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Donald Duck becomes The Mighty Thor in Marvel’s latest Disney What If? mashup

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Marvel Comics has announced that its latest Disney mashup is set to arrive this September as Donald Duck proves himself worthy in the one-shot comic adventure Marvel & Disney: What If…? Donald Duck Became Thor #1 from writers Steve Behling and Riccardo Secchi and artist Lorenzo Pastrovicchio. Following on from the upcoming Marvel & Disney: […]

Marvel’s Blade loses director Yann Demange

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Marvel Studio’s Blade has had a bumpy road since it was announced and it just hit another major pothole as director Yann Demange has exited the troubled film, which is set to feature Oscar winner Mahershala Ali as the vampire hunter. Ali was attached to star in the film in 2019 following the release of Avengers: Endgame, concluding […]

DC unveils trailer for Watchmen two-part animated movie

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Warner Bros. Animation and DC have dropped a teaser-trailer for their R-rated adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ classic graphic novel Watchmen.  Split into two separate CGI animated movies, with chapter 1 scheduled to be released sometime later this year, and chapter 2 to follow in 2025, this is the third high-profile adaptation of […]

Exclusive: Anthony Michael Hall reveals he was originally set for Leonardo DiCaprio’s role in The Basketball Diaries

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Anthony Michael Hall has been a lovable and compelling actor for some time. We all know him from the iconic John Hughes films like The Breakfast Club or as the star of the hit series The Dead Zone, but we almost saw a very different and gritty version of the star. Flickering Myth and I […]

Emma Roberts is a Space Cadet in trailer for Prime Video comedy

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Prime Video has released a poster and trailer for director Liz W. Garcia’s upcoming comedy Space Cadet. Emma Roberts stars as Tiffany Simpson, a Florida party girl that has always dreamed of going to space, who is faced with the possibility of getting there when a doctored application gets her into NASA’s ultra-competitive astronaut training […]

Hot Toys’ unveils Wolverine sixth scale figure from Deadpool & Wolverine

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Sideshow and Hot Toys have unveiled the sixth scale deluxe Wolverine figure which is based on the appearance of Hugh Jackman in the upcoming Marvel team-up Deadpool & Wolverine and include interchangeable arm, hand, head and face pieces for a variety of display options. It is available to pre-order now, priced at $340; check out […]

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck are criminals on the run in The Instigators trailer

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Apple TV+ has shared a poster and trailer for The Instigators, the upcoming action comedy from director Doug Liman. Matt Damon and Casey Affleck star as two robbers who are thrown together to rob a corrupt politician, but when the heist goes wrong the pair find themselves on the run and forced to work together […]

Coraline’s Henry Selick developing an adaptation of The Ocean at the End of the Lane

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Coraline and The Nightmare Before Christmas stop-motion supremo Henry Selick has revealed he is developing an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane.  Variety report that Selick is currently working alongside the Sandman author with the intention of making the adaptation his next animated feature.  The duo collaborated on  2009 […]

Zazie Beetz to star in horror They Will Kill You

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Deadpool 2 and Joker actress Zazie Beetz will be taking the lead role in the horror film They Will Kill You, the first film to be produced under Andy and Barbara Muschietti’s newly formed production company Nocturna with Kirill Sokolov directing. They Will Kill You follows Beetz as “a woman who answers a help-wanted ad to be a housekeeper […]