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A sequel to The Black Phone is already being discussed, reveals Scott Derrickson

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The Black Phone has been one of the success stories of 2022. In a box-office landscape still fluctuating following the pandemic, Scott Derrickson’s creepy horror has managed to dial into $152 million at the worldwide box-office, and so it’s no surprise to learn that conversations have already begun regarding a sequel.  To coincide with The […]

Hawkeye directors to ride Big Thunder Mountain for Disney’s latest theme park adaptation

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We’ve had plenty of goes on Pirates of the Caribbean, taken a Jungle Cruise, visited a Haunted Mansion, and will do so again in 2023, and now Disney have tapped Hawkeye directors Bert & Bertie with directing a big screen take on their Big Thunder Mountain ride.  People scoffed at the idea of movies based […]

Robert De Niro and Barry Levinson to reunite for Mob drama Wise Guys

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Oscar winners Robert De Niro and Barry Levinson are set to reunite for Warner Bros.’ mob drama Wise Guys.  The two most recently worked together on 2017’s Emmy-nominated Bernie Madoff TV-movie The Wizard of Lies, having previously teamed up on two of Levinson’s most-acclaimed offerings; Wag The Dog (1997) and Sleepers (1996).  Deadline reports that […]

Emily Watson’s world is turned upside down in trailer for A24 drama God’s Creatures

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Fresh off the boat following its debut at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, A24 has released the trailer for God’s Creatures, the latest film from acclaimed directors Saela Davis & Anna Rose Holmer (2015’s award-winning The Fits), which stars Emily Watson (Chernobyl, Punch-Drunk Love), Paul Mescal (Normal People, The Lost Daughter), and Aisling Franciosi (The […]

Creepy new poster and images for Paramount horror Smile

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Paramount will be hoping that audiences are screaming rather than smirking when it comes to their latest horror film Smile, and so they’ve released a creepy poster and a set of new images to help establish the mood. Check them out below… Directed by Parker Finn (Laura Hasn’t Slept) and starring Sosie Bacon (Mare of […]

Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler feature in first image from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

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The Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence has been speaking exclusively to Vanity Fair about how his prequel to that blockbusting saga The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is essentially a love story between Tom Blyth’s Coriolanus Snow and Rachel Zegler’s Lucy Gray Baird, and the first look image he shared from the film is testament […]

Chad Stahelski wants to adapt Ghost of Tsushima as a Japanese-language film

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There is a gameplay setting on Ghost of Tsushima which allows you to switch the audio to Japanese language with English subtitles in order to provide players with a more authentic experience, and it appears that Chad Stahelski (John Wick), director of Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions’ forthcoming adaptation, wishes to make this his default […]

Emily Blunt to line up alongside Ryan Gosling for David Leitch’s The Fall Guy remake

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Emily Blunt is returning to a genre that has served her so well by signing on to star alongside Ryan Gosling in Universal’s action remake of 80s favourite The Fall Guy.  Having stolen Doug Liman’s ‘when are we gonna get a sequel?’ science-fiction blockbuster Edge of Tomorrow from under the nose of Tom Cruise, and […]

Po and the Furious Five to return as Kung Fu Panda 4 sets 2024 release date

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Universal Pictures has summoned Po and the Furious Five to save the world once again by announcing that Kung Fu Panda 4 will be released on March 8th, 2024.  Jack Black’s furry Kung Fu master has kicked his way towards over $1.8 billion at the worldwide box-office since 2008’s original, so it comes as no […]

Bullet Train slows atop the box office as Top Gun: Maverick fuels up yet again

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Sony will be hoping that Bullet Train is more of a long-haul sleeper carriage kinda ride at the box-office, because the slow out of the station action-thriller slammed on the brakes harder than expected during its sophomore frame, grossing a soft $13.4M to top the box-office.  In the face of very little competition the glossy […]