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Blumhouse teams with John Ridley for superhero comic adaptation The American Way

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Following on from Todd McFarlane’s Spawn, Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions has added another comic book movie to its slate, with Deadline reporting that the company is teaming with Oscar-winner John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, American Crime) for a feature adaptation of Ridley and artist George Jeanty’s superhero comic book series The American Way: Those […]

New TV spot for comic book adaptation The Chair

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Ahead of its home entertainment release this Halloween, a new TV spot has arrived online for the Alterna Comics graphic novel adaptation The Chair, which features a cast that includes Bill Oberst Jr. (Criminal Minds), Tim Muskatell (Deadgirl), Zach Galligan (Gremlins), Naomi Grossman (American Horror Story), Noah Hathaway (The NeverEnding Story) and Ezra Buzzington (The Hills Have Eyes), […]

20th Century Fox fires Bryan Singer from Bohemian Rhapsody

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Over the weekend it was announced that production on the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has been halted with two weeks of production remaining owing to the “unexpected availability” of Bryan Singer, who was said to be suffering “a personal health matter.” Well, THR is reporting that 20th Century Fox has now fired Singer from […]

Bryan Singer illness halts production on Bohemian Rhapsody

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20th Century Fox has announced that filming on its Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has been suspended “due to the unexpected availability” of director Bryan Singer, who is dealing with a health issue. A representative for Singer stated that it relates to “a personal health matter concerning Bryan and his family [and that] Bryan hopes to […]

Queen’s Live Aid performance recreated in Bohemian Rhapsody set photos and video

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With production now underway on Bryan Singer’s Bohemian Rhapsody, some spy photos have arrived online from the set of the Queen biopic showing a recreation of the band’s legendary Wembley performance at Live Aid in 1985, as well as a video which offers a side-by-side comparison of Rami Malek’s performance with that that of Freddie […]

First look at Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury in Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody

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With the long-gestating Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody gearing up to begin production, Entertainment Weekly has unveiled the first image of Mr. Robot star Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury to mark what would have been the 71st birthday of the legendary Queen frontman; check it out here… Speaking to the outlet, Malek revealed that the singing […]

New promo posters and character portraits for Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Following on from Force Friday II this past Friday, it looks like Disney and Lucasfilm are ramping up the marketing for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and today we’ve got a couple of new promotional posters for December’s hugely-anticipated blockbuster, along with illustrated character portraits featuring Rey, Luke, Leia, Kylo Ren, Finn and Poe. Take […]

Damien Chazelle teams with Netflix for musical drama series The Eddy

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Netflix is teaming with Oscar-winning filmmaker Damien Chazelle (La La Land) for a musical drama series entitled The Eddy, which will revolve around the owner and house band of a club in contemporary Paris. The eight episode series has been penned by Jack Thorne (This Is England) and will be executive produced by Chazelle, who […]

Drew Barrymore developing female-led horror series Black Rose Anthology

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Deadline is reporting that Drew Barrymore is teaming up with The CW for the horror series Black Rose Anthology, which will be written and directed entirely by women. The Santa Clarita Diet star is producing the series through her Flower Films banner, along with former Scream: The TV Series co-showrunner Jill Blotevogel, who is also […]