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Star Trek 4 to shoot this year with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and company expected to return

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A fourth Star Trek is on the way, and the fan-favorite cast from the films might return as Paramount Pictures enters negotiations with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, John Cho, and Simon Pegg.The new film will mark the fourth entry in this relaunched franchise, following 2016’s Star Trek Beyond, 2013’s Star Trek Into […]

Paramount levels up with Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and a Knuckles TV series

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Paramount are throwing as many gold rings as possible at their Sonic the Hedgehog cinematic universe with the news that not only has Sonic the Hedgehog 3 already been greenlit, but we’re also getting a Knuckles Paramount+ spin-off starring Idris Elba.Sonic the Hedgehog made $300M at the worldwide box-office, becoming one of the last pre-pandemic […]

Movie Review – The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)

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The Real Charlie Chaplin, 2021.Co-written and directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney.SYNOPSIS:A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.BAFTA-nominated filmmakers Peter Middleton and James Spinney (Notes on Blindness) return with a less-innovative though absolutely worthy follow-up doc […]

Dune: Part Two will start filming this summer and will include more House Harkonnen, says Denis Villeneuve

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Following the release of Dune last year, Warner Bros. and Legendary announced that a sequel had officially been greenlit, and now director Denis Villeneuve has not only offered some additional details on the direction of the highly-anticipated follow-up but he has revealed when the film will be going into production.In an interview with Empire, Villeneuve revealed that […]

First teaser trailer for Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas erotic thriller Deep Water

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Pulled from a theatrical release by Disney and 20th Century Studios at the tail end of last year, the delayed Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas erotic thriller Deep Water eventually found a home on streaming service Hulu (and Prime Video in the UK), and they’ve just debuted the trailer for Adrian Fatal Attraction Lyne’s first film […]

Netflix partnering with 2K for Bioshock movie adaptation

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For a long time the dystopian canvas of 2K’s ground-breaking videogame Bioshock was a major project for Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski, but since that fell apart in 2009 there has only been the odd rumour about a potential adaptation, until now.Deadline is reporting that Netflix is partnering with video game company Take-Two […]

Spider-Man: No Way Home swings above Avatar to become third highest-grossing domestic film of all time

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By now you’re probably sick of hearing about the tangled web of box-office records that Spider-Man: No Way Home has obliterated since it swung into cinemas in December. Well, this next one’s a biggie, because the trilogy-capping superhero blockbuster has just surpassed Avatar to become the third highest-grossing domestic film of all time, with $760.9M.It’s […]

Jack Quaid joins the cast of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

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According to Deadline, The Boys and Scream (2022) actor Jack Quaid is the latest addition to the cast of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming biopic Oppenheimer in a currently undisclosed role. Quaid will star alongside a stacked cast that already includes Nolan regular Cillian Murphy (Peaky Blinders), as well as Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place Part II), Matt Damon (Stillwater), Robert Downey Jr. […]

Movie Review – King Knight (2021)

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King Knight, 2021.Written and directed by Richard Bates Jr. Starring Matthew Gray Gubler, Angela Sarafyan, Aubrey Plaza, Barbara Crampton, and Ray Wise.SYNOPSIS:The High Priest of a modern-day coven finds his life thrown into turmoil and ventures out on a journey of self-discovery.One of the stranger entries on this year’s Frightfest docket is the spirited love-child […]