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The Witcher creator explains why the show isn’t an exact adaptation of the books

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Lauren S. Hissrich, the creator of Netflix’s The Witcher, has explained why the show isn’t an exact adaptation of the books. The first season of The Witcher on Netflix went down a treat with audiences, introducing a gigantic new viewership to the world of Geralt. But the show isn’t a carbon copy of the books […]

Logan director James Mangold reveals why HBO’s Sandman adaptation was cancelled

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James Mangold reveals why his HBO adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s comic The Sandman never happened. Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman comic is a much-respected series with a lot of deep themes and fascinating lore. It is currently being adapted as a TV series over at Netflix but at one time, Logan director James Mangold was going […]

Crossbones actor Frank Grillo says he’s “outgrown” Marvel movies

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Frank Grillo, the actor behind the MCU’s Crossbones, doesn’t think he will return and is no longer interested in playing another Marvel character in The Punisher. Frank Grillo portrayed Crossbones/Brock Rumlow in Captain America: The Winter Soldier before reprising the role in subsequent MCU films. Grillo has also expressed interest in the past in portraying […]

Thor director Kenneth Branagh says it would be a “thrill” to direct another comic book film

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Kenneth Branagh, the director of Thor, says that it would be a “thrill” for him to direct another movie in the genre. The character we have seen recently in the likes of Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Endgame is quite different from the one we met all the way back in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor in 2011. […]

WB reportedly doesn’t believe a solo Superman film would be successful right now

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According to an “insider” report, Warner Bros. doesn’t think that a solo Superman film would be a success right now. There hasn’t been a solo Superman film for Henry Cavill since Man of Steel in 2013. The character, however, has gone on to lead films such as Batman v Superman and Justice League in the […]

Scream Factory searching for lost Event Horizon footage for new collector’s edition

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Scream Factory’s Event Horizon collector’s edition Blu-ray is searching for the film’s lost footage to include in the release. 1997 horror film Event Horizon is a cult classic – a grotesque sci-fi film starring Sam Neill and Laurence Fishburne that tells the story of a ship and its crew that goes missing for years before […]

Hercules rumoured to be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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A new rumour states that the Marvel character Hercules will be coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The MCU has it’s fair share of god-like beings and immensely powerful aliens but if a new rumour is about to be believed, it could be getting one more in the form of Hercules. The character has appeared […]

New Joker rumoured for Matt Reeves’ The Batman trilogy

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Matt Reeves’ upcoming The Batman trilogy is rumoured to be introducing a new version of the Joker. Many DC fans are looking forward to seeing what Matt Reeves does with The Batman and his planned trilogy of films around the Caped Crusader. While the Joker has made a splash recently with the 2019 Joaquin Phoenix […]