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Melissa McCarthy to star in puppet comedy The Happytime Murders

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Ghostbusters star Melissa McCarthy has a new comedy in the works. Coming from STXfilms, she has taken the lead role of Brian Henson’s comedy The Happytime Murders, a film which sees a world where humans and puppets coexist with each other. The film takes place in Los Angeles where McCarthy plays a detective who is forced […]

Susan Sarandon, Cheryl Hines and Christine Baranski join A Bad Moms Christmas

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The sequel to last year’s Mila Kunis-led Bad Moms has gained three big additions. In A Bad Moms Christmas, Susan Sarandon, Cheryl Hines and Christine Baranski will be playing the mothers of Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn’s characters as they visit their daughters for the Christmas season. Baranski, Sarandon and Hines will be playing Kunis, Hahn […]

Jesse Eisenberg to write, direct and star in The Market TV series for Bad Robot

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Jesse Eisenberg will be moving from the big to small screen for a television series called The Market. He’s pairing with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robots Productions on the show, but Deadline also says Eisenberg will take a more active role than just starring in it. He will also write and even direct the half-hour single camera […]

Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #6

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Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #6… “NEW CYBERTRON”—CONCLUSION! As the Junkions reveal their ultimate plan, Optimus Prime makes a decision that will define the relationship between Earth and Cybertron for all time… but will Arcee be able to live with the fallout? The first arc of Optimus Prime comes to a close as Optimus struggles […]

Heat prequel novel coming from Michael Mann and author Reed Farrel Coleman

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From Michael Mann’s long career as a director, one of the films people point to as his best work is the 1995 crime thriller Heat, pairing the iconic Robert De Niro and Al Pacino together for the first time ever. Per Deadline, Mann has partnered with author Reed Farrel Coleman to create a prequel novel of […]

Why Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs is one of my favourite films

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Ricky Church on Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs… Yesterday we received the sad news that director Jonathan Demme passed away after losing his battle to cancer and heart disease. Demme had a long career in a variety of film, from working with Roger Corman on 70s B-movies to powerful dramas like Philadelphia to […]

Netflix very close to renewing 13 Reasons Why for second season

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Since its release on Netflix, 13 Reasons Why has garnered some significant success for the streaming service, raising the possibility of a second season. There is no official word on a renewal yet, but Deadline has heard that an announcement may soon be forthcoming. 13 Reasons Why has generated a lot of positive buzz, especially over social media and […]

Joe Johnston to direct The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair

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It seems The Chronicles of Narnia fans will soon be heading back through the wardrobe. Variety has revealed that Captain America: The First Avenger director Joe Johnston is set to direct a revival of the Narnia film franchise with The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair. Life of Pi‘s screenwriter David Magee has adapted the script with TriStar Pictures, the Mark Gordon […]

David Fincher close to directing World War Z sequel

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Ever since last summer, there have been rumours that Brad Pitt has been courting his frequent collaborator David Fincher to come on board to direct a sequel to his 2013 film World War Z and it looks like that is now a step closer to becoming a reality. Variety has reported Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions are very close to […]