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Alicia Vikander admits she hasn’t got a clue what’s happening with Tomb Raider 2

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If you thought the hardest thing Lara Croft had to do was navigate the blocky underwater realms of her 1996 Tomb Raider debut, think again, because Alicia Vikander has been speaking about how her long-gestating blockbuster sequel appears to be stuck in limbo.  2018’s Tomb Raider was a rebooted reintroduction to the character of Lara […]

Patrick Wilson-directed Insidious 5 gets a 2023 release date

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Blumhouse have decided that Patrick Wilson will return to ‘the further’ with Insidious 5 as soon as July 7th next year.  The Conjuring franchise has made over $2 billion at the box-office, but the origin of that cinematic universe success can be traced back to the Insidious franchise, which started with 2010’s superb original and […]

Laurie Strode faces off against Michael Myers one final time in Halloween Ends trailer

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Looking to strip back the chaos of the pretty terrible Halloween Kills and refocus the horror on the classic face off between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers, Blumhouse have dropped the trailer for the final film in David Gordon Green’s modern Halloween trilogy, Halloween Ends. Set four years after the events of Halloween Kills, this […]

HBO’s The Idol trailer sees Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd in “the sleaziest love story in all of Hollywood”

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Set in the L.A. music industry, The Idol is the latest from Euphoria creator Sam Levinson, who has teamed up with Grammy-winning musician The Weeknd to tell the hedonistic story of a self-help guru and leader of a modern-day cult who embarks on a complicated relationship with an up-and-coming pop singer, played by Lily-Rose Depp.  […]

M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin is based on The Cabin at End of the World

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Historically secretive about the plot details for his movies, an approach which largely accentuates your enjoyment of them, it has been revealed that M. Night Shyamalan’s fifteenth feature film Knock at the Cabin is based on Paul Tremblay’s horror novel The Cabin at the End of the World.  All we knew about Knock at the Cabin was […]

Peter Dinklage joins The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is challenging Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer when it comes to casting announcements with the news that Peter Dinklage is being added to the line-up for the blockbuster prequel.   Deadline reports that the Game of Thrones and Cyrano star will take the role of Casca Highbottom, dean of the Academy […]

Thor: Love and Thunder holds top spot while the Crawdad’s Sing at the box office

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Thor: Love and Thunder was subject to the the same mid-60% dip suffered by most MCU films in their second frame, yet still managed to hold on to the top spot at the U.S. box-office this weekend with a take of $46M.  The Taika Waititi-directed sequel fell 68% over its sophomore frame, taking its domestic […]

Emerald Fennell to punch up the script for Ana de Armas John Wick spin-off Ballerina

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Following her scene-stealing turn in No Time to Die the idea of watching Ana De Armas as a revenge seeking assassin should be enough to guarantee interest in John Wick spin-off Ballerina. Yet now we get the equally exciting news that Promising Young Woman‘s Emerald Fennell has been hired to help write the script for […]

Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch lands Marcel The Shell With Shoes On director Dean Fleischer Camp

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Robert Zemeckis’ live-action adaptation of the classic animated movie Pinocchio is carved and ready for release, Guy Ritchie is returning for more Disney dollars to direct their live-action Hercules, and now the mouse-house have turned their attention towards 2002’s wonderful oddity Lilo & Stitch, hiring Marcel the Shell With Shoes On‘s Dean Fleischer Camp to direct.  Deadline reports […]

Daniel Kaluuya’s W’Kabi will not be back for Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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Anyone looking forward to a double dose of Daniel Kaluuya in 2022 should brace themselves for the disappointing news that the Academy Award-winning actor won’t be reprising his role as W’Kabi in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.  While doing the press rounds for his other eagerly anticipated blockbuster of this year, Jordan Peele’s Nope, Kaluuya confirmed […]