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Atari announces new details and specs for the Atari VCS console

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Last week, Atari officially announced its upcoming video game console / entertainment system, the Atari VCS (formerly code-named the Ataribox), and now we have some new details on the machine direct from GDC 2018. “The new Atari VCS is a video computer system and platform that lets users enjoy games and the best PC experience […]

Ready Player One’s Zak Penn to script ROM: Spaceknight movie

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Fresh from adapting Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One for Steven Spielberg, Deadline is reporting that screenwriter Zak Penn has signed on to write the script for Rom: Spaceknight for Paramount and Hasbro’s Allspark Pictures. ROM is a cyborg from the planet Galador, a utopian society which comes under attack from the invading Dire Wraith. After […]

Andy Serkis on his reaction to learning Snoke’s fate in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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One of the many curveballs thrown by director Rian Johnson in Star Wars: The Last Jedi revolved around the character of Supreme Leader Snoke, played by Andy Serkis. While the majority of fans expected to learn more about this mysterious, force-powerful villain in Episode VIII, Johnson chose instead to cut his story short when he […]

Cullen Bunn’s necromantic horror series Bone Parish to launch in July

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Boom! Studios has announced the upcoming launch of Bone Parish, a chilling necromantic horror series from superstar writer Cullen Bunn (The Unsound) and debuting artists Şerif & Mustafa Karasu. “Bone Parish is a supernatural crime story, the story of a tenacious family that is determined to carve out their own empire despite overwhelming odds,” said […]

Steven Spielberg, Steven Zaillian and Javier Bardem team for miniseries Cortes

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Amazon Studios is reteaming Schindler’s List director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Steven Zaillian for Cortes, a new four-hour miniseries based around the exploits of the legendary Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. Created for television and written by Zaillian from an original screenplay by Dalton Trumbo (Roman Holiday), Cortes will see Oscar winner Javier Bardem (No Country […]

Daredevil’s Steven S. DeKnight would like to make a Moon Knight series

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Over the past few years there have been a number of rumours suggesting that Marvel has been toying with the idea of a Moon Knight TV series. And, while that is yet to come to fruition, Daredevil season one showrunner and Pacific Rim Uprising helmer Steven S. DeKnight has thrown his hat into the ring […]

Jack Whitehall to take a Jungle Cruise with Dwayne Johnson

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British comedian Jack Whitehall (Bad Education) has become the latest addition to the cast of Disney’s Jungle Cruise, joining Dwayne Johnson (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) and Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place). Based on the Disney Parks attraction and directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows), Jungle Cruise sees Johnson as Frank, a a witty riverboat captain cursed […]

Naomi Watts joins Joe Carnahan’s action thriller Boss Level

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Back in November of last year it was revealed that Frank Grillo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Mel Gibson (Daddy’s Home 2) has signed on to the the action thriller Boss Level from director Joe Carnahan (The Grey), and now Variety is reporting that Naomi Watts (Gypsy) has become the latest addition to the […]

Kevin Bacon reunites with Stir of Echoes director for Blumhouse horror-thriller You Should Have Left

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Variety is reporting that Kevin Bacon has signed on to produce and star in You Should Have Left, a new horror-thriller from Blumhouse Productions and writer-director David Koepp (Stir of Echoes, Secret Window). Based on Daniel Kehlmann’s 2017 novel of the same name, the film will follow a screenwriter who moves to a remote house […]