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Wile E. Coyote movie Coyote vs. Acme finds a director

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Last year it was announced that Warner Bros. was developing a live-action/CG-animated hybrid feature entitled Coyote vs. Acme and featuring the classic Looney Tunes character Wile E. Coyote, and now comes word that the studio has enlisted a director.As reported by Variety, Dave Green (Earth to Echo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows) […]

Olivia Colman to lead Alexander Payne’s Landscapers

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Oscar-winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite, The Crown) has signed on to lead the cast of HBO and Sky’s Landscapers, a murder mystery limited series from director Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Descendants).Written by Colman’s husband Ed Sinclair, the series is inspired by real events and will tell the story of Susan (Colman) and Christopher Edwards, a […]

DC releases Wonder Woman: Warbringer trailer

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DC Comics has released a trailer for Wonder Woman: Warbringer, the upcoming graphic novel adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s New York Times bestselling novel, which is set to arrive in bookstores this January; check out the trailer here…SEE ALSO: Read our exclusive interview with Wonder Woman: Warbringer author Leigh BardugoShe will become one of the world’s […]

Lee Daniels adapt new Robert Kirkman comic Stealth for the big screen

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Deadline is reporting that Lee Daniels (Precious, The Butler) has signed on to direct a feature adaptation of the upcoming Robert Kirkman and Marc Silvestri comic book Stealth, which will be produced by Universal Pictures and Skybound Entertainment.The Stealth comic book is set to launch in March from Image and Skybound, and the official description […]

The LEGO Movie rights could be moving from Warner Bros. to Universal

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According to a report from Deadline, The LEGO Movie franchise may be about to make the jump to a new studio, with the trade claiming that Warner Bros.’ deal with The LEGO Group may be about to come to an end after the studio opted against green lighting a new project.Apparently, Universal Pictures leads the […]

Hulu passes on Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles series

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Some bad news for fans of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles, as Deadline is reporting that Hulu has opted to pass on the planned television series from Paramount TV and Anonymous Content.Rice and her son Christopher have been looking to get a small screen adaptation of her book series off the ground since the rights […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker opens below expectations with $373.5 million at the global box office

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Walt Disney Pictures brought the curtain down on the Skywalker Saga (and the most lucrative year for a single movie studio ever) this weekend with the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, with the J.J. Abrams-directed film opening below expectations with a still-impressive $373.5 million worldwide.Episode IX had been tracking a North American […]

Rian Johnson defends his treatment of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (again)

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Over two years on from the film’s release, Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has once again spoken out on social media to defend his creative choices for the character of Luke Skywalker in the middle chapter of Disney’s Star Wars Sequel Trilogy.Responding to a tweet accusing him of “completely destroying the character […]

Marisa Tomei joins Jason Momoa and Isabela Merced in Sweet Girl

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Oscar winner Marisa Tomei has signed on to star alongside Jason Momoa (Aquaman) and Isabela Merced (Dora and the Lost City of Gold) in the Netflix revenge thriller Sweet Girl.Directed by Brian Andrew Mendoza, Sweet Girl will see Momoa portraying a devastated husband out for revenge against the people responsible for his wife’s death, while […]