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Neil Druckmann has wrapped filming his episodes for HBO’s The Last of Us series

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Neil Druckmann, the writer and creative director of the video game series The Last of Us, has taken to Twitter to announce that he has completed his contribution to HBO’s upcoming series adaptation of The Last of Us and is on his way back to Naughty Dog for his next project. Alas… my time in Canada has […]

Taika Waititi to adapt Alejandro Jodorowsky’s graphic novel The Incal

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Per Deadline, writer/director Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok) has signed on to helm the feature adaptation of Alejandro Jodorowsky and Mœbius’ bestselling graphic novel, The Incal, for Humanoids and Primer Entertainment. The screenplay for The Incal will be co-written by Waititi alongside his frequent collaborator Jemaine Clement (What We Do in the Shadows, Flight of the Conchords) and Peter Warren (Ghost Team, The History […]

Dwayne Johnson promises to stop using real guns on all his productions

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Following the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust, there have been debates as to whether film productions should be using real guns as movie props. Now, in an interview with Variety at the premiere of his new Netflix action film Red Notice, Dwayne Johnson promised that all future projects that are produced […]

Edgar Wright says Baby Driver 2 script is finished but he may not return as director

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Following the release of his new psychological horror film Last Night in Soho, director Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) has provided an update on the highly-anticipated sequel to 2017’s Baby Driver. In a recent interview for Interview Magazine with No Time to Die director Cary Joji Fukunaga, Wright confirmed that a script is written for the sequel […]

Gemma Whelan says Game of Thrones sex scenes were a “frenzied mess”

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Throughout its lifetime, HBO’s Game of Thrones gained a reputation for implementing an excessive number of explicit sex scenes, and now, one of the stars of the show has revealed that these scenes had no clear direction during filming. In an interview with The Guardian, Gemma Whelan, who played Yara Greyjoy in the series, revealed that the […]

Maya Hawke responds to rumours regarding Kill Bill Vol. 3

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Since the release of Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, director Quentin Tarantino has teased that his tenth and possibly final film could be the third instalment in the Kill Bill series. Now, in an interview with The Guardian, Stranger Things star Maya Hawke has addressed the rumours surrounding Kill Bill Vol. 3 and the fan-casting of her […]

Matt Damon and Robert Downey Jr. in talks to join Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

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Deadline is reporting that Robert Downey Jr. and Matt Damon are currently in talks to join the cast of director Christopher Nolan’s upcoming biopic Oppenheimer alongside the already announced Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt. The film, which will be written by Nolan and based on the autobiography American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by […]

Chris Pratt cast as Garfield in new animated movie

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Per Variety, Chris Pratt has been cast as the voice of Garfield in Sony’s new animated adaptation from Alcon Entertainment. The currently untitled project will be directed by Mark Dindal (The Emperor’s New Groove, Chicken Little) from a script by David Reynolds (Finding Nemo), who collaborated with the director before on The Emperor’s New Groove. Although plot details are […]

Dune: Part Two won’t begin filming until fall 2022 at the earliest

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Earlier this week, Warner Bros. and Legendary announced that a sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s Dune had officially been greenlit due to a very successful weekend at the box office, and now, the director has offered some details on the production schedule. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Villeneuve revealed that plenty of work has already […]

National Treasure Disney+ TV series casts Lisette Alexis in lead role

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Last year, producer Jerry Bruckheimer announced that a National Treasure Disney+ TV series was currently in the works, and now Deadline is reporting that the project has cast its lead character. According to the outlet, emerging young actress Lisette Alexis has landed the lead in the National Treasure Disney+ TV series. The project will serve as Alexis’s third […]