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Mandy Moore joins rom-com The Breadwinner

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This is Us star Mandy Moore will star alongside comedian Nate Bargatze in TriStar’s upcoming romcom The Breadwinner from director Eric Appel (Weird: The Al Yankovic Project). The Breadwinner will see Bargatze and Moore as parents to a trio of daughters. When Moore’s Katie “lands a deal on Shark Tank. Subsequently, the lifelong breadwinner of the family becomes a […]

John Wick spin-off Caine to see the return of Rina Sawayama’s Akira

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With the John Wick franchise expanding with several new projects, Donnie Yen’s upcoming spin-off focusing on his blind assassin Caine will see another returning character from John Wick: Chapter 4 as singer and actress Rina Sawayama will reprise her role as Shimazu Akira in the upcoming film. In John Wick: Chapter 4 Sawayama’s Rina was the daughter of Hiroyuki […]

The Final Games begin with Squid Games Season 3 teaser trailer

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Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming third and final season of Squid Games. The grand finale will premiere on June 27th and continues Lee Jung-jae’s Gi-hun quest to end the Squid Games for good. Check out the teaser below along with a newly-released selection of promotional images… The third and final season […]

Gal Gadot and Matthias Schoenaerts enlist for WWII drama Ruin

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Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) and Matthias Schoenaerts (The Old Guard) are set to lead the cast of Ruin, a World War II drama from The Mother director Niki Caro. Written by Kaz and Ryan Firpo, Ruin is “set in the ruins of post-WWII Germany, following a recently released camp prisoner (Gadot) who is forced to make an unlikely […]

The Gilded Age season 3 teaser announces summer premiere

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HBO’s period drama The Gilded Age has announced the premiere date of its third season with the release of the teaser trailer for the upcoming seasopn. The Gilded Age stars Carrie Coon, who just came off the third season of HBO’s other hit series The White Lotus, as the matriarch of a wealthy New York family representing new […]

Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons sets earlier release

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Yorgos Lanthimos’ next film Bugonia, which stars Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, has seen its release date moved up one week earlier in an exclusive engagement at select theatres before its wider release. Bugonia follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying […]

Shōgun season 2 details reveal returning cast members, time jump and production start

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The second season of FX’s hit series Shōgun has revealed several details about its upcoming production. Cosmo Jarvis will returning alongside series lead Hiroyuki Sanada where he will reprise his role as John Blackthorne as production readies to begin in January 2026. Season two will be based on an original story after the first was adapted […]

First-look images from Prime Video’s Countdown starring Jensen Ackles

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Amazon has released the first batch of images for its new thriller series Countdown. Starring Supernatural and The Boys‘ Jensen Ackles, the series sees Ackles, Eric Dane (Euphoria) and Jessica Camacho (Watchmen) as members of an elite team investigating the murder of a Homeland Security agent. Created by One Chicago and FBI creator Derek Haas, Countdown begins “when an officer with the Department […]

Canadian comedy series North of North renewed for second season

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Following a very successful run on CBC and Netflix, the Canadian comedy series North of North has been renewed for a second season. Created by Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, North of North features Anna Lambe as Siaja, a young Inuk woman who wants to build a new future for herself after a spontaneous — and extremely […]