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Godzilla vs Kong tipped for largest pandemic opening weekend at the box office

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With the moviegoing hotbeds of New York and Los Angeles slowly opening up their theatres again, it appears that Warner Bros. and Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong is ready to trample over similar giant cityscapes on its way towards a pandemic-best opening at the box-office.The Hollywood Reporter’s exclusive story suggests that ‘moviegoing confidence hits highest level […]

Borat, Promising Young Woman, and Ted Lasso win big at the WGA Awards

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The 73rd Writers Guild of America Awards took place on Sunday night and the results have gone some way to cementing Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Promising Young Woman as the screenplay favourites as far as the Academy Awards are concerned.In a virtual ceremony hosted by Kal Penn, Amazon Studios’ Borat took the adapted screenplay honour […]

Jamie Foxx, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Maika Monroe headline Nick Cassavetes’ God is a Bullet

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The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes has put together quite the cast for his next film, with Jamie Foxx (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones), and Maika Monroe (It Follows) signing on for his adaptation of Boston Teran’s God is a Bullet.According to Deadline they will join January Jones (Mad Men) and Andrew […]

HBO developing A Time to Kill sequel series with Matthew McConaughey set to return

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A Time to Kill launched the career of a young Matthew McConaughey, and now it appears that almost a quarter of a century later he might be set to reprise his role as defense attorney Jack Brigance in a Limited Series sequel for HBO.Deadline reports that McConaughey will get his court summons from HBO having […]

Legendary’s new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie will be a direct sequel to Tobe Hooper’s classic with an “old man Leatherface”

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It appears that Fede Alvarez is taking the same approach to Legendary’s new Texas Chainsaw Massacre skin as he did with his own take on the Evil Dead franchise, by revealing to Bloody Disgusting’s The Boo Crew Podcast that it would be a direct sequel to to the 1974 classic.Directed by David Blue Garcia (Tejano), […]

Universal sets Puss in Boots: The Last Wish release date

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Among the seemingly endless list of movies clawing for a post-pandemic release date, a sequel to 2011’s Puss in Boots is likely one that you’d forgotten about, but when the original has grossed $555 million at the worldwide box-office, you can bet the fat cats over at Universal certainly hadn’t, which is why they’ve set […]

The Russo Brothers directed the brand new Fortnite introduction

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Epic Games has just unveiled the latest version of their phenomenally successful online battle-royal game with the release of Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 6: Primal, which turns the colorful island into a wild prehistoric world filled with dangerous creatures, and it has just been announced that the cinematic intro was created by none other than […]

What We Do In the Shadows spinoff Wellington Paranormal finally arriving in the UK

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Almost three years after its debut, What We Do In the Shadows spin-off Wellington Paranormal has finally found its way onto UK television with the news that Sky have bought the Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement mocumentary.Wellington Paranormal focuses on officers Minogue and O’Leary, who you might remember as the duo who visited the vampire […]

Tom Hiddleston joins Claire Danes in Apple TV+ adaptation of The Essex Serpent

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Tom Hiddleston already has one of the most eagerly anticipated television series waiting to debut on Disney+ in the form of Loki, and now Variety are reporting that he will remain on the small-screen after joining Claire Danes in the Apple TV+ drama The Essex Serpent.An adaptation of the Sarah Perry novel of the same […]