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New Line Cinema wanted to cast a white actor as Blade

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While 2000’s X-Men is widely credited as launching the Marvel-era of movies – and indeed, the modern superhero movie – that honour actually falls to 1998’s Blade, which saw Wesley Snipes taking on the role of Marvel’s vampire-hunter Eric Brooks. With the film celebrating its 20th anniversary, EW has been chatting to Snipes and screenwriter […]

Netflix acquires video game adaptation The Division starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain

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During Ubisoft’s panel at E3, the publisher has announced that its long-gestating feature film adaptation of Tom Clancy’s The Division has been acquired by streaming giant Netflix. David Leitch (Deadpool 2, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw) is set to direct The Division, which has Jake Gyllenhaal (Spider-Man: Far From Home) and Jessica Chastain […]

Guardians of the Galaxy’s Sean Gunn talks playing two MCU roles at once

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Sean Gunn, one of the stars of the Guardians of the Galaxy films, has discussed what it’s like to play two different characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There have been a handful of actors who have been lucky enough to play two different comic book characters in their careers, people like Ryan Reynolds and […]

First trailer for Official Secrets starring Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode and Ralph Fiennes

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Entertainment One has released the first trailer and images for the upcoming thriller Official Secrets. Directed by Gavin Hood, the film tell the true story of Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), who in 2003 leaked a confidential US National Security Agency email to the Observer in an effort to expose the government. Joining Knightley in the […]

Ghostbusters 3 director Jason Reitman wants the film to scare kids

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Jason Reitman, the director of Ghostbusters 3, says that he wants the film to scare children like the original movies. Many fans are happy that Ghostbusters is finally getting another sequel with Ghostbusters 3, with many having fond memories of the film as a child, including being scared in one or two places. Jason Reitman, […]

The poor reviews for Glass made M. Night Shyamalan cry

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M. Night Shyamalan, the director of 2019’s Glass, has revealed that the film’s poor reviews evoked a strong emotional response in him. When news broke that iconic director M. Night Shyamalan would be making a sequel to Unbreakable and Split, a lot of fans were very excited. Unfortunately, the reviews for the film upon release […]

The Millennium Falcon at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is better than the film’s according to Mark Hamill

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Mark Hamill says that filming in the Millenium Falcon for the movies isn’t as good as the ride at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Fans across the world are excited to see Disney’s new Star Wars theme park Galaxy’s Edge, including the opportunity to ride in the cockpit of the Millenium Falcon. One might expect that […]

WarnerMedia taps Denis Villeneuve for Dune: The Sisterhood TV series

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Ahead of the release of Denis Villeneuve’s (Blade Runner 2049) upcoming Dune adaptation, Warner Media has greenlit a spinoff series for their streaming platform. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series will be produced by Dune cowriter Jon Spaihts along with Brian Herbert and focus on an enigmatic order of women called the Bene Gesserit […]

Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista star in Escape Plan: The Extractors red band trailer

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With a little over three weeks to go until its home entertainment release, a new red band trailer has been released the the action thriller threequel Escape Plan: The Extractors which sees Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, Curtis Jackson, and Jaime King return for the third instalment in the series; watch it here… And here’s the […]