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Microids announces Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo video game

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During this weekend’s Guerrilla Collective showcase, publisher Microids and developer Pendulo Studios announced the upcoming release of Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo, a narrative-driven video game featuring a brand new story inspired by the Master of Suspense’s classic 1958 movie. Check out the teaser trailer and a short dev diary for Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo… Writer […]

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II teams with Dwayne Johnson for Emergency Contact

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Aquaman and Watchmen star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is teaming with Dwayne Johnson for a new action thriller entitled Emergency Contact, which the duo are producing for Warner Bros. Pictures. Based on a pitch from Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani (writers on Johnson’s Black Adam movie), Emergency Contact is described as “a high-concept, high-octane action film […]

John Wick: Chapter 4 adds Shamier Anderson

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The cast of Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4 continues to fill out, with Deadline revealing that Wynonna Earp actor Shamier Anderson has become the latest addition to the cast of the hotly-anticipated action sequel. Keanu Reeves is reprising his role as the eponymous John Wick, with Donnie Yen (Ip Man) playing a fellow assassin who […]

Ryan Murphy announces first American Horror Stories castings

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Ryan Murphy is expanding the American Horror Story franchise with a new episodic anthology series entitled American Horror Stories, and the creator has taken to Instagram to announce the first casting for the spinoff project in Kevin McHale (Glee), Dyllon Burnside (Pose), Charles Melton (Riverdale) and Nico Greetham (The Prom).   View this post on […]

I May Destroy You leads the winners of BAFTA’s 2021 British Academy Television Awards

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The BBC and HBO’s I May Destroy You led the winners of the 2021 British Television Academy Awards this Sunday, with the critically acclaimed drama receiving the BAFTA for Outstanding Mini-Series and its star Michaela Coel receiving the award for Best Actress. Other winners on the night included Save Me Too (Drama Series), Sitting in […]

Kate Beckinsale to star in Catherine Hardwicke’s Prisoner’s Daughter

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Deadline is reporting that Kate Beckinsale is set to star in Prisoner’s Daughter, a new family drama film from director Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen, Twilight). Scripted by Mark Bacci, Prisoner’s Daughter revolves around “a tough but proud ex-con who’s struggling to find a way to reconnect with his only daughter and grandson; once he begins an […]

Creed II’s Florian Munteanu reportedly joins Marvel’s Shang-Chi, Fin Fang Foom rumoured to appear

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According to a report from Dark Horizons, Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has added Creed II actor Florian Munteanu to its cast, with the professional boxer set to portray a “secondary villain” in the Phase Four solo movie. Shang-Chi is currently in production at Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia, and […]

Jeff Nichols’ A Quiet Place spinoff gets 2023 release date

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Back in November of last year it was announced that Paramount Pictures is expanding the A Quiet Place franchise with a spinoff movie from Take Shelter and Midnight Special writer-director Jeff Nichols, and now Deadline brings word that the studio has set a March 31st 2023 release date for the project. As reported by the […]

Master and Commander prequel movie in development at 20th Century Studios

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20th Century Studios is readying a new Master and Commander movie based upon author Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin historical nautical adventure book series, and has set Patrick Ness (A Monster Calls) to write the script. Director Peter Weir previously brought the books to life with 2003’s Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, which […]