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David Harbour compares Hopper’s return in Stranger Things season 4 to Gandalf’s resurrection

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Although the fourth season of the sci-fi horror series Stranger Things has yet to resume filming following a delay in production due to the ongoing global health crisis, David Harbour, who plays fan-favourite Jim Hopper, has teased the next step in his character’s journey after being locked up in a Russian prison following his “death” in the […]

David E. Kelley’s Big Sky gets two first-look teasers

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ABC has released two teaser promos for David E. Kelley’s (Big Little Lies) upcoming crime drama Big Sky which follows two private detective as they team-up with an ex-police officer to search for two teenage girls that have been kidnapped. The series features a cast that includes Kylie Bunbury, Katheryn Winnick, Ryan Phillipe, Brian Geraghty, […]

Netflix cancels The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance after just one season

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Netflix continues its streak of cancelling fan-favorite shows as – fresh off winning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s Program – The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance will not be returning to the streaming service for a second season.“We can confirm that there will not be an additional season of The Dark Crystal: Age of […]

Hasbro unveils new Star Wars: The Mandalorian Black Series and Vintage Collection action figures

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Hasbro has kicked off a new series of ‘Mando Monday’ reveals showcasing the latest action figure offerings for the hit Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian ahead of its second season, with this week bringing us new Black Series and Vintage Collection figures, and a wave of The Child collectible 2-packs; check them out here…STAR […]

Black Narcissus trailer promises paradise, perversion, sanctuary and sin

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The BBC and FX has released the first trailer and a poster for their limited series Black Narcissus. Based on Rumer Godden’s 1939 novel of the same name, the drama follows a group of young nuns as they face the challenges of turning a remote and haunting palace in the Himalayas into a convent; take […]

Stephen King series Mr. Mercedes moves to Peacock streaming service

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NBC’s streaming service Peacock has picked up the rights to AT&T Audience Network’s Stephen King-inspired series Mr. Mercedes with the series’ first two seasons moving onto the service on Thursday, October 15th.The series came from producer David E. Kelly and followed retired detective Bill Hodges as he searched for the elusive serial killer known as Mr. Mercedes. […]

Stone age sequel The Croods: A New Age gets a first trailer

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Following a teaser poster for The Croods: A New Age, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks have now debuted the first trailer for director Joe Crawford’s long-delayed animated Stone Age sequel which features the voice talents of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Clark Duke, Leslie Mann, Peter Dinklage, and Kelly Marie Tran; […]

Hulu’s Stephen King adaptation The Eyes of the Dragon has been scrapped

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Back in May of last year it was announced that Hulu had secured the rights to Stephen King’s fantasy novel The Eyes of the Dragon and tapped Seth Graheme-Smith (Dark Shadows) to develop a TV adaptation which was being viewed as a potential “YA answer to Game of Thrones“.Well, we have some bad news for […]

Microsoft set to acquire ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks

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The world of gaming is seeing a major shift here. It’s been reported early on Monday that Microsoft is acquiring the parent company of publisher Bethesda Softworks for $7.5 billion… in cash! Through this purchase of ZeniMax Media, the makers of the upcoming Xbox Series X will now be the owner of one of the […]