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Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam was originally going to be the villain in Suicide Squad sequel

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Before Guardians of the Galaxy helmer James Gunn was brought in to direct The Suicide Squad, Warner Bros. follow-up to 2016’s Suicide Squad went through a number of iterations with the likes of Adam Cozad (The Legend of Tarzan) and Zak Penn (The Avengers) working on pitches before the studio enlisted Gavin O’Connor (The Accountant) […]

Russian sci-fi action thriller The Blackout: Invasion Earth gets a UK poster and trailer

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Ahead of its UK release release next month, 4Digital has released a poster and trailer for director Egor Baranov’s Russian sci-fi action thriller The Blackout: Invasion Earth; check them out here… When the end comes for civilization, it will not be terrorism or nuclear war that causes it, but ‘The Blackout’. An unexplained phenomenon has […]

Comic Book Preview – Dungeons & Dragons: At the Spine of the World #1

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IDW Publishing releases Dungeons & Dragons: At the Spine of the World #1 this Wednesday, and we have the official preview for you here; take a look… A never-ending winter’s night is slowly driving an isolated town in the depths of Icewind Dale to the brink of insanity. To save them all, a perilous journey […]

Warner Bros. meeting to consider another Wonder Woman 1984 delay

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With the coronavirus pandemic showing little signs of slowing down and many cinemas reducing their hours or closing their doors entirely until the New Year, Deadline is reporting that executives at Warner Bros. are meeting to discuss the conundrum of whether to delay the DC Extended Universe sequel Wonder Woman 1984 into 2021, or stick […]

Vivica A. Fox to star in Night of the Living Dead remake

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Because there haven’t been enough already, George A. Romero’s seminal zombie classic Night of the Living Dead is set for another remake, with Bloody Disgusting reporting that Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill) is set to star in a new version of the 1968 horror. Check out the AFM sales art here… The new film is […]

Watch The Batman trailer recreated in LEGO

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Back in August, Warner Bros. and DC Films gave us our first look at the next incarnation of The Dark Knight during DC FanDome with the release of a teaser trailer for the Robert Pattinson-headlined The Batman. Given that the film has since been pushed back into 2022 due to the ongoing global health crisis, […]

The Mandalorian concept art features returning Prequel Trilogy star Temuera Morrison

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The official Star Wars site has revealed a piece of concept art from the premiere episode of The Mandalorian season two, ‘The Marshal’, which depicts returning Prequel Trilogy star Temuera Morrison as… Boba Fett? It was of course heavily suggested in the episode that the fan favourite bounty hunter is indeed back from the belly […]

Letitia Wright, Jamie Bell and Michael K. Williams are Surrounded

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Letitia Wright (Black Panther), Jamie Bell (Rocketman) and Michael K. Williams (Lovecraft Country) have been cast in Surrounded, a new western from filmmaker Anthony Mandler (Monster) and Bron Studios. According to Deadline, Surrounded takes place five years after the U.S. Civil War “where former Buffalo Soldier Moses “Mo” Washington travels west to lay claim on […]

Comic Book Preview – My Little Pony/Transformers #4

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The fourth and final issue of IDW’s My Little Pony/Transformers crossover series is out this Wednesday; check out the official preview here… When the Insecticons descend upon Sweet Apple Acres and begin devouring the Apple family’s crop, it’s up to Apple Jack and her family to rally to save the farm! Meanwhile, Optimus Prime and […]

First images from Netflix’s Pacific Rim: The Black anime series

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Two years on from its original announcement, we now have our first look at Pacific Rim: The Black, an original Netflix anime series which expands upon the world of Pacific Rim and Pacific Rim: Uprising. Thanks to Netflix Japan Anime (via Bloody Disgusting), two images have been released, the first of which features a fearsome […]