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Epic Games considering making a Fortnite movie

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The news that Epic Games is considering branching out into wider media has led people to believe that the company’s phenomenally successful online multiplayer game Fortnite could be about to leap from the console screen to the big-screen. According to a report from The Information, talks have already taken place regarding the potential for a […]

David Gordon Green to direct movie about Walt Disney building The Magic Kingdom

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Having spent the last few years giving people nightmares filming his Halloween reboot trilogy, director David Gordon Green is turning his attention to a different kind of dream by signing on to make a film about Walt Disney’s attempts to build Disneyland. According to Deadline, the Halloween Kills filmmaker will move from the bloody streets […]

Emma Corrin to lead limited series Retreat from The OA’s Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij

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Emma Corrin is set to follow her award-winning turn as Lady Diana in The Crown, and Netflix’s adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, with the new FX series from the creators of The OA. As per Deadline, Corrin is set to take the lead role in Retreat, a series created by Brit Marling and Zal […]

The Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City international trailer delivers a much darker tone for the reboot

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When Sony Pictures debuted the first trailer for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, it’s fair to say that the reaction split viewers down the middle, with most commenting on the strange choice of music. Well now they’ve released an international trailer for the new R-rated action horror reboot based on the iconic video game […]

Jake Gyllenhaal to star in superhero pic Prophet for Extraction‘s Sam Hargrave

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You can’t go a few weeks without having Jake Gyllenhaal attached to a new project, let alone another graphic novel adaptation, because following on from the news that he’d signed on to star in Robert Kirkman’s Oblivion Song, the Donnie Darko actor has joined Prophet, a superhero pic from the director of Extraction. Prophet will […]

Apple TV+ unveils first teaser for Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s murder-mystery comedy The Afterparty

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It has been a while since we had anything filtered through the comedic lens of The Lego Movie duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller, but that is all about to change with The Afterparty, an eight-part murder mystery comedy series created and directed by Miller, with both acting as showrunners and executive producers. Centering on […]

Dune featurette promises that “people are gonna be blown away”

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Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel Dune has already grossed over $100M at the international box-office, and once Bond has had his moment it’ll be released in North America and other key territories, so Warner Bros. are still pushing the appeal of the sand and science-fiction epic with the likes of this new […]

2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Harder They Fall

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The Harder They Fall, 2021. Directed by Jeymes Samuel. Starring Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Idris Elba, Regina King, LaKeith Stanfield, Edi Gathegi, Delroy Lindo, RJ Cyler, Danielle Deadwyler, and Deon Cole. SYNOPSIS: When an outlaw discovers an enemy who has wronged him in the past is being released from prison, he reunites his gang in […]

HBO shares first look clip from John Cena’s Suicide Squad spin-off Peacemaker

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HBO are releasing all kinds goodies to coincide with the launch of HBO Max in some European territories, and one such treat has arrive in the form of an exclusive first look clip from John Cena’s Suicide Squad spin-off Peacemaker, which you can watch below… He’s got the looks, the car, and the best sidekick […]