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Paul Dano says The Batman script is “potentially really powerful”

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With the recent news that The Batman can resume filming in the UK once the pandemic safety measures are adhered to, we’re starting to get more stories from the cast and crew about how their schedule has been affected by the halt in production. Zoë Kravitz has spoken about her back-to-work process as Catwoman, and […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix director dismisses the idea of a ‘Kinberg Cut’

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While news was breaking that Zack Snyder was finally getting to release his version of Justice League on HBO Max, and David Ayer began to set the wheels in motion for his own much-maligned DC property rejig of The Suicide Squad, few people appeared to be clamouring for a take-two attempt of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, […]

Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon heads to Apple TV+

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Having rescued Tom Hanks WWII drama The Greyhound from the choppy waters of release date purgatory, Apple have now performed their biggest streaming service flex yet by acquiring Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon for  a potential Apple TV+ release.Deadline reports that Apple won a bidding war to become the studio in charge of […]

Producer Jon Landau spills some Avatar 2 plot details

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James Cameron’s Avatar sequels will be among the first films to resume production following the pandemic, so it’s no surprise that we’re getting plenty of news out of the New Zealand based shoot. The latest titbit comes from producer and regular Cameron collaborator Jon Landau, the man behind Titanic and Alita: Battle Angel, who revealed […]

HBO Max unveils new Looney Tunes cartoon with release of full first episode

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Last week HBO Max broke the internet when they announced that they’d be the home for Zack Snyder’s Justice League cut, and now they’ve backed that up with their reveal of an equally impressive line-up of iconic characters: The Looney Tunes.Featuring three brand new cartoons made in the tradition of the original Looney Tunes shorts, […]

Zoë Kravitz talks Catwoman concerns when filming resumes on The Batman

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“You have people just touching your face, touching your body all day long. I need help getting into the catsuit. I can’t do it on my own”.It seems being Catwoman in the time of Covid could be a particularly difficult obstacle to navigate according to the current incumbent, Zoë Kravitz, who was speaking to Variety […]

Mahershala Ali shares Blade artwork on Instagram

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Fans of the MCU should have been deep into multiple re-watches of Black Widow by now, but with that release bumped to October for obvious reasons, they’re having to make do with snippets of news about the next phase of superhero cinema.Stepping from the shadows to provide them with a glimmer of hope is the […]

Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor sign on to rewrite Legally Blonde 3

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It’s almost two years since Reese Witherspoon announced that she’d be reprising her iconic role of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde 3, yet they’re still waiting for someone to hand in their final draft for marking. According to Deadline that someone will now be Never Have I Ever‘s Mindy Kaling, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-creator Dan […]

Sam Neill gives an update on Jurassic World: Dominion: “They got two weeks done”

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Anyone who has seen Jurassic Park III will know that despite his protestations it didn’t take much to convince the curmudgeonly Dr. Alan Grant to return to Isla Sorna.However, there’s now an even bigger obstacle standing in his way in the shape of the current global health crisis, and Sam Neill has been talking to […]