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Amazon scraps David O. Russell’s drama series as it severs ties with The Weinstein Company

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As part of the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations, Amazon has announced that it has scrapped plans for an untitled drama series from David O. Russell, which it was co-producing with The Weinstein Company. The project would have saw Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore starring, and apparently already had around $40 […]

Amazon announces new alternate history series Black America

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Following on from HBO’s controversial announcement of the new series Confederate from Game of Thrones supremos David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Amazon has now revealed that it is in development on its own alternate history project tackling the subject of slavery in the United States. According to Deadline, the streaming service is developing Black America […]

RZA casts Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes and more in Cut Throat City

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Deadline is reporting that RZA (The Man with the Iron Fists) has cast Terrence Howard (Empire), Wesley Snipes (Blade), Tip ‘T.I.’ Harris (Ant-Man), Eiza Gonzalez (Baby driver), Demetrius Shipp Jr. (All Eyez on Me) and Shameik Moore (The Get Down) in his new heist drama Cut Throat City. The film, scripted by P.G. Cuscheri, follows […]

The Week in Spandex – New DC Films boss, Wonder Woman 2 to be “totally different”, Avengers: Infinity War details, Jodie Foster slams superhero movies and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Wonder Woman 2, Wonder Woman, Shazam, Harley Quinn, Batman Returns, Batman: Gotham By Gaslight, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Black Lightning, Krypton, Titans, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Silver & Black, Iron Fist, Daredevil, Agents […]

Harley Quinn animated series heading to DC’s new digital service

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Warner Bros. is set to bring Harley Quinn to the small screen, with the studio ordering a new 26-episode half-hour adult animated action-comedy series for its upcoming DC-branded digital streaming service. The new Harley Quinn series is being produced by Powerless executive producers Jstin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker and Dean Lorey and will see the fan […]

Taron Egerton to star alongside Rosamund Pike in A Private War

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In casting news coming out of the Toronto International Film Festival, Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) has joined the cast of director Matthew Heineman’s (Cartel Land) upcoming drama A Private War. The film stars Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) as famed war journalist Marie Colvin, and explores Colvin’s assignments in conflict zones such as Chechnya, […]

Netflix renews Castlevania for season 2

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Coinciding with its arrival on the streaming service yesterday, Netflix has announced that it has renewed the animated video game adaptation Castlevania for a second season of eight episodes. Castlevania is based on the classic video game franchise from Konami and follows the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe […]

Production gets underway on X-Men: The New Mutants

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Director Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) has taken to Instagram to reveal that production is now underway on X-Men: The New Mutants, with the filmmaker sharing an image of a clapperboard, complete with the movie’s working title ‘Growing Pains’. https://www.instagram.com/p/BWWI_RDj9Ct/   New Mutants is now the second X-Men movie that Fox has in […]