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Jai Courtney says The Suicide Squad will be “tonally different” to the first movie

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Although James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad has been described as “a total reboot”, we know from the film’s casting that isn’t going to be exactly the case as several members of David Ayer’s 2016 film are returning including Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman and Viola Davis. Still, given Gunn’s sensibilities, it seems a pretty […]

Rob Zombie describes his “miserable experience” on the Halloween franchise

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Rob Zombie is currently out and about on the promotional campaign for his new film 3 From Hell [read our review here], and during an interview with Forbes the musician and filmmaker has been reflecting on his “miserable experience” working on the Halloween franchise for Bob and Harvey Weinstein’s Dimension Films.“Making Halloween with the Weinsteins […]

The Boondocks reboot gets two season order at HBO Max

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Earlier this year it was confirmed that Sony Pictures Animation was working on a reimagining of Aaron McGruder’s animated comedy series The Boondocks, and now comes word that the project has secured a two season order from Warner’s new HBO Max streaming service.“The Boondocks was a revolutionary series that sparked conversations on hot button issues and […]

Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds team for A Christmas Carol musical reimagining

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Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds are set to team up for a musical reimagining of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol from Daddy’s Home team of director Sean Anders and writer John Morris.A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present […]

Emily Beecham joins Emma Stone in Disney’s Cruella

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Following her Best Actress win for Little Joe at Cannes earlier this year, British actress Emily Beecham (Daphne, Into the Badlands) has signed on to star alongside Emma Stone in the live-action 101 Dalmatians prequel Cruella.Beecham’s role is being kept under wraps at present, but she joins a cast that includes Stone as a young version of […]

DC’s Tales from the Dark Multiverse to reimagine Teen Titans: The Judas Contract

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DC Comics has announced that December’s Tales from the Dark Multiverse offering is set to reimagine one of the most renowned stories in comic book history, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, with a prestige one-shot from writers Kyle Higgins and Mat Groom and artist Tom Raney.In this shocking tale, Terra’s betrayal starts not with the […]

Sony’s Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham animated Marvel short released online

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Originally included as part of the bonus features on the home-entertainment release of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Sony and Marvel have now officially released the Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham, a four-minute prequel to the Oscar-winning animated feature which details Spider-Ham’s (John Mulaney) battle against the evil Doctor Crawdaddy. So, if you’re yet to see […]

First images from The Grudge reboot featuring Demian Bichir and Lin Shaye

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Entertainment Weekly has released two images from The Grudge, the upcoming reboot of the U.S. horror franchise from Sony and Ghost House Pictures, which feature Demian Bichir (The Nun) and Lin Shaye (Insidious).In addition to the images, EW also spoke with director Nicolas Pesce (The Eyes of My Mother, Piercing), who explained that the film […]

Puppet horror Devil’s Junction: Handy Dandy’s Revenge gets a new trailer

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Ahead of its release this October, Midnight Releasing has unveiled a poster and trailer for the bloody horror Devil’s Junction: Handy Dandy’s Revenge, which is directed by Jeff Broadsheet (Night of the Living Dead 3D) and stars genre veterans Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects, 3 From Hell) and Bill Oberst, Jr. (Death House, 3 From […]