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Winston Duke cast as MMA fighter Kimbo Slice in Backyard Legend

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Winston Duke (Black Panther) is set to star as the late MMA fighter Kevin ‘Kimbo Slice’ Ferguson in the upcoming biopic Backyard Legend, per Deadline. Duke will star and Kimbo’s longtime friend, manager and employer Michael Imber will executive produce the film with Steve Lee Jones’ Bee Holder Productions and Michael J. Weiss’ Webros Entertainment producing. […]

Julie Ann Emery cast in Hulu’s Catch-22

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George Clooney’s upcoming adaptation of Catch-22 has just gained another cast member. According to Deadline, Julie Ann Emery (Preacher) will join the Hulu series in a recurring role. She’ll star alongside Christopher Abbott (The Sinner), George Clooney (Ocean’s 11), Hugh Laurie (Veep) and Kyle Chandler (Game Night). Emery will play Marion Scheisskopf, who’s married to Scheisskopf (Clooney), […]

Keri Russell in talks for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode IX

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We may have our next piece of official news regarding Star Wars: Episode IX as Variety reports Keri Russell (The Americans) has begun early talks to join the film. Fresh off the ending of The Americans, Russell will potentially join the galaxy far, far away and re-team with Episode IX director J.J. Abrams. The pair have worked together in […]

Comic Book Review – The Man of Steel #6

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Ricky Church reviews The Man of Steel #6… Since this miniseries started, The Man of Steel has been on a bit of a bumpy ride with goo and so-so issues in its short run. Brian Michael Bendis brings it home in its final issue and actually delivers an ending that make up for a couple problems […]

Idris Elba and Vanessa Kirby join Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs and Shaw

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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (Skycraper) and Jason Statham (The Meg) may have found their antagonist for their upcoming Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs and Shaw. According to Variety, Idris Elba (Luther) has begun final talks to go up against the pair as the film’s villain. Elba isn’t the only one to join the cast, however. Variety also reported […]

Comic Book Review – Batman: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 2

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Ricky Church reviews Batman: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 2… With Batman and Catwoman’s wedding upon us, DC has rather timely released the collection where their impending nuptials began in Batman: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 2. The book is a nice, hefty collection of stories with Tom King delivering some pretty awesome Batman action as […]

Alan Taylor returns to The Sopranos to direct The Many Saints of Newark prequel

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A few months ago The Sopranos creator David Chase revealed he and Lawrence Konner, one of the show’s producers, were writing a prequel feature film to the series, The Many Saints of Newark. No other information had been given at the time, but now TheWrap has learnt director Alan Taylor has been chosen to helm the project. This […]

Miles Teller will play Goose’s son in Top Gun: Maverick

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Last week there was a report that Tom Cruise, Joseph Kosinski, Jerry Bruckheimer and David Ellison had begun meeting with several young actors to play the role of Goose’s grown-up son in Top Gun: Maverick. After several screen tests and deliberation, it seems that the Cruise and Kosinski have now settled on an actor to play the […]