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John Williams believes that Rey’s parents will be revealed in Star Wars: Episode IX

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One of the mysteries left over from Star Wars: The Force Awakens concerned the identity of Rey’s parents. That speculation over her parentage reached a fever-pitch by the time Star Wars: The Last Jedi opened last December. Fans were eager to learn the truth behind Rey’s parents, and to see if any of the hundreds of fan […]

R.I.P Groot: Baby Groot is NOT the original Groot, according to James Gunn

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Baby Groot came around and stole the hearts of fans when he made his full debut in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. After a tease at the end of Guardians Vol. 1 — following a noble, and devastating sacrifice by adult Groot — Baby Groot more than lived up to the hype when he […]

Ernest Cline had to convince Steven Spielberg to reference his own work in the upcoming Ready Player One film

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If you are going to direct something as pop-culture heavy as Ready Player One, you better be prepared to go all the way. This means quite possibly some of the most eclectic scenes ever put on film. Interestingly, it looks like Steven Spielberg had a unique hesitation while filming the upcoming adaptation. While Spielberg feels like […]

Game of Thrones season 8 promo poster lands online

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A promo poster for the final season of Game of Thrones has just landed online. However, cull your excitement as this poster is about as uneventful as posters get: The only truly interesting thing about this poster is that all three family sigils are side-by-side. Is this alluding to both sides being allied to face […]

Zazie Beetz on one way Deadpool 2 differs from the first movie

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According to Deadpool 2 star Zazie Beetz — who plays Domino — the upcoming sequel will explore themes that weren’t present in the previous film. Chatting with Comicbook.com, the Atlanta actress reveals one key difference that separates this film from the original: “In Deadpool 2 I think we go heavier than the first one did. Like Atlanta, the […]

Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4 will have a ‘payoff for every narrative thread’ established in the MCU so far

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The recent home release of Thor Ragnarok has an extra feature entitled “Marvel Studios: The First Ten Years – The Evolution of Heroes”, and in it, both Avengers: Infinity War co-director Joe Russo and Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige open up about the storylines that will be present in Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers 4. […]

First reactions to an early screening of Aquaman surface online

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Warner Bros. reportedly held a screening for the upcoming Aquaman solo film recently, but the word has been mostly mum, as is typically the case with these early screenings. However, Batman-News posted to Twitter yesterday stating that they spoke with two audience members from the early screening, and their reactions are very encouraging indeed: So far […]

The Halloween reboot is very similar to the original, according to Michael Myers actor

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To say people have a lot of hopes for the upcoming reboot of Halloween would be an understatement. The film — written by Danny McBride and David Gordon Green, who also directs — is looking to reinvigorate the Halloween franchise, and hopefully the slasher genre as a whole. Now, we have seen an amazing upward […]

Chris Pratt has given a glowing review of Marvel’s Black Panther

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So how much did Chris Pratt like Marvel’s Black Panther? It turns out quite a bit. The Guardians of the Galaxy actor sounded off on Twitter today with quite possibly the most enthusiastic review of the film so far — he uses lots of capital letters — and he also makes some interesting parallels. You […]