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First look at Florence Pugh in Netflix’s psychological drama The Wonder

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Florence Pugh clearly learned nothing from her Midsommar jaunt, because she has once again found herself slap-bang in the heart of another small community with strange goings on for Sebastián Lelio’s The Wonder, and Netflix has just released this first still as filming gets underway in Ireland. An adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s novel, The Wonder is set […]

Benedict Cumberbatch to receive the 2021 TIFF Tribute Actor Award

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Benedict Cumberbatch has made quite the impression in film. He’s starred in some of Marvel’s biggest films, he’s won over fans in a Star Trek film, and lent his skills to many awards contenders. Now, the Toronto International Film Festival is set to honor the actor at their upcoming TIFF Tribute Awards. It was announced […]

Aquaman 2: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II says the sequel’s script is better than the first film

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With filming now underway on DC’s Aquaman sequel, titled Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has revealed his thoughts on the script. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who plays the villainous Black Manta, stated that he believes the sequel’s script is better than the first film as well […]

Oscar Isaac is The Card Counter in trailer for Paul Schrader’s new film

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Universal has released a UK trailer for the revenge thriller The Card Counter. Directed by Paul Schrader (First Reformed), the film stars Oscar Isaac as an ex-interrogator turned gambler who sees a chance at redemption from his past actions when he is approached by a young man seeking revenge against a military colonel. Watch the […]

Mulan’s Yoson An joins Gerald Butler in The Plane

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Yoson An, one of the standouts in 2020’s Mulan, is joining Gerald Butler’s upcoming film. The Hollywood Reporter has broken the story that An will join Butler in The Plane, from director Jean-François Richet. The Plane follows Brodie Torrance (Butler), who, after a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in hostile territory, finds […]

Denzel Washington directs Michael B. Jordan in teaser trailer for A Journal for Jordan

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Denzel Washington steps behind the camera for the first time since 2016’s Academy Award winning Fences to direct Michael B. Jordan in what looks to be a leading contender for seasonal tear-jerker of 2021. Based on Dana Canedy’s From Father to Son, Last Words to Live By, a true story about her partner, 1st Sgt. […]

Trailer for The Grudge director Takashi Shimizu’s new horror Howling Village

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Dread has released a trailer, poster, images and clip for writer-director Takashi Shimizu’s (The Grudge) new horror Howling Village which follows a young psychologist as she visits an infamous haunted location while investigating her brother’s disappearance; take a look here… After her brother goes missing, Kanade, a young psychologist visits his last known location, an […]

Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek would have included Captain Kirk, gangster scenes and time travel, says writer

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Back in December 2017, it was announced that director Quentin Tarantino was considering developing an R-rated Star Trek movie alongside Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot, which he described as “Pulp Fiction in space.” Now, in an interview on the Bulletproof Screenwriting podcast (via TotalFilm), The Revenant screenwriter Mark L. Smith, who was set to co-write the film, has explained […]

The Matrix 4: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II teases the “ambitious” technology used in the sequel

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With the fourth instalment in The Matrix franchise set to debut later this year, star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has discussed how he was slightly starstruck on-set. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II shared his reaction to seeing returning star Keanu Reeves on-set for the first time as well as stating that the technology […]