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Trailer and poster for Steven Soderbergh’s iPhone-shot thriller Unsane

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A first poster and  trailer have arrived online for Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane, which was hot entirely on an iPhone rather than traditional film cameras during the course of one week. Check out the trailer and poster for the horror thriller here… A young woman leaves her hometown to escape a troubled past and begin a […]

Shazam officially begins production

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The next film in the DCEU has officially begun production. Director David F. Sandberg has shared via his Instagram page that filming on Shazam is now underway, going under the working title ‘Franklin’. The film stars Chuck‘s Zachary Levi as the titular superhero with Asher Angel (Andi Mack) as his younger alter-ego. Billy Batson was a young boy […]

Gerald’s Game director to helm The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep

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In the last couple of years we’ve seen a steady output of adaptations from famed author Stephen King, from It and The Dark Tower to the upcoming Castle Rock television series. And now there is yet another King adaptation on the way from Warner Bros. – Doctor Sleep, the sequel to one of his most famous novels The Shining, with the studio […]

Helen Mirren joins HBO’s Catherine the Great miniseries

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Helen Mirren will be playing royalty soon once again as the actress has joined HBO and Sky’s Catherine the Great miniseries as the titular 18th century Russian ruler. Catherine the Great delves into the politically tumultuous and sexually charged court of the most powerful female monarch in history. Catherine wielded supreme power throughout Russia for nearly half of […]

Adrift starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin set for June release

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STXFilms has set a date for Adrift, the romantic survival movie based on a true story and starring Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies) and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire). The film is set for release this summer on June 1st. Based on the true story of Tami Oldham, the film sees Woodley and Claflin as […]

Hans Zimmer comes out of superhero retirement to score X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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A couple of years ago, composer Hans Zimmer announced that was retiring from scoring superhero films with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice having been his last one. Zimmer’s comic book movie credits include the scores to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and now he is apparently coming out of his superhero […]

Daredevil season 3 adds Joanne Whalley as Sister Maggie

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While we don’t know the premiere date for the third season of Netflix’s Daredevil just yet, we have more news on who will appear in the season. According to Deadline, the show has cast Joanne Whalley (The White Princess) in the role of Sister Maggie. Daredevil fans will know the name Sister Maggie from the ‘Born Again’ […]

Michael Shannon joins AMC’s The Little Drummer Girl adaptation

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AMC has made another casting addition to its upcoming miniseries adaptation of John le Carré’s The Little Drummer Girl with the news that Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water) has joined Alexander Skarsgard (Big Little Lies) and Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) in the series. Shannon will portray Kurtz, an Isreali spymaster who recruits Pugh’s character into a complex […]

Tom Cruise reveals Mission: Impossible 6 title, teases helicopter stunt

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Mission: Impossible star Tom Cruise has joined Instagram and his first official post has been to reveal the title for the upcoming sixth instalment of the franchise: Mission: Impossible – Fallout. Cruise also revealed a new photo from the film with him once again performing a high octane stunt as he clings to the side of a […]