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Harry Potter director Chris Columbus opens up about the pressure of helming the first film

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The Harry Potter film franchise is one of the most successful and most beloved book-to-screen adaptations ever since it began in 2001 with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and now, the original director Chris Columbus has opened up about his experience on helming the first instalment in the franchise. In an interview with Collider to promote […]

Home Alone director Chris Columbus further explains why he doesn’t agree with rebooting films

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Earlier this month, Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York director Chris Columbus offered his blunt thoughts on the upcoming Home Alone reboot for the Disney+ streaming service, and now, the director has further expanded upon his opinion on rebooting or remaking films. In an interview with ComicBook.com to promote his new movie, The Christmas Chronicles: […]

Giancarlo Esposito says The Mandalorian season 3 will feature more of Moff Gideon

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Giancarlo Esposito, who has played the major villain Moff Gideon in both seasons of The Mandalorian, has not only confirmed his character will return for the show’s upcoming third season but that fans should also expect to see a lot more of Gideon in the future. “…I have a feeling you’ll see more of me […]

Scream 5 co-director explains how late director Wes Craven influenced the sequel’s violence

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With the upcoming fifth instalment in the Scream franchise recently wrapping up filming, one of the directors of the film has discussed how the highly-anticipated sequel has approached its violence. In an interview with CinemaBlend, co-director Matt Bettinelli-Olpin explained how the film is approaching the violence while taking inspiration from the way the late director Wes Craven […]

Final Destination creator confirms the next instalment is on hold for now

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Over the course of the ongoing global health crisis, we have seen numerous film and television projects temporarily pause production, and now, it seems like the sixth instalment in the Final Destination franchise is the latest project to come to a halt. Taking to Twitter, franchise creator Jeffrey Reddick confirmed that while the latest instalment is […]

Chris Columbus offers an update on Gremlins 3, says creatures will not be CGI

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While we have heard reports for many years that a third Gremlins film could be happening in the future, original screenwriter Chris Columbus has provided a new update on the project. In an interview with Collider, Columbus confirmed that while there is an existing script, they are currently working through the franchise’s rights issues which is […]

Netflix reveals The Queen’s Gambit is its most-watched scripted limited series ever

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Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit has been an international success as the streaming service is reporting that the series has set a viewership record, making it the most-watched scripted limited series to date on the platform. Netflix has recently shared a report claiming 62 million households streamed The Queen‘s Gambit in its first 28 days, following its October […]

Five Nights at Freddy’s movie gets production start date

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Although development on the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie adaptation has been ongoing for years now, it seems like the project has taken a major step forward to entering production. The news comes from Blumhouse’s Twitter account that links to a Reddit post by the video game series creator Scott Cawthon where he announces minor plot […]

Logan Lerman re-teams with Brad Pitt for David Leitch’s action thriller Bullet Train

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Shortly after the announcement that Oscar winner Lady Gaga will be joining the cast, Deadline is reporting that Logan Lerman is set to re-team with his Fury co-star Brad Pitt for the upcoming David Leitch-directed action thriller Bullet Train. Bullet Train – which is based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle by best-selling author Kotaro Isaka – will be directed […]