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Natalie Portman joins HBO’s The Days of Abandonment

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HBO Films has cast Natalie Portman (Thor: Love and Thunder) in its adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s novel The Days of Abandonment. Portman will star in the lead role and produce the film through her company MountainA Films. The Days of Abandonment is “a visceral, no-holds-barred journey into the mind of a woman in crisis that […]

New Mass Effect Legendary Edition trailer compares original and remastered graphics

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We are now one month away from the release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition, the remastered version of the Mass Effect trilogy with fully updated graphics and gameplay. To mark the occasion, EA and Bioware have released a new trailer that compares the remastered graphics to the original releases, showing off the richer details, lighting and textures in […]

Exclusive Interview – Justice Society: World War II director Jeff Wamester

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Ricky Church chats with Justice Society: World War II director Jeff Wamester… Though the Justice League consists of some of the most popular superheroes in comics and has been around for decades, they are not the first superhero team in either the DC Universe or the comic book industry. In 1940 the world was introduced […]

Exclusive Interview – Justice Society: World War II co-writer Jeremy Adams

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Ricky Church chats with Justice Society: World War II co-writer Jeremy Adams… Though the Justice League consists of some of the most popular superheroes in comics and has been around for decades, they are not the first superhero team in either the DC Universe or the comic book industry. In 1940 the world was introduced […]

Exclusive Interview – Justice Society: World War II co-writer Meghan Fitzmartin

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Ricky Church chats with Justice Society: World War II co-writer Meghan Fitzmartin… Though the Justice League consists of some of the most popular superheroes in comics and has been around for decades, they are not the first superhero team in either the DC Universe or the comic book industry. In 1940 the world was introduced […]

Exclusive Interview – Justice Society: World War II producer Butch Lukic

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Ricky Church chats with Justice Society: World War II supervising producer Butch Lukic… Though the Justice League consists of some of the most popular superheroes in comics and has been around for decades, they are not the first superhero team in either the DC Universe or the comic book industry. In 1940 the world was […]

Janina Gavankar joins Eli Roth’s Borderlands film adaptation

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Deadline has revealed a new piece of casting to Eli Roth’s upcoming Borderlands film adaptation as Janina Gavankar (The Morning Show) is set to star in the film. Gavankar will portray a new character to the franchise named Commander Knoxx in what is said to be a key role. She stars alongside Jamie Lee Curtis as Tannis, Cate […]

Sharlto Copley joins second season of Russian Doll

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Sharlto Copley (Powers) is set to star in the second season of Netflix’s Russian Doll. According to Deadline, he’ll join fellow newcomers Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek) and Carolyn Michelle Smith (Sunny Daze) in the new season. The second season was meant to film last year, but was forced to shutdown before it could begin due to […]

Lucy Liu joins Shazam: Fury of the Gods as villain Kalypso

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Another villain is will torment Billy Batson a.k.a. Shazam as Lucy Liu (Elementary) has joined the sequel as Kalypso, the sister of Helen Mirren’s Hespera. The film sees David F. Sandberg returning to the director’s chair alongside stars Asher Angel and Zachary Levi, who play Billy and his superhero alter-ego Shazam. Like Hespera, Kalypso has […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers Vol. 3: All Fall Down

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers Vol. 3: All Fall Down… Since the beginning of IDW’s reboot on its Transformers continuity, writer Brian Ruckley has been playing the long game as he’s led Cybertron to the brink of its infamous, millions-year long war between the Autobots and Decepticons. All throughout his series we’ve seen the small sparks of war […]