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Mark Wahlberg and LaKeith Stanfield Play Dirty in trailer for Shane Black’s new crime caper

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Prime Video has released the official trailer, poster and images for Play Dirty, the new film from Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Nice Guys). Based on characters created by novelist Donald E. Westlake and featuring an original story, the film stars Mark Wahlberg and LaKeith Stanfield as professional career criminals Parker and Grofield, […]

Nicolas Cage in talks for True Detective season 5

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HBO’s True Detective may have found its star name for its fifth season, with Deadline reporting that Nicolas Cage is in talks to lead the cast of the next iteration of the Emmy-winning anthology series. The as-yet-untitled fifth season will see the return of True Detective: Night Country writer and showrunner Issa Lopez, and is […]

Ballpoint will return in Transformers: Worst Bot Ever – Bot Swap!

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Skybound, Image and Hasbro have announced that the ‘Worst Bot Ever’ is set to make his return in June of next year as former Decepticon Ballpoint takes centre stage once more in Transformers: Worst Bot Ever – Bot Swap!, the second in a series of all-ages original graphic novels from writer Brian ‘Smitty’ Smith and […]

Dante and Vergil face off in Devil May Cry season 2 first-look teaser

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Although we’ve still some time to wait before its arrival on the streamer, Netflix has shared a sneak peek at the second season of its animated adaptation of the beloved Capcom video game franchise Devil May Cry with a first-look teaser pitting demon hunter-for-hire Dante against his twin brother and archenemy Vergil; check out the […]

MGM+ renews Stephen King series The Institute for second season

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MGM+ has officially granted an eight-episode season two renewal to The Institute, the horror-thriller series based upon Stephen King’s bestselling 2019 novel. “We’ve been so gratified by the response to our first season, which is a testament to the dedication of our fantastic cast and crew,” said Benjamin Cavell and Jack Bender, who executive produce […]

Comic Book Preview – Nemesis Forever #1

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Mark Millar returns to the world of Nemesis this week as Dark Horse Comics launches the new five-issue series Nemesis Forever; get yourself a sneak peek at the first issue below with the official preview… Nemesis is the world’s most dangerous man and now he’s made himself into one of the richest. No longer content […]

Death Wish 3 comes to 4K Ultra HD for 40th anniversary

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Kino Lorber has announced that Cannon Films’ cult favourite Death Wish 3 is coming to 4K Ultra HD this October in celebration of the movie’s 40th anniversary. The third and final Death Wish to be directed by Michael Winner (although Charles Bronson would return for two more), the film sees Bronson’s Paul Kersey back in […]

Marvel announces official Predator: Badlands prequel comic

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Prey and Predator: Killer of Killers director Dan Trachtenberg returns to the world of the Yautja in November with the hotly-anticipated Predator: Badlands, and Marvel Comics has announced that it will mark the occasion with an official tie-in prelude comic from writer Ethan Sacks and artist Elvin Ching. “Badlands is the first Predator movie to […]

Sharon Stone bluntly rules out Basic Instinct reboot return

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Last month came the news that screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is writing an “anti-woke” reboot of his blockbuster 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct for Amazon MGM Studios, and while it wasn’t clear at the time what form this might take, it seems we can safely rule out a return from Sharon Stone to round out the […]