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Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy casts Colm Feore and more

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Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy adaptation has just gained several more members for its cast. According to Deadline, the series has added Colm Feore (House of Cards), Cameron Britton (Mindhunter) and Adam Godley (Breaking Bad) in regular roles and Ashley Madekwe (Revenge) in a recurring role. Feore will portray Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a world-renowned billionaire industrialist and eccentric […]

Meryl Streep joins Big Little Lies season 2

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HBO’s adaptation of Big Little Lies already had several A-list actresses attached in its first season, most prominently Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman, but now an even bigger name has joined the cast for the show’s second season. Meryl Streep, who was just nominated an Academy Award for the 21st time for her role in The Post, will star […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger joins Michael Fassbender in Kung Fury

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After Michael Fassbender’s surprising involvement with the Kung Fury feature film that is set to shoot this summer, we have news of another star set to appear in the film. The Hollywood Reporter states that action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger will appear in the film as the American president. The movie will be helmed by the original’s director […]

Thrawn interrogates Hera in new Star Wars Rebels ‘Jedi Night’ clip

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It won’t be long before the end of Star Wars Rebels begins next Monday and Lucasfilm has released a new clip from the mid-season premiere ‘Jedi Night’. In the clip, Grand Admiral Thrawn once again interrogates Hera as he says goodbye to her before handing her over to Governor Pryce. Watch the clip below… On Monday night […]

Comic Book Review – Dark Nights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1

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Ricky Church reviews Dark Nights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1… With big, epic comic book events, tie-in comics are not anything unheard of. Sometimes its a bit tedious to have to collect tie-in issues, especially if so many bear actual consequences on the main event itself. Fortunately most of the tie-ins for DC’s Dark Nights: Metal have […]

Lucy Davis cast as Aunt Hilda in Sabrina The Teenage Witch reboot

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As The CW and Netflix continue prepping their production of their Sabrina The Teenage Witch reboot, they have just cast a key role for the series. Lucy Davis (Wonder Woman) will star in the series as Sabrina’s aunt Hilda Spellman, an experienced witch and one of Sabrina’s guardians, per Deadline. More nurturing than Aunt Zelda, Hilda’s motherly […]

Comic Book Review – Absolute Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang Volume 2

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Ricky Church reviews Absolute Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang Volume 2… DC is continuing its Wonder Woman high by releasing the next volume of Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang’s New 52 Wonder Woman in their prestigious Absolute format. Collecting the latter half of their run, Absolute Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang Volume […]

Scott Eastwood joins Morgan Freeman in thriller The Manuscript, Nick Cassavetes to direct

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Scott Eastwood (Pacific Rim Uprising) will soon be joining Morgan Freeman in the cat-and-mouse thriller The Manuscipt, according to The Hollywood Reporter. What’s more is the film has gained a new director with Nick Cassavetes (The Other Woman), who is replacing John Moore. The Manuscript sees Freeman as an imprisoned genius who writes and sends chapters of […]

Justice League: What the hell was Warner Bros. thinking?

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Ricky Church on Warner Bros.’ handling of Justice League… Justice League. Where to begin with this? The production on this film has been an insane one, stoking controversy over issues big and small on what seems like a weekly basis. Whether its Superman’s CGI moustache removal, reshoots or people who just don’t like the direction […]

Comic Book Review – Challengers of the Unknown by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale

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Ricky Church reviews Challengers of the Unknown by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale… Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale are two favourite names among the comic book industry. The pair have made several great series over the years together, from the classic Batman: The Long Halloween, Catwoman: When in Rome and Superman: For All Seasons. Their very first project, however, […]