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Ruben Fleischer wanted for director’s chair on Uncharted movie

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After losing its latest director Travis Knight (Bumblebee) last month, Deadline is reporting that Sony has identified Zombieland and Venom helmer Ruben Fleischer as the man to finally bring the long-planned Uncharted movie to the big screen.According to the trade, Fleischer leads the shortlist to replace Knight (who replaced Dan Trachtenberg, who replaced Shawn Levy, […]

Scott M. Gimple on expanding The Walking Dead universe with movies, limited series and more

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While it’s certainly no longer the ratings behemoth it once was, The Walking Dead remains a key property for AMC, and during the Television Critics Association Press Tour, TWD chief content officer Scott M. Gimple has provided Entertainment Weekly with an update on all things Dead, including the previously announced Rick Grimes films and future […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker screenwriter explains how Rey re-balances the Force

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Some thirty years after Anakin Skywalker fulfilled the prophecy of the Chosen One by “killing” his master Emperor Palpatine in Return of the Jedi, old Sheev’s granddaughter Rey brought balance to the Force once again in last month’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker with her defeat of Darth Sidious in the Battle of Exegol. […]

Birds of Prey will be the shortest DCEU movie to date

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With its February release date fast approaching, the official running time for Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) has been revealed, and it will be the shortest DC Extended Universe movie to date.Comic Book is reporting that Birds of Prey will run for 108 minutes, […]

Noah Hawley says “I have my own take” on Star Trek

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Although it was originally reported that Fargo and Legion creator Noah Hawley would be taking on the director’s chair on a fourth entry in the rebooted Kelvin timeline, Star Trek actor Simon Pegg suggested last week that he didn’t expect the NuTrek cast to be involved with the next instalment in the sci-fi franchise, and […]

American Horror Story renewed for 3 more seasons, Sarah Paulson to return in season 10

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During the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, AMC has announced that it has renewed its hit anthology series American Horror Story for a further three seasons, which – with the already announced tenth season included – will take the show through to at least 13 seasons in all.Meanwhile, having sat out the most recent […]

James Gunn turned down the opportunity to direct a Superman movie

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Back in October, James Gunn revealed that when he was given the opportunity to make the jump from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to DC Extended Universe following his temporary exit from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the filmmaker was “basically offered whatever I wanted” from Warner Bros. – and it seems that included a […]

DC’s Detective Comics #1000 and Watchmen top bestselling comics and graphic novels of 2019, but Marvel is the #1 publisher overall

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Diamon Comic Distributors has released details of the top selling titles for 2019, with DC Comics claiming top spot in both the comic book and graphic novel charts but Marvel ending the year as the top publisher in the industry with a 40.2% dollar share and 44.7% unit share compared to DC’s 29.3% and 30.7%.The […]