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DeWanda Wise joins Captain Marvel

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Marvel’s first female centric superhero film has gained another cast member. Joining Captain Marvel is DeWanda Wise in an unknown role. Wise also stars in Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It, a series based on Spike Lee’s 1986 film of the same name. Captain Marvel is being directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Mississippi Grind) and sees Brie Larson (Kong: […]

George R.R. Martin’s Nightflyers gets full series pick-up by SyFy

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Since SyFy ordered a pilot based on George R.R. Martin’s sci-fi novellas Nightflyers last fall, we hadn’t heard much else about the project aside from Martin saying it would have a “substantial” budget. However, SyFy has announced today it has given a full series pick-up for the next Martin adaptation. Jeff Buhler (Jacob’s Ladder) has written […]

New Line’s Walter Hamada will lead DC on film for Warner Bros.

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Last month saw a bit of a shake-up over at Warner Bros. with the DC Extended Universe. Producer Jon Berg and DC CCO Geoff Johns, who were tapped to lead the DC film franchise after the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, were pushed aside in a restructuring in the wake of Justice League‘s disappointing […]

First trailer for Patrick Melrose starring Benedict Cumberbatch

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The first trailer for the upcoming Sky series Patrick Melrose has been released. Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the series as the title character in an adaptation of Edward St. Aubyn’s novels on the rich socialite. Check out the trailer below… The five-part series has been penned by David Nicholls (One Day) and each episode will be based on […]

Narcos Season 4 casts Matt Letscher as series regular

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Netflix’s Narcos has announced a new piece of casting news for its upcoming fourth season. According to Deadline, the show has cast Matt Letscher in a series regular role, joining fellow new additions Michael Peña (Ant-Man) and Diego Luna (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). With the bloody hunt for Pablo Escobar over, the DEA and […]

True Detective season 3 casts Stephen Dorff

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With HBO having ordered a third season of its anthology series True Detective, a new addition to the cast has been announced. Stephen Dorff (Blade) will star alongside Moonlight’s Mahershala Ali and Selma’s Carmen Ejogo as State Investigator Roland West, partner to Ali’s Wayne Hays. The third season will focus on a crime in the heart of the Ozarks, with […]

Kate Beckinsale to star in Amazon series The Widow

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Amazon has announced a new limited series for its streaming platform to be headlined by Kate Beckinsale (Underworld). Titled The Widow, the eight-episode limited series is produced by Amazon and ITV and is written and executive produced by Henry and Jack Williams, with Eliza Mellor producing and Sam Donovan and Olly Blackburn directing. The Widow sees Beckinsale as Georgia […]

First trailer for Blumhouse’s new horror Truth or Dare

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Blumhouse Productions and Universal have released the first trailer for the upcoming horror film, Truth or Dare. Starring Lucy Hale (Pretty Littler Liars) and Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf) and directed by Jeff Wadlow, Truth or Dare is a supernatural thriller where a harmless game of ‘truth or dare’ among friends turns deadly when someone—or something—begins to punish those […]

Johnny English 3 gets a September release date

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It looks like one of the world’s most famous British spies is heading back to screen this year. No, its not James Bond, but rather Johnny English! Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) will return for Johnny English 3, to be directed by David Keer and starring former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace), and it has […]