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The Magnificent Seven to ride again at Amazon from True Detective creator

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With Amazon having acquired MGM/United Artists recently, they are mining several films and TV shows from MGM’s IP for a new, rebooted version on their streaming service. One of the projects Amazon has greenlit is a series reboot of The Magnificent Seven helmed by True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto.Pizzolatto had originally pitched his own Western series to […]

House of the Dragon adds four to cast for season 2

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With season two of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon now in production, the cable network has announced four additional cast members to the series as the Targaryen family fights for control of its future and the Iron Throne.Joining the series is Simon Russell Beale (The Outfit), Freddie Fox (Slow Horses), Gayle Rankin (GLOW) and Abubakar […]

Exclusive Interview – Chandler Riggs on voicing Superman in Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen Part One

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Ricky Church chats with Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen star Chandler Riggs…Tomorrow is the release of Warner Bros. Animation and Rooster Teeth’s crossover film Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One, which finds Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Cyborg, Green Lantern and Vixen in new iterations – transformed into […]

Juno Temple joins Tom Hardy in Venom 3

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We have our first casting news for Sony’s Venom 3 as Deadline reports that Juno Temple (Ted Lasso) is joining Tom Hardy in the next installment.Temple’s character has not been revealed, nor has the plot to the third Venom film. Hardy and screenwriter Kelly Marcel, who wrote the scripts for Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage, have been […]

Neil Gaiman gives update on Sandman season 2

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The Sandman creator Neil Gaiman has given an update on the second season of Netflix’s adaptation to his groundbreaking comic series, revealing they are well into pre-production with the scripts for the upcoming season having been written.Gaiman was asked by a fan on his Tumblr blog about the status of the second season and said […]

Animated Transformers movie to explore Optimus Prime and Megatron’s origin story

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While Transformers fans have Transformers: Rise of the Beasts to look forward to in June, another project that has been long in the works is the animated Transformers prequel that has been rumoured to explore the early days of the Autobot/Decepticon war. Now we have a better idea of the film’s story as Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura revealed it will […]

Natasha Rothwell will return to The White Lotus for season three

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The White Lotus will see another familiar star check back in as Variety revealed Natasha Rothwell will reprise her first season role of Belinda for the third season.In the first season, Belinda Lindsay was the White Lotus’ spa manager who became friends with Jennifer Coolidge’s wealthy Tanya McQuoid. Belinda had dreams of opening her own wellness […]

The Mandalorian Season 3 Finale Review – ‘The Return’

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Ricky Church reviews the season 3 finale of The Mandalorian….Season three of The Mandalorian has now ended with an action-packed episode as the combined Mandalorian forces fought against Moff Gideon and his new Dark Troopers for control of Mandalore. It was a suspenseful finale with plenty of moments to wow the audience during the numerous fight sequences, […]

Exclusive Interview – Patrick Fabian on playing Harvey Dent in Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham

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Ricky Church chats with Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham star Patrick Fabian…DC’s most recent animated film Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham, adapted from Hellboy creator Mike Mignola’s graphic novel of the same name, is an Elseworlds tale that sees Bruce Wayne return to Gotham City in the 1920s as he investigates an ancient and […]

Superman & Lois Season 3 Episode 5 Review – ‘Head On’

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Ricky Church reviews the fifth episode of Superman & Lois season 3…What an episode of Superman & Lois! ‘Head On’ had it all: emotional moments, great character dynamics and evolution, intriguing insight and an especially terrific action scene. This season has so far been firing on all cylinders and ‘Head On’ is the best example of […]