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Joseph Gordon-Levitt returning to the small screen for Mr. Corman

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt is teaming with A24 and Apple for a new half-hour comedy series entitled Mr. Corman, which will be released on the upcoming Apple TV+ streaming service.The series is being written, directed and executive produced by Gordon-Levitt, who will also star in what is described as “a deep cut into the days and nights […]

Will Smith to reunite with Akiva Goldsman for sci-fi Brilliance

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THR is reporting that Will Smith is set to reunite with writer-producer Akiva Goldsman (I, Robot, I Am Legend) on the sci-fi feature Brilliance, which is in the works at Paramount Pictures.Based on Marcus Sakey’s novel of the same name, Brilliance takes place in a world where 1% of the population are born with special […]

Avengers: Endgame co-director thinks Robert Downey Jr. deserves the Best Actor Oscar

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Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen a handful of superhero movies getting some recognition from Oscar voters outside of the usual technical categories (see the likes of Logan and Black Panther), and given its success at Venice, it seems that DC Films’ Joker could find itself right in the mix come awards season.Marvel’s hopes […]

LEGO Star Wars Battles coming to mobile devices

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Get ready to enter the brick arena, as LEGO Star Wars Battles is coming to mobile devices next year, bringing with real-time multiplayer PvP arena battles featuring characters, vehicles and locations from every era of the Star Wars saga.LEGO Star Wars Battles combines competitive combat, character collecting, and tower building with the classic charm and […]

It Chapter Two opens to $185 million worldwide

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Pennywise the Dancing Clown returned to cinemas this weekend for his final confrontation with The Losers’ Club in It Chapter Two, and while the Stephen King adaptation fell slightly short of box office tracking, the sequel has delivered the second biggest ever opening for a horror movie behind its 2017 predecessor.Domestically, It Chapter Two claimed […]

Halloween Kills bringing back yet another character from John Carpenter’s original film

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It looks like director David Gordon Green and co-writer Danny McBride are bringing back another character from the 1978 original for next year’s Halloween Kills, with Bloody Disgusting reporting that Robert Longstreet (The Haunting of Hill House) has been cast in the role of Lonnie Elam.Lonnie was played by Brent Le Page in John Carpenter’s […]

Joker tracking record October opening at the domestic box office

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Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Joker has proven to be a huge success at the Venice Film Festival, the Joaquin Phoenix-headlined comic book adaptation having received an eight-minute standing ovation at its premiere before being named the recipient of the festival’s top prize, the Golden Lion, by the jury yesterday.Last month it was reported that […]

Marvel’s Hawkeye enlists Mad Men writer as showrunner

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Having officially announced the series at the San Diego Comic-Con back in July, Marvel Studios has enlisted Jonathan Igla to write and executive produce the Jeremy Renner-healdined Hawkeye series for Disney+.Igla was a writer and executive story editor on AMC’s Mad Men, while his other credits include Masters of Sex, Pitch, Shut Eye and Sorry […]

Jonah Hex to appear in Arrowverse crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths

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The CW is adding another familiar face to the roster of Crisis on Infinite Earths, with Johnathon Schaech set to reprise his DC’s Legends of Tomorrow role as Jonah Hex in the five-part DC crossover event.In addition to the main casts of the five shows – Supergirl, Batwoman, The Flash, Arrow and DC’s Legends of […]