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My Little Pony new animated movie skipping theaters and heading straight to Netflix

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Variety is reporting that Hasbro and Entertainment One’s new My Little Pony animated movie is set to skip its previously planned theatrical release and will instead debut on Netflix. First announced back in 2019, the latest feature outing for the Mane Six was originally slated to open in cinemas this September, with Paramount Pictures distributing. […]

John Cena’s DC series Peacemaker to premiere on HBO Max in January 2022

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WWE Superstar John Cena is set to make his DC Extended Universe debut this August when he takes on the role of Peacemaker in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, and it seems that fans won’t have long to wait before we see the character back on the screen. As revealed by THR, the eight-episode small […]

Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 reportedly no longer shooting back-to-back

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Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures’ plan to shoot the seventh and eighth instalments of the Mission: Impossible franchise has been hit with scheduling conflicts due to star Tom Cruise’s promotional commitments to another upcoming sequel in Top Gun: Maverick. Despite production on Mission: Impossible 7 going on hold for several months due to the […]

Zack Snyder says Warner Bros. has “no interest and/or appetite” in a Justice League follow-up

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Warner Bros.’ parent company WarnerMedia may have pumped anywhere up to $70 million into completing The Snyder Cut of Justice League ahead of its premiere on HBO Max next month, but that doesn’t mean that the studio has backtracked on its decision to move the DC Extended Universe away from Zack Snyder’s vision. Last month […]

Detective Chinatown 3 topples Avengers: Endgame for biggest ever opening weekend from a single market

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The coronavirus pandemic may be strangling the life out of the theatrical industry across most of the world, but studios, distributors and exhibitors will be seeing a glimmer light at the end of the tunnel with the news that Detective Chinatown 3 has just smashed box office records in its opening weekend in China. The […]

Zack Snyder’s Justice League Trailer Discussion and Reaction | Flickering Myth Movie Chat

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We discuss the trailer for Zack Snyder’s Justice League… More than three years on from its intended release date, Zack Snyder fans got a brand new look at The Snyder Cut of Justice League yesterday with the arrival of the official trailer for the four-hour DC superhero epic ahead of its HBO Max premiere next […]

Underwater director set for next Paranormal Activity movie

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Back in August of last year it was announced that Paramount Pictures and Blumhouse Productions will be relaunching the Paranormal Activity franchise, and now comes word that filmmaker Will Eubank (The Signal, Underwater) has come on board to direct the next instalment in the hit horror series. Eubank will develop the new film – described […]

Dominique Thorne on her casting as Riri Williams in Marvel’s Ironheart

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During December’s Disney Investor Day, it was announced that Marvel Studios is bringing the fan favourite character Riri Williams to Disney+, with up-and-coming actress Dominique Thorne (If Beale Street Could Talk) cast in the title role for a live-action Ironheart series. Speaking to BlackFilmandTV during a promotional interview for her new film Judas and the […]

Angus Macfadyen to play Jor-El in Superman & Lois

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Comic Book has revealed that Scottish actor Angus Macfadyen (Braveheart, The Lost City of Z) has been cast in the recurring role of Jor-El, the Kryptonian father of the Man of Steel, in The CW’s upcoming Arrowverse spinoff Superman & Lois. Along with the casting, the site reports the following character description which reveals that […]