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Mike Flanagan to direct Mars-set horror The Season Of Passage for Universal

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Tired of scaring the bejesus out of audiences up and down various hotel corridors in Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Hill House, and The Haunting of Bly Manor, director Mike Flanagan is instead heading to outer-space for his next horror film, with the news that Universal has tapped him up to adapt Christopher Pike’s 1993 […]

Yvette Nicole Brown says the Community movie “is coming”

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Ever since Greendale Community College closed its doors after 110 episodes and with half of the “six seasons and a movie” promise delivered, there have been rumours of a feature length film to complete Community‘s mantra. The latest cast member to discuss the potential of a Spanish 101 reunion was Yvette Nicole Brown, who told […]

Movie Review – Love and Monsters (2020)

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Love and Monsters, 2021. Directed by Michael Matthews. Starring Dylan O’Brien, Jessica Henwick, Dan Ewing, Michael Rooker, and Ariana Greenblatt. SYNOPSIS: In a monster-infested world, Joel (Dylan O’Brien) learns his girlfriend is just 80 miles away. To make the dangerous journey, Joel discovers his inner hero to be with the girl of his dreams. Had […]

She-Hulk’s Tatiana Maslany not returning for HBO’s Perry Mason season 2

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You don’t need to be a Perry Mason level detective to work out that the clue might be in title as to why Tatiana Maslany isn’t returning to her role as Sister Alice McKeegan in the sophomore run of HBO’s successful drama series. TVLine reports that the Emmy award-winning Orphan Black star will not be […]

Michael Cera joins Amy Schumer’s comedy series Life & Beth

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Arrested Development and Scott Pilgrim star Michael Cera has signed up to become a series regular in Amy Schumer’s Hulu comedy original Life & Beth. Life & Beth is being created, directed, written, and executive produced by Schumer, who hasn’t been seen in a starring role since 2018 dud I Feel Pretty. The Endeavour Content […]

Joe Cornish to write and direct adaptation of Mark Millar’s Starlight

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While the rumours of an Attack the Block sequel continue to do the rounds, Joe Cornish has settled on his next project for 20th Century Studios with an adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic Starlight. According to Deadline, Cornish will write and direct Starlight, which tells the story of ‘a space hero who saved the universe […]

Eighth Grade’s Elsie Fisher to star in My Best Friend’s Exorcism

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Originally announced a couple of years ago, the adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s cult horror novel My Best Friend’s Exorcism has been summoned to the headlines again with the news that Eighth Grade‘s Elsie Fisher is set to star. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Fisher will head up an ensemble that includes Amiah Miller (War […]

Box Office: Mortal Kombat fights its way towards $11 million overseas as Godzilla vs. Kong tops $358 million

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Isn’t it nice to be reading about box-office statistics again? And not the depressing kind which have accompanied the decimation of the moviegoing business over the last year or so. We’re getting to report healthy numbers on a Monday morning, and long may it continue as the multiplexes of the world begin to sanitise their […]

Justin Timberlake to headline Confessions of a Dangerous Mind for Apple TV+

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Following the success of their recent collaboration, the redemptive tearjerker Palmer, Justin Timberlake has been tapped to star in Apple TV’s adaptation of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. As reported by Deadline, Timberlake will play gong-show host Chuck Barris, who revealed in his 1984 memoir Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, that his job as a […]