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Margot Robbie joins Christian Bale in David O. Russell’s new film

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Birds of Prey star Margot Robbie will be starring alongside Christian Bale in David O. Russell’s new film, his first since 2015’s Joy.Plot details for the as-yet-untitled film are being kept tightly under wraps, but the project is said to be on the fast track at New Regency and is looking to start production in April. […]

Marvel’s Loki adds Gugu Mbatha-Raw in mystery role

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As Marvel prepares for the premieres later this year of Falcon and the Winter Soldier and WandaVision, the studio is already hard at work on its next Disney+ series Loki and Deadline has revealed that Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Morning Show) has now become the latest addition to the show.Mbatha-Raw’s role is unknown at this point as she joins Owen […]

Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None movie adaptation in development

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Deadline has revealed that another adaptation of one of Agatha Christie’s classic mystery novels is in development from the newly rebranded 20th Century Studios. Christie’s And Then There Were None will be written by husband-and-wife duo Anna Waterhouse and Joe Shrapnel, who recently co-wrote Seberg for Amazon with Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern.And Then There Were None […]

Zachary Levi and Cole Sprouse to star in musical comedy Undercover

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Shazam! star Zachary Levi has revealed over his Instagram he and Cole Sprouse (Riverdale) will star together in a musical comedy titled Undercover for Lionsgate to be directed by Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine).Undercover will see Levi play the role of Jack, “a down-on-his-luck rocker-turned-father, who, to make ends meet, secretly joins a group of young […]

Thor: Love and Thunder to be co-written by Someone Great’s Jennifer Kaytin Robinson

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According to Variety, Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi, fresh off his Academy Award for writing JoJo Rabbit, has enlisted Jennifer Kaytin Robinson to co-write the upcoming Marvel film.Robinson wrote and directed the comedy Someone Great for Netflix last year. She will work with Waititi on the script for Love & Thunder before the film enters production in […]

Movie Review – Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

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Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), 2020.Directed by Cathy Yan. Starring Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Ewan McGregor, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco, Chris Messina, Ali Wong, Matthew Willig, and Dana Lee.SYNOPSIS:After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save […]

The long-delayed Chaos Walking gets new 2021 release date

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After a long delay and major reshoots, Lionsgate has announced Doug Liman’s dystopian sci-fi Chaos Walking finally has a release date of January 22, 2021 after the film was originally supposed to come out in March of last year.Chaos Walking, which is based on Patrick Ness’ sci-fi novel trilogy, sees Tom Holland as Tom Hewitt, a young […]

Barry Keoghan exits Y: The Last Man series adaptation

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After suffering multiple setbacks throughout its development, FX’s series adaptation of Y: The Last Man has now suffered one more. Collider brings words that Barry Keoghan (Dunkirk) has exited the series as its lead role.The series went through a change of showrunners last year after FX replaced Michael Green (American Gods) with Eliza Clark (The Killing).  Brian […]

Tom Hardy to play Ernest Shackleton in exploration biopic

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According to Variety, Tom Hardy (Dunkirk) is set to produce and star in the biopic Shackleton, based on the exploits of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, from Heyday Films and StudioCanal.The film will be written by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) with Hardy serving as a producer alongside Dean Baker through their Hardy Son & […]