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Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers will open Sundance London 2021

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The Sundance Institute and Picturehouse Cinemas have announced that Edgar Wright’s debut documentary The Sparks Brothers will open the 2021 edition of Sundance Film Festival: London on July 29th. “I was just 5 years old when I was hypnotised by Ron & Russell Mael (collectively Sparks) staring at me from the telly on a 1979 […]

Netflix to premiere League of Legends animated series Arcane this year

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Back in 2019 it was announced that Riot Games was developing Arcane, an animated series set within the world of the online multiplayer video game League of Legends, and now Netflix has announced that the adaptation will hit the streaming service in the Fall. https://twitter.com/NetflixGeeked/status/1389218281706254336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1389218281706254336%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2F2021%2F05%2Farcane-netflix-sets-league-of-legends-animated-series-from-riot-games-1234748771%2F “League of Legends has inspired global fervor and fandom and […]

Selena Gomez to star in psychological thriller Spiral

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Not to be confused with the upcoming Saw spinoff, Deadline is reporting that Selena Gomez is set to star in the psychological thriller Spiral, which is being helmed by music video director Petra Collins in her feature directorial debut. Scripted Melissa Border and Collins, who directed the music video for Gomez’s ‘Fetish’, the film will […]

Gal Gadot set for Meet Me in Another Life

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Deadline is reporting that Gal Gadot is set to produce and star in an adaptation of Catriona Silvey’s debut novel Meet Me in Another Life, which was published this week by HarperCollins. “Catriona’s characters are beautifully explored and deeply complex – their reincarnations sometimes bordering on taboo – that the payoff of their self-discovery feels […]

James Gunn says The Suicide Squad villain Starro is “hilarious, ridiculous, and f*cking terrifying”

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Considering he opted for a living planet as the bad guy in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that James Gunn has went for another wild and wacky villain for his upcoming DCEU foray The Suicide Squad. As we saw in the recent trailer, Task Force X […]

Q actor John de Lancie confirms that Star Trek: Picard is shooting season 2 and 3 back-to-back

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Although Paramount+ is yet to confirm that a third season has been given the green light, it’s been rumoured for a while now that the upcoming second season of Star Trek: Picard is shooting season two and three back-to-back, and now it appears that has been confirmed by actor John de Lancie. According to a […]

Vampirella launching new story arc Red Mass this July

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The countdown to the most unholy union in history begins this July as the new story arc ‘Red Mass’ gets underway in the pages of Vampirella #23; check out the cover artwork to the issue here from Lucio Parrillo, Marco Mastrazzo, Shannon Maer, Warren Louw and cosplayer Lorraine… SEE ALSO: Comic Book Preview – Vengeance […]

Comic Book Preview – The Invincible Red Sonja #1

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Dynamite Entertainment launches its new prestige series The Invincible Red Sonja this Wednesday, and we’ve got the official preview of the first issue for you here; check it out… Written by the award-winning fan favorites AMANDA CONNER and JIMMY PALMIOTTI, Red Sonja finds herself on a spectacular journey filled with pirates, mermaids, princesses, and political […]

Disney+ celebrates May the 4th with Star Wars-themed Simpsons short and more

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On the eve of Star Wars Day, streaming service Disney+ has announced its plans for the annual May the 4th celebrations, with the premiere of the animated series Star Wars: The Bad Batch set to be accompanied by two “cinematic experiences” entitled Star Wars Biomes and Star Wars Vehicle Flythroughs, as well as The Simpsons […]