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Comic Book Preview – Future State: The Next Batman #4

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Future State: The Next Batman #4 is out this coming Tuesday, and we’ve got the preview of the issue for you here; check it out… The next Batman goes head-to-head with the Magistrate’s shock troops to protect the…guilty?! It’s a savage running battle across Gotham City, and it will have the next Dark Knight fighting […]

Jack Black to play Claptrap in Eli Roth’s Borderlands movie

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Lionsgate has announced that Jack Black is set to join Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Hart in Borderlands, the upcoming video game adaptation from director Eli Roth (Hostel). The project, based on the hugely successful video game franchise from Gearbox Software, will reunite Black with Roth and Blanchett, the trio having recently worked […]

First look at Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn

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Channel 5, Sony Pictures Television and Fable Pictures have released the first image from Anne Boleyn, a new three-part TV drama which gained headlines last year for the casting of black actress Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim) as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Written by Eve Hedderwick Turner, Anne Boleyn is describes as […]

Jen Bartel to pay tribute to the Women of Marvel with Women’s History Month variant covers

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In honor of Women’s History Month, Marvel will celebrate its female characters this March in an all-new variant cover collection by Eisner Award-winning artist Jen Bartel, which will adorn eight issues throughout the month. Here’s a look at the first four, featuring She-Hulk, Wildcat, Silk and Emma Frost… UPDATE: And here are the additional four, […]

Buffy and Angel stars speak out against Joss Whedon for toxic behaviour

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Months on from Justice League actor Ray Fisher slamming the director for his “gross, abusive and unprofessional” behaviour towards the cast and crew of the DC blockbuster, Joss Whedon is back in the headlines again as several stars from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel have now spoken out in support of their co-star Charisma […]

The X-Men to end the Curse of the Man-Thing

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2021 marks the 50th anniversary of Man-Thing, and Marvel is marking the occasion with the release of a three-part series from Steve Orlando entitled Curse of the Man-Thing. It’s previously been announced that the event will launch in March with Avengers: Curse of the Man-Thing, followed by Spider-Man: Curse of the Man-Thing in April, and […]

Exclusive Interview – Director Kevin Macdonald on The Mauritanian

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Kevin Macdonald is an Oscar winning documentarian and thought-provoking filmmaker. Lauded for both Touching The Void and The Last King of Scotland, his output also includes political thriller State of Play and the YouTube-released Life In a Day 2020 available now [read our review here]. For his new film The Mauritanian, he takes an intimate […]

Karen Gillan and Pom Klementieff wrap filming on Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder

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Seemingly confirming that Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord and the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy will only play a minor role in Thor: Love and Thunder, Karen Gillan and Pom Klementieff have taken to Instagram to announce that they’ve wrapped filming on the Marvel Studios sequel. The two actresses are currently in Australia, where they’ve […]

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 gets April 2022 release date, Jason Momoa rumoured for Knuckles

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Paramount Pictures has announced that it has set an April 8th 2022 release date for Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the foll0w-up to last year’s live-action/CG-animated video game adaptation; check out the title treatment here which teases the inclusion of Tails, a character who popped up in the post-credits scene of the first movie… Meanwhile, if […]

Watch an exclusive clip from Murderous Trance starring Pilou Asbæk

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Thanks to MVD Entertainment, we have an exclusive clip from Murderous Trance, a thriller from director Arto Halonen and starring Pilou Asbæk (Game of Thrones) alongside Josh Lucas (Ford v Ferrari), Rade Šerbedžija (Downton Abbey), Christopher Fulford (A Prayer For The Dying), & Sara Soulié (The Golden Anniversary). Watch it below… Based on the extraordinary […]