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Rosamund Pike and Chris O’Dowd to star in Stephen Frears’ comedy series State of the Union

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Deadline is reporting that Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) and Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids) are to star in State of the Union, a SundanceTV comedy series from director Stephen Frears (The Queen) and writer Nick Hornby (High Fidelity). State of the Union follows Louise (Pike) and Tom (O’Dowd), a couple who meet in a pub immediately before […]

Fear the Walking Dead’s Colman Domingo joins Noah Hawley’s new sci-fi

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Fear the Walking Dead star Colman Domingo and Jeremiah Birkett (Atypical) have become the latest additions to the cast of Noah Hawley’s (Fargo, Legion) new film, a sci-fi drama formerly titled Pale Blue Dot. Scripted by Brian C. Brown and Elliott DiGuiseppi, the film sees Natalie Portman (Annihilation) as a female astronaut who, after coming […]

Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty’s Three Wishes in development as TV series

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EveryWhere Studios has snapped up the rights to Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty’s novel Three Wishes, tapping Lila Feinberg (Younger) to pen a series adaptation for Netflix. The story follows “three wildly different sisters as their lives intertwine and unfold around their glamorous Manhattan wedding weekend that ends in a shocking tragedy. When a […]

The Venom movie will NOT have any ties to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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While Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has stated on a number of occasions that Sony’s Venom movie will be separate from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, producer Amy Pascal has said that the studio’s spinoff movies take place “in the same reality” as the rebooted Spider-Man, while there’s been persistent rumours that Tom Holland’s Spider-Man (or Peter Parker, […]

New Doctor Who showrunner on casting a female Doctor, series 11 trailer to arrive during World Cup final

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The BBC has announced that the very first trailer for the upcoming eleventh series of Doctor Who is set to air this Sunday during the World Cup final between France and Croatia, while further additional footage will also debut at the San Diego Comic-Con International this coming Thursday. Series eleven of Doctor Who will mark […]

New images from Nightflyers, Deadly Class, Disenchantment, Star Trek: Discovery, The Gifted, The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead

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As part of its Comic-Con preview, Entertainment Weekly has already unveiled some images from Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Venom, Aquaman, Shazam!, Bumblebee and Halloween, and now we’ve got a batch of promotional photos for several big TV shows! Check out first look images for George R.R. Martin’s Nightflyers and comic book […]

Jordan Peele’s new film Us adds Tim Heidecker

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Tim Heidecker, co-creator of Adult Swim’s Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories, has become the latest addition to the cast of Us, the new horror-thriller from Get Out director Jordan Peele. Heidecker joins a cast that so far includes Black Panther stars Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke, along with Emmy Award winner Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s […]

Stan Lee pays tribute to Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko

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Last week it was announced that legendary artist Steve Ditko had passed away aged 90, and now fellow comic book icon Stan Lee has shared a video paying tribute to his colleague, with whom he created a number of characters including, most notably, the Amazing Spider-Man. “I cannot let the week go without commenting on […]

Laurence Fishburne doesn’t expect to get Man of Steel 2 call after turning down Justice League

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Having portrayed Daily Planet editor in chief Perry White in Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, actor Laurence Fishburne thinks his time in the DC Extended Universe may be over – and not because he’s made the jump to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but rather because he had to pass on […]