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Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake coming from The Conjuring 2 writer and Predator producer

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Another remake is on the way, and this time it’s for a film that has had several remakes already. Deadline is reporting Warner Bros. is set to remake Invasion of the Body Snatchers and has hired The Conjuring 2 writer David Leslie Johnson to pen the script. He will be joined by John Davis, producer of the Predator films, including […]

Comic Book Review – Absolute Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chang Vol. 1

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Ricky Church reviews Absolute Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chang Vol. 1… In these tales from the start of DC—The New 52, Wonder Woman learns that Queen Hippolyta has kept a secret from her daughter all her life—and when Diana learns who her father is, her life will shatter like brittle clay. The […]

Mads Mikkelsen cast in villain role in Doug Liman’s Chaos Walking

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Doug Liman has just rounded out the main cast of his adaptation of Chaos Walking by adding Rogue One: A Star Wars Story‘s Mads Mikkelsen in the villain role, per The Hollywood Reporter. The actor is in final negotiations to play the film’s antagonist, plaguing co-stars Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Homecoming). […]

First look at Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon in Fahrenheit 451

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The first official image from HBO Films’ adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 has been released, showing off its two leads Michael B. Jordan (Creed) and Michael Shannon (Man of Steel). The image features the two in their jobs as ‘firemen’ of the future, burning books that are banned from the public. The film is directed by […]

Forest Whitaker to guest star in Empire season 4

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Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker will soon be starring on the small screen, having been cast in the fourth season of FOX’s Empire in a multi-episode arc. Whitaker will portray Uncle Eddie, a “charismatic music icon and bonafide hitmaker, who gave an unknown Lucious (Terrence Howard) his first radio airplay. Decades later, Eddie steps up for Lucious […]

Mitch Pileggi will return for The X-Files season 11

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One veteran of The X-Files is set to make his return for the series’ upcoming eleventh season. Mitch Pileggi, who starred as FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner, will reprise his role for the 10-episode event series, joining lead stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in Mulder and Scully’s search for the truth. Pileggi is one of only […]

Game of Thrones’ David Benioff and D.B. Weiss to develop Confederate for HBO

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David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the showrunners behind Game of Thrones, have another series in development at HBO. Titled Confederate, the new show will explore an alternate history of America that depicts the Confederacy successfully seceded from the Union in the American Civil War. Written by Benioff and Weiss, who also will showrun, Confederate chronicles events leading to the […]

Lena Dunham cast in American Horror Story season 7

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American Horror Story has just gained a new cast member. Ryan Murphy tweeted out that Lena Dunham, star and creator of HBO’s Girls, has been cast in the show’s seventh season. It is unknown in what capacity the role is, but Deadline is reporting it will be for just one episode. Dunham joins Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Billie […]

Steven Soderbergh has shot a film with Juno Temple and Claire Foy on an iPhone

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Variety is reporting that Steven Soderbergh has secretly shot a film under the working title Unsane, which stars Juno Temple (Vinyl) and Claire Foy (The Crown). Not much is known about the film, but Variety says that Soderbergh has shot the film entirely from his iPhone. His next film is Logan Lucky, starring Spectre’s Daniel Craig, Star Wars: The […]

Ben Affleck departs Triple Frontier to focus on “wellness and family”

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Netlflix’s film Triple Frontier has been hit with yet another setback as Deadline reports that Ben Affleck has dropped out of the film to focus on his “wellness and family”. He and his brother Casey Affleck were being courted for the film’s two lead roles back in May. The film has been struggling with development for several […]