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The Penguin debuts new trailer, showcasing the dark underbelly of Gotham

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Can The Penguin make Gotham City his own? In the upcoming Max Original series The Penguin, which will air this fall, we’ll see how dark and corrupted the underbelly of Batman’s city can be. Colin Farrell leads the upcoming series, reprising his role from 2022’s hit film The Batman. The second trailer for the series […]

House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘A Son for a Son’

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Chris Connor reviews the first episode of House of the Dragon season 2… House of the Dragon’s first season proved a winning return to Westeros, some years before the events of Game of Thrones, cleansing the poor taste many felt towards the ending of the original show. Telling a tighter, more family driven story, it […]

Natalie Portman is caught in a mystery in the Lady in the Lake trailer

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Apple TV+ has unveiled the trailer for Lady in the Lake, the Natalie Portman-headline limited series based on Laura Lippman’s novel of the same name. Created and directed by Honey Boy‘s Alma Har’el, Lady in the Lake also stars Moses Ingram, Y’lan Noel, Brett Gelman, Byron Bowers, Noah Jupe, Josiah Cross, Mikey Madison and Pruitt […]

Julianne Moore to star in series adaptation of The Lost Leonardo

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Julianne Moore is gearing up for her next big role, working on a series adaptation of the acclaimed 2021 documentary The Lost Leonardo. Deadline reports Glenn Ficarra and John Requa are currently attached to direct the series. Gillian Weeks created the series and wrote the pilot episode; she’ll also be the showrunner and executive producer. […]

Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode 4 Review – ‘Day’

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Chris Connor reviews the fourth episode of Star Wars: The Acolyte… The Acolyte’s premiere introduced us to a plethora of new world’s and characters from Master Sol to twins Osha and Mae, it is refreshing to finally see an earlier corner of the Star Wars universe in live-action. Episode 4 picks up the main narrative […]

Comic Book Preview – Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor #1

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A new era of Doctor Who comics begins next week as Titan releases Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor #1, and you can get yourself an early sneak peek at the issue with the official preview below… The FIFTEENTH DOCTOR and RUBY SUNDAY have followed a mysterious signal to a shopping mall in the last days […]

Mondo launches Marvel’s X-Men ’97 sixth scale line with Cyclops figure

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Mondo has announced that it is launching a new line of sixth scale action figures based upon Marvel Studios’ hit Disney+ animated series X-Men ’97, kicking things off with the group’s leader Scott Summers, a.k.a. Cyclops. The upcoming figure is available to pre-order now, priced at $220; check out the promotional images here… Our X-MEN […]

Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms releases first image, adds more to cast

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The second season of the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon may have just premiered, but that hasn’t stopped HBO from expanding the history of Westeros with the next upcoming prequel series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight. The first photo of the series has been released alongside more casting news. The image shows Peter […]

The Gilded Age season 3 adds Phylicia Rashad, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Victoria Clark and Jordan Donica

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The third season of HBO’s period drama The Gilded Age has added Phylicia Rashad (Creed) Brian Stokes Mitchell (tick tick… BOOM!), Victoria Clark (Almost Family) and Jordan Donica (Charmed). Rashad and Donica will feature in recurring roles while Mitchell and Clark will appear in guest roles. Rashad will portray Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkland, “a woman from a prominent […]