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Details on Disney’s new streaming service and its original content, The Defenders shows remaining at Netflix

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Last August it was announced that Disney will soon be launching its own dedicated streaming service, which will become the exclusive home for Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm feature film content, as well as its program library  from The Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD.As noted in the initial announcement, it will also feature original […]

Kelly Macdonald to star in BBC One legal drama The Victim

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Deadline is reporting that Trainspotting and Boardwalk Empire star Kelly Macdonald has joined the upcoming BBC One legal drama The Victim, which has been created by Rob Williams (The Man in the High Castle).The series will see Macdonald as Anna Dean, “a Scottish mother whose nine-year old boy was murdered fifteen years ago by a […]

Watch an exclusive clip from neo-noir thriller Los Angeles Overnight

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Thanks to Freestyle Digital Media, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the neo-noir thriller Los Angeles Overnight, which you can watch below…When broke actress Priscilla (Arielle Brachfeld) overhears a bizarre riddle about hidden loot, she recruits lovelorn mechanic Benny (Azim Rizk) to help crack the code and fund her Hollywood dreams.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1BR19A0h78Los Angeles Overnight is available […]

Ben Affleck and Oscar Isaac set for Triple Frontier

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According to THR, Ben Affleck (Justice League) and Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) are in final negotiations to star in J.C. Chandor’s (A Most Violent Year) as-yet-untitled crime thriller thriller formerly known as Triple Frontier.The project has been in development since the early 2000s, and has had a host of talent attached over […]

Saoirse Ronan featured on UK poster for On Chesil Beach

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Lionsgate has released a new UK poster for On Chesil Beach, the upcoming romantic drama which sees Oscar-nominee Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) and Billy Howle (Dunkirk) leading a cast that includes Anne-Marie Duff (Suffragette), Adrian Scarborough (Vera Drake), Emily Watson (Testament of Youth) and Samuel West (Darkest Hour).SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for On Chesil Beach […]

Dakota Johnson and Zazie Beetz join Armie Hammer in new thriller

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Variety is reporting that Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades Freed) and Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2) are in talks to join Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name) in an as-yet-untitled thriller at Annapurna Pictures.The film is being written and directed by Babak Anvari (Under the Shadow) and sees Hammer as a New Orleans bartender whose life begins […]

Stellan Skarsgard and Emily Watson join HBO’s Chernobyl

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HBO and Sky have announced that Stellan Skarsgard (Avengers: Age of Ultron) and Emily Watson (The Theory of Everything) have joined Jared Harris (Mad Men) in the cast of Chernobyl, a five-part miniseries detailing the devastating 1986 nuclear power plant disaster.Skarsgard is set to play Boris Shcherbina, the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers […]

Avengers: Infinity War directors considered using The Defenders, but it was “practically impossible”

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Way back when Avengers: Infinity War was first announced, there was a huge amount of speculation as to whether the Marvel blockbuster would see its big screen heroes joined by characters from the likes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the various Marvel Netflix shows.Sadly for fans of the shows, it was later announced that Infinity […]

THQ and Nickelodeon reviving a host of properties for new video games

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THQ Nordic and Nickelodeon have announced the global revival of several game titles connected with classic Nickelodeon properties, with release dates set to be announced over the coming months.The full list of game titles are: Avatar: The Last Airbender Back At The Barnyard Catscratch Danny Phantom El Tigre Invader Zim Jimmy Neutron My Life As […]