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Danai Gurira bids farewell to Michonne and The Walking Dead

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Warning! Spoilers ahead for the latest episode of The Walking Dead… Danai Gurira, who is best known for playing Michonne in The Walking Dead since the third season, bid farewell to the long-running series in the latest episode “What We Become” after eight seasons. During the latest episode of Talking Dead, the live television aftershow for The Walking […]

Daniel Craig dreamed of playing a superhero growing up, rather than James Bond

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While audiences around the world know Daniel Craig for playing the iconic British Secret Service agent James Bond, the actor has admitted he never dreamed of playing 007 growing up, but rather superhero characters Superman and Spider-Man. “People are always saying to me, ‘You must have dreamed of playing James Bond when you were a […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker actor reveals the one criticism that left him “pissed off and angry”

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was met with a mixed critical response, and now one of the stars of the sequel trilogy, Greg Grunberg, who plays Snap Wexley, has revealed one of the criticisms that made him “pissed off and angry.” In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Grunberg revealed any criticism regarding The […]

Disney+ lowering streaming bandwidth in all European markets by 25% when the service launches on Tuesday

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With both YouTube and Netflix agreeing to lower streaming quality to standard definition across Europe to help ease the bandwidth strain due to increased levels of online traffic, Disney has announced a similar route with Disney+ when it launches on March 24th. According to a recent report by The Hollywood Reporter, Disney’s chairman direct-to-consumer and […]

James Cameron felt relief when Avengers: Endgame toppled Avatar at the box office

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Earlier this year, Avengers: Endgame surpassed Avatar to become the highest-grossing film in history at the box office with a total of $2.79 billion compared to Avatar’s $2.789 billion during the week of San Diego Comic-Con. However, in a recent interview with Deadline, Cameron claimed he wasn’t sour when he heard the news – in fact, his first reaction was […]

Hugo Weaving reveals why he didn’t reprise Red Skull role in Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame

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While Hugo Weaving perfectly portrayed the villainous Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger, he didn’t reprise his role when the character reappeared as a guide to the Soul Stone in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Now, in an interview with TimeOut, Weaving explained why he was initially open to returning to the role […]

Norman Reedus “didn’t agree” with Andrew Lincoln’s departure from The Walking Dead

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During the ninth season of the long-running television series, The Walking Dead, Andrew Lincoln, who is best-known for playing Rick Grimes, was given a send-off which would lead into The Walking Dead’s first feature film trilogy. However, in an interview on Popcorn with Peter Travers, Lincoln’s longtime co-star Norman Reedus, who plays Daryl Dixon, has admitted he “didn’t […]

Zombieland co-writer reveals Bill Murray’s role was originally written for Patrick Swayze

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While the chemistry between stars Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin helped make Zombieland a major success in 2009, one of the most memorable sequences in the zombie comedy was the four survivors meeting a still-living Bill Murray. However, according to Zombieland co-writer Paul Wernick, Murray’s role in the film was originally written for the late […]

Shadow Man remastered announced for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC

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Nightdive Studios and Valiant Entertainment have announced Shadow Man, the classic action-adventure game originally released on the N64 (and later PlayStation, Dreamcast, and PC), will be remastered and released sometime next year for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and GOG. In Shadow Man, you play as Michael LeRoi, a supernatural hero known […]

Bong Joon Ho would love to make a musical, but it “would have to be different”

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Following on from Parasite’s history-making success at the Academy Awards, director Bong Joon Ho has revealed he “would love to make a musical” in the future but it would have to be “different.” “I would love to make a musical,” Bong told Empire. “Characters would begin singing, then think, ‘Oh my God, fuck this, this […]