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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is tracking an $80 million domestic opening weekend at the box office

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is aiming for a box office opening weekend worth $80 million. The Johnny Depp lead adventure flick is the fifth film in the franchise and the first since 2011’s On Stranger Tides. Forecasts are predicting that the latest in the series will bow to around $80 […]

3 Reasons Why Alien: Covenant is the Best in the Franchise Since Aliens

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Samuel Brace argues that Alien: Covenant is the best instalment in the franchise since Aliens… Alien: Covenant has been called a return to form for Ridley Scott’s much famed Alien franchise after many were lukewarm on 2012’s Prometheus. This writer was actually quite fond of that film, and so was particularly pleased with how much […]

Benedict Cumberbatch to adapt novel The End We Start From

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The novel The End We Start From is going to be adapted into a movie by Benedict Cumberbatch’s production company. Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch and Hera Pictures have picked up the right’s to the much anticipated debut novel by Megan Hunter. The book was only published this week by Picador and follows an environmental crisis in the […]

Daniel Radcliffe to Escape From Pretoria

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Daniel Radcliffe has signed on to star in the film Escape From Pretoria. The true life prison break drama will be introduced to potential buyers at the Cannes Film Festival, and will see Radcliffe reteaming with his Harry Potter producer David Barron. Radcliffe will star as the 20 something South African Tim Jenkin, an anti-apartheid […]

Jonah Hill and Michael Cera join Adult Swim’s Shivering Truth

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Actors Jonah Hill and Michael Cera have joined the Adult Swim pilot Shivering Truth. The two Superbad actors will be voicing characters for the new stop-motion pilot which is written and created by South Park’s Vernon Chatman. Chatman will also be lending his voice to the project along with Starlee Kine. The show is billed as […]

Ian McKellen and Gabriel Byrne to star in Hamlet Revenant

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A new adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet has added two more leading actors to its cast, with Ian McKellen and Gabriel Byrne set to star in Hamlet Revenant. The two stars will join Mikkel Boe Følsgaard in the leading role, as well as Newcomer Maria Boda who is set to play Ophelia. The film will detail the dark, […]

Nicole Kidman comments on potential Big Little Lies season 2

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Nicole Kidman has spoken about returning for a second season of the popular HBO drama Big Little Lies. The murder mystery series caught the eye upon its initial release with film stars Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, and Nicole Kidman leading proceedings along with a host of familiar faces. Season one seemed to wrap up events […]