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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to produce comedy horror Slaughterhouse Rulez

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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have teamed up to launch a new film and TV production company, Stolen Banner, and are kicking things off with their first project, the comedy horror Slaughterhouse Rulez. Deadline reports that the film “is set in an elite boarding school – Welcome to Slaughterhouse – where boys and girls are […]

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are working on a new project

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It looks like a potential Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunion is on the horizon, with Frost revealing that the duo are currently working on a new project, which would mark their first collaboration since 2013’s The World’s End. “Simon and I are working on something. We’re trying to do something a bit special at […]

Jake Busey is playing the son of Gary Busey’s Predator 2 character in The Predator

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Although Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected the opportunity to reprise his role as Dutch from Predator for Shane Black’s upcoming sequel, it seems The Predator will have at least one connection to earlier movies, as Jake Busey has revealed that he is playing the son of Gary Busey’s Predator 2 character, special agent Peter Keyes. ““[Shane Black] […]

Kong: Skull Island opens to $142.6 million worldwide

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King Kong returned to the big screen this weekend as Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures unleashed Kong: Skull Island, the second film in their shared ‘MonsterVerse’, and the film has amassed a healthy opening, pulling in $142.6 million worldwide. The Jordan Vogt-Roberts-directed monster epic grossed $61 million domestically to knock Logan into second place in […]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star joins The CW’s Black Lightning DC pilot

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Deadline is reporting that Christine Adams has signed on for a role in The CW’s upcoming DC pilot Black Lightning, where she’ll play Lynn Stewart, the ex-wife of former superhero Jefferson Pierce. Adams, whose credits include Batman Begins and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., joins a cast that includes Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce and Nafessa Williams […]

Fox didn’t realise that X-Men: Apocalypse and Logan both planned to use Caliban

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Although 20th Century Fox attempted to fix much of the continuity issues in the X-Men franchise with X-Men: Days of Future Past, the last two instalments – X-Men: Apocalypse and Logan – threw another spanner in the works by featuring two different versions of the character of Caliban. Fans have wondered if this was supposed […]

New Star Wars: Darth Vader series will pick up from the end of Revenge of the Sith

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IGN is reporting that Marvel is set to launch a brand new Star Wars: Darth Vader ongoing comic book series from writer Charles Soule and artist Giuseppe Camuncoli, which will pick up from the end of Revenge of the Sith and explore Vader’s ‘Year One’ as the apprentice of Emperor Palpatine. “The book begins one […]

Wonder Woman lassos $223 million worldwide box office opening

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Coming off the back of stellar reviews, Warner Bros.’ latest DC blockbuster Wonder Woman has exceeded expectations at the box office, pulling in a global opening weekend of $223 million. The film had originally been pegged to open in the region of $175 million, according to tracking estimates. Domestically, Wonder Woman earned $100.5 million, giving director […]

Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins on working within the established DC Extended Universe

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We’re just a couple of months away from the release of Wonder Woman, the fourth entry in the DC Extended Universe, and the first female-led superhero movie from Warner Bros. and DC Films. During an interview with Empire, director Patty Jenkins has been discussing how she found working within the confines of the shared universe already […]