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The BBC fills out the cast of Discworld series The Watch

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BBC Studios has announced that Anna Chancellor (Pennyworth), James Fleet (Outlander), Ingrid Oliver (Doctor Who), Ruth Madeley (Years and Years), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (Deep State) and Bianca Simone Mannie (Homeland) have joined the cast of The Watch, an upcoming series inspired by Terry Pratchett’s bestselling Discworld novels.The official synopsis for The Watch reads:Set in a fictional […]

Spider-Woman returning for new Marvel series in 2020

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Marvel has announced that Jessica Drew is set to return this coming spring as the publisher launches a new Spider-Woman series from the creative team of Karla Pacheco (Fantastic Four 2099) and Pere Perez (Uncanny X-Men).“I love Spider-Woman, and I’m incredibly excited to share this series with both new and old Jessica Drew fans alike,” […]

Dark Horse announces The Incredibles 2: Slow Burn

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The Parr family are returning for more superheroic exploits this coming February thanks to Dark Horse Comics, which has announced that writer Christos Gage, artist Jean Claudio Vinci and colorist Dan Jackson are teaming for The Incredibles 2: Slow Burn, a follow-up to The Incredibles 2: Secret Identities.Dash is known for one thing: Speed. From […]

Warner Bros. had already been developing a Doctor Sleep sequel before its disappointing box office opening

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On paper, Doctor Sleep looked like a sure fire hit for Warner Bros… a sequel to one of the most acclaimed horror movies of all time in The Shining, released during a Stephen King renaissance which had seen Warner and New Line’s two-part It adaptation grossing a combined $1.163 billion at the global box office.However, […]

Amazon renews The Lord of the Rings series for a second season

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This will come as little surprise given how much it spent simply to acquire the rights ($250 million apparently), but Amazon has announced that it has granted an early second season renewal to its upcoming TV series based upon J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.As reported by Deadline, Amazon has reassembled the writers room […]

Character posters for Guy Ritchie’s new crime caper The Gentlemen

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A batch of new character poster have been released for Guy Ritchie’s upcoming action crime caper The Gentlemen featuring Matthew McConaughey, Henry Golding, Colin Farrell, Michelle Dockery, Charlie Hunnam, and Hugh Grant; take a look below…SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for The Gentlemen hereTHE GENTLEMEN follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) who built a […]

New Rey and Kylo Ren footage revealed in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker promo

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Coming hot on the heels of the new illustrated poster, the official Star Wars YouTube account has now dropped a promo for next month’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which features a few snippets of previously unseen footage of Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver); watch it here…SEE ALSO: Chewie, Finn and […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker gets a new illustrated poster

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With exactly a month to go until Disney and Lucasfilm bring the curtain down on the Skywalker Saga, a new illustrated poster for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has been released online courtesy of Dolby Cinemas, and features Poe Dameron’s lone X-Wing facing off against the Sith Fleet glimpsed in the trailers for the […]

Jeff Goldblum says Robert Downey Jr. is returning to the MCU for Marvel’s What If…?

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Despite stepping away from the MCU with this year’s Avengers: Endgame, it seems that Robert Downey Jr. may be set to reprise his role as Tony Stark once again, albeit in animated form as part of the Disney+ series What If…?. Although his name was absent from the huge voice cast that Marvel initially announced […]