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Dungeons & Dragons loots $71.5 million at the worldwide box office

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Bolstered by stellar reviews and strong word-of-mouth, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves rolled a double-six, or whatever the 23-sided dice equivalent is at the worldwide box-office this weekend, grossing an above-expectations $71.5 million. The Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (Game Night) directed board-game adaptation dethroned John Wick: Chapter 4 at the North American […]

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse sets up Tuesday’s trailer launch with stunning teaser

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It’s not usually worth getting excited for these teasers for trailers, but the fact that fifteen seconds of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse footage is often more impressive than most feature-length movies makes this a must-watch.  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse hails from directors Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, and Kemp Powers, and features a voice cast […]

Michael B. Jordan to star in Amazon’s mind-bending drama The Dwelling

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Following the $250 million and counting worldwide success of Creed III, Michael B. Jordan can have his pick of the projects, and one of those appears to be Amazon Studios’ The Dwelling.  Described as ‘a mind-bending story’, The Dwelling is about a newly divorced father (Jordan) who discovers a house buried in his backyard. He […]

James Gray to direct Depression-era ghost story Ezekiel Moss

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Ad Astra and Armageddon Time director James Gray will try his hand at horror with the news that he’s set to helm depression-era ghost story Ezekiel Moss. Deadline reports that Gray will work from a script by Keith Bunin, who has written the recently announced live-action Aristocats adaptation, and whose latest draft blew away Focus […]

Samara Weaving to headline 80s-set action thriller Bella

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Having earned her stripes in Ready or Not and then gone toe-to-toe with Ghost Face in Scream VI, Samara Weaving is set to be put through the wringer once again in Paramount’s ’80s set action-thriller Bella.  According to Deadline the Babylon actor is set to headline Bella for The Whistleblower director Larysa Kondracki, who has also […]

Rachel Weisz’s twisted twins are up to no good in the trailer for Dead Ringers

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Prime Video has released the official trailer for the small screen reimagining of David Cronenberg’s 1988 erotic-thriller Dead Ringers, which ramps ups the duplicity and playfulness of identical siblings Elliot and Beverly, both played by Rachel Weisz. With episodes directed by Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Karyn Kusama (Jennifer’s Body), Karena Evans (Snowfall), and Lauren […]

Ari Aster says he feels a responsibility to deliver something amazing in behind-the-scenes look at Beau is Afraid

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Ari Aster isn’t underselling his latest descent into darkness Beau is Afraid, describing it as “epic”, “jumbo”, and a film in which “every detail has a detail inside of it” in this latest behind-the-scenes look, in which the director also reveals that he wanted to make a film “where it feels like you’ve been through […]

Chris Carter says Ryan Coogler is working on a reboot of The X-Files

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Here’s a twist straight out of the files housed in the basement of the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover Building; Chris Carter has claimed that Black Panther and Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler is working on a reboot of The X-Files.  Having seemingly closed the files for good following 2018’s lacklustre revival series, it appeared that the […]

Liv Tyler to return as Betty Ross in Captain America: New World Order

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Liv Tyler is returning to the MCU after fifteen years to reprise her role as Betty Ross in Captain America: New World Order. Deadline confirms that Tyler will return as the daughter of General Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross, who was played by the late William Hurt in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, and who going forward will be […]

Meet the residents of Element City in Disney-Pixar’s Elemental trailer

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Disney and Pixar have dropped the official trailer for their latest animated fable Elemental, which transports moviegoers to an extraordinary place called Element City, where a host of elements live and work, and it’s safe to say that without any hint of elemental bias, Peter Sohn’s film looks fire.  The trailer introduces us to the […]