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Disney isn’t moving forward with Beauty and the Beast spinoff series… for now

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It was only last week that new cast members were being added to the line-up of Disney+’s Beauty and the Beast prequel series, but that’s a long time in the world of The Magic Kingdom because it has now been announced that the studio is no longer moving forward with the small-screen Gaston and LeFou spin-off. […]

George Clooney’s The Boys in the Boat brings Joel Edgerton aboard its cast

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George Clooney is finally going to take to the water on his long-gestating adaptation of New York Times bestseller The Boys in the Boat, and he has enlisted Joel Edgerton to pick up an oar and row alongside a stacked cast that includes Jack Mulhern (Mare of Eastown), Sam Strike (Sandman), Luke Slattery (The Post), […]

“Good news, everyone!” Futurama revival coming to Disney+ and Hulu

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Want some news worth going “woop woop woop” about? After a 10-year hiatus Hulu and Disney+ confirmed that they’re ordering a 20-episode revival of Matt Groening’s Futurama. Set to land sometime in 2023, both The Simpsons creator Groening and original Futurama co-creator David X. Cohen will be involved in the series. Most of the original […]

Uncharted’s Ruben Fleischer working on a Jak and Daxter movie

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We all know Tom Holland has a penchant for letting things slip, and so when he was talking about how he’d like to be involved in an adaptation of popular videogame Jak and Daxter, only one produced by A24, we just took it for filler as he promoted the imminent release of Uncharted. However, that […]

Jordan Peele’s Nope gets a first look teaser ahead of Super Bowl Sunday trailer

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Jordan Peele is two-for-two, and one of the most enjoyable elements of Get Out and Us was the way in which you knew very little about either of those five-star films until the horror unfurled in front of you. Hoping to emulate that unique feeling is Peele’s next film Nope, which has unveiled this first-look […]

Paramount signs off on Scream sequel with the same creative team

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With $107 million in worldwide receipts already tucked away in the inside pocket of Ghostface’s cloak, along with the largely favourable reviews (read our ★★★★ review here), it comes as little surprise to hear that Paramount and Spyglass have decided to move forward on a Scream sequel. In even better news for fans of the […]

Rosamund Pike to headline Pablo Larrain-produced virus thriller Rich Flu

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A wave of timely virus themed movies was inevitable, and so comes the news that Gone Girl Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike is set to lead a virus based thriller titled Rich Flu. Directed by Spanish filmmaker Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia (The Platform), The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Rich Flu will feature a deadly disease that starts […]

Kevin Costner returning to the director’s chair for Western epic Horizon

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Kevin Costner is set to ride on out to the high plains once again for his first directorial outing since 2013’s Open Range, with the news that he’ll find himself on both sides of the camera for Western epic Horizon. According to Deadline the Academy Award winning director of Dances With Wolves will star in […]