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Paramount developing Planet of the Nerds movie

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Paramount Players has acquired the movie rights to the acclaimed graphic novel Planet of the Nerds from creators Paul Constant, Alan Robinson, Randy Elliott and Felipe Sobreiro. Published by AHOY Comics, Planet of the Nerds follows three high school jocks in the 1980s who are accidentally frozen by an experimental cryogenics device, only to be […]

Ewan McGregor says Birds of Prey baddie Black Mask is the “perfect villain for the Time of Trump”

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Ewan McGregor is set to make his DC Universe debut this February as he takes on the role of Roman Sionis, a.k.a. Black Mask, in Warner Bros. and DC Films’ girl gang team-up Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). Out and about on the press tour for his new film […]

DC releases trailer for Black Canary: Ignite from The Princess Diaries’ Meg Cabot

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New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot (The Princess Diaries) is set to put a new spin on Dinah Lance this week with the release of the original graphic novel Black Canary: Ignite, and you can take a look at a trailer for the new book here courtesy of DC Comics… Thirteen-year-old Dinah Lance knows […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker tracking lowest box office opening of the Sequel Trilogy

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Disney and Lucasfilm look to get the Star Wars franchise back on track after the box office disappointment of Solo: A Star Wars Story with this December’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and according to long-range tracking estimates the J.J. Abrams-directed Episode IX is on course for a bumper opening weekend – albeit the […]

Naomie Harris says Barry Jenkins pitched a Miss Moneypenny spinoff to Bond producers

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Naomie Harris is set to return to the Bond franchise next year as she reprises the role of Miss Moneypenny alongside Daniel Craig in No Time To Die, and during an interview with Good Morning America to promote her new film Black and Blue, the British actress has revealed that her Moonlight director Barry Jenkins […]

First trailer for Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ Dracula adaptation

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The BBC has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming TV adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel Dracula from Sherlock creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, which stars Claes Bang (The Square, The Girl in the Spider’s Web) in the title role as the iconic vampire; feast on the trailer here… This retelling of […]

Avengers: Endgame screenwriter on the origin of the America’s Ass gag

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In an interview with Syfy Wire, Avengers: Endgame screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have been chatting about the memorable ‘America’s Ass’ gag from the superhero blockbuster, with the duo revealing how the joke developed during production. “It sort of grew on its own,” said Markus. “The first thing that was there was Tony looking […]

Jared Leto’s “days as the Joker are likely over”

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If those recent rumours about him trying to block the Joaquin Phoenix-headlined Joker from being made have any truth to them, then this news probably won’t come as much of a surprise, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, Jared Leto’s days as the Clown Prince of Crime are “likely over”. Leto made his DC Extended […]

Get a new look at the redesigned Sonic the Hedgehog from the live-action movie

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Having pushed back the release of the movie to accommodate a complete overhaul of the character design following the fan backlash to the early marketing materials, Paramount Pictures should soon be resuming the marketing campaign for the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie, complete with a much more faithful version of the iconic SEGA mascot. We’ve […]