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Banshees’ Barry Keoghan to play Billy The Kid

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Ever since he burst onto the scene with his captivating turn in Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Barry Keoghan has marked himself out as a special talent. Having reinforced that with performances in Chernobyl, Eternals, Calm with Horses, and his heart-breaking Oscar-nominated role as Dominic in The Banshees of Inisherin, Keoghan is […]

Is Ben Affleck and Robert Rodriguez thriller Hypnotic finally getting a release?

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Like many productions, Robert Rodriguez and Ben Affleck’s $65 million budgeted thriller Hypnotic was halted by the global pandemic. However, since production eventually wrapped on the film in 2021 there has been numerous financial obstacles that has meant it has been sat on a shelf gathering dust, until now, with rumours emerging that it will […]

HBO Max’s Colin Farrell-led The Penguin series bolsters its cast

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With just under two weeks to go before The Batman spin-off series The Penguin begins shooting, the Colin Farrell led HBO Max show has added Michael Kelly (House of Cards), Shohreh Aghdashloo (The Expanse), Deirdre O’Connell (Outer Range), and Rhenzy Feliz (Runaways) to its cast-list.  According to Variety details on the characters that they’ll be […]

The Flash character posters feature Barry Allen, Batman and Supergirl

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For a while it seemed as though Andy Muschietti’s The Flash wouldn’t be released in any timeline, what with the much-publicised controversy surrounding this iteration’s Barry Allen, and the upheaval caused by the Peter Safran and James Gunn DC restructure.  However, when the latter revealed that The Flash was set to reset the DC movie […]

John Wick: Chapter 4 drops Parisian poster ahead of Thursday’s trailer launch

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Lionsgate is currently celebrating Wick Week by unveiling John Wick related goodness ahead of the release of the trailer for John Wick: Chapter 4 this Thursday. Today’s treat is a Parisian poster featuring Keanu Reeves’ titular character towering alongside the city’s famous landmark, which is just one of the globe-trotting locales around which our dog-loving assassin […]

Harrison Ford faces his destiny in action-packed Indiana Jones Super Bowl trailer

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Amongst the slew of trailer-treasures dropped on Super Bowl Sunday, there’s only really one cup from which to drink when it comes to Summer 2023, and that’s the one marked Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Disney released a brand new look at Lucasfilm’s fifth entry in the long-running Indiana Jones film series, which finds Harrison […]

Magic Mike dances past Titanic and Avatar to top Super Bowl weekend box office

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Over the traditionally tough Super Bowl weekend, Channing Tatum’s striptease-swansong Magic Mike’s Last Dance took the top podium with a middling return of $8.2 million at the North American box-office.  It’s worth noting that Warner Bros. decided to release Steven Soderbergh’s trilogy-capper in only 1,500 domestic theatres, and although it performed worse than the 2012 […]

David O. Russell to direct Sacha Baron Cohen and Keke Palmer in Super Toys

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American Hustle and Amsterdam‘s David O. Russell is set to direct Sacha Baron Cohen and Keke Palmer in 70s-set road trip drama Super Toys.  According to Deadline as well as directing Super Toys, Russell has also written the script, which tells the story of two toy sales reps (played by Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen […]

Andy Samberg and Jean Smart to star in cryogenic rom-com 42.6 Years

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Following one of the best romantic-comedies in years with 2020’s Palm Springs, Andy Samberg is set to play with time once again as he teams up with Jean Smart for Amazon Studios’ science-fiction romance 42.6 Years. According to Entertainment Weekly Samberg and Smart will play ex-lovers who’re separated by time when he undergoes an experimental […]