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Trailer for Bright: Samurai Soul, an anime spin-off of David Ayer’s Bright

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Things have gone pretty quiet when it comes to the chances of a live-action sequel to David Ayer’s blockbuster Netflix fantasy Bright, so the streaming giant have decided to expand the universe with an anime spin-off, casting Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ Simu Liu among its voice cast. Watch the trailer here… […]

Colin Farrell’s Penguin could return in The Batman spinoff series for HBO Max

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Colin Farrell might have recently revealed that his screen time in Matt Reeves forthcoming The Batman is very limited, but things might be about to change for his latex headed Oswald Cobblepot, with the news that he has reportedly been approached to reprise the role of The Penguin for a spinoff series at HBO Max. […]

Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis join Idris Elba for the Luther movie

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It looks as though the long-gestating Luther movie is edging closer with The Hollywood Reporter confirming that two-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo and master of mo-cap Andy Serkis will be joining Idris Elba and his giant coat. As well as the stellar casting news, which also details that Erivo is playing a detective who is […]

Filming wraps on Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator sequel Skulls

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In typical Dan Trachtenberg style, it was announced sometime last year that the 10 Cloverfield Lane director was working on a covert sequel to Predator which had the working title of Skulls. Well, now it appears that the movie is finished, with cinematographer Jeff Cutter using his Instagram account to announce “that’s a wrap on […]

Shang-Chi holds better than Black Widow at the box office, while Malignant stalls

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Shang-Chi earned more than Ten Rings atop the U.S. Box Office this weekend, collecting $35.8 million in a healthy sophomore frame for the Marvel blockbuster. The Simu Liu and Awkwafina staring superhero movie suffered a decline of -53% at the North American box-office, which isn’t unusual for a Marvel blockbuster, particularly those released in this pandemic-era […]

Jason Sudeikis and Evangeline Lilly star in the trailer for South of Heaven

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Jason Sudeikis puts away his pressed collar Richmond F.C. sweater combo for much dirtier attire in the trailer for South of Heaven. An in-over-his-head crime-caper directed by Aharon Keshales (Big Bad Wolves), which also stars Evangeline Lilly (Ant-Man and The Wasp), Shea Whigham (Kong: Skull Island) and Mike Colter (Luke Cage); take a look at […]

It’s “Back to the Matrix” in the action-packed trailer for The Matrix Resurrections

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Those of you who’ve wanted to take the red pill since it was announced that Lana Wachowski was set to continue the further adventures of Neo down the rabbit hole will find clues to the answers in the first official trailer for The Matrix Resurrections, which you can check out in all its “Woah” inducing […]

Freeman, Pacino, Mirren and DeVito check into Taylor Hackford’s retirement home noir Sniff

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The first of many Toronto International Film Festival marketplace announcements is the news that Academy-Award winning director Taylor Hackford will attempt to pull off ‘a stylish reinvention of the film noir genre’ with his retirement home murder-mystery noir Sniff. More intriguing than that though is the fact that he’ll have Morgan Freeman, Al Pacino, Helen […]

Colin Firth, Olivia Colman and Odessa Young celebrate Mothering Sunday in first trailer for Lionsgate drama

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There’s no shortage of talent on display in the first trailer for Lionsgate’s tale of forbidden love, Mothering Sunday. Starring Odessa Young (Shirley, The Stand), Olivia Colman (The Father, The Favourite), Josh O’Connor (God’s Own Country, The Crown), Sope Dirisu (His House, Gangs of London), and Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Supernova), Mothering Sunday was adapted […]