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Full list of deleted scenes from Marvel Studios’ The Infinity Saga box set revealed

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Back when it was first revealed that Marvel was planning an epic 23-movie The Infinity Saga box set covering the first three Phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, studio chief Kevin Feige promised that the set would include a host of previously-unreleased deleted scenes (including some “really, really bad” ones).Well, with the box set going […]

Colin Trevorrow to receive story credit on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Although J.J. Abrams is said to have started with a blank canvas when he replaced Jurassic World helmer Colin Trevorrow in the director’s chair for Episode IX, it has been revealed that Trevorrow and his writing partner Derek Connolly will still be receiving a story credit on next month’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. […]

Bill Murray reteaming with the Farrelly Brothers for The Now

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Bill Murray is set to reunite with Kingpin and Dumb and Dumber To directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly with a recurring role their new comedy series The Now, which is set up at the upcoming shortform streaming service Quibi.The series, which is written by Green Book’s Peter Farrelly alongside Steve Leff (The Ranch) and Pete […]

Alexander Skarsgard joins Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut Passing

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Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Big Little Lies star Alexander Skarsgard has signed on to star alongside Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok), Ruth Negga (Preacher) and Andre Holland (Moonlight) in the cast of Passing, the directorial debut of actress Rebecca Hall (The Gift, Vicky Cristina Barcelona).Scripted by Hall and based on the novel of the same name […]

Watch an exclusive clip from The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows

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Ahead of its DVD and Digital release next month, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the new family horror adventure The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows, which is directed by Elizabeth Blake-Thomas and features a cast that includes Isabella Blake-Thomas (Once Upon A Time), Richard Tyson (Kindergarten Cop), Jake Brennan (The Orville), Britt Flatmo (Super […]

Black Christmas screenwriter defends the remake’s PG-13 rating

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With the MPAA officially rating Blumhouse Productions’ upcoming Black Christmas remake as PG-13 for “violence, terror, thematic content involving sexual assault, language, sexual material and drinking”, screenwriter April Wolfe has spoken out to defend the film for avoiding the R-rating of the 1974 original and the early 2016 remake.Here’s the deal: We wrote it with […]

J.J. Abrams says Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker tells the Leia story it would have told had Carrie Fisher lived

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Some two years after her passing, Carrie Fisher returns to the big screen next month for one final outing as Princess Leia in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, with director J.J. Abrams crafting her role from unused footage shot during production on 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens.While Leia was expected to play a […]

The Boys showrunner reveals the scene that was too explicit for Amazon

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Amazon’s new superhero series The Boys certainly doesn’t hold back when it comes to gratuitous sex and violence, but it seems the streaming service did lay down some boundaries, with showrunner Erik Kripke revealing on Reddit that one particular scene left Amazon executives screaming “fuck no” and ultimately ended up on the cutting room floor.“There […]

Disney dates five new movies for Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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After announcing its Phase Four slate at the San Diego Comic-Con this past July (and throwing Spider-Man 3 into the mix after Disney and Sony reached a deal to extend their partnership), Marvel has now dated five new mystery movies for 2022 and 2023, which will join the previously announced Black Panther II as part of […]