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James Gunn reveals Superman is “getting close” to wrapping

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Beginning this February, James Gunn began production on DC Studios’ relaunch film Superman. The new studio co-head will lead David Corenswet in his debut as the Man of Steel, and with one year to go until its release, the filmmaker has shared an update revealing he’s also almost done with filming.The filmmaker took to Threads […]

Deadpool & Wolverine final trailer teases this “isn’t the movie you think it is”

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Are we in for some real surprises with Deadpool & Wolverine? With the final trailer dropping ahead of its release next week, the upcoming Marvel Studios project is shaping up to be one of the most must-see comic book movies in quite some time. Teasing that “this isn’t the movie you think it is,” the […]

Creed II was originally going to feature a cameo from Apollo’s ghost

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During a Q&A at Monster Mania Con 42 in New Jersey (via CinemaBlend), actor Dolph Lundgren was speaking about reprising his Rocky IV role as Ivan Drago in last year’s Creed II, during which he revealed that the first draft of the script featured a cameo from Drago’s fallen foe Apollo Creed in ghost form.“It […]

Why Attack of the Clones is the worst Star Wars movie

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Luke Owen looks back at Attack of the Clones…The year is 1999. The excitement and buzz surrounding the release of the first Star Wars movie since 1983 is at an all-time high. We’d recently just relived our love of the original trilogy via the 1997 Special Edition re-releases, and now here we are with a […]

Simon Kinberg describes Gambit movie as a sexy heist thriller

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Last week, we brought you some comments from Simon Kinberg about two of Fox’s 2016 X-Men movies in Deadpool and X-Men: Apocalypse, and now the writer-producer has been speaking to Collider about the studio’s third superhero offering of the year, Gambit, and how it will differ in tone from the aforementioned titles.“I mean Deadpool obviously […]

Exclusive Interview – Valley Girl star Jessica Rothe on Nicolas Cage’s chest hair, singing a-Ha and channelling her 13-year-old self

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Tom Beasley chats to Jessica Rothe about her lead role in the musical remake of 1980s teen movie Valley Girl…In the midst of our current lockdown, there’s something to be said for a big, campy musical to put some spring into your step. That’s exactly the tone of the new remake of Valley Girl, which […]

Enter The Muscles from Brussels: The Jean-Claude Van Damme Tournament Fight Film

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Jean-Claude Van Damme’s history of tournament fight films…If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. For a while in the earlier career of Jean-Claude Van Damme, that seemed to be more or less the case. When Enter the Dragon ended up as a cultural and cinematic phenomenon, a host of imitators followed […]

The Matrix 4 enlists Sense8 actress Erendira Ibarra

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Deadline is reporting that Mexican actress Erendira Ibarra has become the latest member of the Sense8 cast to reunite with co-creator Lana Wachowski on the hotly-anticipated sci-fi action sequel The Matrix 4.The Matrix 4 is set to see the return of franchise veterans Keanu Reeves (Neo), Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity) and Jade Pinkett Smith (Niobe), while […]

Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train is getting a teen reimagining at Netflix

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Variety is reporting that Someone Great director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson is reuniting with Netflix for a dark comedy thriller inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s 1951 classic Strangers on a Train.Titled Strangers, the film will follow Drew, an alpha ‘It’ girl and Eleanor, a beta ‘alt’ girl, who agree to go after each other’s bullies, with the […]