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Kong: Skull Island passes $500 million at the worldwide box office

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Kong: Skull Island has become the third movie of the year to cross the $500 million mark at the global box office after Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and 20th Century Fox’s Logan. The second instalment of Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros.’ shared MonsterVerse, Kong: Skull Island has earned $150.7 million domestically, plus a further […]

Star Wars: Episode IX to begin shooting in January

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The latest issue of Vanity Fair has offered up plenty of juicy Star Wars details; we’ve had a rather splendid batch of character images from December’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi [see here], confirmation from Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy that the next Anthology movie will be decided in June [see here], and comments from Mark Hamill as […]

Carrie Fisher’s brother says she will appear in Star Wars: Episode IX

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Although Disney and Lucasfilm ruled out the possibility of digitally recreating Carrie Fisher for Star Wars: Episode IX following her passing in December, her brother Todd Fisher has now revealed to The New York Daily News that he and her daughter Billie Lourd have granted permission for the studio to incorporate recent footage of Fisher into […]

Taissa Farmiga set for lead role in The Conjuring 2 spinoff The Nun

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It looks like New Line Cinema is keeping it in the family with regards to its Conjuring 2 spinoff The Nun, with Deadline revealing that Taissa Farmiga – younger sister of The Conjuring’s Vera Farmiga – has been cast in the lead role. Corin Hardy (The Hallow) is directing the film, which will see Farmiga […]

Rexy the T-Rex confirmed for Jurassic World sequel

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This probably won’t come as much of a surprise given how she’s such an iconic part of the series, but writer and producer Colin Trevorrow has confirmed on Twitter that Rexy the T-Rex will be returning for the currently-in-productions sequel to Jurassic World. SEE ALSO: First official image from Jurassic World 2 teases new lead […]

Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man movies unlikely to feature the Green Goblin, Tom Holland wants to see Doc Ock and Venom

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Now that Spider-Man is back home at Marvel and part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it would seem that it’s only a matter of time before the MCU introduces one of the comic book universe’s biggest villains in Norman Osborn. However, according to producers Eric Carroll and Amy Pascal, it’s unlikely that we’ll be seeing […]

Bong Joon-ho to direct Parasite

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It looks like The Host and Snowpiercer director Bong Joon-ho may have found his next project, with AsianWiki (via The Playlist) reporting that the South Korean filmmaker is developing Parasite, which will reteam him with actor Song-Kang Ho (Memories of Murder, The Host) and revolve around “a family going through a disturbance.” Bong’s next film […]

Charlie Cox says Daredevil season 3 will shoot this year

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It’s certainly an exciting – and busy – time for Netflix’s Marvel universe; following last month’s Iron Fist series, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist are set to team up for The Defenders (which has been announced this week as premiering on August 18th), while cameras continue to roll on The Punisher, and […]

Kevin Feige confirms fan theory about Stan Lee and his Marvel cameos

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Warning. Minor spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 follow… Stan Lee made his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe this weekend with his latest – and undoubtedly most out there – cameo to date, as the Marvel legend sits chatting to the Watchers during a brief sequence (and post-credit scene) in Guardians of […]