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Michael Bay’s Drone Warrior gets a screenwriter

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Michael Bay’s Drone Warrior has gained Andy Bellin (Trust, Lovelace) as its screenwriter. Deadline reports that Bellin will adapt the script from the upcoming book Drone Warrior: An Elite Soldier’s Inside Account of the Hunt for America’s Most Dangerous Enemies for Paramount Pictures, while Bay is directing and producing. Drone Warrior “is about the U.S. Army’s highly trained soldiers who […]

Trailer for 70s slasher throwback What The Waters Left Behind

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Argentinian directing duo Luciano and Nicolas Onetti have revealed the trailer for their next film, What The Waters Left Behind, which serves as a throwback to the slasher movies of the 70s such as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Check out the trailer and synopsis for the film below… Epecuén was one of the most important touristic […]

William Joyce to direct YA animated adaptation The Extincts

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The Young Adult novel The Extincts, written by British author Veronica Cossanteli, will become the first animated feature from Cirrina Studios. The adaptation will be directed by Epic’s William Joyce, an author and illustrator in his own right, for a 2019 release. The Extincts follows the madcap adventures of George Drake, a boy who goes to work on […]

Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o to star in Ava DuVernay’s crowd-sourced buddy comedy

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It started as a meme based, but now it’s official: Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o are set to star in a buddy comedy movie, which is being directed by Ava DuVernay (Selma) from a script by Issa Rae (Insecure). http://elizabitchtaylor.tumblr.com/post/90856351997/they-look-like-theyre-in-a-heist-movie-with The concept originated with the above Tumblr post of Rihanna and Nyong’o attending a Miu Miu […]

T.J. Miller to have bigger role in Deadpool 2

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Actor T.J. Miller has teased how Weasel will have a bigger role in Deadpool 2. The news and updates regarding the much anticipated sequel to Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool are coming thick and fast. Just yesterday we learnt of the film casting its villain with actor Jack Kesey, and now the actor behind the character Weasel, […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi images, The Flash script update, Justice League Dark loses another director and more – Daily News Roundup

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THE LAST JEDI, THE FIRST IMAGES The title of the movie might be Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but we’ve now got our first official look at the cast via Vanity Fair. Included in the images are our first look at Laura Dern’s Vice Admiral Holdo and Benicio Del Toro’s ‘shady character’, who is apparently unnamed […]

Adam Sandler is getting high praise and even Oscar buzz for his performance in The Meyerowitz Stories

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Adam Sandler is getting Oscar buzz. No, you don’t need new glasses, but consider checking outside for any flying pigs. His new Netflix produced film The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) received a 4 minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. Sandler’s performance is receiving rave reviews, and the film is currently sitting at a 93% Fresh […]

Netflix cancels The Get Down

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Netflix has announced it will not be renewing Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down for a second season, Deadline has revealed. The Get Down recently aired the second part of its first season on the streaming service last month, with the first being made available last August. The reasons for its cancellation are apparently because of its budget – […]

Lenny Abrahamson’s ghost story The Little Stranger picked up by Focus Features

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Focus Features has announced that it has picked up the rights to The Little Stranger, the next film from Room director Lenny Abrahamson, which has been scripted by Lucinda Coxton (The Danish Girl). Described as “a chilling ghost story”, the film will star Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Charlotte Rampling (Assassin’s Creed), Ruth […]