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Nomadland takes top honours at the 2021 Critics’ Choice Awards

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The winners of the 2021 Critics’ Choice Awards were announced last night, with Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland putting itself in pole position in the Best Picture race for the Oscars by following up its Golden Globe win with the Best Picture prize, along with Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography. While Nomadland scooped the […]

John Wick creator adapting Hellsing as live-action movie for Amazon

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Deadline has revealed that John Wick screenwriter Derek Kolstad is set to team with Amazon Studios for a live-action adaptation of Koura Hirano’s iconic action-horror manga Hellsing. “Ever since my brother introduced me to the Hellsing manga and anime some years ago, I’ve been obsessed with adapting it,” said Kolstad. “And when Mike Callaghan and […]

Christina Ricci set for supernatural thriller Monstrous

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Christina Ricci is heading back to the horror genre, with the actress leading the cast of the upcoming supernatural thriller Monstrous, which has just been acquired for distribution by Film Mode Entertainment and Screen Media. Directed by Chris Sivertson (All Cheerleaders Must Die) from a script by Carol Chrest, Monstrous will see Ricci playing “a […]

Netflix to adapt upcoming comic book Shadecraft from Lucifer showrunner

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Streaming giant Netflix has snapped up the TV rights to Shadecraft, an upcoming comic book from Lucifer showrunner Joe Henderson and artist Lee Garbett. Shadecraft follows a 16-year-old girl called Zadie Lu, who on top of dealing with regular high school problems, is worried that shadows are somehow coming to life around her. Henderson is set […]

Four generations of Captain America team for 80th anniversary celebration series

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Steve Rogers, John Walker, Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson are set to join forces this June for the brand new series The United States of Captain America, with writer Christopher Cantwell (Iron Man) and artist Dale Eaglesham (Fantastic Four) celebrating the Sentinel of Liberty’s legacy as part of the character’s 80th anniversary. “It’s an incredible […]

Steven Spielberg and The Duffer Brothers to adapt Stephen King’s The Talisman

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Having snapped up the rights to Stephen King and Peter Straub’s The Talisman was back in 1982 – two years before the book’s publication – it seems that Steven Spielberg is finally ready to move forward with his adaptation of the fantasy novel. As reported by Deadline, Spielberg and his Amblin Television are set to […]

Dolph Lundgren is in for a ruff Christmas in canine crime caper Pups Alone

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Dolph Lundgren (Aquaman) is set to lead the cast of the family Christmas canine crime caper Pups Alone alongside Danny Trejo (Machete), Jennifer Love Hewitt (9-1-1), Jerry O’Connell (Billions), Rob Schneider (Deuce Bigalow), Keith David (The Princess and the Frog), Nicholas Turturro (BlacKkKlansman), Malcolm McDowell (Truth Seekers) and Eric Roberts (Runaway Train). The film is […]

Rumour: Marvel developing X-Men reboot titled The Mutants

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While the vast majority expected Marvel Studios to press reset on the X-Men following Disney’s 20th Century Fox acquisition, fans were thrown a curveball last month when Evan Peters popped up in Marvel Studios’ WandaVision in the role of ‘Pietro Maximoff’ – previously portrayed by Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the MCU’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, but […]

SpongeBob spinoff The Patrick Star Show gets series order from Nickelodeon

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Last year it was announced that development was underway on The Patrick Star Show, and now we have word that Nickelodeon has given the official greenlight to the SpongeBob SquarePants spinoff series with a 13-episode order. The official description reads: The Patrick Star Show follows a younger Patrick Star living at home with his family, where […]