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Netflix reimagines Good Times with trailer for animated series

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Netflix has released a trailer, poster and images for Good Times, the adult animated reimagining of the 1970s’ sitcom of the same name which centres on the current generation of the Evans family at their home in a Chicago housing project; take a look here…In this edgy, irreverent reimagining of the TV classic, a new […]

Star Wars: Battlefront II’s Umbra Operative ARC Trooper sixth scale figure unveiled by Hot Toys

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Sideshow has released promotional images for the latest addition to Hot Toys’ Star Wars line with the sixth scale Umbra Operative ARC Trooper figure from Star Wars: Battlefront II. Limited to 1500 pieces, the collectible is available to pre-order now; check out the official images here…Armed with dual blaster pistols and an impressive array of […]

Jeremy Allen White in talks to star in Bruce Springsteen biopic

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Bruce Springsteen is joining the ranks of Bob Marley, Queen, and Elton John as another musical icon is getting a big-screen adaptation of their life.Deadline broke the story that Scott Stuber is teaming with Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein & Eric Robinson to craft a biopic of Springsteen’s life focused on creating one of his most […]

New trailer for Force of Nature: The Dry 2 starring Eric Bana

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IFC Films has shared a poster and trailer for the US release of the crime thriller Force of Nature: The Dry 2.The sequel reunites director Robert Connolly with star Eric Bana, who reprises his role as Aaron Falk, and follows the detective as he sets out to discover what happened to his informant after she […]

Steven Spielberg calls Dune: Part Two “one of the most brilliant science-fiction films”

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When the filmmaker behind E.T: Extra-Terrestrial and Jurassic Park praises your film as one of the best genre films ever made, it must feel like quite the honor.Denis Villeneuve is now experiencing that as the iconic director Steven Spielberg sings high praises for Dune: Part Two. While interviewing Villeneuve on the latest DGA’s Director’s Cut […]

Watch The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story short film in full here

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Sony Pictures Animation has teamed up with the Kevin Love Fund and released their Spider-Verse short film The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story.In the genre-bending short-thriller, Miles Morales struggles to balance his responsibilities as a teenager, friend, and student while acting as Brooklyn’s friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man. After a particularly challenging day living with these pressures, […]

Paul Feig’s A Simple Favor sequel is official with Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick returning

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Rumours of a second helping of dark duplicity emerged almost two years ago, but now it’s official; Amazon MGM Studios are getting the gang back together for A Simple Favor 2. According to Deadline that means Paul Feig (Bridesmaids) will return in the director’s chair, bringing with him the deceitful double-act of Blake Lively (The Shallows) […]

Darren Aronofsky to direct Austin Butler in Caught Stealing

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Austin Butler stratospheric rise is set to continue with the news that he is to headline Darren Aronofsky’s crime drama Caught Stealing. Following his Academy Award nominated turn in Baz Luhrman’s Elvis, Butler has had his choice of projects, appearing in Masters of the Air and Dune Part 2, and now according to Deadline he is […]

Scott Derrickson reteams with Universal for The Night of the Hunter

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Scott Derrickson wants to cement his legacy as a modern horror master, and he’s out to make another smash hit with Universal Pictures.Scott Derrickson is reportedly set to direct an adaptation of Davis Grubb’s classic 1953 novel The Night of the Hunter for the studio. Deadline confirms that the director is attached to the project.Derrickson […]