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Crunchyroll and Adult Swim team for anime adaptation of SEGA’s Shenmue

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Crunchyroll has announced that it is partnering with Adult Swim for an anime series based upon the beloved SEGA video game franchise Shenmue. “The first Shenmue video game was released more than twenty years ago and we’re so excited to be working again with Adult Swim to bring this franchise to life through anime,” said […]

Amazon finds its Jack Reacher in Titans’ Alan Ritchson

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Amazon Studios upcoming Jack Reacher TV series has found its leading man, with Titans star Alan Ritchson set for the title role in the small screen adaptation of author Lee Childs’ best-selling book series. At 6’4” and 235 pounds, Richtson certainly fits the physical description of the 6’5″ Reacher, a U.S. Army veteran who now […]

Daisy Ridley, Kristin Scott Thomas and Nina Hoss to star in World War II drama Women in the Castle

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Deadline is reporting that Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), Kristin Scott Thomas (Darkest Hour) and Nina Hoss (Phoenix) are set to star in the World War II drama Women in the Castle. Based on Jessica Shattuck’s bestselling 2017 novel of the same name, Women in the Castle is being written and directed […]

Christopher Nolan is excited to see Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight in The Batman

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Having just worked together on the time inversion blockbuster Tenet, filmmaker Christopher Nolan has sung the praises of Robert Pattinson and admitted that he’s very excited to see what the actor brings to the role of the Dark Knight in next year’s The Batman. “He certainly did not ask me for any advice,” said Nolan, […]

Quibi renews Reno 911! for an eighth season

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Quibi and Comedy Central Productions have announced that the short-form streamer has renewed the Emmy-nominated Reno 911! for a brand new season, which will be its eighth overall. “We are thrilled about the pick-up, but we’re even more thrilled about getting to leave our living rooms for the first time in 5 months,” said series […]

Wonder Woman 1984 will be the second-longest DCEU movie with 150 minute running time

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With Wonder Woman 1984 now less than a month out from its delayed release date, it is being reported from the Korea Media Rating Board that the Gal Gadot-headlined superhero sequel clocks in at 150 minutes, making it the second-longest movie in the DC Extended Universe to date. For comparison, 2017’s Wonder Woman came in […]

Ben Wheatley says his Rebecca is not a Hitchcock remake “in any sense”

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Next month sees the release of Rebecca, a new adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic 1938 novel from director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Free Fire) and starring Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name), Lily James (Baby Driver) and Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient). Of course, this isn’t the first adaptation of du Maurier’s […]

Francis Ford Coppola has recut The Godfather: Part III for release this December

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Paramount Pictures has announced that Francis Ford Coppola has recut The Godfather: Part III, the much-maligned final chapter of his epic Godfather trilogy, with the new – and fully restored – version of the 1990 movie set for release this December under the title of Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. […]