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Garrett Hedlund and Mel Gibson set for Desperation Road

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Variety is reporting that Garrett Hedlund and Mel Gibson are set to star in Desperation Road, a new thriller from director Nadine Crocker (Continue). Based on the novel of the same name by Michael Farris Smith, who is also writing the adaptation, the film will see Hedlund as Russell Gaines, an ex-con trying to rebuild […]

Comic Book Preview – Quick Stops #1

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Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse anthology series Quick Stops launches this coming Wednesday from Dark Horse Comics, and you can check out the official preview of the first issue here… Enter the Askewniverse when pop culture nuisance Kevin Smith’s brand-new anthology series opens for business, telling tall tales from the Jersey world of his classic comedies! […]

Avatar: The Way of Water will be over three hours long

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Thirteen years on from the first movie, James Cameron’s first Avatar sequel is now under two months away and it seems the filmmaker plans to make up for lost time by inviting fans to spend over three hours on Pandora with Avatar: The Way of Water. According to various theater listings in the United States, […]

Titan to unleash The Legion in Dead by Daylight comic book series

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Titan Comics has announced that it is teaming with video game publisher Behaviour Interactive for a brand new comic book series based upon the global phenomenon Dead by Daylight, which will launch in March 2023. Written by Nadia Shammas (Squire, Where Black Stars Rise) with art by Dillon Snook (Bluefall), Titan’s Dead By Daylight series […]

Sydney Sweeney reteams with The Voyeurs director for psychological horror Immaculate

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Sydney Sweeney is certainly in demand at the moment thanks to her impressive pair of Emmy-nominated roles in HBO’s Euphoria and The White Lotus, and now the rising star has added another project to her ever-expanding slate. As reported by Deadline, Sweeney is set to reteam with Michael Mohan, director of Amazon’s erotic thriller The […]

Comic Book Preview – Secret Invasion #1

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Marvel kicks off a brand new Secret Invasion series this coming Wednesday from writer Ryan North and artist Francesco Mobili; check out the official preview of the opening issue here… THE SKRULLS ARE BACK…in a giant-sized issue kicking off an all-new five-part miniseries! When Maria Hill detects the merest HINT of Skrulls, she acts quickly […]

Pearl Mackie joins Doctor Who as the Doctor’s new companion Bill

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The BBC has announced that Pearl Mackie (Doctors) has joined the cast of Doctor Who for the next series, taking over from Jenna Coleman’s Clara Oswald as Bill, the new companion to Peter Capaldi’s Doctor. “I’m incredibly excited to be joining the Doctor Who family,” she said. “It’s such an extraordinary British institution, I couldn’t […]

Simon Kinberg gives an update on Deadpool 2, hoping to shoot early next year

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Even before Deadpool ever opened in cinemas, 20th Century Fox announced that development was underway on a sequel, and with the Merc with a Mouth setting the box office on fire earlier this year you can bet that Deadpool 2 is now a major priority for the studio. As yet, we’re yet to get an […]

Kevin Costner joins space race drama Hidden Figures

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Kevin Costner has signed on to appear alongside Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer in 20th Century Fox’s space drama Hidden Figures, Variety has revealed. The project follows Katherine Johnson (Henson), “a brilliant African-American mathematician who, along with her colleagues Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson, served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations […]