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Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick and Matt Lucas join Mads Mikkelsen in graphic novel adaptation Polar

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Back in October it was announced that Mads Mikkelsen had been cast as the lead in Polar, an adaptation of Victor Santos’ Dark Horse graphic novel Polar: Came From the Cold from Netflix and Constantin Film. Well, cameras have now officially started rolling on the project, which is being directed by Jonas Akerlund (Spun) from a script by Jayson Rothwell (Silent […]

Go behind the scenes of The Death of the Mighty Thor

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As Jane Foster’s story races towards its epic conclusion in March, Marvel Comics has released a featurette for ‘The Death of the Mighty Thor’, which sees writer Jason Aaron talking about the highly-anticipated Mighty Thor #705. Check it out here… SEE ALSO: Marvel marks The Death of the Mighty Thor with Thor variant covers The […]

Ghostbusters World augmented reality game coming to mobile devices

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With Google unveiling its new ARCore mobile augmented reality platform, Sony has announced that it will be one of the first companies to take advantage of the new technology with the release of the AR title Ghostbusters World. Details are a little sketchy, but we do have the following official description: “Ghostbusters World, is an […]

Goosebumps sequel sets its young cast

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Sony Pictures has set its young cast for the upcoming Goosebumps sequel, with Madison Iseman (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), Ben O’Brien (Manchester By the Sea), Caleel Harris (Think Like a Man), and Jeremy Ray Taylor (It) signing on for roles in the film. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but earlier reports suggest […]

Lupita Nyong’o to play Trevor Noah’s mother in Born a Crime

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Deadline is reporting that Black Panther star Lupita Nyong’o has signed on to star in Born a Crime, the upcoming film adaptation of The Daily Show host Trevor Noah’s autobiography Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood. Oscar-winner Nyong’o will play Noah’s mother Patricia, who served as an important figure to her son […]

Netflix orders Tuca & Bertie animated series from BoJack Horseman producer

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Netflix has added a new animated series to its original content slate, with Deadline reporting that the streaming service has picked up Tuca & Bertie, which has been created by BoJack Horseman supervising producer Lisa Hanawalt and has Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip) attached to voice the lead character. The series is described as “a comedy […]

Supernatural horror Dark Beacon set for UK release in March, watch the trailer here

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The Film Label is set to bring the award-winning supernatural horror Dark Beacon to UK cinemas and Digital Download in March, and you can take a look at the poster, images, synopsis and trailer here… In new supernatural horror Dark Beacon, Amy (April Pearson, TV’s Skins) loves her former colleague Beth with a passion, a […]

Go Behind the Magic of Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s bombing run

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Lucasfilm has released a new ‘Behind the Magic’ featurette for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which showcases Industrial Light & Magic’s Oscar-nominated work on the movie, and in particular the Resistance bombing run on the First Order dreadnought during the evacuation of D’Qar. Check it out here… SEE ALSO: Star Wars: The Last Jedi home-entertainment release […]

Stephen King’s The Bone Church heading to the small screen

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Deadline is reporting that David Ayer and Chris Long’s Cedar Park Entertainment have picked up the TV rights to The Bone Church, a narrative poem penned by Stephen King in the 1960s, which he subsequently revised and published in his 2015 short story collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. The story follows “an adventurer who […]