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Incredibles 2 is now the highest-grossing animated movie ever at the domestic box office

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While Ant-Man and the Wasp was taking top spot at the domestic box office this weekend – the 20th straight Marvel Studios release to do so – Incredibles 2 was giving Disney another reason to celebrate as it pushed its North American total beyond the $500 million mark. With $504.4 million domestically since its release […]

Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp opens with $161 million worldwide

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The 20th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe began its global roll out this weekend as the superhero sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp claimed a worldwide opening of $161 million. Domestically, the Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly-directed sequel continued Marvel’s perfect streak of opening in top spot, and pulled in $76 million in total. That […]

Suspiria remake reduced Quentin Tarantino to tears

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Luca Guadagnino’s remake of the Dario Argento horror classic Suspiria won over a lot of detractors with the release of its first trailer, and it seems the new movie has one big fan in filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, who was reportedly reduced to tears (in a good way – we hope!) at a private screening. “We’ve […]

Steven Spielberg recommended Hannah John-Kamen for Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp

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With Ant-Man and the Wasp opening in the U.S. this weekend, director Peyton Reed has been chatting to the Los Angeles Times about the Marvel sequel, and in particularly the casting of Hannah John-Kamen as the film’s villain The Ghost. “When she read [for the role] she was really tough and physical, but she also […]

Lucasfilm reportedly considered adapting fan favourite Star Wars Legends story for Boba Fett film

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While there’s been a lot of rumours circulating about the future of Lucasfilm’s Star Wars Anthology movies following the disappointing box office performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story, all signs seem to suggest that the studio still intends on moving forward with its Obi-Wan Kenobi and Boba Fett projects. With regards to the latter, […]

Doctor Strange won’t appear in Spider-Man: Far From Home

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Just as Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man featured alongside the web-slinger in Spider-Man: Homecoming, there has been talk that Tom Holland’s Spidey will be joined by another Marvel hero in next year’s sequel, now titled Spider-Man: Far From Home. Given that the two characters shared screen time in Avengers: Infinity War, and the fact that […]

The Walking Dead’s Ross Marquand wants to play Marvel’s Moon Knight

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After making his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut earlier this year with his surprise appearance as the Stonekeeper – a.k.a. The Red Skull – in Avengers: Infinity War, The Walking Dead star Ross Marquand is already eyeing another MCU role, with the actor revealing AiPT that he’d love to play Moon Knight. “It’s tough because a […]

Watch the trailer for thriller The Neighborhood Nightmare

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Coinciding with its VOD release this coming Tuesday, a trailer has arrived online for writer-director Jake Helgren’s thriller The Neighborhood Nightmare which stars Julie McNiven, Courtney Grosbeck, Matt Raimo, Trevor Donovan, Trevor St. John, and Helena Mattsson; watch it here… Lindsay Porter (Julie McNiven), a divorced single mom to Jamie (Courtney Grosbeck), lives in a quiet […]

Ralph Fiennes joins Terry Gilliam’s next film Mr. Vertigo

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While we’re still waiting on a resolution to the saga of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, it seems that Terry Gilliam is turning his attention to his next film as he dusts off another long-gestating project in Mr. Vertigo. According to The Playlist, Ralph Fiennes (Spectre, The Grand Budapest Hotel) has signed on to […]