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Scarlett Johansson to play the Bride of Frankenstein in Bride

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Scarlett Johnansson (Black Widow) is set to star in Bride, a riff on Bride of Frankenstein from A24 for Apple. Bride will be directed by Oscar-winning director Sebastián Lelio (A Fantastic Woman) from a script by Lelio and Wolfman duo Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo. The synopsis for the film reads: A woman created to be an […]

Joe Manganiello will return as Deathstroke in Zack Snyder’s Justice League

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On the heels of Jared Leto’s reprising his Suicide Squad role as The Joker for Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Collider has revealed that Joe Manganiello is also taking part in the film’s reshoots, reprising his port-credits cameo role as DC’s deadliest assassin Deathstroke. Manganiello was cast as Deathstroke and teased early on in Justice League’s initial […]

Superman & Lois casts Stacey Farber in mysterious villain role

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According to The Wrap, The CW has made a new addition to its latest Arrowverse series, Superman & Lois. Stacey Farber (Degrassi: The Next Generation) is set for a recurring villain role of Leslie Larr. Larr is described as “the right hand to one of the most influential people on the planet, she’s gone from a young, idealistic […]

Tegan & Sara memoir High School to be developed as coming-of-age comedy series from Clea DuVall

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Deadline has reported that Canadian rock-pop duo Tegan & Sara’s memoir High School is set to be developed as a coming-of-age comedy series by Clea DuVall (Housebroken) for Amazon’s free IMDb TV streaming service. The series will be written by DuVall, who will also direct the pilot episode. High School is “a transcendent story of first […]

New Power Rangers movie and TV series in the works from It’s The End of the F***ing World writer

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The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the Power Rangers will morph again as Hasbro has hired It’s The End of the F***ing World creator Jonathan Entwistle to develop both a Power Rangers film and television series for eOne. A Power Rangers film was in the works at Paramount with Entwistle developing, but Hasbro’s acquisition of eOne scuttled those plans […]

Fast & Furious series to end with two more instalments

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One of entertainment’s biggest franchises is set to end. Deadline reports Universal Pictures has not only greenlit two more Fast & Furious films, but will conclude the series with the tenth and eleventh installments to be directed by returning director Justin Lin. The final two films of the franchise will likely be shot in back-to-back […]

Denis Villeneuve and Jake Gyllenhaal re-team for HBO’s The Son from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy

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Jake Gyllenhaal will be re-teaming with his Prisoners and Enemy director Denis Villeneuve for The Son, an HBO limited series adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s novel from Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. The Son is “a tale of vengeance set amid Oslo’s brutal hierarchy of corruption.” It focuses on Sonny Lofthus, “an escaped convict: an opioid […]

Willow sequel series heading to Disney+ with Warwick Davis returning

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After several years of rumours and small updates, Disney has officially given the greenlight to a television series of Willow in what will be a sequel to the original 1988 film. Warwick Davis will return as Willow with Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) directing the series. Original director Ron Howard will executive produce the series […]

Smallville: The Top 25 Episodes

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Ricky Church and James Garcia with the top 25 episodes of Smallville… For a long time, Smallville was the longest running science fiction show on television, beating out The X-Files and the individual Star Trek series for that honour. With 218 episodes, no one expected the show about a young Clark Kent in his pre-Superman days to last that long. While […]