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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire projected to hunt down $35M-$49M opening weekend

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Before the containment unit holding the first reviews is opened, industry experts are projecting Sony Pictures spooky-sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire to debut somewhere between $35-$49 million at the North American box-office this weekend.  That might seem like quite a wide spectrum when it comes to a projection, but there are a lot of mitigating factors when […]

Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver unveils first poster

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With little over a month to go before it drops on the streaming service, Netflix has released the first poster for the second half of Zack Snyder’s ambitious science-fiction epic, Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver. Continuing the story of of Kora and her stand against the all powerful Motherworld, the cast of Rebel […]

Kung Fu Panda 4 and Dune 2 neck-and-neck atop the weekend box office

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Po and Paul Atreides were still going strong at the weekend box office, with Kung Fu Panda 4 and Dune: Part Two neck-and-neck at the top of the charts with $30 million and $29.1 million respectively.  DreamWorks Animation and Universal’s animated adventure flew past the $100 million mark this weekend, taking its domestic total to  $107.7 million. […]

Patty Jenkins claims she’s signed a new deal to write and direct Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

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In a move you could only pull off in an X-Wing, it is being reported that Lucasfilm and Disney are about to perform a mid-air 180 on Patty Jenkins Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, with the Wonder Woman helmer claiming she has signed a new deal to write and direct the standalone Star Wars movie.  Jenkins […]

Final Godzilla x Kong trailer maps the history of the MonsterVerse

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Warner Bros. and Legendary have dropped the final trailer for their forthcoming Titan team-up Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which looks back at the films which have led to this decade in the making MonsterVerse blockbuster.  Directed by Godzilla vs Kong‘s Adam Wingard, the blockbuster monster-mash stars Rebecca Hall (The Night House), Brian Tyree Henry […]

Steven Spielberg says Ready Player Two is in the works, but he’s only producing it

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Steven Spielberg has revealed an adaptation of Ready Player Two is in the works, but this time around he will only be on producer duties. 2018’s Ready Player One provided Spielberg with one of his biggest box-office hits in years, grossing over $600 million worldwide and earning largely positive reviews, so when author Ernest Cline […]

Nicolas Cage says National Treasure 3 isn’t happening

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Nicolas Cage has confirmed that there will be no National Treasure 3. Rumours of a third installment in the blockbuster franchise have been scattered throughout the entertainment pages like clues followed by Cage’s Benjamin Franklin Gates, but it appears that the trail has finally gone cold.  During an interview with Screen Rant the Academy Award […]

Movie Review – Monster (2023)

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Monster, 2023.  Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Starring Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi, Mitsuki Takahata, Akihiro Kakuta, Shidô Nakamura, and Yûko Tanaka SYNOPSIS:  When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to […]

It’s official: Warner Bros.’ Salem’s Lot remake is heading straight-to-streaming

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Warner Bros.’ has finally put a stake through the heart of plans to release their Gary Dauberman-directed adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot theatrically by confirming that the oft-delayed horror will now debut on MAX. Originally intended for release in September 2022, the film was then delayed by WBD to April 2023, before being consigned […]