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Ryan Reynolds reunites with The Proposal producers for new rom-com

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Deadline is reporting that Ryan Reynolds will reunite with Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman, producers of 2009’s The Proposal, for an as-yet-untitled new romantic comedy. The film is being scripted by Allan Loeb (Collateral Beauty, The Space Between Us, The Switch), although plot details are being kept under wraps. Lieberman and Hoberman’s Mandeville will produce […]

Ant-Man and the Wasp’s Hannah John-Kamen discusses her gender-swapped villain The Ghost

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A few weeks back there were rumours that Marvel was considering gender-swapping a villain for the as-yet-untitled Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel. Should that prove to be the case, it won’t be the first MCU release to do so, as Hannah John-Kamen is set to portray a female version of The Ghost in this summer’s Ant-Man and […]

Detective Pikachu director explains why Ash is absent from the first live-action Pokemon movie

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When Legendary Entertainment secured the movie rights to the Pokemon franchise earlier this year, it came as some surprise when it was announced that the first ever live-action film would be an adaptation of Detective Pikachu, rather than that of the main franchise. Well, speaking to IGN, director Rob Letterman has explained why the studio […]

Hellboy creator compares David Harbour’s take to Ron Perlman’s

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Last week we got the first trailer for Lionsgate’s Hellboy movie, with Stranger Things star David Harbour taking on the role of the Dark Horse Comics character for an R-rated reboot of the property following Ron Perlman’s two outings under director Guillermo del Toro. As we saw with the trailer, the new film will be […]

He-Man won’t appear in Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

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If you were hoping to see Princess Adora teaming up with her twin brother Prince Adam in a future episode of Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, then I’m afraid we have some rather disappointing news for you as showrunner Noelle Stevenson has ruled out the possibility of a guest appearance from He-Man. “He-Man is […]

Super Mario Bros. creator on Nintendo getting back into the movie business

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Nintendo has been extremely protective of its various IPs when it comes to screen adaptations since the disastrous release of 1993’s Super Mario Bros. live-action movie, so it came as quite the surprise when it was announced that the video game giant is teaming up with Illumination Entertainment to bring Mario back to the big […]

Updates on The Conjuring 3, Annabelle 3 and The Crooked Man

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With the latest chapter of The Conjuring Universe, The Nun, proving to be another solid hit for Warner Bros. at the box office (and taking the series beyond a combined $1.4 billion at the worldwide box office), producer Peter Safran and writer Gary Dauberman have been providing an update on several planned future instalments in the […]

Dwayne Johnson says Journey 3: From the Earth to the Moon is no longer happening

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Given that he’s one of the busiest actors in Hollywood, it’s inevitable that some of Dwayne Johnson’s planned projects are set to fall by the wayside, and it seems that’s the case with the third instalment of the Journey franchise, with The Rock revealing on Twitter that Journey 3: From the Earth to the Moon […]

The Girl in the Spider’s Web director on recasting the role of Lisbeth Salander

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Sony Pictures revisits the Millennium franchise this November as Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe director Fede Alvarez brings The Girl in the Spider’s Web – David Lagercrantz’s bestselling follow-up to Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – to the big screen. Just as Alvarez has replaced David Fincher, director of Sony’s Dragon Tattoo adaptation, The Girl […]