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Wrestling documentary You Cannot Kill David Arquette gets a new trailer and poster

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Two decades after shocking (and enraging) the wrestling world by winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, actor David Arquette’s recent return to pro-wrestling return is chronicled in the documentary You Cannot Kill David Arquette, and a new poster and trailer have been released ahead of the film’s arrival later this month. Branded as the most […]

Ben Affleck to explore the making of Chinatown with The Big Goodbye

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Following on from his acclaimed performance in The Way Back, Ben Affleck is set to get back behind the camera for his next directorial offering, with Deadline reporting that he is set to direct The Big Goodbye for Paramount Pictures. Based upon Sam Wasson’s The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood, the […]

Watch an exclusive clip from dark comedy Dead Fred

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Thanks to Trinity Creative Partnerships, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the dark comedy Dead Fred ahead of the film’s release on VOD and Digital tomorrow; check it out here… Three women reunite in support of their longtime friend—and get more than they bargained for, when they discover her deadbeat “missing” husband is actually still […]

Ryan Reynolds, Paul King, Phil Lord and Chris Miller to offer Everyday Parenting Tips

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Ryan Reynolds is teaming with director Paul King (Paddington) and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) for an adaptation of Simon Rich’s (An American Pickle) satirical New Yorker short story Everyday Parenting Tips. According to the trade, the project follows a father whp “offers advice on what to say when their […]

Robert Downey Jr. producing detective drama for Apple TV+

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Variety is reporting that Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey’s Team Downey are set to produce an as-yet-untitled detective drama series for Apple TV+. Based on the Toronto Life article ‘The Sting’ from Michael Lista and created by Adam Perlman (Billions), the series “follows a frustrated Canadian detective who takes on a decades-old cold case […]

Christopher Eccleston returning as the Ninth Doctor for Doctor Who audio drama

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Fifteen years after exiting the revived series after a single run of episodes as the Time Lord, Christopher Eccleston is set for a return to the world of Doctor Who and will reprise his role as the Ninth Doctor for a series of audio adventures from BBC Studios and Big Finish Productions. “I first talked […]

Animaniacs revival gets premiere date on Hulu

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Hulu has announced that the beloved animated series Animaniacs will be making its return this November as a new series launches twenty-two years on from the end of the show’s original run. The new Animaniacs is once again produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, and features the return of original voice actors Rob Paulse, Jess […]

Paul W.S. Anderson to direct Mimic TV pilot

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Having completed work on his Monster Hunter movie ahead of its postponed release next year, filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil) has signed on to direct the pilot for a proposed TV adaptation of the cult 1997 sci-fi horror Mimic for Miramax TV. Based on a short story by Donald A. Wollheim, Mimic revolves around genetically […]

Selena Gomez joins Steven Martin and Martin Short in Only Murders In the Building

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Back in May it was announced that Steve Martin and Martin Short are teaming up with Hulu for a comedy series entitled Only Murders in the Building, and now comes word that Selena Gomez has also signed on as co-lead, as well as executive producing with the comedy legends. Based on an original idea by […]

Marvel’s new Black Widow series gets a trailer

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Before Scarlett Johansson returns to the big screen later this year, Marvel is set to launch a brand new Black Widow comic book series from Eisner-nominated writer Kelly Thompson (Captain Marvel) and rising star artist Elena Casagrande (Catwoman), and the publisher has released the cover artwork to the first issue, along with a trailer which […]