmed that will indeed be the case, rebranding the film simply as Supergirl. A similar change was made for Gunn’s Superman, which was […]