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Kevin Smith wants to bring DC’s The Question to the big screen

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Kevin Smith may be one of the biggest superhero fans in the world, but has yet to direct a comic book film. In fact, the closest he ever came was his brief stint as one of the writers on Tim Burton’s cancelled Superman Lives in the 1990s. That doesn’t mean the Tusk helmer doesn’t want to do it; in fact, he’s […]

Ant-Man on course for $125 million global opening, will face competition from Minions and Trainwreck in the States

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This weekend sees the long-awaited debut of the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ant-Man. But rather than super villains to fight, the Peyton Reed-directed film is going to have to fend of the challenges of Amy Schumer and the Minions in order to take the US box-office crown this weekend. Debuting across an […]

Ant-Man passes $200 million at the global box office

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Despite being the second-lowest opening for a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie behind The Incredible Hulk, Ant-Man has managed to pass the $200 million mark in its second week of release. The movie dropped 56% on its domestic opening weekend, but still topped the US box office with $24 million, beating out competition from Adam Sandler’s […]

Sofia Coppola exits the live action The Little Mermaid movie due to “creative differences”

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It had been announced that Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation) was on sailing to direct Universal and Working Title’s adaptation of the fairy tale The Little Mermaid (not the Disney one), but now Deadline are reporting that the relationship has sunk. According to the website, Coppola has left the project due to “creative differences”. There’s no […]

Warner Bros. secures rights to The Forever War, set to star Channing Tatum

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Deadline has reported that the bidding war between Warner Bros. Pictures and Sony Pictures over the 41-year-old sci-fi novel The Forever War by Joe Haldeman has been won by Warner Bros. Richard Edlund had held the rights to the book for around 27 years, and the project had previously been set up at Fox for […]

Colin Trevorrow discusses Jurassic World 2 plot details

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With Jurassic World pulling in a whopping $1.6 billion worldwide, it was little surprise that the sequel was announced shortly thereafter with director Colin Trevorrow returning. And our friends over at Jurassic Cast had the chance to sit down an interview the man himself, two years after they spoke to him last. And as well as talking […]

Ronda Rousey to star in film version of her autobiography

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Variety is reporting that Paramount Pictures has bought the rights to UFC fighter Ronda Rousey’s autobiography, with Rousey set to star as herself in the big screen adaptation. The fighter-turned-actress will star in the adaptation of her book My Fight/Your Fight, with writer Mark Bomback (The Wolverine) hired to pen the script. Written by Rousey […]

SDCC: Description of Suicide Squad footage

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Warner Bros. and DC were in Hall H today to show off some footage from David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. Check out the description of what was shown below (via ComingSoon). “It opens with Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller… Waller is talking to the police commissioner saying that they have captured someone and put them away where […]

Daniel Craig denies playing a Stormtrooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, “why would I ever bother doing something like that?”

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There was a rumour a couple of months ago, started by Simon Pegg, that 007 himself Daniel Craig had a small cameo role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens as a Stormtrooper. It was assumed that Pegg was joking, but that didn’t stop the rumour spreading. But in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Craig seemed […]