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Ed Skrein to star as the villain in Maleficent sequel

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It looks like the sequel to Disney’s 2014 film Maleficent is finally picking up speed. According to Variety, Ed Skrein (Deadpool) will portray the film’s villain opposite the returning Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning as Maleficent and Aurora, more commonly known as Sleeping Beauty. Skrein’s villainous role is being kept under wraps, but the film is expected […]

Marvel’s The Punisher gets a new trailer and premiere date

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Marvel and Netflix have released the latest trailer for The Punisher, which also finally gives us a premiere date of November 17th! The series will see Jon Bernthal reprise his role from Daredevil‘s second season as Frank Castle, aka The Punisher. Watch the trailer here… SEE ALSO: Jon Bernthal provides The Punisher creator’s favourite rendition of […]

Helen McCrory stars in trailer for Amazon’s Fearless

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Amazon has just acquired a new series to its ever growing lineup of original shows. Titled Fearless, the six-episode series stars Helen McCrory and Sir Michael Gambon with all the episodes directed by Pete Travis. The series sees McCrory as a human rights lawyer who uncovers a conspiracy that will affect the nation and herself personally. Fearless was […]

New red band trailer for R-rated comedy Father Figures starring Owen Wilson and Ed Helms

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Warner Bros.’ upcoming Owen Wilson and Ed Helms R-rated comedy Father Figures (previously titled Bastards) has received a new red band trailer, which you can watch below… The film sees Helms and Wilson as Peter and Kyle Reynolds, two brothers whose eccentric mother (Glenn Close) raised them to believe their father had died when they were young. When […]

First trailer for Alex Garland’s Annihilation

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Paramount has released the first trailer for their upcoming sci-fi/horror film Annihilation. Directed by Ex-Machina‘s Alex Garland, the film is adapted from the first novel in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy and stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, and Oscar Isaac. Watch the trailer below…. The synopsis for the book reads: […]

HBO renews The Deuce for second season

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HBO’s porn industry drama The Deuce may only be two episodes into its first season, but HBO has given the series an early renewal for season two. Starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, the series follows a group of characters in 1970s New York as the porn industry is legalized, and was created by George Pelacanos and […]

Why James Cameron is completely wrong on Wonder Woman

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Ricky Church on why James Cameron is wrong about Wonder Woman… James Cameron has been making a lot of headlines recently, but probably not for the reasons he’d like. He’s currently starting production on Avatar 2 and his ambitious sequels, as well as rebooting Terminator with Tim Miller directing returning stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda […]

Linda Hamilton is returning to the Terminator franchise, new film a direct sequel to T2

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Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t the only one who will be back in Tim Miller’s The Terminator reboot. At a special screening of Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D in Los Angeles last night, Miller and franchise creator and producer James Cameron announced that Linda Hamilton, Sarah Connor herself, will be returning to reprise her role in the sequel/reboot. “As meaningful as […]

Alicia Vikander is Lara Croft in first Tomb Raider trailer

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After the reveal of the poster earlier this week, we now have the first official trailer for the video game adaptation Tomb Raider starring Oscar winner Alicia Vikander in the iconic role of Lara Croft. Take a look at the trailer here… Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when […]