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Avengers: Infinity War directors reveal the off-screen fates of MCU supporting characters

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Warning. Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War follow… Avengers: Infinity War certainly delivered a major – and we do mean major – game-changer at its climax, as Thanos completed his quest to gather the Infinity Stones, snapped his fingers, and eliminated half of all life in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While we saw a host of […]

Patty Jenkins has more than tripled her salary for Wonder Woman 2

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After scoring an enormous critical and commercial success last year with Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Wonder Woman, Variety is reporting that Patty Jenkins has scored a major pay increase for the upcoming sequel to the Gal Gadot-headlined superhero blockbuster. The site reports that Jenkins is set to take home a fee of $9 million […]

Peaky Blinders, The Handmaid’s Tale and Three Girls among the winners at BAFTA’s British Academy Television Awards 2018

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The 2018 British Academy Television Awards took place in London tonight, with the BBC’s Peaky Blinders fending off competition from Line of Duty, The Crown and The End of the F***ing World to take home the top honour, Best Drama Series. Other shows honoured on the night included The Handmaid’s Tale (Best International Show), Three […]

Lethal Weapon renewed for third season as Seann William Scott replaces Clayne Crawford

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Last week it was revealed that Fox and producers Warner Bros. TV had fired Clayne Crawford from his role as Martin Riggs in the TV adaptation of Lethal Weapon due to his on-set behaviour, with a third season renewal dependent on whether or not they could find a suitable replacement going forward. Well, Deadline is reporting […]

Jon Favreau’s Star Wars TV series will take place 7 years after Return of the Jedi

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Back in March, Lucasfilm announced that it has enlisted actor and director Jon Favreau to develop a live-action Star Wars TV series for Disney’s upcoming streaming service, and now we’ve got the very first details on what is sure to be a hugely anticipated show. Speaking to Nerdist at a screening of Solo: A Star […]

Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War overtakes The Avengers to become the highest-grossing superhero movie of all time

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This was inevitable really, given that it has been shattering box office records left, right and centre these past couple of weeks, but Avengers: Infinity War has now surpassed 2012’s The Avengers to become not only the biggest Marvel movie of all time, but also the highest-grossing superhero movie in history. Not bad for just […]

A new report sheds more light on Solo: A Star Wars Story’s director shake-up

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It came as quite the surprise last year when it was announced that Lucasfilm had sacked Solo: A Star Wars Story directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller over creative differences with just a few weeks of filming left on the second Star Wars Anthology movie. At the time, rumours circulated suggesting that the filmmakers had […]

Deadpool 2 cut one of its post-credits scenes for being too dark

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20th Century Fox certainly hasn’t been afraid to push the envelope with its Deadpool franchise, and so far the results have been pretty spectacular, with the original movie going on to become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time upon its release in 2016. This boundary pushing will continue this week at the hotly-anticipated Deadpool […]

Halloween reboot undergoing reshoots to tweak the ending after negative test screening feedback

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Last month it was reported that David Gordon Green and Danny McBride’s Halloween hosted a test screening, where the film came in for some criticism, particularly relating the the “unsatisfying” ending. The reports’ authenticity came into question when franchise creator and executive producer John Carpenter denied that any test screenings had taken place. However, we […]